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Newsletter 49

26 April 2017

IN THIS EDITION:

Blackwood Exercise

Phoenix Project Update & Call for

Recommendations

Media

Upcoming Events

April BBQ Wrap Up

Upcoming Rob Pelletier Garden Visit

Family Footy Trip 13 May

Art Project Day Terrarium Building and

Block Printing

Managing Spontaneous Volunteers

Training

Moorabool Recovery—Scotsburn Fire

BLACKWOOD EXERCISE

On Sunday 26 March, Scotsburn

resident Janie Power was invited to

speak about her experiences at the

Blackwood Community Emergency

Planning Scenario Exercise. Janie

captivated residents and gave an in

depth account of what it is like to

experience a bush fire first hand and

how this continues to impact her

recovery today. Janie’s

account of her fire plan and the

involvement of her family was an

interesting topic that was well received

by her audience– well done Janie!

PHOENIX PROJECT UPDATE

The initial phase of the project is now

complete with the establishment of a Steering

Committee and project approvals panel to oversee

the project and ensure the funds are spent

efficiently and transparently. Leigh Catchment

Group (LCG) Officers are now in the process of

contacting Landowners who returned an expression

of interest to conduct site assessments and start

formulating a project plan. This process will take

time with so many properties within the project area,

but all interested landowners will be contacted. The

LCG would like to thank you for your enthusiasm

and patience with the process.

PHOENIX PROJECT CALL

FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

The Phoenix Project Steering Committee would like to know if there is anyone within the region who would like to be contacted about providing services for the Phoenix Project or if locals have any good recommendations for the following services:

Fencing

Pest Animal Control

Weed spraying

For further information please call Jane Bevelander, Environmental Project Officer on 0426 873 202 or email jane@leighcatchmentgroup.org

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Date Event Time Location

29 April Rob Pelletier Garden Bus Trip 8am Scotsburn Hall

13 May Family Footy Trip 4:30pm-11:45pm Melbourne Cricket Ground

21 May Art Project Day 9am-12pm Scotsburn Hall

3 June Clarendon Bonfire (weather

permitting)

4:00pm Clarendon Recreation Reserve

Moorabool Shire Council

Recovery Phone Number —0400 324 551 Principal Office: 15 Stead Street, Ballan Telephone (03) 5366 7100 Postal Address: PO Box 18, Ballan VIC 3342 Email: info@moorabool.vic.gov.au

@mooraboolshire Moorabool Shire Council

Darley Civic & Community Hub:

182 Halletts Way, Darley

Lerderderg Library:

215 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh

Website: www.moorabool.vic.gov.au

UPCOMING EVENTS

MEDIA

The following article was published in The Miner on 20 April after a visit to the recent BBQ by journalist Russell Luckock.

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APRIL BBQ WRAP UP

On Friday 7 April over 60 residents enjoyed a BBQ dinner followed by an Easter

Egg Hunt and a visit from the Easter Bunny himself! The torches came out for

the egg hunt with many of the kids filling up jumpers with Easter Eggs as a mis-

chievous Easter Bunny threw more eggs over the participants.

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Garden Visit

Our final Garden Visit takes us to Beaufort to visit renowned gardener Rob Pelletier’s property. He will demonstrate fire pre-

vention measures he and his wife Kate have implemented on their property.

Saturday 29th of April 2017

Bus departing the Scotsburn Hall 8:00am,

& returning 2:00pm (approx.) Free Event.

Morning tea and Lunch provided

This event is hosted by the Scotsburn Fire Community Recovery Committee. Everyone from the community is welcome to attend this event. The property inspection gives you the opportunity learn:

Plant selection to mitigate fire risk

Measures they’ve implemented to protect Infrastruc-ture

Tour of orchard & pear garden Inspection of on ground firefighting/defence measures

Their fire plan Opportunities to ask questions

Possible improvement measures Interactive recap of properties visited

Rob Pelletier is a qualified horticulturist and has had extensive experience in civil and landscape con-struction, garden maintenance and fruit tree propagation. He is also well known to gardeners with over 35 years in horticultural media including radio, national television and writing for magazines and newspapers. For the last 15 years he has operated a successful nursery selling traditional varie-ties of fruit trees nationwide. The business is called Heritage Fruit Trees.

RSVP is essential as we don’t want to leave anyone behind on the tour. If you are in-terested in attending this event, please RSVP to Fire Recovery Coordinator, Michelle Rich-ards on 0419 932 751 or email mrichards@moorabool.vic.gov.au

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SCOTSBURN FIRE RECOVERY

FAMILY FOOTY TRIP

Community members are invited to attend the FAMILY FOOTY TRIP to the Melbourne Cricket Ground to witness the Geelong

Cats take on the Essendon Bombers!

Round 8 - 13 May 2017

The bus will depart from the Scotsburn Hall Saturday 13 May at 4:30pm, returning at approximately 11:45pm. Includes game entry

and travel. BYO dinner. RSVP ESSENTIAL.

Contact- Michelle on 0419 932 751 or

mrichards@moorabool.vic.gov.au to reserve your place today!

GET IN FAST– ONLY 50 TICKETS AVAILABLE– FIRST IN BEST DRESSED!

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SCOTSBURN FIRE RECOVERY

ART PROJECT

Community members are invited to attend FREE workshops

Terrarium Building & Block Printing

Sunday 21 May 2017 Scotsburn Community Hall

9:00AM-12:00PM

This is a FREE event open to ALL ages and community members. Friends welcome.

RSVP to Donna on 0408 687 678 by Friday 19 May.

MORNING TEA PROVIDED

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Disasters have enormous social and economic impacts on communities.

People who put their hands up and spontaneously volunteer when a disaster hits can be a great help with relief and re-

covery efforts. However, if not well managed, even the best-intentioned efforts can overwhelm communities and local

organisations, and unintentionally add to their stress and burden.

Could you or a volunteer manager or coordinator you know help har-ness the power of spontaneous emergency volunteers in disaster re-covery? Volunteering Victoria’s HelpOUT Service, including the Managers of Spontaneous Emergency Volunteers (MSEV) program is

continuing to rollout statewide. The MSEV Program trains, supports, deploys and debriefs a volunteer workforce of skilled

volunteer managers to harness the power of spontaneous emergency volunteers during relief and recovery activities

Undertaking the MSEV Program, participants will build their understanding of:

the emergency management structure and arrangements in Victoria

what it is like to manage and support spontaneous volunteers in an emergency

context

the disruptive impact of an emergency

the changed emotional state of people in affected communities

the political and media environment and its impact on relief and recovery efforts.

Attending a training session is an essential part of the preparation and selection process for becoming a Manager of Sponta-

neous Emergency Volunteers. Please note this is a volunteer role.

We now invite registrations for our next training sessions in Ballarat and Bendigo

Ballarat Town Hall Bendigo City Council

Wednesday 31 May

9:00am– 3:30pm

https://tinyurl.com/lkppoee

R egistrations

now open

See below for details

An invitation to join an elite

v olunteer workforce

Need more information?

Visit www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au/emergency-volunteering/managers-of-spontaneous-emergency-volunteers/

Or call Alison Duff, MSEV Project Coordinator on 03 5221 1377, Monday to Friday 9am– 5pm or email a.duff@volunteeringvictoria.org.au

MSEV training is developed and delivered in collaboration with Australian Red Cross.

Volunteering Victoria acknowledges the support of the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments through the Natural Disaster Resilience Grants Scheme.

Thursday 8 June

9:00am– 3:30pm

https://tinyurl.com/lf7a8tl