Minutes for the Winchelsea Business & Tourism Association meeting of May 2012 - view/download as PDF.
Also, download the Action Sheet for May 2012 (PDF).

Main points -

• Winchelsea Town Meeting (April) - awaiting follow-up responses from Surf Coast Shire (Brydon King & Peter Noelker)
• Winchelsea Long Day Care roundtable - Peter Birkett (CEO, Hesse Hospital) to be invited to give a presentation to a general meeting with Winchelsea Business & Tourism Association, the Community Building Initiative committee, and the Winchelsea Lions Club regarding the Hospital's attempts to establish a long day care facility in the town. This is a critical facility missing in Winchelsea.
• Surf Coast Shire Councillor elections - coming up on 27th October. On the assumption that the re-introduction of wards goes ahead with Winchelsea ward requiring 2 councillors, the Winchelsea Business & Tourism Association is offering a free single webpage on the Winchelsea Town website (winchelsea.vic.au) for all candidates for promotion & publicity purposes, and to encourage a strong field of candidates.
• Surf Coast Arts Trail - with the much-appreciated support of Surf Coast Shire, an Arts Trail is to be launched 11th (for coastal) and 12th (for hinterland) August. More details soon!
• CBD carparking - Winchelsea Police are to be requested to monitor and enforce the long-vehicle parking restrictions in the central parking lane in the town centre carpark. Single-vehicle parking in this zone prevents long vehicles eg. trucks & caravans from stopping, and loses the town some business.

Surf Coast Shire Council advises that Atkins Road (between Marshmans Road and Mathisons Road) in Winchelsea South is closed until Friday 1st June 2012. A fully signed detour - using Mathisons and Cape Otway Road - has been provided.

The closure is part of upgrade works to widen the existing Atkins Road roadway to a full-width sealed road. More information can be found at the Surf Coast Shire website or by calling Brendan Walsh (Manager, Engineering Operations) on 5261 0600.

Once again well known Geelong musicians will make the walls of Barwon Park Mansion resound with songs and instrumental works on Sunday May 13 at 2.30pm.

The Music for Mothers Day concert will feature some of Geelong's brightest young artists "playing" a tribute to Mothers with Daryl Barclay tenor, wooing Mothers with moving songs.

Vale Barney Parsons

An active and dedicated member of NHW since it began in Winchelsea in 1992, Barney rarely, if ever, missed a meeting and served as publicity officer for many years. He ensured newsletter delivery rain, hail or shine until very recently, also establishing a distribution network to cover many areas. His significant contribution to this community through NHW, many other organisations and in many diverse ways is, and will be, sorely missed.

Can you (will you) help?

Neighbourhood Watch (Winchelsea) hear that the newsletters are read with interest - but more people able to help with distribution are needed.

Minutes for the Winchelsea Business & Tourism Association meeting of April 2012 - view/download as PDF.
Also, download the Action Sheet for April 2012 (PDF).

The April meeting was held at The Globe Theatre in Winchelsea, for a special discussion about the future plans for Winchelsea as seen by Surf Coast Shire. Guests to the meeting were Councillor Dean Webster and representatives from Surf Coast Shire, Brydon King (Manager Planning & Development) and Peter McLean (Manager Engineering Services). Main points -

• Winchelsea Structure Plan 2021 - drawn up in 2005, this remains a reflection of current policy and strategy. This includes encouraging business growth in the current shopping centre and discouraging new businesses in residential-zoned areas. There are also planned residential areas around Winchelsea for new housing developments, which will include such things as mains gas pipes in preparation for a connection to the gas header (now under tender). The Winchelsea 2021 is available on this website to download/view (13Mb PDF)
• Third Bridge - will affect street usage, parking for shops, and require moving the public toilets next to the Information Centre (but the Information Centre itself will not be affected directly).
• Long Day Care - identified as a priority facility for Winchelsea.
• ...and other issues, see the Minutes for details.

The meeting was unanimously felt to be productive and useful, and the open and frank discussions with Councillor Dean, Brydon King and Peter McLean were much appreciated.

If you have special treasures Barwon Park’s ‘Treasures from the Attic’ antique valuation day on Saturday 28 April will provide a rare opportunity to discover their true worth.

Bring along your treasured items and experts from Leonard Joel will be on site to tell you their real value.  Leonard Joel specialises in art, fine furniture, objects and jewellery.

 “This is the third antique valuation day held at Barwon Park and the most significant discovery to date was a number of letters from Governor La Trobe.  These irreplaceable letters were later purchased by the National Trust and are now on display at La Trobe’s Cottage in Melbourne.’ said Trudi Toyne, Property Manager at Barwon Park.  

Upper Barwon Landcare Network AGM;
Dinner & Speakers, "A Falklands Experience"

Members of the community are invited to the Upper Barwon Landcare Network Annual General Meeting, Dinner and Guest Speakers at The Winchelsea Hub, Eastern Reserve, Winchelsea on the evening of April 20th. Guest Speakers for the night are Deans Marsh residents Ian Campbell (Agricultural Adviser) and Susan Swaney (Veterinarian). Ian and Susan will relate their recent experience of living and working for 3 years in the Falklands Islands.