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Somebody was reading the on-line Glenrowan Gazette on 1672 occasions last month.
The daily average for March 2013 was
53 readers - the same daily readership as in February.
March had 468 unique readers so many had a look several times.
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The 2013 numbers are up from the second half of 2012 when the Glenrowan Gazette had just over 45 readers every day. During each of those six months, there was more than 300 different people who read the newsletter on a regular basis, more than once a week on average. ♣

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Book Review:

Something Fishy

by Shane Maloney

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Something Fishy, the fifth in Shane Maloney’s award-winning and much loved Murray Whelan series, is characterised by a larrikin sense of humour and a keen sense of Melbourne’s political and cultural identity. It is the Christmas season and Maloney captures the atmosphere perfectly. The heat, the sun and surf, New Year’s beach concerts, the changing face of the beach/resort town, and the nearby dense bush are all evocatively and realistically portrayed.
Murray Whelan is an unlikely protagonist. A single father and true believer, Murray Whelan is now a member of parliament, in a time where Labour is in opposition. He has custody of his teenage, hormonal son Red who features prominently in this book. The book starts with a crime and a great tragedy in Murray's life and the chase begins as he seeks justice and revenge.
In Something Fishy we find a world with abalone poaching, shady restaurateurs, feral hippies and teenage romance. There are some wonderful scenes in the dense bush, a dramatic chase and Murray’s escape at sea where he is “in imminent danger of being discovered, mutilated, shot, drowned or eaten by killer whales”.
The novel is slapstick-funny, witty and even scary at times; a little darker than the earlier books. It is not a book to skim-read in case you miss the descriptive epithets, the clever passages as weel as the irony and dry humour which have readers laughing out loud. The plot is well-controlled, the characters fascinating and the Murray Whelan series is known to be a reliable, enjoyable read.
For our book group it is the added bonus of the familiar Melbourne setting and the humour that makes a Shane Maloney crime novel an eagerly anticipated reading experience which we rated a strong 4 out of 5. ♣

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Maps to Take You Fishing
On the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) website you can now find maps to take you fishing all over Northeast Victoria. The maps cover the Lower Goulburn, Goulburn River, Broken Creek, Ovens, Kiewa River, King River and Buckland River catchments and • pinpoint legal access points to many lakes, rivers and streams for pedestrians, vehicles and boats; • provide exact GPS co-ordinates for some popular fishing locations; • provide advice on need for two or four wheel drive boat ramp access and • include information on the location of camping, picnic and toilet facilities. The new maps are supported by on the ground roadside signage that identifies many angler access points and are available free from any Tourist Information Centre in northern Victoria or can be printed out from the DPI website before heading off. These new northern access maps complement the ‘Guide to Inland Angling Waters of Victoria’, and the ‘Inland Waters Classification Guide’ which are already on the DPI website - all examples of how Victorian fishing licence fees are being used to improve angling opportunities.	• clicking on this detail of the King River map will take you to all the maps for North Victoria.
• To obtain a free fish length ruler, *e-mail fisheries.products@dpi.vic.gov.au* or call the DPI Customer Service Centre on 13 61 86. ♣

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The Glenrowan Improvers' monthly meetings
as well as all of their events are open to
all members of our community:

Welcome to you all! ♣

Inquiries: 0407 311 899

The Glenrowan Improvers meet on the first Wednesday of the month -
next meeting will be 5th June 2013
at 7 pm at the Old Police Station in 13 Siege Street.
The Improvers meetings are open to all members of our community. Welcome! ♣

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Visitor Guide for

Warby-Ovens National Park

• Please click on the map to the right here for a
Visitor Guide to our local national park:

The Victorian Government created Warby-Ovens National Park to protect and enhance the remaining River Red gum forests in Victoria. This park - which certainly is our local national park, was legally established in June 2010 together with other new or expanded parks and over 200 conservation reserves.

The 14,655 hectar (approx 36,000 acres) Warby-Ovens National Park is characterised by three distinct vegetation communities:
• the granitic hills and woodlands of the Warby Range,
•the Box-Ironbark of the Killawarra Forest and
• the Redgum forest and wetlands of the unregulated Ovens Heritage River running North from Wangaratta to Yarrawonga.
Together they provide an important link from the alpine foothills to the Murray River protecting some of Victoria’s most significant bushland.

Warby-Ovens National Park offers
• Picknick and BBQ facilities
• Car touring
• Boating
• Camping
• Walking tracks
• Bike riding and
• Prospecting. ♣

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• find more results from the Glenrowan Indoor Bowls Club games by clicking on the image above

Start of 2012 and Then Stop for Indoor Bowls

Wednesday 22nd February
Col Pearce led his team of Grecia Young, Joyce Beale and Jean Britton to a substantial win with 32 points. Keith Young, Frank Wellman, Val Nalder and Joan Rolands took out second place with a score of 22 points.
John Dunkley, Marion Pearce, Arthur Wallace and Hazel Ralph scored 11 points for the consolation prize.

Bowling Now in Recess
Sadly, 22nd February was the club’s last meeting for some time with the announcement that the Glenrowan Hall is soon to be refurbished. The Glenrowan Bowls Club has put itself into recess until the hall is finished or another suitable temporary venue is found. ♣

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Members welcome any interested bowlers or would-be bowlers
to join them
every Wednesday
at 1 pm at the
Glenrowan Memorial Hall, located at
the Recreation Reserve.

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Monday Community Lunches

The community luncheon, organised by the Rural City of Wangaratta, is held on the first and third Monday of each month,
commencing at 12 noon
with a delicious 2-course meal for just $7.50 per head.

Residents of Glenrowan district and Wangaratta who fit the Senior Cits “bill” - or are just in need of some company - are eligible to attend, but pre-booking is essential:
Please contact Jo Bosch on 5721 3212 by the Wednesday prior to the Monday lunch.

The next luncheon will be held Monday 3rd June 2013.
Following the luncheon, most people stay on for the Senior Citizens meeting and take part in various activities, including carpet bowls and card games. ♣

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Glenrowan Community Firewood Depot

Wangaratta Rural City established a community firewood depot in Rifle Range Road in Glenrowan a couple of years ago and there is also one in Eldorado.
These depots are intended to give the communities an opportunity to access sustainable timber and thus reduce the need to remove timber from roadsides. Roadside vegetation provides important habitat to animals such as parrots, kookaburras, owls, possums, gliders, bats, and geckos. A number of threatened species are residents in high conservation road reserves, in particular within hollows and fallen timber. When trees and fallen timber are removed from roadsides animal habitats are removed also.	The community firewood depots are operated through timber supplied by a combination of storm events and routine works by Council's Arboriculture Team, resulting in timber not always being available and of mixed species. • Timber at firewood depots is usually green therefore can not be relied upon for burning the season of collection. • A chainsaw will be required to collect timber. • Firewood Depot Permits are now available for purchase at the Glenrowan PO for $16 or $11 concession, for the collection of up to 2 cubic meters per permit. ♣
A Guide to Firewood
• For further information please contact the Rural City of Wangaratta on 5722 0702.

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Community 'Drop-In'

You are all welcome to the Community 'Drop-In'
• Wednesday 19th June at
• 2.30 pm at
• the Old Police Station in Siege Street.

Welcome to all - children included! ♣

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♥ Thanks to:
Joy Higgins, Lynn Gent, Jess Kay, Noël Costigan and Paddy Milne
as well as Students and Staff at Glenrowan and Winton Primary Schools. ♥

Editor: Elin Melgaard

Reporter: Joy Higgins

Treasurer: Bill Gent

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