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24 GARFIELD SPECTATOR I AUGUST 2017

BUNYIP C.W.A. Meet on the 4th Friday of the month at Hillview Aged Care Centre. Craft @ 10am. Members meeting 1pm. Contact Wendy Earwicker 5629 9241

BUNYIP SINGERS Meet every Monday at 9.30am in the supper room at Bunyip Hall. Contact Dorothy Myers. PH: 5629 5601

GARFIELD ANGLING CLUB Meet 1st Monday of the month at the

Garfield Golf Club. P.O. Box 145, Garfield. Contact Tony 0409 189 989.

GARFIELD BOWLING CLUB P.O. Box 85, Garfield. Club House PH: 5629 2384

GARFIELD NORTH COMMUNITY

ASSOCIATION PH: 5629 2977

GARFIELD COMMUNITY HALL For bookings PH: Melva - 5629 2748 or 0427 292 748

GARFIELD COMMUNITY OP SHOP 59 Main St Garfield. Monday to Friday

9.30am-4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm PH:0459 982 338

COMBINED PROBUS CLUB

OF GARFIELD & BUNYIP Meet 1st Tuesday of month at Community Centre,

Garfield. PH: Glenda 562 454 350

GARFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB P.O. Box 92, Garfield. Contact Michael 0414 666 715

GARFIELD GOLF CLUB P.O.Box 78, 180 Thirteen Mile Rd, Garfield. PH: 5629 2794 FAX: 5629 2353 EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.garfieldgolf.com.au

GARFIELD NETBALL ASSOCIATION P.O.Box 39, Garfield. PH: Marg 0419 895 123

GARFIELD PHARMACY

MEDICAL CLINIC PH: 5629 2408 - 87 Main St, Garfield. Clinic OPEN on the MORNINGS of Tuesday, Wednesday & Fridays.

GARFIELD PLAYGROUP Meets every Friday 9.30am - 12pm at Garfield Community Centre. P.O. Box 47, Garfield. PH: Lara 0421 150 855, Erin 0422 544 771

GARFIELD PRESCHOOL KINDER P.O.Box 24, 29-31 Garfield Rd, Garfield. PH: 5629 2208

GARFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL 84 Railway Ave, Garfield. PH: 5629 2274

GARFIELD RECREATION RESERVE P.O.Box 28, Garfield. PH: Marg 0419 895 123

GARFIELD & BUNYIP ROTARY CLUB P.O. Box 19, Garfield. Meet every Wednesday at Garfield Bowling Club,

GARFIELD D SENIOR CITIZENS Meet every Monday at 1pm - 4pm (except public holidays). Garfield Community Centre, Beswick St, Garfield. Melva 5629 2748 / 0427 292 748

GARFIELD SWIMMING POOL PH: 5629 2780

GARFIELD TENNIS CLUB PH: Michelle 5629 2979 OR 0409 142 318

GARFIELD D - TYNONG CRICKET CLUB Titans P.O. Box 108, Garfield. Glen PH: 0425 883 568 Jason PH: 0422 309 933. Beswick St, Garfield. PH: 56 294 423

GARFIELD UNITING CHURCH Margaret PH: 5629 2318

MT CANNIBAL RESERVE Garfield. PH: 1300 787 624

MT CANNIBAL ADULT RIDING CLUB INC Meet 2nd Wednesday & 4th Saturday of the month. Contact president PH: 5942 8314

THE FRIENDS OF GARFIELD INCORPORATED Contact 5629 1007

WESTERNPORT INDIGENOUS NURSERY(WIN) Open Tuesday mornings 10am to 12pm. Located behind the Tynong Council Depot & CFA. PH: Adele 0417 373 690

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CHANGE OF EMAIL The Garfield Spectator has a new email address, effectively immediately, for all our electronic communication. The new email is - [email protected]. For arti-cles to the editor, would contributors include the word ‘editor’ in the email subject line. During the changeover from our old email there may have been some communica-tions ‘lost’. If we have missed any articles or ads in this issue because of this ‘loss’ we sincerely apologise. If those contributors would let us know at our new email we will endeavour to make restitution in our next issue.

WEBSITE At the June committee meeting of the Garfield Spectator approval was given for the acceptance of a quote to develop the Garfield Spectator web site. No target date for the completion and availability has been announced. It was decided that it was time to make both the articles and advertising available in electronic format for those who were not able to easily obtain a printed copy of the newsletter in the township of Garfield. This will result in our advertisers obtaining exposure in the additional electronic me-dia as well as the traditional Garfield Spectator printed form. It was determined that Garfield Spectator would bear the web costs meaning there would not be any additional cost to advertisers.

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We relocated to beautiful Garfield 2 years ago from Pakenham. The business has flourished and doubled in staff and clien-tele.

We all love coming to work, the main street has a beautiful vibe about it, and a fantastic sense of community spirit. I feel so grateful to be part of this town.

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KIDS ENTERTAINMENT 12 NOON - 4PM INCL. JUNIOR FOOTBALL MATCH & UNDER 9S NETBALL MATCH

The Garfield Netball & Football Club are going to host their inaugural ‘Family Fun Day’ proudly sponsored by the Pakenham Racing Club.

The Family Fun Day is on SATURDAY 5TH AUGUST from 12pm to 4pm when the club take on Nar Nar Goon at home.

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF KIDS ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS INCLUDING:

Jumpimg Castles Animal Farm Face Painting Free Balloons Sausage Sizzle Popcorn, Fairy Floss and Snow Cones

AFL Footy Mascot to snap a photo PLUS kids can play on the two new playgrounds

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Cuppa & Chat with

Rose & Kath Thursdays—1pm to 3pm at

Bunyip & District Community House

Call in and have a cuppa with Rose and Kath who are here every Thursday afternoon and are waiting to meet you.

Bunyip & District Community House

Website: www.bdch.com.au Phone: 5629 5877

Email: [email protected]

From July, our Community House will now be open to the public from Monday to Friday from 9.30am—4.00pm.

· AJ will not be available on Thursdays, but will continue to be available on Wednes-days and Fridays from 10am - 12noon for your convenience.

· Cathrine will be available at the house all day Thursday and will be able to assist with computer access, photocopying and other services as needed.

· Kath and Rose will continue on Thursday afternoons from 1pm—3pm – drop in for a cuppa and a chat.

Contact Davina on 5629 5877 for further information.

We can help you with your Apple, Android or Windows device—phones, tablets and computers. Are you thinking of buying an iPad or tablet and want to learn more about it? Do you own an iPad or tablet and want to put it to better use? Our beginners’ lessons are designed to cover the basics to give you confidence using its many features. We will cover terminology, personalised settings, apps, camera, photos, email, internet and much more.

Contact Davina on 5629 5877 or call in and visit at 27 Main Street, Bunyip.

Annual Bunyip & District Community House membership is an affordable $6 for individuals and $12 for families. Free internet access is available to the public during opening hours.

Do you need information on any of our activities? Check our website, www.bdch.com.au or phone us on 5629 5877.


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Five students from Garfield Primary School were selected to attend a nine day, once in a life-time opportunity to par-ticipate in the 2017 Som-ers Camp.

During this time, we were given the chance to challenge ourselves in so many different ways, such as having a go on various chal-

lenging activities, like the giant swing, high ropes course, abseiling, archery and even drama, where we did a concert in front of all our new friends. We all had a laugh, encour-aged each other and supported one another when we got a little homesick.

In the end, we have all come back from this experience with new found friends for life and a real sense of achievement.

Written by Jasmine.

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As I read this book, targeted at the early teen market, my inner child came to life.

It is a story about a boy with cerebral palsy who pits himself and his disability against what is for him an unclimbable Mount Cannibal, in order to find his identity and please his father who is es-tranged from the family.

For the child reader, this book is a fast paced adventure of self-discovery. For the adult reader, it is more of an allegory about the human condi-tion: the cerebral palsy, our human weakness; the mountain, the challenges in life that threaten to overwhelm; the actual climb, the taking on of the challenge.

In truth, the book is more about 'ability' than 'disability'.

The boy, 11 year old Brock Cammidge, at-attends a Specialist school for disabled children in suburban Melbourne and comes with his school mates to Garfield North to attend camp at the base of Mount Cannibal. He is one of a group who is assigned to the horse riding for the disa-bled option because his disability precludes him from the mountain climb and he is bitterly disap-pointed by this. He decides to defy his teachers and do the climb on his own.

On a purely practical level, this book with its larger print and ample line spacing would appeal

to the younger reader. The density of words doesn't overwhelm. (This is also a bonus for the older reader as well.) As a lover of the 'hard copy' format, I also find the cover extremely attractive.

But these considerations, welcome and all as they are, are cosmetic. More significantly, the book works because of a number of other things.

The prose is direct, using short, punchy sen-tences. The writer, without being obvious, makes the reader aware of the nature of cerebral palsy, the limitations it imposes and the nature of the corrective and supportive equipment involved for victims of the disease.

Similarly, the integrated roles of the emer-gency services in a rescue are effortlessly con-veyed in the telling of the story. There is real knowledge supporting the prose.

The achievement of this compact and bal-anced story lies particularly in the acuteness of the observation. On page 18 and later in chapter 8 the mountain comes alive as a looming animate presence of mystical proportion. So too does Brock's imaginary friend John Peter and the kook-aburra who become spirit guides as he tests the prophecy of the mountain: "There will come one who dares and there he will find himself."

The book is replete with similarly truthful observations. When you read the following de-scription of a car coming behind you in the dead of night with its high beam on you are struck by how right these words are: 'The light became brighter. The tops of the trees lit up like daylight.'

Before the mountain challenge, Brock is the limited, marginalised boy, the boy who draws in black and white, whose world has no colour. After the climb his world takes on the colour of possibility.

The child in me loves the ending. The adult is more sceptical. There is a touch of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' about this book. It would make a lovely film and it would make a lovely gift for an early teen relative. It is a book that needs to be shared. This is a book about the big picture issues of what it is to be human set in our own Gipps-land back yard. Let's celebrate that.

By Sue Fordham



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SEASON LAUNCH RACEDAY POLY DAY

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MIDWEEK RACEDAY POLY DAY

SUNDAY 20 AUGUST 17

SUNDAY RACEDAY POLY DAY

TUESDAY 22 AUGUST 17


THURSDAY 31 AUGUST 17


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An upgrade of the recreation reserve play ground was initiated by the Cardinia Shire Council as a routine improvement, given the age of the former equipment. The Council discussions coincided with a community member, Becky Hower, approaching the Recreation Reserve Committee of Manage-ment with a proposal to renew the old play equipment. Becky, the Recreation Reserve and the Council worked very closely to

involve the community to ensure that the right playground was built.

Becky and the Recreation Reserve Com-mittee also invited the Garfield Community Shop into the planning process, and $15,000 was donated to expand the playground's scope and design. As a result the ‘pirate ship’ was added as an extra feature.

We also worked hard to ensure that the tractor was preserved and would continue to be a feature in Garfield. The community now has a wonderful, updated play area comple-menting all features of the Reserve facilities. The Recreation Reserve Committee is now working with the Garfield-Bunyip Rotary Club to upgrade and refresh the original shelter and BBQ.

It is a wonderful outcome.

The Garfield Spectator thanks Marg Bogart for the information for this article


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although the elderly and those people who are taking diuretics or cholesterol lowering drugs are more prone to drying. Also, people who have a history of hayfever, asthma and eczema have more difficulty holding moisture in the skin, so this group are very prone to dry skin in winter.

The solution

Swap out soap for a gentle substitute, such as sorbolene and oil-based washes and bath oils. Don't spend too long in the shower on these cold winter mornings and apply moisturiser as soon after getting out of the shower as possible to seal in the humidity. Avoid standing near blowing heaters or sitting too close to the fire too, as this can dehydrate the skin. Creams that are especially good at keeping moisture in the skin are those containing oil, urea or glycerine.

Chapped Lips

Along with the cold and dryness of winter can come chapped lips, which can be a real problem for some people. Your lips don't have oil glands, and they are almost always exposed to the ele-ments. Not only can chapped lips look unsight-ly, but they can become extremely sore too.

The Solution

Use lip balm that is high in emollients such as petrolatum or lanolin to lock in moisture, and dimethicone to seal off cracks and splits in dry-ing lips. Apply frequently throughout the day.

To help maintain moisture and prevent skin from becoming dry, itchy and irritated through-out the chilly season you can recommend the following tips:

1. Give your hydration levels a helping hand by drinking plenty of water

2. Avoid 'too-hot' showers and baths

3. Be ingredient aware. Avoid harsh deter-gents by opting for hypoallergenic, fra-grance-free and soap-free face,hand and body products.

4. Sea in moisture by slathering your skin in emollients straight after your shower or bath

5. Use a humidifier to add moisture back into the air

6. Moisturise morning and night and con-sider changing from a lotion to a cream

7. Safeguard skin against winter sun with an SPF

8. Wear gloves when outside to protect hands from the harsh winter elements but steer clear of wool, which can cause irritation

9. Grease up your hands and feet. The skin on your hands and feet is tougher so don't hold back on the rich cream

For more information about winter skin care tips, please come in and ask your pharmacist.

by Narai Jung B.Pharm

Reference : Postscript.com.au

Garfield Pharmacy – Optimising your health is Our Priority – 87 Main Street – 5629 2408


The romantic notion of winter might centre on hot chocolate, cosy woollens, and Uggs, but for many of us the reality is flaking lips, dry skin and sore hands. Unfortunately, as the temperature crash-dives, our skin's moisture levels make a u-turn too, which can lead to chapping, dryness and irritation. This month, I'd like to talk about a few skin problems that can be caused by cold winter weather and the possible solutions that our pharmacy can of-

Chilblains

Chilblains are skin sores or bumps that occur after exposure to very cold temperature. They usually happen on the hands and feet, particu-larly on the fingers and toes and sometimes on the nose and ears. Chilblains are usually red-dish-purple in colour and can itch, blister, burn and be particularly painful.

The solution

For chilblains, it is important to identify risk factors as they can be largely avoidable. Peo-ple who are at risk include those prone to poor or sluggish peripheral circulation, such as smokers and women on the pill or taking oes-trogen supplements, people involved in out-door work and thinner people. To avoid get-getting chilblains, remember to keep your limbs warm especially your hands and feet. Watch out for damp or wet cold too, as it's more effective at causing injury than dry cold. People who go outside when they haven't dried their hands thoroughly are much more vulnerable than those who face just the cold temperature alone. Paracetamol, NSAIDs and weak steroidal creams from the pharmacy can be useful for addressing the pain and the in-flammatory reactions.

Eczema Flare-ups

Eczema is an itchy inflammation of the skin and can be flared up by the cold and dry win-ter air.

The Solution

If you normally suffer from eczema, prepare yourself for the winter elements by moisturis-ing. The Eczema Association Australia (EAA) recommends washing with a moisture-rich soap that is free from added fragrance and moisturising the skin at least once to twice a day. Skin creams and ointments can be used in place of a lotion as they are more comforting to the skin and often last longer.

However, if a flare-up occurs the best treat-ment is a topical steroid. They are to be ap-plied once or twice a day (depending on the strength) for up to two weeks and then have a few days off. It should be applied liberally on the areas that need it and not applied to the areas where there's no eczema. One fingertip unit should be enough to cover an area of skin that is twice the size of an adult hand. Steroid cream can be used in conjunction with moist-uriser. Apply your moisturiser, wait 10 minutes and then put the steroid cream on or vice ver-sa. Steroid cream can be quit drying but by allowing 10 minutes in between, you are not diluting the effect of the cream.

Dry, Parched Skin

During winter skin can become excessively dry and itchy, often referred to as 'winter itch'. While taking long, hot showers and enjoying the warmth of indoor heating might seem like bliss, it does no favours for dry, parched skin. Winter dryness can affect people of any age


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Follow up to the the July article on the Uniting Church in Garfield, (formerly Methodist Church) celebrating 110 years.

The Service was conducted by Rev Caro Field. Mary White contributed with a history of the 1st meeting re. the starting and later, the building of, and extensions to, the Church.

The congregation also had a lovely lunch, plus there was a great display of photos and articles over many years. Most of the extensive memorabilia was provided by Margaret Dobson.


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The Hillview Bunyip Aged Care 13th Annual Quilt and Craft Show is on again this month at 22 A’Beckett Road, Bunyip during Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 18th, 19th and 20th of August commencing each day at 9:30am and concluding at 3.00pm.

The first Quilt and Craft Show began from humble beginnings 13 years ago with 90 quilts on display and has since grown to become one of the biggest attractions on Bunyip’s events calendar, attracting visitors from near and far. Last year 140 quilt en-tries were on show.

The Show is the main fundraising event for Hillview and is run by the dedicated “Friends of Hillview” – a committee of hard working individuals who work tirelessly to raise funds to improve the lives of the residents at the Hillview Aged Care hostel.

There will be lots of activities including a Fabric and Craft table, a Garage Sale, Sau-

sage Sizzle and delicious Devonshire Teas will be served indoors.

A magnificent quilt will be the First Prize in the raffle conducted over the week end.

Quilt entries for the Show can be submit-by contacting organiser Barbara Dickinson on 0407 294 326

Quilt & Craft Show organiser Barbara Dickinson ( L ) and Rene Burns show off the magnificent quilt that will be the First Prize in the raffle.

Photo by Roman Kulkewycz

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There has been some controversy surround-ing the Cardinia Shire Council’s recent deci-sion to award Best Chance a five year licence to operate the Shire’s kindergartens. This replaces the current contract, due to expire on 31st December 2017 held by Kinders To-gether which operates from a shop in the main street of Garfield.

How does this affect the Garfield Kindergar-ten?

It is understood the Shire owned facility in Garfield will continue to be operated as a kindergarten in 2018 and beyond. However, Best Chance will have the power of ‘hire-and-fire’ over the existing 5 staff members who are all Cardinia residents. As far as is known at the moment it is believed that the existing staff will be retained and under the same Award as at present. This means out young citizens will continue to receive the care and high standard of early year learning that they deserve.

A spokesperson for the kinder said there will be some financial changes for payment of supporting services, such as garden mainte-nance, the details and implications are still being understood.

The spokesperson also expressed the disap-pointment all the staff felt in the impending loss of the very good personal service provid-ed by Kinder Together staff. They would have rather continue with the prompt and effec-tive performance of the local based organisa-tion. Best Chance is a much larger organisa-tion based in Glen Waverly although they may open a local office in Cardinia.

The primary focus of the staff remains the continuation of quality early learning for the children and the ongoing consideration for their parents.

What happens to Kinder Together?

With the loss of the Kindergartens of Cardin-ia, and unless they can gain others to service they will no longer be viable and have to close. It is understood some of Kinder To-gether staff may be offered positions at Best Chance.

Another small business in Garfield gone. An-other shop in the Main street vacant again. Perhaps the Shire may encourage Best Chance to use the premises in Garfield as their Cardinia branch office. After all, it was as a result of the Shire’s process that the va-cancy will occur. Hopeful?


Last month we did a tour from Dandenong to Gar-field along the Gippsland Road - so this month I thought we will take the same journey on the railway. Interest-ing to note that the line from Dandenong to Bunyip was finished by 1877 and all the railway stations we pass today (except one) were in place by around 1885, about 130 years ago. Given that the population of the area (the old Shire of Berwick) in the mid 1880s was around 6,300 and the population of the same area today is about 200,000 and given that the only new station in all that time (apart from the short lived industry specific General Motors Holden stop) is the Cardinia Road Sta-tion and, thirdly, given that the majority of the stations are now unmanned and have minimal shelter structures it seems that there has been a remarkable lack of gov-ernment money spent on public transport infrastructure in the area in the last 130 years. There was however some money spent on the line in the 1950s as it was duplicated from Dandenong to Morwell and also electri-fied due to the need to transport briquettes from Yallourn to Melbourne.

The railway line from Oakleigh to Bunyip opened in October 1877 and originally the only stations between Dandenong and Bunyip were Berwick and Pakenham. For the pedantic amongst us, the official opening ac-cording to newspaper reports at the time, seems to have been October 5 even though most sources say that it is October 8, so that may have been the first day of passenger services. When the line opened it did not actually get you into Melbourne as the section from South Yarra to Oakleigh didn’t open until May 1879.

As a journalist in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal of October 10, 1877 wrote after his trip on the railway line It is not necessary to dwell on the mistake now so lamentably obvious, which was committed in beginning the line at a point 10 miles from Melbourne - only to be reached by means of horse drawn wagons and carts - but practical men outside of the service of Government, which, of course is prudently reticent on the subject, estimate that as much money has been wasted in the cartage of materials for the first section and part of the second as would have built a large part of the now needed section from Melbourne to Oakleigh.

So we’ll start at the Dandenong Railway Station. This station became a junction station on October 1, 1888 when the Great Southern line, which eventually went to Yarram, opened as far as Tooradin. The infor-mation about the date of the railway station openings comes from an interesting website http://vicsig.net/

which calls itself the ‘Premier Victorian Rail resource’. The next station along the line was opened on Novem-ber 18, 1956 to serve the General Motors Holden Facto-ry which at one stage employed 3,000 people. The Station closed July 2002 and you can still see remnants of it as the train passes by.

The Hallam Station opened on December 1, 1880 as Hallam’s Road and changed its name to Hallam in May 1904. Hallam was a ‘flag station’ when it opened and only stopped when there were passengers to discharge or a flag was displayed to indicate that there were passengers to be picked up. As early as May 1883 the local residents were asking the Railways for increased platform accommodation (according to a newspaper report) and if you have ever been past the station in the morning peak hour you would know that the platform accommodation is still inadequate.

The Narre Warren Station opened on March 10, 1882. A local influential resident, Sidney Webb agitated for the railway station and after it was completed he agitated for a road to be put from the Princes Highway to the railway station, the road was not surprisingly called Webb Street. The original Narre Warren settle-ment, well north of the Highway was renamed Narre Warren North after the new town developed around the station.

Berwick opened October 8, 1877, one of the original stations. Beaconsfield opened December 1, 1879. The Officer Railway Station began as Officer's Wood Siding, constructed to despatch timber from land owned by the Officer family to Melbourne. It was renamed Officer in February 1899. Sir Robert Officer was at one time the Health Officer for Hobart and a member of the Legisla-tive Council and in the early 1840s he moved some of his interests to the main land. It was his son, William, who had their Mt Misery property, near Beaconsfield,

Berwick Railway Station


and after the railway line was opened he used to rail his sheep from his other property at Deniliquin to Officer in times of drought.

Cardinia Road station opened on April 22, 2012. The next stop, Pakenham was an original station. The town that developed around the station was known as Pakenham East, initially in opposition to the ‘old’ town of Pakenham which had developed around the La Trobe Inn (also known as Bourke’s Hotel) on the Gippsland Road, near the Toomuc Creek which we talked about last month. Eventually Pakenham East over took not only the original town of Pakenham, but its name as well although it was still referred to as Pakenham East well into the 1960s.

Nar Nar Goon. There were various reports in the papers saying that the residents of Nar Nar Goon had petitioned the Minister of Railways for a siding and platform in August 1878, they tried again a year later in August 1879 but were told there was no money and even if there was the Railway Department consid-ered a station at Nar Nar Goon unnecessary.

A railway timetable from June 1881 shows that there was station at Nar Nar Goon then so that narrows the opening date from August 1879 to June 1881, but that’s as close as I can get.

Tynong - like Nar Nar Goon there are newspaper reports that Tynong residents agitated for a railway station after the line was opened, but the earliest men-tion I can find of a station is in April 1881. The Garfield station developed from a timber siding in the same way that Officer did. The Cannibal Creek Siding opened in December 1884 to accommodate the Cannibal Creek Saw Mill Company and it was renamed Garfield in March 1887.

Bunyip was opened October 1877 as one of the original stations and the extension of the line from Bunyip to Moe opened March 1, 1878.

Just before you get to the Bunyip Railway Station there is an electricity substation which has been heritage listed, which I must say was a surprise to me. The Herit-age citation says that it is one of ‘19 sub and tie stations constructed between 1952 and 1954 from Nar Nar Goon to Traralgon for the electrification of the main Gippsland line.’ It is listed as it is historically significant ‘as it serves as an important reminder of the electrification of the first main line in Australia’; it is technically significant ‘as it serves as an important reminder of the electrification of the first main line in Australia and the system of elec-tric locomotives associated with the transportation of briquettes and the industrial growth in the Latrobe Valley’ and it is socially significant ‘as it represents an important tangible link with the transportation of brown coal and the associated coal and briquette industry located at Latrobe Valley which was central to the econ-omy and economic development of the State of Victoria particularly in the 1950s’.

By Heather Arnold [email protected]

Garfield Railway Station

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