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The Tattler Port Albert’s FREE Community Newsletter!

Issue No 102 – April 2018

Proudly supported by Wellington Shire Council. Editors: Port Albert Progress Association. All care is taken to ensure that the information given is true

and correct at the time of publication. All works provided remain the property of the writers. Opinions, views or articles do not represent the views or opinions of Port Albert Progress Association.

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What a huge weekend it will be! Food, Fun & Activities in Rutter Park, The Shackleton Exhibition at

the Maritime Museum, Helicopter rides, a very special Art Show & Beers by the Bay at Port Albert

Hall, and just to top the day off – Fireworks! SMC have kindly donated their barge to assist us with

the Fireworks, and a huge thank you to our Coast Guard for taking time out to pick it up & return it.

What a fantastic effort this gorgeous town has made to ensure Easter is fruitful and exciting! With 6

Community Groups all working together to bring you an amazing time, we are certainly celebrating

the end of the season with a bang! Check out the flyers around town for times and venues.





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Boat Ramp Updates SMC have been working really hard to get our boat ramp back on track. Work has been continuous

making sure we have as little disruption as possible. The new pontoons, ramps & fish cleaning

facilities are all starting to take shape! With the difficulty of not having the old jetty to tie up to, we

have seen a lot of compromise during this period. Patience and understanding will be the key to a

smooth Easter at the boat ramp this year, take care on the

water.

Photos courtesy of

Shane Parkinson & Bruce Green





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ANZAC DAY

DAWN SERVICE

Port Albert 2018 Memorial Park – Service Starts 6am Sharp





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News from our Maritime Museum!

Written by Venetia Beaney During March, April and possibly May we are exhibiting a panel display

from the Australian National Museum, Shackleton: Escape from

Antarctica. The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s epic expedition thrilled

thousands of visitors during its run in Sydney and we are delighted to

have the opportunity of sharing it with visitors to Port Albert Maritime

Museum. The exhibition brings together first hand accounts and dramatic

photographs telling the compelling story of Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-

Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17 and his bid to stay alive. We are open

every day from 10.00am - 4.00pm.

During February we had visitors from as far afield as United Kingdom,

Holland, New Caledonia, New Zealand and possibly many others who did

not sign our visitors book.

Closer to home visitors came from South Australia, New South Wales,

Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania. Even closer to home we

hosted folk from Melbourne, Latrobe Valley, North East Victoria and

Western Districts. One of the remarks made in our visitors book read “

deserving of more space and funding.”......how true.

Beautiful Port Albert attracts visitors from near and far every month.

Nautical Trivia.

As The Crow Flies.

The most direct route from one place to another without detours. Before

modern navigational systems existed British vessels customarily carried a

cage of crows. These birds fly straight to the nearest land when released

at sea, thus indicating where the nearest land was.

As the crow flies.

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Gippsland

Regional

Maritime

Museum

Open Daily September to May 10.00am -

4.00pm Weekends and School Holidays

During June - August

A vivid insights into the

early history of Port Albert

as the gateway to Gippsland

and its colourful maritime

history.

78 Tarraville Rd, Port

Albert, VIC 3971





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Wellington Shire News!

Farmers urged to recycle Silage Wrap

Wellington Shire Council is pleased to inform farmers that we will

again provide an environmentally friendly way to dispose of your

silage wrap this year.

Last year, with assistance from local farmers, we

collected more than 10 tonnes of silage wrap to recycling.

Recycling silage wrap not only helps farmers to reduce

their agricultural waste it also promotes the ‘clean, green’

image of the farming industry in our area.

Farmers can pick up second hand Bulka bags for free

from our Sale Depot, Finegan Crt, Sale. The silage wrap

collection will be at Yarram & Kilmany transfer stations

from Monday 16 July to Monday 13 August, from 8am –

5pm. Council is offering a subsidised fee for disposal, at

$11 per Bulka bag.

Port Albert Streets and Drains Upgrade Proposal

Wellington Shire Council held a Community meeting at Port Albert Hall on Friday 9 March with a really

good turn out. 3 sessions were held over the course of the day to explain the opportunity to upgrade

our streets, drainage & costs. The next stage to this project will be a community survey, to be ran

during April & May 2018. Please provide your feedback and opinions to this survey, our voice is

everything!Information from the Community meeting and the proposed works can be found on the

Council Website: www.wellington.vic.gov.au Projects seeking feedback Port Albert Streets and

Drains Upgrade Proposal

http://www.wellington.vic.gov.au/





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Our Local Primary School News!

Principal: Mrs Malissa Nicol Tel: 51832412 Web: www.albertonps.vic.edu.au

Wellington Zone Swimming Sports were held in March and everyone did a fabulous job!

Congratulations to all the students and also to the parents that drove them to Sale.

On Friday afternoons, the children now get to do an activity of their choice. They can

participate in the elective for 6-8 weeks. They are loving the choice of topic and have been

very enthusiastic!

Grades 3-6 attended Camp Rumbug this month and had a wonderful time! The remaining

students had a visit from Chirpy Chicks to learn about Penguins, their habitat & behaviours.

Alberton Primary School is putting a Float into the Tarra Festival Parade and in need of

plywood & helpers! If you can help, please contact the school direct.

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Tumaini for Africa

Not For Profit Recycling

Offering a fascinating and always varied array of preloved

commodities, African handicrafts and plants. Funds for the benefit

of children in Tanzania who long for education. For More INFO call

Cheri 0407 668 623 13 Wharf Street Port Albert 3971 Weekends

10.00 to 5.00 | Public Holidays.

http://www.albertonps.vic.edu.au/





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H O L I D A Y

A C C O M O D A T I O N

PORT ALBERT

51832148 0419342914





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Port Albert Yacht Club News!

Written by Cathy Milner

Eastern Regional Regatta. Did you see all the yachts at Port Albert on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th Feb? What a wonderful spectacle. There were sailors from All Gippsland Yacht Clubs competing for the Perpetual Trophy. Day 1. Sat’ 3rd saw an invitation race starting at 1.00 pm. The race was sailed in a strong easterly wind which suited the catamarans who dominated the placings The winner, Peter Kiely from South Gippsland in ‘Gunna’, was delighted with

the conditions, they suited his yacht. Day 2

saw sailors contesting 2 races in 4 divisions. ‘Off the Beach’ yachts sailed a course around the bay in front of the clubhouse with the ‘Trailer Sailors’ heading down the channel and back. Al Findlay got a steaming start at the invitation Race on the first day of the Eastern Regional Regatta.

Winner Division 1

Frank Strickland Skipper

(Emily)

Division 2 Winner Taj Duff

(Wicked Weasal)





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Division 3 Winner

Charlie Broomhall

skipper

(Tenth Time)

Division 4 Winner

Peter Kiely

(Gunna)

The Perpetual Trophy

Winners were the Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club.

Congratulations to them and a big thank you to the Port Albert

Yacht Club Committee for running such a successful

weekend.





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PAYC Trivia Night!





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12 month Advertising 1st of July – 30th of June

1 x Block Size/Business Card- $120 per year 2 X Block Size - $218 per year

3 X Block Size - $327 per year 4 X Block Size - $436 per year

Casual Ad’s $20 per 1 Block

For more details please email [email protected]

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Enquiries &

Bookings www.anglersarmsandfishermanscottage.com.au

PH. 0402125564

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Takes the Sting out of bites

IT REALLY

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Do you have something for the Tattler?

The Port Albert Tattler is community newsletter that hopes to update everyone on what is

happening in the area. If you would like to advertise a community group/event in the area for

please send through your event details to [email protected].






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Port Albert Directory

Port Albert CFA – Fire Brigade –Meetings Mon Night 730 pm PA Fire

Brigade - Emergencies

000 or www.CFA.vic.gov.au

Port Albert Progress Association – meets every third Monday 7pm at Port

Albert Hall

email [email protected]

Port Albert Mechanics Hall Committee – Responsible for the up keep,

Events & Hire and markets held at the Mechanics Hall – Contact Ulla –

0431734236

People of Port Albert – Community Event Planning Group (beers by the

bay, Tarra-Festival & more events to come – Contact Shane 0428 759 908

Port Albert Coast Guard – Part of Australia Volunteer Coast Guards –

for membership - https:// coastguard.com.au/membership Phone: (03) 5183

2555

Port Albert Sports and Light Game Fishing – Local Fishing

competitions and Team Events - Charles 0427532961

The Friends of St John’s Inc. - promote and develop StJohn’s Church,

Raglan Street Port Albert, fund raising and events – Contact President Ray

Walka [email protected]

Port Albert Yacht Club – Sailing lessons, Sailing competitions &

other events – Contact [email protected] 0417106279

The Historic Port Albert Boat Club Inc – Contacts: Peter Pryce-

Lewis (President) 0448690951, Stan Harrison (V. President)

0408995066

Yarram Medical Centre - 91 Commercial Rd, Yarram. Ph. 03820333

http://www.ydhs.com.au

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/




http://www.ydhs.com.au/

http://www.ydhs.com.au/





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R O D O N D O

74 Tarraville Rd, Port Albert VIC 3971

5183 2688

SAILING EVERY SUNDAY 10AM

OCT – MAY

Contact 0417 106 279

PO R T A L B E R T Y A C H T C L U B






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Coast Guard News!

Written by Neville Lowe On Saturday afternoon Terry and crew were sent to Singapore Deep

Welshpool to find a boat that would not start, after searching along

multiple channels for some time they returned home only to be told that

the person in trouble got his boat to start, got back to boat ramp at Port Welshpool, rang

triple zero to report he was back but the message wasn’t passed on to the crew on our boat.

Congratulations to Rob & Ulla Killury at the Port Albert General

Store!

27th highest seller of Fishing Licences in all of Victoria! The

increase in visitors certainly shows. Well done!

79 Old Port Foreshore RD Port Albert

A n d w i l d f l o w e r f a r m

F o r B o o k i n g s c a l l 0 3 5 1 8 3 2 3 3 6 O r g o t o

w w w . h o o k e d i n n c o t t a g e s . c o m . a u

Robert Gordon Pottery The best place to find truly Myrtle & Moss Polka Luka

gifts by Australian and

Gippsland

Zin & Bert And many More

69 Tarraville Rd, Port

Albert

Local

s Ph. 0351832588

Ph. 04001012734

Open Sat and Sun – 10am – 3pm or by appointment

w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / s o u t h e r n e x p o s u r e g a l l e r y

http://www/





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Port Albert” yet?

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Join our current 2208 Likers to find out

what’s happening in Port Albert &

Wellington Shire.

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• Deep Tissue

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Open from 11am 7 Days

• Large Selection of Beers

• Extensive Wine List • Eat In or Takeaway • Courtesy Car

39 Wharf St Port

Albert PH.

351832566

BUMPER STICKERS

Bumper stickers are available for purchase. All

proceeds go directly to the cost of producing

them. Stickers can be purchased from various

locations in Port Albert, namely Port Albert

General Store Port Albert Wharf Fish & Chips,

Wildfish & the Port Albert Maritime Museum.

Ph. 0499 105 151

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