tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38768363083291832052024-03-06T06:26:00.753+11:00Why Live in Drysdale, VictoriaDrysdale is in the middle of the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. We moved here at the end of 2007 for the great beaches, horse riding, schools and facilities. This blog highlights issues and events in the Drysdale and Clifton Springs local area.Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.comBlogger391125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-43178837893565031212015-04-01T22:19:00.000+11:002015-04-01T22:19:18.395+11:00Drysdale By Pass Community Consultation starts mid April
The Geelong Advertiser reports today that"
"VicRoads is hosting open sessions where residents can see the latest options for the bypass, and provide input into issues such as intersections and improvements to High St....
Community consultation sessions will be held in:
— Drysdale on April 15 between 3pm and 7pm at the Springdale Neighbourhood Centre.
— Portarlington on Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-21634194697199672032015-03-17T16:10:00.000+11:002015-03-17T16:10:46.914+11:00Coles Supermarket in Drysdale gets the go ahead but what about the traffic?The Geelong Council on 10 February 2015 passed the an Amendment C297 which rezoned the vacant land at 32 Murradoc Road, Drysdale, from the Commercial 2 Zone to the Commercial 1 Zone.
This Amendment was also combined with a planning permit to construct a full-line Coles supermarket at 24-26, 28-30 and 32 Murradoc Road, Drysdale.
The Council received 20 submissions, 16 in support or not objectingCheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-45214821646968323292015-03-17T14:45:00.000+11:002015-03-17T14:45:14.230+11:00Vicroads is currently working on the Drysdale Bypass Network Planning Study
"In November 2014, the Victorian Government committed $109 million to construct the Drysdale Bypass. This includes $106 million for the bypass and $3 million for an upgrade of High Street in Drysdale.
VicRoads is currently working on a Drysdale Road Network Planning Study and is developing a business case to fix traffic issues in Drysdale. The Study will focus on how the bypass can improve Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-18623107090522324822014-11-21T07:15:00.002+11:002014-11-21T07:15:49.280+11:00Where to vote in Drysdale / Clifton Springs for the State Election on Saturday 29 November
There will be three polling booths in the Drysdale Clifton Springs area on Saturday 29 November for the 2014 State election.
Drysdale Uniting Church Hall, Palmerston Street, Drysdale (Full wheelchair access)
Beacon Point Kindergarten, 49-55 Centaurus Avenue, Clifton Springs (No Wheelchair Access)
Clifton Springs Primary School, 84 Jetty Road, Clifton Springs (Full wheelchair Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-25349785518760262852014-11-19T13:19:00.000+11:002014-11-19T13:20:34.850+11:00Open Garden in Drysdale this weekend – Lark Edge
On
behalf of Open Gardens Australia, Lark Edge will be open to the public
this Saturday November 22 and Sunday November 23, from 10.00 am – 4.30 pm.
Lark
Edge is located at 2065 Portarlington Road, Drysdale.
Developed
over some 25 years, Lark Edge is a mature country garden on the north face of
the Bellarine Peninsula, part of a smallholding which includes a domestic scale
vineyard, Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-22465110813114658932014-11-17T15:10:00.000+11:002014-11-17T15:10:02.551+11:00Drysdale Leopold Horse Show and Showjumping - Sunday 14 Dec 2014
Drysdale Leopold Pony Club is holding its annual horse and pony show on Sunday 14 December.
There will be events for:
Junior and Senior Pony Club
Open Rings
Topsy ring-Lunchtime Fancy Dress
Freshmans and
Open AM7 Showjumping
Pre-entry is available, or you can enter on the day.
*Insurance: All open competitors must report to Secretary’s Office to present/sign day attendance Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-63411461823591451132014-11-12T16:24:00.001+11:002014-11-12T16:24:22.479+11:00Winged Horse Equine Welfare Open Day and Horse Gear Market this SaturdayThis Saturday 15 November, Winged Horse Equine Welfare is hosting an open day and horse gear market. There will be new and used items, food stalls and a jumping castle for the kids (big and small).
There will be 100+ rugs for sale from 3'6 to 6'9 including cottons, synthetic rugs, canvas rugs plus neck rugs and many 6'6 good quality axiom synthetic and a few stable rugs and mesh Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-91731290861652137522014-11-10T12:21:00.000+11:002014-11-10T12:21:07.976+11:00Geelong Council proposes new boundary between Drysdale and Clifton SpringsThere is a new retirement village being constructed, known as Bellarine Springs. The current boundary alignment for Drysdale / Clifton Springs will run through the centre of this retirement village which will split the development into two separate localities.Geelong Council is proposing to realign the boundary further north to run along the back fence line of properties located on Amarina Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-24648887778072969792014-10-17T19:52:00.002+11:002014-10-17T19:52:57.359+11:00Drysdale ByPass could be built if the Victorian Coalition Government gets back inThe Geelong Advertiser reports today that
"THE long-awaited Drysdale bypass will be built if the Coalition is returned to government next month.
Premier Denis Napthine will today make an official $106 million election commitment to build the road in the hotly contested seat of Bellarine.
Plans seen by the Geelong Advertiser show the two-lane road will stretch for 5.9km from theCheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-3663334045567034172014-05-06T16:00:00.000+10:002014-05-06T16:02:25.300+10:00Drysdale Bypass Business Case Funded in today's State BudgetThe Victorian Treasurer's budget speech today has announced:
"$3.6 million has also been allocated in 2014-15 for planning, project development and the
preparation of business cases for the Drysdale bypass, Westall Road extension, Edgars
Road extension in Epping and a northern extension of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway
to bypass Mordialloc..." page 7. http://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/State-Budget/Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-11729281900903165662014-04-21T21:17:00.001+10:002014-04-21T21:17:54.296+10:00Geelong Council to consider Permit for a Coles Supermarket in Drysdale next to AldiGeelong Council will consider a permit from Coles to build a new supermarket in Murradoc Road Drysdale next door to Aldi this Tuesday night (22 April 2014).
Road congestion will reign supreme even more so than it does now - can't see the need for another supermarket - the dollar on spreads so far.
Below is the summary from the Council's agenda document which is in pdf format. The agenda Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-46923419184074819862014-04-17T17:20:00.000+10:002014-04-17T17:20:34.068+10:00McHarrys Bus Depot Permit Application before Geelong Council on Tuesday 22 AprilAt the Geelong Council meeting on Tuesday 22 April 2014 the Council will consider the planning permit for McHarrys Buslines in Murradoc Road and an amendment for the Drysdale Urban Design Framework to enable the planning permit to be considered. As there are objections to the permit, Council will be referring this to an independent panel to resolve.
Council believes adopting the Drysdale Urban Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0Murradoc Road, Drysdale VIC 3222, Australia-38.1772303 144.60490089999996-38.1772303 144.60490089999996 -38.1772303 144.60490089999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-60285564168462567492014-04-17T16:43:00.001+10:002014-04-17T16:43:45.002+10:00Showjumping comes to Drysdale Easter Sunday and MondayDrysdale Leopold Pony Club is hosting its annual showjumping carnival this Easter Sunday and Monday at Lake Lorne Reserve in Drysdale.
Sunday is an open competition and Freshmans show jumping is available - You can enter on the day - $5 per round - PLUS $4 FOLLR Facility Fee per combination per day (covers both Freshmans and Open). This ring will start at 10.00am at 35cm (may be led) and will Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0Reserve Road, Drysdale VIC 3222, Australia-38.184292200000009 144.55882900000006-38.190532700000006 144.54874400000006 -38.178051700000012 144.56891400000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-89276147770664571312014-02-09T20:48:00.000+11:002014-02-09T20:48:42.450+11:00Drysdale gets a new service station - where is the consultation?City of Greater Geelong is considering a a permit to have a new Milemaker service station located at the Jetty/Grubb Road roundabout in Drysdale.
The first I heard about it was reading it in the Bellarine Times 6th February edition on Saturday. The closing date for submissions was the 7th February - the day before. Trying to find information about this on the Geelong Council website proved Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-85293280094700649682014-01-22T21:07:00.001+11:002014-01-22T21:07:08.926+11:00McHarry’s Buslines wants to build a depot in Murradoc Road Drysdale
McHarry's Buses wants to build a depot for its buses in Drysdale and turn a beautiful park like setting into a bitumen heat sink.
To make this happen, the Geelong Council is running a Public Exhibition of the Drysdale Urban Design Framework Amendment C283.
The amendment is open for comment from anyone who wants to from 17 January 2014 to 24 February 2014.
The land affected byCheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-2540811269471318192013-10-25T16:15:00.001+11:002013-10-25T16:15:34.487+11:00Come to the Drysdale Leopold Pony Club Show on December 8The Drysdale Leopold Pony Club is holding its open horse show on Sunday December 8, 2013
There will be events for Junior and Senior Pony Club riders, Open Rings, Topsy ring, Lunchtime Fancy Dress, Freshman’s Showjumping and the Obstacle course starts at 10:00am.
Pre-entry is available, or you can enter on the day or you can just come and watch.
Admission: $5.00 per car, plus $4.00 FOLLR fee Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-29377871619071967802013-07-31T22:24:00.001+10:002013-07-31T22:24:58.069+10:00Drysdale's Murradoc Road's shoulders abandoned by VicRoads?It appears VicRoads have stopped work on sealing Murradoc Road's shoulders.
While they did a great job of rolling part of the shoulders and fixing the gravel as well as fixing some of the drains, they have not finished the work.
The Drysdale side of the big hill is a bit of a mess - the shoulders encroach over the road - part of the bitumen has disappeared.
On the St Leonards side of the hill Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-33958129641854806222013-05-01T16:06:00.001+10:002013-05-01T16:06:28.674+10:00Murradoc Road's shoulders are getting sealed - finally a safer road for cyclists!A letter arrived in the mail today from VicRoads:
Construction Works - Murradoc Road between Mortimer Street and Becks Road, Drysdale
VicRoads wishes to advise you that construction works on Murradoc Road between Mortimer Street and Becks Road, Drysdale will commence on Monday 6 May 2013.
Works will include construction of a sealed shoulder and road safety improvements in both directions of Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-3552308406476372602013-03-12T19:23:00.000+11:002013-03-12T19:23:34.593+11:00Geelong Council to cut Coriyule Road in two and rename the eastern end Appleby StreetAt tonight's meeting of the City of Greater Geelong Council, councillors will vote on truncating Coriyule Road at its eastern end and in the process, creating a new road called Appleby Street. In effect Coriyule Road will cease to be a through road between Hermsley Road and Jetty Road.
If you live on the western side of the truncation you will either have to go all the way up to Hermsley Road andCheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-66510184130721099202013-03-12T19:02:00.000+11:002013-03-12T19:02:02.849+11:00Geelong Council to change Drysdale Clifton Springs boundary tonightBelow is an extract from the City of Greater Geelong's Agenda which will be voted on tonight (12 March 2013) to change the boundary between Drysdale and Clifton Springs known as Area 1.
PROPOSED BOUNDARY REALIGNMENT – DRYSDALE / CLIFTON SPRINGS (WEST OF THE GEELONG – PORTARLINGTON ROAD)
Portfolio: Governance – Cr Fagg, Mayor
Source: Corporate Services – Financial Services
General Manager: Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-10229684172045168092013-02-22T16:41:00.000+11:002013-02-22T16:41:59.014+11:00Victorian Equathon Challenge - Sunday 24 March 2013Drysdale will again be host to the Victorian Equathon Challenge being held at Lake Lorne Reserve on Sunday 24th March 2013.
It is being run under the auspices of Modern Pentathlon Victoria at the facilities of the Drysdale Leopold Pony Club Grounds.
Entries close Tuesday 19th March 2013.
The Equathon is a three-event competition consisting of showjumping, swimming and cross-country running (Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-23676551304993306142013-02-14T08:35:00.000+11:002013-02-14T09:37:16.667+11:00Pony club horse trials this weekendDrysdale Leopold Pony Club are holding their annual horse trials event this Sunday 17 February 2013.
Grades 2 - 5 riders will be competing in a 3 phase event including dressage, showjumping and cross country jumping.
Come and watch our local riders compete at Lake Lorne Reserve in Drysdale.Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-36488072885316244382013-01-18T12:46:00.002+11:002013-01-19T23:39:16.911+11:00Mannerim Rural Fire Brigade Annual Garage Sale 2013Mannerim Fire Brigade will be holding their annual garage sale at the "Big Shed" on the corner of Banks and Swan Bay Road, Sunday January 27 from 8am.
Second hand goods will be for sale, along with household goods, electrical equipment, books and local produce.
Donations of goods can be delivered to the Big Shed on Saturday 26 January between 9am and 1 pm.
The Mannerim Brigade thank you for Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-63283990718354217252012-12-22T22:00:00.001+11:002012-12-22T22:00:32.977+11:00St James Church January 2013 Second Hand Book Sale
There will be a huge secondhand book sale on 5 - 6 January 2013 to help with fundraising for the St James’ Church Hall.
It is being held next door in the Drysdale Community Activity Centre, Collins St, Drysdale.
Times: Saturday 9–5 and Sunday 10–4
Enquiries: 5251 2594
Refreshments are available
Entry is free All abilities will have access
Website: Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876836308329183205.post-62465335381341489922012-12-22T21:45:00.000+11:002012-12-22T21:45:27.627+11:00Free Bushfire Preparedness Session Focusing on HorsesThe CFA is hosting a free bushfire preparedness session focusing on horses and bushfire at the Mannerim CFA fire station in Banks Road, Mannerim on Thursday 17 January 2013 at 7.30pm.
Find out what you need to know to look after your horses if threatened by fire.
For more information please contact Niki Habibis on 5240 2717
If you belong to a community group or club, please contact Niki about Cheryl Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10055234386823934792noreply@blogger.com0