Pete Bannan’s story from last week’s paper regarding reducing the learner permit age in Victoria is one that often comes into question locally.
Personally, I am aware of a few who have gone for their licence and although their book claims they have clocked up 120 hours, this could be debatable.
I’d like to know the percentage of school leavers who go to uni and those who get a trade or go back on the farm.
Those not going to uni would be much more likely to require a licence and if they can’t drive, this makes it difficult for parents taking their kids to their worksite at ungodly hours.
Legal school leaving age is 17 or finish of year 10. That’s at least one year working without a licence. A bit strange considering some kids are definitely not cut out for school.
One quote from Pete’s story… “Given the number of lives saved since the driving age was raised to 18, any move to lower it again would be a backwards step and potentially result in 10 more deaths each year,” the Department of Transport and Planning spokesperson said kind of makes it pretty tough to drop the age.
Saw old mate Lloyd Lewis and his lovely wife Maria at their usual haunt at Chino’s. They were having a quiet coffee with Maria’s sister Bernadette and her husband Glyn Jones who are visiting from London. Interesting, but Lloyd and Kurl did not even mention cricket, and that’s following Australia’s big run chase against the Poms, sorry, English in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Bernadette and Glyn are staying for about four weeks.
Seems that Bernadette had a conversation with someone on a walk around the levee and this person thought they were talking to Maria. Nice that keeping the conversation going is the most important thing Bernadette.
Hope you have a great stay in Kerang.
Glyn is Welsh and could care less about the cricket, but he was concerned about the hiding that the Welsh Rugby team copped from France 43-0 – and Ireland 27-18 and Italy 22-15 and South Africa 45-12.
Don’t worry Glyn, they play Scotland on March 9 and England on March 16.
The Kerang Cemetery Trust are holding a working bee tonight at 6pm.
Bring gloves, shovels, rakes and implements of destruction (that’s a line from a song way back when – not many will remember).
Hope that a few can turn up as many hands…
A former local from over Koondrook way who is now living down south at Warrnambool somewhere is right into AFL footy and has made some household rules.
A few of the rules are: Talking to me can wait until quarter or half time; Before making plans or inviting me out, please consult the AFL fixture, and, if you must hold an event during an AFL match, know I’ll be watching on my phone. Great rules.
This Essendon supporter has done it tough over the last couple of years, so I’d like to wish her the very best for the 2025 season.
If you ever watch any practice match highlights of the AFL you will never have any clue as to how your team’s backline is playing. The only highlights they ever show are some midfield play and then the goals.
Most teams base their games on defence so showing the goals indicate your team can at least score but does not necessarily show their form.
We know that any Ross Lyon-coached team will be defensive so old mate and St Kilda supporter Jack Whitehead has no clue how his team is going. Keep in mind at this time of the year every team is going to win the flag.
Cripps holding the premiership cup saying “What’s this” is the new meme.
Marvel Stadium is cheapest for food at AFL matches due to AFL subsidies. Thought it would be good to give the subsidies to grassroots (country) footy?
Oh, that’s right. The funds never go to the right place and the money is used inefficiently.
The upcoming Kerang Lunar New Year Festival will take place at Atkinson Park this coming Saturday at 4pm and is something that we haven’t had in Kerang before.
The Celebrated Gamelon Ensemble “Mugi Rahaya” based in Eppalock, went to two local schools last Friday presenting a Gamelon and Indonesian Dance Production in full Indonesian Costume.
Afghanistan have defeated England in the ICC Champions Trophy. At one stage England needed 13 runs off 7 balls to keep their Champions Trophy hopes alive, and as one comment on Cricinfo said “and some jobs”.
Another journo said they are ‘at risk of becoming a laughing stock’. This indicates they currently aren’t.
