January 5th, 2023Shooting at Glenlyon

In our May 9, 2022 edition we reported that the Daylesford Field & Game
Club could return to the Glenlyon Reserve.

THE Daylesford Field & Game Club can finally return to its home at the Glenlyon Reserve after three years now a final report has found the risk of soil contamination is “low and acceptable”.
The news comes three years after concerns were raised over potential lead
contamination, possibly caused by clay target shooting, and an initial assessment
found elevated levels of lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the reserve.
The Daylesford Field & Game Club, which has operated out of Glenlyon for 43
years, was told to stop using the reserve at the start of 2020.
However a final report presented to Hepburn Shire Council this year has found
“the extent and severity of soil contamination is less than indicated in the preliminary
assessment” and “no further risk assessment, remedial actions or further management
controls are required for the site based on its use as a recreational reserve”.
Club secretary Colin Johns, pictured, said once a few fences were repaired, club
members were looking forward to their first shoot in a couple of months.
“I have had a lot of calls over the past few days from members who are fairly keen
to get back into it but we also have to do a bit of rebuilding of the club. It’s been
three years and some people were almost ready to give it away, but they are pretty
keen to get back now.”
Mr Johns, who has competed at state, Australian and international levels, said the
majority of people living around Glenlyon had been very supportive. “I think we are
actually more welcome than we had thought.”
Mr Johns said the club would love new members and had already been talking to
new Glenlyon residents who were shooters and “dead keen” to get going.
Anyone interested in joining the club can contact Mr Johns on 0427 530 559 or
vice president Jody Wallace on 0417 592 952.
Words: Donna Kelly
(Ed’s note: We have not heard any gunshots from the reserve in 2022 but look forward
to waking up on Saturday to the sounds of real country living.)