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By PETER KENNEDY

MYER’S iconic Pall Mall store could be sold off as part of a multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Bendigo CBD that includes a four and a half star hotel and dedicated retail space of which Myer would become a key tenant. Senior Myer executives are due to visit the city later this month for talks with the City of Greater Bendigo, with the potential sale of the retailer’s historic Pall Mall premises high on the agenda. Council’s CBD place manager

Pall Mall site to be sold, Myer keen to stay

Phil DeAraugo yesterday said it was important to note that a move towards selling the site did not equate to Myer pulling out of Bendigo, only that the company was not in the business of owning the land on which its stores operate. It’s understood Myer owns less than a handful of sites across its nation-wide chain of stores, founded in Bendigo by Sidney Myer almost 120 years ago.

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“This is the real opportunity to get them (Myer) into a decent quality building,” Mr DeAraugo said. The Weekly last month revealed discussions were under way regarding the potential development of a multi-storey hotel complex as part of a redevelopment of the prized Pall Mall site currently owned and occupied by Myer. Mr DeAraugo also said investigations where underway into

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how the often overlooked Mitchell Lane that leads off Mitchell Street could be better utilised, including its potential to be accessed via Allans Walk, Victoria Lane and even through to the Myer store. City of Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O’Rourke said Myer was keen to work with council and the opportunities that exist in Bendigo, and that conversations about the retailer’s presence in Bendigo had

always been positive. She said redevelopment of the Myer site would provide a massive boost, and help bring greater vibrancy back into the CBD, adding that any proposal would involve more than just retail opportunities for Bendigo. “I just think this would re-invigorate the city,” she said. One of the Hargreaves Mall’s most maligned features is also in line for an overhaul as part of council plans to further enhance the heart of the city. Continued Page 2

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Council has called for expressions of interest to transform the bus shelter that was installed at the Mitchell Street end of the mall in 2016 at a cost of approximately $330,000. It wants the space to be more of a commercial pop-up opportunity. Traders, business leaders and shoppers have long been critical of the decision to locate the bus shelter in the mall, and the structure has been the subject of repeated vandalism attacks, including one earlier this year that saw every Perspex panel in the structure destroyed. It’s understood the bus shelter will not be reinstated elsewhere, and that conversion of the Hargreaves Mall space also signals an acceptance that the facility has not been utilised by the overwhelming majority of bus patrons. Documents released by the council have called for expressions of interest from anyone keen to be part of a plan to increase the activation of Hargreaves Mall and to complement rather than compete with existing businesses by utilising the bus shelter space. The EOI documents cite the approximately 135 square metres of prime public space will be curated to take advantage of the different seasons, and opportunities to utilise the space will be short term. Projects must promote inno-

NEW IDEA: Council wants to repurpose the Hargreaves Mall bus shelter. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN vation, have a creative element and be sourced or made locally. Traders and business leaders say the bus shelter has also been a magnet for anti-social behaviour that had impacted more broadly upon the mall and upon trade in the immediate vicinity. A recent City of Greater Bendigo “Transforming the City Centre” project update newsletter described the repurposing of the bus shelter as a high priority,

“given that it is not performing the function that it was intended to and that it has sustained significant damage in recent months”. Bus shelter commercial popup opportunity expressions of interest close on Monday, August 13. Other enhancements to the Hargreaves Mall underway include the planned introduction of book boxes near the children’s playground, a pop-up

park, more lighting and the installation of a new catenary rope system for the central system of the mall to allow artwork and decorations to be suspended above the mall. Council is also investigating how the toilets situated in the mall could also be located elsewhere and the present sites re-purposed, and is lobbying for an increased Protective Services Officers presence in the heart of the city.

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Nats push regional jobs

By SHARON KEMP

PUBLIC servants who wouldn’t move to a regional location should start their own business and work where they want, Nationals MP and chairman of the bipartisan federal government inquiry into regional development Damian Drum said in Bendigo this week. His Victorian Nationals colleague Peter Walsh talked more of a carrot than a stick approach, ensuring health, education and lifestyle amenities were built to encourage public servants to the regions. “In more recent times, both sides of politics have had a regional development portfolio and it has done some good projects but it probably hasn’t changed the population of Victoria is settling,” Mr Walsh said in Bendigo yesterday. “It is not something that will happen overnight, but what we want to do is change the mix of where population settles.

“At the moment, Victoria is growing by about 130,000 people a year, over 90 per cent of that growth is in Melbourne. “It is how you handle the connectivity issues particularly around public transport, and you want to make sure you have the health services, the university and the schooling so that people aren’t moving out to the country and then spending a lot of money to send their kids to Melbourne to go to uni.” Mr Drum’s approach was more heavy-handed. On the same day the federal government’s Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority announced as many as 40 of its specialist staff would not move to Armidale, Mr Drum issued a warning. “They cannot dictate to a government, whether it be a state government or whether it be a federal government, where these jobs must be,” Mr Drum said, referring to public servants in general.

“If they want to dictate the location of their position, then they can go and start their own business and that way they can dictate where they live and where they work.” The report from the Select Committee on Regional Development

“If you want to take a role in the public service, you take that role where it exists” and Decentralisation, the research for which included a public hearing in Bendigo, was handed down last week with largely bipartisan support. It recommended continuing public sector decentralisation despite the recent contentious move by the APVMA out of Canberra. The authority’s chief executive Dr Chris Parker announced this week 30 to 40 specialist staff would remain in Canberra. But Mr Drum’s Nationals col-

POLICE search and rescue officers were called to Bendigo yesterday after a man’s body was found in the Bendigo Creek. Officers were called to Oak Street in Golden Square shortly before 10am yesterday after a passer-by discovered the body partially submerged in the creek. The area was cordoned off to the public and sections of Oak Street and McKenzie Street West were closed to traffic while officers waited for the arrival of the search and rescue team from Melbourne. The body was recovered by search and rescue divers and was later identified to be that of a 49-year-old Bendigo man. A pushbike was also recovered from the creek. Police believe he was riding at the time of the incident. At the time of going to print, police said they were not treating the death as suspicious but will prepare a report for the coroner.

go, people often ask me where they can buy local art from. It would be so wonderful to be able to say we have a permanent gallery.” Ms Bromley is hopeful that Knuldoorong will be the springboard for such an enterprise. Most art works are for sale and artists can be contacted for commission work. Floor talks will be conducted during the exhibition or by arrangement. The exhibition will run at Dudley House, 60 View Street. Most art works are for sale and artists may be contacted for commission work. Floor talks will be conducted during the exhibition or by arrangement. Contact Janet Bromley on 0434 775 266 or knuldoorongexhibition@gmail.com NAIDOC week runs from July 8 to 15.

NEW LOOK FOR HOUSING ESTATE HOUSING minister Martin Foley says a redevelopment of Bendigo’s Virginia Hill public housing estate will provide better living and community spaces for residents. Mr Foley and Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan yesterday announced a $10 million investment in public housing in Bendigo. Upgrades to the Virginia Hill estate in Eaglehawk will improve public spaces and provide better connections to the surrounding neighbourhood. Much of the estate was built in the 1980s, with residences to be replaced with modern, environmentally-friendly housing better suited to local demand for affordable housing. The improvement of the estate is part of a $30 million Victorian government boost to regional public housing. Mr Foley said the government would work closely with the City of Bendigo, the local community and tenants to design and deliver the project, which will begin development in 2019.

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Trails a park problem

PARKS Victoria has conceded unauthorised mountain bike trails have become an issue on local land it manages, including the Bendigo Regional Park. But north central district manager Peter Foster said the department was in the process of working with community groups to remediate the damage done by bikes, including educating people to report damage they see. Mr Foster said Parks Victoria faced the challenge of having to manage a large area, and in Bendigo Regional Park, the last use was forestry which came with a legacy of the damage by vehicles. The issue of mountain bikes on public land has drawn attention because of a masterplan submitted by the Bendigo Mountain Club that proposes building more than 50 kilometres of trails, some in the Bendigo Regional Park.

The club’s masterplan suggests converting some unauthorised trails into properly constructed tracks for riding on, and rehabilitating others. But while local conservation groups have insisted they support mountain bike riding as a recreational use of parks, they also have been ignored in consultation for the masterplan. Ecologist and Bendigo Field Naturalists member Richard Goonan said the masterplan had only identified 1km of trail to be rehabilitated. He said soils in Bendigo Regional Park were “highly erodible”. “When you remove leaf litter, soils start to erode away,” Mr Goonan said. “And when you get high traffic confined to a narrow path, it washes away.” Mr Foster agreed the soil types in the park don’t revegetate quickly.

Parks Victoria were also contending with illegal dumping in forests, off road vehicle users and firewood collection. Development of the masterplan, which was partly funded by the City of Greater Bendigo, will have to be referred to Parks Victoria. The council has accepted the masterplan and is considering it for development. Mayor Margaret O’Rourke arranged a roundtable on the masterplan in April after conservation groups, including the field naturalists and the Bendigo and District Environment Council, demanded a hearing. Cr O’Rourke and the mountain bike club have maintained the conservation aspects of the plan will be addressed when it is referred to Parks Victoria. But Mr Goonan said he was concerned the more the council

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“We are not aware that there will be any more consultation.” Mr Foster said Parks Victoria would address all environmental concerns before submitting a report about the plans.

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BENDIGO Volunteer Resource Centre will be using cash reserves to remain open while the City of Greater Bendigo decides whether to award a $25,000 a year grant on which the not-forprofit service has relied each year to pay for infrastructure costs. The council has ignored a submission by the service for more than funding. It has asked the centre to apply for a community grant, a change from the partnership grants through which it has been providing funding. But apart from the uncertainty of not knowing until at least October if annual maximum $25,000 council funding will be successful, the centre has also had forewarning from the fed-

eral government its funding may finish in three years. That means support from local businesses and services will become the centre’s only reliable source of funding in the future. BVRC chairman Julie Rivendell said the centre’s staff members were already on the lowest pay for their occupation in the state and cutting staff hours to save money had eaten further into their earnings. But their volunteer referral work over the years had been used as the template for other volunteer management services across the Victoria, including in the way it screens participants. “BVRC also assists many locals who want to volunteer their time, including disadvantaged people who remarkably want to give something back to the

community despite their circumstances,” Ms Rivendell said. “One such volunteer was homeless and a victim of domestic violence before she offered her services to BVRC. “She in now working and volunteering her services in other organisations across Bendigo.”

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ardised for a relatively small amount of money and although the council says we can apply for a mix of grants later this year, the service needs to stay open and the council needs to support us”. “I call on the council to rethink its decision on this funding, to give volunteers and those

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In the last financial year, the centre assisted almost 3500 people, trained more than 760 volunteers and linked more than 817 people and organisations with volunteering, Board member James Breene said it was a tremendous resource, “one that is being jeop-

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who receive their services certainty for the future,” Mr Breene said. Ms Rivendell said the council referred people to the centre which had the expertise to deal with complex referrals. The council said it had made the centre aware of funding

changes after the 2018-19 budget was adopted on June 21. Acting corporate performance dirctor Steven Abbott said the centre’s submission was considered alongside 18 other public submissions and that it is not possible to fund them all. “The BVRC was receiving council funding through a threeyear grant,” Mr Abbott said. “This grant was provided through the competitive Partnership Grants Program and applied from to 2015-2016 to 2017-2018. “The partnership grant has a strong emphasis on the need for recipients to build sustainable funding models over the threeyear period. “It is considered important that community groups shouldn’t rely on ongoing council funding for operations.”

Bank withdraws Borough branch NATIONAL Australia Bank have given notice it will close its Eaglehawk branch in late September, a process that will require customers to change their BSB number. Customers were sent a letter by the bank this week which included a phone number to ring if they wanted further information. The phone number connects to a recorded message that refers customers from September 20 to bank at NAB’s branch in Bendigo,” less than seven kilometres away”, or to an Australian Post Office in Eaglehawk that offers limited banking services. The recorded message says BSB numbers, which identify the location of banks and branches around Australia, will change as of October 29. NAB will automatically change them over but customers will have to use the new BSB for any new regular debit payments. A customer who declined to be named told the Bendigo Weekly he worried that closing the Eaglehawk branch would see customers drive to Bendigo to bank and shop. NAB general manager regional Victoria, Kerri Webster, said the decision was a

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SHOPPERS at Charter Hall Lansell Square have the chance to be part of change, in an program aimed at raising awareness about domestic violence. Through placing a puzzle piece in the centre’s giant jigsaw board, meals, with a target of at least 800, will be donated to women and children in local refuges. Centres across the country have teamed up with social enterprise Two Good, which works with victims of domes-

tic violence in areas of food, support and training, to carry out the meal mission – pledging to donate a combined 20,000 meals. Charter Hall’s Helen Dimoudis said the program had been acting as a forum for people to open up and speak about their own experiences. “Our focus in our campaign is understanding that there is help that is available and we can do so much as a community to support that

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Debate heads off track

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REPRESENTATIVES from both sides of the political tracks have used the Regional Rail Revival project as their platform to lock horns over planned works on the Bendigo-Echuca rail line. Two very separate announcements were held on Monday to spruik the interests of each party and level of government in having delivered the $91 million worth of track and signalling upgrades. The railing began with Victorian public transport minister Jacinta Alllan being flanked by Bendigo’s federal

MP Lisa Chesters to talk about the potential benefits for growth along the corridor. “We’re confident that we are going to see more people catching the train between Bendigo and Echuca and all stops in between. This means we’re making the most of the infrastcucture we have right here,” she said. Ms Chesters took a swipe at her Coalition counterparts, saying it had been “a battle” to get the federal government to fund Victoria fairly. The main source of consternation from the coalition, led by Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie and Murray

MP Damian Drum, was that the Victorian government had consistently left behind areas of Victoria beyond the likes of Bendigo and Ballarat. “For Echuca this is fantastic... This will turn an hour and 40-minute trip into an hour and 15 minutes. That’s what it should have been for the last 10 to 15 years,” Mr Drum said. But beyond the political gamesmanship, there was very little to be announced. Rail Projects Victoria, the body overseeing the project and formerly known as the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, is yet to undertake its

assessments of the line to see what work needs to be done. RPV CEO Mark Havryluk could not say how many level crossings will require work, how many signalling bottlenecks there are to iron out and what delays may be seen by commuters and motorists. “We’re working through the timelines at this stage through design and planning, the line speed upgrade to Echu is targetting 2020, and the signalling between Epsom and Eaglehawk early 2021,” he said. Work is expected to start by the end of the year.

Big city lessons ON his first trip to Australia, a New Yorker who has many years of service within the non-profit, law and public service sectors spanning across decades in the Big Apple, proclaims his family has much to thank Bendigo for. David Condliffe is in Australia to present to social health professionals at a Sydney conference a model of housing “created over the last 30 years that we are now expanding and replicating, housing for people leaving criminal justice incarceration, it is transitional, supportive and affordable”. While in Bendigo, Mr Condliffe spoke to community health professionals here on behalf of the Center of Community Alternatives of which he is an executive director. Afterwards, he visited the grave of his great grandfather Alfred Bell, who died in Bendigo in 1899 after working as a craftsman potter and foreman from the opening of Bendigo Pottery. John Bell Condliffe, David’s grandfather, was born and spent his primary school years in Ben-

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His mother remarried and the family moved to Christchurch where John Condliffe began what was to become an esteemed career in international economics. “He was knighted by the queen for his contribution at the League of Nations and Bretton Woods, and United Nations and the World Monetary Fund, he was part of their formation. His edu-

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IT was a busy week at La Trobe University’s Bendigo campus, with the university’s rural health school firmly in focus. La Trobe hosted about 200 secondary school students on Wednesday to give them a taste of university life. Students participated in a range of workshops and lectures to prepare them for tertiary study. “This is a great opportunity for students to find out what life is really like at university and start preparing themselves,” head of campus

Rob Stephenson said. The workshops were held a day after the university received $3 million from the Violet Vines Marshman Charitable Trust to invest in its rural health research. One of the university’s largest philanthropic donations, the investment saw the establishment of the Violet Vines Marshman Rural Health Initiative, announced at an event on Tuesday. Mrs Violet (Vi) Marshman devoted much of her life to improving the health and wellbeing of people,

particularly those living in regional and rural Australia. Later in life Mrs Marshman established a charitable trust, with funding to be spent on high impact rural health initiatives. Following a competitive process, La Trobe’s Rural Health School was successful in receiving the largest amount of money donated by the VV Marshman Charitable Trust. La Trobe vice chancellor John Dewar said the donation would have benefits at the community level.

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HELIPAD USAGE TAKING OFF THE helipad at Bendigo hospital has been used six times in its first week of operation, Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan announced this week Ms Allan said Ambulance Victoria expects to use the helipad twice per week, meaning the helipad had seen more activity than normal. The helipad started operating last Wednesday morning. Bendigo Health and Ambulance Victoria had conducted numerous tests to assess noise levels before the helipad’s opening.

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Bright ideas on show LOCAL inventors are invited to submit their entries and be in with a chance to win prizes in this year’s Bendigo Inventor Awards. With only three weeks until the closing date, awards director David Hughes is urging innovators to grab this opportunity to showcase their ideas. “The time for deliberating is over. Make up your mind to put your entry in and enjoy the benefits of being a part of this exciting event,” he said. This year the awards are

open to entries in four categories: environmental sustainability, health, agriculture and an open category. “Opening up the categories into new areas, allows a greater diversity in the entries we are receiving,” Mr Hughes said. “The categories reflect Bendigo’s business concerns which include corporate, industrial, health and agricultural sectors.” The Bendigo Inventor Awards are run by local business council Be.Bendigo and provide

the opportunity to win category prizes, as well as the top prize of $5000 and a guaranteed place on the 12-week La Trobe Accelerator Program. That gives inventors the opportunity to pitch for up to $20,000 in non-equity seed funding. “People often assume that every invention is app-based these days,” Mr Hughes said. “Of course, we see some exciting apps submitted, but many of the inventions are physical prototypes.

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“Last year our category winners included a part for helicopter articulated rotor heads; and a product that washes, disinfects and dries the hands, without the need to touch any part of it, something with direct relevance for the health sector.” The deadline for entries for the Bendigo Inventor Awards is 9am on Monday, July 23. Head to www.bendigoinventorawards.com.au for more details and to submit your entry.

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Disability Inclusion Reference Committee “We want to hear from all people with experience of disability, first hand, carer or employed within the disability sector. Are you passionate about inclusive practice and feel your voice advocates for others? If so we want to hear from you. This committee is a strong, creative and official way to exchange information and ideas with the City of Greater Bendigo, informing the place we live in and allowing us to be true partners in the way we shape our future.” – Sara McQueenie

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Due diligence I WRITE in response to the article on Friday, June 29 regarding the City of Greater Bendigo’s contract with Ironwood Security to deliver new CCTV infrastructure in the Bendigo CBD. The city entered into a contract with Ironwood Security in March this year, which is a registered company that is not insolvent. The city undertakes due diligence and follows specific procedures when awarding any contract and entered into an agreement with a viable company. Ironwood Security is expected to finish installing or upgrading 123 CCTV cameras within the coming months in accordance with the requirements of the contract. The city looks forward to the completion of this important safety project. Steven Abbott, Acting Director Corporate Performance, City of Greater Bendigo

Banking disgrace ANY one of us can agree to disagree on political points of view, but if the latest revelations coming out of the banking royal commission concerning ordinary Australians losing their homes and their superannuation wasn’t enough, now we have heard more horror stories concerning farmers that have been treated appallingly as well. This whole sorry saga just leaves you sick in the stomach, in respect to the fact that fellow Australians could have so little empathy, totally ignoring their plight, un-Australian in the context of our motto of “a fair go for everyone” and just plain wrong in every aspect. This banking royal commission has uncovered a blatant culture of bullying of vulnerable people from the small to the not so small, all treated like dirt. What makes this even more disgusting is the revelation that the bank executive involved in one of these economic tragedies, has admiitted that his bank allegedly acted inhumanely and without any feeling as to the dire situation faced by these people. Furthermore, a situation that many cannot get their head around, and has astonished and dismayed, is the lack of any serious push to have a banking royal commission in the first place, by the party that represents these people on the land, except for the occasional lone voice of John “Wacker” Williams, and complete disinterest by the prime minister and the treasurer, who con-

tinually told us that we “don’t need a banking royal commission” because we have been working for the past two years to strengthen regulatory measures to prevent any miscarriage of justice, but which has now revealed a situation which must leave nearly all Australians speechless. And what have Turnbull and Morrison had to say? Not much, but when agreeing to this enquiry, restricted the terms and references. All Australians can only hope judge Kenneth Haynes stands his ground, and requests for more time and resources to fully complete this enquiry. It is simply inconcievable that the government was not aware of the situations affecting these families through their political representatives, as some date back to 2012. Which brings into question their reluctance to investigate anything that involves alleged business malpractice, together with a total denial that this royal commission was required in the first place, but had no choice when public pressure became too much. When this enquiry concludes, many questions will be asked of the two people who rallied against these revelations being revealed, and no pussy footing around of excuses will be, or should be accepted by the voting public. Ken Price Eaglehawk

Bags of questions I THOUGHT the removal of plastic shopping bags would create employment, for Australians, in making recyclable bags for the supermarkets, in Australia. So it was a surprise to see on a Woolworths bag the label saying “made in Germany”. Don’t we make anything here now? Pete Tharle, Bendigo

Where is the department? STUART Fraser’s letter in the Weekly, June 29 is correct to ask why our city council has been secretive about the proposed 50 kilometre mountain bike track within the Greater Bendigo Regional Park. The park is there for all citizens, not just one group in favour of their pursuit. There has been concern shown by the Department of Sustainability and Environment for our forest dieback and the transference of noxious plants into our native bush. Where is the state government department

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in all this? It appears our city council is more interested in funding than dealing with all the groups who use our regional park. The state government makes funding available for the pursuit of some but not others in this environment. It certainly seems, as Mr Fraser pointed out, there are some things that we citizens are not to be told about. Bill Collier, Golden Square

Rail link pie-in-the-sky READING reports that we are considering a rail link to the Melbourne airport is just pie in the sky, a waste of good money duplicating another mode of transport when there is a frequent skybus service between the airport and Southern Cross station, along with a taxi service. If it is deemed necessary then why wasn’t it put in when the airport was first built, and is it that big a deal that we are the only major airport that doesn’t have a rail link? This money could be better spent on improving and delivering better services to regional areas, and putting our grain crops and more freight and dangerous goods back on the line, as the heavy loads are causing damage to our roads that weren’t designed to carry this weight. We should be installing a line from Sunshine to Sunbury to com-

plete the so-called designated line that doesn’t exist between those two stations. While it is good news that new bogies are going to be made at Hofmann’s Engineering and the benefits that’s going to come from this project will have a positive impact on our city. It is very disappointing that this government has taken nearly two decades to put rail contracts back into Bendigo. The last bogies that were built were for the Sprinter rail cars at the old Bendigo North Railway Workshops, where the shell was built by Goninan’s in Sydney and transported to Bendigo to be fitted out internally and the attachment of the fabricated bogies. For far too long the government has been investing in new rail fleet from components imported from overseas and assembled here and have the audacity to slap slogans on them “built in Victoria for Victorians”. When the closure of the workshops all the jigs and equipment were still there that they could have been building bogies for the Velocity trains, one wonders where these jigs and equipment went to? It’s no wonder our trains are not running any quicker these days than they did 30 to 40 years ago when our government and transport minister are so far behind the eight ball it’s not funny. Ivan Kitt, Bendigo

Thanks to hospital staff AFTER my recent stay in the Bendigo Hospital, I would sincerely like to thank all the medical, nursing and domestic staff for the caring treatment I recieved. We need to be proud of our Bendigo hospital staff as the care and understanding of all staff is to be congratulated. Thank you to everyone there. Irene Marshall, Eaglehawk

Better off? SO glad to see the Member for Bendigo receive such encouragement from the Weekly that now she gets the Opinion page. She’s rarely right about her assertions, and today’s no exception. Many more Australians would be out of a job if Labor was to be elected, because they want to give NO tax relief to small to medium businesses ($2 million-$10m): this is on top of their 45-50 per cent emissions reduction target, which would give all Australians, but particularly industry, much higher power bills. So please explain again Ms Chesters, how we would be better off under Labor? You can’t, because Labor will always tax higher and waste more. The class war goes on: the top 50 per cent of earners pay much more than their share of tax now. Helen Leach Bendigo

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cupied by Myer, council would no doubt be both pleased and proud. Decommissioning the largely disused bus shelter near Mitchell Street and repurposing the facility as something more innovative, entrepreneurial and commercially oriented might also bring more confidence back into that end of the mall and create other opportunities. For too long, Bendigo’s central areas have been maligned and dismissed, but a city of 110,000 or so people should be able to provide its residents and visitors the best possible retail experience available. It needs to provide that service in an area where shoppers, office workers and families can appreciate what Bendigo has to offer. We all recognise the mall can be a better place. We should also recognise the ongoing work towards achieving that goal, and one of the best ways to do this is to support the local traders and businesses in the CBD and to look forward to the exciting changes that lie ahead.

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THE potential sale of one of the most strategically important retail sites in Bendigo and the subsequent development of a multi-storey hotel and retail complex over the site is one of the most exciting opportunities for the Bendigo central business district in many years. The one thing we can all be sure of is that if the City of Greater Bendigo, property owners and traders do nothing, then not a lot will change in an area that has been crying out for change for too long. This is a tangible opportunity to create real and positive change in the heart of the city and to bring a whole new dynamic to a space and a precinct that needs some sort of stimulus and is cherry ripe for growth. Development in our city’s central business district will inevitably lead to further opportunities being created, and this should be seen as something to excite and invigorate Bendigo, with a new Myer store the chance to open a new chapter in Bendigo’s most famous retailer’s long and proud history.

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A FEW years ago Ben Shue noticed lots of unused and unwanted bikes around town. He spoke to few like minded individuals and in 2015 FreeWheeling Fun, Bendigo’s bicycling recycling cooperative, was born. “FreeWheeling Fun’s goals are to provide bicycles, at low cost, for people in our community who might not be able to begin their cycling journey with a brand new bike,” president Emily Bibby said. “We rely on goodwill and honesty; if you are in genuine need, and if a bike will change your life, we will be thrilled to see you ride away on a FreeWheeling Fun bike.” Mr Shue said that to date FreeWheeling Fun has provided around 700 bikes to people in the Greater Bendigo area. “These bikes have changed lives, and allowed individuals and families to get to school, university and work as well as for recreational cycling,” he said. FreeWheeling Fun is a not-for-profit organisation, and is grateful to the City of Greater Bendigo for its support during the start-up years. Now it’s primarily supported by donations from

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the tip and the team prefers to take bikes that are easy to repair. Volunteers work out of the shed and the volunteer team is led by Richard Hodgson who has many years experience in the bike industry. “As we are committed to providing bikes that are safe and rideable, we regret that we may not be able to accept every bike offered to us, no matter how generously,” he said. “If you are unsure about the condition of a bike, please ask one of our friendly

volunteers to inspect it for you.” He said while the volunteers work hard to make donated bicycles safe and reliable they do not carry out further maintenance. Such a service can be carried out by mechanics at the many excellent bike shops in Bendigo. If you have some knowledge of bike maintenance and repair, can work independently and are a team player, drop in and chat to Richard and the team during opening hours. FreeWheeling Fun operates in the shed next to the Good Loaf Bakery between 3pm and 5pm on Wednesdays and Fridays or whenever the Trove Market is on. The team loves to hear how the bikes have helped individuals find or continue work or education, how refugee families have adapted to life in central Victoria thanks to the bicycles, how a bike has allowed someone to keep friendships alive or about the environmental impact a recycled bike has on the community. Keep up to date with the team’s goings on at the FreeWheeling Fun Facebook page: facebook.com/FreeWheelingFun

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A free spirit The Illustrator Jill Barclay Sevenpens Publishing $24.95 BASED on the life of Jill Barclay’s grandmother, The Illustrator is a fascinating story of a woman who rebels against the conventions of her time. Originally from the Goulburn Valley, Ms Barclay’s grandmother Eileen was an avid drawer and pursued a career as a commercial artist in Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand. But in order to follow her dreams Eileen left Barclay’s mother when she was only two years old. The Illustrator could well reflect Miles Franklin’s character Sybylla Melvyn who turns her back on an offer of a marriage in order to travel and write. Jill Barclay grew up on stories about this grandmother who deserted her family. “Whenever family members talked about her it was in whispers and the children were made to leave the room,” she said. Barclay said she’s always been fascinated by how courageous her grandmother was and how outrageous.

“I spent many years tracing her history but lost track of her when she was last heard of in New Zealand,” she said. “I always felt she was on my shoulder, watching over me and urging me on to tell her tale.” Barclay has more than adequately fulfilled her grandmother’s wishes and her legacy. Barclay studied painting and art history and went on to teach and write artist profiles and exhibition reviews. The Illustrator is available from Dymocks in Bendigo or you can purchase a copy through jillbarclaybooks.wordpress.com. The Illustrator will be launched by Wendy Stravrianos, tomorrow, Saturday July 7 at 2pm at the Maurocco Bar, Templeton Street, Castlemaine. –Dianne Dempsey

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N/A

Charge

Access Charges (per annum) Pipeline

$856.09

Channel

$481.13

Channel – Single Shared

$384.90

Storage Access

$106.67

Volume Charge (per ML)

$261.5052

Infrastructure Charge (per ML licence volume)

$165.67

Excess Usage (per ML)

$3,237.29

Outlet Fees (per additional outlet) 2+ outlets

$27.51

Modernised Rural Tariffs 3 25mm meter

$357.03

$178.51

N/A

32mm meter

$584.96

$292.48

$54.40

40mm meter

$914.00

$457.00

$81.62

50mm meter

$1,428.12

$714.06

$117.28

80mm meter

$3,656.00

$1,828.00

$280.36

100mm meter

$5,712.50

$2,856.25

$438.09

150mm + meter

$12,853.12

$6,426.56

$920.63

Access Charges (per meter)

*Recycled & Untreated Water Access is meter based at 50% of the Urban Water Access Fee. Residential recycled 20mm meter or less $0 from 2018/19.

$228.50

25mm meter

$357.03

32mm meter

$584.96

40mm meter

$914.00

50mm meter

$1,428.12

80mm meter

$3,656.00 $261.5052

Infrastructure Charge (per ML licence volume)

$248.83

Water Volumetric $/kL 1 Central District

20mm meter or less

Volume Charge (per ML)

water variable charges 2018/2019 Water Supply

Charge

Including Infrastructure – Modernised Headworks

$24.86

Including Infrastructure – Modernised Network

$223.97

Excess Usage (per ML)

$3,237.29

Termination Fee 4

$2,239.70

Other Rural Charges

Charge

Rural Transfer Admin Fee 5 (per transfer)

$65.00

Northern District

Potable

$2.2554

$2.0325

Untreated

$1.1277

Recycled

$1.6915

N/A

Modernised prices are relevant to the Harcourt system.

The allocation of towns for water volumetric tariffs are outlined. kL = Kilolitre

Termination Fees are payable per ML of licence volume relinquished or permanently traded outside of the Modernised system.

allocation of towns for water consumption districts

The Rural Transfer Admin Fee is applicable to all rural transfers. ML = Megalitre

Pricing District

Towns

other charges for 2018/2019 Axedale, Barkers Creek, Bealiba, Bendigo, Boort, Bridgewater, Campbells Creek, Castlemaine, Chewton, Dunolly, Elmore, Elphinstone, Fryerstown, Goornong, Guildford, Harcourt, Heathcote, Huntly, Inglewood, Korong Vale, Kyneton, Laanecoorie, Lockington, Maiden Gully, Maldon, MaldonNewstead Pipeline, Malmsbury, Mandurang, Marong, Newstead, Pyramid Hill, Raywood, Sebastian, Serpentine, Strathfieldsaye, Taradale, Tarnagulla, Tooborac, Trentham, Tylden, Wedderburn, Yapeen.

New Customer Contribution

$/Lot

Water

$1,626.43

Water (non-growth)

$1,301.14

Sewer

$1,626.43

Sewer (non-growth)

$1,301.14

Recycled

$813.21

Core Miscellaneous Services

Charge

Project Management Fee (per development)

$620.11

Fast Track Project Management Fee (per development)

$620.11+$310.06

Project Management Fee (per lot)

$82.90

Fast Track Project Management Fee (per lot)

$82.90+$41.45

Fast Track Practical Completion

$249.01

Water and Sewer Plan Amendment Fee

$74.26

Property Connection Application

$74.26

Recycled Connection Inspection Fee

$275.39

Consent to Erect a Structure (buildover)

$310.27

Hydrant Flow and Pressure

$246.10

Standard Pressure Information

$106.41

Special Meter Reading Fee (payable by Landlord)

$19.24

Information Statement

$28.91

Sewer Volumetric $/kL 2

Non-core Miscellaneous Services

Actual Cost

$0.9787

Restriction Action Fee

$105.47

Mains Extension Plan Resubmission Fee

$199.21

Repeat Site Inspection Fee

$199.21

Major Trade Waste Charges

Charge

Access Fee (per annum)

Pricing Principles

Volume Charge (per kL)

$0.9787

Central District

Northern District and Cohuna Low Pressure Systems

Untreated

Echuca, Cohuna, Gannawarra, Gunbower, Leitchville, Mead, Rochester.

Borung, Dingee, Elmore (untreated), Goornong (untreated), Jarklin, Kyneton (untreated), Macorna, Mitiamo, Mysia, Wychitella.

urban sewer access fees 2018/2019 Residential & Non Residential

$686.64

Elmore Sewer Rebate – $124.00

sewer variable charges 2018/2019 Non Residential 2

Sewer volumetric is payable by non residential customers only for discharges in excess of 0.63kL per day (230kL per annum). kL = Kilolitre

Quality Parameters (per kg)

Fees and Charges are payable at Coliban Water, 37-45 Bridge Street, Bendigo; Australia Post Ofﬁces and Agencies; and other agencies as determined by Coliban Water.

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Concessions are available to eligible concession and HealthCare Card holders. Contact Coliban Water for more information or apply online: www.coliban.com.au

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD )

$0.3857

Suspended Solids (SS)

$0.8238

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)

$1.6350

Phosphorus (P)

$3.1607

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

$0.0247

Sampling

Actual Cost

Minor Trade Waste (per annum)

$155.60

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LANDSCAPING PAVING & LANDSCAPING by Phil Carman

Paving & concreting Pool landscaping Retaining walls & fencing Decking and Outdoor living areas Lawn installation & watering systems Kanga light digging

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Specialising in Landscape construction Stuart Erwin 0407 667 900 Cameron Rogister 0411 956 937

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• Carpentry • Tiling • Painting • Plastering • Pergolas • Decks

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SPOUT CLEANING

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SMITHS Quality tree and Stump Removal

Tree Maintenance • Stump Mulching Hire Travel Tower • Tree Pruning and Stump Grinding • Tip Truck & Woodchipper Hire • Free Quotes (no job too BIG or SMALL for the Smith Family team)

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FOR SALE

INCA Bandsaw, Euro 260, 3A2.186 VGC $650 Ph 0438 087 101.

MOBILITY Shoprider Scooter, current model 8895L, New batterys, tyres, fully serviced, $1850 263 Allingham st K/F Ph 0408 571 794

PORTABLE Home, 2BDR, Lounge, Kitchen, Dining, Ensuite, Laundry, A/C, Heater, W/tank, Carport, $32,000 ono Ph 0498 740 814

MOWER Ride-on, Husqvarna, 38" cut, $1500 GC Ph 5446 9573

PRIDE Pathrider 10 Deluxe Mobility Scooter, serviced, $1490 Ph 0408 571 794

NAIL Polish, O.P.I Mauve & light pink, $10 ea ONO Ph 0437 567 073

PURPLE Lamp shade and base $10 Ph 5442 3042

INCA Planer/Thickness ER 343.150 VGC $950 Ph 0438 087 101.

J & L SEWING MACHINE SERVICES

0418 361 430

ART NOUVEAU DESIGN LAMP CLOCK Maiden & Cherub, approx 45cm high, As New, unused. No box. $40 Ph 0420 278 951 Flora Hill

LEATHER lounge, reluctant sale, downsizing. choc brown 2 Recliners + 3 seater, Paid $3500 Sell $900 in EC, Ph 0447 503 677

NERF N-STRIKE RECON CS-6 BLASTER. New in box, retails $60-70 Sell $25 Phone 0420 278 951 Flora Hill or pick up during work hours in CBD

LEATHER Planet boots, Leather, Sz8.5 & 9,as New, EC $50ea Ph 0447 503 677

NEW electric clothes horse, heated, folds flat $38 Ph 0484 694 720

BED Queen, inner spring, EC, $100 Ph 0413 654 359

RED Gum stumps, 2ft lth x 4 inch wdth @ $7.50 TREATED Pine posts, 1ft, 2ft, 4ft all 4 inch @ 50c, $1, & $3. All recycled Contact 0419 382 273

CAKE tins x 3, heart shaped, $30 Ph 0409 175 052

LOCKER, 3 doors, 1830hx450dx910w $100 Ph 5442 5552

CARPORT (flat roof design) 6M L, x 3.2M W, Front post 3.5M H, Back post 3.2M H, Gal. RHS steel frame comes with new corri zinc iron + spout for roof, ideal for caravan, tractor, horse float storage, etc. Built new for $1700 ono Phone 0409 231 656

LOCKER, Single door, GC $70 Ph 5442 5552

CHILDRENS outdoor camping fold chairs $10ech Ph 5442 3042 COAT Black Pepper Sz 10, with hood $30 EC Ph 0447 503 677 DISABLED shower chair, as new, $85 Ph 0427 470 240 FILING cabinet 4 drawer $45 Ph 5442 5552

SPILT IRONBARK FIREWOOD

1 cubic metres Pick up $150 or deliverd $170 Ph 0419 302 000

FIREWOOD

Season dried split red Gum, Delivered. From 2 M - 17 M loads. Murray River Firewood Supplies Russell 0417 766 049 FIREWOOD approx $95 Ph 5447 0053

FIREWOOD For Sale Best Quality Dry Timber Split & Delivered $120per metre Ph 0428 571 597

FIREWOOD

Grey box, $150 per C/M, Delivered Bendigo. Ph 0427 304 600

FIREWOOD

Redgum firewood $140p/m Pick Up Plus deliveries Ph 0427 353 939 FISHER & Paykel Freezer, Small to Medium, GC $200 Ph 0421 503 286 FUTON on alum. frame, brown insert, EC $100 Ph 0447 503 677

HAY & STRAW

Rolls & Little Squares. Delivery available Maiden Gully Ph 0438 373 291 HONDA UH3 Generator, 2500W/240V VGC $600 Ph 0438 087 101. HORSE Feed Bin, hang on gate style $25 Ph 5446 7060 HORSE Long Rein Lunge Roller $40 Ph 5446 7060 HUSHPUPPIES 4pr, sz 8, new in box $100 lot Ph 0427 470 240

MASSAGER therapeutic, heated quilt, EC, $50 Ph 0488 288 034 MATTRESS, double, very good condition, $100 Phone 0427 343 499

RECIPE books, asst, box full $20 Ph 5447 7275

RECORDS 30 Classic and Popular from 60's & 70's $40 Ph 5447 7275

LACE doilies and runners, x 20, $40 Ph 0409 175 052

HEATER SERVICES

GENERAL PLUMBING & MAINTENANCE GAS FITTING AND SERVICING HOT WATER SERVICE BLOCKED DRAINS RENOVATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS 24 HOUR SERVICE ROOFING & GUTTERING

FOR SALE

"The service that comes to you"

www.dunstoneplumbing.com.au office@dunstonebros.com.au

CARBON MONOXIDE TESTING

FOR SALE

Over 45 years exp. Industrial & domestic repairs to most makes & models, new and 2nd hand machines for sale. Further details, Ph John:

JLC PLUMBING & GAS

Phone Trippa 0427 241 958

Sandhurst Painting and Decorating

2 PIECE 1980's Wall Cabinet, GC $400ono Ph 0412 784 026

PLUMBERS

TRIPPA’S No Obligation, Free Quote

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BAY CITY ROLLERS 2 ADULT TICKETS THURSDAY 12 JULY, 2018 8:00 PM BENDIGO ULUMBARRA THEATRE COST $138 - SELL $125 Purchased as a gift EXW WKH\ FDQ·W JR

Ph: 0438 062 246 POPCORN maker, brand new in box, w book $10 Ph 0408 520 979

Cat Enclosures A fun, safe way for your cat to enjoy the outdoors Free Quotes to suit your budget Call Jim 0429 866 630

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EPSOM FRUIT WORKS

COMMERCIAL CATERING AND HOME DELIVERY AVAILABLE Sauce tomatoes available

PH 0408 373 598

REFRIGERATOR under bench 120L VGC $150 Ph 0438 087 101.

RETRO phone table GC $5 Ph 5447 0053

RIDE-ON MOWER Cox Stockman 11.5HP upgraded to 13.5HP, easy pull start. $1200 Phone 0408 427 451

ROVER Mower, not working? $20 Ph 0437 567 073

FRIDGE just serviced, with warranty $200 Ph 5446 9449

SERENADE Handbag, $30 Ph 0409 175 052

SHEET Music assorted, $20 Ph 5447 7275

SHOPRIDER scooter 888 Deluxe, serviced, ready to go. As new, $2000 ono Ph 0408 571 794

SHOW Skis, wooden 1940's with stocks GC $120 Ph 0438 087 101.

SIEVED TOP SOIL

With Manure $35 per/m delivered local 3m minimum. 6m & 10m avail. Bobcat & Excavator to hire. Ph 5446 7105 or 0428 507 846

SLIDING Back Door, with doggy door $450 Ph 0421 503 286

SMALL Penoulam docking saw for wood - Steel. $175 Ph 5443 8973

SNOWBOARD Roxy, + Roxy Board bag, hardly used, Excellent condition. $480 Ph 0407 311 409

SNOW boots, Sz 4-5, VGC, $20 Ph 5447 7724

SNOW jumpsuit blue S10 padded/water proof $12 Ph 5447 0053

SNOW overalls Sz 70, 75, and 95 $25 each, EC, Ph 5447 7724

SOLDERING Iron Transformer type 240v 50hz $40 5446 7060

CLEARING SALES

CLEARING SALE 5 KALINDA DRIVE JUNORTOUN 14 JULY 10am Start - Viewing 8.30am

UNRESERVED AUCTION HOUSE AND SHED CONTENTS ALL OUTSIDE POTS AND FURNITURE Lots inc: Dining Suite, Display Cabinets, Bedroom Suites, Table and Chairs, Potplants, Outside items, Ride On Mower, Heaps of Tools, Benches and Complete Shed Lot, 2 X Trailers, Collectables And Sundries,

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GARAGE SALES

SUNBEAM wok, electric, non stick $25 Ph 0437 567 073

WATER TANKS AND DRUMS

3300 lt $690. 5500 lt $890. 2000 lt $495 2500 lt Slimline $790. Drums 200lt $25.

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3/31 MAFEKING STREET SOUTH KENNINGTON Sat 8am-2pm Desceased Estate, Old Tools, Furniture, Electrical appliances, Homewares and lots more

WANTED TO BUY OLD bottles with town names or company names, Soda Syphons, Ginger beers, Marble, Milk bottles Etc. Single items or boxed lots. Cash Paid. Ph 0452 264 661 OLD woodworking carpenters tools, planes and books etc for collector/user Ph 0418 510 727.

TOP SOIL

Lawn soil $35 p/m Garden Soil $45 p/m, includes local delivery 4, 6 and 10m avail. Garden rocks also avail. Phone 0418 306 548 or 0428 100 770 TUPPERWARE containers, vintage style $5ech 0409 612 200

POPTOP Caravan Wanted to buy Ph 0418 304 930 HOMEBUSH DRIVE JUNORTOUN Sat 8am - 3pm Moving House Books, Clothes, Furniture, Games

VINTAGE brass horse medallion $15 Ph 0484 694 720 VINTAGE hobby holly vase, collectable $10 Ph 0484 694 720 WALKING frame, red, GC $20 Ph 5444 2100 WALL mirror, framed, $75 Ph 0439 116 585 WILLOW pattern Staffordshire Eng serving dish $20 0409 612 200 WINE rack, wooden, holds 15 bots. EC. $20 Ph 5447 7724

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TRACTORS & farm machinery wanted. Going or not, cash paid, Ph 0429 393 221

LIVESTOCK BORDER Collie pups, M & F, Tri colour, 8 weeks, Medium coat, Working dog stock, raised as domestic, good with children, other dogs and cats. M/C 95600000 9449832, 9509082, 9503485 $650 each Phone 0418 119 784

BLACK & White Fox Terrier Border Collie X puppy wanted. Will have a very good home. Phone 5435 2292

Classifieds 1300 558 385

GERMAN Shepard Pups for sale 8 Weeks Old, Male, Black/Tan Microchip No 991001001 - 626121, 626122, 626124, 626125 Ph 0459 699 326

MULTIGENERATIONAL MINIATURE LABRADOODLE PUPS

We have three pups remaining that require loving homes. Our puppies have been micro chipped, wormed, registered, vaccinated and vet checked. They will have wool coats that are non shedding and low allergenic. 1 x male, black, MN:9530100 02535952. 1x male, chocolate, MN:953010 002535956 1 x male, golden, MN:953010002 535980. (DOB 16/4/18) $1800 Please call 0429 429 774 for enquiries

POULTRY POPCORN maker, brand new in box, w book $10 Ph 0408 520 979

Bendigo Coin Shop Wanted to buy:

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Snoop is a calm, sweet and affectionate boy who can be a little shy and timid at first, but once he warms up to you he loves a snuggle and a play. He would be best as an inside dog, and suited more to a home without children as he can be a little intimidated by them.

Sadly Sammie was surrendered to us due to the health of her owner, where she had lived her entire life. Sammie is at the stage of her life where she enjoys most of her time lazing around and keeping warm inside.

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CARAVANS WANTED

2002 Toyota Camry CSI Auto Sedan 130000km, Reg June 19 (RPF025), RWC, $4000 ono Ph 5447 8773

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2006 Hyundai Getz 3dr hatch, white, auto, alloy wheels, 12mths reg, RWC, VGC $5500 Ph 0418 510 727. UHE511

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Sprinters line up for the cup By JOEL PETERSON

STRIKER Light will start favourite in a wide-open field for tonight’s 2018 Bendigo Cup at Lords Raceway. The Brett Bravo-trained sprinter is having its second crack at the cup after making the final last year but being outclassed by Landmark to finish fourth. The Warrnambool Cup winner was one of the more impressive heat winners upon returning from injury last Friday, along with New South Wales-based Orson Allen (23.686 seconds) and second-elect Big Flood (23.642sec). Orson Allen had to scoot through from midfield to take victory, and impressed trainer Correy Grenfell in doing so. “He ran a huge race. It was great to see that he could come from midfield to beat a quality field,” he said. Big Flood and Striker Light drew

the two outside gates at Sunday’s box draw, with Orson Allen drawn in box four. Grenfell is confident his star can overcome the awkward alley. “He’s the baby of the field and he’ll need to begin well. But if he’s within striking range in the home straight he’ll be coming home hard,” he said. Peter Galo drew the rail with Vanderworp on its outside in box two, while Beenardo and Black Forge completing the field in boxes five and six, respectively. “All eight finalists have genuine chances in a high quality and even final,” Bendigo Greyhound racing Association’s Troy Harley said. The cup is the eighth race on the 12-race card tonight, with several other features to be contested. They include the Vic Bred Maiden Final and the Ready2Race Mid-Year Bonus over the 425-metre trip, the Vic

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WINNING STRIKE: Striker Light raced to a heat win and will start favourte in the Bendigo Cup. Bred Grade Five Series over the 500m and the Hip Pocket Winter Cup over 660m.

Harley said the night will feature plenty of activities away from the track.

The first on the 12-race card is at 7.08pm, with the lure rolling on the Bendigo Cup at 9.10pm.

Beavers celebrate history

HOLDING COURT: The Bendigo Squash Club will host the Bendigo International Open next week.

Squash tour returns to town THE courts of the Bendigo Squash Centre are set to come alive next week with the PSA World Squash Tour Bendigo International Open set to return for its fourth year. Talent from near and far have been drawn to the event, playing for a share in a prize pool of $5000. They include the likes of Australian 2018 Commonwealth Games representative and female top seed Christine Nunn (world number 45), men’s sixth seed Joel Luca, as well as international players such as England’s Joe Green (world number 129), Ireland’s Sean Conroy (world number 143) and Enzo Corigliano (world number 155) from France. Bendigo Squash Club’s

Russell McLean said the club was excited to again host the competition. “In the ladies draw we have the top three or four women which are in the top fifty in the world and are all Australian. So it’s going to be a battle between a couple of the Australian women which is great,” he said. “They’re amazing players so it will be good to watch.” McLean said the men’s draw is made up of those travelling on the world tour. “It’s just one of those events that people jump into, as we’re one of four tournaments they’ll run to,” he said. “It’s a good location, we’re a really good city, and we’ve got a good club behind us.”

McLean said, however, with new Professional Squash Association rules coming into force at the end of 2018, assessment of the tournament’s future in terms of sponsorship would have to take place. “We’ve got to do a little bit of work over the next year and decide how important it (the tournament) was, and if we can get some more funds to put towards it,” he said. “It is really important for us to show that people around the Bendigo area are interested in this sort of thing, to make it worthwhile.” The four-day tournament kicks off on Thursday, with finals taking place on Sunday afternoon. – Sam Kane

WHEN Mal Randall helped get the Beavers Basketball Club off the ground in 1958, it was to fill a bye in the local under-18 boys competition. “I never thought it would grow into what it’s become. Never in a million years,” Randall said. Yet, sixty years later, the club has 38 junior and senior teams and has produced a current Bendigo Braves captain and a handful of Australian representatives among thousands to graduate from its ranks. That history will be celebrated on Saturday night with a function at the Bendigo Stadium, coinciding with the Bendigo Braves’ double-header with Launceston and North West Tasmania. Randall coached the first Beavers team, which quickly grew to several teams playing at the YMCA Stadium in Mundy Street during the 1960s. When basketball in Bendigo moved to its new home at Bendigo Stadium in 1976 after the amalgamation of the men’s and women’s associations, the club started to take off. “That was probably the biggest change for basketball in Bendigo,” long-time club member Peter Allan said. “I’m not sure basketball will ever overtake football in Bendigo in terms of the sports but that was a massive thing for basketball here. “It’s only grown since,

GRADUATE: Braves captain Chris Hogan played juniors with the club. to see how many teams and players there are these days is incredible.” Allan got involved after recovering from a knee injury suffered while playing football as a teenager. Since that point he never played football again and hasn’t looked back. “It was one of those things where as soon as I got involved it had a bit of a hold on me, I’ve loved it,” he said. Among thre memories to be celebrated this weekend are countless domestic titles, but also the inidividual efforts of players that have come through the club. Bendigo Braves captain Chris Hogan is a Beavers junior, as is his predecessor Warren Randall, while the club can also lay claim to Olympian Glenn Saville, Boomer Aaron Trahair and

former Australian under-21 representative Nina Cass, just to name a few. “To see those players go on and particularly represent Australia is incredible,” Allan said. “It makes you very proud to have been involved in the club that can lead to that.” And while Beavers may not be the biggest club in town – but certainly one of the most successful – Allan said that they don’t see themselves as any different to the clubs they play alobgside and against. “Every club is a bit different, but I think we are all in it for the same reason and that is for kids and adults to be playing sport and enjoying it,” he said. The celebration will be held tomorrow night at Bendigo Stadium. For details, contact Peter Allan on 0419 394 783.

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Future on show By JOEL PETERSON

THE Bendigo Pioneers will again blood some new talent as the TAC Cup holds its second futures round this weekend. The Pioneers head into their round clash with the Greater Western Victoria Rebels at the QEO on Sunday having recorded their second win of the TAC Cup season. Bendigo proved too good for Gippsland last time out, in the first of the futures round matches. Noah Wheeler starred for Bendigo with 29 touches and six tackles, while Braydon Vaz booted two goals and was lively up forward taking three contested marks including one highlight reel speccy. The futures round mandates that each TAC Cup side must play at least 11 bottom-aged players. Bendigo’s most recent team featured 18 bottomaged players. Last time Bendigo met the Rebels the match was a thriller, with the

Pioneers prevailing by a point in the season opener at Ballarat’s Mars Stadium. Will Holt kicked five goals that day as Bendigo stormed home in the final term to overrun the hosts. Midfielder Zane Keighran will return from Vic Country duties in coming weeks, while star on-baller Jye Caldwell is a few weeks away, but is expected to play for Bendigo before the end of the year. Caldwell sat out Vic Country’s final two games at the national U18 championships due to a nagging injury. He suffered a hamstring strain in Vic Country’s opening match against the Allies in Sydney and has not played since, but the club remains confident he will return before the end of the season. Despite the recent win, Bendigo still sits last on the TAC Cup table with two wins from 10 matches. The Pioneers play

Wallis on track for Australia DISTANCE isn’t something that worries Archie Wallis, but his latest trip has taken long distance to a new level. The 18-year-old is in Tampere, Finland to represent Australia at next week’s IAAF Junior World Championships. Wallis grew up in Bendigo before attending Scotch College and finding his passion for running. As a relative latecomer to the sport after moving to Melbourne for school, he quickly excelled, despite not knowing what to expect in his first competitive event four years ago. After taking up the sport competitively he raced through the ranks and qualified for the junior world championships after his performance at the Australian Championships in February. The 18-year-old 800-metre specialist had to beat the time of one minute and 50 seconds to qualify and narrowly scraped in at 1:49.92. From there it was to the Australian U20 Championships/World U20 trials where Wallis placed second, and the next week was named in the Australian team for his international debut. Wallis has a PB over the 800m trip of 1:49.51, clocked in Canberra in 2016. The host is the Finnish city of Tampere, which has a population of only 250,000, while the competition venue, Tampere Stadium, can accommodate 17,000 spectators. Pre-entry numbers were tallied at 1718 athletes from 171 countries. That figure is expected to dip by the start of the event but will be on track for a near record participation.

Dandenong, Sandringham, Geelong, Greater Western Victoria and Western Jets in the last five matches before the inaugural wildcard finals series. The Pioneers have also had a win this week in the under-18 girls ranks, with Kodi Jacques named in the Victoria Country Squad for the national U18 girls championships. Jacques is the lone Pioneer to be picked in the championships side. The titles will be held in Queensland next week, with Murray Bushrangers coach Sam Ahmet to lead Vic Country. Vic Country plays Queensland on Monday, the Central Allies on Wednesday and Western Australia on Friday. PROMISE: Jeremy Rodi impressed in Bendigo’s win against Gippsland. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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A focus on winning By JOEL PETERSON

THE potential of a perfect season is not being discussed by the unbeaten Bendigo Braves women, with one of the team’s stars saying the team has its sights firmly set on bigger things. Nadeen Payne was this week named SEABL Player of the Week after another dominant showing in Bendigo’s round 12 wins over Geelong and Sydney Uni and says the team isn’t worried about its record. The double took the Braves to 15-0 with five games to play and within reach of a perfect regular season. Payne said the win-loss record isn’t a priority for the side, nor has it been spoken about during a dominant start to the season. “I couldn’t care less really, all we’re worrying about is whether or not we can win a championship,” she said. “Whether we go 20-0 and do that or 15-5 and do that, it won’t make any difference afterward.” The Braves had to grind a win out against Geelong after trailing by 13 points midway through last Friday’s contest, before finding their best in a 13-point win over Sydney Uni on Saturday. “I thought that win showed some real resiliency, we were up at 5am, left at 6am and had some things happen along the way so to play like we did was really encouraging,” Payne said. Bendigo hosts Launceston on Saturday night before a rare Wednesday night prime time school holiday fixture in a blockbuster against Ballarat on July 11 in Bendigo. The Braves men play North West Tasmania tomorrow before they gear up for the match against their arch rival in the Miners. “I don’t know how we’ll approach next week training-wise yet but it is a bit unusual to have a Wednesday game,” Braves forward Tanner Rayner said. “Hopefully we can come away with a win against North West Tasmania, and then look forward to the Ballarat game as something a bit different and a big game against our old rivals.” Tomorrow night and Wednesday night’s doubleheaders at Bendigo Stadium begin at 6pm.

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Cause for a club celebration BENDIGO’S oldest basketball club is celebrating its 60th anniversary this weekend. The Beavers Basketball Club has come a long way since its formation in 1958, when it entered a team in the local under-18 competition. The club’s history will be honoured on Saturday night, as Beavers junior Chris Hogan (pictured) leads the Bendigo Braves on court. – Story Page 26

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