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Kinder cash to boost quiet time NOISY Neangar Preschool will be less so thanks to a state government grant. The California Gully kinder is one of several in Bendigo to score valuable funding to upgrade technology. The money at Neangar will be put toward acoustic material to drown out noise in the echo-filled main building. It will make story time much easier for staff, who say it will also create a better learning environment for students.
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BENDIGO’S law courts have emerged as a strong contender to be the future site of a museum, with Court Services Victoria offering no objections nor foreseen hurdles to the project, according to a leading advocate. Wayne Gregson, who is the interim convenor of a community taskforce lobbying for a museum, said he met with CVS officers this week who said they wanted to maintain courtroom one as a heritage court in Bendigo to be used for for-
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mal occasions such as the start of the legal year. “They haven’t thought too far down the track to what will happen to the old law courts but they saw a lot of synergy in what we were saying to them, that of all the buildings in Bendigo, that is the one that most looks like a museum,” Mr Gregson said. “They agree a museum on that site would not be incompatible with
their need to maintain a heritage court. “They encouraged us to keep working on the idea and to maintain contact with them and they will keep us in touch with what might be the future of the old building.” Also propelling the proposal is the potential for the project to be a state election campaign vote winner. All parties fielding candidates in the November state election have
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backed the project but are divided on who should pay. A museum fit-out for the law courts all depends on the Victorian government funding new courts for Bendigo, infrastructure to which it has already allocated $3.9 million to develop a business case with Bendigo TAFE’s city campus as the preferred site. It is understood CSV is in negotiations to use a portion of the Mc-
Crae Street campus for a 10-courtroom facility by mid-2022. It would leave the old courts empty. Mr Gregson said the museum proposal was in its infancy and the work now for the loosely formed taskforce, consisting of himself as Bendigo Heritage chairman, Bendigo Historical Society president Jim Evans and member Pip Johanson, and La Trobe University doctor of history Penny Davies, would be formalised in the coming weeks.
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Rate changes reflect costs BENDIGO Bank recently announced increases to residential mortgage variable interest rates came into effect this week. From Monday, variable interest rates across home loans and lines of credit increased for owner occupiers and investors as follows: Owner occupier principal and interest loans by 0.1 per cent, owner occupier interest only loans by 0.16 per cent, investment loans by 0.1 per cent, and lines of credit by 0.1 per cent. Managing director Marnie Baker said the changes reflected the increased cost of funding. “When setting interest rates our bank needs to consider many factors and carefully take into account the needs of our stakeholders including customers, shareholders, staff, partners and the broader community,” Ms Baker said. “Funding costs have been steadily increasing this year, and we’ve absorbed this cost impact to date. Today’s adjustment to the variable interest rates will assist in balancing this funding cost increase.
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“There is a long, long way to go, and they say it is going to be at least 33 to 35 months before they get into any new project assuming a decision is made reasonably soon,” Mr Gregson said. “There is no rush, that building is not going to go anywhere.” He said after having informal talks with the City of Greater Bendigo, “I think there is now an appetite among the councillors to have a genuine museum in Bendigo”. “But they are not as convinced as Jim and I as to whether that is the spot,” Mr Gregson said. Bendigo West and East candidates for the Liberals, Nationals and Greens supported the proposal. Greens candidates Laurie Whelan and Nakita Thomson called on the incumbent government to “commit to funding for transition of the law courts to a new museum once the new courts have been constructed”. “A museum for Bendigo has been talked about for a long time as well as new court facilities that
provide the required space, client meeting rooms and separation for victims, especially those escaping domestic violence,” Mr Whelan said. Bendigo East Nationals candidate Gaelle Broad said she liked the idea of a museum being located in the old law courts, as an extension of the cultural centre “that already exists in the heart of Bendigo”. “It’s also important that plans for a museum take into account renovation expenses as well as ongoing maintenance and running costs,” she said. The Liberal Party’s Bendigo East candidate Ian Ellis, who spent working hours in the courts as a police officer, said he supported a transition to a museum as well as retention of a courtroom, but the project was a long way off and City of Greater Bendigo ratepayers should not ultimately pay for the building’s upkeep. Bendigo West incumbent, Labor’s Maree Edwards did not respond in time for publication. CSV was contacted for comment.
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Finals race for QEO works Council backs call to start construction
By JOEL PETERSON
WORKS at the Queen Elizabeth Oval have put a cloud over patron access to Bendigo’s premier football ground during its busiest period of the year. Six weeks out from the Bendigo Football Netball League finals series, the city end of the QEO is primarily a construction site with work on redeveloping the kiosk, toilets and View Street entrance starting in the past fortnight. The City of Greater Bendigo committed $1.1 million in the 2017/18 budget to conduct the work as part of its master plan for the site. the cost of which has since risen to $1.5m.
Late last year, council said it hoped construction would start in early 2018. But Fairbrother workers have moved in just over a month out from the BFNL finals series. The program of works includes a new kiosk and improved toilet facilities at the city end of the ground and a revamped entrance point off View Street including significant landscaping work. The construction area stretches from the corner closest to the intersection of View Street and Gaol Road and behind the goals at the city end of the ground, where drainage improvements are taking place.
Council and the BFNL both remain confident that work will be completed by the time finals begin. BFNL manager Cameron Tomlins said the timing was not ideal, but the league had worked closely with the council and understood why the decision had been made despite finals approaching. “The timing is obviously not ideal from our perspective, but we’re confident it will have minimal impact on our finals series,” he said. “There will be some access limitations but we will have plans in place for that and we expect to have
at least that area behind the goals back before the start of the finals series.” Car parking and access inside the ground will be limited over coming weeks and during finals, but the current kiosk facility will continue to operate as normal and portable toilets will also be utilised. Council’s Lincoln Fitzgerald said construction company Fairbrother had agreed to limit fencing as much as possible during the finals series in September. “Landscaping works behind the bleacher seating has been programmed early in the works pro-
gram to reduce the extent of the site fencing as soon as possible,” he said. Mr Fitzgerald added that council is confident that the finals series will continue to be a success at the QEO. Work on the project is scheduled for completion in early 2019. Meantime, spectator shelters have been erected at the ground this year to replace those that were demolished as part of the 2010 redevelopment, and work on the longawaited netball change facilities is also progressing. “The design of new female change rooms for the QEO netball courts is almost complete, with construction due to commence later this year,” Mr Fitzgerald said.
NEW ROLE FOR COONEY FORMER AFL Central Victoria chairman Andrew Cooney has accepted a position as City of Greater Bendigo’s director of corporate performance. Mr Cooney replaces Kerryn Ellis, who left the council to work for the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission. He has experience in public service, having worked most recently for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and before that for Coliban Water. Mr Cooney is the current chairman of the Bendigo division of the Australian Institute of Company directors but he is best known for his role with AFL Central Victoria which he chaired for more than two years. “I’m really excited by this opportunity to join the city and make a valuable contribution to the local community that I am proud to call home,”he said.
TAFE COUGHS UP CASH BENDIGO Kangan Institute of TAFE compensated students to the tune of $14,400 in 2017 for failing to tell them final year placements would be in regional Victoria and not until after the advertised completion of the course. Through its merger with the Kangan Institute, the TAFE has campuses in Melbourne as well as regional areas. The Victorian Ombudsman used TAFE as an example of dealing with complaints leading to a quick and cost effective resolution. Seven nursing students complained they were not told when they started the diploma course that placement dates and locations were subject to change. Some students missed out on employment and further study opportunities because they graduated six months later than expected. After a video conference, TAFE agreed to pay $600 to all of the course’s 24 students to cover extra accommodation costs.
COLOUR FUN: Andrea Patterson, Ryan Prout, Stacey Chessum, Tristen Canfield, Raymond Hender and Tanner Rayner are looking forward to this year’s event.
Bright idea adds colour to fundraiser THIS year’s Bendigo Bank Fun Run will have an added splash of colour when runners hit the streets of Bendigo in November. In its 13th year, the event will see the introduction of colour stations, with runners having the opportunity to be showered in colour as they make their way through the city track. The idea sprung from the ever-growing number of “colour runs” being staged.
Bendigo Health’s Jacinta Mangan said participants could opt into the colour run option and hoped many people would take up the opportunity. “The burst of colour is something new and we’re really excited to offer this experience as another option to our participants. It’s also something fun for adults and kids alike,” Ms Mangan said. This year’s event will be held
on Sunday, November 4 and will include a five-kilometre walk and 5km, 10km, 15km runs as well as a half marathon run. The Tracy Wilson Relay will also feature again, in which teams of four complete the half marathon challenge. Last year’s event raised more than $130,000 for the New Bendigo Hospital Appeal, with money raised this year going to
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DEVELOPERS of the former Nanga Gnulle site in Strathdale may have to submit a third version of their subdivision plans after an independent panel recommended a greatly expanded overlay to protect the historically significant Alistair Knox house. The original subdivision plan for the 1.9-hectare parcel of land in Strathdale bulldozed all the buildings, gardens and water features on site to make way for 15 house lots. That planning application started a wave of opposition from
the former owners and neighbours to the demolition of the property, which once supported a wedding and function centre business. The National Trust also joined in with its view that the building had historical significance. After receiving a heritage consultant’s report, the City of Greater Bendigo voted to protect only the mud brick house on site, over which it placed a five-metre conservation overlay. Developer Jing Ying Pty Ltd resubmitted plans to make way for the house, keeping the same subdivision layout but reducing
the number of lots to 14. But the independent panel’s decision may force the owner to reconfigure the entire site given their recommendation that the curtilage at the front of the house
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be about 24m to incorporate a natural watercourse over which the house was built to have views. “The front curtilage should be extended to include the watercourse to allow a ‘space’ around
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The panel failed to recommend protection for the interior of the house, however. “The panel concludes there is little to be achieved by applying the internal alteration controls to the dwelling through this panel process,” the report said. “The panel is conscious that no other Alistair Knox building, even his own dwelling, has internal controls.” And the gardens on the former Nanga Gnulle property were also left out of the overlay. The property and subdivision plans will come before council for a decision in the future.
Plan for regional airport link takes off BENDIGO line commuters could have direct access to a rail interchange to Melbourne Airport after the state government identified the Sunshine corridor as its preferred option for the Melbourne Airport Rail Link. Premier Daniel Andrews said the government would throw $5 billion at the project if re-elected in November, having already secured a federal contribution of the same amount. The announcement came after Transport for Victoria presented its assessment of four route options – through Sunshine, Craigieburn, Maribyrnong and Flemington. The latter two would have involved extensive tunneling and no link to regional services, which had been identified as a priority. The move has been welcomed by several parties, including the Rail Futures Institute and Regional Cities Victoria, which said it is “the best possible outcome for regional Victoria”. Victorian public transport minister and member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan said that the Sunshine option had been the state government’s preferred option to connect the regional network into the plan. “What we do know through the work that we’ve done is that investing in an airport rail link that comes through Sunshine, it gives us the chance to connect people from Ballarat or Bendigo or Geelong, they will be able to connect to that link,” she said. “That’s maximising the number of people that can take
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A winter showcase of local art Mr Milton transferred to the Australian Army in 2010 and now lives in Junortoun. He is the official artist for the SAS and raises valuable funding for the support and care of military veterans suffering from PTSD. He also teaches art as rehabilitation therapy through the RSL to veteran soldiers and their spouses. Apart from listening to Mr Milton’s fascinating talk, the Winter Art Show will be displaying the work of some 60 local artists.
Prizes will be awarded in four categories: oil, acrylic, watercolour and other media. Over 190 artworks will be for sale and there will be the opportunity to participate in a raffle. The official opening will be held on July 27, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets will be available at the door. The show itself will be held at St Mary’s Church, 93-95 High St, Kangaroo Flat and open 10am to 4pm through until Sunday. Entry is $3.
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Young author’s work full of meaning WHEN Jay Carmichael’s publishers, Scribe, sent his debut novel Ironbark off to Christos Tsiolkas (The Slap, Barracuda) Carmichael was thrilled when the eminent author wrote back with a glowing tribute. “A work of great and simple beauty, so good it made me jealous. And grateful,” wrote a clearly impressed Tsiolkas. “His work has always meant so much to me,” Carmichael said. Ironbark is essentially a coming of age novel about a young boy who is trying to come to terms with his homosexuality in a small country town. Now 24, Jay Carmichael said he didn’t come out as gay until he was 19. “Being gay in a country town is a more isolating experience than if you are living in the city,” Carmichael said. “I experienced prejudice and discrimination. “I was trying to protect myself and didn’t talk to anybody about my feelings.”
DEBUT: Jay Carmichael. He said everyday he had to armour himself, and present as someone who he wasn’t. “When I did move to Melbourne and found people like me it was like finding a whole new world, it was liberating and wonderful,” he said.” The scenario of Ironbark is quite
different to Carmichael’s personal story but what is recognisable is a palpable, authentic tension as the fictional protagonist, Marcus, tries to reconcile his homosexuality with his small-town environment. Such is the alienation Marcus feels from his family and friends, he may as well be living on Beteljeuse. Set in a country town suffering through a depressing drought, Carmichael’s prose is restrained and lifted by the occasional metaphor which he absolutely nails. Tension is centred around the mysterious disappearance of Marcus’ music-loving friend Grayson. Carmichael is an alumnus of the highly regarded RMIT Professional Writing and Editing school. And while Ironbark was written over several years and under the mentorship of Tiffany Carrie and Toni Jordan, the result is seamless. Jay Carmichael will be appearing the Bendigo Writers Festival, August 10,11,12 bendigowritersfestival.com.au or the Capital box office on 5434 6100.
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HEADED FOR GLORY: Jim Crute.
Bendigo boy wins the fight of his life BENDIGO mixed martial arts fighter Jim “the Brute” Crute beat his American rival in a first round knockout to win a dream contract to fight in the world’s highest profile fight series, the UFC. Crute is due to return to Bendigo to recover and reconnect with family and friends in the coming weeks following the fight in Las Vegas which UFC president Dana White described as his favourite of the night. This year White hosted a second series of contender rounds with the lure of a contract for multiple fights for winning fighters who impressed him. For Crute, the opportunity is a dream come true and he hopes it will start with his
name on the ticket in the UFC fight event in Adelaide on December 2. “The UFC is the biggest organisation in the world and I am just getting started,” he told ABC Central Victoria. “I want in on that Adelaide card in December, I will start there and take it one fight at a time.” He said in a post fight interview he wanted to continued to improve. “I will probably be in the gym as soon as I get home.” Crute trains in Melbourne but his parents live in Bendigo. His fighting career started in Bendigo with coach Stewart Moulden, the owner of Stewie’s House of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
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Big day for church A MAJOR milestone will be celebrated this weekend at St Liborius Church in Eaglehawk. The church turns 150 this year, with the occasion to be marked on Sunday. Students at St Liborius Primary School dressed up in the spirit of the event yesterday with a morning of
activities enjoyed in period costumes. The church itself, located within the school grounds, is one of the oldest buildings in Eaglehawk and one of the oldest churches in the Diocese of Sandhurst. A special mass will be held from 10.30am on Sunday, with Sandhurst Bishop
A business park for Greater Bendigo Securing central Victoria’s future You might have read or heard about the proposed development of a business park in recent months. The Minister for Planning declined the City of Greater Bendigo’s request to compulsorily acquire land in west Marong for this purpose. This was ours and neighbouring councils’ preferred site; however we are now looking at a number of other options, as the need for industrial land for our growing city remains urgent and critical. To understand why this project is a top priority for Council, please read below. Greater Bendigo is running out of industrial land Right now, Bendigo has less than 10 years’ supply of industrial land and no vacant industrial site greater than 22 hectares in size. This is already hampering growth in the industrial sector and discouraging businesses from choosing Bendigo as a base for relocation or expansion. Bendigo Manufacturing Group and Be.Bendigo both support the need for more industrial land, ideally in one location.
Bendigo has a strong advanced manufacturing sector that is growing The local manufacturing and mining sectors are responsible for 50 per cent of Greater Bendigo’s total exports and they export to over 50 countries. The manufacturing sector employs approximately 3,821 people across Greater Bendigo and is valued at $2.2B per
annum, representing the highest industry output for the region. Local manufacturers have committed to invest $295M into their businesses over the next three years, which will create 500 additional jobs.
It is Council’s job to ensure there is enough correctly zoned land for economic growth Businesses need land that is zoned correctly and strategically located to access road and rail connections. There are also benefits to providing larger amounts of land in one location, so similar large businesses can be close to one another, rather than spread out and fragmented across the city. It is the role of government to zone land and facilitate development.
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This equates to roughly $121,000 a year, for the 16 years of the project. This is part of Council’s normal strategic planning process and the money was responsibly budgeted for. Some of the work completed is still relevant as it focused on the need for industrial land, irrespective of the Marong site.
What’s next? Council is now looking at other possible sites that were previously assessed for a business park, and will work with the Victorian Planning Authority to try and source another location or locations for businesses to expand to. This is an urgent priority for Greater Bendigo and the region and one Council is committed to addressing as soon as possible.
Leslie Tomlinson to lead the celebrations. The parish has assembled an organising committee for the event, headed up by Margaret Watson. Ms Watson said a history book of the parish, written by Aylene Kirkwood OAM, will be launched at the luncheon following the mass.
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Project benefits flow on to city BENDIGO has been chosen to play a role in a national water research program. The program focusses on sustainability and developing resilience to the impacts of population growth and climate change and Bendigo is the only Victorian location to be included. The Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning’s Loddon Mallee regional director, Marg Allan, said Bendigo is one of six cities across Australia chosen to participate
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ing drier and hotter than average conditions for Victoria.” DELWP says research has shown that if current growth rates continue, Bendigo will double its population by 2050 and if no action is taken in diversifying and providing sustainable water supplies, there will only be access to around half of the current water reserves. The Victorian government is tipping in $4 million over nine years to fund the CRCWSC program.
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Banking on good care IT was once destined for demolition but after a community treatment, the former Alexander Bayne psychiatric unit will give regional Victorian families a place to stay while they or loved ones are treated at Bendigo Hospital. Fully refurbished, Bendigo Bank House will be able to accommodate 25 people for short term, subsidised stays. Bendigo Health moved its psychiatric care into the new hospital, leaving the building on Bayne Street empty.
Exemplar Health and Bendigo Health rebuilt part of the property to make it available as home for out-of-town patients. Bendigo Bank and 13 of its community bank branches contributed more than $200,000 fitting out the building, which has eight onebedroom studio rooms, a one-bedroom apartment, three two-bedroom apartments and three threebedroom apartments. Exemplar Health chief executive Michele Morrison said the consortium identified the need for
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than a luxury or convenience for out of town patients. It is hoped affordable accommodation will encourage regional people to seek treatment. “We know from statistics that when we look at country areas, survival rates are much lower and the reason they are lower is it is just too hard,” Bendigo Health chairman Bob Cameron said. “What something like Bendigo Bank House represents for regional people is the fact that they can have another home and they can get treatment.”
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Worrying signs for CBD trader THE owner of a Queen Street camera business is reconsidering his location after incurring an $800 fine for the dressing of his front shop window. Bendigo Camera House’s Matt Hourigan said that by ordering him to remove the advertising that wraps his front window, the City of Greater Bendigo was unfairly dictating how he ran his business. Mr Hourigan said he had gained 30 per cent more floor space by removing display cabinets that took up space at the front of his shop and did little “but collect flies”. Moreover, he said the advertising drew people into the shop to ask about the products. But he said he was given no option but to change the window dressing.
“From the outset any communication I had with (the council) I was told I had to have a planning permit but that I was unlikely to get it,” Mr Hourigan said. The issue, according to council signage policy, is that the window is not active. Statutory planning manager Ross Douglas said active frontage meant the ability of a pedestrian to see what is inside a shop front. “This is good for business and makes streets more accessible and friendly for pedestrians,” Mr Douglas said. “The city’s advertising policy aims to support businesses’ need to advertise and encourage the placement, style and scale of advertising that complements the character, area and individual place where advertis-
ing is located. These policy objectives are relevant regardless of economic conditions globally, locally or for any sector of the business community.” Mr Hourigan said he only became aware he would need a permit when a council compliance officer told him. After applying, he was refused the permit, fined $800 and asked to remove the advertising. He said it irked him that the windows of other shops were covered. But Mr Douglas said the council has issued 17 similar fines in the past eight years. “This decision by the council, if allowed to stand, may well be the catalyst that forces me to move my business out of the CBD,” Mr Hourigan said.
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Important business SMALL businesses in Bendigo will have access to tuition in emerging technology, its benefits and consequences, over the coming weeks. Business council BE.Bendigo launched in Hargreaves Mall on Monday the Bendigo Small Business Festival. It will host events, workshops and speakers in 24 topics until August 31.
“A real focus of this year’s festival will be how emerging technologies are affecting small businesses and how we can harness them to improve productivity and open up new opportunities,” BE.Bendigo chief executive Dennis Bice said. “Other initiatives celebrate the contribution of women in business, build capacity for not-for-profits and highlight support for trades.”
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City thinks green on tree day RESIDENTS are being asked to pull on their gardening gloves and help celebrate the 23rd annual National Tree Day. Schools in Bendigo kicked the proceedings off today, while most locals will get the chance to help out on Sunday. Sites in Spring Gully, North Bendigo, Axedale and Huntly will be targeted on Sunday. The day is organised by Planet Ark, whose stats show over 22 years the event has led to the planting of over 24 million trees. Planet Ark is asking Australians to band together to plant a million more this year. Council’s main site is at Stanley Avenue in Spring Gully and will run from 10.30am to 1.30pm on Sunday. “This year there will be three sites in Greater Bendigo that residents can come along and
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THE 150th Bendigo Easter Festival will become a four-day event in a one-off change to celebrate the history of the local tradition. Council this week announced it had endorsed a four-day festival for the 2020 edition of the event. Next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival will remain a threeday event, as has been the case for the past nine years. Prior to 2008, the festival ran over four days. The change means the showpiece event of the festival, the gala parade, will be held on a Monday, instead of Easter Sunday. Mayor Margaret Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke said council, along with with the Bendigo Easter Festival Reference Group, believed that the occasion warranted an extra day of celebrations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bendigo Easter Festival is Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest ongoing community festival and is one of our most iconic and loved events,â&#x20AC;? Cr Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke said.
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century-old building. Its demolition in April, against the wishes of the City of Greater Bendigo, has transformed the front of the school although students continue to use the space close to busy Howard Street to run and kick the footy. Purchase of the land at the back of the school, which Ms Allan said would settle in December, will allow more space for sport.
But it will also allow for future growth, a prospect in the near future. This year enrolments of prep students tripled at the Epsom school and projecting out five years Ms Coulter said the school could expect annual enrolments of up to 450 students. Ms Coulter said growth would see the school change from a small rural school to a regional school with an expanding catchment north of Bendigo.
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SEVERAL amendments to local laws have been adopted by City of Greater Bendigo councillors. A new Community Local Law and an amended Administration Local Law No. 10 were both passed by council at a meeting last week and will come into effect on September 1, 2018. They include changes to the controls of open air burning, sale of vehicles on roads, placement of waste skip bins and third party advertising on footpaths and road reserves. Also in the changes is an amendment that allows council to designate any area of the CBD as smoke-free and a change to the list of prescribed activities in a public place that require a permit.
PUSH ON FOR ACTIVE SCHOOLS FOURSOME: The festival will be longer in 2020. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To recognise the significance of the 150th anniversary we thought it was fitting to extend the celebrations and entertainment for residents and visitors alike.â&#x20AC;? Council estimates the festival attracts approximately 80,000 people each year. The 2019 festival will be held from April 19-21.
THE state governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s push to get more children active in schools gathered pace this week with 300 Victorian schools to share in $1.1 million in Active Kids Program funding. The program was announced as part of the 2018/19 state budget with the aim of getting more children in primary, secondary and specialist schools participating in sport. Funding is allocated to schools on a needs basis, to help them overcome cost barriers to participate in interschool sport.
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A UNIQUE multi-platform exhibition which has been two years in the making will be launched this Friday night at Dudley House. Based on environmental themes, Behind the Curtain is a collaborative event produced by Access Creative Studios. During these past two years many artists have dedicated their work to telling stories of conservation, waste reduction and environmental issues. Access Australia Group’s Access Creative Studios is a social inclusion program providing individualised support for participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and community members. Access Creative Studios runs a range of programs and classes with professional instructors. The program includes woodwork,
COLOURFUL: Artwork will be on show. cooking, relaxation, yoga, dance, singing, gardening as well as social activities.
A tribute to style and glamour FALLING In Love Again is a tribute to the legendary actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, from New Zealand’s first lady of stage and screen, Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Singing highlights from Miss Dietrich’s films, concerts and recordings, Jennifer performs songs by Cole Porter, Edith Piaf, Frederic Hollander and Pete Seeger. Ward-Lealand and musical director and pianist Grant Winterburn are joined by bass player Aaron Coddel. Lit by lighting designer Andrew Malmo, and featuring an exquisite recreation of one of Dietrich’s famous gowns, this show captures the style and glamour of an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age. The show is at the Ulumbarra Theatre on Friday, August 3 at 7.30pm. Phone 5434 6100. FIRST LADY: Jennifer Ward-Lealand sings highlights from Dietrich’s career.
A participant in the program, Caroline, said: “It’s been good coming out here, I like it better, it’s good company. “I do love painting birds, parrots and lorikeets and I’m really looking forward to the exhibition.” Refreshments from PepperGreen Farm Catering will be served at the launch and entry is via gold coin donation. Special guest and local multi-instrumentalist Rowan Blackmore will be performing for the evening. The exhibition launch will be held at Dudley House, View Street, tonight from 6.30pm. Behind the Curtain will be running from 10am to 4 pm each day through until Monday, August 6. For more information, contact Access Creative Studios’ service coordinator Melissa Currie on 0428 304 544.
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Cold weather survival tips IT has often been observed that the good people of Bendigo don’t quite know how to cope with winter. Long hot summers we can deal with: drought, mosquitoes, flies and bats are all fine, but let a chilly breeze cut through the underwear and the chorus of bloody hell can be heard from here to Mitiamo (population 117, 60 kilometres north of Bendigo). The usual response to extreme winter events, like when the temperature drops below 20 degrees, is for our citizens to stay indoors. Coats? Never heard of them. Umbrellas? A lolly you suck? Yes sir, when it’s cold and wet out there we retreat to our caves and close the curtains. Bendigo’s restaurant owners are well aware of this seasonal phenomenon and complain about the lack of customers who would rather eat a bowl of weevil–ridden Wheaties than run to the car and “go out”. Go out? You’re kidding. We may go out to watch the footy but that’s only if it’s a country match where you can park the car around the oval, leave the motor running and the heater on and send the kiddies to the kiosk to buy hot pies. There are of course other sources of comfort in winter. Primarily flannel, as in flannel pyjamas and flannel sheets. And while we’re in the bedroom department there is also the inestimable pleasure of hopping into bed with an electric blanket (with a little foresight you can be an environmental warrior and pop your supper on top of said electric blanket and warm it up as well). Great winter food includes fish and chips, chips and gravy and chips, cheese and gravy. I prefer white wine with fish and chips but I know of many people who are happy to pair their chips with a Heathcote red. Pies of course are a natural accompaniment to a good red, although when at the football, beer or thermos tea is perfectly acceptable. Of course food in winter is best consumed in front of the telly snuggled up in a onesie, covered in a fluffy synthetic blanket. I have even seen locals doing the supermarket shopping in their onesies. Too afraid to get changed into street clothes they’ve made the dash for the donuts in their night-wear. And the other thing about winter, the really, really hard thing about winter, is getting out of your warm, food-crusted bed and facing the cold. So here’s where the advice comes in. When it comes to getting out of bed on a cold morning, just put another layer of clothes on top of the ones you have worn to bed. This is perfectly legitimate as Eskimos do it all the time as do Laplanders. I have personally taken to hiring a towtruck company and every morning a nice chap backs up to the window and winches me out of the bed. So hang in there everybody. The footy is still on, get your fish and chips delivered and whatever you do, don’t, go, out. – Dianne Dempsey
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The Boy from Oz will open in the State Theatre on 11 August for an extended season now running until 26 August. Presented by arrangement with View Films and Robert Fox Ltd. Rohan Browne will star as Peter Allen in a brand new production. Caroline O’Connor returns to play the role of Judy Garland. In the role of Liza Minnelli is Loren Hunter who is quickly establishing herself as one of Australia’s most promising up and coming leading ladies. The Boy from Oz includess many of Peter Allen’s best loved songs: Quiet Please, There’s a Lady on Stage, Everything Old is New Again, Tenterfield Saddler, I Honestly Love You, I Still Call Australia Home, Don’t Cry Out Loud and the show stopping I Go To Rio. The Boy from Oz tells the funny and touching story of the dazzling Australian entertainer Peter Allen, from his humble beginnings to his meteoric rise to fame as an international star. Singing in country pubs from age 11, Peter Allen survived family tragedy to become a local TV star at age 16. Discovered by Judy Garland, he married her daughter Liza Minnelli and went on to become a loved international star and an Oscar-winning songwriter. www.theproductioncompany.com.au/boyfromoz For your chance to win send entries to Name ______________________________________________________ The Boy from Oz Competition c/- Bendigo Weekly, P.O Box 324 Address ____________________________________________________ Bendigo, Vic 3552 Entries close 02/08/18 Phone Number ______________________________________________
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Fees a penalty THE recent article regarding the introduction of credit card parking machines in Bendigo is quite remarkable considering the inordinate number of letters which have been written over the last couple of years which clearly state that parking fees are a pet hate of shoppers. Council’s Safe and Healthy Environment Manager, Caroline Grylls is reported to claim that this initiative is a response to community demand for more flexible and convenient parking payment options, however the truth appears to be far from that if Ms Grylls reads the Bendigo Weekly regularly. People hate paying parking fees for street side parking in the city as they see it as a penalty to undertake a simple trading transaction. We, the consumer, have a desire to purchase a product or service from the people entrepreneurial enough to set up their businesses in the CBD and in turn those traders pay rates and fees to council in order to maintain the streetscape and administer the city. I can be all but certain that this initiative did not come up in a “safe and healthy environment meeting” but instead it was likely raised in a “budget and revenue meeting” and therein the point was lost on those attending. Council needs to be reminded that in order to make ends meet in managing its budget, raising more money is not the only option. Cutting expenditure works too: ask any aged pensioner for confirmation of that point. Stephen Colbert, Wedderburn
The Steve Bracks legacy FRIDAY, July 20: The 7.10am from Epsom pulled away on time from Bendigo to Melbourne and remained on time until the dreaded Steve Bracks single track and loop between Castlemaine and Malmsbury and then stuck in the Taradale loop waiting for a delayed Bendigobound train. The Bendigo-bound train was 10 minutes late and as the Melbournebound train progessed it became more late, so by the time it reached Southern Cross Station it was 20 minutes late. Both the Liberal party and especially the Labor party have completely shied away from fixing the issue of the single track and loops from Bendigo to Kyneton. Even though respective councils along the rail corridor have advocated and lobbied the Liberal and
Labor governments, they appear immovable on the issue of duplicating again the line between Bendigo and Kyneton. It gives the appearance, that if the Labor party decided to re-duplicated the line, it would be an admission of guilt and political stupidity to have reduced the line to a single line with passing loops in the first place. The Andrews government can have all the grand plans with the endorsement of the parliamentary representative for East Bendigo, Minister for Major Projects and Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan with sky rail, metro rail, crossing removal, station upgrades, station car park extensions, an elevator at Bendigo station but finds it impossible to recognise that the Bendigo to Kyneton needs to be re-duplicated. The Bendigo to Kyneton single track and passing loops was a cost-cutting exercise initiated by the Brack’s Labor government and has been an absolute debacle. Scott Ramsay, Strathdale
Good luck George CONGRATULATIONS Cr George Flack for getting front and centre attention for his call to open up Hargreaves Mall to one-way traffic. It seems like a no-brainer, but I doubt he’ll get the numbers to make this a reality; some would rather throw more good money after bad with “remedies that add colour, softness and shade”, with pop up food stalls or tiny shops. These won’t fix the low occupancy rate and other problems making the mall a place where shoppers don’t want to go. Good luck George. Helen Leach, Bendigo
No safeguard I WRITE in reply to the letter “Trail clarity” Bendigo Weekly, July 13, about the mountain bike trail network plan for the Bendigo Regional Park. Councillor O’Rourke says the draft master plan was released last September “for public consultation”. For comment, maybe, but the consultation process had taken place already. $89,000 of ratepayers’ money was spent on hiring two consultants: World Trails from Cairns and Practical Ecology from Melbourne. They consulted only one community group, the Bendigo Mountain Bike Club. Why weren’t the local people who know this forest
PICK OF THE WEEK: Sunset from Happy Valley Road. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN For more photos go to www.newbendigophotos.com intimately spoken to? “Council has undertaken a lengthy consultation process… since this time” asserts Cr O’Rourke. Rather, due to outrage among the ignored, long established and regular users of the regional park, council hastily organised an invitation only “round table discussion”, a three-hour, one-off event, on a weekday evening, and not all councillors were able to attend. Yes, there was an environmental report. Unfortunately, it did not consider the 30-year-old Brushtailed Phascogale Conservation Project of state significance conducted by the Bendigo Field Naturalists in the very woodlands under consideration. The previous council commissioned this plan but apparently did not brief the “consultants” to consult local wildlife experts. Claims that the 52 kilometres of trail will net “$2.89 for every $1 spent” cannot be verified as the ‘business case’ is confidential. Consideration is not given to the value of the national and regional parks as repositories of biodiversity, environmental services and peace for Bendigo residents. The retrospective approval of illegitimate tracks is a strange position for a council to even consider adopting. The “28.09km of existing mountain bike trail” mentioned by the mayor are, in fact, unauthorised tracks responsible for erosion, siltation, destruction of undergrowth and seedlings in a recovering ecosystem of inestimable value to Bendigo in a warming world.
Finally, and perhaps most concerning, councillor O’Rourke suggests that the International Mountain Bicycling Association sets the standard by which we can safeguard our regional park. Wendy Radford, South Mandurang
Questions remain THE City of Greater Bendigo-driven saga of compulsory acquisition of good Marong food producing land for the use of private developers is over. However questions remain around what drove the CoGB councillors and staff to pursue this flawed plan with what can only be described as religious zeal. Compulsory acquisition can only occur for a public purpose. This was not a public purpose. We must ask was this plan driven by private investors using the council to push their agenda? If so, we must also ask who within the council and its staff were allowing themselves to be the “pushers” and why? One thing is certain, a lot of public money has been wasted by council deliberately ignoring good legal advice. The current CEO of CoGB has overseen this fiasco for the last 13 years. As an obviously intelligent and knowledgeable person he must have been aware for some time that a compulsory acquisition can only happen for public purposes. The only hope council had of getting hold of the land was to try to bully the owners into submis-
sion. If this was the tactic used it is disgraceful. As the person in charge of advising council and supervising council staff, the CEO must wear the blame for any unconscionable actions. If any are found only the resignation of the CEO could begin the process of restoring public confidence in Bendigo’s administration. Harold Hall, Epsom
Re-open the mall CENTURIES ago people dreamed of travelling on a flying carpet. Nowadays we travel in air-conditioned aeroplanes in much greater comfort. The Hargreaves mall is the Bendigo council’s flying carpet – cold, bleak and exposed to the elements. Years ago malls were superseded by air-conditioned shopping centres but our council is determined to spend whatever it takes to make their flying carpet successful. If they want a meeting place where people gather and markets are held, then I think that the area in Rosalind Park where the infant welfare centre used to be would be ideal. A kiosk to serve coffee and cakes could be incorporated in the scheme. If council understands that commerce brings money to Bendigo, then they could re-open the mall to cars and parking, to give access to shoppers as they do at shopping centres like the Bendigo Marketplace. David Hewitt, Golden Square
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new courts complex, improved rail facilities and services, funding for urgent flood mitigation works, support for the ongoing Bendigo Airport redevelopment, the Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo Health’s revamped campus, and many more. The Marong Business Park was, without a doubt, one of the city’s highest priorities, with so much of Bendigo’s future potential seemingly riding on the back of the proposal. Momentum has been lost – for now, but Bendigo needs to finds its feet, and its way back to the challenge of coming up with a viable alternative as quickly as possible, a task much easier said than done. Both sides of politics agree Bendigo needs to attract industry to provide more jobs to an ever growing population, and the city was probably entitled to think it was close to having its plans approved, until the planning minister made his
announcement just a few weeks ago. Some of the city’s wish list projects are intricately linked, such as the next stage of the airport redevelopment and the Qantas pilot school, two opportunities to bring our city closer to the rest of the world, and to create the best quality infrastructure for Bendigo. Some of these items might not seem overly exciting – such as the backlog of drainage works that needs tackling, but they are important, and more importantly, they deserve support. Addressing not just Bendigo’s, but the entire state’s waste problems, is another sensitive and multi-layered issue, and one that every single council will want to see action on. Any announcement in coming months that brings the long awaited new court facilities closer to reality will be welcome. That this city’s police, legal fraternity and all those involved in administration of justice have to tolerate the archaic facilities of the current court complex is frankly embarrassing, but it’s also a tribute to all those involved that they continue to do so under such duress.
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IN just under four months’ time, voters will choose who they want to represent them in the next Victorian parliament. The election on Saturday, November 24 shapes as being one of the most closely fought tussles for some time, with recent polls predicting whichever party earns the right to govern, will do so by the narrowest of margins. The ultimate failure of the City of Greater Bendigo’s controversial and now defunct plans for a major industry park on the outskirts of the municipality at Marong highlights how important having the right plan and the right support really is for our community. There are several major projects either “on the go” or needing support to the next phase of their development that must be kept in the forefront of our civic and government leaders thinking during the next few hurly burly months. In no particular order, they include a Plan B alternative to the failed Marong Business Park concept, the government jobs hub proposed for the fringes of the central business district, the long overdue
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CTING as an executor of a will can be a challenging experience, according to Robertson Hyetts’ wills and estates lawyer Trent McGregor. “A perfect storm of legal, financial, and emotional issues can lead to a turbulent process for all concerned,” Trent said. “An executor is responsible for ensuring that the testator’s will is administered in accordance with the law. “Executors need to do everything, including choosing the funeral director, obtaining probate if required, dealing with real estate and bank accounts, closing online accounts like Facebook, sorting out tax and Centrelink matters, and defending the will if there’s a challenge. “The executor should start by locating the testator’s last original will, and gathering information about the testator’s assets. “Bank statements are useful because they can provide information about other assets, like share dividends or superannuation pension payments.” The next steps are critical, but will depend on the situation. “Many first-time executors are keen to obtain a checklist of their duties, but each estate is different, and checklists should only be used cautiously,” Trent said. “It’s better to have a lawyer in your corner to advise on next
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HERE are many ways to personalise and shape a funeral service to express the character and interests of a loved one. Whether it is a favourite song, life symbols or creating memories with a photo presentation or a simple gesture of a favourite flower – there are many ways to personalise funerals. At William Farmer Funeral Directors they can offer another way. They can arrange a coffin that reflects the life of your loved one.
The Expression Coffins are a range of coffins, handmade in Australia by master craftsmen and wrapped in high quality imagery of your choice, utilising the latest eco-friendly technology. Each coffin’s image-wrap is produced using environmentalfriendly, water-based inks. A keen fisherman could have a design that features fishing rods, fish or a river; a farmer may have a tractor or crops in paddocks. There are various floral options, crafts, horses, football
team colours and even special video-game characters. You can design your own, or just have family photos – the choices are never-ending. William Farmer Funeral Directors endeavour to encourage you to celebrate the life of your loved one with a service that depicts their personality. For more information please phone 5441 5577 or visit their website www.williamfarmer. com.au
Who’ll look after your funeral expenses? You can, with the help of William Farmer Funeral Directors. • A trusted firm providing professional service • Prepaid funerals save worry and cost • The Bendigo Funeral Bond is capital guaranteed • Pay lump sum payment, or regular monthly payments Andrew and Heather Hampton and their staff would be happy to visit your home, or see you in their office to discuss how prepaid funerals work. 151 McCrae Street Bendigo 12 Victoria Street Eaglehawk
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ETTING one’s affairs in order isn’t always necessarily associated with
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records, pin numbers, birth certificates, loan agreements and deeds etc. Are your wishes documented? Do you have a current will and also power of attorney, if so where are they located? Have you dealt with your superannuation balance? And finally have you prearranged and or pre-paid for your funeral? If so where is the contract and with what funeral director? Mulqueen Family Funeral Directors at 15 to 25 Bridge Street, Bendigo has been a provider of pre-paid funerals for the people of Bendigo and surroundings for generations. Phone 5443 4455.
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“Just last week we had a service at Napier Park watched in both London and Tasmania simultaneously, enabling relatives and loved ones to feel part of the service no matter where they are.” Services can even be recorded as a family memento or distributed to those who could not attend due to time, distance or health restraints, making organising a funeral less stressful for all concerned. Ruth and her colleagues Steve Geyer, June Andrew and Les Yates are always available to discuss Napier Park Funerals’ complete
range of services, and can be contacted anytime seven days a week. Situated in Napier Street, Napier Park Funerals incorporates a large, after-funeral function room and offers exclusive onsite parking for more than 100 cars, behind landscaped rose gardens creating a dignified and tranquil environment for those in attendance. Napier Park Funerals 420 Napier Street, Bendigo Phone 5441 4800 www.napierpark.com.au
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ONTINUING a family tradition that started with his great, great grandfather Peter Fizelle in 1886, Simon Mulqueen has spent almost 40 years in the community as a funeral director, making him one of Bendigo’s most experienced. Simon worked alongside his father Peter Mulqueen for 20 years and following his father’s death decided to establish his own independent business. In 2012 Bendigo Funerals in Miller Street, Flora Hill was established, providing a focused and personal approach to funerals, continuing the five generation association with the local community. Simon, along with his experienced staff concentrate on providing the care and attention their clients’ families deserve, while focusing on enabling families to create a meaningful service that celebrates the life of their departed loved one. Since the 1980s, Simon has been involved in developing options for prepaid
funerals and although they are not a new product having been around in various forms for close to 90 years. Today’s prepaid funerals are generally more specific and protected by law. In 1993 the Victorian government introduced legislation that protects clients’ rights in regard to prepaid funerals which was further enhanced in 2006 after being incorporated into the Funerals Act. Simon encourages families to consider the option of prepaying their funeral as a means of alleviating families of the emotional and financial burden, often associated with funerals. Simon, like his father and grandfathers before him, continues to provide a dignified and quality service to the community from his modern Miller Street premises. Bendigo Funerals 29 Miller Street, Flora Hill Phone 5444 0400 www.smfd.com.au
HILE most of us don’t like to think about funerals, a little preparation can mean peace-ofmind for loved ones. The number of customers making enquiries to Australian Friendly Society about funeral bonds, has seen new business increase through Bendigo Bank branches during the last three years, according to the bank’s Trevor Birks. Financial planners are also referring clients, as there can be financial advantages associated with investing in funeral bonds. Investments of up to $13,000 (indexed annually) or pre-paid funerals are exempt from Centrelink and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Income and Assets Tests, resulting in important taxation and pension considerations, depending on personal circumstances. “Many older people like to make sure that those left behind don’t have the stress of having to find money for a funeral, particularly if a death is sudden or unexpected,” Trevor said. “For them it’s simply a practical decision intended to make their passing easier for those left behind.” It’s certainly a conversation that people should think about having with loved ones. The Bendigo Funeral Bond is a capital-
guaranteed savings and investment plan that solely accumulates funds towards the cost of your funeral expenses. The true value of pre-planning for funeral expenses shouldn’t be underestimated. It’s also worth noting that there are some very important differences between a capital guaranteed funeral bond and a funeral insurance plan, which may require premiums to be paid up to date in order to receive payment. Exploring and understanding these differences with a financial planner can be a worthwhile exercise. For more information please visit your local Bendigo Bank branch or call 1800 803 173. The Bendigo Funeral Bond is issued by Australian Friendly Society Limited ABN 29 087 648 851 AFSL 247028, associated with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178 (the bank) and its related entities. It is capital guaranteed by the society, it is not a deposit with, guaranteed by, or liability of the bank or its related entities. This article includes general information only, you should consider your situation and read the disclosure document available at www.bendigobank.com.au before making a decision.
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Professional - Experienced - Personal CONSIDER A FULLY GUARANTEED, PRE-PAID FUNERAL Bendigo Funerals offers Fully Covered, Fully Guaranteed, Pre-Paid Funerals. Our Funeral Funds, established in accordance with the Funerals Act 2006 are designed to give you ‘Peace of Mind’ enabling you to design the funeral you want, so that you know your family will not have the financial burden of paying for your funeral costs. Pre-Paid Funerals are Simon & Sue Mulqueen not the same Funeral Insurance, which is simply re-branded Life Insurance and if you stop paying your monthly premium the policy will lapse and you will no longer be covered. Any money you have paid over the years is then essentially ‘wasted’. With our Pre-Paid Funerals all funds paid toward your funeral are held in trust for your Funeral in accordance with the relevant Laws. What is the cost? The Cost of a Funeral can vary dramatically based on your preferences, the cost of most funerals range between $5,000 and $10,000 The biggest varying factor is the cost of Burial (up to $5,000) vs Cremation($750). For more information about Pre-paid Funerals contact Bendigo’s Pre-paid Funeral Expert - Simon Mulqueen at BENDIGO FUNERALS on 5444 0400.
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Where will your final resting place be? The Kangaroo Flat cemetery has very few plots remaining to purchase. So, if you think this will one day be your final resting place, and you haven’t already reserved a plot, then you should talk to us now. We can assist you to pre-purchase a plot for the future, to make sure you will rest where you wish to be.
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crematorium and memorialisation tours and informative activities to encourage discussion around bereavement. A diverse range of guest speakers and stall holders will be attending including counsellors or doulas, funeral directors, health care organisations including St John of God Hospital and the Bendigo Health library, as well as financial advisors for end-of-life planning such as the Australian Friendly Society. Also present will be Bendigo’s Eliza-Jane Gilchrist, artistic co-director of a forthcoming exhibition: Once and For All in November and December. This exhibition will combine
sculpture, visuals and puppetry to tell the stories of some of the people interred at the site, while addressing our own mortality bringing the inevitability of death into focus. Remembrance Parks Central Victoria’s Dying to Know Day is about celebrating life and exploring the possibilities of endof-life options that support us to live a fulfilled life in partnership with some of the industry’s most innovative organisations and service providers. Eaglehawk Remembrance Park 5 Victoria Street Eaglehawk. Phone 1300 2666 561 or message them on Facebook.
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Yet another iron in the fire By JAMES LERK
GEORGE William Knight was a successful stonemason/engineer, who worked on culverts, bridges and viaducts on the number one and two sections up as far as Woodend of the railway line from Melbourne. Having been well rewarded for his railway work, with the addition of inventing his labour saving rail ballast truck, Knight was in a healthy financial situation. Initially he purchased land at Bald Hill near Sunbury for a vineyard and orchard soon after bought an additional property at Riddells Creek where the family lived for almost 10 years. Unfortunately the new enterprise of vigneron and orchardist was to almost send Knight financially to the wall. In 1865 he was known to have purchased five £10 shares in the Darling Quartz Mining Company at Matlock in the high country. A considerable amount of work was done by this company in its initial stages however, it was not a world beater. A few years later 1000, 10 shilling shares were purchased in the Locomotive Gold Mining Company, which operated on the Mosquito Reef, Lady Gully at Castlemaine. George William Knight and family did move much further up the line by coming to Bendigo in 1870 where he started an architectural and surveying practice.
An office was set up in Albion Chambers on the corner of View and Mackenzie streets. Knight advertised his architectural services regularly in the local newspaper, he had attracted Bendigo pioneer pharmacist, Edward Garsed to become an early client. Garsed required two shops to be constructed in McCrae Street, the
VARIETY: Knight advertised in local media buildings are still standing a little past the Black Swan Hotel. A few months later he was advertising for tenders to lay rubble masonry as a foundation for a property to be built for a Mr EP Newcombe. Dressed and shaped masonry was required for mining share speculator JR Wheaton’s Florentine style house called Hybla in View Street, it being constructed well back, close to Forest Lane. Almost simultaneously to Hybla’s construction, tenders were called for stone foundations for J O’Connor’s brick house. In September 1872 Knight advertised tenders for building the Quarry Hill Common School
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in Olinda Street and opposite Palmerston Square. This building later became a domestic arts school and then a church, currently it has been turned into apartments. R Galbraith was the successful contractor for the school, and according to him the supervision of the work by Knight was not as frequent as it should have been, particularly the final inspection for signing the building over to the department. Mr Elkington the local school inspector wanted to take possession and as a consequence architect JM Brady was requested to do the final inspection of the new building. Naturally when architect Brady did this task George Knight’s nose was out of joint and some letters were written by each of the various parties justifying their own positions in this matter. This small controversy did not affect other people from approaching George Knight’s architectural practice for further works. In 1873 California Gully miner James Buzza was having two brick cottages built which had been designed by George W Knight. Knight’s surveying skills were sought after by the Bendigo School of Mines council, he took up a lecturing position in underground and mining surveying. Among the many irons that he had in the fire in 1874, Knight also began a brick-making concern, situated in Hargreaves Street east.
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was born at Bendigo Health July 23, 2018 3555 grams Daughter of Mirrisa Bamblett and Scott Weis of Bendigo. Sister for Izaak, D’sean, Tahlia and Zayne.
Bendigo Health July 21, 2018 3549 grams Son of Stacey and Matt McGregor of Long Gully. Brother for Penelope.
CHARLOTTE KATE WATKINS
ALIVAH MAE SCOTT
KENDRE BUTLER
AURORA LEE INGRAM
was born at
was born at
was born at
was born at
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
July 23, 2018
July 21, 2018
July 22, 2018
3440 grams
2562 grams
2485 grams
Daughter of Leah
Son of Charlene Jones
Daughter of Hayley
Dobbin and Bryce
and Reuben Butler
Manning-Killen and
and Matt Watkins
Scott of Eaglehawk.
of Long Gully.
Harrison Ingram
of Mandurang South.
Sister for Nevaeh.
Brother for Khadel.
of Eaglehawk.
BELLA LOUISE ERMEL
HARLOW ARWEN MAE CLARKE
ELOISE MARIE MASON
MATILDA EDITH HAW
was born at
was born at
was born at
was born at
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
St John of God
July 21, 2018
July 23, 2018
3791 grams
2909 grams
July 22, 2018
July 24, 2018
Daughter of Kayla
Daughter of
4054 grams
4446 grams
Price and Dylan Ermel
Genevieve and Jordan
Daughter of Jessica
Daughter of Erika
of Kangaroo Flat.
Clarke of Strathdale.
and Michael Mason
and Scott Haw
Sister for Alliyah.
Sister for Ester.
of Spring Gully.
of Eaglehawk.
July 23, 2018 3479 grams Daughter of Kate
PAIGE FRANCIS OLDFIELD was born at Bendigo Health July 14, 2018 8744 grams
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TRIBUTES Thank you Mumma. For teaching me that laughter is the best medicine. To whistle while you work. To love and appreciate Nature, Art and Music. To be kind, count your blessings and waste not, want not. You were amazing. You did amazing things. Eternal love - Ann Helena
Pearl Heenan 24 April 1923 - 21 July 2018 Born Constance Eve Pearl Warnecke. Beloved daughter of Thomas and Nellie and youngest sister and Pearlie Shells of Cordelia, Irene and Billy (all deceased). Pearl peacefully passed away with family by her side, in her treasured home of 48 years. Much loved wife of Tom (dec), mother of Greg (dec), Judith (dec), Colleen, Christine, Noelene, Janice, Phillipe, Mary, Ann, Michael, Tom and Lisa and their partners. Very proud Grandmother of 32 grand-children; 31 great grand-children; and a great, great grand-child. Loved mother of Colleen. Fond friend, fellow gardener and Mother-in-law of Michael Bacon. We can picture Mum, Diving from cloud to cloud, Swimming along the Milky Way, Dancing with Dad, Singing with Greg, Judy and her family, And giving God a good ear bashing! Rest in Perfect Peace Pearlie Shells. Loved and loving Mother and Mother-in-law of Christine and Peter Bryant. Loved and loving Grandmother and Great-granny to Troy, Tiffany and Jordan Bryant and their families. A perfect rose grew straight and tall, surviving all. Flourishing with strength and courage through serenity and storm. Always there for all. Now hand picked by God and touched with dew. Everlastingly at peace in His garden in eternal sunshine and love. Now diving in the great blue beyond. Thanks Mum for caring so completely, giving so quietly, teaching so gently and loving so deeply - Christine
A life time lived so well, each day with so much life, every moment valued. Always in our hearts - Michael, Jenny, Charlie, Jackson, Morgan
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To our darling mum and nanna. WOW. What a life. What a legend. What an inspiration. Although you are not here in body, we all know you will always be with us in spirit. Thank you for being an amazing mother. We will miss you. Love always, Noelene, Ray, Sacha, Jayde, Tahna, Jacob and families
Mum - a loving angel; tender, tough and strong. A loving Mum, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and Great, Great Grandmother. You always saw the goodness in everyone. You encouraged everyone to follow their dreams, to appreciate nature and to work towards conserving our land and resources. The doors to your home were always open to family and friends. Food, wine and music were always in abundance (especially music). Your garden was an inspiration filled with colourful and fragrant plants you collected over your lifetime. Fragrances of lavender, roses, geraniums, encapsulated in bags of potpourri for all to enjoy. Thank you Mum for bringing so much joy to the world - Phil, Judy, Amanda, Brett, Annabelle, Eliza, Travis, Emilie, Matis, Ossian and James â&#x20AC;&#x153;It donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter, where you bury me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be home and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be free.â&#x20AC;? YOU WERE AMAZING! Infinite love and thanks. Mary, Sophie, Roseanne and Dylan
An extra-ordinary life lived to the full, loaded with hard work and achievements; an almost limitless amount of love, energy and time that she gave unselfishly to countless people family, friends, neighbours, children, partners, grandchildren and on and on and on. Lucky for me, I was one of those people. Thanks mum - Tom Pearl, you led an epic life and created a unique family of incredible characters. You were so welcoming and loving for the 23 years that I knew you, thank you and the clan for embracing me - Liv Mumma, you gave me life and then you gave me the ingredients to have a wonderful life. Look for the miracles; Love and honour the magic and wonder of nature; Feed people - as many as possible, with LOVE; Give back to your community; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Waste not, want notâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; Grow food - whatever you can and eat from your garden as much as you can; Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a herb for every illness, use herbs everyday; Look at the stars, the moon, rainbows, hug a tree, smell a rose; Be a strong woman; Talk to people - as you said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;...itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty boring if we all just sit and look at each other!...â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;..move it or lose it!...â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thank you for the 52 years of friendship, fun, laughs, inspiration and all the support you gave us all... we all adore you and you will always be with us...thanks for being the best Mumma & Gma Pearlie Shells we could ask for, you were Brilliant! - Love Lisa, Darren, Isaebella, Dre, Pearl and Zane xxxxx Your compassion and kindness meant we were always part of the Heenan clan. We are very proud to have called you â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nanna Pearlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Sadly missed but always in our memory. Meet you in the middle of the air....someday. Love Jan, Doug, Sam, Adam and Andrew Mackenzie
To our dear Pearl, what a life youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve led and to me the most wonderful mother-in-law I could ever imagine. From the start you were always generous with your love and support - always ready for a laugh and quiet word. I will miss the twinkle in your radiant eyes and the positivity that you exuded. Your love and support of our family has been incredible as has your continued encouragement to be the best we can be whatever our circumstances. You were an inspiration to so many and your legacy of love, leadership, health and well-being will continue hereafter... Thank you Pearlie - Much love - Requiesat in Pace Darren J. Doherty Darling grandmother Pearlie Shells, rest well with your husband Tom and beloved children Gregory and Judith. Give my dad a big hug from me! The legacy you leave is immense... your Heenan clan. I will always remember your wisdom, creativity and encouragement. With deepest love, your first-born granddaughter Kylie, first great granddaughter Kaitlyn and first great, great grandson Ash To the greatest Nana thank you for being there for me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never forget all the great times we had together, especially up at the farm. You will be in my heart forever. Lots of love, Mark (Redda) Kingdon My beautiful Nana Pearl has now gone to Heaven, but her strength, passion for life, kindness, big heart and love will stay in my heart forever - Samantha My dear Nana Pearl thank you for everything you did for myself and my family. Your love, acceptance, teachings and passion for life. You were the ideal grandmother. Love Jason, Colleen, Zoe, Jye and Coen Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll miss you Pearlie Shellsâ&#x20AC;Ś. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ya Wag!â&#x20AC;? Tiffany Farewell to our fabulous Great/Grandma Pearl. We are overwhelmed with emotion and loss. We have long happy memories of a great woman who was selfless, generous and inspiring. Your warm love for family and children, your strength and tenacity, your creativity and faith. Thank you for your love, energy and being a wonderful example for us all. Dearly missed Grand/Great Mother to Simon, Monica, Maxwell, Ella and baby Laylah Kingdon
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CONCRETER
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EMPLOYMENT
Customer Service Officer Vossloh Cogifer Australia (VCA), part of a global group, is a major railway infrastructure company providing special rail track components for the rail industry. VCA is seeking a suitably experienced Customer Service Officer, with a strong emphasis on estimating, to drive Vossloh Sales across Australia and New Zealand. This position is based at our head office located in Castlemaine, Central Victoria. Reporting to the Customer Service Manager you will: • Be responsible for building and developing customer relationships • Review, analyse and prepare cost estimates for preparations of quotations and tenders for all customer requirements • To communicate internally and externally with stakeholders to ensure right product is quoted, ordered, produced and delivered on time • To manage all nominated customer queries as required To be successful in this role you will have: • Professional communication skills • Very high attention to detail • Commercial and analytical skills • Strong personal organisational skills • Proficient with MS-Office Suite
Paths, Driveways, Cross overs, Sheds, Small & big jobs, Reasonable rates. Seniors Discount Free quotes. Ph. 0422 424 348.
Local Classifieds Advertise in the Bendigo Weekly Classifieds for just
$3.40 per line (5 LINE MINIMUM)
AXE CREEK CONCRETING
New & old shed floors, Excavation work, Paths & Driveways, big or sml
PH 0429 395 985
DD HANDYMAN & MAINTENANCE SERVICE All types of household jobs inc garden maint. Phone 0409 949 111
LAWN MOWING, WHIPPER SNIPPING
$35 per hr / $30 pen Delivery of Garden Products Spraying (Roundup) $35 per hr/ $30 pen (no weeding) Rubbish Removal $80 load/ $70 pen (incl tip fee $35) for 7x4 square box trailer. Mattresses (+ $20 tip fee ea) NO tyres or rock/clean fill. Cash only
Ph Mick 0407 448 249
FURNITURE REPAIRS on
site. Wooden beds, tables, chairs, etc. Repaired, Revalued, Sold for cash. Old skilled tradesperson with modern tools. Will travel. Ph 0418 119 784 All hours.
HANDYMAN
Carpentry, Concreting, Fencing, Retaining walls, Tiling. Ph 5446 9174 or 0407 469 174
PLASTERER EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER
Rates from $40p/h Pensioner 10% Disc. • Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting
LAWN MOWER & SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS Push & ride on mower servicing, pick up option. Power equip. repairs. Chainsaw service & sharpen. Bendigo Marine & Outdoors, Epsom Phone 5448 3988
5446 1422
LAWN Mowing and General Maintenance call Ray $30 per hour $25 per hour for pensioners Ph 0410 088 762
All types of plastering. • Home Maintenance • Tiling • Painting • Carpentry. Free quotes. Ph. Brian 0407 679 618
PJ TAYLOR 0448 713 499
PLASTER
AIR CONDITIONING
TempTech BENDIGO
AIR CONDITIONING Servicing all of Central Victoria I Pensioner discounts
Sales, Installation and Service of Gas Heaters
For peace of mind this winter, call Temptech Reg Licence No. 47315
PHONE 1300 558 385
Ph Nathan 0407 972 717
For a lineage form please email:
ANTENNAS
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LIC
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Blocked drains Hot water units Bathrooms, Kitchens, Treatment plants Maintenance Ph 0403 962 817
RUBBISH REMOVAL Scrap Metal, Green waste or just general clean up. Tip fees apply. Current police check. Ph Paul 0401 418 108. ABN 88484579761.
IRONING SERVICE
Smoke/Pet-free home Pick-up/Drop-off avail. Reasonable rates Ph 0400 288 659
TRADITIONAL POST & RAIL FENCING
Specialising in Gateways, Driveways and Landscape features. 0429 434 646
WEEDING
Will hand weed garden beds, reliable service, $25.00 p/hour Ph Jim 0431 304 727
WONDER WINDOW
WOMEN CLEANING
EXCELLENT service, great rates. Ph Simone 0430 349 332
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BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING
Bobcat & Tipper Hire Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer
200 - 600mm diameter
Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal
Call Ron 0438 569 385
Bobcat & Tipper Hire MORE WORK IN LESS TIME WITH OUR LARGE 10M TIPPER
Site Cleaning Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal Backhoe
Call Rhys 0447 424 932 SKILLED OPERATOR
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BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING
The following will be highly regarded: • Tertiary qualifications • Be familiar with CAD software & reading technical drawings • Knowledge of Railway Industry The company is committed to continuous development philosophy for its employees. Within the Vossloh group, there are opportunities for international training and an exposure to other markets where Vossloh operates. Further education in the areas related to the company business is encouraged. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Australia. Please send applications to: The HR Officer, vcau.pay@vossloh.com by COB 3rd August 2018
LITTLE RIPPER Digger Service
2 Tonne Excavator, Trenching, Rotary Hoeing, Post Holes, Levelling 4 in one bucket,Tipper Hire.
1.7 Tonne Excavator Limited Access z Landscaping z Drainage z Experienced Operator z z
Ph: Glenn
0418 510 074
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Phil Maud 0418 556 238 E: philmaud@impulse.net.au
BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING 1.5 TONNE MINI EXCAVATOR FOR HIRE
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Ph 0429 171 697
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For Sale
Services Offered MOBILE BATHROOMS
PLUMBERS
ARE YOU RENOVATING? MOBILE BATHROOM FOR HIRE (Shower, hand basin, toilet etc)
Suitable for • Renovations • Parties/Weddings • Sporting events and many more Call David/Bronwyn
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Your local on-time Plumber • Air Conditoning Service & Repairs • Gas fitting & General Plumbing • Hot water - Gas, Elec & solar • Drains installed/cleared/repaired • Roof, gutter, d.p. & gutter guard Don’t put up with drips! • Taps, toilets, showers, sinks & more Use a licensed plumber • Quality professional workmanship FREE QUOTES guaranteed Lic No 37932
Ph 5446 1535
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License No. 32710
A friendly, reliable, local plumbing team fully qualified in all aspects of plumbing
544 33 999 4 Nolan Street, Bendigo
PLUMBERS Painter & Decorator Your Friendly, Professional and Quality Painter All Types Of Painting, Over 20 Years Experience For a FREE, No obligation quote, Phone Troy on
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TREE SERVICES
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
FOR SALE
ANTIQUE Cedar dining table, seats 8 people, 1 ext leaf, EC, $750 Phone 5474 2124
HONDA UH3 Generator, 2500W/240V VGC $500 ONO Ph 0438 087 101.
ROUND Wooden Coffee Table, jarrah color, $100 Ph 0413 923 051
HUTCH, French provincial, 3 drawers, 5 glass cabinets & 5 doors EC, $499 Ph 5443 3227
FRIDGE just serviced, with warranty $200 Ph 5446 9449
ANTIQUE Sideboard, Early 1900's, in very good condition with 4 drawers and 2 cupboards. $250 ONO Phone 5435 3470
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INVALID chair, steel frame, adj legs, barely used, VGC $40 Ph 5439 4265
LACE doilies/runners, x 20 $10 Ph 0409 175 052
ANTIQUE steel Thermos, $20 Ph 0413 923 051
LADIES bulky handknit Jumper, new, sz S + vest $10ea 0476 077 570
BENDIGO Pottery bowl, set of 2 $8 Ph 0484 694 720
LADIES slippers, new, Sz 7, $5 lot Ph 0476 077 570
BIKE Magazines, old Tour De France, Bycycling $1ech 0408 009 185
LAWNMOWER Briggs & Stratton, near new, runs well $100 0420 446 031
BOOKS by Di Morrissey (x7) $10 the lot Ph 0476 077 570
LOCKER, 3 doors, 1830hx450dx910w $100 Ph 5442 5552
BREADMAKER, Breville, VGC, $50 Ph 0408 339 557
LOCKER, Single door, GC $70 Ph 5442 5552
BUNK beds with mattresses and linen, $20 lot ONO Ph 0458 242 440 MOUNTAIN Bike "Specialised" Brand, Mens XL, only 6mths old, $650 ONO Phone 0409 231 656 CHEVAL mirror, light honey wood $70 ONO Ph 0409 175 052 CORNER Computer unit, 2pc, with slide tray $95 Ph 5443 2421 DISABLED shower chair, as new, $60 Ph 0427 470 240 DISPLAY cupboard, $60 Ph 5443 2421 DOG Kennel, for sml/med dog, as new $25 5446 8690 or 0409 202 233 EMU Eggs (x 6) $10 each or $50 lot Ph 0413 923 051 FILING cabinet 4 drawer $45 Ph 5442 5552
SPILT IRONBARK FIREWOOD
LOUNGE chairs, brown leather (x2) GC $100 ea Ph 0413 418 542 MENS 504 Levi's, Brand new, 36" waist, $50 Phone 0434 609 393 METAL Detector Mine Lab SDC 2300 with tools, near new $3000 Ph 0428 571 186 MOWER Ride-on, Husqvarna, 15.5 hp, 38" cut, $1500 GC Ph 5446 9573 NAIL Polish, O.P.I Mauve & light pink, $10 ea ONO Ph 0437 567 073 NEW electric clothes airer, heated, folds flat $38 Ph 0484 694 720 ORGAN LOWREY, with music sheets $50 ONO Ph 0458 242 440 PHONE cover for iPhone 5s pink $10 Ph 0437 567 073
PIANO TUNER
Piano sounding not quite right? Phone Steve: 0439 732 284 Keynote Piano Tuning
1 cubic metres Pick up $150 or deliverd $170 Ph 0419 302 000
PLUSH slippers, Tassie Devil, ladies Sz 6-7 $10 Ph 0484 694 720
FIREWOOD
PORTABLE 3 way fridge 35 litre $80 Ph 5446 9573
Season dried split red Gum, Delivered. From 2 M - 17 M loads. Murray River Firewood Supplies Russell 0417 766 049 FIREWOOD Greybox & assorted Gum, inc. Red. Pick up or del. CBD. $120/$140 Ph 0436 113 241 or 5443 8975
PORTA potty, compact, as new $65 Ph 0466 269 948 c PUSH Wheelchair, fold up, like new $200 Ph 5446 1693
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QUEEN Anne Sngl B/head & foot (x2) no base $10 Ph 0409 175 052
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REMOVALIST Packing Cases. Used Once. 28 tea chests $3each, 14 book boxes $1.50each Ph 0409 008 715
Grey box, $150 per C/M, Delivered Bendigo. Ph 0427 304 600
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Rolls & Little Squares. Delivery available Maiden Gully Ph 0438 373 291 HOMELIGHT chainsaw $70 Ph 5446 8690 or 0409 202 233
MATTRESSES inner spring, Single, x2 VGC, $40ea Ph 5447 7407
SEWING machine Toyota SP100 series, used once $90 Ph 0448 891 263
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
SNOW jacket, Huski, Sz 105/L, EC $60 Ph 5447 7724
SNOW pants Bolle, Sz L, EC $60 Ph 5447 7724
SUNBEAM wok, electric, non stick $25 Ph 0437 567 073
TALLBOY with mirror, $100 Ph 5443 2421
WATER TANKS AND DRUMS
3300 lt $690. 5500 lt $890. 2000 lt $495 2500 lt Slimline $790. Drums 200lt $25.
www.ebsary.com.au 161 McIvor Rd Ph 5443 6740
TV Entertainment Unit $45 Ph 5446 8690 or 0409 202 233
TIMBER Bookcase (large) $50 ONO WARDROBE (2 Door) $20 ONO Ph 0458 242 440
TIMBER dining setting, all Australian Made, + 6 chairs, with cushions EC, $250 Ph 0434 720 666
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
TV cabinet, V shaped, $50 ONO Ph 0458 242 440
TWO older brown leather Natuzzi Recliner Rocker Swivel Chairs $300 the lot Ph 0413 923 051
"WILD Country" camp stretcher never used $15 Ph 0466 269 948
GUILMARTINS HARDWARE Double glazing - keep out the cold, and keep the heat in! Suppliers of acrylic, polycarbonate special wood mouldings, made to order! Wood dressing, Joinery, veneered board, Plywood, covered handles and locks
RETRO high chair, chrome & orange $50 Ph 0408 339 557
Ph 5443 5077 2 Holdsworth Rd Long Gully
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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GARAGE SALES
186 CROOK ST STRATHDALE Sat 8am-4, Monster Sale Tools, BBQ's, toys, pics, shade sails, Kitchware, furn, exer/bike, wheel chair ramps, dress maker model, large ferns, & much 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. TRACTORS & farm machinery wanted. Going or not, cash paid, Ph 0429 393 221
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4 APSLEY STREET STRATHFIELDSAYE Sat & Sun 8am-4pm, Moving sale, everything must go! Furn, exercise equip, h/hold, baby & toys, many free items
WANTED WANTED smaller lots of scrap, both ferrous and non ferrous items and batteries Phone 5446 1191 or 0447 744 043 TWIN seat Go-cart or buggy wanted, please phone 5446 2870
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DORPERS 3 x Wethers,1 Ram & 1 Ewe must sell $600 the lot Pick up only Ph 0417 163 442 after 3.00pm GREAT Dane x American Bull Dog pups x 8. 8.5 wks old, ready to go. Chipped, vacc, vet checked, wormed. 3F 5M. $700 Ph 5439 7279. M/C 95600000 5598634, -5656046, -6487574, 5600863, -5600961, 6486547, 5597298, 5674969
LABRADOR pups, pure bred V/checked 953010002751491, 953010002748493 $1200 ea Phone 0412 234 824
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LAYING HENS 1st year free range laying hens, $5 each. Pick up 9am-5pm Saturday 11th August from 706 Millwood Rd, Huntly North. All proceeds donated to Fusion youth & community Centre. Ph 0490 503 315
BOATS FISHING Boat, Fibreglass, 13ft Pelican, brand new 15HP O/board, & Dunbier trailer. All safety gear, $3850 ONO Ph Michael, 0411 199 829 Daylesford
CARAVANS & TRAILERS 2013 Puma Camper Van, electric roof, off road model, shower/toilet, new annex, EC 10ft opens to 20ft, $17500 Ph 0429 145 395
CARAVANS WANTED
We buy and consign Repairs & servicing Bendigo Caravan Centre 164 Midland Hwy EPSOM Ph 5448 4800
FORD fairlane 1997 3 months reg, as is, GC runs well, 1LV 6SQ $1,100ono Phone 0455 129 869
AUTO TOYOTA Corolla '05 Ascent, auto, excellent cond, white YPN-306 $5,500 Phone 0419 309 913
VACC PRE PURCHASE INSPECTIONS ROADWORTHY CERTIFICATES FORD Sedan 2004 Auto, Excellent Mechanical, As new tyres, brakes (1KV7RB) Reg & RWC $3,500 0432 499 909
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Richards looms large in finals fight By JOEL PETERSON
STAR centre Gabe Richards is shaping up as the trump card of the Bendigo Braves as they begin their finals campaign against Launceston tomorrow night. The Braves women last weekend completed a perfect run through their home and away campaign with wins over Frankston and Nunawading to become just the second team to go 20-0 in SEABL history. But as the Braves head into their matchup with Launceston and league MVP Lauren Nicholson in Bendigo tomorrow night, they will use their significant playoff experience to their advantage. Gabe Richards, Kelly Wilson, Andrea Wilson have all played in WNBL titles, while several members of the Braves team are holdovers from last year’s team that lost to Geelong in the SEABL final. One negative for the Braves is the absence of Ash Karaitiana, overseas with the New Zealand national team, but coach Megan Moody said she will return before the side’s second final. That game could be next weekend if they suffer a maiden loss for the year, or in a fortnight with a win, but it will be played in Bendigo
regardless of the result. Moody says she hasn’t yet decided whether Bianca Dufelmeier or Andrea Wilson will step into the vacant starting role left by Karaitiana. “We went with (Andrea Wilson) last weekend, but I haven’t decided which way we’ll go with that yet,” she said. “They’ve both been great for us, and matchups will come into it.” The contest looms as something of an all-star shootout, with Kelly Wilson to go head to head with Australian Opals guard Lauren Mansfield, Nadeen Payne to likely guard league MVP Lauren Nicholson and Tornadoes sharpshooter Alex Wilson matched up on Braves perimeter ace Kara Tessari. “In terms of the quality, I think it will be fantastic. If you’re a young player and you’re watching, or even just a basketball fan, and you see some of those matchups I think it’s about as good as it gets,” Moody said. Bendigo’s trump card may be Gabe Richards, who looms as an interior presence that Launceston will have trouble matching. Last time the two sides met Richards had a seasonhigh 36 points on an astonishing 12of-15 from the field despite playing less than 25 minutes of game time.
“I’d say that they would have watched a lot of film on Gabe, and that we’ll see double, maybe tripleteams on her this weekend,” she said. “I hope they don’t, because aytime Gabe gets the ball that’s good for us, but at the same time we have to be ready to play off those doubleteams because she is such a good passer from the post.” The Tornadoes come in having won their last three games and four of their past five, and while Bendigo’s streak far exceeds that there is little doubt that they are the competition’s form teams. “I think it will be, if you look at the last time we played, another highscoring game. You never really know with playoffs because it can turn into anything, everything is possible really in that environment, but both teams can score in buckets,” Moody said. “Hopefully that makes it a good game to watch and we can get a big crowd, because we’ll need all the help we can get.” The Braves take on Launceston at Bendigo Stadium from the adjusted start time of 7pm on Saturday night. KEY PRESENCE: Gabe Richards was the difference when Bendigo played the Tornadoes earlier this season.
Better Lake than never
Herbert flies into Fiji test NEXT week’s Fiji International looms large on the radar of Lucas Herbert as he aims to turn a British Open full of promise into regular starts in big events. Herbert made the cut at the weekend’s Open Championship before finishing tied for 51st, compounded by a disappointing bogey, double-bogey finish on the final two holes. It cost him vital points in the Eurpoean Tour order of merit, in which he needs to finish within the top 110 players to retain his European Tour card. “I need to get into the top 110 but I’m not sure how many starts I’ll have to do it,” he said. “I will get to play the Dunhill Links because of my position on the PGA Tour of
From Page 36 Harvey said the change-up in voice had come at exactly the right time. “Having a different voice and some real energy is exactly what we needed, the guys responded really well and Clay was just awesome,” he said. The boost is even more timely given given the team has lost three of its last four games heading into the postseason, defeating Frankston at home last Friday before losing to top side Nunawading on Saturday. Despite that record and heading into the finals in seventh place, Harvey is happy with where the group is at heading into its postseason campaign. “I’m happy with where we were last weekend, I think we have some real momentum,” he said. “We lost to Nunawading but we were within a point with about two minutes left in that game and we played some really good basketball. And if we played the way we did against Frankston I think we’d have beaten most sides. “I think we have some momentum and energy this week and the guys are certainly upbeat.” The Braves have lost each of their matches against the CoE this year, both coming early in the season. Harvey doesn’t believe it has been a matter of the way the team has approached the youthful outfit, but more a matter of execution. “We have a lot or respect for them, they’re the best young kids in the country so we know what they can dish up,” he said. Without home court to work with in its finals matches, the Braves will hit the road if
DIRECTION: Clay Moser took Braves training on Tuesday.
Australasia Order of Merit but there are no guarantees beyond that. “So the Fiji International is a pretty important week for me in the big picture and I’m really looking forward to the chance to perform.” Herbert will rely on sponsors invitations and other workarounds for starts, so every result counts more than ever. But the ever-confident 22-year-old isn’t fazed by the pressure. “This is what professional golf is. Everyone experiences pressure in their jobs... I’ve got a pretty important three months coming up and I’ve just got to nail it.” The power-hitting Herbert is playing in Germany this weekend before flying to Fiji next week.
PROGRESS: Lucas Herbert is hoping for a strong showing in Fiji.
they are to make it deep into finals. Harvey believes they still have a long playoff push within them, but says that playing selfless, team-oriented basketball will be the deciding factor between an early exit and a continued run. “If we can win this weekend, I wouldn’t want to have to play the Braves in the finals,” he said. “If we play together and play selfless, that will be the difference. The last few weeks have been stressful but now we’re here and we’re ready to go. “One thing we do know is that in finals, anything can happen.” The Braves play the CoE in Canberra on Saturday night from 7pm.
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South on coach hunt SOUTH Bendigo will be looking for a new coach next season with Brady Childs stepping down from the role at the end of the 2018 campaign. Childs has led the Bloods for three years after returning from Shepparton Swans, where he won a Goulburn Valley Football League premiership in 2015. He has turned the Bloods from cellar dwellers to finals contenders, but hasn’t been able to push South Bendigo into the final five. This season has been largely disappointing for the Bloods, who were expected to be in finals contention but have just five wins from 13 games. Childs has been left to lament by injuries to key players in his tenure, and has also battled his own woes after sitting out the 2016 season due to a knee reconstruction. He then suffered another knee injury last year that ruled him out until the middle of this season. While Childs won’t be coaching in 2019, he will continue at South as a player next season. “It’s been a tough decision as I love coaching this great club and working with such an awesome group,” he said. “However, family and work
STEPPING DOWN: Brady Childs. commitments have made it tough finding the time that I think is required for the role.” Bloods president Rick Townsend said the club was disappointed Childs would not continue in the role next year. “As a club we’ve been fortunate to have Brady as head coach over the past three seasons. It is clear to us that the club as a whole and not just the playing group has grown as a result,” he said. It comes as the Bloods enter an important fortnight off the field. The club will hold its 125th anniversary celebrations tonight before a Kennington reunion event next weekend.
INSPIRED: Andrew Collins played his best game in Sandhurst colours. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
Dragons roaring By JOEL PETERSON
Carnival of footy fun BENDIGO will host an inclusive football carnival on Sunday when the FIDA Dockers welcome teams from across northern Victoria to Weeroona Oval. The FIDA program is catered to people with an intellectual disability, with players ranging in age from 14 to their early 50s. This weekend’s carnival is the fourth for the northern conference teams in 2018. The Bendigo Dockers are the local club involved in the competition, supported by local National Disability Insurance Scheme provider provider Intereach. The club’s Matthew Rodda said
the emphasis is on participation and encouragement with a few wins along the way adding to the excitement. “Teams to compete on the day include the Bendigo Dockers, Echuca Moama Rockets, Wodonga Jets, Wangaratta Merriwa Magpies and Goulburn Valley Stars,” he said. “With only one more carnival following Bendigo, teams are very keen to showcase their many skills in all the round robin matches.” The day begins at 10am with all games comprising of two 10-minute halves.
SANDHURST faces a critical game in its Bendigo Football Netball League finals pursuit tomorrow, when it travels to Gisborne to take on the in-form Bulldogs. The Dragons head into the clash off the back of an impressive win over Strathfieldsaye, in which they thumped the reigning premiers by nine goals to end the Storm’s 11-match unbeaten streak. The performance was easily Sandhurst’s best of the season, and shored up their spot inside the final five as Gisborne lost to Kyneton by a point. Coach Andrew Collins led the way, kicking six goals in his best performance in the Dragons’ colours, while the addition of Zac Pallpratt bolstered an already stout defensive unit. The win put the Dragons a game and 58 percentage points
ahead of the Bulldogs with five matches to play, but they are far from safe. Sandhurst faces Gisborne today before Kyneton, Golden Square, Castlemaine and Maryborough in the run home. The Dragons would start favourites in the latter two games, and a 50-50 chance in the former pair. Gisborne plays both the Magpies sides before tackling Square at Wade Street and hosting South Bendigo in the season’s final round, making a win tomorrow to get them back onto level terms all the more critical. The Dogs would start favourites against Castlemaine, Maryborough and the Bloods, and defeated Square earlier in the season. Square is just a game ahead of the Dragons, but can lock down its spot by beating South Bendigo and Kangaroo Flat in the next fortnight.
While the sides to comprise the finals are full of intrigue, the league has also changed the schedule of this year’s matches. The first day of finals on September 1 clashes with the planned White Night celebrations in Bendigo and has forced the league to change the qualifying final from a night game to a day match. League manager Cam Tomlins said the decision was reached after conversations with council, White Night organisers and Victoria Police to avoid a direct clash. He said road closures and an influx of visitors to the city have the potential to cause several logistical challenges, and separating the two events to avoid a direct clash would assist in the management of both events. Sunday’s elimination final on September 2 will go ahead as scheduled as an afternoon match with a 2.20pm start.
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TRADITION: Coach Scott Healey with some of the club’s current stars.
Club calls for return of familiar faces ONE of Bendigo’s most successful junior football clubs is welcoming its favourite sons and daughters back into the fold for a special reunion event. The St Kilian’s St Peter’s Junior Football Club is holding a reunion of former players and officials next Saturday night.
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Among the guests will be the club’s inaugural coach, Sid Campbell, who was in charge of the first team to don the green and gold in 1976. Another in the club’s long list of graduates is Hawthorn premiership player Rick Ladson. The event will be held at the
recently renovated St Kilian’s Hall on McCrae Street from 7pm on Saturday, August 4. Club merchandise will also be available for purchase on the night. For more information visit the club’s facebook page or contact Damien Power on 0427 119 655.
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Braves learn from the best By JOEL PETERSON
ON the eve of the South East Australian Basketball League finals, the Bendigo Braves have had some help from the very top of the basketball world to ready them for the postseason. Coach Ben Harvey took a back seat at training on Tuesday night as Clay Moser, director of basketball strategy with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, guided the team through a session before its elimination game against the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence on Saturday. Moser was in Bendigo with Braves legend David Johnson, who was attending the club’s 30year championship reunion last weekend. The pair played college basketball together at Wisconsin-Lacrosse and while they were in town Moser ran several sessions with junior Braves athletes and coaches. It culminated in him overseeing Braves training on Tuesday night in a high-octane practice to steel them for finals action. “To be honest I hope I don’t mess anything up for them,” he said early this week. “They’re a good group and it’s interesting timing before finals but hopefully it can help them get the win this weekend.” Continued Page 34