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ISSUE 1086 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Step out for the Dinki Di THE Bush Dance and Music Club is back with their annual Dinki Di Old Time Ball on September 15. Their aim is to keep old time dancing alive. The group is keeping the ball as traditional as they can. “This is our 23rd annual ball, all held at the Eaglehawk Town Hall,” member Dianne Pearse said. The dance starts at 8pm.

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By SHARON KEMP

A PRIME parcel land in the heart of the city’s civic precinct has been put up for sale at the same time as plans progress for Bendigo’s proposed $90 million GovHub project on an adjacent site.

Land that once housed the historic Doherty’s Garage has come onto the market ahead of the submission of plans for the GovHub, and has been billed as both the end of an era and a new beginning.

The Doherty family has put the land and buildings once occupied

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IN TIME: Don Manypeny with Dianne and Doug Pearse. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Garage sale adds potential to CBD

by the family’s iconic garage on St Andrews Avenue up for sale through tender. It sits amid the council buildings and car parks that will next year be demolished to make way for a building housing 1000 government workers, if the state government project goes ahead.

The sales summary calling for tenders by October 3 suggests the family is seeking private sector buyers.

“While Doherty’s have left the building, wouldn’t it be nice to see the new custodians tip their cap to the history here and allow the acclaimed name to live on in some form,” the summary says.

It suggests the former garage on site could be turned into a restaurant or shop, or redeveloped into multi-storey accommodation up to 20 metres high.

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council has yet to vote on any plans for the GovHub to which it says it will contribute land at the site and surrounding its Lyttleton Terrace offices.

The council refers all enquiries about GovHub to the Regional Development Victoria website that outlines its scope, but councillor James Williams said there was general acceptance of the concept among his colleagues given that consolidation

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of council office space in one location was identified in an independent review as a future improvement.

“It will have to come to the council table to be voted on, but there will have to be a lot more detail before that happens,” Cr Williams said.

The RDV website identifies 2022 as the completion date for the project, well after Ballarat’s $47m GovHub which will not include any local government tenants and which is being built by the state government. Continued Page 5 OPINION Page 17

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The Weekly look at the local real estate market

Bendigo sees rise

THE Bendigo property market is one of many in regional Victoria experiencing strong results and positive growth in recent sales according the latest data from the Victorian Valuer General.

The quarterly results released this week for the three months to March 31 show that Bendigo’s median house prices increased by 5.3 per cent, having decreased by 0.7 per cent in the previous quarter, and about 20 per cent in the previous 12 months.

That turnaround was mirrored in many suburbs across the city, with Strathdale experiencing a 33 per cent lift in the median price, up from $350,000 to $465,000 for the March quarter.

Other suburbs where sales results improved significantly included North Bendigo (up 20.7 per cent to $315,000) and Marong (up from $347,500 to $425,000), while with a median sale price of $537,500, Maiden Gully was up 13.6 per cent and had the highest result.

Bendigo Real Estate principal Nekti Tzouroutis yesterday said there had been a lot of activity in the past two weeks and conversations with both vendors looking to put their homes on the market, and buyers looking to purchase.

“The outlook going forward in our market here in Bendigo over the spring selling season looks very positive,� he said.

DCK Real Estate sales director Matt Bowles said coming of the back of strong demand across winter, more selling stock was needed to meet the high level of demand from potential buyers.

He said it was important to note that the Valuer General data was for median, not average selling prices, and that a high turnover of property among first home buyers and in the lower end of the market, especially in suburbs where is a greater diversity of stock, does impact the overall median price.

Median sales prices dropped in a number of areas, including Junortoun, Bendigo, Jackass Flat, East Bendigo, Huntly and Ironbark.

Victorian Valuer-General, Robert Marsh said country Victoria’s median house price increased 1.4 per cent to $360,000 in the March 2018 quarter, while over the 12 months to March 2018, the median house price in country Victoria increased by 7.5 per cent from $335,000.

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sales statistics for the March 2018 quarter showed a decrease of 5.0 per cent to $725,000 for median house prices and a decrease of 3.2 per cent to $530,200 for median unit prices. For the 12 months to March 2017, median sales prices in metropolitan Melbourne showed increases of 6.6 per cent for houses and 4.7 per cent for units.

The Valuer General’s report also states that the number of country Victoria house sales for the March 2018 quarter is expected to be 7,735, a 14.9 per cent increase on the March 2017 quarter.

In the March 2018 quarter, the median house price in country Victoria increased by 1.4 per cent to $360,000.

Over the 12 months to March 2018, median sale prices in country Victoria showed a 7.5 per cent increase for houses and a 1.4 per cent increase for units.

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Mr Lawless said values in the combined capital cities fell 0.4 per cent in August, and 2.9 per cent for the year. Prices outside the cities eased 0.2 per cent in August, but were still 1.6 per cent higher on a year earlier.

Regulators have clamped down on risky lending by banks, particularly for interest-only loans, while a raft of scandals across the industry has added to the air of caution.

Westpac last week raised its mortgage rates to protect profit margins in the face of higher funding costs in the wholesale market, with most other major banks quick to join them.

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Liberal attacks premier

By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO East Liberals candidate Ian Ellis has challenged Daniel Andrews to show the plans of the Bendigo Hospital, saying it is wrong of the Labor premier to lay claim to it.

Campaigning in Bendigo last week, Mr Andrews said: “I was just so pleased recently to be at the official opening of Bendigo Hospital, Labor’s new Bendigo Hospital, such a fantastic facility not just for Bendigo but for the entirety of central Victoria and north west Victoria“.

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followed later by explaining it was a project “the premier backed, back when he was the health minister in 2009”.

But Mr Ellis insisted this week that although most of the construction happened during a Labor government, “if you go back and look at things at the time when the Bailieu and Napthine government did the planning, did the contracting, Labor was against what was proposed, particularly contracting the builders”.

Lend Lease was part of the consortium that was awarded the contract in 2013 to build the hospital

but was at the time the subject of a government exclusion order, made because of the building giant’s agreement with the then Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union.

The Liberal government said at the time the agreement broke building code guidelines, but because the Lend Lease consortium was shortlisted for the hospital tender before the guidelines kicked in, the exclusion order was only a small factor in play.

The Labor Opposition said the process had been a “shambles”,

causing pointless delays that hurt the local community.

Mr Ellis said the plans that Mr Andrews as health minister backed in 2009 were different and not as extensive as what was eventually designed by the Liberal government and built.

“It was not the hospital they planned and I challenge them to produce the plans,” Mr Ellis said.

“They did allocate funding, much less than what was put in by the Liberal government because the Liberals designed it, costed it, commenced it and then there was a

change of government.

“A lot of the construction was during this government’s term but it was started before they came to government and they criticised a lot of it.

“What we have is way better than what Labor was planning to build.”

Mr Ellis has also proposed a ring road for Bendigo in a vocal week for the Liberal candidate who still finds himself alone in being preselected for a Bendigo state seat.

The Liberals have yet to preselect a candidate to run against Maree Edwards in Bendigo West.

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WELL ORCHESTRATED: Teacher Cally Bartlett has composed and arranged the forthcoming concert. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Arranger hits a high note for Ceberano THE Forever Young community choir rehearsed yesterday with the Girton Grammar String Orchestra to hone their repertoire of rock songs.

The Forever Young choir, established in 2011 as part of Girton Grammar School’s Community Service program, gives senior citizens from Bendigo and beyond an opportunity to come together every week in a fun and friendly environment to sing.

Kate Ceberano, will head-

line this year’s Forever Young concert at the Ulumbarra Theatre on Tuesday, September 18.

Music for the string orchestra to support Ceberano has been composed by arranger, composer and music teacher at Girton Grammar School, Cally Bartlett.

The arranging of music for the concert requires an extraordinary level of skill and is one reserved for the very best of musicians.

Her parents, as Forever

Young choir members, will sing the songs that their daughter has arranged.

Pyrenne and David Tromans will sing together in the choir this year for the first time.

Whilst Pyrenne joined the choir four years ago when she turned 65 and moved to Bendigo, her husband David joined the choir this year. Their pride in Cally is palpable.

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David plays guitar and his father played the violin. Pyrenne’s father is a tenor, so there is music in the family’s blood.

The annual concert is the highlight of the year for all who are involved.

As well as the choir director, the school provides instrumental support for the choir, event management and publicity for the concert.

PROMINENT horse racing identity and 15time winner of the Country Racing Victoria Trainer of the Year, Darren Weir will be the guest speaker at this year’s Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch prostate cancer fundraiser.

Weir will be joined by one of the industry’s most colourful race callers, Bendigo’s own Ric McIntosh, at the Friday, November 23 function to be held at the Bendigo Stadium.

Weir was last month named winner of the Herald Sun George Hanlon Country Trophy for a season where he trained 282 winners at meetings held across country Victoria.

The much revered Weir trained the 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance, ridden by Michelle Payne in one of the most stunning Cup results of the modern era.

An avid supporter of country racing, Weir’s highlights included Gallic Chieftain winning the Listed Warrnambool Cup and the Stony Creek Cup. He also won the Edenhope Cup with Divine Sanction, the Woodend Cup with lmperator Augustus, and the Donald Cup with Another Coldie.

His season included an impressive nine Group One wins.

For his part, McIntosh is affectionately known as “the People’s Caller”, and is known for his unique race calls of especially jumps racing. Supporters also refer to McIntosh as Australia’s favourite race caller.

The Blokes Biggest Ever Lunch concept was created by the late Chris McPherson AM, the Shepparton-based newspaper proprietor who lost his battle to prostate cancer in late 2015, but not before devoting much of his time to helping raise valuable funds for the Prostate Cancer Federation of Australia.

Organisers of the Bendigo Weekly-backed November 23 event expect a record crowd for this year’s fundraiser, with hopes of a crowd in excess of 500 for the annual event.

Tickets for this year’s Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch cost $120, with further details to be released in next week’s Bendigo Weekly.

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Sports Star in Peak deal

ONE of Australia’s leading sporting apparel companies has agreed to back the country’s longest running community sports award program in a three year deal that has been hailed as a major win for the Bendigo sporting community.

The three year naming rights deal announced this week by the Bendigo Sports Star Awards committee and Peak Sport Australia is a reflection of the high regard shared between the two organisations.

Sports Star committee chairman Michael McKern said Peak

Sport Australia team had been scholarship sponsors of the Sports Star awards for a couple of years, and that the committee was thankful to Peak Sport Australia managing director Greg Bickley and his company for the support.

“This announcement however, gives Sports Star the financial backing that it needs to continue to foster, recognise and reward sporting talent, ability and dedication among athletes in our region.

“We are extremely excited to have Peak Sport Australia on board, and also extremely grateful for this incredible show of support and generosity.

“We are all about celebrating sporting excellence and fostering the next generation of athletes in their chosen profession, and our region is fortunate to have so many outstanding sportspeople

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The company is also the world’s fastest growing basketball company through its design,

We are all about celebrating sporting excellence and fostering the next generation of athletes

in our midst to inspire the rest of us towards bigger and better things.”

Mr Bickley said Peak Sport Australia has been the official apparel supplier to Basketball Australia for over a decade, outfit-

quality and patented technologies.

Established in 1989, PEAK Sport has a distribution network of nearly 8000 PEAK retail outlets in over 110 countries, and started trading in Australia in 2010.

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3From Page 1 The Victorian government has allocated $16m to Bendigo’s equivalent and wants a private partner to contribute the rest of the project cost with the lure of a long term, secure tenancy arrangement with government agencies at the end.

“The GovHub project is in the planning phase at the moment and a range of development models are being considered,“ a government spokesman said.

At Morwell, the developer of the $25m GovHub there has been identified as independent fund manager Castlerock Property which has a raft of government buildings in its portfolio and which manages properties on behalf of investment trusts.

The ... council never voted to support council office consolidation Rental from government departments provides the income for those trusts.

The proposed sale also comes as a community campaign opposing the GovHub project gathers steam.

In an open letter to the City of Greater Bendigo published in the Bendigo Weekly on page 17, residents Max Turner and Lindsay Sargeant say the council’s involvement in the GovHub is a “muddle for residents”.

“What in the heck is going on? The previous council never voted to support council office consolidation,” Mr Turner and Mr Sargeant write.

“The land and building the government’s grabbing are owned by all greater Bendigo residents; not the council officers and not the politicians.”

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The Bendigo Sports Star awards were first held in 1965, and the list of winners include basketballers Matthew Dellavedova and Kristi Harrower, netballer Sharelle McMahon, America’s Cup winning yachtsman Glenn Ashby, cycling stars Glenn O’Shea, Frank McHaig and Brent McHaig, World and Commonwealth Games champion lawn bowler Aaron Wilson, and AFL stars Joel Selwood and Dustin Martin.

The 2019 Peak Sport Australia Bendigo Sports Star of the Year awards will be held at the All Seasons Hotel on Friday, March 2, 2019.

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IN 1968, Australia was a lot different place than it is now. Our population was around 11 million (today it is 25 million), a new house cost less than $15,000, average income was $7850 and it cost just over a dollar to go to the movies.

It also marks the year that Alison Cooper joined the St John of God hospital auxiliary and now 50 years on, at the age of 83, remains its secretary.

Alison’s time as a volunteer in fact dates back to 1959 when she joined a committee with her late husband Gary to raise funds for the new Mt Alvernia Hospital.

Mt Alvernia became the Mercy Hospital in 1971 and 11 years ago, St John of God, all the time Alison worked tirelessly for the cause, still a member of the Hospital Auxiliary.

Although Alison says some times as a volunteer have been a little tiring she has a lot of great memories.

That is why in 1996, she along with another volunteer and the hospital librarian, started archiving the history of the hospital, its start, through until the current day.

“We’ve had old photos and memorabilia on display at the hospital for a number of special events and I hope one day soon, the archives will be on display for all to see,” Alison said.

St John of God volunteers manager, James Breene said any hospital could not survive without its team of volunteers and Alison has helped to set the bench mark for service and dedication at St John of God. St John of God Bendigo held a recognition celebration to mark Alison’s 50 years of service yesterday.

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Pilot bid up in the air

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THE Victorian government has put a competitive bid to Qantas to encourage the carrier to select Bendigo as the location of a pilot academy, according to premier Daniel Andrews.

The bid included a cash incentive, but Mr Andrews said he would keep the amount confidential.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce announced in February the airline would build an academy that would start training pilots from 2019.

In August, after Qantas shortlisted sites and toured each location, Mr Joyce said there would be two academies in two separate regional cities.

Given each state is offering incentives to the carrier to host an academy, it stands to reason Qantas would choose different states as locations.

Last Friday, Mr Andrews said he had spoken to Mr Joyce a week earlier and would talk to him again before a decision, if that was what was required.

“I had a conversation with Alan Joyce, quite a detailed conversation about the Bendigo proposal,” Mr Andrews said.

“I think it is best if I don’t conduct the conversation via media conference but we have made a very competitive offer because we are very supportive of this.”

Asked if there was money on the table, Mr Andrews said:

“Yes, but I am not going to be detailing it for you for obvious reasons.

“We don’t want to be detailing for every other city who desperately want this pilot training centre the offer they might need to beat,” he said.

“We are very pleased that we have gone from about 60 different cities, down to nine and I think there is another short list due to come out fairly soon.

“We hope to get a positive outcome.”

As of late August Qantas said that selection would be announced in a couple of weeks.

“The Academy represents a commercial opportunity for Qantas, but it’s also important for the future of Australian avia-

tion. We expect that pilots completing their training with the Academy could fly for other airlines, the defence force or services like the Royal Flying Doctors.

“Our team has travelled across the country to meet with community leaders, airport operators and local suppliers in each of the nine shortlisted locations.

“We’ve been really impressed with the enthusiasm from each of the shortlisted cities. It’s been fantastic. And it’s reflected in the levels of support put forward by governments, councils and the private sector.

“There’s a lot of excitement about using the academy to leverage more jobs and investment for the region.”

Week of wellbeing BENDIGO Senior Secondary College is celebrating Wellbeing Week with events happening all week at the college focussed around the wellbeing of students and staff.

The week included stress management and self care and a HALT presentation raising awareness of mental health in tradies There were wellbeing pop-up stalls with a stress management and self-care theme.

Also available was lunch for students and staff, a petting zoo and therapy animals.

Meditation, Z-fit and tai chi classes was on offer, as well as free chair yoga and a mindfulness session.

Wednesday was VCAL Market Day with lots of stalls, activities and prizes.

Throught the week there were PT sessions with Human Mechanics.

The fun continues today with a photo booth at lunchtime and live student musical acts.

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Help out with tree strategy THE call is out for members of the community to get involved in a Greening Greater Bendigo Urban Tree Strategy to increase tree cover in our urban areas and townships.

Those interested can contribute by filling out an online survey at www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/greening or by attending one of two listening posts from 11am to 2pm Sunday, September 16, at the Eaglehawk Regional Play Space opening, Lake Neangar or 9am to 1pm Saturday, October 13, at the Bendigo Community Farmers’ Market, Sidney Myer Place, Bendigo.

City of Greater Bendigo council’s Paul Gangell said the community consultation for the strategy will help identify priority areas for future tree planting and greening projects to protect the trees and green spaces the community values.

“Greater Bendigo is known for its beautiful street trees and I urge members of the public to get involved with the development of this strategy,” Mr Gangell said.

“The council manages and maintains more than 100,000 urban trees across Greater Bendigo in local streets and public open spaces and plants over 1000 new trees every year.

“Urban trees are important because they provide countless environmental, economic and social benefits by supporting community health and wellbeing and enhancing the character of our urban areas and townships”.

Mr Gangell said trees and greenspaces are essential to creating a liveable community by providing shade and cooling in urban areas.

“They also promote physical and mental wellbeing and improve the quality of water, soils and ecosystems,” he said.

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Coliban’s Roslyn Wai said the company would be providing Choose Tap packs to 56 kindergartens and preschools in 2018 – up from 37 in 2017.

The program will be extended into Campaspe Shire for the first time, in addition to preschools in the Greater Bendigo region.

Students at Havilah Road preschool in Bendigo were the first to receive the packs.

“Our Choose Tap initiative promotes the benefits of drinking tap water as an

alternative to sugary drinks and is a perfect fit with Smiles 4 Miles,” Ms Wai said.

The bottles and resources are provided free.

Havilah Road preschool teacher Gail Dwyer said they are both great initiatives to promote healthy living and improve the health of communities.

“The children have really enjoyed the chance to become ‘water heroes’ for the day, learn about the water cycle, water conservation and good oral hygiene,” she said.

For further information see www.coliban.com.au

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Backing the farmer

AMANDA Kinross was at home in Sedgwick last month when she became aware of the relentless stories of hardship associated with the drought that were coming over the airways.

“I heard one farmer say he couldn’t even afford to buy the bullets to put his sheep down, they were so desperate for feed,” she said.

“I lay in bed that night with these terrible images in my head. I thought there must be something we can do as a nation and started thinking of ideas for a campaign.

“Well parma rhymes with farmer doesn’t it? So that’s the slogan I came up with – “parma for a farmer.”

From that point Ms Kinross contacted the Bendigo Have Your Say facebook page with the suggestion that pubs donate money for every parma they sell.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Amanda Kinross.

The idea took off faster than a speeding bullet.

Ms Kinross estimates there are currently more than 3000 venues involved the scheme.

Earlier this week she accepted a cheque for $7281

from the Bendigo Club and the Kilmore Racing Club.

Michelle Robinson, venue manager of the Bendigo Club, said she was thrilled to see how many people supported the campaign.

As the campaign grew Amanda Kinross started to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the operation but was quickly helped out by the Buy a Bale campaign.

“People or organisations wanting to donate money simply have to go to the Buy a Bale link and make their donations through there,” she said.

So far the campaign has spread throughout Australia, Singapore and England.

“We’re going to keep going until the drought breaks,” Ms Kinross said.

“We estimate that we will have raised $10 million by the end of September.”

Venues wanting to get involved can go to the Buy A Bale link, The Parma for a Farmer facebook page, or email parmaforafarmer@ gmail.com.

The Australian Hotels Association is also supporting the Parma for a Farmer campaign.

A touch of comfort

WARM WAYS: Matt Hague at Bendigo Health. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

BEING on dialysis is like having another part time job, according to renal patient Matt Hague.

Any show of support is welcomed by the dialysis patients at Bendigo Health and that came recently in the form of premium quality blankets, donated by a New South Wales business after a call from the Bendigo Health Foundation.

Vellux gave 50 blankets for ongoing use at the unit, which patients can take home and wash or keep at the hospital.

Mr Hague said it gave him a feeling of control over his treatment which he otherwise didn’t have.

“As dialysis patients, we are big users of hospital services,” he said.

“The foundation has really thought about what they can do for us and there was probably nothing better they could do.”

At five hours per treatment, patients can get cold being attached to a dialysis machine, unable to move around.

The Bendigo Health Foundation raises money for non-government funded items.

It is looking for donations to buy other equipment, including mobile entertainment units, to make the hours spent in the dialysis unit more interesting for patients.

Anyone wishing to make a donation to the renal services area of Bendigo Hospital can go to www.bendigohealthfoundation.org.au/donate-now.

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“We have staff who are involved in the clubs, schools and organisations we support. Many play leading roles in these communities, outside their work at Champions", Mr Zervakis added.

Champions IGA is the largest independent supermarket chain in the Bendigo region with stores in Heathcote, Inglewood, Kangaroo Flat and Long Gully.

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Plan ahead for festival

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THE Bendigo Easter Festival reference group is calling for ideas for the 150th Bendigo Easter Festival to be held in 2020.

Reference group chair Rod Fyffe said the group was aware there were many in the community who had ideas for activities they would like to see included.

“The 150th festival is a great opportunity to look at new or historic activities or events to be considered as part of the festival,” Cr Fyffe said.

“We know that there are many people with creative ideas that we would like to consider, to ensure we are planning a celebration our whole community can be proud of.

“We encourage people to submit their ideas for consideration, as we are confident it is going to be a very special celebration of our great festival.”

Bendigo Easter Fair Society president Simon Mulqueen said now was the time to send in ideas for the festival.

“Planning for the 2020 festival has already begun, so we want people to send through their ideas for us to consider,” Mr Mulqueen said.

“Most of the normal events and activities will remain but there will be an extra day of festivities, so there is an opportunity to explore some exciting options.

“Ideas need to be within the festival’s budget, work with existing events, activities and precincts and be something the majority of the community can enjoy.”

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Gastronomy means all good things food and drink – from production to consumption.

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Chasing the choir THE Bendigo-based Women of Note choir is celebrating its 20th birthday next year with something special.

To mark the occasion the choir is planning a gala concert on Saturday, August 24, 2019 which will bring together choirs from all over Australia.

Women of Note has submitted an application to the Pick My Project funding scheme to bring the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s choir to Bendigo for the occasion.

Based in Cairns, the Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir is made up entirely of First Nation children, this choir is the most exciting and wellrecognised group of young Indigenous performers in Australia.

The rich, vibrant sound of the choir warms the hearts of audiences

wherever they perform.

They have performed with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and with many Indigenous artists including Archie Roach, Jessica Mauboy, Christine Anu and Troy Cassar-Daly.

Choir president Valerie Lovejoy said a visit by this choir to Bendigo would be a major musical and cultural exchange event for the city.

“Local students would benefit from workshops and performances by the choir, enhancing connections among our young musicians with this group.”

Members of the public can help to bring this choir to Bendigo by going online to pickmyproject.vic. gov.au and voting for the project to receive funding.

Voting closes on September 17.

VISIT: The Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir.

SONS OF BLUES: John Phillips and Patrick Byrne.

Sons back Manning IT is hardly possible to talk about Australian Blues music without mentioning Phil Manning.

Founding member of electric blues band Chain he is regarded as one of the finest lead guitarists of his generation and a huge influence on blues and roots music in this country over the past four decades.

Manning has toured with alltime greats including Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Albert Collins and Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee and continues to play solo shows nationally and internationally to mesmerised audiences.

Local Blues duo Sons of The Blues,

John Phillips and Patrick Byrne have been asked to support Manning on Saturday as part of SteamRoller@ The Maldon Vintage Machinery Museum.

Phillips and Byrne are also supporters of the local music scene and have played in every Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival since 2012.

They are a dynamic blues pairing whose energy and sound has captured and surprised their listeners since they formed in 2011.

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NURSERYMAN JF Cartwright in 1877 headed a petition of nurserymen and gardeners to the Bendigo City Council against the alleged practices of what the petitioners saw as unfair competition by the city valuator and building surveyor GW Knight.

When this petition was discussed at a council meeting the mayor of the day, councillor Ebenezer Neill, was all in favour of taking some immediate action against Knight.

For Neill this was a little unusual to become hot under the collar over a particular issue.

Neill had been renowned for his sensible common sense deliberations and practical approach in facing any particular issue in the past.

No one questioned Neill’s uprightness and integrity however, on this occasion, his fellow councillors urged that Knight should be given the opportunity to address and explain his position in relation to the complaints outlined in the petition.

In a letter to the mayor and councillors Knight explained the nursery and florist shop situation.

He mentioned that his two sons, one aged 23 and the younger 20 years of age were conducting the business.

These two young men had every right to run a business as they were doing, Knight stated they worked long hours in a conscientious and industrious manner. Knight pointed out that, as a parent, of course he would render them assistance.

Knight questioned the right of any other trades persons in the nursery and florist field to make a complaint against others who are providing the same service because of rivalry.

Further he went on to state that there was no interference from him in running the business in a particular way.

The idea that because of his position as the city valuator this enabled him to gain some commercial or preferential advantage was not sustainable.

It was his belief that the council had no place in directing the manner by which individuals should undertake their work.

He scoffed at the idea and that it was preposterous that two men he had once employed, Henry Rider and Thomas Moore knew exactly what the family business relationship was as carried out by his sons.

Moore had worked for Knight about two years previously and not long thereafter was dismissed.

Henry Rider’s train fare to come to Bendigo had been supplied by Knight about a year before, he was dismissed and since that time had been employed as a gardener by foundry owner Joel Horwood.

Rider and Moore had formed a partnership only about a month prior to the petition.

Petitioners claimed that they contributed in a small way towards Knight’s salary with the council, however, it was pointed out that some were not even ratepayers, so were not in the position stated.

Knight also pointed out that all those that signed the document barring one were working gardeners and only Cartwright had a nursery, George’s sons did not go out and do any gardening, that was a different class of work so the complaint was not factually based.

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the past few years,” Byrne said.

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“This is a very special show featuring one of Australian music’s alltime greats whose talent and style has influenced so many great acts over the past 40 years,” Byrne said.

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PRIVATE AFFAIR: George Knight, plant breeder. number of garden designs but left it to others to execute them, in fact two of the complainants were responsible for some of the work thus created.

Knight said that this was a case of biting the hand that feeds them.

Knight did admit designing a green house for Horwood but this was done in his own time and Horwood’s own gardeners were responsible for the work itself.

There was not a single shred of evidence to back up any of the claims made by the petitioners.

There was considerable debate among the councillors regarding Knight’s reply and further claims made by petitioner Cartwright.

Knight admitted that in his own time he took an abiding interest in horticultural matters, but this was a private affair.

It was clear that some thought Knight had satisfactorily answered his dissuaders, yet other councillors were keen to pursue the matter further and this was to be done by a committee.

WHETHER it’s stranded tourists, Spain’s running of the bulls or the Academy Awards there’s always someone from Bendigo we can ring up.

In the case of a recently released biography, A Certain Style, about the notable Australian literary editor, Beatrice Davis, we learn that she spent her early years in Bendigo, and grew up in Lilac Street, Ironbark.

A product of the 20th century (1909-1992) we won’t be making Ms Davis any phone calls however.

The literary editor’s pedigree was nothing if not impeccable.

Her father Colonel Charles Davis had a law practice in the Bendigo Arcade, Pall Mall and her mother Bessie Deloitte hailed from Neutral Bay, Sydney.

After World War I the family returned to Sydney where Beatrice went to North Sydney Girls High School and graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1928.

Her career as an editor started when she took up an editorial assistant position on the Australian Medical Journal.

When she was subsequently employed

by Angus and Robertson in 1937 as a full-time book editor she smashed the glass ceiling as far as editorial positions were concerned.

She worked there for 40 years and gained a formidable reputation in Australia’s literary world not only as an editor but as an arbiter of taste.

Luminaries who flourished under her patronage included Thea Astley, Miles Franklin, Hal Porter, Xavier Herbert and Ruth Park.

Beatrice Davis’ biographer Jacqueline Kent provides a rich cornucopia of Australia’s literary world in the 20th century as well as profiling the staunch characteristics of a formidable woman who demanded the respect of her authors and lovers alike.

(Our Miss Davis was no shrinking violet.)

– Dianne Dempsey

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Art lights up city streets BENDIGO ignited in a burst of art, light, performance and film for its first White Night Bendigo event on Saturday.

Organiser estimated the celebration captured the imagination of more than 60,000 people, celebrating art, creativity and community.

More than 50 projections, installations, performances, exhibitions and music featured in the streets, laneways, parks

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Highlights included major projection works on iconic local buildings, such as Guerrilla Opera at the Capital Theatre, The Armistice on the Soldiers Memorial, Bush Poets on the Colonial Mutual Building and Bygone Bendigo presented by State Library Victoria.

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Transport thumbs up IN reply to Rob Johnson’s letter, published in the Weekly on August 24, I would say that he is being very critical of public transport in this city.

I do, however, agree that council is remiss in waiving parking restrictions for new developments in the business area.

I am a regular user of both bus and V/Line and I have found the bus service to be reliable and on time.

Buses are clean and the drivers pleasant and considerate of passenger comfort.

The current fleet of buses have a “kneeling” mechanism which allows the driver to lower the height of the vehicle so that the step down to and from the ground on entering or leaving is easily accomplished.

It is only in peak times that passengers are forced to stand and even then not for long periods.

There are specific seating areas for older and disabled passengers and there is adequate heating and cooling for passenger comfort.

Weekday services seem to cater to the vast majority of people and the interval of half an hour between buses (on route 5 as my example) is not excessive.

I am at a loss to know why Mr Johnson considers the current V/Line fleet of Velocity rail car sets which form the majority of Bendigo area – Southern Cross services, to be cattle trucks.

All of these sets are less than 15 years old. They are quiet, comfortable, generally clean, have very adequate heating/cooling, are toilet equipped and the crews are personable and helpful.

My local station (Epsom) has a large car parking area which is rarely ever more than a third full.

All of the above is not to say public transport in the area is perfect.

Improvements can or should be introduced, for example the evening bus service could be extended and a more frequent weekend timetable be considered with integrated bus/train timetables introduced to accommodate passengers travelling from outside the immediate station area.

On V/Line, upgraded speeds could be implemented by re-introducing double track between Bendigo and Kyneton and eliminating stops south of Kyneton, using an additional stopping service from Kyneton which would follow the Bendigo train.

Also by insisting that Sunbury commuters use the metro service, V/ Line would be taking a positive step to eliminating overcrowding on the regional trains.

To ensure reliability there needs to be dedicated regional rail tracks

from Sunbury to Southern Cross.

There appears to be more than adequate land reservation to achieve this but once again lack of foresight in planning level crossing removal in the St Albans area has made this more expensive and difficult to achieve.

Trevor Lamb, Epsom

Five stars for hospital AS a retired medical specialist, after 46 years around hospitals I am qualified to cast an opinion on Bendigo Hospital.

Having attended the emergency department, and experienced care overnight in a short stay bed, as a semi-emergency patient, this week, (and no, I did not get any special attention), I can confidently award Bendigo Hospital Emergency Department five stars.

People of Bendigo and Bendigo Hospital “catchment zones”, you are privileged to have easy access to no less than a world class service. There is no better. It is not possible.

Dr George Waters (Retired), Bendigo

Burr under saddle CONGRATULATIONS to everyone and anyone who had a hand in the White Night for Bendigo.

It goes without saying that it was a huge success and drew people from far and wide to enjoy the night and all it had to offer.

However, I had one “burr under my saddle” in the lead-up to the evening in question.

I am fairly confident that just about everyone in Bendigo over the last several weeks has been aware of the presence of a gentleman “of no means” camping out on the footpath near the fountain.

Initially, his campsite was on the south eastern side of Mitchell Street but he has since located to the opposite side, perhaps for a change of view.

I had hoped that this peripatetic “king of the road” would have moved on prior to White Night, but alas, there he was laying back on his blankets and swag in full view of the public, visitors and tourists for all to see.

I saw several visitors taking photos of this gent and can only hope they thought it was not indicative of life here in Bendigo.

To alleviate a barrage of letters from outraged citizens I must be crystal clear in what I am saying.

No decent person would want to see the disadvantaged in our society sleeping in the streets or under bridges.

PICK OF THE WEEK: Reflections at White Hills Cemetery. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN For more photos go to www.newbendigophotos.com To be homeless is a terrible thing, although some people do make choices in life that lead them to this state of being.

However, I have it on very good authority that the gentleman in question has been approached by numerous well meaning people yet has refused lodgings, food and assistance.

With this in mind, and the ongoing embarrassment he is causing the good people of this city, I would suggest that he has earned the sobriquet of “hobo”.

And as a footnote, if I am approached by one more person outside a supermarket asking for “train fare” or “phone money”, I swear I will blow a gasket.

Eric Lakey, Bendigo

Congestion continues BENDIGO to Kyneton duplication is not in Daniel Andrews’ and Jacinta Allan’s vocabulary.

Instead the government is pitching for votes in Cranbourne and Clyde.

The following extract is from ABC news with quotes from Jacinta Allan: Under the plan, eight kilometres of single track between Dandenong and Cranbourne would be duplicated to address the “bottleneck” on the line, Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan said.

She said it was the longest single section of track on Melbourne’s metropolitan train network.

“The problem is with the single track it causes congestion, it causes delays, it means you can’t run more services,” Ms Allan said.

It is interesting and highly amusing that Ms Allan can recognise a

bottleneck and congestion on the Maryborough – Ballarat line, the Greensborough to Hurstbridge line $500 million and the Dandenong to Cranbourne line $750 million .

However, Ms Allan is at considerable pains and the capacity to recognise the bottleneck and congestion on the Bendigio to Kyneton, caused

by Steve Bracks’ state government penny pinching to reduce the line between Bendigo and Kyneton to a single track with passing loops.

The same reasons that Ms Allan gives to justify the $750 million expense on the Dandenong to Cranbourne line are the same issues that plague the Bendigo to Kyneton line, bottleneck, congestion, delays and you can’t run more services.

Ms Allan can exhibit great and magnanimous budgetary inducements and generosity to the people of Melbourne, but as for the people in her own electorate they have to endure neglect, lack of priority and a continuing congestion.

Scott Ramsay, Strathdale

for Melbourne.

By contrast, a Liberal Nationals government will deliver for regional Victoria.

We’ll invest in fast, reliable and comfortable new trains for country Victoria that will get you where you need to be, when you need to be there.

Our plan for better regional rail also includes investigating a dedicated Gippsland rail line out of Melbourne’s south-east, we’ll double the number of return trains to Shepparton and do the work needed to return passenger trains to Mildura.

The solution to Melbourne’s congestion has to include regional Victoria.

Only the Liberal Nationals have a plan for line upgrades, new trains and more so that regional passengers have better, faster and reliable rail services as soon as possible.

Peter Walsh, Leader of The National Party

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READING Sandra Caddy’s letter in the August 24 edition of the Weekly, I was horrified and pleased at the same time.

Well done to La Trobe for refusing to host Babette Francis, whose viewpoints are archaic and damaging.

Knowing her views on other topics, I shudder to think what she would say about transgender issues. She’s not transgender. She doesn’t have a say. Keep her and other hate speech propagators away from our city.

Kat Ritchie, Bendigo

REGIONAL Victoria needs a modern and reliable regional rail network if we are going to properly decentralise our population.

But city-centric Labor can’t see past Melbourne.

With a flagship Regional Rail Revival nearly entirely federal government funded – $1.6 billion of the $1.75B is Commonwealth money – and botched delivery of the oncein-a-generation Murray Basin Rail Project, Daniel Andrews has shown again and again why he’s the premier

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Policy reboot plea “WE live in a time when the salacious and the negative trumps the productive.”

These are the honest and forthright words of a senior state government minister to an assembled gathering of regional newspaper executives in Melbourne this week, but they are also a symptom of what’s wrong in politics today.

Firstly, we don’t blame the MP for what they said – after all, it’s essentially true… but that does not mean the rest of us should accept it.

It has become increasingly difficult for politicians to sell a positive message, to relate policy, to relate to constituents or to demonstrate good government at any level because of the intimidating tactics, the negativity, back stabbing, point scoring and as it has emerged the bullying that has become ingrained in the highly charged political environment we are all witness to.

That’s not a good thing – in fact it is absolutely woeful.

Editorial Comment Australia’s economy seems to be ticking along reasonably well at the moment, and if the state of federal politics is anything to go by, we seem to have hit upon good times by good luck rather than good government.

We don’t blame anyone for pointing out the truth or simply stating the facts, but the important message for all politicians to heed is the absolute despair and desperation many Australians feel about the current state of play.

Australians want good, strong and effective political leadership at every level and in every instance.

Moreover, we deserve it.

Australians want to vote for politicians at the local, state and federal

level on the basis of policy, vision and ability, and to not be bogged down in the negativity that has stifled politics today.

Parties on both sides have in recent times squandered countless billions of dollars trying to out-manoeuvre an opponent, and the obsession to bring down an opponent has become all too common.

On a federal level, we should consider set terms, so that political opportunism can be set aside in favour of political certainty, and so parties can have the courage of their convictions to back projects and policy beyond their tenure.

There are 11 weeks to go before the November 24 state election, and that still gives the major parties in this state time to adjust their political radar and stop turning on each other and instead turn towards what could, would and should be good for Victoria.

Because in the end, that’s what the rest of us want to vote for.

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By Max Turner of Bendigo and Lindsay Sargeant, Huntly Open Letter to the City of Greater Bendigo council DEAR councillors, Council’s involvement in the government’s proposed GovHub is a muddle for residents.

Confusing is an understatement.

Some might say misleading.

Government websites show it intends to construct a new $90 million Government office by 2022.

A GovHub, to house 1000 employees – including 650 EFT council staff – on the site of the current City of Greater Bendigo main office in Lyttleton Terrace.

It all seems done and dusted. What will it cost council in capital and rent?

What is going on? The previous council never voted to support council office consolidation.

The land and buildings the government is grabbing are owned by residents; not the council officers, and not the politicians.

Unfortunately, as coun-

cillors, our representatives, you appear silent and compliant.

One way or the other, once again, residents will pay for others’ ambitions.

Increased rates or dropped projects?

What happened to the values respect, respond, learn and care you councillors agreed would guide you to be the best for our community. Respected residents are not kept in the dark.

Council’s own web-

Sometime before July 2016 council advised it was willing to participate in a feasibility study, yet there is no council minute authorising such action.

Given this, we ask the following questions on behalf of residents: When were councillors and senior council officers briefed by government officers or parliamentarians that the GovHub would be constructed on the site of the council’s main office in

Council’s own website tells us nothing about what’s happening. site tells us nothing about what’s happening.

Residents need to have access to information to understand what is going on and to participate.

The mayor recently said council had no control over developments. Not so.

Council documents and government websites show council or its officers have been working on the GovHub without open council meeting debate or verifiable supportive research.

Lyttleton Terrace, and what documents were provided?

On what page of council’s 2017-21 Community Plan is the GovHub identified?

When were officers’ reports presented to councillors supporting a GovHub, and how can residents access those reports and at what council meetings did you as councillors debate and make any decisions?

When was a feasibility study presented and a deci-

sion made and when was a business case presented to councillors at a council meeting, debated, and a decision made? Was a concept plan presented to councillors at a council meeting, debated, and a decision made?

The Ballarat GovHub is proof the state government can push ahead without council and staff relocating, constructed on Crown land, basically independent of council. Six hundred new jobs for Ballarat and no future debt for ratepayers.

Council supports decentralising government agencies, so in a hi-tech world should consider decentralising council units to towns and suburbs to support your 10-minute neighbourhood strategy.

Clarity is needed. Only when information is publicly accessible and councillors engage with the community can there be robust community analysis, constructive engagement, and fresh ideas offered around what steps council can take on behalf of the city’s residents.

We look forward to council’s response.

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Be it an enclosed entertaining area or even a garage and shed floor, Spray on Concrete Transformations can give that old and tired looking concrete, a brand new look at a competitive price.

“Recently we have been laying a new product, ideal for garage or workshop floors called flake flooring,” Tom said.

“It comes in a range of colours, and you can mix and match the flakes to whatever suits your area.”

Flake flooring is slightly textured, creating a non-slip surface making it ideal where safety is paramount.

Spray on Concrete Transformations established for more than 18 years, still offer their peace-of-mind, satisfaction guarantee on all workmanship on all their projects, throughout central Victoria.

To find out more phone 5441 7549 or Tom direct on 0417 308 490, alternatively visit his Facebook page.

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For Heartbeat Victoria Bendigo Branch. Tuesday 11th Sept. 2pm $5 entry. Raffle, lucky door prizes & arvo tea.

Eaglehawk Citizens Band Hall, Peg Leg Rd, E/hawk

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8am-1pm Newstead Rotunda Park. Site cost $10 Ph 0427 506 843

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8pm till late. Eaglehawk Town Hall (Star Cinema) Bendigo Delicious Homemade Supper Tickets: Early birds 12 Sept $18.00 or at the door $25.00 Featuring: - Emu Creek Bush Band - The Gay Charmers Dianne 0418 172 286 or Mary 5442 1153

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LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT FAITHS Join our tour in the Darebin area on Saturday, September 22, leaving 7.45 am from Mundy St, opposite the YMCA, returning by 6pm.

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Bendigo Family & Financial Services Inc: Myers Street, Bendigo. Ph: 5441 5277. Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm.

Long Gully Community House: Humboldt Dve. 5442 1165. Wed mornings (bread only).

Food Support 3556: Eaglehawk Community House, 19 Bright St. Ph: 5446 8322. Mon and Thurs, 9am2pm (school terms).

Foodcare 3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, cnr Peg Leg Rd/Kirkwood St, Tues 1pm–3pm. Gold coin donation. Ph 0403 698 715.

Giving and Living Op Shop: Shed 3, 75 Beischer St, East Bendigo. Mon–Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Ph: 5444 2882.

St Vincent de Paul: 16 Hopetoun St, Bendigo. 5443 5688. Mon/Tues/Thurs and Fri, 10am–1.30pm.

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82 High St, Eaglehawk. Ph: 5446 2548. Tues and Thurs 10am–1pm, Friday 1pm–4pm Uniting Care Emergency Relief Centres: Bendigo: 25 Forest St. 5443 4972. Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri 10am-12.15pm and 1.30pm-3.45pm.

Kangaroo Flat: Cnr. Church and Camp sts. 5443 5458.

Tues and Fri 10am–1pm.

Victory Foodbank: 110 Garsed St. Bendigo. Ph: 5443 5998. Tues 10am–12pm.

Community Meals and Soup Kitchens: Bendigo Community Health Soup Kitchen: The Arcade, 165-171 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Ph: 5448 1600. Thurs, 4pm-4.45pm.

Bendigo Baptist Community Care Breakfast: Life Essentials, Mad Cow Cafe, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo.

5441 4747. Tues 7.45am.

Cafe 153 Community Breakfast: The Salvation Army Bendigo Worship Centre, 65-71 Mundy St, Bendigo (Gate 1). Sundays 8.45am-9.45am.

Eaglehawk Community House: 19 Bright St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8322. Tues 12 noon and 6pm.

Kangaroo Flat Community Meals: Rotary Gateway Park, High St, Kangaroo Flat, Wed 5.30pm-6.30pm.

Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church: Cnr Church and Camp sts, Kangaroo Flat. Ph: 5447 9998. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 12pm.

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FOODCARE3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk. Tues 1pm–3pm. Gold coin donation.Ph 0403 698 715.

Saltworks Community Meal: Eaglehawk Anglican Church, 63 High St, Eaglehawk. Ph: 5446 8251. Fri 5.45pm (except Jan or public holidays).

St Liborius Parish Centre: 50 Panton St, Eaglehawk.

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Services Offered LAWN Mowing and General Maintenance call Ray $30 per hour $25 per hour for pensioners Ph 0410 088 762

EPSOM PAVING

BRICKLAYERS

TRADITIONAL POST & RAIL FENCING

all types of brick and block work, chimneys and fireplaces.

Ph 5446 7057 or 0418 370 917 or 0458 438 930

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CLEANING & CARPET

Farm Maintenance - Assistant Supervisor ✓ Love leading a Team ✓ A genuine passion for Farming ✓ Maintenance experience If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

An excellent opportunity has arisen with Bendigo’s largest private employer for an Assistant Supervisor to support our Farming Maintenance Manager in ensuring that our farms operate as efficiently and effectively as possible.

The role will be based in Lockwood and be responsible for all maintenance activities on four Broiler Farms. As the Assistant Supervisor you will lead a small team and will be required to Plan, deliver and review effective maintenance processes in order to make certain that our farms are getting the most out of their infrastructure and equipment.

Benefits: In return we can offer a permanent long-term position with an attractive remuneration package based upon skills and experience along with great career development opportunities for those interested in moving up in a farming related field.

Interested? Forward a current copy of your CV to Jobs@hazeldenes.com.au Applications close: 5.00pm Friday 14th September 2018.

Hazeldene’s are an Equal Opportunity employer

EMPLOYMENT

Technical Civil Design Officer/ Civil Design Engineer

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Cleaning, Steam clean or Dry clean $50 first room, $10 per room after that Ph 0439 374 389 Receipt & ABN supplied .

CONCRETING

Cameron Concrete Domestic & Commercial.

For all your concrete requirements..

Call Rod 0400 611 016 Free Quotes & advice.

30 years experience

CONCRETER

Paths, Driveways, Cross overs, Sheds, Small & big jobs, Reasonable rates.

Seniors Discount Free quotes.

Ph. 0422 424 348.

CONCRETER

Paths, drives, etc Reasonable rates.

40 years experience Phone 0409 949 111

DD HANDYMAN & MAINTENANCE SERVICE All types of household jobs inc garden maint.

Phone 0409 949 111

PLASTERER

Pathways, Patios Garden Edging etc.

Ken Tresize Ph 0419 374 062

EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER

Specialising in Gateways, Driveways and Landscape features. 0429 434 646

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

Weeding, planting, pruning, spraying, hedging, lawn mowing and lawn edging, gutter cleaning. $25 ph. Ph Neville 0418 346 307

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

Classifieds 1300 558 385 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 (+ $30 tip fee ea) NO tyres or rock/clean fill.

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Rates from $40p/hour • Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting

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PLASTER

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• Home Maintenance • Tiling • Painting • Carpentry. Free quotes.

Ph. Brian 0407 679 618 LIC

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Blocked drains Hot water units Bathrooms, Kitchens, Treatment plants Maintenance Ph 0403 962 817

TV Tuning from $40 • Servicing Bendigo & Surrounds • Aerials & additional aerial points • Satellite & Computer Setups • Digital/Smart TV’s • Home Theatre, Wall Mount • DVD, Recorders & Foxtel • Installed & explained

Phone Ron on

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BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Complete bathroom makeovers & alterations.

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Servicing Bendigo - Castlemaine & surrounding districts.

FREE Quote phone Rod Cox 0419 267 672 or 4406 6019.

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PANEL BEATING

EXCELLENT service, great rates. Ph Simone 0430 349 332

Spray painting, rust repairs.

25 yrs experience, cheap rates. Ph 5443 1710 or 0401 915 906.

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BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

• Driveways • Laser levelling • Drainage • Site Cuts • Tree Removal • Trenching 5.5 & 14 ton excav, Skidsteer and Truck available

Call Clint 0427 349 549 Email: cjchandler65@bigpond.com Web: www.excavationbendigo.com

Bobcat & Tipper Hire

Phone Chris: 0408 369 478

EARTHWORKS

• Bobcat, 6 ton excavator, 10m tipper avail for hire • All general earthworks under taken • Site cleans • Post hole boring • Trenching

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Services include: Lawn mowing service, Hedge trimming, Weed spraying and Ride-on mowing

Fully insured, Family owned business.

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Pensioner Discounts available.

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BUILDER

Commercial & Domestic

Call Rhys 0447 424 932 SKILLED OPERATOR

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CONCRETING

MIDLAND CONCRETING SERVICES PTY LTD

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING • 1.7 Tonne Mini Digger on Trailer • 900, 450, 300mm Buckets Plus Ripper • Post Hole Auger 300 & 450mm available • 5 Tonne Excavator Available for Hire with Rock Breaker • Dry & Wet Hire Available • 7 Days - Mon-Sun

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• Decks • Pergolas • Fencing • Retaining Walls • Bathroom Reno’s • Renovations • Lock up’s • Fix outs

MOVING OUT? WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRICE ON VACANT HOMES & UNITS NO POWER NEEDED

Phone 0428 443 808

Email: bendigomowing@gmail.com Web: Bendigomowingmaintenance.com

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GARDEN SERVICES

• General labouring/General gardening • Hard rubbish/Green waste removal • Trimming and pruning • Fallen timber and chainsaw work • Pick up/spread of mulch, stone, etc • Small Tip truck hire

HOME MAINTENANCE

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Services Offered HANDYMAN SERVICES

HEATING YOU HEA R TIN SPE CIAL G ISTS !

PETE’S INSIDE AND OUT Home Maintenance & Renovations Specialising in Kitchen and Bathroom Renovations.

Repairs, Carpentry, Tiling, Painting

Phone: 0419 759 354

• Commercial & Domestic • Service • Repairs • Maintenance • Installations We service and repair all brands, all sizes, all types of heating, cooling and refrigeration James - 0421 618 356 Dave - 0408 122 244

PLUMBERS 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

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Ready for the match

STRATHFIELDSAYE will regain two key players ahead of tomorrow night’s semi final showdown with Eaglehawk at the Queen Elizabeth Oval.

After a bizarre first weekend of finals in which Kyneton lost by 113 points in a qualifying final before a gallant Gisborne was upended by Sandhurst, Strathfieldsaye enters the fray this weekend.

The Storm had the week off and used it to rest key personnel, with classy midfielder Jake Moorhead and ruckman Harry Crone set to return for the grand final play-in.

Moorhead missed the final three games of the home and away season while Crone hasn’t featured since a round 12 win over Kyneton.

While the reigning champs had the weekend off, Eaglehawk built on its recent momentum with a crushing victory over a listless Kyneton.

The Hawks blew the Tigers away completely in a dominant show of strength, more than half of their side kicking goals en route to the 149-37 win.

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Sean Williams starred up forward with five majors, but the Hawks face a selection dilemma of their own with Matt Gretgrix available to return.

The star forward hasn’t played since round 11 and the Hawks have been unpredictable for opposing defences without the multiple-time Ron Best Medal winner.

But Gretgrix is a proven finals performer, leaving Josh Bowe and the Hawks coaching staff with a quandary.

The Hawks’ midfield will need to be every bit as good tomorrow night as it was in the demolition job of Kyneton if they are to get near the Storm and potentially advance to the grand final.

If the game needed any extra billing, the sides met in last year’s semi-final under lights at the QEO and turned in a thriller with a late Sam Heavyside miss costing the Storm a chance to win the game.

On Sunday, Kyneton will attempt to make amends for its week one disaster against Sandhurst.

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TUMBLE: Kyneton fell heavily in week one. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN match with a sharp final quarter against Gisborne in what, to that point, had been an arm wrestle.

The Dragons booted four goals in the final term and boasted an encouraging spread of nine

goalkickers for the match.

Kyneton, meanwhile, was woeful, and Luke Beattie’s men will be determined to put in a far more resilient performance.

Whether they can defend well

Bendigo misses out on league place BENDIGO’S bid to join the Bupa Victorian Netball League has been rejected.

Netball Victoria yesterday confirmed the 10 teams for the upcoming season of the state’s premier netball competition, and said applications to join the elite competition had been assessed by an independent selection panel as well as Netball Victoria’s General Manager – High Performance.

The successful licence holders for the 2019-2023 competitions are Boroondara Express, City West Falcons, Casey Demons (new in 2019), DC North East Blaze, Geelong Cougars, Hawks Netball, Melbourne University Lightning, Peninsula Waves, Wilson Storage Southern Saints, and the Ariels VCNA. For the local consortium, this is the second time a Bendigo bid has failed to gain a franchise licence, having

also fallen short in 2019.

The group had formed a partnership with Bendigo Stadium Limited, the City of Greater Bendigo and La Trobe University and had the support of several existing netball leagues and associations.

To be known as the North Central Strikers, the club hoped to provide a development pathway for talented netballers from across the region, based at Bendigo Stadium with a catchment extending through the northern corridor from Gisborne to Echuca and as far as Mildura.

Netball Victoria said it would continue to work with licensees in regards to the further development of the Bupa VNL competition, and ensuring it continues to grow and meet competition objectives, which includes the inclusion of additional teams

Fitting end to the season

NOT THIS TIME: Bendigo will not play in the Bupa league. in the future.

The organisation said it was committed to developing regional hubs across the state, in key locations, to enable access to our pathway for all of our netball community.

The regional centres will support associations, leagues and clubs and local communities, and are

expected to maximise the opportunities arising from the State Netball and Hockey Centre redevelopment to benefit those who play our sport across the state.

The Bupa Victorian Netball League will commence in April 2019 at the State Netball and Hockey Centre.

Tennis centre set for final piece THE final piece in the Bendigo Tennis Centre’s redevelopment is beginning to take shape with construction on the facility’s grandstand to begin in coming weeks.

The grandstand is the last major item for completion in the $6 million project, most of which was completed last year.

The project included a new

enough to slow down Sandhurst’s clearance grunt and ball movement will be key in the final result.

Saturday night’s second semi final gets under way at 6pm while Sunday’s first semi starts at 2.20pm.

pavilion and associated administration facilities and amenities, LED court lighting, the resurfacing of several courts to international standard and an online court booking system.

The project was funded by the BTA and governing body Tennis Australia, state and federal governments and the Bendigo council, which has overseen the design and construction processes.

The grandstand will overlook the centre’s new showcourt precinct and reduce the need for the Bendigo Tennis Association to bring in temporary seating for events.

The grandstand features seating for about 400 spectators including dedicated wheelchair seating.

It is scheduled to be finished in November.

THE South Bendigo Athletic Club has celebrated its end of the season with the final run for 2018 at the Woodvale Recreation Reserve.

The Donna Tickell Memorial 1500 metre sealed handicap was held in conjunction with the end of season presentation day and was a culmination of the season’s efforts.

With 43 starters, runners sprinted off the line in a scramble around the edge of the oval before heading through the bush, up a steady climb before turning around and heading back.

Jesse Noden was first across the line with young Logan Tickell coming a close second.

Anna DeVrieze was fastest female and there were several PBs achieved on the day, however it was Matt Barkla who took the line honours in the event.

The weather held off until after the presentations which saw many runners recognised for their hard work and effort over the season.

Club president Peter Curtis said the awards show the commitment of runners as many of the award winners turned up regularly each week and had consistent performances.

He also thanked the many helpers who contributed to the success of the club.

The club’s end of the season award winners were as follows: Ron Nancarrow Perpetual Best Winter AV athlete – Yazmin Hayes Most Outstanding Junior Award – Chelsea Tickell Rookie of the Year – Caitlin Campbell Most Improved – Caitlyn Curtis Most Consistent – Neil Bowe IGA- Best Cross Country Female – Anna DeVrieze IGA- Best Cross Country Male – Daniel Plowright Peter Huthnance Best Club Contributor – Peter Hayes Dixon Family Encouragement Award – Levi Bowe Donna Tickell Memorial – Matt Barkla Keith Huddle Memorial – Yazmin Hayes Anyone interested in participating is urged to contact Peter Curtis on 0417 684 306.

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Solid start to QEO WORK on a major component of developments at Bendigo’s Queen Elizabeth Oval began this week but the Bendigo Football Netball League remains confident spectators will not be disrupted during the remainder of the finals series.

The concrete slab for the new kiosk and toilet at the corner of View Street and Gaol Road was poured this week and a new landscaped area behind the city end goals was unveiled last week.

Turf will be laid over the newly landscaped area, behind the bleacherstyle seating. Similar seating with shelter has also been added at the Barnard Street end of the ground.

It is part of a $1.5 million project to redevelop the south-west corner of the ground.

BFNL manager Cameron Tomlins said the league was confident that disruptions to spectators will be minimised.

However, entry points to the ground will be one of the necessary changes.

“The number of spectator entry gates to the BFNL finals will remain the same as in previous years,” he said.

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WORK IN PROGRESS: The slab is down. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN “For the first three weeks there will be entry gates located in Barnard Street and in the Gaol Road carpark, located next to the QEO cottage.

“For the grand final (September 22) there will be three entry gates into the ground located in Barnard Street, the Gaol Road carpark’s main double

gate and the View Street heritage gate.

“Full access to the kiosk and toilets located next to the heritage gates will be available throughout the finals, as will access to the usual food trucks, coffee carts and drinks outlets.”

Work is expected to be completed

by January 2019.

DIAMONDS goaler, Caitlin Thwaites will make her return to the ‘den’, signing with the Melbourne Vixens for the 2019 season.

With 200 games to her name, Bendigo-born Thwaites grew up playing netball in the Victorian pathway, beginning her professional career at the Melbourne Kestrels in 2002.

She was a part of the inaugural Melbourne Vixens team for three years, winning the 2009 premiership, before playing for Central Pulse, NSW Swifts and most recently cross-town rivals, Magpies Netball.

Thwaites has been named in the Samsung Diamonds squad for the past seven years, notching up 41 Test caps.

Thwaites is excited to be a part of the Vixens, a team in which she was one of the foundation players.

“It’s a really exciting opportunity to be a part of what the Vixens have created over the last few years,” Thwaites said.

“I’ve been able to watch from the outside and see they’re definitely a force to come up against.

“It’s a nice synergy that the Vixens was kind of the start for me so I kind of feel

The final quarter

A LOT has happened in sport in Bendigo over the past six years.

It has arguably been the city’s most significant period from a sporting perspective, such has been the magnitude of the decisions made during that time.

In 2012 when yours truly started at the Bendigo Weekly things were very different.

Bendigo still had a VFL side, no WNBL titles, a middling Braves program, an upstart team in the BFNL challenging the established powers and a new stadium was little more than a pipedream.

Fast forward six years and the Bendigo Gold is gone, the Bendigo Spirit delivered two titles and then almost imploded, the Bendigo Braves men’s and women’s teams have both won championships, Strathfieldsaye has emerged as a dynastic force in the BFNL and the Bendigo Stadium is a glittering 4000-seat facility.

And that’s just for starters.

Golfer Lucas Herbert has already played in two majors and has plenty more to come, Glenn Ashby won the America’s Cup, Aaron Wilson is the world’s best male lawn bowler, Bendigo City FC’s senior

team rose and fell rapidly and the Bendigo Thunder have won premierships galore in a whirlwind halfdozen years.

The Gold’s demise was a sad moment for football in the region, but after four years without it you’d struggle to say its absence has had a profound effect on the local scene.

The Spirit delivered back-toback titles and then almost followed suit, mired in legal disputes, poor governance and huge levels of debt before righting the course – off the court at least – since.

The success of the Braves has been important in getting basketball back on track in the interim, with both the men’s and women’s teams winning titles in the past three years.

Basketball remains a huge – maybe the most significant – part of Bendigo’s sporting future, especially with the stadium as a drawcard for major events.

Local football is another area with huge challenges to grapple with. Dwindling player numbers in men’s competitions are in stark contrast to enormous growth in women’s and girls’ teams.

The balance between the two will be critical, and finding how they best fit alongside one another.

For clubs out of town the battle is even more simple – they’re just doing all they can to survive. The local footy landscape will look very different in 10 years’ time.

On an individual level, cycling is where we may see the town’s next crop of international stars.

We’ve been blessed in recent times to have an (adopted) local in cyclist Zak Dempster ride the Tour de France and subsequently be joined by Chris Hamilton and Jack Haig at the remaining two Grand Tours and world championships.

There’s also a batch of local stars ready to emerge from junior ranks both on the road and the track.

Sport has always been a huge element of life in Bendigo and no doubt will continue to be just that.

But if the next six years are a bit quieter, with more success than drama, that may not be such a bad thing.

Joel Peterson was the Bendigo Weekly sports editor from 2012 - 2018.

He recently moved to Melbourne to pursue other career opportunities in the field of journalism, especially in the broadcast media.

like I’m coming home.”

Head coach Simone McKinnis welcomed Caitlin back to the Vixens family.

“We’re thrilled to have Caitlin join us at the Vixens, and I can’t wait to see her join the team,” McKinnis said.

“Her experience spanning more than 15 years in the domestic competition, and seven years with the Diamonds will be integral to where we want to go as a club in 2019.

“She’s obviously played quite a bit with most of our athletes in the Diamonds program, and even Renae and Tegan back in her time at the Vixens, so I have no doubt she’ll fit in without any disruption.”

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A win would return the Dragons to the grand final after a dominant season in which it has lost just once.

That sole defeat came at the hands of Gisborne in round 14 as the Dogs claimed a 50-47 on their home court at Gardiner Reserve.

Led by star defender and Victorian Netball League team of the year member Maddy Stewart, Gisborne last week furthered its credentials as the leading challenger to Sandhurst with a 10-goal win over Eaglehawk.

The Bulldogs built a nine-goal half time advantage after a dominant second period and controlled the game thereafter.

Two-time Betty Thompson Medal winner Tiana Newman adds experience to the Bulldogs lineup that features plenty of youth in the likes of Stewart, Holly Doricic and Melinda Luke.

Sandhurst has no shortage of its own star power, with Heather Oliver, interleague midcourter Brooke Bolton and VNL under-19 Team of the Year member Meg Williams, to name a few.

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The Roos thrashed Golden Square last weekend, while the Hawks fell short in their semi-final against Gisborne on Sunday.

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