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A DAMNING report into the conduct of former Bendigo South East College principal Ernie Fleming that the Victorian government had hoped would end two lengthy rumour-ridden investigations, has emboldened the former school leader to continue fighting. Mr Fleming has labelled as defamatory words used in a media statement prefacing a Victorian Ombudsman report released on Wednesday that found he used his power to wrongly employ and
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promote family members. The VO report, tabled in state parliament, also alleged Mr Fleming failed to manage a conflict of interest that ultimately allowed Michael Bulmer and, eventually, his own son Brandt, to direct school bus charter business to a company they owned. Lastly, Mr Fleming was accused in the VO report of failing to gain school council approval for some
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expense claims, that he approved some reimbursements to himself and accepted mates rates for private work from a contractor who was working at the school. But yesterday, an emotional Mr Fleming defended his tenure at BSE, and labelled the VO report unfair, defamatory, insulting and offensive. He also accused the ombudsman of colluding with
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the Department of Education and Training, which conducted its own investigation into Mr Fleming, leading him to resign after learning the draft findings in late May. Mr Fleming yesterday claimed he believed he had been cleared by his DET manager of accusations of nepotism and conflict of interest as they arose in more than 20 anonymous complaints sent to the department from August 2014 until
the Independent Broad-based AntiCorruption Commission referred the matter to the ombudsman for investigation in August 2016. “My line manager had investigated those (complaints) a number of times and I was told there was no evidence to support them, external financial audits told me we were compliant with what we were doing, what else was I supposed to do... guess what I was supposed to have done?” Mr Fleming said.
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First homebuyer spike THE Victorian Government’s introduction of incentives for first homebuyers in July 2017 has driven a five per cent increase in the number of first homebuyers getting into the market with this vendor group now representing 19.6 per cent of property purchasers. Stamp duty has been removed for new and established homes purchased for less than $600,000 with scaled stamp duty reductions for homes purchased between $600,000 –$750,000. The First Home Owners Grant was also doubled in regional Victoria to $20,000 for first homebuyers purchasing a newly constructed home for less than $750,000. The median house price in regional Victoria is $419,500 and the median unit or apartment price is $304,500; representing strong opportunities for first homebuyers wanting to get a foothold into the market. There are many options for first homebuyers right across Regional Victoria. For example, the median house price in Belmont is $528,000; Cowes $472,000; Drouin $448,000; Benalla $257,000; Echuca $376,000; Colac $286,000; Bairnsdale $264,000; Strathdale $437,500; Heathcote $321,250. Units and apartments are a great option for first homebuyers on a tighter budget, especially in more expensive regional towns. The median house price in
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Lorne is $1.17m but you can snap up a unit for $567,500 and a house will set you back $795,000 in Torquay but the unit median price is $616,000. Owning your own home is the great Australian dream and purchasing your first home is one of the biggest decisions you will make. It’s important for first homebuyers to educate themselves before taking the plunge. The REIV suggests researching the local property market, having a sound understanding of what your requirements for a home are and knowing your borrowing potential as a good starting point. Visit the Market Insights section of the REIV website to assist with your property research. Gil King, Chief Executive Officer, REIV TODD Newman Builders has won the 2018 HIA Northern Victoria Regional Home of the Year award, one of the residential construction industry’s most prestigious accolades, for a striking custom built home in the company’s home town of Bendigo. The award was announced at the HIA Northern Victoria Regional Housing Awards, held in Wangaratta on Friday, September 7. The home, located in one of Bendigo’s most prestigious streets, combines sophisticated looks with cutting edge building technology,
AWARD WINNING: The home from Todd Newman Builders. materials and systems. “Nothing was spared in making this house work – and it works well!” the HIA Awards judges noted. Highlights include exposed black concrete floors with white aggregate, and extensive window walls providing abundant natural light. “We’re very proud to be representing Bendigo with this project,” said Todd Newman. “This was a unique and extremely rewarding project, which was made possible by the hard work and expertise of our whole team, our subcontractors and our suppliers. We’re incredibly proud of the work they’ve put in and we
thank them. “In particular, we’d like to give special mention to Glenn Hamilton, the project manager, and Jake Marwood, the leading carpenter and master craftsman.” The Bendigo home will now go on to be a finalist in the custom built home category of the 2018 HIA CSR Victoria Housing and Kitchen and Bathroom Awards, being held on November 9, at the Palladium Ballroom in Crown Towers, Melbourne. Other winners in housing categories included Metricon Homes, Lekeal Quality Custom Homes, Southern Vale Homes and R & R Quality Homes.
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Millenials in our sights
BENDIGO is on a race against other regional cities to attract millenials priced out of living in Melbourne and Sydney, according to a consultant starting the public discussion about the city’s new parking strategy. Sydney-based principal urban strategist Steven Burgess told Bendigo residents at a forum this week that statistics showed for the first time a dip in the population of millenials living in Melbourne and Sydney. He said the millenial generation loved affordable, busy, walkable cities and they loved to spend money. But they were threatening to move to Tasmania, to Hobart where the Museum of Old and New Art has been attracting visitors, or Launceston where it was easy to get around without a car.
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The City of Greater Bendigo is in the process of beginning a parking strategy that will impose controls over the next generation of inner city development projects. Simultaneously, the council would review the CBD strategy, council’s CBD place manager Phil DeAraugo said at the forum. Mr Burgess got a mix of responses to his question asking residents what they would want to change about their city, if they had the opportunity. Responses included making parking free in the CBD, building a Bendigo Creek that could be a cycle way into the city, issuing permits for parking for residents, changing the mix of
retailers and moving people back into houses near the centre that now contain businesses. But he appeared to have convinced people not to build more parking, and suggested the way to reduce parking was not to remove what was there, but to build less or no more. That would appeal to developers because reserving space for parking was expensive, Mr Burgess said. Bendigo’s shape also encouraged residents to drive into the city. Large housing estates on the city fringes meant residents had to have a car to get around. But differently shaped cities,
those with many people living in the centre and fewer on the outskirts, allowed residents to walk and cycle to shop, go to work and go out. And Bendigo was as guilty as many other regional cities, he said, of widening roads and building more parking when ratepayers complained about traffic snarls and not being able to park outside of shops. “These cities use a big stack of ratepayer’s money to reduce traffic congestion and to make sure parking is nearly free,” Mr Burgess said. “But if you are a retailer, the strategy really hurts because instead of walking past their shop, people will drive past.
“Car parking is not what people rave about when they get back from Europe.” Creating a new parking strategy in Bendigo will allow the council to remove the minimum amount of spaces it mandates for a new development. Current term councillors have already disregarded the planning control that sets a minimum number of spaces. For the Aspire project, it approved development without the need to build any new spaces but asked the developer to contribute a sum of money. In a sign change won’t be easy for the council, nearby residents tested the decision at VCAT, but were denied.
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A PROPOSAL to build a large housing estate in Huntly will come before the City of Greater Bendigo next week, earlier than the council expected. It’s due to a VCAT case instigated by the developer because the former had failed to determine the application in the statutory timeframe. But the council said it was awaiting the decision of a separate VCAT process through which the developer hoped to get access to an easement for access and service to the 137-lot subdivision. The council agenda noted the developer did not wait until the end of the VCAT case to acquire the easement before it appealed in June the council’s failure to determine the application. The developer won the case to access the easement. Council’s planning coordinator Peter O’Brien said he would have recommended granting the planning permit regardless of the VCAT appeal. “The proposed subdivision is for a maximum of 137 lots to be undertaken in six stages,” Mr O’Brien wrote in his report in the agenda. “The majority of the lots range in size between 308 square metres and 704 square metres. “Four super lots will be created which measure between 2376 square metres and 6274 square metres. “The super lots will be developed further, in the future, for medium density housing and would be subject to separate planning permit applications.”
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Schools on the win list budget at short notice to pay for works including new security fencing and the removal of a disused toilet block. But political opponents are asking for a more strategic approach to funding, saying many schools are at capacity and planning should already be under way to build new facilities. “There is a strong argument that population growth north of Bendigo could justifying building a new school,” Liberals candidate for Bendigo East, Ian Ellis said. “Labor are announcing a lot of funding at the moment but why not when it is needed.” Nationals candidate Gaelle
Broad said she worried regional Victoria was being left behind. “In the last sprint to the election, (Labor) are making all these promises,” she said.
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“But my overall concern has been the failure to give long term consideration to the state of all of Victoria’s education system.” Ms Broad said she was interested in looking at policy for education in all of regional Victoria, rather than adopting a piecemeal approach.
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STATE Labor is ramping up its election run, with promises of school funding if re-elected. Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan this week announced Labor would invest $4.6 million to transform old classrooms and facilities at White Hills Primary School to bring students and staff into the modern learning environment. “We’ve already funded planning and design work for a major upgrade at White Hills Primary School but there’s more to do,” Ms Allan said. Two days later, she was at Eppalock Primary school announcing $129,000 of funding accessed from the education department’s
she was told about the need to create room at the small school. After talking about the school to the education minister James Merlino, the funding became available from the education department’s overall budget. Ms Allan was able to ensure the
funds were available to the school right away so they could the work done. “This is funding that has been made available immediately so the school can get on and do these important works making the school grounds more safe for the young students,” she said. “By removing these old toilet facilities, it’s going to provide more space. I know the school has got some great ideas about what they want to do.” At White Hills, Ms Allan said the school had already been given funding to develop a masterplan and $4.6m would build the first stage.
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THE independent commission making recommendations on the status and accessibility of Wellsford Forest said it was a misconception that recreational users would be locked out under proposed changes. As members of the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council visited Bendigo to get feedback from users last Friday, chairwoman Janine Haddow said groups should also not conclude the proposed changes were set in stone. VEAC has recommended adding 3950 hectares to the Bendigo Regional Park incorporating the western areas of the Wellsford Forest most intensively used. But the commission wants to reserve 3160 hectares of the eastern and northern parts of the forest as nature reserve which would restrict dogs and horses on the land, as well as car rallies, prospecting, collecting firewood, hunting and timber harvesting. The reserve is intended to protect native animals and birds, and the remaining large trees in that block of forest. The commission describes the move to include the land as a protected area as the addition of one of the biggest and best condition box-ironbark forests in Victoria. But groups including prospectors say they should be able to maintain their right to use all of the Wellsford. Bush user groups have held rallies in Bendigo in the past month protesting the proposed changes. Ms Haddow said the current round of consultation was to hear again from user groups and to drill down to the detail of locating proposed boundaries. The VEAC is taking submissions on the draft plans until Wednesday, October 31.
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Inquiry takes a toll
BENDIGO South East college announced it had failed to find a permanent principal in a first round of recuitment in the same email that provided parents with a link to a copy of the Victorian Ombudsman report alleging its former principal Ernie Fleming had abused his position. Bendigo MP Jacinta Allan noted the findings of the report were “disappointing” and acknowledged the toll on the school of the two-year investigation of Mr Fleming when she said the state government continued to support the school. “What has been an important focus in recent times for the Bendigo South East school communith is helping them, there has been an acting principal put in place, there have been supports put in place at the school so they can focus on the future. She declined to comment
on issues brought to her office, but Ms Allan is believed to have fielded many queries in the past year from Mr Fleming’s supporters about the length and process of investigations. A key supporter Phillip Ellison told the Bendigo Weekly yesterday the toll on Mr Fleming and his family had been “horrendous”.
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say there should be some scrutiny of the investigator. “Some of the investigators involved in asking people for evidence, people did state that they were very aggressive and they were very intimidating,” Mr Whelan said. “I would have expected that the processes over time that were involved with this inves-
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“It has been a tremendous cost, both financially, there are legal fees, and the toll on his family has been huge,”he said. Mr Ellison and another supporter Laurie Whelan said they questioned the result of her findings about Mr Fleming. Mr Whelan, who is a state election candidate in the seat of Bendigo West went further to
tigation needed more scrutiny. “Every government or any public institution is open to scrutiny.” The ombudsman completed her say with the report and its findings, making herself unavailable for interview regarding the investigation “due to its nature and the requirement of parliament privilege”.
She summarised her findings in the media release. “The investigation found that for many years, Ernest Fleming ran the college as a personal fiefdom, employing and promoting family members, providing substantial benefits to his son’s business partner and companies owned by his son, and using public funds as he saw fit without consultation or approval from the college council,” Ms Glass said. “Ernest Fleming spent many years as an educator and enjoyed an excellent reputation with many in the local community. So how much does his failure to adhere to policy and standards matter? “In my view, a great deal. His family and associates obtained substantial private benefits out of public funds, including at the expense of bus operators in the Bendigo region not connected to the family.”
“I have never been in this situation, I have an unblemished record of 40 years and all of a sudden I see a media release calling (my tenure) a fiefdom and everything else, and yet none of that was ever raised with me as a concern.” Despite finding the regional DET office had failed on a number of occasions to investigate anonymous allegations, and a concession by the regional manager that the department missed opportunities to change behaviour at the college, the VO report makes no recommendations for the department. VO Deborah Glass said the resignation of Mr Fleming spared her the “need to make the only recommendation I could in the circumstances”. A statement from the department reiterated the wording of the ombudsman’s media release that Mr Fleming and his lawyer
David Schier said was defamatory. “As the ombudsman notes, nepotism erodes public trust and is unacceptable in any area of the public service,” a department spokesman said. “While the report made no recommendations, the department acknowledges the findings in relation to its management of Mr Fleming and will reflect on the issues identified to ensure we learn from this process. “Since these issues occurred, the department has undertaken an extensive integrity reform agenda, which has addressed many of the issues raised in this report.” It is the procedures that have accompanied the integrity agenda that Mr Fleming has chosen to fight, claiming the Speak Up whistleblowing process and the department’s investigation process failed to provide him natural justice. “I could have walked away from this but I am just deter-
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Tulips on display The City of Greater Bendigo’s Parks and Natural Reserves team is pleased to present Bendigo’s annual tulip display. The display is presented in gardens throughout the centre of Bendigo and features more than 30,000 tulips in an assortment of colours.
BENDIGO businesses will now have better access to Victoria’s multibillion dollar pipeline of projects. It’s all due to the expansion of regional services provided by the Industry Capability Network, a non-forprofit organisation that seeks to maximise opportunities for local industry. The state government has funded the ICN to provide the expanded services to local businesses in Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton for the next two years. As part of the expanded services, ICN will work close-
ly with businesses in the Bendigo region to help connect them with state government projects, including the construction of the things Victorians need most – schools, hospitals, roads, rail and other vital infrastructure, as well as services to government agencies. ICN will also hold events in Bendigo for suppliers and help local companies register to have greater opportunity to supply into government projects. The Spring Gully Primary School is undergoing a $5.2 million redevelopment that
includes the modernisation of existing classrooms and administration areas, upgrades to the outdoor learning areas, and the creation of an outdoor amphitheatre and new physical education building. The project is being managed by the Bendigo arm of construction company Fairbrother Pty Ltd, which has committed to 85.4 per cent local content and is utilising local companies in its supply chain and creating local jobs, including providing opportunities for four apprentices on the project.
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THE Woodvale community needs your vote in the next three days. The community has submitted a government supported research project called Woodvale History – Looking Forward, Looking Back. The project has been aimed at Pick My Project which is a Victorian government initiative. The aim of the project is to record and share the history of Woodvale from the 1840s to 2018, before it is lost forever.
For people with links to Woodvale and for the wider community it will be a significant enterprise. The multi-faceted project is committed to publishing Ray Wallace’s new book on the history of Woodvale. Plaques will be placed at historical sites and a pamphlet will be published to enable people to follow an historical trail. As well, an historical bus trip will be offered and extra photos and material not included in the
book will be added to the Woodvale website. In order to participate you are invited to browse all of the projects offered on the pickmyproject.gov. vic.au website. You then pick out three projects and vote online or by phone on 1800 797 818 before Monday at 5pm. President of the Woodvale Hall Committee, Ken Stent, said the Woodvale project was a David versus Goliath situation.
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Mental health at the Marketplace GOOD mental health and the need to look out for each other was the focus of a special R U OK? Day event at Bendigo Marketplace yesterday. Bendigo Community Health Services and Bendigo Marketplace teamed up to raise awareness of the R U OK? message that a simple conversation can save a life. BCHS staff spent the day at the shopping centre talking to customers and answering questions around mental health and R U OK? Day. Bendigo Marketplace marketing manager Dannielle Downs encouraged customers to reach out to loved ones, friends or colleagues who
might be struggling. “It’s important to us to be partnering with Bendigo Community Health Services for this initiative to ensure we have health care professionals on site to let patrons know what resources are available should they or anyone they know require them,” Ms Downs said. BCHS project worker Anne-Marie Kelly said the R U OK? conversation was vital. “The R U OK? message calls on people to have a conversation that could change a life by using four simple steps. One – Ask R U OK? Two – Listen. Three – Encourage action. Four – check in,” Ms Kelly said.
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AS an indication of Bendigo’s increasing cultural diversity there will be a special celebration this year of Mexico’s Independence Day. For a rich and happy day of immersing yourself in all things Mexican, Hispanos Unidos de Victoria is inviting members of the public to enjoy a celebration of music, dancing, food, games, pinatas and mariachis music. While Bendigo has a
population of 20 to 30 people who speak Spanish many representatives of the Hispanic community have been invited from Melbourne to help the locals enjoy the displays, costumes, dancing, singing and food. President of Hispanos Unidos de Victoria, Oscar Torres-Gomez said the purpose of the event was to promote, foster and provide a richer understanding about the cultures of Span-
ish speaking countries. “We hope to do this by providing opportunities for individuals of Hispanic background to come together and share traditions, customs and language,” he said. Mr Gomez said Hispanos Unidos de Victoria was committed to understanding cultural and religious differences and generally supporting multiculturalism. “The event will be fami-
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Input needed on volunteering BENDIGO council is developing a community volunteering strategy and is inviting residents to participate. You can help by completing an online survey, participating in an online forum or by attending a workshop. City of Greater Bendigo council’s Vicky Mason said volunteering increases social connections and people’s sense of belonging, develops skills, and provides employment pathways. “It is a crucial element of our civic culture and vital to the health and wellbeing of our community with 96 per cent of volunteers saying that volunteering “makes peo-
ple happier,” Ms Mason said. “More than 20,600 residents in Greater Bendigo regularly volunteer for an organisation.” Official census statistics indicate that 23.1 per cent of Greater Bendigo residents aged over 15 volunteer, compared to 19.2 per cent Victoria wide. “We believe that the actual figure may be higher for Greater Bendigo and that the official statistics may not represent the real level of volunteering that happens in our community,” Ms Mason said. “Many people are volunteers and don’t even realise it. People who help out their neighbours and friends or assist at things like school
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Art show at the Flat THERE is some top work on display this weekend as part of the Y Service Club of Kangaroo Flat annual show. The show runs from Friday to Sunday at the Y Community Hall, 10 Lockwood Rd, Kangaroo Flat. (Opposite Aldi Supermarket) The judge for the show is Justin Andrews from the La Trobe Arts Institute in Bendigo. The Bendigo Art Show has a variety of work in the categories of best in show, best oil, best watercolour, best pastel, pen and other media. The club’s Christine Van Der Zee said this year there will also be a people’s choice entry. “To date we have received 132 entries. Entries are mainly from local artists, however we do receive some from outer Bendigo region and interstate,” she said. “Paintings entered are of exceptional quality, with a broad variety of talent on show.” Along with the art show a raffle is being conducted. “All proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the Bendigo Youth Choir,” Ms Van Der Zee said. “We at the Y Service Club of Kangaroo Flat recognise and value the choir’s contributions and pledge our support in the way of raising funds.”
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HAVE you wanted to give stand-up comedy a go? Well next Friday is your big chance. It’s an open mic stand-up comedy. Free for all. Before the Women of Wit – Volume 2 event, Bendigo Comedy is throwing open the doors for any new or emerging comedians to try material or practice on the Engine Room stage. It’s a safe space, where the best jokes will be heard first, and the worst will never be heard from again. The sign up list already includes familiar Bendigo Comedy names Mike Elliott, Jim Hallawell, and Luke Morris. There’s also newcomer Karin
Mainwaring, who is signed up to try her stand-up comedy material for the very first time. Five spots currently remain, so if you are interested in giving the microphone a go, please contact bendigocomedy@gmail.com. All are welcome at the Engine Room from 6pm to watch, laugh and even take part before the major Women of Wit event starts at 8pm – with a free ticket to the Women of Wit show to anyone who does perform at the Open Mic. It all happens at the Engine Room, 58 View Street, on Friday, September 21 from 6pm to 7pm free, followed by Women of Wit – Volume 2.
AS the decades have passed I notice there is not too much that is new about the child’s party scene. The themes may change from clowns to superheroes but the food stays the same ie party pies, sausage rolls, hundreds and thousands on bread and butter and of course chocolate crackles. Canny mums do not buy the Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake book or if they do they quickly hide it from their children. Instead they zip around to the bakery and order the pièce de résistance from there. There really isn’t any need to get excited about the cake as it usually gets thrown around by the children and ends up on the floor or smeared all over the plasma screen. There is still a lot of partner swapping at children’s parties. Two little ones may start off hand in hand but by the end of a fraught two hours there will be water pistols at dawn. From my vantage point of the couch last week I noticed the same stereotypes still at play. First there was Rocky who reckoned it was his party even when it wasn’t. Rocky demanded to sit at the head of the table and pushed the birthday girl off her chair and made her
cry. In fact, Rocky made all the girls cry before he went home. The most gratifying guests are the eaters. Austin clearly came to the party with one intention only – to eat. He declined the game of musical chairs, immediately sat at the table and started eating until he vomited, (the Romans had Austin in mind when they invented the vomitorium). The other treasure is the chair–wetter. They usually go for the chairs that have just been newly upholstered and will be totally unperturbed when they have an accident and quietly slip onto another chair. Musical chairs is always fun of course, the spills and thrills can get easily out of hand. Pit stops are scenes of dreadful tantrums but musical chairs is not as dangerous as pass–the–parcel. This must be precisely timed by the mother so that the present at the kernel of the parcel finds its way to the birthday girl when the music stops. If the birthday girl does not win this game she will stomp off to her room and slam her door – which is exactly what my daughter did last weekend at her 21st. – Dianne Dempsey
Singing with a tiger CHILDREN’S entertainment band Pevan and Sarah are bringing their colourful and high-energy show to Bendigo this month. Created by the husband and wife team of Manny and Sarah Kechayas, Pevan and Sarah won the What’s on 4 Kids Best Live Children’s Entertainment award in 2017. The band, which is made up of Sarah and her giant tiger friend Pevan, will be performing music from their two hit albums. In addition to having musical backgrounds, Manny and Sarah are both primary school teachers. “A lot of the songs come straight from my interaction with students,” Sarah said. “It’s pretty much what I
TIGER TALES: Pevan and Sarah are coming to Bendigo. was doing in the classroom but with a giant tiger instead.” In addition to its devoted following of children, the band also has its share of fans among teachers.
Janene Worsam is the principal of Montmorency Primary School where both Manny and Sarah teach. “I have seen first-hand the reactions from the children
that are exposed to the music,” she said. The show is on Thursday, September 27 at Bendigo Trades Hall. Tickets are available at www.pevanandsarah.com
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Indigenous boost to arts scene
THE state government has launched a new plan aimed at increasing the level of involvement among indigenous artists and creative industry bureaucrats in the state’s arts sector. Creative Industries minister Martin Foley launched the plan in Bendigo this week, backed up by $2 million of funding. “Art, storytelling, performance and design have been an intrinsic part of life for the first peoples of Victoria for tens of thousands of years – yet first peoples are underrepresented in our state’s renowned creative industries,” Mr Foley said. “This plan will provide new pathways and opportunities for employment, as well as new ways to invest in and promote the rich and diverse talent and creativity of first peoples across the state.” It will be the job of Sarah Bond as Creative Victoria’s manager of first peoples partnerships to roll out the plan. “At a state level, with the state government’s Creative Industries, it has always had an indigenous position with the service, but the ability of the community arts sector to
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Orchids on show THE orchids are in full bloom and all set to be shown. The Bendigo Orchid Club is back for it fifth show at the beginning of next month, and you’re invited. It’s all set to blossom at the Wes Vine Hall, in the Truscott Reserve, Murdock Street California Gully, on Friday, October 5 to Sunday, October 7. There will be orchid sales, education and potting demonstrations, and you can meet the judges too. Admission is $5 and there’s a raffle with a chance to win an orchid. Food and refreshments are available. The show runs on Friday, October 5 from 1pm to 4pm, Saturday, October 6 from 10am to 4pm and Sunday, October 7 from 10am to 1pm.
NEW PLAN: Martin Foley. participate at that level has been minimal,” Ms Bond said. “It has certainly been available at other levels, like at local government levels, with different councils across Victoria, so it is exciting that this has been picked up the state government.” The plan will include getting indigenous people into new traineeships, an employment program, cultural exchange and initiatives that will build business capacity. It has been funded for two years.
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Blinkered vision ERIC LAKEY was so embarrassed by the sight of a Bendigo street sleeper during White Night that he felt the need to write to this page about it (Burr under saddle, Bendigo Weekly, September 7). Mr Lakey says that “no decent person would want to see the disadvantaged in our society sleeping in the streets ...” The word “see” raises important questions. What exactly was the source of Mr Lakey’s shame? Did it bother him that homeless people actually exist in Bendigo, or was he upset because the so-called “hobo” was a very visible reminder of a problem he would prefer not to confront? But there are a couple of reasons why Mr Lakey could have saved himself this embarrassment. Firstly, amid the thousands of visitors who attended White Night, I doubt that any more than a few passers by actually saw this guy. I am not aware of anyone on the night demanding that he move himself out of visual range, or complaining about his presence to security. As Mr Lakey noted, some visitors even took photos of him with his blanket and swag. Was it the guy’s sense that White Night was as much for him as it was for anyone else that Mr Lakey objected to, perhaps? Yet if nobody was really bothered by him, surely Mr Lakey had no need to be bothered either. Secondly, homelessness is a sad reality of the current economic state. Whether Mr Lakey likes it or not, it is “indicative of life here in Bendigo” for some people, just as it is elsewhere. I am sure that many of our visitors would come from towns and cities where people living on the streets is not uncommon. So if Mr Lakey thought that visitors to our city would find the sight of a person living on the street aesthetically distasteful, I think he could spare himself anxiety on that score, too. Homelessness is certainly not pretty, but it is what it is, and even those of us fortunate enough not to be experiencing it know what it looks like. It is not invisible, no matter how hard some of us may try not to see it. Julie Hopper, Bendigo
Positive actions AT last the Liberal party acknowledges that the new Bendigo hospital
project was pushed for and started by Labor (Bendigo Weekly, August 7, page 3). They finally acknowledge that if it wasn’t for Labor this project would not have happened. Your readers may recall that at the November 2006 election Labor promised new junior secondary schools for Bendigo, and also physical master planning for our hospital. The Liberals opposed both initiatives. While the Liberals opposed we got going building the new schools and planning what we needed in hospital building works. We moved the ambulance station, creating multiple local stations, as part of clearing the site. Hundreds of millions of dollars were locked in for the hospital in the state budget. At the time the Liberal-National party Bendigo representative, Damian Drum, declared he “didn’t have his hand up for a new hospital”. The Liberal party had to be dragged kicking and screaming to eventually agree Bendigo should have a new hospital. Of course, this pattern is nothing new. Since the start of this century they opposed the massive rail improvements and extra train services, and also the duplication of the Calder highway north of Kyneton – again making commitments to Eastern Melbourne suburbs at the expense of Bendigo. The new hospital, massive rail improvements and Calder duplication were Labor’s trifecta of big ticket items to get Bendigo moving again. And while these things have done so much, there’s always even more to do. And I am so determined to keep delivering for Bendigo. Jacinta Allan MP, Member for Bendigo East
A goldmine on our doorstep IN 2016 a mining man ventured deep into a small mine in Fosterville, 20 kilometres from Bendigo. There was a change in the quartz in the newly mined section, unremarkable to others, but not to this mining guru. That man, Tony Makuch, of Canada’s Kirkland Lake Group, is recognised as one of the world’s greatest explorers and gold mine developers. When Kirkland bought Fosterville in 2016, it produced 150,000 ounces of gold , but reserves were small and low grade and it was set for closure. In 2016, Fosterville had just 244,000 ounces in mineral reserves at seven grams a tonne. In the two
PICK OF THE WEEK: The Sacred Heart Cathedral at night. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN For more photos go to www.newbendigophotos.com years that followed Kirkland has mined more than 450,000 ounces at average grades of about 15 grams a tonne. Kirkland has barely scratched the surface because new reserves are being discovered nearby and it looks like there is a lot more to be found, so the production is set to rise a lot further and so are the grades. The Bendigo gold rush is back but it is deep underground. It is going to be a massive profit earner as the company steps up exploration, currently running at $50 million a year. Most Bendigonians would not appreciate the economic benefits this company makes to the local economy. But with a workforce in excess of 500 highly skilled people it is not hard how to imagine how much is pumped into our economy. Thank you Tony Makuch, the staff and contractors at Fosterville. Michael McKenzie, Strathdale
Free speech? KAT Ritchie’s objection to Babette Francis having a say on anything, typifies exactly the far left’s idea that we can have free speech as long as it’s anti-right. For Kat Richie to write “She is
not transgender. She doesn’t have a say” is as ridiculous as “She’s doesn’t drink. She doesn’t have a say on alcoholism” or “He drives a Holden. He doesn’t have a say on Fords”. And then to demand that we keep Babette Francis away from our city, is downright dangerous. Who is Kat Ritchie that she and her ilk get to decide who is allowed into Bendigo? Sorry Ms Ritchie, but this is still a free country, and Babette Francis is as entitled to drive up the Calder as you are. There is no passport control at Kangaroo Flat where a person must pass your opinion test before being allowed to proceed on to the CBD. Not yet, anyway. Sandra Lacey, North Bendigo
GovHub in the news AS I remember, the Independent Review recommended consolidation of the City of Greater Bendigo offices: at the time there was no discussion of government involvement, funding, or renting back the premises. It certainly came up later, but not at any public level and I certainly never agreed to any such arrangement.
I agree with Max Turner (Opinion, Bendigo Weekly, September 7) – the present council has no right to enter into any discussions, agreement or contract with the state government about this proposed GovHub without consulting the ratepayers and residents, who have a direct interest in the property. There are too many decisions made in private meetings which leave us, the residents, in the dark. I also agree with Max that the council, with its Integrated Land Use and Transport policy, should be decentralising government agencies, not the other way around. Helen Leach, Bendigo
Secret plan I MUST admit that I couldn’t supress a chuckle when reading Max Turner’s and Lindsay Sergeant’s open letter to City of Greater Bendigo councillors. Yet again council is off with another ill-conceived secret plan that could cost ratepayers well into the future. So many questions – so few answers. I wonder if the council will waive the need for any parking on this project. Stuart Symonds, Bendigo
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Mental health help THIS week there has been a significant focus on issues surrounding the mental health and wellbeing of Australia’s 25-plus million residents, highlighted by yesterday’s RUOK? Day, and that’s a good thing. Our mental health report card makes for some sobering and thought provoking consideration, but the conversation needs to be had, and it need to be shared. In 2016, almost 2870 Australians took their own life, a figure more than double our national road toll. And for each reported suicide in Australia, it’s estimated another 30 people try to take their own lives. About 10 per cent of our population lives with anxiety, almost half of our population will be impacted by a mental health condition at some stage in our lives, yet 65 per cent of those people affected by a mental health condition never accesses treatment. Mental health, or more precisely, the stigmas surrounding mental health have started to wither in recent times, but there’s a lot more
Editorial Comment work ahead for our governments, our health agencies and our counselling and support services before we can be satisfied that everything that can be done to improve the way we recognise, treat and even prevent mental health issues from occurring in an increasingly complex and challenging society. Our mental health is just as important as our physical health, and the two are closely linked. As a community we need to do a lot more work around raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing, and recognising this fact has been a positive step in the right direction. Thankfully, in recent years the protocols around reporting of mental health issues have improved dramatically, and there’s a lot more resources and education available to assist the media in its role, but more
importantly there’s been a significant increase in funding for mental health resources and support services for the broader community. But there’s a lot more work to be done. It would be easy to dismiss events like RUOK? Day as one of those initiatives that occupies an increasingly crowded events and initiatives calendar that comes and goes each year. But this isn’t like World Left Handed Day, International Star Wars Day or World Beer Drinkers’ Day. And, there can be few issues as serious or important as our mental health and wellbeing. RUOK? Day is a reminder for everyone that we don’t need to be experts to ask our mates, our family or our work colleagues how they’re going or if they need to talk about a particular problem or concern. We just need to care, and caring could change a life, it could even save a life. For support at any time of the day or night, call Lifeline on 131114.
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THERE is a lot of talk about equal quotas of women in parliament. While the Labor party is having ago, the Liberals seem to actively move against the idea. This might be me getting the wrong end of the message, but surely it should not be quotabased but merit-based, the best person for the job. We seem very keen to pigeon hole people, be it male-female, black-white gay-heterosexual with all of the subdivisions on the side. LBGTI seems such an inelegant way to pigeonhole a whole range of people who want to be treated equally. Most rows I see on TV news programs, and I have to admit I only watch the ABC, are based on one type of person moaning
their lot about inequality. Would it not be simpler if we went by the term humans, and all were treated and behaved equally. I am unfortunate, and it seems that way sometimes, that I fall into a dangerously awkward pigeonhole. I am a white, upper-
I know I am crying out for utopia here middle-aged male. My only limited saving grace is that I am an immigrant, that’s negated by the fact I was born in England. Of course this last bit is tongue-in-cheek, but it puts me into the firing line, albeit jokingly, in the line of fire sometimes. No way am I claiming to be hard done by, but why should being white and a middle-aged male be a stigma?
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Why should any position in life be a stigma? This bizarre mentality to want to label humans, break them down into manageble lumps, is what’s causing the problems. I saw a commentator the other day describing aboriginal people as a minority at less than three
per cent of the population. Perhaps if we did not catergorise people there would not be a percieved focus on particular groups. What if deaths in custody were reported as just that, rather than breaking down the ethnicity? Shouldn’t we be appalled that anyone has died rather than naming their race. Gang fights should
horrify us whoever is doing it, not just because some elements aim to pick out and emphasise when a certain type of person does it. I can understand one division. Male versus female. Men kill so many more people than women. They murder too many women, but they murder too many men too. So while we fight to stop the needless slaughter of women, we need to somehow stop people killing people. I know I am crying out for utopia here, and for some reason humans bash each other, but we need to treat people for who they are, not for whether they or black or white or somewhere in between, or even if they like men or women or both. That way, someone who is not sure where they fit in the world can be sure everyone else is in the same boat and we can just paddle on together.
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ITH dozens of happy clients and a reputation for quality work, along with good old-fashioned down-to-earth Dan McMahon advice Centre State Drilling is the team for finding water throughout central Victoria. CASTLEMAINE And a genuine no water no charge policy, ensures you only pay for an operational bore with a fifteen litre a minute guarantee. property gave all the signs of www.centrestatedrilling.com water“Our and we engaged Dan to do a bore, unfortunately, after hours of work drilling, there was only a trickle which really was useless and not enough to finish the bore,” SPRAY ON Liz Guest from Riddells Creek said. any fuss Dan was true to his CONCRETE word“Without and did not charge us anything, just ON T R A N S F OSPRAY R M AT I O N S cleaned up and left. I highly recommend him to anybody who is considering using • Driveways Safety Flooring Shane Gilchrist T R A N S F O R M A Tcentre I O N S state drilling. • Verandahs 0417 344 023
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EN McDonald Cleaning Services will leave your carpet or soft furniture looking pristine and smelling great. He also does a brilliant job with tiles, paying particular attention to removing the difficult to reach grime discolouring the grout. Ken’s many happy customers will tell you the end result is sparkling, new-looking surfaces. Also don’t forget Ken for those unexpected emergency cleaning jobs as a result of blocked plumbing or storm damage, that doesn’t necessarily always warrant an insurance claim. With more than 20 years’ experience cleaning homes and businesses throughout Bendigo, Ken has established an inevitable reputation, confirmed by the numerous
testimonials on his Facebook page. Ken’s expertise is his knowledge of stains and how to remove them using a variety of products, quickly and efficiently. He not only cleans tiles and carpets but furniture, mattresses and car interiors. Ken also specialises in scrubbing and polishing vinyl floors, particularly in areas where there has been a build up of polish. He also recognises that reliability is vital to any businesses or household and will attempt to work around your busy schedule. Ken provides competitive quotes and won’t let you down, being punctual and courteous. So for a prompt and professional clean for your home or business phone Ken on 5442 7474 or try his mobile 0417 399 801. www.kenscleaning.com.au
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ADDRESSING a wider audience through a lengthy letter in the Melbourne Argus, George W Knight made observations about the moribund state of Bendigo’s economy in the late 1870s. Knight was of the opinion that the Bendigo area had so much potential to diversify its economy to supplement that of gold mining. Various suggestions had been canvassed, such as planting olives or manufacturing with a woollen mill. Another idea was to hold an exhibition, which in fact was to be done in 1879, with the very successful Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. Knight contrasted the differences between Bendigo and Ballarat, the population of the latter showed far more spark to try many different things, even though our mines were vastly superior in gold returns. There was no real desire to start factories and industrial production in Bendigo, according to Knight. He divided our population into four distinct categories, the first were the mining magnates, who he classed as good citizens they preferring speculation over manufacturing. These men were only inclined to put their money into gold mines.
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Knight’s second category were the diverse traders, some of which specifically were, hotel keepers 266, storekeepers 172, drapers/ tailors 131 all the ones listed, plus a host more, employed other people. The third category that Knight defined were the working men, industrious and keen to advance themselves, who he stated were intelligent with many possessing their own homes. If no work was available locally they had the initiative to go elsewhere so that they could support their families. However, these same men tended to be conservative as they already had established their own houses. The people in this third group were the very ones to which Knight was addressing these observations. The last grouping, or the fourth, was a large number who made claims to be among the “workers”. According to Knight: “These men have the same power in the state as Classes one, two, and three, though I deny their right to be placed in the third division.” He observed that their houses or huts were very small, those inhabitants showed no initiative to better their circumstances; they are even too lazy to grow and plant vegetables for themselves and their families. Knight’s observations
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VITAL RESOURCE: Coliban water on its way to Bendigo. were directed at the first three categories as he defined them. Bendigo has a splendid climate as Knight noted, the new Coliban water system was connected to the city, according to Knight the population needed to be taught how to make the water work for them. Knight pointed out that he had a sound knowledge of both agriculture and horticulture, and his idea was to have the land around Bendigo thrown open for cultivation with the aid of the water which had become available. Much of the land in the immediate areas of the reefs was locked up by mining companies, however as he pointed out, the surface was not required by the lease holders. As he mentioned, “let the surface freehold be conveyed to the cultivator, leaving mineral rights to the miner and mining leaseholder”. His argument ran that 10 acres (about four hectares)
of irrigated land in any part of Bendigo through skilful cultivation would be the source of a comfortable income, having sufficient space to establish a home. Knight estimated that from such an area of land a man could gain an income double of what an artisan or skilled worker was able to achieve. Further he thought that a clear simple fee Crown Title should be offered, providing that real work was being done on such a grant. No impediment should be placed in the way for those in category three to select the Crown lands and be given access to adequate water from the Coliban. The water supply department still had much to learn, according to Knight, thus helping to facilitate his suggestions. Knight wished to alleviate unemployment in his class three category, urging the citizens to back his ideas and campaign for them.
SOME legends are based on fiction, others on fact. Perhaps somewhere between the two lies the story of the Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui, a howling, ghostly, quasi-human presence that’s said to stalk jittery walkers in Scotland’s Cairngorm Mountains. Isla Crawford is not intimidated. Young, outdoorsy and fit, Isla is part of a two-couple party whose New Year trek to the summit of Cairngorm has been temporarily derailed by a change in conditions. Now trapped by a blizzard, the four hikers have been forced to dig in to shelter from the elements behind a fallen slab of rock. Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is also passing the Scottish New Year festival, Hogmanay, near the Cairngorms – in her case, on a quiet getaway with her long-time boyfriend in the village of Aviemore. Rhona’s colleague, Detective Sergeant Michael McNab, has Hogmanay plans of his own. At home in Glasgow he is having an old scar camouflaged beneath a special tattoo before leading an armed raid on a nightclub in which massive quantities
of drugs are allegedly being traded. Five hundred kilometres due east of Scotland, in Stavanger, Norway, Police Inspector Alvis Olsen is feeling anything but celebratory. Rather, Alvis is preoccupied, reflecting on his recent discovery of two small bodies on the Norwegian-Russian border. When in the middle of the night an unidentified light aircraft crash-lands shortly before Isla is attacked and her three comrades freeze to death, Rhona and the two detectives find themselves drawn together in a bilateral investigation that threatens to pit the trio against not only a suspected ring of international peopletraffickers but one of Norway’s most influential and outwardly respectable businessmen. Their work is further complicated by the involvement of a childhood friend whose life is being threatened, the abductions of two crucial witnesses and a scarcity of watertight evidence. – Rosalea Ryan
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Havilah Road Pre School 2019 - 4 Year old Group Enrolments now being accepted Wednesday 19th September 9am-11am Come and meet our educators and see what our Pre School can offer your family in 2019. Havilah Road Pre School was Rated “Exceeding National Quality Standard” in November 2017. 22-24 Havilah Road Long Gully Please call 5443 4687
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• Maintain the safety and security of Malmsbury youth justice custodial precinct • Manage challenging behaviours of vulnerable and hostile young men in custody • Six weeks paid training provided; adapt your maturity, self-confidence and life experience
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Expressions of interest please contact: Denise Wilkins, Heathcote Winery, 185 High Street, Heathcote Vic 3523
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1300 558 385 classifieds@bendigopublishing.com BRICKLAYERS
all types of brick and block work, chimneys and fireplaces. Ph 5446 7057 or 0418 370 917 or 0458 438 930
BRICKLAYING
No job too big No job too small Ph 0417 127 131
CLEANING & CARPET
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
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ANTENNAS
CONCRETER
Paths, Driveways, Cross overs, Sheds, Small & big jobs, Reasonable rates. Seniors Discount Free quotes. Ph. 0422 424 348.
CONCRETER
All types of concreting needs, Free quotes Competetive rates Phone 0409 20 55 22
DD HANDYMAN & MAINTENANCE SERVICE All types of household jobs inc garden maint. Phone 0409 949 111
EPSOM PAVING Pathways, Patios Garden Edging etc. Ken Tresize Ph 0419 374 062
TRADITIONAL POST & RAIL FENCING
Specialising in Gateways, Driveways & General farm fencing. 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 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. Cash only
Ph Mick 0407 448 249
PANEL BEATING
Spray painting, rust repairs. 25 yrs experience, cheap rates. Ph 5443 1710 or 0401 915 906. PETE/FROG PAINTING & HOME MAINTENANCE low rates, 30 years exp. Ph 0427 130 711
BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING
• Driveways • Laser levelling • Drainage • Site Cuts • Tree Removal • Trenching 5.5 & 14 ton excav, Skidsteer and Truck available
Phone Ron on
5447 7823 or 0431 609 423
Call Clint 0427 349 549 Email: cjchandler65@bigpond.com Web: www.excavationbendigo.com
Bobcat & Tipper Hire MORE WORK IN LESS TIME WITH OUR LARGE 10M TIPPER
Site Cleaning Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal Backhoe
BUILDERS
Call Rhys 0447 424 932 SKILLED OPERATOR
BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING DBM-1122 DB-U-28169
SOUTHERN CROSS RESTUMPING Ph: 0400 319 094 A: PO Box 304, Eaglehawk 3556 E: townsmith@bigpond.com
Call Simon
ROGER JUNIPER
BUILDER
Commercial & Domestic
Mob 0419 892 004 AfterHours 5441 1493
PJ TAYLOR
SPRUCE IT UP
Gardening mowing whipper snipping, odd jobs, great rates Phone 0456 654 532
5446 1422 PLASTER
WOMEN CLEANING
EXCELLENT service, great rates. Ph Simone 0430 349 332
COMPUTERS Is your Computer Slow? Is your Network safe from Hackers? Call our Mobile Team to your Home or Business. $75 Flat Rate + Parts (No hourly charge). Pensioner Discounts available.
WhiteHat Computers Bendigo
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All types of plastering. • Home Maintenance • Tiling • Painting • Carpentry. Free quotes. Ph. Brian 0407 679 618
PRELOH FRPSXWHU VHUYLFHV on call computer maintenance • Systems built • Repairs and upgrades • Network and internet connections • Virus and Spyware removal
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Blocked drains Hot water units Bathrooms, Kitchens, Treatment plants Maintenance Ph 0403 962 817
WONDER WINDOW
5446 2480 or 0400 406 958 Email: support@whitehatcomputers.net
BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING
0448 713 499
WEEDING
Will hand weed garden beds, reliable service, $25.00 p/hour Ph Jim 0431 304 727
LITTLE RIPPER Digger Service
Jeoff Milne 5447 2476 Mob 0425 728 336
2 Tonne Excavator, Trenching, Rotary Hoeing, Post Holes, Levelling 4 in one bucket,Tipper Hire.
RUBBISH REMOVAL Scrap Metal, Green waste
or just general clean up. Tip fees apply. Current police check. Ph Paul 0401 418 108. ABN 88484579761.
CARPET CLEANING
DON'S CARPET, TILE AND GROUT CLEANING
Ph: Glenn
0418 510 074
MOVING OUT? WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRICE ON VACANT HOMES & UNITS NO POWER NEEDED
BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING
EARTHWORKS
• Bobcat, 6 ton excavator, 10m tipper avail for hire • All general earthworks under taken • Site cleans • Post hole boring • Trenching
Phone 0428 443 808
Phone Mark anytime on 0458 426 680
MIDLAND CONCRETING SERVICES PTY LTD
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Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer
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Email: midland.concreting@gmail.com
Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal
ELECTRICIANS Call Ron 0438 569 385
GREG SMITH ELECTRICIAN
Tired of Waiting for a Tradesman? 0418 507 709 A/H 5448 3333 REC 7821
SEPTIC TANK SEWER TREATMENT PLANTS CB’s Bobcat Hire
Supplied and installed
No job too small z Landscaping Site Clean up z Rock work Rubbish removal z Driveways Supply crush rock and top soil
PIC LICENCED
ELECTRICIANS
0418 508 993
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0417 095 544
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ELECTRIC MOTORS
0428 552 241 Email: sp_mitchell@bigpond.com
Rates from $40p/hour • Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting
BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Complete bathroom makeovers & alterations. 34 yrs exp by qual tradesman. Servicing Bendigo - Castlemaine & surrounding districts. FREE Quote phone Rod Cox 0419 267 672 or 4406 6019.
GARDAM E X C AVA T I O N
Building Permits Arranged + 20 Years Experience
• Decks • Pergolas • Fencing • Retaining Walls • Bathroom Reno’s • Renovations • Lock up’s • Fix outs
EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER
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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
PLASTERER
Phone Chris: 0408 369 478 Get an ad THIS SIZE (2col x 5cm) in
Services Offered $480
for a 10 week advertising package
Contact Jacinta on 5440 2514 or email classifieds@bendigopublishing.com
ADVERTISING RATES
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Pumps& Motors Electric
SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS
PHONE BRUCE
bendigopumps@gmail.com
0427 319 923
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Services Offered GARDEN SERVICES
HOME MAINTENANCE
PAINTERS / DECORATORS
PEST CONTROL
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Services include: Lawn mowing service, Hedge trimming, Weed spraying and Ride-on mowing
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• Carpentry • Tiling • Painting • Plastering • Pergolas • Decks
www.pro-mowlawns.com info.promowlawncare@gmail.com
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MOWING & GARDENING
HEATING
0421 290 213
CALL PETER 0409 422 271
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Phone Les - 0458 949 871 or Sandra - 0429 534 228
We service and repair all brands, all sizes, all types of heating, cooling and refrigeration
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PAVING & LANDSCAPING by Phil Carman Paving & concreting Pool landscaping Retaining walls & fencing Decking and Outdoor living areas Lawn installation & watering systems Kanga light digging
• 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
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HANDYMAN SERVICES
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PLUMBERS
Peter Carr Plumbing & Gasfitting Pty. Ltd.
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A friendly, reliable, local plumbing team fully qualified in all aspects of plumbing
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Services Offered TREE SERVICES
AAA TREE LOPPING • Pensioners (Disc) • Full Insurance • (Prompt) Same Day Service For Best Price Phone Jack Direct
0409 289 700 5428 9312
SPOUT CLEANING
SPOUT CLEANING
CV Industrial Vacuum Services Reduce Fire Risk Spouts Vacuumed Spotlessly Pensioner Discounts Water Tanks Cleaned
Ph Paul 5439 3835 or 0428 395 429
· Tree Removal & Pruning · Green Waste & Stump Removal · Tower/Chipper/Bobcat /Tipper · Over 15 Years Experience · We Travel Anywhere · Free Quotes · Fully Insured www.juddstreesolutions.com.au
1300 558 385
David Smith 0427 506 160 e: dsmith.trees@gmail.com FOR SALE
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
1950'S HMV record player & radio in cabinet $100 Ph 5442 3042
CAR Stands x 2 $20 the pair Ph 0466 997 290
FILING Cabinet 3 drawer, with key, $70 Ph 5444 5695
1970'S retro stero cabinet, with turntable $45 Ph 0409 414 251
Any amount Bendigo & Central Vic Must have truck access PH 5444 3496
COMPOST bin, large tumbler, GC, $50 ono Ph 5446 2716
BACK Pack, Ladies 40 Ltre Mack Pack $50 Ph 5439 3607
COMPOST bin, large tumbler, GC, $50 ono Ph 5446 2716
Cat Enclosures A fun, safe way for your cat to enjoy the outdoors Free Quotes to suit your budget Call Jim 0429 866 630
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EPSOM FRUIT WORKS HOME DELIVERY AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO HOTELS, CAFES, AND RESTAURANTS. OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
PH 0408 373 598
FIREWOOD Quality Dry Grey & Yellow Box Delivered local $150/m Phone 0448 186 691
FIREWOOD
Redgum firewood $140p/m Pick Up Plus deliveries Ph 0427 353 939
FREE CLEAN FILL DELIVERED
Must have truck access Phone 5439 3957 GENERATOR 2300W or 2.3KVA Little use $250 Ph 0466 997 290
HAY & STRAW
Rolls & Little Squares. Delivery available Maiden Gully Ph 0438 373 291 INDUSTRIAL Vac, Wet & dry, $20 Ph 0466 997 290 JEANS Black, x 6, Size 16, brand new, $30 lot Ph 0422 485 573
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
BAR fridge 157L in excellent used condition $100 ono 0400 882 021
COUCH, 3 seat, quality fabric floral, excellent condition, $250 ono Ph 5447 0464
BARREL/(Washing Machine) XL, fire pit or planting $20 5444 5695
DINNER set, Wawel, 36pc, 6 setting, white w/flute edge $55 0407 848 331
BED king Single mattress + base, Good cond, clean $60 Ph 0488 288 034 BREAD Maker, Tiffany, as new $6 Ph 0484 694 720 BRICKS, 600 new $250 Ph 0447 555 513
DISPLAY Cabinet Excellent Condition 180x90x42cm 0407 691 457
CAFE chairs (x6) white /aluminium. EC, $60 lot Ph 0413 710 933
DRILL, cordless drill & circ saw, 3 tools $100 ono Ph 0400 882 021
VINTAGE brass horse medallion, matching pair $30 Ph 0484 694 720 VINTAGE dress & jacket, 20's era, with beautiful beading $70 5442 3042
BUILDING MATERIALS
(no job too BIG or SMALL for the Smith Family team)
ACTIVITY tracker, new in box, $70 Ph 0407 311 409
MULCH & SOIL
Manure, composted soils & straw mixed in. Straw, Pea Straw & Lucern avail in small & big sq bales. & R/bales. Pick up Bgo or can deliver Bgo. Ph 0427 304 600
VACUUM cleaner, 1800w, EC, $40 Ph 0437 852 649
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Tree Maintenance • Stump Mulching Hire Travel Tower • Tree Pruning and Stump Grinding • Tip Truck & Woodchipper Hire • Free Quotes
CLOTHING Womens Sz 16, all new, mixed bag $100 lot 0422 485 573
MOWER, hand push, $15 Ph 5444 5695
TWO Aquariums, 6ft long includes filters, heaters, gravel, lights, stands and glass tops for both no legs, see set up and running $450 ech Ph 0417 878 666
FOR SALE
Quality tree and Stump Removal
38" Sharp Digital TV, VGC, $50 Ph 0428 479 374
METAL Detector Mine Lab SDC 2300 with extra, near new $3000 Ph 0428 571 186
FOR SALE
* Fully Insured
SMITHS
CLEAN FILL AVAILABLE
FOR SALE
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JUICER, Phillips electric with cup $10 Ph 0484 694 720 KING Single bed ensemble, Very clean $60 Ph 0488 288 034 LIFT Chair Recliner, beige leather, excellent condition $950 Phone 0488 023 888 LOUNGE Suite, 2 Chairs, Floral Pattern, Linen Fabric, lounge converts to sofa bed, EC $800ono Ph 0407 585 807 LOWREY organ comes with seat & music $50 Ph 0487 964 771 MASSAGE Table, electric Firm-n-fold, power lift treatment. $1200 Other massage accessories avail. Ph 0428 395 790
Good Quality / Second Hand
Doors - 2 -« Vi` *>V wV >« i 6i iiÀ *>ÀÌ V i >À` £ È Ý nÓV fÎä°ää i>V Wardrobe Doors - 9 >ÌV Ì i >L Ûi x V Ý ÓÎäV fÎä°ää i>V Windows - 6 Ü Ì >À`Ü ` ,iÛi> à ÕL i Õ } Ƃ ` Ãi` À âi £ {V Ý £ÓäV f£ää°ää i>V Timber- -ÕLÃÌ> Ì > µÕ> Ì ÌÞ Ý ÕÃi vÀ> i] Various lengths - Air dried Hardwood - will sell in lots
Phone: 5447 2169 or 0401 992 532
FOR SALE
GUILMARTINS HARDWARE
MULLOCH $10p/m del locally min 6 m, suit driveways, dry walls etc Ph 5446 7105 or 0428 507 846
Large quantities of brass and steel slotted screws, Perspex Acrylic Polycarbonate, Special wood mouldings, made to order. Wood dressing, Joinery, Veneered board, Plywood, Cupboard Handles and Locks Ph 5443 5077 2 Holdsworth Rd Long Gully
NIKE Runners, Boys, Sz 7, Never worn, $30 Ph 0407 311 409 OFFICE Chair, $20 Ph 0437 852 649
ONIONS
seedlings. healthy, ready many varieties Ave Eaglehawk. 023 112
strong, to plant. 76 Gill Ph 0427
PHILLIPS juice extractor /blender, new in box, $35 Ph 0413 710 933 PHONE cover for iPhone 5s, new, pink $10 Ph 0437 567 073 PINE square edge weatherboards, some new $50 lot 0408 502 505 BATH towels x 6 sets, inc. bath mats. New, wht, $75 lot 0407 848 331 QS Comforter set, cream lace, never used $60 Ph 0422 485 573
FOR SALE WEDDING or Deb dress, sz 8, beaded bodice $100 Ph 5442 3042 WESTINGHOUSE elec cook top, 900mm, VGC, $100 Ph 0427 039 184 WOODEN storage/blanket box, pine, GC, $60 Ph 0413 710 933 YUKKA Trees, $3 each. Ph 5446 8778
GARAGE SALES
SHOPRIDER Mobility Scooter, no further use, GC $800 Ph 0428 500 351
SIEVED TOP SOIL
from $35 per/m plus delivery 3m, 6m & 10m Bobcat & Excavator to hire. Ph 5446 7105 or 0428 507 846
SOFA Bed, Blue Upholstery, GC $150ono Ph 5441 7448 SOLAR Panels, 190 Watt. $100 each Ph 0409 965 873 STEREO/cd/tape/turn table & speakers $80 Ph 0437 852 649 SUNBEAM wok, electric, non stick $25 Ph 0437 567 073
115 LOCKWOOD RD KANGAROO FLAT Saturday from 8.30am, downsizing. Furniture, cedar chest of drawers, lots of bric a brac, home wares & garden needs
34A LOBB STREET NORTH BENDIGO Sat 8am-3pm Bargains Galore up to two dollars no more, clothes, games, toys and much much more
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 5443 6740
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 VACOLA bottles, various sizes, stainless lids $2ech Ph 5449 3742
BALMORAL DRIVE GOLDEN SQUARE Sat & Sun 8am-5pm Signs Out Something for Everyone, everythings a bargain, H/Hold, Shed stuff plus 4x4 wheels & tyres
CLEARING SALES
BENDIGO FARM MACHINERY & FEED MILL BUSINESS DISPERSAL Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd of September 4027 Bendigo-Maryborough Rd, Eddington A/C Freemantle Stock Feeds Advertised on elders.com.au Sale no: cs000403 Open for Inspection Thursday 20th of September 10am – 2pm – Pre-registration available. Day 1 9:30am Start Predominantly farm associated items plus some milling equipment. At the completion of Day 1, the chaff mill & bag press will be offered. Sale will finish at approximately 5:30pm with Day 2 to commence where Day 1 finished. Day 2 9:30am Start Predominantly milling associated items plus all trucks, grain (bulk bags & pellets of bags) & workshop equipment. Thousands more items on offer Chaff Mill: Stainless steel steamer, chaff cutter 6 knife wheel, 2 x fully automated bag press (holds 8 pallets), 15 bale (8x4x3) feed table feeding 3 wide bale teaser at one time, 11m conveyor and steam tunnel, Bag press pressing size 13x17x21 bags to the size of a Chep pallet with no overhang feeding an auto wrapper and bagger (holds 8 Chep pallets within the process), 4 deck riddles 5m long, 100 bag Filtair dust collector 13000 CFM capacity, 50HP Alfaral vertical tubeless boiler with auto blow down valve off spare water pumps LPG fired, 450MM Flaking Mill Turner with stainless steel steamers and 4.8 metre cooling Tromel x 1.2M(D) auxillary pieces stainless steel, Stainless steel Bud-Pac auto bagger Newlong industrial auto stitcher 8M bucket elevator, Grain cleaner 3.8Mx1.3M(D), Donaldson bag house air pulse dust collector, Carter-Day precision sizer 6 screen, twin air receivers, 2of spare flaking mill rollers900mm(L)x440(D), Lantech auto wrapper, Bamfords 3 phase 20HP motor corn/grain kibbeler & screening plant weigh scales bagging 530mm double sided kibbeling plates sound retarding room and associated feed conveyors Vehicles: JCB Telescopic Handler x 2 ,JCB 4 in 1 bucket, Hay Forks JCB, 2 JCB Buckets, Kenworth Prime mover, Volvo Prime mover, Volvo Prime mover, Krueger 48ft trailer with axle load scales, Lucar 48ft trailer, Vawdry 48ft trailer, Renault Seda, McGrath trailer flat top, Acco 1830c tipper, Great Wall v200 TDI 4WD, Hammer mill with 3phase 110kw drive motor, , TCM forklift (No. 3) 1.8T 6011(hrs), Tipping ATV trailer hand drawn easy wheel, TCM forklift (No. 4) 1.8T 6437(hrs), TCM forklift (No. 1) 1.8T 7462(hrs), TCM forklift (No. 2) 1.8T 4553(hrs), Acco 1981 1830c dot 4 Perkins running with turntable, Inter fire truck 1970 c1300 petrol 6cyl 1 firefighting pump with spray bars front and back, Chev C 1937 100CWT vintage truck suit resto, Farm machinery: Windrower, John Deere 7710, John Deere 7920, International 2388 header 30ft open front, Canola front for header, John Deere 7410 tractor, Croplands Pinto Boom Spray 60”, Grouper bin Heaslip with engine, Grouper bin Venning max fill with 13HP vanguard engine, Macey shifter with 13hp Honda engine 9.6m long, Polaris automatic quad bike, Quad bike spray tank 70lt and boom with spot sprayer, Massey Ferguson 5300 dyna swath canola front, Massey Ferguson WR9870 Windrower, Massey Ferguson razor bar twin max, Massey Ferguson 187 baler, RFM air seeder, Grizzly disc plough 56 plate, Massey Ferguson 2170 baler, 3 row field span cultivator, John Shearer harrows, Coolamon steelwork he 8 hay rake, Paddock roller, 3 point linkage Crowder for making check banks, Kwik Kleen grain cleaner with 25hp millers falls engine, Farm associated, Victa petrol vacuum, Screen and hopper on steel stand 1.2m x 3.4m x 3.7m(H), 2 x 120mm truck exhaust stacks, International harvester dry filter cyclone and air filter, Fork lift tines, Silage grab with quick hitch, Heavy duty vehicle ramps, Oil filters and fuel filter, Automotive lights, Polymaster diesel master 10,000 diesel tank with hose reel and electronic bowser, Keenan mixer, Lyco Dominator 25th Anniv Woolpress with bale weight monitor, 5 x Shearing Plants, Grainline auger 56’ x 250mm(D) with hydraulic steer and drive 35hp vanguard petrol engine, Jet Stream 56’ x 250mm(D) auger with hydraulically driven 24hp Honda engine electric start Grain and Pellets: Bulk Bags – Maze x12, Wheat x12, Oats x55, Pickled Oats x5, Bags of Limestone x140, Apple cider vinegar, bags of Finisher pellets x86, Maintenance pellets x50, starter pellets x60, steam flaked barley x344, feed wheat x60, feed oats x72, crushed lupins x151, whole lupins x118, whole Maize x114, steam flaked lupins x192, sunflower black x126, crushed barley x27, horse pellets x43 Numerous motors, refer to Elders online advert Numerous augers & conveyors, consisting of farm augers 6” & 8” plus multiple conveyor systems, refer to Elders online advert Numerous tanks, silos & hoppers: Polymaster 10,000lt computerised diesel tank self-bunded, 8 x 70T silo, 7x field bins, refer to Elders online advert Feed mill associated items, refer to Elders online advert Workshop equipment & tools, refer to Elders online advert Assorted steel, refer to Elders online advert Household items, refer to Elders online advert Thousands more items on offer Terms: Strictly cash/cheque & EFTPOS on day of the sale; buyer registration system will operate; ID required; GST applicable. Directions: Heading from Bendigo to Maryborough, follow the BendigoMaryborough Road, and turn left on the first road after the bridge over the Loddon River. Light refreshments available onContacts the day.
Contacts: Graeme Freemantle 0418 505 858 Nigel Starick 0408 528 322 Elders Bendigo 03 5445 6333
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TRADES HALL, VIEW ST Vintage/Antique fashion, 100's of books from $2. Sat 15/09 10-5 Sun 16 /09 10-3
PUBLISHING 38,200 COPIES EVERY FRIDAY
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WANTED TO BUY
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Roos final threat FINALS bolter Kangaroo Flat will look to continue its remarkable run when it plays Sandhurst for a place in the BFNL’s A-grade grand final. The Roos have rolled through their opening two finals matches with crushing wins over Golden Square and then last weekend Eaglehawk by 11 goals. They play the Dragons after Sandhurst fell to Gisborne by 12 goals last Sunday, continuing a difficult run without star defender Heather Oliver. Kangaroo Flat’s high-octane attacking game has taken hold in finals, the Roos scoring 62 goals against an Eaglehawk defence that always looked like being the
Hawks’ downfall. Ruby Barkmeyer was moved to goal attack to play alongside Adrienne Murphy, a combination that served the Roos well and will give Jaydon Cowling an extra move to throw at Sandhurst this week. How the Dragons can defensively combat Barkmeyer will go a long way to deciding the outcome of tomorrow afternoon’s clash. For Sandhurst, it’s not a case of “no Oliver, no Sandhurst” but the key member of their defence has left a sizeable gap in the Dragons’ lineup. Gisborne controlled last week’s semi-final from the outset and the Dragons couldn’t play
catch-up as they have done over the past 18 months. Their midcourt remains their big strength and the battle of Brooke Bolton and Meg Williams versus Roos captain Chelsea Sartori as the three BFNL representatives in the centre could prove vital. The winner will face Gisborne in next weekend’s 2018 grand final. Other games see Sandhurst versus Kyneton in A-reserve, Golden Square taking on Kangaroo Flat in B-grade, Golden Square up against Strathfieldsaye in B-reserve and Kangaroo Flat tackling Gisborne in the 17-andunder match.
Early bird deadline for Classic ORGANISERS of this year’s Bendigo Cycling Classic are planning a party-like atmosphere for the inaugural View Street Challenge to be held on Saturday, October 27. The View Street Challenge offers participants the chance to race 100 metres up Bendigo’s historic View Street, with the street closed to cars as part of the plan to provide a carnival like atmosphere the afternoon before the Ben-
digo Cycling Classic. Up to 100 participants will race for the best time, with the winner taking out the inaugural title of VSC Champion. As part of the View Street Challenge, the popular precinct will be transformed into a hive of activity, abuzz with excitement for competitors and spectators alike. Cyclists wanting to be part of history and the first ever View Street
Challenge are urged to register as soon as possible. Entry is just $10. On Sunday, October 28, the action turns to the famous Bendigo Cycling Classic and the five different rides on offer to cyclists of all ages and abilities. Ranging from the family friendly TripleM 10K Fun Ride to the Gran Fondo Classic 100km ride that traverses some of the region’s most spectacular countryside via Har-
court, around the back of Mount Alexander, down into Sedgwick and through the rolling hills before finishing at the Bendigo Town Hall in the heart of the city. Early bird registrations for the Bendigo Cycling Classic rides close on Monday, September 17, with savings of up to $20 per rider available. For more information, or to enter any of the rides on offer, go to www.bendigocyclingclassic
RISING STAR: Tayla Vlaeminck. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
Tayla earns T20 cap BENDIGO’S Tayla Vlaeminck is one of two uncapped bowlers included in the Australian T20 squad to play New Zealand in the Commonwealth Bank Women’s T20 International series beginning later this month. The talented fast bowler has endured a meteoric rise to the national squad that is made even more impressive given what the 19-year-old quick has already endured. The Melbourne Renegades star has recovered from two knee reconstructions and a dislocated shoulder – all suffered in the space of three years – to put herself in line for an international debut. A modest Vlaeminck yesterday admitted to being surprised at her selection, which came after a spectacular series in South Africa earlier this year with the national Under 19 women’s team. After a slow start to her tour, she starred in Pretoria, capturing five wickets, backing up to take
6-27 in 7.5 overs in a match-winning display in the final match of the tour. A highly committed athlete, Vlaeminck spent the winter as part of the National Performance Squad training for eight weeks at Brisbane’s National Cricket Centre, working under her Under 19 national coach Leah Poulton and Australia assistant coach Shelley Nitschke. The T20 series against New Zealand begins with a blockbuster Saturday night match at North Sydney Oval on Saturday, September 29. That match will be followed by games at Brisbane’s AB Field (October 1) and Canberra’s Manuka Oval (October 5). The series will serve as crucial preparation ahead of the World T20 in the Caribbean in November. Thirteen players have been chosen to take on New Zealand, but an extended group of 15 will fly to Guyana for the tournament.
Paddlers in Yarra win STORM FRONT: Strathfieldsaye have one last chance to make this year’s premiership decider.
Fierce fight looms at the QEO From Page 32 The Dragons’ versatile, endlessly-switchable defenders will worry the Storm’s ailing forward line, but if Strathfieldsaye can manufacture rapid entries and scramble the defence they will cre-
ate scoring chances. So it becomes even more imperative that Sandhurst’s midfield of Tim Martin, Nick Stagg, Blair Holmes and Andy Collins control the battle in the centre and don’t allow Jake Moorhead and Kallen Geary the chance to pinpoint the
Storm’s forwards. Do that, and Sandhurst will go a long way toward returning to the grand final, where they triumphed in 2016. The Storm won’t go down without a fight. That’s a fact their fierce rivals know all too well.
BENDIGO Canoe Club members took to the Yarra River at Eltham last weekend for the Victorian Downriver Schools competition. Bendigo Canoe Club had six paddlers compete in the event which drew 67 competitors from across the state. Imogen Douglass won the Under 18 female and was fastest female overall, while James Humphry won the Under 18 male category and was also fastest male competitor. Other Bendigo Canoe Club members to perform well at Eltham included Ashely Illot who finished second in the Under 16 female category, while Charlie
Wardrop was the second placed male Under 18 finisher. The Bendigo paddlers were all students of the Bendigo Academy of Sports kayaking development program. The program is now taking new students, aged between 12-18 years old, and will host a try out day at Lake Weeroona on Saturday, October 6. For further information, contact executive officer Graham Gordon at the Bendigo Academy of Sport on 5444 7700 or g.gordon@latrobe.edu.au Alternatively, contact Bendigo Canoe Club’s Tony Misson on 0411 605 239 or tmisson@iprimus.com.au
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DOUBLE UP: Eddie and Maree enjoy tandem riding. Spring Gully,” Maree said. It can’t be this hard they both thought. It wasn’t: when they realised what was wrong and got the pedals back in synch they flew back. After that, the biggest challenge was finding a cadence they were both comfortable with. Edward pedals at a higher cadence than Maree and set the pace on that first ride. “After the first time I said I can’t keep this up,” Maree said. By the time they rolled up to the start of the Bendigo Cycling Classic last year on their new tandem, they had become a good team and both could enjoy the ride. “It was fun to meet different people last year,” Maree said. They even surprised some riders by overtaking them on hills, dispelling the myth that tandems are slow.
“We were passing people on McIvor Road, then they’d pass us and we’d catch them going downhill.” Which is where she starts thinking that there must be more tandems hiding in garages and sheds around Bendigo. “Wouldn’t it be a great idea to get them together to ride the Bendigo Cycling Classic this year?” she said. The Bendigo Cycling Classic is on Sunday, October 28 – see bendigocyclingclassic.com.au for details and to register. If you’re interested in getting together as a tandem group, contact Edward Barkla at ebarkla@powercor.com.au And if it’s a long time since your tandem has ventured outdoors, get it checked over by your local bike mechanic before you set off on your first adventure. – Helen Cronin
THE Mitiamo Superoos will take on the consistent Newbridge in this weekend’s Bendigo Bank Loddon Valley Football Netball League’s senior footy grand final. The Superoos defeated Maiden Gully YCW Eagles in last weekend’s preliminary final at Discover Marong Oval in Malone Park, Marong to make the season’s decider. It was a rampaging final quarter by Mitiamo that saw them home in the penultimate match of the season, kicking 7.8 to 1.3 in the final term to seal a 16.20 (116) to 12.8 (80) victory. Mitiamo will go into the match confident of their ability to reverse the result from the last time they played Newbridge when the Superoos went down by just eight points, back in round 14. Saturday’s grand finals will be played at Laser Plumbing Bendigo Oval, Bridgewater: Seniors at 2.15pm: Newbridge v Mitiamo. Reserves at 12.30pm: Bridgewater v Pyramid Hill. Under-18s at 10.50am: Maiden Gully YCW Eagles v Pyramid Hill. Bridgewater will play Calivil United in the A-grade netball grand final, after a 10-goal win in last Saturday’s preliminary final against Mitiamo at Marong. Saturday’s Loddon Valley netball grand finals will be played at Laser Plumbing Bendigo Oval, Bridgewater: A-grade at 3pm: Calivil
United v Bridgewater. B-grade at 1.30pm: Maiden Gully YCW v Bridgewater. C-grade at noon: Inglewood v Mitiamo. 17-under at noon: Calivil United v Inglewood. C-reserve at 10.30am: Maiden Gully YCW v Pyramid Hill. 15-under at 10.30am: Maiden Gully YCW v Inglewood. Meanwhile, the La Trobe University Bendigo Bank Junior Football League grand finals will also be played this weekend. Remarkably, 21 of the 22 clubs associated with the junior league played in this year’s final series, with 15 clubs participating in the grand final, equalling the record from 2017. The Under 16 senior Grand Final will again be played at the QEO on Saturday, starting at 9am, allowing the top junior age group to be showcased on the premier oval in the region. On Sunday, the action will shift to Strathfieldsaye, with five grand finals to be played on the hallowed senior oval, while six deciders will be fought out on the junior oval. Sunday’s matches start from 8.30am, when North Bendigo takes on the Quarry Hill Demons in the 12D competition grand final. The Demons won through in last weekend’s preliminary final by overcoming the Maiden Gully YCW Eagles by nine points in a thriller.
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MAREE Barkla would like to see more tandems out on the road. And she’d love to see a gathering of tandems do this year’s Bendigo Cycling Classic together. “It would be fun to get more than one,” she said, remembering her ride with husband, Edward in last year’s classic. “We had a great time saying hello to people – the social side is what makes riding a tandem fun.” She likes to talk to people while she’s riding, including her husband, but it’s difficult when he’s much fitter. “He’s always out in front and he can’t hear me, so it’s not much fun for me. But on the tandem he’s right there – we can talk.” Maree first rode a tandem her father built from two single bikes. “My sisters and I would ride it as kids. “It was a lot of fun – until it got too old and we couldn’t ride it any more.” Riding a tandem requires team work and many years later when Maree and Edward borrowed a friend’s tandem as a novice team, they learned the hard way. A tandem bike has two chains: one that provides the drive in the same way as a single bike and a second on the other side of the bike – the timing chain - that keeps the two sets of pedals turning together. On their first ride they dropped the timing chain that keeps the two sets of pedals synchronised. “I got it back on, but the pedals were out of synch and I hadn’t realised,” Edward said. “We were fighting each other and I was puffed by the time we got to
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Rivals in top clash THE biggest rivalry of the decade in the Bendigo Football Netball League adds another chapter tomorrow as Strathfieldsaye and Sandhurst clash for the remaining 2018 grand final spot. Eaglehawk has already booked its spot thanks to a 40-point win over the Storm last week, while Kyneton slumped to a second straight triple-figure loss to play Sandhurst in the other semi-final. Since 2010 no combination has appeared in as many grand finals against one another as Sandhurst and Strathfieldsaye’s three, and the pair has made finals every year since 2012 – Sandhurst’s stretch dating back to the start of the decade. The Storm has again been the benchmark all season long and lost just its third game of the season last week against the Hawks. Injuries may be starting to catch up with them. Kallen Geary missed last week with a hamstring issue but should return for tomorrow’s clash, while Jake Moorhead and Harry Crone looked like they would be better for the run on return. It is the absence of Lachlan Sharp that could be the worry for the Storm, which will instead have to rely on key marking targets Hugh Robertson and
Bryce Curnow up forward. Of their goalkickers last week, Robertson booted four, Curnow kicked two and Bailey Henderson slotted a pair, with Shannon Geary kicking the other. While Robertson’s performance was mighty impressive, that list of goalkickers and a lack of smalls among it has to worry coach Troy Coates. Geary may be the answer, as a reprisal of a role in the forward line a possibility unless Coates can find an answer to the team’s structural woes. It could even be himself stationed inside 50, a role he is not unfamiliar with. The Storm faces the competition’s best defence this week in Sandhurst, which allowed fewer points per game than any side in the competition. The Dragons have conceded 70-plus only four times all season – against Strathfieldsaye (97), Golden Square and Kyneton (93 each) while Eaglehawk scored 70 points in round seven. Since round 10 against Square, the miserly Sandhurst back line has not conceded double-digit goals in a game and the highest score against them was Gisborne’s 9.11.65 in the elimination final.
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