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ISSUE 1005 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Eye on the weather AS the mercury soared into the 40s yesterday, plenty of locals cooled off at Bendigo pools. Lifeguards like Jaryd will be watching on, with the heat to continue into the weekend. – Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN.

CEO SHOCK

By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO Hospital’s opening honeymoon finished abruptly this week, when the man who oversaw the $630 million project temporarily stood aside from his role under a veil of secrecy.

Bendigo Health chief executive John Mulder, one of the city’s highest paid executives, notified staff on Wednesday and released a public statement that said he was temporarily stepping down from his position, and that for legal reasons he was unable to provide further details.

“I look forward to resuming my

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Mulder temporarily stands aside

wonderful working relationship with my board, senior executive team and my staff across Bendigo Health and I am immensely proud of what we have been able to achieve together,” he said.

“I also look forward to completing my vision for health services in this community when this is resolved.”

Lawyers have advised Mr Mulder, the Bendigo Health board and health minister Jill Hennessy not to com-

ment on what has to be resolved.

Ms Hennessy confirmed she had been notified by board chairman Bob Cameron, but would not comment further.

Mr Cameron said the board had appointed Peter Faulkner, the executive in charge of the Bendigo Hospital project, to act as chief executive.

“The board of Bendigo Health hopes this matter is resolved in a timely manner,” he said.

Mr Mulder is an experienced

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health sector executive and one of the highest paid managers in Bendigo earning more than $400,000 in 2015-16, according to Bendigo Health’s annual report.

Mr Mulder was managing hospitals at Apollo Bay, Lorne, Winchelsea and Beeac by the time he was 26 years old.

His resume includes executive positions in heath care services at Wangaratta, Geelong and Werribee.

He came to work for Bendigo

Health 10 years ago, “and has found his time here to be both challenging and rewarding”, according to the annual report.

“The commitment by the Victorian government to build a new hospital for Bendigo is a career highlight for John,” the report states.

“He has worked tirelessly to achieve this and looks forward to the day when this new world class hospital opens its doors.”

The official opening of Stage One of the new Bendigo Hospitalproject is expected to be held early in March. Stage Two works are expected to be finished by mid 2018.

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Rate cut ruled unlikely THE Housing Industry Association believes the prospect of any further rate cut has been quashed, following this week’s announcement that there would be no change to the official cash rate.

“Our forecast for some time has been for no further reduction to the official cash rate (OCR) in 2017,” HIA chief economist, Dr Harley Dale, said this week. “(Tuesday’s) statement, following the decision to keep the OCR steady at 1.50 per cent in February, signals that economic

“Now is a great opportunity to research your options” conditions would need to deteriorate markedly from where they currently sit if there were to be a further interest rate cut.”

Dr Dale said the reserve bank appears slightly more bullish on the world economy and a little more sanguine regarding the risks to the domestic economy.

“Notably, the RBA recognises the wide diversity in housing market conditions around the country. The RBA is relying on supervisory measures (i.e. APRA) to

INVESTMENT: The state government is finalising a landmark housing strategy. constrain any areas of the home lending market where they might have concern,” he said.

“That is an appropriate approach in the current diverse housing environment and hopefully should dampen presumptuous calls from some quarters for a rate hike in 2017.”

Webster Real Estate principal and outgoing REIV Bendigo branch chairman, Craig Webster, said he believed the current low interest rates would remain at that level for some time in 2017.

“Whether you are looking to buy your first home, move home, refinance, or invest in property, with such a competitive mortgage market now is a great opportunity to research your options,” Mr Webster said.

THE state government will invest $16.4 million to accelerate planning and approval processes to ensure the supply of new housing in Victoria more than meets the annual demand.

Treasurer Tim Pallas said Victoria was taking the lead on improving housing affordability and would extend its Streamlining for Growth Program for three more years to reduce red tape and encourage housing development in key areas.

The program has already made significant progress with 70 projects in 39 municipalities benefitting from reduced red tape which had delayed subdivision approvals from councils and utilities.

The goal is to keep a four-

month stock of lots for sale to create a more competitive market.

A recent surge in sales has left the market undersupplied.

The program will include a major focus on strategic sites in established suburbs, many of which have remained undeveloped for far too long.

Speaking at a housing industry forum, the treasurer also confirmed that the Victorian Planning Authority’s forward program will ensure a strong pipeline of zoned land capable of meeting 15 years supply in Melbourne’s growth corridors.

The treasurer also called on the federal government to establish an affordable housing corporation to provide low cost loans to community housing associations. Victoria is looking at a range of initiatives to strengthen this sector.

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CHURCH ABUSE RESPONSE

Changes ahead for diocese

By PETER KENNEDY

Statement by Bishop Tomlinson

HORRIFIED, BUT HOPEFUL: Bishop Leslie Tomlinson. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN tified us as having an incidence of 14.7 per cent and the second worst diocese in Australia… defies understanding,” he said.

“I mean we are all aware of these places, dioceses and such that have been focussed on through the Royal Commission, and numerically a much larger number of offences and the puzzle comes with… if it were such a prob-

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past, but if look at the context of that time we would find that there was less awareness, therefore less vigilance, and consequently greater opportunity for,” he said.

Bishop Tomlinson has several times apologised for the actions and offending of the past, including in the statement he released earlier this week.

He said apologising was

none of us reflecting on the horror of abuse of this kind can be anything but horrified

lem why did the Royal Commission not see fit to investigate us?

“So there’s a contradiction there in my mind, between what they’re claiming – identifying as the second worst diocese in Australia, and the facts that we know.”

As to whether the church could have done better in its response and in its dealings, Bishop Tomlinson said we could all benefit from the vision of hindsight.

“I think that we have to always bear in mind the context, and not only do we look back with shame and horror at what was perpetrated in the

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THE Diocese of Sandhurst has introduced a raft of changes in response to findings handed down by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that the diocese had the second worst rate of offending of all Australian dioceses.

In a broad-ranging and in-depth interview with the Bendigo Weekly, Bishop Leslie Tomlinson this week said he was confident legislative changes, greater vigilance, the introduction of additional protocols and the appointment of a Child Safety Officer would help prevent future incidences of unacceptable behaviour within local schools and parishes.

“Working in the context of an inheritance from the past where there was much less recognition of the potential problem, or exposure of young vulnerable people to abuse… the last 20 years has certainly heightened our awareness of that and made generally people much more vigilant than before,” he said.

Asked for his reaction to the revelations surrounding the rate of alleged child sexual abuse in Sandhurst, Bishop Tomlinson said he was not merely surprised, but still puzzled.

“When we look at the context it is hard to understand it because we are all well aware through the 3.5 years of the Royal Commission, that the Royal Commission has been prompted by people who have gone to the Royal Commission with complaints, and has been moving around various areas that have been identified as particularly problematic,… in none of that was there any attention given to Sandhurst and for good reason as you’ll see in the statement,” he said.

Bishop Tomlinson said while he regretted that there have been any incidences of abuse in the diocese, the offending had been over a large period, mainly in the 50s, 60s and into the 70s, with the last complaint referring to an incident in 1991.

‘To find suddenly that the Royal Commission has iden-

important, and it was not difficult from the point of view that “none of us reflecting on the horror of abuse of this kind can be anything but horrified by it and therefore I can sincerely express my sorrow at what has happened to these people and my regrets that it wasn’t confronted earlier”.

Bishop Tomlinson also defended the under siege Cardinal George Pell, who continues to face calls to return to Australia from his duties in Rome, adding he believed the Cardinal was being pursued unreasonably.

“He has twice already appeared to the Royal Commis-

sion and previous to that he appeared at the parliamentary inquiry in Victoria,” he said.

“What he has stated in all three interviews has been consistent and he’s been adamant that he wasn’t in the position to do anything to confront this problem prior to becoming Archbishop of Melbourne.

“I believe he’s answered honestly, with an understanding of those who have been offended against and endeavoured to be sympathetic to them. I would wonder whether he’s become a symbol to pursue and certainly it’s hard to believe that he’s been treated fairly.”

Bishop Tomlinson said while he hoped the church could one day close the door on the issue of child sexual abuse, it must remain vigilant.

“I hope so but of course it (the church) can’t do so by saying we no longer have a problem and therefore we’ve relaxed all our vigilance… No, I don’t think there will ever be a time for that, but I suppose with the passage of time we can become more confident that whatever contributed to the past problems has been addressed and there are many ways in which we are seeking to address that,” he said.

THE figures released yesterday about the Diocese of Sandhurst by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse between 1950 and 2010 require a response.

The evidence of the Royal Commission, along with all we have heard over the past four years, can only be interpreted for what it is – a massive failure on the part of the Catholic Church as an institution in Australia to protect our children from abusers and predators.

I acknowledge that the Diocese of Sandhurst, like every other diocese in Australia, had its share of perpetrators of sexual abuse. To have a single priest abuser was one too many and to have a single claim against a diocese was also one too many.

It has been reported that the Diocese of Sandhurst was the second worst in Australia for rates of alleged child sexual abuse. This statement needs to be read in the correct context.

Over a 60-year period, the Sandhurst Diocese had a total of 27 claims of abuse, of which 14 were substantiated.

The report identified 1880 alleged perpetrators across Australia, of which 384 were diocesan priests. The total number of priests from the Sandhurst Diocese alleged to have been perpetrators, using the 14.7 percent figure stated in the report released yesterday by the Royal Commission, is 16. This is consistent with data held by the diocese.

On these figures, the 16 Sandhurst priests represent 4.1 percent of the total alleged perpetrators Australia-wide.

The last report of sexual abuse of a minor by a priest in this diocese was 26 years ago in 1991.

As the Bishop of the Diocese of Sandhurst, I have apologised to victims and survivors of sexual abuse on several occasions in the past. I wish to take this opportunity to do so again. I remain committed to working with victims, survivors and their families into the future. As a diocese and community we will work together to ensure that this betrayal can never occur again.

We have recently recruited a Child Safety Officer to work across the diocese to ensure that all proper processes for protection of children are in place and maintained. This important position will assist in meeting the requirements of the Victorian government’s child safety regulations in our schools, parishes and charitable organisations.

We commit to working with the findings of the Royal Commission to ensure a positive future for our young people and those entrusted to our care.

I believe that the diocese is very well served by a dedicated clergy, in who I have the utmost confidence.

I encourage anyone who has suffered sexual abuse to report it to the police.

Bishop of Sandhurst, Leslie Tomlinson

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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, February 10, 2017

Housing shortage hits new high

THE Salvation Army has reported a 10 per cent rise in people accessing its services in Bendigo citing a lack of affordable housing as the chief cause of increasing need.

The Salvos are at the front line of emergency relief, dispensing food, clothing and help to pay bills to people who are in crisis.

Divisional doorways coordinator Kaye Viney said the increase was an estimate for the 2016 calendar year.

She said some of those appealing to the charity were working but needed help to make ends meet.

Ms Viney said common to all clients of the Salvation Army was the challenge of finding or keeping affordable homes.

“I would like the government to do more about making affordable housing more available,” she said.

“They want somewhere safe to sleep, a roof over their heads.”

Ms Viney said it was tougher for those who because of mental health needs found it impossible

to share accommodation.

Haven Home Safe is charged with supporting people who are homeless or in housing crisis.

A spokesperson said less

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renting, and for longer periods, as they struggle to save money to buy a home.

“This puts pressure on the availability and cost of renting

I would like the government to do more about making affordable housing more available

than two per cent of all available rental properties would be considered affordable for people on single statutory incomes, such as a Centrelink payment.

More people than ever are

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in the private market particularly for people on low or fixed income,” the spokesperson said.

“A house or unit that costs more than 30 per cent of your gross income is unaffordable

and unsustainable.”

Thirty per cent of the amount a couple will draw in the aged pension means they can only afford to pay just over $200 a week in rent.

The figure is $150 for anyone on a disability support pension, and $98 a week for someone drawing a Newstart payment.

Clients in the last two categories comprise the majority of Haven’s clients.

From March, the agency will offer a new private rental assistance program that aims to keep people from losing tenancy.

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Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the development of the Community Plan so far.

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The first thing people want to ask centenarian Winefride Lucy King is what is the secret to her long life?

Mrs King’s response is that she has always walked everywhere (having never driven a car) has never had a drink or smoked but as for swearing, well that’s another story.

According to her attentive son Ted he can only remember one occasion when his mother swore.

“When we were living in Castlemaine, mum was the sole supporter of myself and my brother Kevin and she used to work very hard doing domestic work for the mayor,” he said.

“One day she brought her wages home in a paper packet and put it on the table.

“At one point she was tidying up, gathered up a lot of old papers and threw them all into the wood stove – including those precious wages.

“Mum was well and truly justified swearing on that occasion.”

Mrs King was born at Timor near Maryborough and her father, Peter, worked away from home as a miner.

She was the youngest of seven children and so frail, she was not expected to survive.

Consequently her mother Selina gave her baby

milestone: Winefride King celebrated her 100th birthday this week.

Winefride the best of the food to the detriment of the other six siblings.

Hard work was a constant theme in Mrs King’s life. As a young girl she laboured in hosiery factories in Brunswick as a silk winder.

She later moved to Castlemaine where she worked at the woollen mill and later the Alexander Home for the Aged.

She married in 1942 and

had two children, Ted and Kevin. The great tragedy of her life was the loss of her son Kevin in a car accident when he was 20.

She says the happiest moment was when she held her grandson Brent in her arms.

Mrs King celebrated her 100th birthday on Wednesday, surrounded by her loving family, friends and staff from Adventcare in Golden Square. - Dianne Dempsey

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Project gathers speed

EDUCATION CENTRE OPENS THE recently completed Sidney Myer Haven education centre will be officially opened tomorrow by consumer affairs minister Marlene Kairouz.

The education centre, at the corner of Keck and Somerville streets in Flora Hill, forms an important part of the Sidney Myer Haven project which also includes 23 units to provide stable housing for homeless youth.

Those in residence take part in an innovative program in which they receive education, training and support to develop life skills, find jobs and secure private rental accommodation for themselves.

This model is the only one of its kind in Australia and is an initiative of local organisation Haven; Home, Safe.

ARTS REGISTER SET UP A REGISTER of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists is being established by the City of Greater Bendigo to better recognise and support artists for project work or commissions.

The online register will allow artists to submit their details via council website or with a hard copy form.

Once it is put into place, the register will be maintained and updatyed by council.

It will be available to groups, organisations and individuals who want to contact artists for projects.

The development of the register is one of the actions of the council’s 2016-19 Reconciliation Action Plan which was adopted last year.

Artists can register via an online form on the city’s website at www. bendigo.vic.gov.au and hard copy registration forms are also available from the council offices in Lyttleton Terrace.

WELCOME LANDING: Dignitaries at the runway opening on Wednesday.

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By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO is three months away from being able to land a 75-seat passenger aircraft, and a step closer to attracting a domestic carrier.

The new 1.6 kilometre runway at the Bendigo airport has passed all checks by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and was commissioned at noon on Wednesday.

Minutes later, an Air Ambulance made a debut landing on the new runway, a very smooth landing according to flight paramedic Troy Fosbender.

Then 25 Bendigo pilots took advantage of the occasion to test the new strip making Wednesday busier than usual for air traffic.

For the City of Greater Bendigo which is managing the $15 million upgrade, it is case of build it and they will come.

The council will have a fully operational upgraded airport by May to show prospective domestic airline carriers to which they will market Bendigo as a flight destination.

Chief executive Craig Niemann said Wednesday’s runway commissioning did not mean the airport was “open for business for everyone”.

“There is more work to be done in terms of taxiways and more infrastructure to be built,” Mr Niemann said.

“We have had some signifi-

BENDIGO’s Discovery Science and Technology Museum will bring the fun of National Science Week to town after receiving a federal government grant to deliver its Translating Science and Technology project.

While science week isn’t until August, the grant was announced by senator Jane Hume this week.

Discovery will partner with Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Service to invite members from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to take part in workshops at the centre.

Translating Science and Technology is among 39 projects chosen nationally to receive funding in a $500,000 grant round.

SCOTS Day out in Bendigo tomorrow is twice the celebration for 2017 chieftain Neil Clark.

He will celebrate a birthday the same day.

“This is going to be a great day for him and for Bendigo,” said director Chris Earl, who rates this year’s fifth Scots Day Out different for the addition of two of Scotland’s greatest sports.

Visitors to Rosalind Park can toss a light-weight caber and play three holes of mini golf.

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teers ready to be transformed into a sea of tartan where excitement and engagement will abound until the stirring finale by bands and dancers just after 5pm,” Mr Earl said.

“We have clans coming from across Australia for the weekend as well as stalls with whisky, haggis and shortbread and other Scottish treats.

“The fun of the day also includes our dash in Rosalind Park by kilted runners, Celtic music and Gaelic language classes.”

The event kicks off with a street parade at 10am.

DRUMMING UP SUPPORT: Neil Cark will celebrate his birthday at Scots Day Out.

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that had to go around that, the acquisition of land, relocation of roads, contracting to then do the infrastructure works and build the runway.

“Clearly the local users have been very patient but they can see what they are going to get is a fantastic new airport.”

Mr Niemann said the council was confident it could attract a passenger carrier.

“If we can get someone set up there it will be a major bonus in terms of flights to Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, whatever the offer may be,” he said.

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Settlement for park case

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A CASE brought against the City of Greater Bendigo by the mother of a four-year-girl who died when a tree branch in Rosalind Park fell on her, has been settled out of court.

Kristy Thomson was also struck and suffered spinal injuries.

Her daughter, Patiya Schreiber, died instantly when she was hit by the four-tonne tree branch in late December 2013.

The council cut down the tree soon after the incident and New Years Eve celebrations at the park were cancelled.

In September 2015, the Victorian coroner cleared the City of Greater Bendigo over the death of Patiya, after questioning the health of the tree and whether the fall branch could have been prevented by council officers.

Coroner Phillip Byrne heard that officers had conducted a ground inspection of the tree three months before the fatality.

Mr Byrne found there were a number of structural problems with the tree that warranted more than a ground inspection, but found the arborist in charge of the tree was “consci-

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entious in the execution of his duties” and a credible witness.

He cleared the council and its officers of any wrongdoing.

Ms Thomson brought legal action later the same month, claiming the council had failed in its duty of care to her.

The writ she submitted to the Supreme Court claimed the council failed to properly manage and maintain Rosalind Park or have proper inspections of trees carried out.

It also claimed the council failed to remove the tree, failed to have appropriate systems in place to inspect trees, and failed to warn the plaintiff

of the dangers.

City of Greater Bendigo chief executive Craig Niemann confirmed this week the settlement with Ms Thomson had been reached late last year.

“A confidential out-of-court settlement has been reached with Kristy Thomson,” Mr Niemann said.

“The City of Greater Bendigo respects that confidentiality while recognising the loss of a child is unimaginable to most people and extends its deepest sympathies to Ms Thomson and her family as they continue to rebuild their lives following this tragedy.”

Club lights up a new home TECHNOLOGY is all around us, but have you ever wondered just how it works?

Well, the Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club is giving you the chance to find out, and the club has a brand new location stocked full of technological marvels.

From electronic dice to solar-powered creepy crawlies, BAREC has products to spark an interest from all age groups at its new site at 20 Longlea Lane in the former Longlea School building.

Both amateur radio and electronics are broad activities, meaning there it a multitude of areas in each according to the club’s Kevin Crockett.

“You can indulge in electronics without amateur radio, but you can’t have amateur radio without electronics,” he said.

From standard CB, or citizen’s band, radios to the far more complicated Earth-Moon-Earth – which Mr Crockett describes as communication using the moon as a reflector to return frequencies that would otherwise continue into space – there are countless ways to communicate.

Best of all, you will learn valuable skills while doing it.

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Council collects on missing votes THE City of Greater Bendigo stands to collect up for $860,000 in fines from residents who failed to vote in the 2016 local government elections.

The Victorian Electoral Commisson has delivered failure to vote letters to 11,022 residents who were registered to vote in the October 2016 election.

Unless they can explain why they did not return voting slips before the close of business, October 21, they will pay a $78 fine.

VEC electoral commissioner Warwick Gately implored people who receive the letter not to ignore it.

“If you did not vote but you do provide a sufficient excuse, then you won’t be fined,” Mr Gately said.

“Voting in council elections is an important democratic right and it is also compulsory for Victorians on the state electoral roll.”

But almost a quarter of City of Greater Bendigo residents failed to exercise that right.

The commission reported it received 65,055 formal and informal votes in the election, but another 22,622 enrolled voters did not vote.

Less than half of the non-voters are eligible for a fine. The rest of the people who didn’t vote were exempt.

Those who did not have to vote included residents aged 70 years or over and people who own property in the local government area but do not live here.

Also exempt are those voters who applied to the council, and were approved, for an exemption.

This is the first local government election the VEC has been responsible for enforcing.

It has data for the whole of Victoria for 2012, when more than two thirds of failure to vote notices became infringements.

The fines recovered are passed on to the relevant local government.

Mr Gately said the process of enforcing failure to vote comprised four steps, the first of which was the letter that had just been sent to registered voters.

Recipients have 28 days to respond.

The commission will issue an infringement notice if the excuse is insufficient or no response is received.

A penalty reminder notice will follow.

If the fine is not paid or the infringement is not withdrawn, the recipient’s details will be the provided to the Infringements Court.

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On the eighth anniversary of the Black Saturday fires this week, research published by University of Tasmania professor David Bowman shows days of extreme fire danger are projected to increase by 20 to 50 per cent in “disaster prone landscapes” including southern Australia.

The research uses climate change model projections.

Professor Bowman said nearly a third of the extreme fires he and an international research team examined had occurred in regions where people had built into flammable forested landscapes.

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“One solution may be to introduce training for people living in bushfire-prone areas to help them work through the decisionmaking process inherent in prepare-act-survive policies,” Prof Bowman has written for online news site, The Conversation.

He also warns that, if people were properly using a bushfire plan, they would have to accept false alarms several times each summer.

“This could involve staying away from their homes for up to 24 hours at a time regardless of whether a bushfire starts in their community,” Prof Bowman wrote.

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Awards in sight for young guns SOME of Bendigo region’s most promising sporting talent will be recognised as part of the Cloud Copy Click Sports Star of the Year inaugural scholarships program to be unveiled at this year’s awards night.

Set for Friday, February 24 at the All Seasons Quality Resort, the awards have long recognised the best of the best, with a focus in more recent years on also acknowledging up and coming talent, and the promotion and benefits of a healthy lifestyle, via the Bendigo Health backed Healthy Schools awards.

Thanks to the generosity and support of some of the city’s leading businesses, a number of young and emerging

athletes are among those in consideration for the first round of Sports Star scholarship awards.

These awards provide valuable financial support and assistance to athletes who incur considerable expense and potential hardship as part of their journey towards achieving their best in whatever field of sport they are part of.

Nominees for the awards have been drawn from a wide range of sports, with eventual winners to be determined and announced at the February 24 gala event.

Other awards to be determined include the overall Cloud Copy Click Sports Star of the Year, the Cyril Michelsen and Maxine Crouch Trust

Fund awards, the Faith Leech Inspiration award and the announcement of this year’s worthy Hall of Fame recipient.

Sports Star kicks off at the All Seasons from 6.30pm on Friday, February 24. More information is available from the offices of the Bendigo Weekly, located at 37-39 View Street, phone 5440 2500.

Tickets for the event cost $95, and include a two course meal and drinks. Tickets may be purchased from the Weekly’s offices, or online at www.centralvictoriatickets.com.au on target: Reigning Maxine Crouch Trust Fund award winner Emma Cox. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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Worlds of difference

PARLIAMENT House in Canberra is a far cry from her electorate in Bendigo, but they both play a vital role in the workload of federal Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters.

Ms Chesters returned to parliament this week for the first sitting days of 2017 and laid out her political goals for the year.

She sat down with the Weekly in her office in Canberra this week and said that although the objectives of her work are the same, the two locations represent what amount to almost two completely different jobs.

“In Bendigo I’m always out and about in the community, I’m outside, lots of fresh air,” Ms Chesters said.

“When you come to Canberra and you walk in the doors, you usually don’t get fresh air until you leave at the end of the day.

“One of the big things is it all happens in this massive building and your day is organised by the ringing of the bells.

“In some ways it’s like being back at school.

The bells ring at the beginning of the day they ring at the end of the day and when there’s a vote happening.”

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“When you meet with lobbyists all day it’s rare that you learn something, you tend to learn more by getting out and speaking to the actual groups whether it be on farm or at an aged care centre for instance,” she said.

“Other meetings can be quite productive... I caught up with Tanya Plibersek’s office today to talk about the education campaign and Tanya

has agreed to come to Bendigo, so that’s really productive.”

Ms Plibersek’s trip will involve a round table meeting with school principals about school funding among other issues, Ms Chesters said.

Her goals for the new year include justice for Centrelink debt recovery victims, funding for vital community projects and greater support for women’s sport, but that is far from all she will be focussing on.

“I want to see a really strong Labor policy on regional workforce, and regional development.

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Commitment to service TWO prominent Bendigo men have been acknowledged for their ongoing community service.

Former real estate agent and 2004 Greater Bendigo Citizen of the Year Ian Dyett and former federal and state politician Bruce Reid have been made Fellows of the Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices, the organisation which represents the interests of Justices of the Peace and Bail Justices.

The pair was acknowledged for their longstanding service to the community in addition to their voluntary work as JPs, and this is the first time the Honour of Fellowship, which includes the post nominal FRVAHJ, has been bestowed on any Bendigo Justices.

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A French connection MORE than 40 students and staff from the Sainte Ursule school in Luçon, France were thrown into the midst of an Australian summer this week when they arrived in Bendigo.

The French students and staff are on a biennial exchange for two weeks, the sixth such event hosted by its sister school in Girton Grammar.

The students are staying with host families and staff from the school and will be attending classes at Girton as well as sightseeing around the state.

Sainte Ursule lists itself as having about 950 pupils and is located, similarly to Girton’s location in Bendigo, in the heart of Luçon in the Pays de la Loire region.

Girton headmaster Matthew Maruff said the exchange programs and a way for young people to experience a different culture and education system.

He also said it helps strengthen ties between the schools, located nearly 17,000 kilometres away in western France, 90km south of Nantes.

“These exchanges allow for wonderful collaborative learning and give students a chance to take their language studies beyond the classroom,” he said.

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big time: Todd Jarratt has earned an internship at Stanford University. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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LOCAL strength and conditioning coach Todd Jarratt will learn from some of the best when he heads to prestigious American university Stanford on an internship next year.

Mr Jarratt has been working with Epsom-based The Human Mechanics for just over a year and recently landed a job with top Queensland sports conditioning firm CSF Sports Development Coaching.

The opportunity was so good he decided to forgo a masters in exercise physiology in Bendigo to move to Maroochydore and work with CSF. “I got up there to intern

with them in January and really enjoyed it and learnt a lot,” he said.

“We have a lot of opportunities to develop athletes up there and work with them and the University of the Sunshine Coast to keep improving what we do which is really exciting.”

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BENDIGO-BASED academic Pamela Snow has been advocating for the introduction of phonics teaching in primary schools for years and now she has the opportunity to put her case directly to the federal government.

Professor Snow, who is the head of La Trobe University’s Rural Health School, is one of six professionals appointed to a panel that will design a skills check for year one students.

The panel will also consider the best way to implement the tests.

A speech pathologist and registered psychologist, Professor Snow is outspoken about the need to increase literacy in young readers in order to lift the “long tail of underachievement”.

She is particularly interested in improving the lot of children who start from behind.

“When these children struggle to make the transition to literacy, they often develop secondary emotional and behavioural difficulties and can be quite challenging to teach,” Prof Snow said.

“They also then require considerable specialist services, which are not always available.

“All children need to learn how to decode the relationship between sounds and letters, but some do so much more seamlessly than others.

“I see this panel as a way of levelling the playing field so all children are exposed to best practice instruction that is delivered systematically in early year’s classrooms.”

The panel was formed in an effort to turn around Australia’s declining performance in international school education tests.

It will report to federal education minister Simon Birmingham and state education ministers in the middle of this year.

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When announcing the panel, Mr Birmingham referred to improvements in student literacy in England after five years of checks based on testing phonics.

Prof Snow would also like to see an improvement in teachers’ knowledge of linguistic concepts needed to teach reading.

“My research on vulnerable young people in youth justice and out of home care highlighted for me some 10-plus years ago the importance of disrupting the school to prison pipeline,” she said.

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And Anglicare acting regional director Tom Hadkiss said he was concerned as ever about the impact of sports betting, particularly the advertising of products during the Australian Open in January.

The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation shows the amount of money spent every month in Bendigo’s 629 machines.

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“We continue to see similar levels of enquiries to gambling help services,” he said, adding that Anglicare provided services to 450 people every year in the Loddon Mallee region.

Despite the fall off in gambling before Christmas, spending in the first half of the 2016-17 financial year suggests there will yet again be record losses on local pokies.

In the first six months, punters spent $25,069,484, which if replicated in the second half of the year will bring the total annual spend to more than $50 million, up from $48,696,383 in 2015-16.

The loss equals $574 for every adult in the City of Greater Bendigo area.

But while pokies

losses gradually creep higher, concern is growing about the impact of sports betting on young people.

Mr Hadkiss said the prevalence of gambling problems in adolescents was four times that of adults.

The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation has identified the same trend, leading them to produce help publications and events specifically aimed at young people.

The foundation claims as many as four per cent of teenagers have problems with gambling, and struggle to distinguish between advertising and television program content, particularly when sports stars and media celebrities are used to promote sports betting.

Anglicare Victoria’s gambling help service can be accessed at 1800 244 323.

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The Mercedes-Benz Sale.

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Just when you thought you’d run out of excuses, Mercedes-Benz just made it that little bit easier. The Mercedes-Benz Sale gives you every reason to buy the car of your dreams. With just one small matter left to take care of and every incentive to do so. There’s no better time to visit Poyser Motors. Go on, find an excuse; or simply trade in today. www.mbpoysermotors.com.au

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City to retain Auslan courses Auslan, the primary language used by Australia’s deaf community, will continue to be taught in Bendigo this year.

From February the Auslan Certificate II and III will be delivered via a combination of weekly video conference classes at Bendigo TAFE as well as through face-to-face tutoring, and online learning.

According Victorian Auslan Training Consortium manager Cathy Clark, “the flexible delivery means students receive the critical face-to-face signing training in real-time, with a professional Auslan teacher who is also a member of the deaf community.”

“At the same time, it enables students to do the training within their own community, without having to travel for hours to access equivalent classroom training,” she said.

“This training will benefit so many in the deaf and hard of hearing community. It provides a pathway to a range of fulfilling careers such as Auslan interpreting, which is an essential service that supports the inclusion of deaf people into society.”

To find out more about the training or to enrol in the Certificate II or Certificate III in Auslan in Bendigo, contact Gina Auciello on 9269 8304 or via email on ginaauciello@melbournepolytechnic.edu.au.

modern: An artist’s impression of the new TAFE building.

Bold new look for TAFE PROPOSED designs for a new Health and Community Centre of Excellence expected to help transform Bendigo Kangan Institute’s city campus were released this week.

The state government said the centre would help the TAFE boost its current delivery by giving locals access to more courses, modern equip-

ment and stronger links to industry.

An existing building on the corner of Chapel and McCrae streets will be refurbished and refitted to create the new centre, as part of a $17.7 million government package.

Another building on the site will be demolished to

Riding toward inclusion

ceived more than $650,000 to buy a new Portable Emissions Measurement System which can be fitted to a vehicle to provide real world driving analysis of emissions.

The money will also allow the institute to purchase a new 3D digital printer which can scan and print body forms for its fashion courses.

Racing with the best

FOR the last 40 years, Bendigo RDA (Riding for the Disabled) has been providing horse riding services for people from all disability groups.

This year, following changes to their previous arrangements with schools, they are further extending their services to those in the community who have a disability, whether it be physical, intellectual or behavioural.

The volunteer-run service offers both horse riding and carriage driving programs, with the horse riding program focusing on therapeutic and social benefits for the participant, giving them confidence in not only the program, but also other aspects of their lives.

RDA’s carriage driving program good fun: RDA provides services to all disability groups. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN is unique in that it can safely cater for clients in wheelchairs. Purpose ed and trained for their suitability RDA aims “to enable people built carriages have backs which to the program, with participants with disabilities and volunteers fold down, to allow a wheelchair to being paired to a horse or pony ap- throughout Victoria to experience roll straight onto the carriage. This propriate to their personal needs. enjoyment, challenge and a sense of The program is held at the Man- achievement through participation gives participants the chance to be taken for a drive, or drive them- durang South Recreation Reserve in equestrian activities to improve selves, to places which would have every Wednesday, except school hol- their quality of life, attain personal idays, with horse riding and carriage goals and develop life skills”. otherwise been out of their reach.

Both programs encompass driving offered on alternate weeks.

For more information, phone Services are provided to both chil- 5435 4140 or email rdabendigo@ learning basic horsemanship skills.

Horses used are specially select- dren and adults. gmail.com – Sam Kane

Girton Grammar’s purposebuilt Energy Efficient Vehicle is being fine-tuned in readiness to compete again on the international stage at the 2017 Shell Eco-marathon in Singapore.

Students and staff have been hard at work getting the vehicle up to speed ahead of shipping the vehicle for the Asian leg of the event from March 16-19.

Headmaster at Girton Grammar School, Matthew Maruff, said the team was thrilled to be competing for the second year in a row on the international stage, and is the only Australian school team to do so.

“The team is currently working on their vehicle in their never ending quest to make it lighter, faster and more efficient,” he said.

“The team of students,

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Possibility A BIG HIT: The community rides are hugely popular with local cyclists.

Rides reach milestone TWELVE months ago something big came to Bendigo.

OK, so Marilyn was pretty big, but around the same time something big for Bendigo’s cycling culture was also happening.

This Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of Bike Bendigo’s first monthly community bike ride and at the ride we’ll be filming a short video to celebrate that milestone.

The community ride, supported by Bicycle Network, is held on the second Sunday of each month, starting 9am during daylight savings (and 10am the rest of the year, see Bike Bendigo on facebook for details).

It’s a smooth, enjoyable ride, away from traffic along Bendigo’s creek trails in which anyone

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can enjoy taking part, participants can ride with the group or at their own speed.

The first ride met at the Forever Marilyn sculpture in Rosalind Park with more than 50 participants of all ages enjoying the ride.

We’ve seen all sorts of bikes including foldups, trailers, child seats, road and mountain, tagalongs, fat-tyres, tandems, hybrids, cargobikes, tricycles, balance bikes and plenty more.

Participants have come from as far as Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat to enjoy the ride and we’ve heard stories of new friends being made and the joys of rediscovering the simple pleasures of riding a bike with friends.

Over the first year more than 300 people have joined the ride, clocking up over 3000 kilometres having fun and building confidence to ride more often for recreation and everyday travel.

On Sunday we’ll be filming parts of the ride to create a video celebrating all types of cycling in Bendigo.

Sunday’s ride will start at 9am at Rosalind Park, riding to the White Hills Botanic Gardens.

We hope to see you there.

For the first time, Bike

Bendigo is teaming up with Bicycles for Humanity in this year’s Cycle for Humanity fundraiser.

From March 2 to April 2 registered riders in the Cycle For Humanity event will embark on a personal goal to ride 110km and work to raise a minimum of $110 to support the work of Bicycles For Humanity, a volunteerrun not-for-profit organisation which empowers people and communities in disadvantaged places globally through improving access to, and building new local economies through bikes.

Find out more, sign up and join the Bike Bendigo team, at www.bicyclesforhumanity.com and get a good start on your kilometres at the next community ride.

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Clean up continues to grow AUSTRALIA’s biggest clean up is on again and the City of Greater Bendigo is encouraging local community groups, clubs and organisations to register a site to clean up on Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, March 5.

Sites are organised by the participating organisations and individuals and present an opportunity to meet neighbours, come together and help clean up local parks and waterways.

The North Central Catchment Management Authority will be concentrating its efforts on the Gunbower Creek, and there are plenty of opportunities closer to home for Bendigo residents.

In the past 26 years, Australians have devoted more than 31 million hours towards the environment through Clean Up Australia Day and collected over 331 thousand tonnes of rubbish.

Clean Up Australia Day chairman and founder Ian Kiernan said the event is growing every year.

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Clean Up Australia Day is the largest ongoing community participation event in Australia with tens of thousands of Australians in cities and towns taking part each year.

“Clean Up Australia Day is an important, annual event that provides an opportunity for people of all ages to work together

to help enhance our local community and our local environment and I encourage local groups to get involved,” City of Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O’Rourke said.

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15-year long friendship and numerous credits on each other’s albums have prompted two of Australia’s most celebrated musicians to go on the road together.

Former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning and country singer/ songwriter Kasey Chambers started the 10-date tour Sooner or Later on Australia Day in Tamworth.

They will arrive in Bendigo to perform at Ulumbarra Theatre next Saturday, February 18.

It helps that both have solo albums out this year and continue to be prolific contributors to Australia’s music scene, having individually achieved critical success as a part of a band and also as a solo artist.

Genre is the critical difference between Fanning and Chambers, however, and is also behind the genuine appeal of their coming together on stage.

Fanning doesn’t mind admitting he lacks country music experience.

“We are not coming from exactly the same angle but we have similar ideas,” he says about himself and Chambers as a team.

Asked about the idea behind the tour, he said it stemmed from the last time they recorded together.

“We were just talking about how we had never done it and I was saying how I wanted to do lots of shows for this record, but I hadn’t really done much country stuff and she had a record coming out (Dragonfly) and she said why don’t we just do some (shows) together,” Fanning said.

The album he is referring to is Brutal Dawn, which is the second part of the two-part project starting with

Civil Dusk, for which he won an ARIA award.

For Civil Dusk, Fanning toured city venues last year.

“There wasn’t much point in going back and doing that straight away,” he said.

“We just thought, let’s get on the highway and see what happens.”

He and Chambers will tour with

opportunity to be able to choose musical adventures.

Last month he sang with David Bowie’s band at a concert at the Sydney Opera House in tribute to the singer who died last year.

“I don’t want to lock myself into the idea that there is just one group of people that I play with, I think that having the capacity to be flexible with

BIG NAMES: Kasey Chambers and Bernard Fanning are coming to town.

Fanning’s band, The Black Fins, made up of long time musician friends and collaborators, most from Brisbane.

They have been with Fanning since he started a solo career coinciding with the end of Powderfinger.

Four solo albums later, Fanning appears to be relishing the

that is one of the benefits of not being in a band anymore,” he said.

Fanning hasn’t performed in Bendigo since Powderfinger’s Sunsets Farewell Tour in 2010.

He said he was looking forward to the performance.

“Bendigo is really beautiful, it has got that kind of element where you

Awards recognise raw art talent P

RIZES are on offer for young artists as the 2017 Raw Arts Awards swing into gear.

Artists 25 and under are being encouraged to enter the awards, which feature visual arts, literature, performing arts and digital media categories.

Prizes of $1000 and $250 are awarded for each individual section.

Not only that, but work submitted will be displayed at the annual Raw Arts Exhibition and Showcase at Dudley House and the Capital from May 19 to 22.

The awards are an initiative of the City of Greater Bendigo council and date back to 1997.

“In the last 10 years the Raw Awards have attracted over 800

entries and has been a platform for young artists, many of whom are now practicing professionals,” mayor Margaret O’Rourke said.

2016 WINNER: Indi Wild.

“The awards are a really great opportunity to showcase the talent of our creative young people. I urge Thursday May 18, 2017. all young local artists to consider Online applications are entering their work in this year’s available from www.yobendigo.com. awards.” au or collected from the Capital box Entries close on Monday April office as well as the City of Greater 2 and winners will be announced Bendigo offices in Lyttleton Terrace by the mayor at Dudley House on and High Street Heathcote.

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go there and you can actually see the history on the streets with the buildings and the way the place is set up,”he said.

“Being from Queensland where (former premier) Joh Bjelke-Petersen pretty much made sure any old buildings were knocked down with a massive sledge hammer, it is always

Group grants up for grabs C

OMMUNITY groups have an opportunity to apply to secure much-needed funding under round two of the City of Greater Bendigo’s 2016/17 community grants program.

The grants, of up to $5,000, can be applied for under a number of categories that are designed to promote community participation, social inclusion and healthy strong communities.

Grants for programs in community development, environmental sustainability, arts, community events, active and healthy communities and print and digital publications are available to applicants.

“The city’s community grants program is very popular and attracts a large number of applications,” council’s Vicky Mason said.

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Funding is also available under the Driver Education for Youth category, however potential applicants must discuss their project proposal with community grants officer Narelle Lyle prior to applying.

For further information, visit www. bendigo.vic.gov.au/grants, email grants@ bendigo.vic.gov.au or phone Ms Lyle on 5434 6214.

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The Sooner or Later tour includes dates in Orange and Albury next week before a performance in Shepparton on February 17, and then on to Ballarat, Canberra, Thirroul, Toowoomba and Grafton after the February 18 show in Bendigo.

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ENTRAL Victorians have been invited to step into the future and discover something new at this year’s Seymour Alternative Farming Expo.

The event is the largest event of its kind in the southern hemisphere and attracts up to 500 exhibitors and more than 20,000 visitors each year.

From the most technological advanced products for home and land to fresh and alternative produce, the three-day event, which runs from February 17 to 19, this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, and will showcase all things innovative.

Event manager Susie Filleti said the expo had something for everyone.

“As you explore the whole site you will be surprised with the produce and products you will find,’’ Ms Filleti said.

“If you are looking for advice on alternative products, or wanting to tap into the latest innovative ideas that will assist you in being a successful farmer, then Seymour expo is your place to visit.

“And we don’t forget the homemaker; there is produce and demonstrations to inspire the next gourmet creation or the latest kitchen gadget worth trying.”

The new farmers’ market is the ideal place to be inspired to whip up a unique meal. Woodstock Flour will sell direct to the public and also demonstrate flour milling on site, Australian Tea House will have a selection of herbal teas, infusions and tonics.

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healthy alterative to cows’ milk.

The business’ owners, husband and wife duo Chris and Megan Williams, will explain the benefits of camel milk and urge people to give it a try.

“People’s first reaction to the thought of camel milk is always interesting, but after giving it a try they surprise themselves with how pleasant tasting it is,’’ Mrs Williams said.

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TWENTY-FIRST century version of one of the music world’s most popular bands.

It’s been more than four decades since drummer/ producer Bobby Colomby and friends assembled the first group to successfully blend rock and jazz into a genre-crossing sound and style.

So successfully, in fact, that the band’s second album, Blood, Sweat and Tears, topped the Billboard charts, beat out the Beatles Abbey Road for Grammy Album of the Year, and produced three major hit singles You Made me so Very Happy, Spinning Wheel, and When I Die. Over the next four decades, Colomby, who owns the B, S and T franchise, kept the band in the public eye via a succession of players.

“The obligation of a band,” he says, “is to be entertaining, and be mindful that the audience is there to hear your hits.

And for many years, the Blood, Sweat and Tears brand has provided enjoyable evenings. We were trying to make sure that people walked out of our concerts feeling they’d just heard a great show.

And the feedback we’ve gotten confirmed that’s been the case.”

But Colomby is looking

STANDING THE TEST OF TIME: Blood, Sweat and Tears will play Ulumbarra next month.

for much more as he develops Blood, Sweat and Tears into a contemporary voice, one that reaches beyond a single audience.

“We’re not trying to target just one generation,” he says. “That would be a mistake. With this updated version, I want to gain a wider audience. I want people of all ages to come and say, ‘Next time I’m bringing more friends to the show; they gotta see this band’.”

His favourite analogy for explaining his audience perspective relates to the New York Yankees. “We’re

often asked,” he says, ‘Does the band have any original members?’

“When you’re at a Yankee game,” Colomby says, “you’re not going to see Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. They’re not going to be there. But what you will see is a brand, the pinstripes, and they’ll be able to hit, score runs and play great defence. Because management’s obligation is to recruit the best players available and put the most cohesive combination of players on the field to represent the Yankee brand. So that when the

Yankees win, and they’ve played magnificently, no one’s going to say, “Where’s the Bambino: Where’s Mickey Mantle?”

So, too, with Blood, Sweat and Tears. “I believe B, S and T has an iconic stature. It’s a style of music,” says Colomby. “A concept that people are coming to see, along with songs that they’re familiar with. Which have to be played and sung in a spirited way, by talented young musicians.”

Blood, Sweat and Tears will perform at Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre on Thursday, March 16.

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As part of Victorian Government’s strategy to improve the safety of Victoria’s roads, $3.8 million has been invested to improve the safety of the Calder Alternative Highway and Bendigo–Maryborough Road intersection near Lockwood with a new roundabout.

The roundabout will cater for the long and heavy vehicles that frequently operate though this intersection. New street lighting will be installed to improve the visibility and safety of the intersection for all road users.

When The works are planned to start from Monday 13 February, 2017 and weather permitting, are scheduled to be completed in November 2017.

The intersection will remain open to traffic, but under reduced speed limits and some changes to traffic lanes.

So that we can get the job done as quickly as possible, and minimise disruptions to traffic, the works will be carried out daily (mostly week days) between 7am and 5pm.

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Lack of education So another serve against the Safe Schools program has been delivered to us by former councillor Helen Leach.

The question remains – why is gender diversity seen as such a threat by someone who is so personally remote from it?

Why does other people’s sexuality cause her such concern, and on whose behalf does she continue to raise the matter?

Education about gender diversity does not make kids suddenly decide to become LGBTI. Ms Leach fails to realise that gender diversity is not a choice. It is not about what you do, or what you are taught, it is about who you are.

Given the enormous difficulties many face, why on earth would LGBTI kids actively “choose” to make themselves prey to bullying, isolation and ridicule?

Ms Leach mentions school camps. Has she heard any of the horrific stories about “straight” bullies on camps?

Ask any teacher about instances of traumatised gay boys seeking refuge in the girls’ dormitories to protect themselves against attacks of bullying. The perpetrators are hardly a shining example of “healthy hetero” behaviour, surely.

As for “gender neutral toilets”, I wonder if Ms Leach has noticed that these toilets already exist in the mall, and are becoming quite commonplace elsewhere.

Perhaps the time will come when they are installed in schools as a matter of course. Would that be so terribly shocking? At least then LGBTI students would not have to worry about which facilities to use.

Gender diversity exists and will continue to do so, whether Ms Leach likes it or not.

Difficulty is, though, that the attitudes of Ms Leach and others like her create yet more levels of intolerance that those among us who are different must overcome.

It is not education on diversity that is the problem, it is the lack of education.

The Hopper-Lewis family, Bendigo

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An act of kindness On Monday, January 30 at the Star Cinema in Eaglehawk I lost my money pouch and an honest woman movie-goer handed it in to head projectionist Stephen Maber.

He then took it to the Bendigo Police Station. Hannah Morton from Star Cinema went to great lengths to help me and duly informed me of its location.

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After I retrieved my money and credit cards a station officer called me later with important information.

Besides feeling very lucky, I am also most grateful to all who helped reunite me with my possessions and showed such kindness and consideration.

I am a winter tourist in Bendigo and I will be telling this story of ongoing good karma to all.

Linda Prue, Visitor

Distorted history I must agree with Lillian Alder about how some writers’ statements are made with their own interpretation of actual history, but I also agree with your editor about the vetting of many letters.

In letters, Bendigo Weekly, January 27, however, there was one glaring example of distortion of Australia’s history.

Ray Wilson seems to imply that Governor Phillip arrived in 1788 and brought the military for main purpose of taking the land from the indigenous peoples by force.

This was not the case, they were principally there to control the convicts.

In fact, Governor Phillip issued orders that the indigenous people were to be befriended wherever possible, but, unfortunately, that was not always followed.

Most people on both sides lived in harmony with very few exceptions at that time.

In order to truly understand what was done during Phillip’s control, one needs to research thoroughly all events where possible rather than quoting someone else’s assertions.

May I suggest the excellent historical novel “The Timeless Land”

by Eleanor Dark which shows a very good view from both indigenous and settlers’ viewpoints.

You may then begin to understand that in this earlier period all were willing to share their environment, but after extending to farming, the settlers were unwilling to share back – that was the main basis of discontent.

Ralph Nelson, Neilborough

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On the verge

We have a small backyard as do most these days but have a lemon, lime, grapefruit and persimmon, also a plot for seasonal vegetables.

I thought a plum tree a good choice for our verge. Then maybe others could plant more varieties and we could share the fruit.

Watching Better Homes and Gardens on Friday night they showed a town in Queensland with full veggie patches on the street verges. The residents share the food with each other.

Perth suburban councils pay residents to turn their verges into waterwise gardens.

Come on Bendigo, let’s go with a great idea and not say no.

Michele Elliott, Bendigo

“Illegal” misses the mark NEWS I want to explain how I feel when I hear refugees on Nauru and Manus described as “Australia’s illegal migrants”, as President Trump did recently.

It is not illegal to seek asylum.

And they are not migrants. They are refugees.

I read this week of a teenager girl in Mosul badly injured during an airstrike which killed her mother and brother and three-month-old nephew.

If she survives, if she manages to leave Iraqi, she will become a refugee.

Refugees are not terrorists, they are fleeing terror. When we say we

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The old tree on our nature strip or verge (as it is now known) became dangerous and after 14 months the council removed it.

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are afraid of refugees, what we are saying is that we are afraid of terror.

Which is sensible.

What is not sensible is to punish the people who run from terror – women, children, the elderly, teenage boys and girls, fathers, uncles, grandfathers and grandmothers.

Yet we Australians force refugees into indefinite detention on offshore islands that become prison islands.

Although we have held people now for over three years on Manus and Nauru, not one has been charged with terrorist associations.

If they had, they would have been deported or jailed.

The people on Manus and Nauru are not the terrorists; they are the victims of terror.

In Australia we have good security measures. What we seem to have lost is perspective and humanity.

Although it is now a world S NEW “alternative facts” may seem where normal for politicians, we ordinary Australians should not ever accept the deliberate harming of innocent people.

Jan Govett, Epsom

Bass Strait gas vital

LOCAL With the impending closure of the pollution-prone coal fired Hazelwood Power Station, why is Bass Strait natural gas not being proposed as a solution to our periodic electricity base power short-falls?

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From memory, a small experimental gas powered station was built some years ago and this hopefully is still in use, with a much reduced carbon footprint compared with its nearby neighbour – Hazelwood.

So why not now build a larger gas-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley, to produce base power when needed?

This could be vital for Victoria and its neighbouring states – Tasmania and South Australia.

Further – is now the time for these state governments and the federal government to ensure the conservation of our precious Bass Strait natural gas by special arrangements with the gas companies responsible for this finite resource – including a limit on off-shore gas exports from Bass Strait?

David H Elvery, Bendigo.

New motto The Liberal Party still don’t get it.

Cory Bernardi has done what thousands upon thousands of voters did at the last election. This government is blind to the obvious.

The old saying “can’t see the wood for the trees” should be their motto.

They desperately need to try the pub test rather than the chardonnay test.

Peter Lesuey, Kennington

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airport infrastructure is vital to their expansion, to securing more jobs for the region, and ultimately, to growing our region.

So for all intents and purposes, the red carpet has been laid out.

It’s proven to be an expensive one, but from the City of Greater Bendigo’s perspective, it’s been necessary.

The work towards securing that elusive air carrier, who could offer flights to places such as Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne continues in earnest.

There have been a couple of false

starts along the way, but if the city and the heads of our major businesses are correct, the gamble may well be one worth taking.

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Turnbull’s horror start NO matter which side of politics we all position ourselves, it’s hard not to agree that Malcolm Turnbull is in a pickle.

For a long time, cartoonists and headline writers have had a field day, depicting the Member for Wentworth as “Malcolm in the Middle”, and he still is, but it’s what he is in the middle of that continues to evolve – and not in a way he would most likely want.

Mr Turnbull has endured an horrific opening to 2017, and that’s being kind.

He’s suffered global indignity at the hands of the rampant, maniacal American president Donald Trump – a man whose nation actually looks to Australia as one of its closest allies and friends.

He’s copped it over the Centrelink debt recovery debacle and the accompanying claimed heavy handed tactics that have reverberated throughout the community.

The government’s debt ceiling has been raised, Sussan Ley has been forced out of the minis-

try, and then this week, maverick right wing South Australian Senator Corey Bernardi abandoned the coalition and opted to sit on the cross benches instead.

Mr Turnbull’s bumpy start to the year is likely to continue, and this week’s snap decision to axe the

less, those on the other side of the house as well.

But to speak out about the move risks identifying yourself as one motivated by the perceived perks of office.

The response Mr Turnbull must fear most from this decision, is the one he won’t see until it’s hit him

Mr Turnbull’s bumpy start to the year is likely to continue gold pass entitlement to long serving MPs and other eligible politicians upon their retirement, is akin to throwing a grenade into the room and standing back waiting for a response.

You just know it’s going to be bad.

As popular as it might be with many in the electorate, this decision, which will save tax payers a relatively small amount of money on the scale of gross inadequate political splurging, could cost Mr Turnbull a lot more.

It’s infuriated many in his own party, and doubt-

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between the eyes.

His performance on Wednesday when he ripped into opposition leader Bill Shorten in a way no other MP has performed since the days of Paul Keating will echo through the corridors of power in Canberra for a while yet.

His actions will likely garner him some further support from those closest to him, but the loss of privilege felt by others will still sting.

And not all politicians abuse the privilege.

I’m aware of former pollies who serve on im-

portant not-for-profit boards, for example, and who travel to far flung places to attend meetings where a lot of good work is planned and completed on behalf of the rest of us.

The gold pass once paid for that.

Now, the not-for-profit corporation or entity will have to.

Perhaps the use of the gold pass and the purpose of the travel needed to be looked at – not just the frequency and number of flights.

Regardless, the take home message from the first week back in Canberra for our MPs is this… Vengeance is a tradable commodity in Canberra, and angry politicians wanting to extract revenge for something can easily turn on one of their own.

Whether it’s a damaging leak, or a cooling in support for something else, there’s a fair chance the target on Mr Turnbull’s back got a whole lot bigger this week. twitter@peterkennedy23 pk@bendigopublishing.com

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T was the long-suffering Mrs Kendall’s birthday last week and I had to think of a plan.

When I first met Mrs K she had a long-suffering boyfriend who failed to live up to her birthday expectations, and he was gone within the week, so I know the level of pressure.

The first trick was actually remembering it.

Thankfully, we have electronic calendars and phones which will send us reminders so I tend to get it right.

I have not missed one yet, and have been remembering them since 1998.

For the first few years there were demands for pink Champagne and pink cake, and a couple of times we were flying across the world and managed to dodge birthdays in time zones.

Mrs K managed to totally lose birthday 40, I think she was very pleased.

We have moved on a bit from those 40s, and the pressure may have eased.

Early last week I brought

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up the subject of birthdays and hers in particular.

I asked what she wanted, and she said there was nothing she needed. This could have been a trap, making me complacent before accusing me of forgetting.

Birthday cards are a waste of time, though she likes them, they are in recycling before day’s end.

Then I heard Mrs K negotiating a day off from work, and thought perhaps plans were afoot for the big birthday celebration.

I’d best be ready for anything which might be suggested.

The day was a bit tricky because I have to help get the paper printed, but I would do my best.

Then there was a flurry of phone calls with her mate Bev. For some unknown reason we call her Bevallios with a Spanish accent, though I think she’s from Sunbury.

Bev and Mrs K are uncannily alike, they are very similar in look and do that annoying thing of completing each other’s sentences.

It’s infuriating spending time with them.

Anyway, I got the impression they had come up with a master plan for the big celebration of 55.

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It seemed I was not going to be involved as I had heard no more about it. I don’t know how I felt about that, but hey, it’s Mrs K’s birthday, and as I have said they wind me up when they are together.

Of course then I became intrigued, had they planned and exotic outing for a meal and a show, a day at the spa?

No, it turns out the big outing was to Ikea at Richmond.

And guess who got to spend the weekend assembling wall cabinets with one of those Allen keys.

- Steve Kendall Twitter@stevekendall1

OME athletes have a fascinating story to tell but aren’t natural storytellers.

Others can communicate beautifully but don’t necessarily have much out of the ordinary to share.

And then there’s Cadel Evans: son, father, friend, idol and almost certainly Australia’s greatest multidiscipline cyclist.

It seems hardly any time has passed since Evans – one of only two non-Europeans to have legitimately won the Tour de France – completed his final competitive ride: a race bearing his name along the Great Ocean Road. That was exactly two years ago this week.

In his third book, a retrospective of a 20-year professional cycling career, he lays bare his life tale, from receiving a beginner bicycle at the age of four to relaxing into retirement.

This is a genuine autobiography, written by Evans as a means of slowing down and refocusing his life after he stepped away from racing as a 38-year-old.

It records his earliest memories of childhood: moving from a predominantly Aboriginal community in the

Northern Territory to rural NSW, then Plenty on the hilly, forested fringe of Melbourne.

It was there that Evans, aged 14, became his own first coach, devising a rigid training regime, honing his diet and critiquing his performances day by day.

Evans reflects on twice winning the mountain bike world championship, contesting the most prestigious road cycling events – among them, the national tours of France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Poland, Oman and Australia – and attending four Olympic Games.

He comments candidly on subjects ranging from injuries, chronic illness and exhaustion to interpersonal relationships, team politics and the deep-rooted drugtaking that disadvantages “clean” competitors and mars his beloved sport.

He tells of taking inspiration from the Dalai Lama and Belgian cartoon adventurer Tintin, starting a family by adopting Ethiopianborn baby Robel and dividing his downtime between homebases in Switzerland and Barwon Heads.

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Friday, February 10 Greater Bendigo Danceland: Beginner Classes, Old Time/New Vogue. Each Friday until March 17, 7.30pm to 9pm, St. Andrew’s Uniting Church, Myers Street.

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10am - 3pm, Uniting Church Hall, 25 Forest Street, Bendigo. Cost: $10. Shared lunch, new members/visitors welcome.

Contact Lindy Vance 0409 067 404 for details or requirements list.

great way of utilising your hobbies, skills, fresh produce, resources, trading these for other products and services. Contact Pam on 0409 981 976 or go to our Local Economy Trading System Bendigo facebook page.

Central Victorian Lion Team: will be celebrating the Year of the Rooster with traditional Chinese dancing featuring the Southern Lion Team, the ‘Fu Wa’ Girls Team and the Dragon Team. At the Piazza, View Street entrance to Rosiland Park, 7pm. Free entertainment for all ages.

Singer songwriter Neil Murray in concert, supported by Bendigo’s Alanna and Alicia Egan with guitarist Damien Neil.

The Old Church on the Hill, 36 Russell Street, Bendigo, 7pm. Bookings: www. trybooking.com/OCGL. More info: www. neilmurray.com.au.

Tuesday, February 14 Bendigo northern group of the CWA (Vic). Annual general meeting. 6pm for 6.15 pm start.Capital Theatre, View Street, banquet room. Members of the public welcome.

Saturday, February 11 Bendigo Cake Decorators Association of Victoria: Dutch Iris workshop plus

LETS (Local Economy Trading System) get together/market, 11am - 1pm.

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Thursday February 16 Old Time Dance, Eaglehawk Senior Citizens Hall, Darling Street, Eaglehawk.

8pm till 11pm. Entry $5. Phone: 5442 1815.

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Golden Vine gets the blues G

EOFF Achison is Australian blues royalty. The internationally-renowned guitarist, who spent his early years in Malmsbury, has just embarked on a lengthy tour that also takes in the UK and US. Bendigo’s Golden Vine, tomorrow night, is gig number six of a scheduled 52 which also sees Achison play at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the evocatively-named Paradise Lake Campgrounds in Hammonton, New Jersey.

It sounds like a pretty gruelling schedule.

“And we’re actually going to add more dates,” said Achison from his car this week, driving to a gig.

He enjoys his visits to the US, an Australian accent in some places is apparently quite a novelty. “I sometimes think they’d be happy if I just stood up and spoke to them,” he joked.

Achison has an extensive back catalogue of albums – many recorded live, including five in the last eight years.

New album, Another Mile, Another Minute, due for release in March, features 14 Achison originals including A New Bad Habit, Front Porch Farewell and Baby Come Back. It’s his first studio album in eight years.

“The songs were written over a long period. I’d been talking about it for years,” he said. “There’s blues in there, and some light-hearted philosophy...”

His song writing explores various themes including politics, as well as love and loss.

These days, nearly a quarter of a century after releasing his first album, playing live drives Achison more than getting into a studio.

“I thrive on getting on stage and playing,” he says. His touring sched-

BIG NAME: Blues legend Geoff Achison.

ule backs that up.

There’s a solid blues foundation to Achison’s music, which also embraces a range of both acoustic and electric styles, and has drawn comparisons with the Allmans and Eric Clapton. His vocal style has been compared to Joe Cocker.

Born in 1965, Achison spent his early career with well-known jazz musician Alan Watson.

Briefly he switched to bass guitar, giving him a more rounded appreciation of the work of the rhythm section.

In 1987 Achison joined Aussie blue legend Dutch Tilders’ band on lead guitar before going out on his own, releasing debut album, Big Machine, in 1994. A year later he won the coveted Albert King

Award.

During an extended period overseas Achison lived in London and recorded an album in Portland, Oregon.

Achison is Official Patron of the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society.

A Bendigo gig – Achison plays here two or three times a year – is like coming home. “There’s a big music community in Bendigo with a lot of people dedicated to a common interest. I see Bendigo as a kind of ‘homeland’ for me. When I’m touring and speaking to people, I’m proud to show off central Victoria to the wider music community.”

Support tomorrow night comes from Seed – the Watts family et al ensemble. Seed released their

debut CD last winter at a packed Goldmines Hotel.

“Geoff is the real deal. He’s one of my favourite guitarists, as well as an awesome performer and songwriter,” Andrew Watts said.

Achison will play an acoustic set before being joined by Seed’s rhythm section for some Souldiggers tracks.

“My sons, Kane and Sam are huge Souldiggers fans. They’ve been taught and mentored by Geoff ’s band, Gerry Pantazis and Roger McLachlan. The boys are over the moon that Geoff has asked them to back him. They’ve been rehearsing hard,” Watts said.

The show starts at 9pm.

– Simon Wooldridge twitter: @spwooldridge

Festival has plenty on offer T

HE Castlemaine State Festival gets better and richer as time goes by.

The literature section alone is tantalising.

It includes a crime writing workshop with the inimitable Angela Savage and a unique event called the Bowie Bookathon.

David Bowie told Vanity Fair that reading was his idea of perfect happiness. In 2013 he wrote a list of his 100 favourite books.

Bowie Bookathon is a commemoration and sharing of David Bowie’s taste in literature. To celebrate his ultimate booklist and the legendary man himself, festival supporters are setting themselves the challenge of reading as many of Bowie’s favourite reads as possible.

Having a grape time W

HO said you can’t drink wine and exercise at the same time? The Grapest 5K Run (18+ Event) is not quite like many runs – this is a five-kilometre run with wine-tasting and will have you exploring some of the most exquisite trails and vineyards at Balgownie Estate, Bendigo as you enjoy some of the best wines in the region.

Held this Saturday the Grapest 5K Run is the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

It will take you on an outdoor evening adventure as you run through the vineyards and trails of the winery at dusk, leaving you to enjoy fine wine and spectacular views at the end of your run.

Starting at 5pm and ending at 9.30pm, participants can take part in the five-kilometre or 10km run then stroll through a kilometre of four wine tasting stations as they cool-down.

If running is not for you, simply take part in the 1km wine-tasting walk only and taste some of the best wines in the region.

On the night you can expect to receive a lanyard with a custom wine tasting cup, headband and wristband and at the end of your run enjoy an unforgettable wine tasting experience at dusk alongside live entertainment.

You will indulge in some of the finest wines during the wine tasting as Balgownie Estate is regarded as a leading Victorian wine producer – crafting long-lived examples of complex cabernet, shiraz and chardonnay from the older Bendigo vineyards.

Tickets are available at www.centauroutdoorevents.com.au/grapest5krun For more information: www.balgownieestate.com.au

Joss House lights up T

HE Bendigo Joss House Temple will be celebrating Chinese New Year this Sunday with a traditional lantern festival.

Guests will have the unique opportunity to see the Bendigo Chinese Association’s three new lions and witness the culturally significant Hoi Gong Ceremony to welcome the year of the rooster.

The lanterns, which will be on display throughout the evening, have been specially decorated by children from the Dr Harry Little Preschool.

Gates open from 6.30pm. Entry by donation.

This project is conducted in partnership with the Goldfields Library Corporation.

Bowie Bookathon participants are encouraged to dress up in Bowie-inspired clothing and make up, and come to the Castlemaine Library on Saturday, March 18 between 10.30am and 12.30pm to be filmed by Trouble Magazine. The resulting footage will be screened on Saturday, March 25 at the Castlemaine Library.

David Bowie’s book list can be viewed on the Castlemaine State Festival website: castlemainefestival.com. au. The festival runs March 17 - 26.

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“We’re not having an open day this year, but a 21st birthday instead,” Emma said.

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A garden for charitable causes A

LEXANDER and Mary Bayne circulated and associated in the upper circle of Bendigonians during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Because of Alexander Bayne’s financial success through business, real estate investment and his significant mining interests he became well known on the local scene.

Bayne was an initial investor at the commencement of the following companies, Nelson Reef QM Co, Golden Eagle Co, Bendigo Great Extended Quartz Mining and Crushing Co. He purchased shares in a large number of other local companies once these were in production.

The nursery of William Brown that Bayne purchased with a frontage of nearly 200 metres to Myrtle Street (now Don Street), this extensive area became the basis of the Bayne family garden.

William Brown had already planted a number of exotic trees in the 1850s. Some trees that had not been cut down when the land was subdivided in the 1920s have reached a maturity not to be found in practically any other place.

The Baynes employed a number of gardeners to care for and develop their extensive grounds.

The lower area was given to

ornamental and the commitment to help kitchen garden was others and thus was closer to the house involved with facing Violet many worthy Street. causes.

Gardening Their on such a extensive scale at that garden beperiod recame the quired a lot venue on of labour as many oceverything casions for was done charitable by physical functions, exertion. such as in Mary 1895 when Bayne had a fete was at times more held to raise than two domoney for the mestic servants Bendigo Centre BENEVOLENT: to help her with of the MinisterMary Bayne the growing family ing Children’s and the many houseLeague (MCL). hold chores that needed to The sum of £50 was be done in such a large home that raised to be devoted for the was Montanvert. maintenance of an MCL cot at In the first five years of Bendthe Bendigo hospital and an MCL igo’s existence Alexander Bayne cottage at Queenscliff for indigent had already become involved in children, this was opened by Lady helping to set up many public Brassey, the governor’s wife. institutions, some of which were It was reported that the of a charitable nature. grounds of Montanvert were lookHis commitment to these ing their best and that there were organisations and institutions beabout 1200 people in attendance. came of long standing. He wished In 1903, two years before to see the city and district prosper, the passing of Alexander Bayne, this would be of financial benefit another garden party was held on to himself. the spacious lawns of Montanvert.

Mary Bayne had a strong On this particular occasion

the function was held in conjunction with the St Andrew’s Church Golden Jubilee.

To help with the entertainment of the crowd archery, ping pong and a shooting gallery were set up.

This function ran from afternoon into the evening and the garden had been lit with large numbers of Chinese lanterns.

Musical items from many individuals and the St Andrew’s choir were also rendered keeping the evening’s crowd entertained.

Following Alexander Bayne’s death Mary Bayne continued to make the garden available and in 1909 it was a memorial function to Miss Calder, who was the instigator of the MCL movement.

On this occasion the monies raised would be utilised for the enlargement of the MCL cottage at Queenscliff.

A year later another garden fete was held, on this occasion to raise money for a building for Flight’s Bendigo City Brass Band.

Again the well kept lawns were mentioned as well as the flower beds stocked with a variety of blooms.

The garden was the perfect venue an “Old Curiosity Shop” was set up, as was fortune telling and air gun competitions.

The function was opened by mayor WH Wilkie.

Event planning comes into focus M

ANY people hoping to raise funds for community events or for individuals may start off with the very best of intentions but may end up getting themselves into a muddle.

“There is more to running an event than people think,” Meredith Dixon from the Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre said.

“Our workshop is aimed at helping individuals and community organisations who want to run an event.”

Ms Dixon said that staff from the City of Greater Bendigo will outline local government requirements when holding an event.

They will also point out when these requirements are relevant.

Important aspects to planning an event include preparing an action plan, arranging to keep on track, arranging speakers and locations.

Ms Dixon said other factors to consider include availability of locations and risk and emergency management.

Other matters can include insurances, finances

and committee responsibilities.

The workshop will be held on Tuesday, February 14, 9.30am-12.30pm in Activity Room one, Bendigo Library, Hargreaves Street, Bendigo.

The cost is $30 per person. Inquiries can be made to Meredith Dixon on 5441 1404 or training@ bgovolunteers.org.au

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Finding the write balance H

ERE’S something for both budding and experienced writers.

The Write Stuff at Musicman, on Sunday, February 26 is the first in a series of events this year for writers, readers and like-minded folks to get together.

Writers get to showcase their work reading to friends, peers, colleagues and the public. Writers can also briefly discuss the projects they’re currently working on. Each writer will get about seven to 10 minutes on stage.

Reading to an audience is a great way for a writer to gauge reaction. It also helps hone skills writers need to help promote their work.

The organisers, Simon Wooldridge and Em Burgess-Gilchrist, are looking for 12-15 writers to read their work.

“There are no real limits on what people can read. All genres are welcome. Poetry, prose, feature or profile articles, short fiction, samples of longer fictional works,” he said.

“Ok, we might draw the line at technical manuals...”

The event is open to all ages.

“We’d certainly like to have some younger writers reading as well,” Burgess-Gilchrist said. “It’s a chance for people to get together, experience and enjoy a different type of writing. It’s very much a social thing as well.”

Published writers will also have the opportunity to sell their work.

Writers wanting to read will need to book in advance with the organisers directly, or via the Eventbrite page: The Write Stuff at Musicman Bendigo. www.eventbrite.com. au/e/the-write-stuff-musicman-bendigo-tickets-31590592312 facebook: The Write Stuff at MusicMan The first Write Stuff will be hosted on the ground floor of Musicman in Hargreaves Street on Sunday, February, 26.

It starts at 3pm. Entry is by gold coin donation.

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Paul is not only able to listen to what you need for your garden but he can give professional advice as to what plants would be suitable at a particular time of the year.

“I help customers to develop their garden as well,” Paul said.

During the warmer months Paul recommends that gardeners keep on top of the profusion of weeds, and once that’s done, add fertiliser, giving the soil a good

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It is all in the presentation I

T is now late summer and if ever you can enjoy the most visual style of fly fishing, it is right now.

Late summer can mean slower flowing rivers, warmer water temperatures in the mid and lower reaches, but most of all it means lots of dry fly action.

Spending a hot summer’s day wet-wading as you fly fish your way up a beautiful stream in north east Victoria is a perfect way to beat the heat.

At this time of year the trout are well conditioned to looking up to see what is on the surface for a feed, replicating this food source is what dry fly fishing is all about.

A dry fly is a fly designed to float along the water surface as opposed to being fished below the surface as in the case of a nymph, wet or streamer fly.

Many insects use waterways as a vital stage in their life-cycle and end up floating downstream where the trout are waiting.

Not to say that the fishing is easy at this time of year.

Reduced flows in rivers leads to calmer or even still waters in larger pools and the trout can become very easily spooked by a clumsy angler.

Moving slowly, using stealth, staying in the shadows and fishing from behind cover all become important aspects to catching trout at this time of year.

Arguably even more important is being able to manage the drift of your fly as the river carries it back downstream towards you.

Insects that land on the water move at the pace of the water, however a dry fly with a fine line attached to it can be dragged around very easily, causing the fly to skate around on the surface in a manner very off-putting to trout.

The more you master the skills required to make your fly look natural as it floats along, the more fish you will catch.

Great fly patterns for late summer dry fly fishing include; orange spinner, stimulator, geehi beetle, grasshopper patterns, and of course caddis patterns.

For deeper pools if you don’t have success within five casts using a dry fly it is always worth adding a nymph pattern on a dropper. Your dry fly will float along with the nymph suspended underneath. If the dry fly bobs under the surface, strike immediately.

Dry fly fishing is very engaging and exciting because you can often see the trout materialise under your fly, inspect it and hopefully attempt to eat it.

The visual aspect of late summer dry fly fishing is one of my very favourite aspects to the sport.

If you’re interested in learning more about fly fishing check out the Bendigo & District Fly Fishing Club website www.bdffc.weebly.com or find us on Facebook.

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IAN BROOKE: Master of small stream dry fly fishing with a nice brown trout.

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ITH the redfin almost in plague proportions at around the four to five metre mark at Lake Eppalock over the last few weeks, I’ve been busy modifying and perfecting my usual soft plastic paternoster rig to great effect.

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I use a 30gram (1oz) bomb or pyramid sinker which gives tremendous casting distance when attached to a two trace paternoster rig. The sinkers can be easily changed to the heavier 60 gram if you prefer to troll than cast.

Previously I had always persisted with a larger 50 to 60mm Squidgy Fish in either the drop bear or killer tomato colours off the bottom trace, however I had been noticing the majority of redfin taking the smaller nymph, some 40cmm above.

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Locals shine on debut

By JOEL PETERSON

IT had the feel of suburban footy of old, but the atmosphere and game itself on Friday night at Princes Park was exciting to so many because it was something new.

As the AFL Women’s era got under way among the hype and, in some cases, hyperbole, the contest itself was overshadowed by the unprecedented interest in the new competition.

It should come as little surprise that there is this level of interest in any AFL competition from a public that devours even the most pedestrian of preseason training stories like steak dinners.

The atmosphere was electric – a ground that is the spir-

itual home of all those who follow the navy blue rocking as those members of the capacity crowd got to see their beloved team in action.

The full scale of the event sunk in when AFL boss Gillon McLachlan interrupted a quarter time competition to apologise to supporters locked outside due to the venue being at its capacity.

Instead of Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs and Kade Simpson, this was Lauren Arnell, Madeline Keryk and Darcy Vescio, a whole new brigade of “Bluebaggers” making a name for themselves.

There was no more fitting match up than the old rivals in Collingwood, led by Steph Ciocchi, Moana Hope and Meg Hutchins.

HEADS UP: Sarah Last attempts to smother. Photos: JOEL PETERSON.

The build up to the game was intensified by the unknown of what was to come, just how it would play out and who would win.

The crowd noise was immense. The roar as Collingwood entered the arena dwarfed by the Blues cheer squad at the western end of the ground ringing an enormous bell and chanting for their side to run out.

The teams ran through the banners – a note to media in future, get out of the way – and lined up for photos and the national anthem, before the crowd rose again for the opening bounce.

As the game started, the crowd noise followed the ball around the ground from contest to contest as those familiar with the Scott Pendlebury and Patrick Cripps types consulted their programs for their new favourites.

“Who’s number five for Collingwood? She’s a gun!”

One Collingwood supporter said early in the piece to a friend standing in the pocket.

That number belonged to Emma Grant, who, along with Carlton’s Bella Ayre, Jess Kennedy and Sarah Last, was one of four former Bendigo Thunder players in action.

Grant was everywhere early after lining up inside forward 50 – even meeting Last for a pre-match hug full of shared excitement – buzzing around each contest with the same energy she routinely showed for the Thunder.

Last was influential, her dashing second quarter run

through the middle feeding the ball to Ayre and setting up one of four Vescio goals, while Kennedy’s endurance stood out in the second half.

While Jasmine Garner will be the answer to the trivia question of who kicked the competition’s first goal, the Collingwood forward was the only player in her side to register a major as the Blues trampled the Pies 46-11.

Grant was a standout for the visitors until her game was ended prematurely with concussion in the second term, but that didn’t stop her from soaking in the spectacle, especially in the build up.

“It was surreal,” she told the Weekly boundary-side after the match.

“You couldn’t not notice the crowd noise. You could hardly hear yourself think.

“It was so exciting. It didn’t end the way I wanted it to but it was amazing while I was out there and before the match.”

There’s no doubt it will take some adjusting for both spectators and players alike.

The skills will improve, the scoring will flow and the Carlton supporters will stop having to correct themselves from saying “come on Blue Boys”, but after a start like that it is hard to imagine that AFL Women’s will not have a lasting impact.

Carlton and Collingwood will both be in action at Ikon Park again on Saturday in a double-header. Carlton plays GWS from 3.35pm before Collingwood plays Melbourne from 7.40pm.

Sustainable goals set for Spirit

Young talent time

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He admitted a salary cap would dilute the quality of the league, as the best players, in Bendigo’s case players such as Kelsey Griffin, may spurn the WNBL for higher paying opportunities in Europe and internationally.

“We want all the salaries brought back into a range where it is sustainable,” he said.

“The risk is you won’t have Kelsey, you won’t have a Suzy Batkovic, you won’t have a Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, a Leilani Mitchell, unless you choose to play in Australia for less money.

“We just can’t generate the income of the international teams. We have tried to keep up but history shows every 18 months we lose a team because we are trying to keep up.

“What we need is to be able to put money into a great product on game day and for the league to have the budget to be able to market itself a lot better.”

Bendigo remains in the finals hunt

BIG STAGE: Bella Ayre (above), while Bendigo teammates Emma Grant and Sarah Last (below) met pre-game.

TIME TO PLAN: Simon Pritchard believes the WNBL needs a salary cap.

– albeit as an outsider – which could not only play a part in its future but that of its coach in Pritchard.

The second-year coach remains under contract but is the only member of either the coaching staff or playing list to have a deal running into next year.

The challenges on the court get no easier for Bendigo, which tackles Canberra in the ACT on Sunday.

The Spirit needs to win all three of its remaining games and hope that Dandenong loses its games against the

in-form Townsville, ladder leader Sydney and second-placed Perth, Townsville loses its remaining three or Perth does the same, including its clash with Bendigo on the last day of the season.

“Our form against Canberra, even in the game we lost, has been quite good so we are confident going into this weekend,” Pritchard said.

“All our work has been on matchups against Canberra. The rest doesn’t matter if we lose so we are just focussing on that.”

BENDIGO will be the focal point of Australian basketball next week as the Basketball Australia under-20 Australian Championships and Ivor Burge Championships are held at Bendigo Stadium.

The U20 titles see some of the country’s most talented juniors competing for titles while the Ivor Burge Championships give those who have an intellectual disability the opportunity to hit the court.

The titles are a particularly important step in the Australian junior basketball pathway, providing the final opportunity for players to represent their state.

A total of 83 games will be played at the stadium with 24 teams in action including a Japanese team in the Ivor Burge men’s tournament, while in the women’s competition the ACT team will also take in Northern Territory and Tasmanian athletes.

The home state will take a powerful record into this year’s tournament after nearly completing a clean sweep of last year’s titles, winning every gold medal except for the Ivor Burge Women where New South Wales came out on top.

Spectators will have the opportunity to see WNBL talent with Sydney Uni’s Cassidy McLean, Melbourne’s reigning WNBL rookie of the year Chloe Molloy, Adelaide Lightning’s Chelsea Brook and Kara Tessari of the home town Bendigo Spirit competing.

Molloy will lead the Victorian team aiming for consecutive titles, alongside Australian Sapphires (under-17) teammates Courtenay Wragg, Chantel Horvat and Monique Andriuolo.

Matches begin at Bendigo Stadium on Sunday, with finals to be held on February 18.

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Pacing cup lures top field

By JOEL PETERSON

THE Bendigo Harness Racing Club will host one of the biggest events on its calendar next Friday when the 2017 group two Petstock Bendigo Pacing Cup. Some of the state’s best horses have won the race in years past including last year’s winner Lennytheshark, currently one of the dominant forces in the harness racing industry.

Other champions such as Smoken Up, Popular Arm and Christen Me have been some

of the other big names to win the event.

Not only will the action be hot on track, but there is plenty off track as well with the club’s pacing cup mega draw sure to attract the attention of plenty of racegoers.

To be in the running, take your mega draw coupons from the Bendigo Weekly along on the night.

Prizes include a $2000 Supa IGA Strath Village voucher, a $1000 Lowes Petroleum BP fuel voucher, a $500 Supa IGA Strath Village voucher and more priz-

es from fourth through to last.

Bendigo Harness Racing Club’s Brendan Baker said there will be plenty more on the night as well.

“We have a cracking kid’s zone on the night, with pony rides, jumping castles, ball pit, massive six-metre by 2.5-metre big screen TV showing Finding Dory in the big shed and plenty of food vans,” he said.

“Also run on the night is the Aldebaran Park Maori Mile which is for the trotters. The race is a group one event

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CROWD PLEASER: Mellitta Carmichael and Barry Lyons are looking forward to the cup.

Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

and is worth $50,000 and will attract a red hot field of Australia’s best square gaiters.

“There will be also plenty of pony trot action with two races run in between the major

races. This is a big part of our sport as these young kids are our next generation of drivers or trainers.”

Entry to the race meet on Friday, Feburary 17 is just $5.

Leaders stamp authority on EVCA race

TOP KNOCK: Kieran Nihill drives on his way to 137.

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GOLDEN Gully and United answered the very few questions over their premiership credentials while West Bendigo broke a winning drought in a memorable round 10 of the Emu Valley Cricket Association.

While the weekend’s breakthrough performance belonged undoubtedly to the Redbacks, United batted all day in a dominant performance against Marong and the Cobras finally got their first century of the season.

Not surprisingly, that ton came through the agency of Greg Thomas, who has been outstanding for the Cobras in his debut EVCA campaign.

Thomas made 129 of Golden Gully’s 360 at the top of the order, including a 114-run stand for the third wicket with Grant Le Poidevin (72).

The Cobras passed Emu Creek’s total of 221 only two wickets down and batted for just 73 overs to reach 360, going at nearly five an over for the duration, an ominous sign heading into their crunch game this weekend against Sedgwick.

At Ewing Park, United batted the full day against Marong and made a huge total of 535 off 110 overs in the stifling heat on Saturday.

The Tigers had not batted for an extended period all season and showed that they have the batting order to do so, with Kieran Nihill

(137) and Sam Barnes (112 not out) both reaching triple figures.

Xavier Walsh fell for 73, Josh White for 67 and James Smith for 50 as several Tigers batsmen cashed in. David McHutchinson took two wickets for a Marong attack that used 10 bowlers.

West Bendigo meets the Panthers this weekend and will be coming off its first win in nearly two years after rolling last year’s grand finallists Spring Gully.

The Redbacks made 203 on day one before ripping through the Crows’ top order, reducing them to 4/18.

Joel Bish (55) and Des Gilmore (63) dug in to put on 94 for the fifth wicket before Gilmore And Brannon Stanford combined for a 62-run sixth wicket stand.

Then came another collapse, the Crows losing 4/1 to be all out for 187 and hand West Bendigo its first win in the last two seasons.

Brad McHugh led the way with four wickets while Gary Singh took three.

Spring Gully faces up to Emu Creek this weekend as it looks to get back on the winners list.

In round 10’s other game, Jordan Ilsley took four wickets as Sedgwick was merciless, rolling Maiden Gully for just 94 to claim a comfortable win.

Round 11 games: Marong vs West Bendigo, Emu Creek vs Spring Gully, Golden Gully vs Sedgwick, Mandurang vs United.

Hawks roll to key victory EAGLEHAWK soared back into finals contention in Bendigo weekend pennant bowls following an upset win over Bendigo last week.

The Hawks hit form at home as they head into a key clash with second-placed Castlemaine on the tricky artificial rink located down the Calder.

Bendigo’s Andrew Brown and Ian Ross both had wins with their rinks, but a convincing nine-shot win to Brayden Byrne and a five-shot win to Simon Carter of the Hawks gave them the upper hand.

The loss was enough to drop Bendigo from second to third, a spot behind Castlemaine on the weekend pennant table.

South Bendigo remains firmly in the finals hunt despite a 12-shot loss to bottom side Kangaroo Flat.

Greg Sherman and Ryan Tainton were the only two South skips to have wins on the day but they were overshadowed by 11-shot wins to the rinks of Flat’s Ross Trevathan and Geoff Boyd.

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fourth spot but its grip on the position is loose at best, just seven points clear of the chasing pack including Eaglehawk and Inglewood.

Inglewood’s finals charge can regain some momentum after Golden Square scored an upset win over the early season pacesetters.

The early season pacesetters now sit sixth after the 105-93 loss which saw Daryl Rowley and Mal McLean’s rinks both suffer double digit losses.

In a round of surprise results, Castlemaine scored a big win over Bendigo East at the fortress of Lansell Street.

Peter Brain was the day’s big winner, annihilating Marc Smith’s rinks 42 shots to 13 in the 28-shot win.

The victory moved Castelmaine up to second on the table, but still 26 points behind East over all.

This weekend’s games see Bendigo host Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk travel to Castlemaine, Inglewood face Bendigo East and South Bendigo take on Golden Square.

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Coach calls for cap

By JOEL PETERSON

BENDIGO Spirit coach Simon Pritchard has implored the Women’s National Basketball League to act in order to ensure the survival of its clubs as the Spirit yet again faces an uncertain future.

The Spirit is again being forced to assess its options as it continues to survive very much on a year-to-year basis, according to Pritchard.

The club is not alone in its struggles, with Logan and SEQ having left the league due to financial pressures, Adelaide facing its demise as recently as the past offseason and even Melbourne in difficulty in recent times.

One possible solution to the issue that has been raised by several clubs is a salary cap, which Sally Phillips, head of the WNBL, said the league is exploring.

Before that will be a guaranteed minimum salary for all players, which the league’s players association has been pushing for.

“There’s been some really important documents that have come out over the last couple of seasons and a salary cap system is definitely one of the things we are looking to bring in because stability of our clubs moving forward is so important,” Phillips told Fresh FM at Bendigo’s match against Townsville last Sunday.

“Without our clubs in a stable financial environment it’s going to be really tough, it’s tough for everyone.

“Minimum salary is really important, and we’ll tick that off and then look forward to bringing in some form of cap so there’s an even playing field for all of our teams.”

It comes as the league fights for crucial space in the hearts and minds of sports fans among the crowded environment with the AFL Women’s, Super Netball, Women’s Big Bash and other competitions dominating the market.

Pritchard said he believes that the league does not do enough to put clubs in a position in which they can be sustainable due to the rising cost of competing with privately- or associationbacked clubs such as Townsville, Dandenong and Perth. Continued Page 38

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City falls flat in home opener BENDIGO City FC is putting a horror start to its NPL Victoria campaign behind it after being routed 5-0 by Northcote City last weekend. The young side gets a chance to bounce back at home tomorrow night against Moreland Zebras.

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