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ISSUE 1026 FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017

Branson backs Sun Loong 750 BENDIGO was very much in the limelight at Melbourne Airport on Wednesday as Sir Richard Branson launched a new Virgin Australia service from Hong Kong. What’s more, he pledged support for Bendigo’s new Imperial dragon, Dai Gum Loong.

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By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO’S electronic gaming machines losses are continuing to decline, despite an increase in the number of poker machines installed at 11 venues across the city. Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation data to the end of May shows gamblers in Bendigo splurged more than $44 million on electronic gaming machines, a decrease of more than $760,000 compared to the previous year, despite there being more ma-

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chines available than ever before. The number of gaming machines in Bendigo rose from 629 to 641 in February, and since then, punters have lost more than $15,289,329, still $337,000 less than the same period in 2015/2016 and almost $367,000 less than in the same period during 2014/2015. The $3.459m spent on electron-

ic gaming machines in February came as local gamblers got access to 12 extra machines, and there is an application with the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation for 44 more. The reason for the decline in gaming was likely to be tighter household budgets because of Christmas credit card repayments

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and higher power bills, according to Bendigo Stadium chairman Brendon Goddard. “But there is still enough of the cake to share around,” he said. Bendigo Stadium’s application to refurbish and install machines 44 additional machines at the Wellington at Botanical Gardens Hotel in White Hills was heard by the

VCGLR on Tuesday. Mr Goddard said the commission had five weeks in which to make a decision and he “will be waiting with bated breath” for the result. The City of Greater Bendigo council voted to oppose the application based on a social and economic impact statement it commissioned, and which concluded the risk of gambling-related harm would outweigh any social or economic benefit. Continued Page 6

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AS anticipated, the Reserve Bank of Australia left the official cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent on Tuesday. “Our forecast remains that there will be no further reduction to the Official Cash Rate in 2017,” HIA principal economist Tim Reardon said. “Comments issued by the Reserve Bank Governor on Tuesday highlight that housing

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PATCHY: House prices have been rising in some markets, but not others. dwelling price figures showing that the market for established properties in the east coast capital cities may be cooling is likely to provide additional comfort.” On another matter, Mr Reardon said the downward trend for new home approvals has now been locked in for about six months. Building approvals data for May 2017, released this week by the ABS, shows that there has

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been a decline in the number of new home approvals this year. “This downward trend confirms our forecasts for a slowing in new residential building projects through 2017,” Mr Reardon said. “On the upside, new house starts did increase by 1.0 per cent this month but were still 6.9 per cent lower than the same month last year. “It is the multi-unit sec-

tor of the industry that has slowed more quickly than detached homes. During the three months to May 2017, multi-unit approvals fell by 27.8 per cent when compared with the same period in 2016.” Mr Reardon said it was important to note that this dramatic slow-down in multi-units is off the back of the super-cycle of apartments that started in 2015. “The amount of work that is still under construction means that the residential building industry will continue to operate at high levels well into 2018,” he said. “This slow-down is in stark contrast to the growing demands of first home buyers and the need to promote an increase in housing supply.” Across the states: Tasmania is the only state with a growth in approvals compared to the same quarter in 2016, up 6.9 per cent. New South Wales (down 22.4 per cent); Victoria (down 11.6 per cent); Queensland (down 21.6 per cent); Western Australia (down 18.4 per cent); the Northern Territory (down 51.3 per cent) and the ACT (down 36.2). “South Australian approvals are just 6.1 per cent below the same levels in 2016 due to the large number of multi-unit apartments getting the green light,” Mr Reardon said.

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A proud moment for Rodney

KEEPING Aboriginal languages alive is the theme of this year’s NAIDOC celebrations, but a picture will transmit indigenous pride as well. The flags were raised to mark the start of activities this week, and they will continue through the weekend as Bendigo’s local indigneous community ensures its cultural heritage continues to thrive. - NAIDOC celebrations Page 6

selfie: Rodney Carter takes a personal memento of the flag raising. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Secrecy cloaks mine reworking By Sharon kemp

A 20-year veteran of the environmental review committee overseeing mining rehabilitation in Bendigo has described community consultation as the worst it has ever been, shrouded in secrecy and conducted without dignity. Mary Markey is a community representative for Kangaroo Flat and has decided to speak out because of a proposal contained in mining company GBM’s closure plan to bring clay from the Woodvale evaporation ponds to the Kangaroo Flat operation in Ham Street for use as cap material. Ms Markey said she discovered the company was considering the option about two weeks ago, just before the last ERC meeting. Adding to confusion is that the company says its application to vary the mine’s work plan, that includes the closure plan and which is sitting with the Earth Resources Regulator, contains commercially sensitive material and cannot be distributed. A GBM spokesman told the

Bendigo Weekly any news from the company would have to be submitted first to the Australian Stock Exchange under the rules of continuous disclosure. He said news was imminent.

Twenty years of noise, dust, traffic It is unclear if it includes approval of the work plan variations, signing of a contract or a decision on the extension of the mining licence over the project which is understood to be before resources minister Wade Noonan. GBM’s spokesman said talk was conjecture until the variations were approved, and transporting clay from Woodvale to Kangaroo Flat was only one option associated with

closing Woodvale’s evaporation ponds. Ms Markey said her frustration resided in not having any information to take back and discuss with the Kangaroo Flat community. “The secrecy surrounding this issue is completely against the promises made to the community that all actions by the mining company would be open and available for input for discussion,” she said. “It would be a travesty if the community could not have faith in the Environmental Effects Statement process.” Consultation during the EES process allows the community to give feedback on project options. “Five years ago, mining ceased (at the Kangaroo Flat site then under the ownership of Bendigo Mining) – three years ago Kangaroo Flat received a closure plan with the promise that closure was imminent,” Ms Markey said. “Twenty years of noise, dust, traffic and social disruption and stress, it cannot be delayed any longer. “No more.”

Regional boost kicks off GOVERNMENT growth incentives came into effect on the weekend as a report on regional cities attempted to debunk beliefs that stagnant economic performance dogs regions outside the big five capital cities. The state government’s first home buyer boost, including a doubling of the grant in regional areas to $20,000, and the waiving of stamp duty with certain conditions, was rolled into a campaign to attract people to regional Victoria launched last Friday called “Ready when you are”. Regional businesses also had payroll tax cut by 25 per cent as of Saturday, July 1. “A huge investment in improvements to housing affordability and backing local businesses will help our local communities continue to grow and prosper – and will continue to attract people to regional Victoria,” treasurer Tim Pallas said. If stagnant econom-

ic growth in regional areas was keeping people from moving out of the capital cities, then Regional Australia Institute hoped its report on challenging misconceptions about small cities will show the regions in a new light. The report puts Bendigo, and other Victorian centres including Ballarat and Geelong, in the category of average annual growth between 2001 to 2013 of 2.8 per cent, and on par with averages for Australia as a whole. Another myth about regional centres is that they will be left behind in the new economy world. The institute’s report says the transition from old industries such as agriculture, manufacturing and mining, to the new economy is “very much a feature of regional city economics”. It shows Bendigo’s gross value added contribution from new economy business such as financial services,

health care, scientific and technical services was slightly higher than from the old economy business. The report’s author recommends nurturing specialisations in regional cities, goods and services that can be sold outside of the region. “Australia engages in a mostly negative public discussion about regional economies,” the report stated. “Media coverage and government activity tends to focus on the economic challenges of regions, patching up places impacted by manufacturing closure and lamenting the impacts of droughts and commodity price downturns. “(But) regional cities are strong performers compared to the metropolitan big five cities of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, particularly given the vast differences in population size between most regional cities and the big five.”

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Backing the dragon

WEDNESDAY morning’s ceremony to celebrate the first direct flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong may well have been Virgin Australia’s media event, but it turned out to be Bendigo’s morning. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson employed one of Bendigo’s much loved Chinese dragons for yet another publicity stunt before an audience of enthralled onlookers, but the 32-metre long Yar Loong, his band of carriers and City of Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O’Rourke were the other stars of a morning where nobody of us really knew what to expect. While international, national and local media joined federal and state politicians as well as scores of Virgin Australia staff at the airline’s international check

in counter, Mr Branson took his place underneath the beautiful Yar Loong, which then wound its way through the terminal. Mr Branson later emerged from beneath the head of the dragon to the surprise and enthusiastic applause and cheers of the assembled guests, in an event that had been well orchestrated in cooperation with the Bendigo Chinese Association and Virgin Australia. In another positive sign of the strong bond that has developed between the airline and the city of Greater Bendigo, Mr Branson also confirmed Virgin Australia would “chip in” to the Sun Loong 750 campaign, which seeks to raise $750,000 for a new Imperial Dragon. The airline has already agreed

to assist with freighting the new dragon back to Australia once it has been produced. Cr O’Rourke also presented Mr Branson with a painting of Sun Loong and himself, before posing with the billionaire for a “selfie”, and providing interviews to the national media that had been so impressed with the colourful and cultural display put on by Bendigo. She also thanked Mr Branson for his generosity and invited him to come to Bendigo in 2019 where it’s hoped the city’s new dragon – Dai Gum Loong, will make its debut in the Easter parade, in what is expected to be Sun Loong’s final parade. Further information on the Sun Loong 750 campaign is available at www.daigumloong.com.au

smile: Margaret O’Rourke snaps a selfie with Sir Richard Branson. Photo: BILL CONROY

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Grants up for groups COMMUNITY groups are in line to benefit from the latest round of community grants, announced this week by federal Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters. Ms Chesters launched round three of the government’s Stronger Communities Program in conjunction with the First Strathfieldsaye Scout Group, which was a round two grant recipient. The program funds small capital projects. The Bendigo electorate will have $150,000 to fund projects worth between $2,500 and $20,000. Ms Chesters said applicants are required to match the grant in cash or inkind on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis.

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NBNco aims to improve

NBNCo will bring community consultation specialists to Bendigo following complaints by local residents and businesses about lower speeds than they are paying for in packages promoted by broadband retailers. The government-owned broadband wholesaler will begin next quarter a road show that will target residents, then businesses and finally users in what amounts to a campaign to educate, and win over, Bendigo residents who are frustrated and underwhelmed. City of Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O’Rourke visited

NBNCo headquarters in Canberra last month, and suggested the company improve community consultation. NBNCo general manager state corporate affairs Sam Dimarco, who visited Bendigo this week and who worked with Cr O’Rourke when they were both employed by Telstra, conceded the company lacked a local presence. He said NBNCo had been working with broadband retailers, of which there were more than 150, to help them refine how they resolved service problems, more than half of which are the result of conditions within the home or business and not

with the node or copper. Mr Dimarco said problems could be the result of the modem, or where it is placed, internal cabling or the age of devices and frustration was intensified

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ers is to bring us closer to them.” That included making sure retailers were aware of the speed capability of lines, and to sell packages to that capacity. He said more than complaints

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when customers were bounced from the retailer to NBNCo, with neither able to detect the issue. “Their experience has been poor and we acknowledge that,” he said. “But part of the work we are doing with retail service provid-

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from customers to NBNCo were about when broadband would reach them, then being unable to place an order because their address did not exist. The third biggest complaint was missed appointments. He said connectivity issues

were the fault of the copper network only two per cent of the time because Telstra checked the lines before and during the roll out. And speeds of more than 25 megabits per second had been requested by only four per cent of Bendigo customers. Mr Dimarco said 89 per cent required that speed or less. NBNCo, he said, would upgrade technology for greater speed when the market demanded it. “But the market is not ready for it yet,” he said. Regardless, all technologies had a path that enabled them to be upgraded.

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Association enlists tennis legend toward the $6 million Nolan Street complex. Former Davis Cup captain Fitzgerald was in town to watch on at the Bendigo Bank Winter Tournament run at the complex this week and attend a gala event on Wednesday night to officially launch the program.

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“There are a lot of places in Australia from a tennis perspective that have a fair bit of getupand-go, but Bendigo is definitely right up there so to see this happening here is terrific,” he said. “This will be a fantastic facility for the whole community and that’s what tennis

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AUSTRALIAN tennis legend John Fitzgerald has thrown his support behind the Bendigo Tennis Association’s redevelopment, launching the BTA’s fundraising program. Dubbed “For Generations”, the program aims to raise the bulk of the BTA’s contribution

BENDIGO MP Lisa Chesters has marked the Coalition government’s past 12 months in office as a list of failures, but Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie claims the government’s focus has been to grow the nation’s economic base to create jobs, all the while managing the senate crossbench. “I think we have been a really successful government,” Senator McKenzie said. She counted off small to medium business incentives, inland rail, trade, energy and citizenship changes as successes in the past 12 months. “Every single thing we have been doing as a government is to create jobs,” Senator McKenzie said. The Australian Domestic Gas Supply Mechanism, which kicked in on July 1, would ensure a domestic supply of gas in an era of rising power costs for businesses and homes, and citizenship changes would protect Australian jobs. But Ms Chesters said the number of apprenticeships had fallen since the Coalition had come into government in 2013, and Labor would ensure every one in 10 jobs in every federally-funded project would go to apprentices if it won office. “For all their ranting about jobs and growth, we have seen real wages in Bendigo go backwards, more and more people aren’t working enough hours and want more hours,” Ms Chesters said. “More and more people can’t find decent full time work and jobs that they can count on.” She listed medicare, changes to education funding and the local roll out of national broadband as other failures of the government. “The Liberal Party is at war with itself, it could be 12 months, it could be 18 months, when you have a prime minister who only really cares about his job, and such a divided government, we are all kind of dragged along with this merry-go-round as it goes.”

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Indigenous language the focus By SHARON KEMP

INDIGENOUS language is not lost, says Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation chairman Trent Nelson. “It is just sitting there waiting for our young people to reclaim it,” he told the audience at the flag raising ceremony marking NAIDOC week.

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“So a lot our people today need to encourage our kids to be involved.” Mr Nelson said there is so much research that you can gain access to

HIGH POINT: The flag is raised. Photos: ANDREW PERRYMAN

The theme of this year’s NAIDOC week celebrations is Our Languages Matter. Regaining indigenous language, of which there were hundreds in pre-contact Australia and about 40 in Victoria, is best achieved by children, said Mr Nelson, who also acknowledged the challenge. “It is very hard today because a lot of people speak English as our first language,” he said. “As many of you know who speak a second language, it is very hard to learn that language but when you are a kid and you learn that language for the first time, it is very easy to pick up.

connects us to you as well because you live here as well,” he said Mayor Margaret O’Rouke also referred to the value of language to community. “Language is said to be one of the attributes that define what it is to be human, language expresses cultural values, norms and ways of GOOD WATERHOLE: A family plants a tree at the seeing the world,” Wanyarram Dhelk project day. she said in a speech before the flag raisfor people and communities to ac- ing and smoking ceremony at the Bendigo Town Hall on Monday. tually rekindle the languages. “To quote NAIDOC committee “Our language connects us to everything in the landscape and it co-chair Anne Martin, Aboriginal

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and Torres Strait languages are not just a means of communication, they express knowledge about everything: law, geography, history, family and human relationships, philosophy, religion, anatomy, childcare, health, caring for country, astronomy, biology and food.” City of Greater Bendigo health and wellbeing director Vicky Mason said the council had improved its relationship with local indigenous communities. The council launched its reconciliation plan during last year’s NAIDOC week. Ms Mason said in August, councillors would undergo cultural training on country with Aboriginal leaders. This week, however, NAIDOC celebrations was an opportunity for Bendigo residents to attend an event, exhibition or ceremony to be

welcomed to country. The Dja Dja Wurrung language presentation was conducted at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning on Tuesday, and families were encouraged to plant a tree at the Wanyarrum Dhelk project, meaning good waterhole. On Wednesday, children’s day at Golden Square Primary School featured craft and physical activities, performances and food tasting. Yesterday, babies were welcomed to country at Ulumburra Theatre and La Trobe University held a market day. Events continue today with an art exhibition and community lunch at St John of God hospital from 11.30am to 1.30pm and on Saturday, the Eaglehawk Soccer Club will unveil new shirts featuring indigenous design for players to wear in recognition.

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Depending on the outcome of the commission hearing, councillors will need to decide if they will appeal the commission’s approval of the Wellington’s application, or defend its position if Bendigo Stadium appeals at VCAT a refusal by the VCGLR. Bendigo Stadium’s application included an estimate the 44 machines at the hotel would attract as much as $446,536 a year in new money into machines, but $2m in total, most of

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which would have otherwise been put into machines in other venues. In declaring the relevance of adding 44 pokies to its inventory of more than 100 machines, Bendigo Stadium said it needed “the extra revenue gained from additional machines and the extra firepower to stay competitive in the new economic environment”. “On the other hand, as the major development of a new 4000 seat stadium and large function room comes online, the spikes in demand

on the utilisation of those machines by event-driven visitation will compound dramatically.” Mr Goddard, in his chairman’s statement, refers to Bendigo Stadium’s $15m contribution to the $22m upgrade of the stadium, which represents more than double the original sum. “So the club needs the extra gaming machines...to compensate for doubling of community funding,” he wrote.

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From dry to wet

BENDIGO’S driest June since records began was met with a wet start to July, but what was welcome rain for many is not expected to last. Just 2.2 millimetres of rain fell in Bendigo during June, the city’s driest month since record keeping began at Bendigo Prison in 1862. The previous mark was recorded in June 1876, when just 6.6mm of rain fell at the now inactive weather observation site. The previous driest month at the currently operational Bendigo Airport site was 18.8mm in June, 2006. In contrast, 8.8mm fell in the first four days of July to provide a small dose of temporary relief for primary producers.

But the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest climate outlooks indicate that the dry conditions will persist

Dry conditions will persist through until September through until September and possibly further into the year, with below median rainfall expected over the coming three months.

The dominant factor in the weather of south-eastern Australia has been a high amount of slowmoving high pressure systems, reducing cloud cover and resultant rainfall. The higher than average pressure is expected to have an influence on conditions through until early spring. In more positive news, the bureau has downgraded its El Niño tracker from watch status to inactive, after Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures cooled due to persistent trade winds. July is traditionally Bendigo’s wettest month, with 55.7mm of rainfall on average.

Threeminute thesis researchers presented a host of ground-breaking work at a three-minute thesis presentation on Tuesday. Eight La Trobe University research candidates in health-related fields were challenged to describe their research to colleagues and lecturers in the tiny timeframe. Academic and organiser Carol McKinstry said the line-up of presentations demonstrates the breadth of research coming out of the La Trobe Rural Health School. “Disciplines such as dentistry, exercise physiology and occupation therapy were represented, among others,” Dr McKinstry said. “All of the projects hold merit in helping to improve the health outcomes of our own community and beyond.” Research candidate and Bendigo Health employee

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on the clock: Stephen Barrett makes his point in three minutes. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN Stephen Barrett’s project focused on chronic diseases and physical activity. “Despite the knowledge that being physically active every day is beneficial for health and wellbeing, more than 50 per cent of Australian adults are either inactive or have low levels of physical activity,” Mr Barrett said. “Because of the demands that chronic diseases place on the healthcare sys-

tem, hospitals are looking to broaden their role towards a position of more integrated disease management and health promotion.” Mr Barrett has recruited non-admitted patients, who are physically inactive, and is using a novel method of telephone coaching to try to increase their activity levels. “The research is progressing well,” he said. “We’ve just finished recruiting participants, and

many are already demonstrating positive behaviour change. Our data collection is ongoing, and we look forward to the outcome of the study.” Other projects to feature during the afternoon included Luke Daly’s Exercise and the Heart: How to overdo it and Rahila UmmerChristian’s Access to Dental Services for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Malik’s identity politics The violence, anger and confusion that dominate so much of the news and debate about multiculturalism and immigration are all about identity politics, according to Kenan Malik. “Different minority groups, whether African Americans, indigenous Australians, Muslims or gays, are seen as possessing distinct cultures, identities, and ways of thinking,” the British author said. “Once, hostility to immigration was rooted in racial antipathy – fear of the yellow peril or of the black invasion. “Today it is more often expressed in terms of cultural differences.” Malik is heading to Australia next month, to speak at Bendigo Writers Festival, August 11-13. In books such as The Quest for a Moral Compass and From Fatwa to Jihad: How the World Changed he writes about how debate is now stifled by both sides. “Such is the confusion about race and culture, that criticising the culture that underlies white supremacy is now seen as defending it,” he said. Malik was born in India, and raised in Manchester in the UK, where he trained in neurobiology and the history of science. He became well known as a writer when he presented documentaries for television, including Are Muslims Hated? and Britain’s Tribal Tensions. He is a campaigner for equal rights and freedom of expression, and has written widely in newspapers across the world about issues such as multiculturalism.

in conversation: Kenan Malik. “I have been critical of multiculturalism from long before it was fashionable to be so,” he said. “But my critique of multiculturalism is rooted in a completely different vision to that of most contemporary opponents. “I am hostile to multiculturalism not because I fear immigration, despise Muslims or want to reduce diversity but, on the contrary because I favour immigration, oppose the growing hatred of Muslims, and welcome diversity.” At the festival, Malik will talk about How the World Changed with distinguished journalist, Tony Walker. He also will be in conversation with Paul Barclay, from ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program, about his passion for philosophy and debate. “Respect requires us to challenge that values and beliefs of others,” he said. “It requires us to have a robust, open public debate about the values, to which we aspire, accepting that such a debate will be difficult, and often confrontational, but also that such difficult confrontational debate is a necessity in any society that seeks to be open, liberal and democratic.”

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A DAY after being named Victoria’s corporate citizen of the year, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has lifted interest rates out of sync with the Reserve Bank of Australia. RBA governor Phillip Lowe kept cash rates on hold, but Australia’s banks continue to tweak rates to benefit owner-

MEDAL WINNER: Heather Chalmers found out about her type one diabetes 50 years ago. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN DURING this year’s National Diabe- long-term survival of those with tes Week, Heather Chalmers of Ma- type one diabetes has dramatically rong will be awarded with Diabetes improved over the decades. & Diagnosed with type one diaVictoria’s Kellion Victory FUNERALS Medal for having survived more than 50 years betes in 1967, Mrs Chalmers’ life PRE - PAID FUNERALS of living with type one diabetes. changed overnight. Less than 100 years ago, type “I was grateful that insulin had one diabetes was a death sentence: been discovered but it meant sponhalf of the people who developed it taneity in life was limited. My life died within two years; more than 90 would never be the same but I was per cent were dead within five years. still alive,” Mrs Chalmers said. Thanks to the introduction of “Guesswork about blood gluinsulin therapy in the 1920s, and cose levels has been replaced by acnumerous advances since then, the curate testing.”

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Disused mine shafts capped two disused open mine shafts that were recently discovered only 450 metres from a school in Bendigo have been capped. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning’s Damian Sharrock said officers were inspecting crown land on Taylor Street in Long Gully. “We noticed four star pickets wrapped with warning tape around a small 30-by-20-centimetre opening,” he said. “We soon realised it was an uncapped mine shaft that had opened up but hadn’t been reported to DELWP. “With California Gully Primary School only about 450m away and children walking through the area on their way to school, we knew we had to cap it immediately for the public’s safety.” DELWP excavated around the hole then capped it with a purposebuilt galvanised metal cap.

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Full allocation for water Coliban Water allocations for the 2017/18 rural season will open at 100 per cent. Coliban Water’s Neville Pearce said the organisation’s 1374 rural customers would have access to their full licence volume when the season opens in the late spring. “Our three major catchment storages, near Kyneton, are in a strong position – 78 per cent full with 54,455 megalitres,” he said. “Our annual inflow for 2016/17 was 100,293ML, our second highest for a decade and 12 times higher than the previous year, which was 8336ML.” “The last time our inflows were more than 100,000ML was in 2010/11, the year of the January 2011 floods. “Last April was our wettest month since January 2011 and our wettest April since our records began in 1873.” Mr Pearce said it was important to note that although last year was one of the highest for inflows into

catchment storages, inflow for the previous year was one of our lowest since the Millennium Drought. As well as supplying rural licence holders, the Coliban Water catchment storages near Kyneton are the source of supply for towns in the Coliban southern system, which includes Castlemaine, Kyneton and Maldon and all towns and surrounding villages connected to these systems. Bendigo and the towns in the Coliban northern system have multiple sources of supply including the catchment storages near Kyneton, as well as from Coliban Water’s 18 per cent share of inflows into Lake Eppalock, and water from the Goulburn system supplied via the Goldfields Superpipe. Mr Pearce said that when making the rural allocation decision, consideration is given to all customers supplied by the catchment storages, while always aiming to maintain at least two years of supply in store. combined effort: Karen Corr, Rohan Hogan, Andy Sloane and John Willis.

Aiming for change Climate change, land degradation, community wellbeing, food production, obesity, and inclusion are complex issues that are often addressed individually. Understanding the overlap, and that solutions are more effectively addressed collaboratively, has led several organisations in Bendigo to connect. “Effective solutions begin with productive discussions,” Make A Change Australia’s Karen

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Corr said. The local not-for-profit group is facilitating Greater Bendigo’s Curriculum for Change. It’s a year-long initiative encouraging locals to think differently and create new solutions. The next topic is focusing on the links between health and the environment. Bendigo’s leading service organisations support this approach, with North Central

Catchment Management Authority, Bendigo Health, and Golden City Support Services eager to see people getting involved. “Listening is part of the solution,” Mrs Corr said. “Everyone is invited to participate via online discussions, or via attending the next Outside the Square gathering ‘Connecting: People. Land. Food. Life’ on Thursday, July 27.”

Fun for the holidays Unleash your imagination this school holidays at Discovery Science and Technology Centre. Future Freak Out pays respect to those inventors and innovators of the past, and invites you to link your imagination to future innovation. “Discovery is building a great reputation for quality holiday programs,” science communicator Alissa Van Soest said. “This holiday we’re aiming to highlight just how quickly technology is evolving.” There are three parts to Future Freak Out, an interactive science show in the auditorium, a Planetarium show and a hands-on making activity. And the 7.2-metre-high vertical slide will be operating three times daily. The Future Freak Out Live Science Show runs for 20 minutes at noon and 2pm daily and asks what does the future hold for technology and the way humans live? What did we used to think the future would hold? See how imagination fuels invention and see what we’ve got right, and wrong, about the future in the past. The Phantom of the Universe Planetarium Show runs for 20 minutes at 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm daily and is ticketed due to seating restrictions. Where is all the mass that we

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VICTORIAN seniors from the Karen community in Bendigo will be further encouraged to get involved and stay active in their communities, as the recipients of a state government grant. The Karen Culture and Social Support Foundation received a $5000 grant for a project that will include cooking classes and education on food safety; conversational English; and, education sessions on nutrition and good health. The Culturally And

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PaTH program a sham Announcements made this week that major retailers will offer 10,000 exploitative PaTH internships is another demonstration of how out of touch this government is. Retailers already employ lots of younger workers and have no trouble in recruiting young workers. There are very few safeguards to stop these $4 per hour PaTH internships undercutting and replacing existing jobs. Malcom Turnbull and his government will spend nearly $1bn on PaTH. Yesterday, the Turnbull government also revealed that in three months it’s only secured 620 commenced intern placements. Of those 620 placements – over three months – only 82 actually got a job. Investing in real apprenticeships and creating secure jobs young people can count on would be a far better spend of this funding. There is a serious lack of entry level full-time jobs today compared to a generation go. PaTH is not a solution. This program drives down wages, creates more job insecurity and forces young workers to live below the poverty line. Lisa Chesters MP, Federal Member for Bendigo

Society at crossroads In reply to Stephen Colbert’s letter (Bendigo Weekly, June 30) regarding my earlier missive on the state of the nation. My thoughts in regard to the crossroads at which society currently stands appears to have brought forth a diatribe of the very same “savage thoughts” of which I have now been accused. I would like to set the record straight and apologise to Mr Colbert for causing him such apoplexy. Sir, I believe that you have completely missed the point of my letter. I, like you, certainly wish and want for a “better, fairer and more equitable world”. But I firmly believe that we are going about it in the wrong way. We live in the greatest country on earth, but we are in massive debt. We simply cannot continue throwing money around to support all the marginalised groups in society without something coming back in return to keep the country solvent. The mess we have created as a society is entirely our own fault i.e. easy divorce, promiscuity, rampant drug and alcohol abuse, welfare rorts, a legal system that uses a limp lettuce leaf when sentencing monsters (on

parole) for crimes beyond belief, easy finance, corruption on a grand scale in business and politics. We simply cannot “buy” our way out of this ungodly mess. To continue down this path is to revive the old Communist mantra from years past – ”property is theft” – ”rabid yearnings for equal division of unequal earnings”. Socialism and ommunism have been tried, and failed spectacularly, usually at great cost to the society of the period. In closing, I urge you not to lose too much sleep over the current order of things, Mr Colbert. Fear not, as at the present time, your way of thinking is triumphing over common sense. And that is perhaps the saddest thing of all. Eric Lakey, Bendigo

Why no geology? I’m amazed and disappointed to hear that geology is no longer offered as a key basic subject for Bendigo’s La Trobe University’s science, engineering and education courses. Having agricultural geology as part of our Bachelor of Ag Science course at Melbourne University in 1947, I am ever grateful for geology and botany being part of our learning. They greatly assisted during my 37-year soil conservation working career and certainly enhanced our family’s “reading of the land”, especially when travelling. Ideally these two subjects should also be a vital part of the secondary school curriculum. It would be good to read a response to this letter from La Trobe University (Bendigo). David H Elvery, Flora Hill

Save the money Despite what some residents may call a good decision and commonsense, I find the city council’s decision to appeal the pokies application and resulting costs a waste of ratepayers’ money. The Victorian Commission for Gaming and Liquor Regulatory’s main objectives are: To foster responsible gambling in order to minimise harm caused by problem gambling To promote tourism, employment and economic development generally in the state. It is not the role of council to stop legal business enterprise or tell citizens what they can or cannot do. And it certainly is not the business of a council that cries poor and

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whines about rate-capping at every opportunity. The adoption of a new technology like the pokies can never take place without, at the same time, setting in motion numerous other changes in the way of life of people involved with serious consequences in terms of community relationships and social control Pokies do not exist in a vacuum; it is part now of the social life of the city and each generation must find its own remedies consistent with the rest of their way of living. Councillor Metcalf was right to point out that the Victorian Commission for Gaming and Liquor will make the decision, and the odds are council will be just wasting ratepayers money in the interests of a minority group. Is this council putting on notice that it is not interested in supporting tourism, employment and economic development? Bill Collier, Golden Square

Euthanasia bill a danger If the Parliament of Victoria was foolish enough to legislate for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, this would completely demoralise Victorians living with the feeling of being a burden to their families or society. Not only that, but the health insurance industry would, in time, probably encourage that thinking. This has happened in various

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places in the world where assisted suicide and/or euthanasia has been law for some years. Oregon has become a place where there has been a profound shift in attitude toward medical care – a new fear and secrecy. This year Oregon has a bill expanding the existing Physician Aid in Dying law which seeks to allow medically vulnerable persons, patients who are awake, conscious and aware to be denied food and water. Victorians who think that any voluntary assisted suicide legislation will have all kinds of safeguards built into it to prevent abuses are deceiving themselves. If physician-assisted suicide was legally available, would health care funds decide that, as some did in Oregon recently, that PAS was a better option (for them) than the financial burden of medical treatment? If such assisted suicide legislation were passed in this state the improvement and expansion of palliative care skills would be discouraged. The End of Life Choices Inquiry received 35 submissions for such improvements. If physician-assisted suicide was legislated in Victoria it would risk increasing the incidence of elder abuse. Vulnerable elderly or disabled persons would be exposed to the risk of coercion which would be difficult to detect. There are many reasons to reject any bill seeking to legalise physicianassisted suicide in any form, but removing the prohibition of intention-

al killing – which is the cornerstone of law and social relationships – is a major consideration. Once such legislation is in place it is very difficult, if not impossible to remove. Helen Leach Bendigo

Gardens needed The “City misses out on local food” article, Bendigo Weekly, June 23, caused me to recall the community gardens that are (were) common in the UK. There have also been in recent times, community gardens in Australia utilising vacant sites often on a small scale. The land mentioned in this article would allow an extensive community garden scheme for the many residents of new developments who have no space to establish a residential vegie garden. The council could set up the basics and a community committee of interested residents could manage the scheme. This scheme should be open to anyone within the Bendigo area and rents should be set according to each person’s means. Educational opportunities will also be available for many Bendigonians from school children to firsttime gardeners. Stuart Symonds, Quarry Hill

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A MOMENT of indulgence dear readers, if we may. This week, the Bendigo Weekly celebrates the 20th anniversary of its founding, way back on July 4, 1997, when a group of local real estate agents and one equally forward thinking local business man and councillor banded together a small crew to create the paper we all know and love today as the Bendigo Weekly. Fast forward to day, and the importance of this paper to the community we serve has arguably never been greater, because as the internet continues to exact its toll upon the publishing industry, and on journalism in particular, the role of a community paper such as ours, becomes even more paramount. For 20 years the Weekly has provided a linkage between local issues and local action, and between good ideas and practical outcomes. The hyper-local content published each week, for the past 1026 editions, has always been relevant, and significantly, much of it cannot be found anywhere else.

Editorial Comment At times, we’ve caused a stir, as all good newspapers should, but importantly, we’ve created or caused a response, and as a result, the paper has contributed towards making Bendigo a better place. The Weekly remains the most awarded from its time as part of the Victorian Country Press Association’s stable of almost 90 mastheads, and that’s something every single person who has ever worked with us should feel immensely proud of. And while social media may well have encroached into some of the traditional newspaper’s areas of influence, we cannot accept any suggestion that one day there will be no newspapers, and that this would be a good thing. In an era where fake news and celebrity click bait exists to pollute the online pages of too many once well regarded and respected news outlets,

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FOR some time now, discussion of the rural health workforce has been fixated on the fact that we aren’t graduating enough doctors with a passion for the country. And a decade or so ago, that was probably true. At a time when rural training opportunities were minimal and at best considered inferior, very few of our country kids made it into medical school and even less of them had any meaningful exposure to rural practice. But since 2005 the number of medical students in Australia has doubled, and thanks to rural health pioneers across the country the emphasis on providing rural training opportunities to those students has also grown exponentially. Over the past number of years significant funding has been dedicated to rural health training from both sides of politics, in a seemingly bipartisan effort address the rural doctor shortage.

And while some of that funding has been incredibly effective, for example the establishment of Rural Clinical Schools for medical student placements, other attempts have been arguably more stigmatising than successful, such as lengthy rural return of service obligations. Rural health has tradi-

able post-graduation. Now this is a problem, because as junior doctors we require years, and in some cases up to a decade, of additional training in order to work independently as GPs and specialists. So while we are graduating passionate junior doctors ready to embark on ru-

Only a small number of coordinated rural specialty training pathways are available tionally been a field of trial and error, requiring tireless perseverance through the latter. But now we are finally graduating large numbers of rural-background and other students interested in rural health careers, products of a slow and steady cultural shift in the profession. And while excellent clinical training infrastructure and networks exist for them at the university level, only a small number of coordinated rural specialty training pathways are avail-

ral health careers, we are also losing many of them to the cities shortly thereafter. For that reason, the federal government’s recent announcement that Bendigo will be home to one of the country’s new regional specialty training hubs has been met with applause. The Australian Medical Association and national rural health groups have long called for the establishment of these specialty training networks, with an aim of remodelling the post-graduate training landscape to mir-

ror what has already been achieved at the university level. The hubs offer an opportunity to integrate the needs of universities, specialty colleges, health networks and the community into supported rural specialist training pathways and to ultimately produce specialists who live and work in the local area. And while creation of the hubs will take time, and while they will likely need ongoing consultation and planning to achieve their full potential, they are an evidence-based approach to rural health with real capacity to improve outcomes for regional and rural patients. After decades of ground work, rural medical training doesn’t need to rely on trial and error any more, now that we have the evidence. Twitter: @skyekinder

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ECCY Cole and Adam Harvey have individually carved out their places at the forefront of Australian country music for almost two decades and each has a list of awards, top selling albums and plenty of fans. They are joining forces and coming to the Ulumbarra Theatre this month to perform a two-hour set, but they are no strangers to performing together. “It’s our ninth national tour,” Cole said. “We work well together, and we are performing the songs from The Great Country Songbook Volume II. “Adam’s wife calls me the road wife.” Cole said though it’s different from being on a solo tour, the emphasis remains the same. “Whether I’m with Adam or on my own tour, my priority remains with the audience, I am out to give them a good time,” she said. Cole has been performing since 1993, so is no stranger to the road

and first toured with Harvey 18 years ago. “Sharing the stage with Adam is like putting on a comfy pair of old jeans, it fits and it works,” she said. “It’s good when you know the other person, you can read the other person. There are no surprises.” On previous tours the pair has performed individual sets, and then sung some duets, but this show has Cole and Harvey on stage for the whole show. “It’s a two-hour show, and on tour nowadays the partying has slowed down a bit. You have to be fit, eat and rest correctly,” Cole said. Cole said her fans easily crossover to the style of this tour, which includes the most classic country music duets. “I press a slight pause on my own work and do this tour, and I still do my own shows and I am at the Deni Ute Muster too, so my fans can choose,” she said. “I will meet people in Bendigo I

haven’t seen for years, part of the big country music family. The show will be good. “The album was a blast to make, the live show will be fun, funny and

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Y brother flew in from the UK last week, and I dutifully headed out to Tullamarine to pick him up. I generally, for no reason I know, go down the Calder and then the Tulla, and come back via Sunbury. A loop to add variety I guess. Anyway, last week all was going well as I headed along the road only to find roadworks, and a total block across the entrance to the Tulla. Now a bit of a slowdown I could handle, but no entrance on to the Tulla put me in a spin. There was a major detour that sent me Lord knows where and ended up near the DFO store. There were the tiniest of detour signs which I dutifully followed but somehow went adrift. I switched on the car nav system to try to work out where I was, but to be honest Melbourne is a bit of a mystery to me. I headed down Mount Alexander Road, which I was familiar with as I used to work in Moonee Ponds, but wondered how this was going to get me to the airport. Navigation was no point as it would try to put me through the roadworks, so I followed the detour signs. Next thing I spotted was Moonee Ponds racecourse, this was some detour. By the time I got to Sydney Road I knew something was wrong so I stopped and brought the iPhone into action. I could not get the internet. But navigation seemed OK and sent me back the way I had come. It was at this point my bladder

full of surprises – that’s always been Adam’s and my aim.” The Great Country Songbook Volume II tour is at Ulumbarra Theatre on Saturday, July 29 at 8pm. Tickets

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started urging me on. But I had a brother arriving on a flight with no way of telling him I was delayed. I am not good at being late. It stresses me. After getting back to the Calder I joined the Tulla from the south. Seemed like I was on the home straight. Nope – there were more roadworks, and delays to match. That lovely gentle stop and crawl which plays havoc with stress and bladder. I cursed the civil engineer who thought two lanes and a slip road into one lane was a good idea on the approach to an airport. Thankfully the other road users were calm and courteous, though some must have been in the same situation as I was. Finally I edged towards the airport and I had thoughts of a stressed brother wondering where I was. The flight had landed a while ago, and I

had used up all of my built-in spare time. The second floor is the best spot for short-term parking, but the mighty dollar has taken over and it’s mostly been converted to high-price premium parking. I managed to find a spot in the already over-priced parking section and headed for the arrivals lounge. After a quick check for my brother I asked an important questions. “Where are the toilets?” It was the first time in my life I have ever had to run for relief. On my return my brother was just coming through the gates. The only plus to the whole evening was the low parking fee. I was in and out of the parking spot within 15 minutes and on the trip home – via Sunbury. – Steve Kendall twitter: @stevekendall1

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ERHAPS no woman in history has felt the world’s condemnation more fiercely than the former Camilla Parker Bowles. Yet, for much of the past half century, few people outside her immediate family and close circle of trusted friends have truly understood Camilla’s circumstances. Rather, she has been known only by reputation, and an exceptionally unfavourable one at that: she has been cited as the callous mistress who tempted the Prince of Wales into committing adultery – the third party in what an entire generation wanted to believe was Charles’ fairytale romance with Lady Diana Spencer, his impeccably pedigreed, glamorous, innocent bride. Now, in The Duchess, British journalist and longtime royal biographer Penny Junor delivers a contrasting insight. Junor has been observing the Duchess of Cornwall since she was simply Mrs PB, newly married to an ambitious career soldier who even during the couple’s courtship flaunted a succession of simultaneous girlfriends (including Charles’ sister, Princess Anne). Andrew Parker Bowles’ philandering continued

openly after their wedding while Camilla, rather than pursuing the prince, directed her energy into raising children Tom and Laura and appearing oblivious to her husband’s infidelities. The Duchess examines the disintegration of both the Parker Bowles and Wales marriages and details the events that led to Charles and Camilla’s reunion after almost a decade of platonic camaraderie. It documents Camilla’s long and tortuous transition in the eyes of the public from despised “other woman” to royal confidant, companion and, eventually, spouse. Junor describes the frustrations and embarrassments endured by Camilla as she was stalked by photographers, inundated with hate-mail and lambasted as a homewrecker by Britain’s tabloid press. Above all, she presents a warm and convincing portrait of a discreet, laughter-loving, honest, down-toearth individual who is a calming, caring and confidence-boosting influence on the man who one day will become the Commonwealth’s king. – Rosalea Ryan

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WO contrasting, but highly entertaining, acts will board the Blues Tram on Saturday, July 8. Richard Perso, and Alawishus Jones and The Outright Lies will turn up the musical heat for passengers on the restored vintage W-Class tram as it journeys through the city on a mid-winter afternoon. Yackandandah’s Richard Perso fuses a folk-blues-rock-acoustic sound with an arsenal of didgeridoos. At just 25, and with a voice compared to Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, he is already the veteran of more than 125 festival performances. Perso’s entertaining, multi-genre, multi-instrument gigs are a whirlwind of activity. He doesn’t seem to have enough arms, legs or lungs to pull off the physically demanding performance

that sees him playing three didgeridoos, three overdriven acoustic guitars and replacing a drummer with little more than his own two feet. This will be his first Bendigo Blues Tram appearance. Richard Perso is joined by the old-time folk-blues outfit, Alawishus Jones and The Outright Lies. Their humorous, informative approach to the story and meaning behind the blues has been entertaining discerning audiences since 2014. Time travellers Alawishus, Wilby and Cleitus will take you back to the old days, tell you stories and sing you some authentic rural blues and ragged tunes. This next Blues Tram rolls on Saturday, July 8 at 2pm from the Central Deborah Goldmine at 76 Violet Street. Tickets $35 from Bendigo Visitor Centre in Pall Mall, 1800 813 513.

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RENZAL Rhomb, out on the road promoting new album Hi-Vis High Tea, rock-up at Bendigo’s MusicMan on Thursday, July 27. A sedate, gentle, recital kind-of-evening seems unlikely. The new album, their ninth studio record in a 25-year career, clocks-in at a very punk rock 20 tracks in just over 30 minutes. As it should be. Recorded by Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents et al) in the US, Hi-Vis High Tea is reportedly “a concept album about a whole bunch of different concepts”. What those concepts are, is unclear. Let’s not get bogged down in the detail. Frenzal Rhomb were at the forefront of Australia’s second wave of punk rock acts in the early 1990s. As Offspring, Blink 182 (who they later supported on a US tour), and Green Day reignited the US scene with a more pop-edged sound, Frenzal Rhomb burst out of Sydney’s northern suburbs with their brand of Australian skate punk. They remain punk darlings to a generation who came of age in the 1990s. Controversy has dogged Frenzal Rhomb from virtually day one. Or helped cultivate the legend

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OIL improvement was seen by Herbert Keck as the way to make the land he owned much more productive. He was to grow an immense variety of edible plants as well as those that could be best described as decorative or utilitarian. Among the edible plants were his table grapes, varieties included black and red prince, centennial, mammoth and Waltham Cross. About 12,000 vines had been planted, the majority grown from buds. There were plans to grow tomatoes, which he did and they were immensely productive. A crop not often seen or talked about in this part of Victoria is amber cane or sorghum. Amber cane plant in its appearance is somewhat like sweet corn, however the stem is much thinner and the flower head produces a huge number of very small seeds. Sorghum is used for making molasses something that is far more extensively used in North America than here. There were thousands of seedling pepper trees, this most adaptable tree will grow in a large variety of climatic conditions and soil types; the pepper tree is a great survivor. Some farmers planted pepper trees to provide shade for stock.

TRANSPORTING TREES: Herbert Keck in bowler hat.

In the nursery Keck had about 2000 champion Hamburg grape vines intended for sale. There were tens of thousands of fruit trees being cultivated in the nursery which were then on-sold, in bulk, to all parts of the state and even interstate. The young trees were railed to their destinations. To protect the bundles of these trees they were covered with a lot of cut cumbungi. The cumbungi leaves were harvested by contractors and delivered to the nursery, a thick protective layer was placed around the tied up trees and the cumbungi was then securely tied, creating tall slim cone like shapes. The accompanying photograph illustrates the packing arrangement which also insulated the trees from extremes of

temperature while in transit. As an active member of the Vine and Fruit Growers’ Association Keck contributed a lot of his experience and ideas for the improvement of the way fruit was or should be grown. At the association meetings often issues of proposed legislation or comments on draft bills were made. There was particular interest in the control of insects and the measures necessary for the prevention of new pests and diseases from reaching these shores. The association was also keen to promote the inspection of orchards by qualified government inspectors to ensure that all the trees would be healthy and so further protect the industry. Another organisa-

tion in which Keck took an active role was the Bendigo Horticultural Society, which held shows in the autumn with exhibitors from as far away as Mildura. Some of the regular exhibitors in the 1890s were A Maher, T Somerville, Knight Brothers, E Bayliss, Craike and son, TL Sargeant, T Strachan, J Powell, T Delbridge and Keck, who was invariably considered to be one of the best exhibitors. When viewing the lists of exhibits, one cannot help but be impressed by the variety of fruit, vegetables and flowers that went on show. A number of writers had described Keck as an “intrepid horticulturalist”, it must be pointed out that he spread his wings beyond the then well known property at Spring Gully. “Everything he did was on thoroughly scientific lines,” in respect of his green fingers, it was also stated that “he is an enthusiastic experimentalist by utilising labour saving devices”. Keck was a propagator of citrus trees and he had some of his own land planted on the Campaspe and close to the Murray. He also cultivated tobacco near Elmore, his leaves equaled in quality those being imported from the US.

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– depends how you look at it. Told once by triple j to “grow up”, their lyrics, cover artwork and many song titles have generated varying levels of controversy. An early EP featured a track called Chemotherapy and a cover of the Home and Away theme tune. They claim to be “the most hospitalised band in the world”. Punch in the Face, from 1996, later featured on Stranded: The Chronicles of Australian Punk – the genre’s definitive collection. The title of their debut EP isn’t going to be referenced in a family paper like the Weekly. The distinctive dreadlocked figure of lead singer Jason Whalley is the only constant throughout the band’s history – albeit in a line-up that hasn’t changed since 2002. Lindsay McDougall, Gordon Forman and Tom Crease make up the rest of the band. Whalley engaged in an infamous on-air spat with music indus-

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try personality Kyle Sandilands in 2004 in which Whalley lambasted Australian Idol. He also said Sandilands didn’t promote enough new Australian music. The spat led to physical threats, and was later dissected by the ABC’s Media Watch. Hi-Vis High Tea is Frenzal Rhomb’s first album of new material for six years (an extensive compilation We Lived Like Kings, We Did Anything We Wanted, came out in 2016). Reviews have been effusive, while noting a business-as-usual element to the album’s sound. Frenzal Rhomb will unleash their new album and selected highlights from an extensive back catalogue at MusicMan on Thursday, July, 27. Support comes from The Second Sex and Totally Unicorn. Tickets from Oztix. – – Simon Wooldridge twitter: @spwooldridge

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ENDIGO Body Composition is a locally owned and operated business providing advice and support to anyone wanting to improve their health and wellbeing. If you’re on a diet, looking to get in shape, or move to the next level of performance, then your weight is only a small part of a much bigger story. While it is difficult to tell from your bathroom scales how much of your weight is fat and how much is muscle, or where you store most of your fat or what your bone mineral density or your basal metabolic rate is, Bendigo Body Composition can provide the answers. More importantly, they can advise what amount and types of food you should be consuming to achieve your health goals. Body composition, or fat versus

fat-free (lean) mass, has long been considered one of the best determinants of health status and disease prediction. Testing can help to determine a person’s overall health. Body composition reflects the results of a person’s physical activity and nutritional practices and a body fat test can be the first step to regaining health. All testing is carried out by qualified nutritionist and fitness professionals. This allows them to explain the results in detail and provide advice on the steps needed to make improvements. The service is for everyone from elite athletes to stay home mums. Using the latest technology available allows you or your trainer/health professional to regularly monitor your level of

body fat, lean muscle mass and muscular development so you can understand how your diet, lifestyle and training regime influence your overall body composition. Their body composition analyser is a non-intrusive, reliable and extremely accurate way of tracking; skeletal muscle mass, body fat as a total and percentage, visceral fat (fat around your organs), basal metabolic rate, bone mineral content, total body water, comparative size of each limb and blood pressure. If you want to know what you’re made of, Bendigo Body Composition has the answers, as well as the solutions to achieving a healthier and happier lifestyle. Bendigo Body Composition 1 to 3 Weeroona Avenue, Bendigo Phone 0431 597 753

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Diabetes is a disorder of glucose metabolism resulting in chronically elevated blood sugar levels. How does it affect the eye? The chronically elevated blood glucose damages the blood vessels that supply the retina. These small blood vessels can occlude and hence can’t supply the retina with oxygen. They also become leaky; fluid, fat and blood then escapes into the macula (central portion of the retina), which severely degrades vision. In severe cases, new very fragile blood vessels grow then haemorrhage causing retinal detachment and complete blindness. Diabetes also accelerates the formation of cataracts and is a risk factor for glaucomaboth of which can cause visual impairment.

Eye surgeon: Dr Irani. Regular eye examinations will determine the presence and extent of eye disease. This is important as early intervention prevents further deterioration and can rescue lost vision if caught early. How is it treated? Initial steps to tighten blood sugar levels, blood pressure, blood lipids, weight loss, cessation of smoking and exercise are encouraged. Laser: to treat fluid at the macula or to prevent new blood vessels growing. Injections into the eye with drugs:

arrests new blood vessels and dries up excess fluid in the macula. Surgery: needed in advanced cases to remove blood from the eye or to treat the retina that is being pulled off from the back of the eye. Eye Surgeons Bendigo is fully equipped and expert in monitoring and treating diabetes related eye diseases with the latest diagnostic and treatment technologies. Phone: 5442 8322 www.eyebendigo.com.au

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HERE are numerous reasons why you should consider desexing your dog, cat, guinea pig or rabbit. Desexing reduces the incidence of pets straying and being injured or killed, or fighting over a prospective mate. In addition, desexing significantly reduces some medical problems that may lead to premature death, “Such as breast cancer in bitches if desexed before their first season, or testicular cancer in male dogs,” practice manager Jamie Tuohey said. Female rabbits should also be desexed due to their high propensity for the development of uterine cancer. “There are a lot of misconceptions or myths about how desexing affects your pet but in reality desexed pets live longer.” “Your pet will not necessarily become fat

and lazy, this occurs because of improper diet and lack of exercise,” Jamie said. “In fact many pets become a lot more settled after desexing displaying less aggression while being more receptive to obedience training. “Male cats are also unlikely to spray mark with urine if desexed at a young age.” Bendigo Animal Hospital recommends desexing your pet, between five and six months of age for most dogs and cats. Large breed dogs may be desexed later and you should discuss this, and any other queries about desexing, with a veterinarian. As an added incentive Bendigo Animal Hospital at 294 Napier Street, Bendigo are offering a 20 per cent saving during July upon the presentation of the discount coupon in this edition of the Bendigo Weekly. Phone 5443 3322 for more details.

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Bendigo Community Health Soup Kitchen: 171 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. 5448 1600. Thurs 4pm4.45pm. (In the arcade near Café De Mille) Bendigo Baptist Community Care: Life Essentials, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. 5441 4747. Tues 7.45am. Biker Charity Support Group: Sidney Myer Pl, Bendigo. 0497 862 777. Every second Sun, 5.30p -9.30pm. Eaglehawk Community House: 19 Bright St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8322. Tues 12 noon and 6pm. Food Not Bombs: Civic Gardens, Lyttleton Tce, Bendigo. Mon 6pm. Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church: Cnr Church and Camp sts. K Flat. 5447 9998. Fourth Wed of every month, 12 noon. Our Shed: 14 Sailors Gully Rd, Eaglehawk - 5446 8813. Every Fri (November – April) 7.30am. Uniting Church Hall, Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk. 5446 8813. Fri 7.30am, (May – October ). Kangaroo Flat Community Meals: Rotary Gateway Park. Wed 5.30pm-6.00pm. Saltworks Community Meal: Eaglehawk Anglican Church , 63 High St, Eaglehawk. 0458 018 083. Fri 5.45pm (except January or public holidays). St Liborius Parish Centre: 50 Panton St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8235. Tues 11.30am (during school terms). Supplied by City of Greater Bendigo.

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Community Houses: Humboldt Dve. 5442 1165. 21 Woolcock Ave, Kangaroo Flat. 5447 9687. Wed mornings (bread only). Bendigo Baptist Community Care: Life Essentials, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Tues and Thurs. 5441 4747. St Vincent de Paul: 16 Hopetoun St, Bendigo. 5443 5688. Mon/Tues/Thurs and Fri, 10am – 2pm. Kangaroo Flat – 117 High St. 5447 9800. Mon – Fri, 10am –1pm. Uniting Care Emergency Relief Centres: Bendigo – 25 Forest St. 5443 4972. Mon/Tue/ Thur/Fri 10am-12.15pm and 1.30pm-3.45pm. Kangaroo Flat – Cnr. Church and Camp sts. 5443 5458. Tues and Fri 10am – 1pm. Victory Foodbank: 116 Garsed St. Bendigo. 5443 5998. Weekdays 11am-4pm. Giving and Living Op Shop: Shed 3, 75 Beischer St, East Bendigo. Tues (bread only) and Thurs 10am 4pm. Ph: 0418 303 489. Donations for the homeless: Coles car park, Myer St. Bendigo. Wed and Sun, 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Clothing, blankets etc. Foodcare3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, corner Peg Leg Road and Kirkwood Street, from 1.30pm to 4pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays, free groceries. Ph 0403 698 715. A gold coin donation appreciated.

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Tuesday 11th July, 7pm Strauch Reserve, Huntly. All welcome. injectables. Fantastic results. Give yourself a lift for Winter. Phone Michelle 0435 748 673

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Marist College Bendigo is a dynamic Catholic College experiencing rapid growth and enrolment demand on its way to becoming an F-12 learning community. In 2018 Marist will have 810 students across Foundation, Year 1 and Years 5-11. It is expected to have an enrolment of 1,300 by 2021 when all year levels are present. Marist will offer both VCE and VCAL in 2018.

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Services Offered

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Complete bathroom makeovers & alterations. 34 yrs exp by qual tradesman. Servicing Bendigo - Castlemaine & surrounding districts. FREE Quote phone Rod Cox 0419 267 672 or 4406 6019.

BLOCKED DRAINS Same day service Ph 5448 4324

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EPSOM PAVING Pathways, Patios Garden Edging etc. Ken Tresize Ph 0419 374 062

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Video to DVD a Speciality Price $100 Ph 54437425

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from smoke free homes only please $35 standard flat basket. Local delivery $5. Free delivery for regulars 0407 987 024 LAWN MOWER & SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS Push & ride on mower servicing, pick up option. Power equip. repairs. Chainsaw service & sharpen. Bendigo Marine & Outdoors, Epsom 5448 3988

DD HANDYMAN & MAINTENANCE SERVICE All types of household jobs inc garden maint. Phone 0409 949 111

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

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PAINTERS / DECORATORS

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BALTIC pine table + 4 chairs, $25 Ph 0409 175 052 BOAT rod holder, for 3 rods, as new $20 Ph 0427 036 622

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FIREWOOD FOR SALE

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DOG kennel. small dog, timber $10 Ph 0466 269 948 DRAFTING table and stool, $320 ONO Ph 0448 415 567

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FIREWOOD

HEATER, Upright Radiant, timer, remote as new $40 Ph 5444 1113

Quality Dry Grey, Red Gum & Yellow Box Del local $130/m Ph 0448 186 691

FIREWOOD

Redgum firewood $130p/m. Pick Up or Delivery $150 open 7 days Ph 0427 353 939

FREE MULLOCK Suit drystone wall, driveway, or creek wash out. Bobcat, Exc & Tipper avail. Ph 0428 507 846

FULL set left hand golf clubs, used only 5 times. Immaculate, top brand, only $350 GARDEN ornaments, bird bath, naked lady & sitting boy $20ea 0497 495 894

GOTT Cooler, 80L, 3 freezer bottles, EC $40 Ph 0402 022 106 Ph 0427 036 622 HAIR Dryer Holder, wall mounted, silver spiral $20 Ph 0437 567 073 CORDLESS telephone, EC, $50 Ph 0437 567 073

ELECTRIC high lift lounge chair $185 Phone 0408 571 794

HAND Bag and purse, colorado leather $10 each 0437 567 073

FIBREGLASS Baths, New seconds, x3 $50 each or best offer Ph 5442 2731

HANDBAGS, leather, asst. styles. From $3 Ph 0421 029 009

Cat Enclosures A fun, safe way for your cat to enjoy the outdoors. Free quotes to suit your budget.

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"WEED FREE" heavy (420kg) oaten hay rolls (netted) $35ea or $40ea with "vetch shandy." Ph 0418 122 252 (Ray) HEAVY duty jumper leads for car. EC, $10 Ph 0466 269 948 HIST of Britain. 3 vols, Simon Schama. As new, $30 Ph 5443 4088

NOIROT Panel heater, not used. $220 Ph 5444 3799

PEDASTAL fan EC $20 ono Phone 5442 1815

PEDASTAL fan w remote control EC $25 ono Phone 5442 1815

PURE knitting wool, $8kg asst colours, Ph 0421 029 009

PURSE, colorado Black leather $10 Ph 0437 567 073

QUEEN Anne White bedside 2 drw chest, $40 Ph 0409 175 052

QUALITY Tap, Basin, Showers etc, two bath rooms, laundry. All boxed unused, pics avail $2,900. 0419 770 094

IMITATION fur jacket, Sz 12, never worn $50 Ph 0476 077 570

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Legend lends a hand By JOEL PETERSON

AFL games record holder Brent Harvey says the rapid rise of women’s football is as big a change as he has seen in his time in the game. The North Melbourne champion was in Bendigo this week at a Toyota Good For Footy event held in conjunction with the Bendigo Thunder’s training session at Weeroona Oval. Harvey and his daughter Lacie were recently involved in North Melbourne’s submission of its prospective AFL Women’s licence for the planned 2019 expansion of the competition. He said it was the single biggest factor in growing the game that he had seen. “If you said that this would happen when I started playing, I would have laughed at you,” he said. “To see the way it’s grown and the way people have shown interest in it has been really impressive and really good for the game.” Despite his AFL career ending last season after 432 games Harvey is still playing, with brother Shane in the Northern Football League for North Heidelberg. He also works at North Melbourne mentoring young talent coming through the ranks

HIGH MARK: The Thunder are unbeaten and received a boost at training this week.

and is working in the media with ABC Grandstand’s AFL coverage. His passion for the game is still as evident as ever, and he is enjoying being involved at a more grassroots level. “It’s been good to come back to local footy with Shane, I’m really enjoying still playing,” he said. “Really, the only difference

Taipei too good in cup tune up THE Bendigo Braves had some very different Tuesday night training this week, playing Chinese Taipei’s national team in a practice match at Bendigo Stadium. While the match lacked an atmosphere of real intensity, the sides squared off in front of a strong crowd no doubt boosted by the first week of school holidays. The Braves were coming off being demolished by 20 points by Dandenong at the weekend, while Chinese Taipei is busy preparing for the FIBA Asia Cup in August. Bendigo jumped out to an early lead but Taipei came storming back in the second quarter to hit the front. The game was close all the way down the stretch before the visitors prevailed by three points, with Quincy Davis III outstanding for Taipei. Bendigo, and the topof-the-table Lady Braves, travel to Canberra this weekend in round 14 of South East Australian Basketball League action.

is the crowd. Once you take that number of people around you out of it, it’s still footy.” Harvey signed autographs at the event on Wednesday as well as being part in a question and answer session and then guided the Thunder’s training session. The side is gearing up to continue its unbeaten run when it takes on Kew at Richmond’s Punt Road Oval on Sunday.

The clash comes after a massive win against La Trobe last week, soured only by a season-ending injury to Grace Campbell. The club’s reserves side is flying, also scoring a big win last weekend over North Bendigo. The Thunder’s reserves tackle Kyneton under lights at Castlemaine on Saturday night.

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Junior Braves get Victoria Country call FOUR junior Bendigo basketball stars have been called up to state duty for next week’s National Under-16 Championships in Perth. Dyson Daniels is the lone local selected in the under-16 Vic Country boys team while Meg McCarthy, Piper Dunlop and Olivia Noter have all earned spots in the under-16 girls team. McCarthy and Dunlop were both part of the Braves team that won silver at last year’s under-14 club championships. Noter has recently moved to Bendigo from Mildura, attending Bendigo South East College. Former Bendigo Lady Braves assistant coach Joe Turner will coach the Vic Country girls under-16 squad. Local junior Braves coach Tom Thorn will also travel to Perth as an assistant coach with the boys side and said the quartet are more than deserving of their selection. “It’s a great chance for the four of them to showcase their talents and the hard work they’ve put in to getting to this point,” Thorn said. At the championships they will come up against the country’s best junior talent across the week-long competition. Victoria Country will field a separate team to Vic Metro, as is traditionally the case at the championships. Thorn said that the chemistry between the three local girls, especially McCarthy and Dunlop, would pay dividends. “Olivia is newer having come from Mildura but Meg and Piper definitely know each other’s games well and that will no doubt help them,” he said. Daniels, meanwhile, is a bottom-aged representative and has already pulled on state colours in football.

YOUNG GUNS RETURN TO SPIRIT THE Bendigo Spirit continues to consolidate its depth, with two signings in the past week. Both Ashleigh Spencer and Kara Tessari recommitted to the club, bolstering positions of need for coach Simon Pritchard’s team. Tessari will also be back to continue her development as a point guard of the future. Spencer is in her third season with the club. The South Australian has again been displaying solid form for Ballarat in the SEABL under Dave Flint. They join Rachel Banham, Betnijah Laney, Kelsey Griffin and Gabe Richards as Spirit signees for 2017/18.

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STRONG DEFENCE: CJ Aiken (left) and Chris Adkins (right) have their shots challenged. Photos: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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City still chasing maiden NPL win By JOEL PETERSON

IN TROUBLE: Bendigo City is facing almost certain relegation.

ALL but guaranteed to be relegated, there remains plenty to play for over the final seven games of the National Premier Leagues Victoria season for Bendigo City FC. City is anchored to the bottom of the table, still winless after 21 games and behind ninth-placed Melbourne Victory by 21 points and a goal difference of 82. If it does not win on Saturday against S p r i n g va l e, City will be officially consigned to relegation. The club stated from the early part of the season after

parting ways with coach Srecko Baresic Nikic that its goal was to avoid the drop. Despite almost certainly not achieving that, there are positives to come out of the campaign. One of those has been the amount of young talent the club has introduced, partly through necessity due to the lack of depth in its senior ranks. Next on the agenda for the club should be to look forward to next season and try to build some stability of players and staff into its program, something that has sorely been lacking. City had hoped its 10 midseason signings would help it avoid relegation. The side lost 4-3 to Moreland before losing 8-2, 3-0 and 4-0 in its past three matches. The five goals scored in the

first two games of the recent run were almost as many as the club has scored all season prior, but its leaky defence and inability to hold possession are glaring issues. Previously the club’s closest combatant on the table, Werribee City has skipped ahead in recent weeks meaning the club slipped further toward the drop zone. Three of the club’s remaining seven games are at home, including matches against eighth-placed Werribee and ninth-placed Victory. They represent the club’s best chances for a win to end the season with. The other home game is against Brunswick on the second last day of the season, with away matches against Ballarat City, Eastern Lions, Whittlesea Ranges and this weekend’s clash with Springvale White Eagles rounding out the fixture.

North lines up local rival THERE may be no Bendigo Football Netball League action this weekend, but there is no shortage of local football and netball for spectators in central Victoria. The local grudge match between North Bendigo and White Hills highlights the Heathcote District Football League action, while seven-time reigning Loddon Valley league premiers Bridgewater will face Maiden Gully YCW at Marist College. North has been the dominant force in HDFL action again in 2017, sitting unbeaten atop the table with a massive percentage of 353.19. Huntly ran the Dogs within 14 points a fortnight ago with White Hills getting the next closest to North this season when it lost by 59 points in round four. Remarkably, six of North’s wins have been by at least 115 points, highlighting what is shaping up to be the club’s monopoly on the HDFL flag race. In other games, Huntly plays LBU, Heathcote hosts Colbinabbin and Elmore tckles Leitchville Gunbower. After years of domination from Bridgewater, things are very different in the LVFNL. Five sides can put

CLEAR LEADER: North Bendigo is dominating the HDFL competition.

RISING STAR: Strathfieldsaye’s Jake Moorhead has been picked in the under-19 squad.

BFNL trio earn rep honours their hand up with legitimate flag aspirations, with Calivil United the frontrunner. Like North, the Demons have also not lost a game but have only had three triple-figure victories and a further three wins under five goals. Bridgewater, after a slow start, has rebounded and sits second heading into round 14, equal on points with Calivil’s weekend adversary in Newbridge. The Maroons have claimed some big scalps,

including that of Bridgewater as well as Pyramid Hill, but heading to Calivil to take on the top side will be another task altogether. Pyramid Hill has also bounced back from a sluggish start to sit fourth on the table ahead of its second bye. The Dogs are one rung ahead of the wildly inconsistent Mitiamo, which travels to Bears Lagoon-Serpentine this weekend. Inglewood hosts Marong in the round’s other game.

FOR the second straight season, Golden Square star Jack Geary has enhanced his reputation as one of the best footballers at community level in the state. Geary will captain Victoria Country in their clash with the Victorian Amateur Football Association on Saturday, playing alongside Sandhurst’s Matt Thornton. They are not the only BFNL reps, with emerging Strathfieldsaye midfielder Jake Moorhead’s stellar campaign continuing with selection in the under-19 side to play the VAFA. The 19-year-old Storm midfielder made his senior in-

terleague debut earlier in the season and has continued to shine. According to the Storm’s statistics, he collected 45 disposals in the club’s round 10 BFNL win over Sandhurst at the QEO. Geary has made a successful comeback from injury and earned Vic Country selection without playing interleague football, picked to captain the side for the second straight year. Thornton’s vice-like hands and ability to play at either end made him a good fit as a key position player with the Vic Country squad.

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Making a run at history By JOEL PETERSON

SOME of Australia’s best greyhounds will be out to deny Aston Bolero a piece of history when the field jumps in tonight’s 425-metre group two Bendigo Cup. The Seona Thompsontrained Aston Bolero will line up in an attempt to be the first

The cup is as strong a race as we’ve had competitor in the race’s 60-year history to win the cup in consecutive years. The Bendigo Cup was first run in 1957 and won by Cantee at the former Bendigo headquarters at Eaglehawk’s Canterbury Park before moving to Lords Raceway in 1978. In that time no runner has won back-to-back cups. “It would be a terrific achievement,” Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association’s Troy Harley said.

Visitors topple Braves THE Bendigo Braves geared up for the final stages of their SEABL campaign in style this week, taking on the Chinese Taipei national team. The visiting nation is playing a series of games in Victoria in preparation for August’s Asia Cup and stopped in on Bendigo on Tuesday. Among those to impress was the highflying Quincy Davis III, who dominated for the visitors. – Story

“The cup is as strong a race as we’ve had and as strong as any country cup field.” Aston Bolero will have no shortage of competition from rivals, including the fastest runner in the heats, Zinzan Brooke. The Ballarat Cup placegetter won its heat in 23.404 seconds, three tenths quicker than Aston Bolero’s winning time last year. Zinzan Brooke will jump from box seven, while Aston Bolero will jump from box two. Traralgon Cup winner Jesaulenko replaces the scratched Aussie Infrared in box one, Aston Dee Bee will jump from box three, while other leading hopes Striker Light and Black Mumbo will jump from boxes four and six, respectively. Other feature races on cup night include the Go Distance Racing Winter Cup over 660m and the GRV Vic Bred Maiden Final over 425m. A 12-race card is on offer, with the first shortly after 7pm and gates open at 6pm. The Triple M-sponsored Bendigo Cup (425m) will jump at 9.08pm.

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