Bendigo Weekly 1046

BendigoWeekly ISSUE 1046 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Summer in the city

THE annual Summer in the Parks program will kick off next Friday with the Christmas Tree Light Up event in Rosalind Park.

Mayor Margaret O’Rourke, pictured with TAFE’s Donna Rogers, said the annual Christmas Tree Light Up was a very popular and much loved commu-

nity event that marked the countdown to Christmas.

“I encourage residents to pack a picnic and enjoy this free event,” she said.

The full Summer in the Parks program of events, activities, times and dates is available at www.bendigosummerintheparks.com

FIRST STEPS Bridge Street precinct plan kicks off

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parking and parking stackers.

The site at 38 Bridge Street is now home to a small weatherboard cottage.

But Melbourne-based developers the Cheng and Lok Company Pty Ltd have submitted plans to build the hotel with a distinctive Chinese-inspired facade and pitched roof.

Charged with designing a

building that is long and narrow, extending back 31 metres from a 12m frontage, architects Searle x Waldron have proposed decoration for the large side walls that emulates the painted signage similar to other 19th and 20th century exposed walls in Bendigo.

“The proposal will make a positive contribution to the Bridge Street streetscape and ... activity

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The facade uses a Chinese cabinet as inspiration for a design that features various shapes including circles and curved-edged rectangles that act as balconies, some of which jut out over the road reserve.

“The facade of the building has been carefully designed drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese design, whilst incorporating

traditional materials found in the surrounding areas,” the proposal said.

The Golden Dragon Museum is accessed on one end by Bridge Street but the council has earmarked the precinct itself as an extension of the city centre.

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If it is realised, the 30-suite, five-storey hotel development will feature Bendigo’s first rooftop bar with views that “are uninterrupted towards the city centre and hills beyond”, according to the architect.

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DISCOVER SAILING WITH Lake Eppalock close to full, this weekend’s Discover Sailing day at the Bendigo Yacht Club could hardly have come at a better time.

The club and Sailing Australia have teamed up to again offer the sailing experience for anyone who has always wanted to give it a go, or maybe someone who has simply never been out on the water.

The free community event encourages participants to come and try their hand at sailing in a safe and supervised environment.

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THE state government says it is making renting fair, housing more affordable and ensuring houses are available for Victorians who need a home – not just another investment property.

Premier Daniel Andrews said the government’s Homes for Victorians package had already helped thousands of people take advantage of generous stamp duty reductions to purchase their first home.

New data shows that more than 5000 first home buyers have paid no stamp duty since reforms came into force on July 1, with another 1000 paying reduced stamp duty.

The government has also introduced a package of reforms that gives tenants more rights, allow for longer leases, make bonds smaller and fairer, and crack down on dodgy landlords.

As of January 1, a Vacant Residential Property Tax will be levied on dwellings that are empty for more than six months in a calendar year – encouraging people to sell

CASH FOR CFA CFA brigades and SES units in Bendigo have had a boost to their services following state government funding.

The Golden Square CFA brigade will receive $155,460 to replace their 23-year-old salvage vehicle and $100,000 will be given to the Bendigo SES towards a new medium rescue truck.

Each vehicle needs to be replaced every 10 years and this will help them buy the vehicle.

The Fortuna group of brigades will receive $26,000 to buy a new field command vehicle. The group includes Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Huntly, Kangaroo Flat, Lockwood, Maiden Gully, Marong and Strathfieldsaye.

Marong SES will now be able to buy a new storm assistance trailer with nearly $28,500 being awarded.

The government is also allocating almost $2.5 million in state-wide initiatives.

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Audit into dragon fund

By Sharon kemp

THE national auditor will look into the federal government program that funds election promises and is contributing $1.7 million for the RSL Soldiers Memorial Institute.

While the RSL project appears to be safe from the Australian National Audit Office, Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters has asked that last month’s surprise $250,000 commitment to the city’s new Chinese dragon, delivered by Independent senator Derryn Hinch and Liberal colleague Jane Hume, be audited.

“We have cross bench senators making announcements on projects they have had little to do with,” Ms Chesters said, referring to the dragon commitment.

Senator Hume responded to Ms Chesters call by asking if the Bendigo MP was trying to stop the project.

Bendigo MP questions cash announcements “ANAO audits are a standard part of Government life – the ANAO audits nearly every government program at some point,” she said.

“It seems odd Lisa Chesters would call for an audit of a great Bendigo project like the imperial dragon which the Coalition is delivering for Bendigo. Is she trying to stop the project?

“Ms Chesters could thank the government for delivering for Bendigo, rather than complaining about it.

“Ms Chesters may be trying to scare the people of Bendigo into thinking the project may not be delivered, but the Coalition will honour its commitment and deliver the Imperial Dragon for Bendigo.”

Both the City of Greater Bendigo and regional development minister Darren Chester have confirmed the dragon funding.

“The council has been advocating for government support for this project for more than 12 months,” chief executive Craig Niemann said yesterday.

“The announcement of funds follows several meetings with ministers, shadow ministers and other members of parliament and senators, so we are pleased this advocacy has led to the Australian government being able to contribute funds.”

The Community Development Grants Program soon to be audited is specifically dedicated to funding election promises but the dragon

funding is unusual in that it was announced outside an election period and appearances are that a cross bench senator finalised the deal.

Senator Hinch was briefed on October 7 about community fundraising efforts in Bendigo to raise a total of $750,000 to create a new dragon to replace Sun Loong.

He and Senator Hume announced the federal contribution on November 2, the latter at the request of prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s office.

Stephen Jones, shadow minister for regional services, has been campaigning for the audit of the Community Development Grants Program, describing it as a slush fund.

In a statement, Mr Jones said the

Coalition had allocated almost $1 billion “with next to no transparency”.

“Successive minsters for regional development have used the Community Development Grants as a slush fund for using millions of dollars of public money for their own political purposes,” Mr Jones said.

“The Coalition has used this program to pork barrel projects in Coalition-held and marginal seats across regional Australia.

“There is no competitive grants process instead with funding allocated at the discretion of the minister.

“Commonwealth grant guidelines clearly state a ‘competitive, merit-based selection processes should be used to allocate grants’.”

“The Coalition’s community development slush-fund flies in the face of these guidelines.”

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MORE shops with a presence in Bendigo are under threat of closing in soft conditions for retailers with bricks and mortar stores.

The owner of Millers, Katies, Rivers, Autograph, City Chic and Crossroads announced on Wednesday it would close more than 300 stores, representing about a third of its retail footprint.

All six brands belonging to Speciality Fashion Group have stores in Bendigo.

Job losses could amount to three per store but the company has declined to identify which stores are under threat.

At SFG’s annual general meeting, chairwoman Anne McDonald said there was “an immediate focus on loss making stores on hold over leases which are those that have expired and will not have to be broken with penalties”.

The company has just opened a store on Mitchell Street that houses its Millers, Rivers and Crossroads labels.

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Chic store in the central business district, and the Katies and Autograph brands sell in separate shops at Bendigo Marketplace.

“We are targetting an optimised store network of around 700 stores in 2020 compared to the current 1000 plus stores,” Ms McDonald said.

“Importantly, this program is being frontended with a significant reduction being completed during 2018.

“The financial year to June 30, 2017 was a challenging year for Specialty Fashion Group and, indeed, many Australian retailers with a significant bricks and mortar store presence.

“This is coming from two principal sources – subdued consumer confidence impacting discretionary expenditure and increasing competition, both from international and online retailers.”

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Businesses miss out on work

By Sharon kemp

A FEDERAL government senate committee came to Bendigo expecting to hear about a fully working interface between the defence industry and local small and medium-sized businesses.

But Victorian senator Bridget McKenzie said she was shocked to hear there was no communication between the Department of Defence and Regional Development Australia Loddon Mallee region, particularly on promoting local firms for contracts at defence bases in services such as cleaning, office supplies and transport.

RDA Loddon Mallee chair Linda Beilharz said she believed if she or fellow directors were not talking regularly with local defence departments, there was likely to be no networks of communication with central Victoria’s shire councils either.

The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee was in Bendigo this week to hear about the barriers of winning defence department work for local SMEs. It follows Commonwealth government guidelines that promote local businesses for contracts that are part of the 2016 Defence White Paper.

“We are finding out in regional Victoria that access to those opportunities is worth over $436 million,” Senator McKenzie said.

bridging the gap: Senator Bridget McKenzie fronts the media. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN “That is a lot of jobs, you don’t often hear about it, but we are trying to uncover what is happening at a local level.”

Senator McKenzie and chair, South Australian senator Alex Gallacher, said they had heard evidence in other regional centres

that the amount of paperwork required to procure a defence contract created a hurdle for many small businesses.

“If you are a service provider, you are getting a swag of questions, sheets of paper asking about provision of equipment, that is not

really relevant to you. We need to make sure the type of information defence is asking from SMEs if they want to engage with the local bases, is relevant and isn’t overly onerous.

“SMEs don’t have (human resources) departments, they don’t have huge procurement depart-

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GBM also has rehabilitation work to progress, including hiring an accredited auditor to assess the Woodvale Evaporation Ponds that were the depository of groundwater when Unity mined the Bendigo goldfield leading up to 2011.

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“It reinforces the collective effort of a network of local agencies to work collaboratively and across multiple agencies to identify and respond to important local safety issues and concerns,” Ms Ross said.

“Priority areas for the forum include alcohol and other drugs, young people and children, violence prevention, capacity building and the creation of safe physical environments.”

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The Bendigo Safe Community Forum has launched a new safety framework and strategic plan and announced Sally-Anne Ross as its new independent chair.

Existing member agencies have also recommitted to the forum in a show of support for the new partnership model.

Ms Ross said she looks forward to working with forum members and local agencies to make our community safer.

“The Bendigo Safe Community Forum has been in operation since 1995 and has evolved over the years in line with emerging community safety trends and issues,” Ms Ross said.

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“Kralcopic (a subsidiary of GBM) will provide water, pipes and sand dewatering equipment.

“The gold concentrate will be transported off site for processing and GMA will be responsible for refining the gold.

“Profit will be shared 50/50 between the parties.”

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THREE hectares of sand left behind at Kangaroo Flat, the remnant of three years of mining until 2011, could be gone within three years.

GBM Gold has entered a contract with a private company Gold Miners Australia to process the sands which it estimates in its most recent quarterly report contains an inferred and indicated gold resource of more than 5000 ounces.

The company wants to start processing the sands within the next six months and be finished with three years.

That will leave land near the mine available to be remediated, but GBM has said a decision on its future will be made after processing is complete.

The company has argued that processing the sands would clean up the former minesite, opening up further land for future development.

ments or financial service departments, it is usually mum, dad and up to 20 employees.

“Sometimes I think for defence it is easy just to engage a large contractor at a national level, and leave it up to them.

“We have also heard some issues around length of payment, in terms of the invoice being presented and the length of time for them getting paid.”

Hofmann Engineering general manager Sam White, whose company has manufactured parts for Australian and overseas defence equipment, said 60 to 90-day terms were normal for working in the sector and the procurement paperwork was only as onerous as it needed to be.

Senator McKenzie said she believed there was an issue with the longer payment terms.

In its interim report after hearing testimony in Port Augusta, the committee recommended the Department of Defence review and improve community communication.

Senator Gallacher told Ms Beilharz he expected that when he came to Bendigo, there would be a “well developed, laid-out strategy” of interaction between the community and sectors of the economy, including defence.

Ms Beilharz said she would be interested in creating a relationship now she had been alerted to the opportunities.

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Change a boost for rail

A NEW contract between the state government and Metro Trains could see improvements in the continued poor performance of V/Line services.

The new contract with Metro starts on November 30, and delivers more maintenance funding and more efficient signalling.

That will allow V/Line services to be more closely monitored as they travel on metropolitan tracks, which the government hopes will provide a more reliable path to their destination.

Figures released last week showed a 29th straight month in which services on the Bendigo line did not meet benchmark targets.

Tougher performance targets and

a 30 per cent increase in maintenance are also clauses under the new contract between the government and the Metro consortium.

“The new contract with Metro will deliver better maintenance in areas where regional and metropolitan services share the track,” Ms Allan said.

Metro, majority owned by international rail giant MTR Corporation, took over the network in 2009 after the government’s previous contract with Connex expired.

While the government owns the infrastructure and rolling stock through VicTrack, it is Metro which is responsible for the services themselves.

The operator has endured a turbulent year, copping criticism for its

services skipping stations to make up time and a catastrophic network-wide shutdown in July that disrupted thousands of customers.

Meantime, performance of Bendigo rail services continue to lag behind benchmark figures despite another

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the 92 per cent on-time benchmark – Swan Hill and Echuca services recording 95.2 per cent punctuality.

Bendigo trains were on time 89.9 per cent of the time, compared with 88.2 per cent for Ballarat trains and 90.0 per cent for Seymour.

Bendigo has been in the top three best performing lines for punctuality for the past two months

month of marginal improvement in punctuality.

On-time performance again hovered around the 90 per cent mark for Bendigo trains, with the city one of the highest-rating destinations on the V/Line network.

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Reliability of Bendigo services did exceed the benchmark figure for the line, with 97.1 per cent of services delivered.

V/Line noted the Bendigo line as a “standout”, with punctuality in October better than the 12-month average of 85.2 per cent.

That figure is close to seven per cent less than the service’s benchmark figure, which is measured to five minutes and 59 seconds.

CEO James Pinder said increased dwell times at stations were partly to blame for delays.

“Bendigo has been in the top three best performing lines for punctuality for the past two months, so it is leading the way,” he said.

“As more people choose to get to where they need to go using V/Line, dwell times at stations is increasing as people board and depart services.”

“Despite this, we’re continuing to see improvements in punctuality and we’re working to do more.”

Mr Pinder said works are under way to continue the improvement in performance.

First steps for precinct

One stop for two services BENDIGO’s health and legal services are blazing a trail in regional Victoria, creating a partnership that allows vulnerable residents to access help for both challenges in one place.

In opening the new headquarters of Bendigo Community Health Services and Arc Justice this week, the services’ leaders referred to the high correlation between legal and health problems, particularly among the community’s most vulnerable people.

BCHS chief executive Kim Sykes said the people they needed to reach were the most hidden.

“For many of them, they have good reason to be fearful of the legal system,” she said.

But legal issues, including problems with tenancy that is a speciality of Arc Justice, was known to be the cause of health issues including anxiety.

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joint effort: The team at Bendigo Community Health Services and Arc Justice. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN out the other, and the reference agencies in Bendigo are now in the same building in Hargreaves Street, opposite Bendigo TAFE, and closer to the law courts and other welfare organisations.

BCHS chairman Geoff Bowyer said the co-location model

is one “that will increasingly be taken up all around the state”.

“We are the first ones to do it,” he said.

Arc executive officer Hayley Mansfield said the health and justice partnership between the agencies had been going on for

years, but the proximity was welcome. The agency moved out of cramped quarters at the corner of Mitchell and Queen streets about three months ago.

She said the results of the partnership had been evaluated and had proven to be successful.

Last year, planning minister Richard Wynne agreed to the rezoning changes in the street that would allow for changing the neighbourhood character.

The developers note that a potential market for accommodation at the proposal hotel would be family and friends of patients at the new hospital, and also “another option for short term accommodation within the heritage precinct”.

Potential challenges for the design are that it rises more than 5m at its peak above the council-imposed preferred height for the neighbourhood.

The site also sits within the newly-approved Bendigo urban flood overlay.

The design includes basement parking for 11 cars and eight bikes.

A valet service will operate the stackers that will allow increase parking spaces in the hotel.

The architect for the project won an award in 2012 for designing an annexe for the Ballarat Art Gallery.

The proposed hotel on Bridge Street is next to a pharmacy and opposite the Bridge Street hotel, making it an alternative location for diners in the precinct.

The hotel plans include a ground floor restaurant as well as the roof-top bar.

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Man of the market Melbourne, having grown up there and worked in a key role in the development of Federation Square and before that the Geelong Waterfront Precinct.

“It’s bittersweet. Personally I’m very pleased to be able to secure a great CEO role but I have treasured the 12 or so years I’ve been an active part of the work community in Bendigo,” he said.

Among the big ticket items that Mr Liacos oversaw during his time with council as city futures director were Ulumbarra Theatre and the continued development of the Bendigo Art Gallery precinct.

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He said Bendigo has developed positively in the eyes of those around the state, and that there may yet be more big things

to come.

“You can’t remain a great regional city if you stop the momentum. I think there is a need for constant reinvention and reinvestment,” he said.

“I think there are several major projects that are on the horizon that I think will be great for Bendigo.

It’s not for me, but for government ministers to announce a range of essential works.

“The crystal ball is very positive about Bendigo but the community can’t rest on its laurels. It has to be active in looking forward and not looking back.” – Joel Peterson

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A large tree branch had come down at the school right as students were being ferried onto buses and heading home for the day.

The branch had trapped two people, a student and a carer.

“We were devastated, we were prepared to turn the bus around and go back but luckily the staff and emergency workers that were there handled the situation really well,” Mr Bush said.

So while they were understandably shaken, on the Kalianna representatives ventured to the awards night at Etihad Stadium, all the while seeking updates on the welfare of the injured pair and their colleagues.

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Founder of the notfor-profit charity, Eat Up, Lyndon Galea, joined a group of Girton Grammar students who were making packed lunches for disadvantaged schoolchildren around Bendigo.

As part of its Community Service programme, students have connected with Eat Up and are dedicating time to making ready-made, healthy lunches for children from 13

schools around Bendigo.

The school’s head of community services, Rachelle Fisher, said community service students were excited to be joined this week by the founder of Eat Up. “This is the fourth session we have spent making sandwiches for several other school children around Bendigo that we are supporting,” Ms Fisher said.

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made more than 2000 sandwiches so far for children who would otherwise not be having lunch at school.

“More than 100 Girton students have been involved in this worthwhile project which has a direct benefit on the lives of so many school children in our region.”

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Mr Galea hopes to grow Eat Up into a national programme.

“I am very proud to work at a school where so many students generously give their time,” he said.

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NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURES, DETOURS AND WORKS COMMENCING SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2017 The City of Greater Bendigo is undertaking tram track replacement works along High Street at Wattle Street and at the intersection of Nolan and Napier Streets commencing 6am Saturday November 25 and concluding at 6am Monday November 27, 2018.

In addition to the City’s works, Bendigo Health will also commence installing a new air link bridge from November 24 at the new hospital which will result in the closure of a section of Arnold Street until December 16. Please follow the detour signage that will be in place while the works are underway.

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time to go: Andrew Curnow will finish his time in office next month.

Bishop retires THE Anglican Bishop of Bendigo Andrew Curnow AM will conclude his time in office next month.

After more than 14 years, Bishop Curnow will lay up his pastoral staff in St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 2.

Bishop Curnow has been the head of the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo since June 28, 2003, and is the longest serving Anglican diocesan bishop in Australia.

The service will be attended by more than 300 people including the Archbishop of Melbourne Philip Freier, fellow Victorian bishops and parishioners from

churches across the diocese, which spans from Woodend to Mildura.

Bishop Curnow was born in Bendigo and ordained in St Paul’s Cathedral, Bendigo in 1973 at age 22.

He has served in parishes at Elmore and Lockington as well as in Malvern in the Diocese of Melbourne from 1989 – 1994.

He was consecrated a bishop in Melbourne in 1994 and was bishop of the northern region along with registrar from 2001-2003 before returning to his home town of Bendigo after being elected to be the diocesan bishop in June 2003.

During his time, Bishop Curnow has been a strong advocate for social justice and welfare, having been president of St Luke’s Anglicare and instrumental in the merger with Anglicare Victoria. He has also supported a range of assistance through flood and bushfire recovery programs and healthcare chaplaincy at both Bendigo Health and St John of God hospitals.

Bishop Andrew and his wife Jan have no current plans for retirement, but are looking forward to having more time to spend at home with their family and grandchildren.

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Baton on its way to Bendigo

Residents can begin planning their Queen’s Baton Relay experience with the street-level detail now available.

The baton arrives in Bendigo on Thursday, February 14 and will travel from near the Queen Elizabeth Oval down View Street, then along Pall Mall to Chapel Street and make a loop through Hargreaves, Williamson and Myers streets, before heading out along Napier Street to Lake Weeroona where the Baton will depart Bendigo.

The route through the Bendigo CBD will require the closure of the city centre for most of the morning.

An official welcome for the baton relay will be held at the Rosalind Park piazza at 9.30am.

After travelling 288 days throughout the Commonwealth, the Queen’s baton will arrive on Australian soil in Brisbane on December 24, having shared the dream of Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with over one third of the world’s population.

From Christmas Day until January 24, 2018, the Queen’s baton will be shared with thousands of Australians at popular summertime events, iconic locations and children’s hospitals around the country From January 25, 2018, the event will shift gears to a more

traditional relay, where the Queen’s baton will celebrate Australia Day, before continuing in the hands of about 3800 baton bearers through every state and territory.

As the Queen’s baton travels the length and breadth of Australia, the QBR will not just pass through, but spend time in each community it visits, calling into hundreds of local schools and community celebrations along the way.

The baton will arrive on the Gold Coast for the XXI Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on April 4, 2018, where His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will remove Her Majesty’s message from the baton and read it aloud to declare the games officially open.

Baton bearers will be informed of their street-specific location in December. Details will be updated at gc2018. com/qbr in the weeks prior to the baton arriving into a community celebration.

City of Greater Bendigo’s Terry Karamaloudis said traffic closures were necessary for the baton to pass safely through the city.

Maps and frequently asked questions are available at the council’s website www.bendigo. vic.gov.au/queensbaton

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way out west: Gaelle Broad with some of the Life FM team at their new premises. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Radio station makes a move LOCAL radio station Life FM has a new home. community The broadcaster is on the move from its View Street premises to new surrounds in West Bendigo.

The location opposite Bendigo Stadium affords the broadcaster more space for its op-

erations and a dedicated facility for studio work and administration.

The station has been based in View Street since 2011, but will make the move to Marong Road.

The station has purchased a property after 30 years of waiting, thanks to money raised

in the sale of land previously owned by the organisation in Harcourt.

“It’s a big achievement and a big job, but we’re very excited,” station manager Gaelle Broad said.

The station is renovating the inside of the building in the lead-up to Christmas, and hopes

to be relocated completely early in the new year.

“I think it will be terrific, it has been an ambition of the committee for quite a while,” Ms Broad said.

She said the fresh surrounds would provide a real boost to the station’s volunteers.

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Equipment a life saver

THERE is plenty of equipment that goes along with playing cricket, but one could be more important than any other.

Eaglehawk Cricket Club is the latest local sporting body to receive a potentially life-saving piece of equipment.

The club recently applied for and as successful in getting a defibrillator, one of close to 1000 handed out to clubs across the state.

More clubs have the chance to apply to get their own, as the state government opens a fourth round of grants to help clubs purchase what is a vitally important piece of equipment.

“Record numbers of people in Bendigo are signing up to play the sports they love,” Bendigo West MP

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Maree Edwards said.

“So we want more of our clubs to have the right equipment and training in case an emergency strikes.”

Statistics say the survival rate of incidents of sudden cardiac arrests can go from two to five percent up to 70 per cent when used within the first few minutes.

St John Ambulance Victoria CEO Gordon Botwright says the organisation believes defibrillators should be a standard piece of medical equipment at all sporting clubs to protect players, volunteers and supporters.

HEART OF THE MATTER: Maree Edwards, Scott Jefferis and Paul Sim. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Peoples’ pool open

Uni students help with scholarships A GROUP of rural and regional students from the Australian National University in Canberra have launched a crowdfunding campaign to kickstart a scholarship for rural and regional students who relocate to the ANU. Amy Sanson relocated to the ANU this year from Bendigo and is a part of the group advocating for the scholarship.

“Through this scholarship, I hope that we can make university more accessible for all the incredible talented and qualified young people in our remote, rural and regional areas,” she said.

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lot of hard work, I’ve had incredibly supportive family and teachers.

“They have helped me to dream big, I was able to find employment that allowed me to work enough to save for university, and I was offered an incredible scholarship through my residential college that has made getting involved in university life, volunteering and other opportunities possible.”

The scholarship will be worth $5000 and will support first year students with accommodation and living costs.

The group of 15 ANU students have already raised $20,000, and are

GRAND PLAN: Amy Sanson. looking to raise in excess of $10,000 by the end of 2017 to see the scholarship offered for the next six years, and ultimately in perpetuity.

The group has started an ANU Students for Regional Scholarships Facebook page to share stories from regional students like themselves.

SUMMER is here, and the Golden Square pool is open.

The pool, which was saved from closure in 2013 has become a community hub, having serviced the needs of in excess of 52,000 patrons over its past four seasons.

Run by a volunteer committee of management backed by an enthusiastic team of helpers, the pool provides a safe, welcoming environment for families and locals to relax or exercise throughout the summer.

Over winter the committee of management has worked to improve many facets of the facility, including streamlining operations, beautification of the grounds and development of community engagement.

The coming season is the last one guaranteed under the lease arrangement

with the City of Greater Bendigo, however, president Bernadette Wright said she was hopeful Golden Square Pool could coexist with the new Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre as they offered a completely different experience and targeted different markets.

“Our pool is one of the reaction facilities in Bendigo that is welcoming, affordable and caters for all,” she said.

The pool ha splenty of events planned for summer including the annual Australia Day celebrations as well as the pool’s first Summer in the Parks event, as a host venue for council.

This season also marks 100 years since the facility was opened as Golden Square Baths in February 1918 and celebrations are planned throughout the season. – Sam Kane

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FUNERALS - Tell me more. #5 Questions often asked Who has the right to organise a Funeral?

Generally the deceased’s Executor is the person legally responsible, if there is a valid Will. If not the senior next of kin usually takes control.

Should I View the Body?

Most Funeral Directors encourage viewing as a way of enabling you to; firstly say your goodbyes but also importantly providing a reference point for your subconscious mind in terms of accepting that the death has occurred. This acceptance is critical in moving through the stages of the Grief process.

What is the percentage of Burials v Cremation?

It is estimated that about 65% of Funerals in Victoria are Cremations, in Bendigo the Figure is less than that in the vicinity of 55%.

Can I keep the Ashes?

Yes, Ashes have no Legal status so you can essentially do what you want with ashes. Some families keep them at home, other memorialize them at a cemetery, others place them in their garden creating their own memorial.

Can you be buried in your Backyard/ Property?

Although technically possible there are a number of issues which make this very difficult. In each and every case a request must have Ministerial approval. This process can be very lengthy.

What is the cost of Children’s Funerals?

Although this varies based on the age of the child and the funeral company, at Bendigo Funerals we generally only charge the ‘Out of Pocket’ costs such as Cemetery Fees, Flowers and Newspaper notices, providing the casket and Professional Fees - Free of Charge. This is a way in which we are able to give back to our community whilst assisting young families.

Honour for the fallen

A restored seat and new plaque that honours four young Bendigo lawyers who were killed in World War I was unveiled and re-dedicated last week.

The seat and plaque honour the lives of Captain Clive Connelly, Major Eric Connelly, Lieutenant Alan Hyett and Major Murdoch Mackay.

Each of the four men honoured were from Bendigo families, had studied at Melbourne University Law School before starting in legal practice, were members of the Bendigo Law Association, and had promising careers ahead of them.

Yet they chose to put their careers on hold to enlist for their country.

The City of Greater Bendigo, the Bendigo Law Association and the soldiers’ families funded the restoration of the barrister seat and a new plaque that honours the soldiers’ sacrifice.

The event was on the 96th anniversary of the unveiling of the ornamental seat and memorial tablet by his Excellency, Lord Stradbroke, Governor of Victoria, in his first official visit to Bendigo in 1921.

The original memorial tablet was lost over time.

Killed in action: The officers were remembered.

Giving and flying

Why are Children’s Coffin’s White?

Essentially as a symbol of purity/innocence the traditional white child’s coffin is these days often requested in other colours such as Pink and Blue.

Simon Mulqueen of BENDIGO FUNERALS has been a Funeral Director for almost 40 Years, for more Information contact BENDIGO FUNERALS on 5444 0400 *Cemetery fees can vary dramatically based on Cemetery & Grave location and specific requirements including grave size & depth. ** The information provided in this column is general in nature and intended as a guide only.

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Restoration a win

A multi-agency project to restore a section of Long Gully Creek in North Bendigo to its original vegetation has created a thriving habitat for wildlife and an improved space for the community.

Coliban Water managing director Jeff Rigby said the funding for the project came through a $75,000 donation Coliban Water made to the North Central Catchment Management Authority in connection to a sewer spill in the area in July 2013.

“The project has involved the successful collaboration of many agencies and the involvement of the local community,” Mr Rigby said.

“It has a strong connection to our Traditional Owners and recognises the

values that water has for them, and it benefits the local community through improved green spaces and healthy waterways.

“Dja Dja Wurrung were the lead agency for the project through its Wanyarram Dhelk partnership with the North Central CMA to improve the water quality of Bendigo Creek.”

Other agencies involved were the City of Greater Bendigo, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and the Environment Protection Authority Victoria.

“An important part of the project was the involvement of the local community, with a community planting day held during NAIDOC week in July this year,” Mr Rigby said.

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munity and project officer Shane Anstee said Wanyarram Dhelk means good waterhole in the local Indigenous language.

“As well as having an environmental importance, this project also gave traditional owners the opportunity to work on the land,” Mr Anstee said.

“The project includes a pathways program with Eaglehawk Secondary College, which supports Aboriginal students seeking a career in natural resource management.

“To restore the creek to its original vegetation weeds were removed and native plants species reintroduced.

A total of 9500 plants were planted in the area.

“The ponds assist in the management of stormwater by trapping silt from the

creek and improving water quality downstream where the Long Gully Creek meets Bendigo Creek.”

The spill in 2013 occurred when a section of main became blocked due to tree roots and overflowed.

Coliban Water staff contained the spill and used suction trucks to clean up the site.

The sewer main underwent cleaning and chemical tree root treatment to control root regrowth and prevent further structural damage of the main.

Monitoring technology has also been installed in the area which enables real-time reporting of levels in manholes and the sewer network performance that could help prevent future spills.

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Caroline paints up a top prize Staff who work at 12 Studio Arts are incredibly proud of the artists working and exhibiting at their Eaglehawk art space.

One of their star performers is Caroline Terry who recently won first prize in the State Trustee funded art exhibition, Connected.

Another successful student, Paul Harrington, came third in the Connected awards.

Caroline’s work is bright, bold and colourful, while Paul’s preoccupation is with sculpture

and more intricate work.

According to program facilitator Melissa Currie, Paul, who is autistic, chooses mediums that help to relax and becalm him.

Paul has also benefited from the privilege of being mentored by one of Australia’s most significant artists John Wolseley.

Mr Wolseley will participate in a collaboration between 12 Studio Arts students and other Bendigo artists in a forthcoming exhibition.

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“Apart from art skills, we offer gardening, woodworking, yoga, relaxation and wildlife rescue.”

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TIM Chimunda thinks ADHD traits can be put to good use and as the new director of the north-west Victoria regional medical training hub, he’s out to prove it.

To his work as an intensive care specialist at Bendigo Health, he adds a family, a full agenda of networking and study, and his new job with Monash University supporting new training pathways to keep junior doctors working in the region. – Report by Helen Cronin Regional pathways MONASH has been training students in Bendigo for 25 years. Many have chosen to come back and work.

Others find it hard even if they want to stay as training opportunities in their chosen specialty often aren’t available here, so they go back to Melbourne and often don’t return.

Dr Chimunda’s role is to create links and clear pathways for students who want to stay right through their undergraduate years into specialty training opportunities.

He’ll be working with local health services, medical colleges, government and community stakeholders to develop training positions in areas of specialist need and supporting those services to develop the education and supervision skills they’ll need to nurture students and junior doctors.

The new training centre that he heads up is based at Monash University in Bendigo and the work extends up to Monash’s training site in Mildura.

The centre itself is an expansion of Monash’s existing Common-

wealth-funded role hosting medical, nursing and allied health students on rural placements to make sure rural and regional Australia has the health workforce it needs.

From Zimbabwe to Australia Dr Chimunda has wide experience working in regional Australia.

“I’ve been everywhere,” he said.

“I feel like the song.”

But he started his working life in Zimbabwe where he was born.

For political reasons he found he had to leave the country which had become very difficult.

Through the efforts of his patients he finally arrived in Australia in 2005.

Australia’s training requirements saw him travelling up and down the east coast working and training in emergency medicine and intensive care – and discovering an interest in medical education.

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“I’ve been doing that for the last 10 years with a lot of IMGs that would come across. I was active with assisting them with their Australian Medical Council exams.”

He was also working with Australian medical students as a lecturer with the University of Queensland and later with the University of Melbourne.

preciated, you feel like you belong and therefore you can visualise yourself staying longer,” Dr Chimunda said.

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the moment]?”

That’s precisely the challenge the regional training hubs have been set up to meet, building on Monash’s long-time work introducing students to rural practice.

Bringing two “kingdoms” together DR CHIMUNDA doesn’t see his roles at the hospital and university as separate, but rather intertwined and interlinked approaches to the same goal: keeping doctors

A place in the ecosystem BUT it was while studying for a postgraduate critical care fellowship certificate in intensive care medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada that Dr Chimunda discovered his other passion: research. An important aspect of Monash’s work, Dr Chimunda also sees research as another means of getting students and young doctors engaged with regional centres like Bendigo.

“If you join a new ecosystem and it’s a food chain, you need to know where you fit in,” Dr Chimunda said.

“And if there’s no space created for you, there’s no fodder… you’ll starve out and therefore you’ll move on just like a herd on the savannah.”

But as the owner of a clinical research project while a member of a clinical team, he suggests junior doctors are more likely to stay.

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“As a result of the relationships that we’ve built up with her, she now wants to do ICU or emergency.

Now the question is asked: How do I create a pathway for her to stay, train and then go and have some tertiary time and then come back to us – because that doesn’t exist [at

by training them in the region from undergraduate to specialist.

And he’s working to bring the two institutions closer together through this relationship.

“I’m like a hybrid child married from one king to another to ensure the kingdom’s longevity,” he said.

In the meantime, he and his wife are expecting another child and looking to build in Junortoun.

For a few years at least, Tim is committed to Bendigo, but the frenetic pace fuelled by those ADHD traits is unlikely to slow.

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Among the 52 women, children and one boy who are buried together in the St Aidans gravesite at the Remembrance Park, Quarry Hill, lies the remains of Jean Lowrie – a World War I nurse.

Her story particularly intrigued local historian Murray Poustie who feels he has run into a roadblock with his research. ”Unfortunately I couldn’t even find a photo of her,” Mr Poustie said.

The author of Remember our Nurses: The service and sacrifice of Bendigo nurses in World War One (2014), Mr Poustie discovered that Miss Lowrie, a former nurse, was buried by the Good Shepherd Sisters in 1951, aged 71.

While Mr Poustie has found much information around Miss Lowrie’s life, including her war record, there are still gaps which remain a mystery.

The most pressing question is why an obviously independent and strong woman was buried amongst the orphans and lost souls of St Aidans?

But first, the pertinent background based on Mr Poustie’s research.

Jean Lowrie was born at Dunolly in 1880, the daughter of William and Catherine Lowrie, later of Barnard St Bendigo.

Her obituary, posted in the

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Bendigo Advertiser August 31, 1951 reads: “In 1902 she went to Western Australia and became a nurse. She enlisted in 1914 as a nurse and saw service in Egypt and France and was invalided home to Western Australia in 1917.

She continued her profession and was matron at several hospitals in the West. In 1943... she returned to Victoria and went to reside with her sister Mrs Collins, at Shepparton. Miss Lowrie had done considerable journalistic work.

Sympathy is extended to her brother Mr Jack Lowrie and five sisters, Eva (Mrs Ryan) Dot (Mrs Collins) Evelyn (Sister Zeta, Adelaide) and Misses Aileen and Kit Lowrie... Mr Vic Palmer of

the Returned Servicemen’s League read the nurses’ ritual.”

As regards her war record Miss Lowrie was admitted to hospital “sick” in France on September 24, 1916 and transferred to England on September 28, 1916 with bronchial catarrh.

She left England on October 16,1916 on an Australian hospital ship to return to Australia.

Mr Poustie says bronchial catarrh does not sound like the type of illness that normally would have resulted in repatriation home to Australia.

Her death certificate lists the following as the cause of death: heart failure; cerebral haemorrhage

and senility.

Mr Poustie is still left with questions such as why did Miss Lowrie return to Australia in 1917? What did she do between 1917 and 1943?

What was the journalistic work referred to in the obituary? But the most compelling question is why did she turn to the sisters?

Mr Poustie has established that Miss Lowrie was not a member of staff at St Aidans and it is the nature of her circumstances that intrigues.

Was she religious? Alone? Or deeply affected by the war?

The Weekly welcomes any further information from our readers which will be passed on to Mr Poustie.

THE Bendigo Jockey Club has welcomed a new committee member, with Paul Banks replacing Dane Sheppard.

Mr Banks is a trainer and business owner, who owns the historic Fortuna Villa.

Chair Margot Falconer was reappointed, and Jack Lyons also returns to the committee alongside vicechair Rod Caldow and treasurer Greg Chapman.

The club is coming off its busiest period of the year, with big crowds attending meetings across the spring.

Its last race meeting of the year will be held on December 17.

Ms Falconer said Mr Banks would bring a new skill set that will be great benefits for the club.

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William Farmer Funeral Directors Andrew & Heather Hampton Celebrate 30 Years In The Funeral Industry It was November 17, 1987, when Andrew and Heather Hampton received the keys to William Farmer Funeral Directors, at 151 McCrae Street, Bendigo they never expected to be there 30 years later.

On their thirty year anniversary, Andrew and Heather reflect on the changes in their lives and in the funeral industry.

Andrew had been the accountant for the business for many years, and knew it was a successful and respected business. After a discussion over a Sunday lunch, Andrew and Heather decided to purchase William Farmer.

After 12 months it became obvious, that they needed to move into the residence at William Farmer Funeral Directors for a more hands on approach. Twenty- four hours a day, seven days a week the funeral parlour became a way of life. After a few years a decision had to be made; that Andrew would sell his Accounting Practice because the demands upon him were too much.

“The workloads have increased as people require more assistance. I manage the office, and we have gone from one person to 3 full-time people, as the demands for service have increased.” says Heather As funeral services changed, they could see that a modern larger chapel was needed in Bendigo. Andrew and Heather decided to expand and build a new chapel in the suburb of Eaglehawk. They built a chapel which seats 280 people with plenty of standing room.

This facility provides a flexibility that the older chapel in Bendigo was unable to offer.

Andrew tells us; “We offer a large chapel, an outdoor chapel, a large reception room, a playground, video streaming, plenty of parking, and we are located across the road from the Bendigo Crematorium and Eaglehawk Cemetery.”

Andrew and Heather reflect on the past and look to the future.

Having educated their children, who had moved on with their own lives and occupations; they had no one to follow in their footsteps.

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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, November 24, 2017 Contributions are not guaranteed to be included and may be edited for reasons of style or content. They will not be eligible for consideration if they contain defamatory material, or information of a personal nature which is not in the public domain. Name and address must be supplied. Letters should be no more than 250 words.

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Demise of Liberal coalition The demise of the current federal government had its genesis in the first Abbott/Hockey horror budget that lacked compassion and was viewed by most as a scorched earth cost cutting exercise.

No coherent fair reform agenda was ever visible. Abbott’s card was marked.

When it dawned on Abbott and co just how unpopular they were paralysis set in.

They then became a do-nothing offend no one government, hoping to muddle through till the next election.

With the writing on the wall Turnbull assumed power with the sensible intention of re positioning the party in the centre and move away from the views exposed by the out of touch hard right.

But the wrecking ball Abbott and his cohort were having none of it and have attempted to sabotage the leadership of their own party ever since.

Unfortunately Turnbull lacks an articulated inclusive vision for this country, and there is no evidence of a clearly inspiring thought-out plan of where we should be heading.

Where is a list of major infrastructure projects? How do you reposition an economy in transition? How do you fairly spread the tax burden?

Being upfront and honest with people is a good start, something politicians forget.

Don’t look to Shorten for divine inspiration to remedy our woes. He is likely to fall into government by default but is totally uninspiring and visionless too: a pleasant plodder, with not a whiff of charisma.

Laurie Staley, Long Gully

Pointless wall The mural, depicted on last week’s Weekly front page in View Lane is pointless as nobody has been there since All Saints Sunday School closed.

This prompts the idea that the LGBTQI supporters should constitute themselves as a religion and hold services there.

Mick Sandiford, Bendigo

Victims of flood study The Bendigo Urban Flood Study 2013 is a joint venture between the North Central Catchment Authority and the Bendigo city council.

At a council meeting on

Wednesday, November 15, councillors passed a motion to give effect to Planning Amendment C221 which implemented the findings of the study to apply a flood overlay to 5500 properties in the Bendigo area.

This is a study which should never have been undertaken due to a lack of suitable data.

Important components of any flood study are rainfall figures and flow gauge information.

For this study the only rainfall data available for the entire study area, which stretches from Kangaroo Flat to Huntly, was from a rainfall gauge at the Bendigo airport.

There were only two flow gauges in the Bendigo Creek – one near Lake Weeroona and the other north of Huntly but both were found to be “not functioning properly” and producing inaccurate information – no doubt due to a lack of regular maintenance.

No wonder the final report for this study is riddled with admissions by the consultants that it is based on poor data and in some cases, no data at all.

As a result Flood Eye, the flood reporting tool which sources information from the model created by the study, is producing ridiculous reports.

How could councillors possibly accept the findings of a flood study which wrongly claims (for example) that Rosalind Park, shops in Pall Mall and High Street, a church in McCrae Street and residential properties in Joseph Street and Carpenter Street (Kangaroo Flat) are subject to flooding from Bendigo Creek during such a common event as a one in five year flood?

There are now thousands of property owners in Bendigo who must feel let down by this decision.

They are now facing considerable financial loss due to a reduction in the value of their properties, increased insurance premiums, potential buyers being frightened off and financiers being reluctant to accept their properties as security for loans provided for purchasers.

Gavan Conroy, Strathdale

Welcome information I thank Bishop Tomlinson for his response (Bendigo Weekly, November 17) to my concerns that the property holding of the estate is disappearing.

The information he provided is welcome in view of the previous practice of the trustees never to release any information.

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One part of the information, that the Backhaus will is silent as to whether or not properties should remain part of the trust permanently, does require clarification.

The relevant section in the will reads as follows, “I devise to my trustees all my real estate... in trust to hold unto them and their successors forever”. The last word would appear to be significant.

It seems likely that controversy about the Backhaus Estate will continue. One way of reducing this would be for the trustees to provide occasional reports to the Catholic population on the general direction that the trust is taking and its overall financial status.

Mal Nolan, Ironbark

This has never been acknowledged by our city council or those who made fortunes at the workers’ expense.

No acknowledgement either to the doctor who gave the report to government on the situation and the need to keep the dust down while rock-drilling.

Tourism did not create the wealth of this city, this city has ignored for too long the real history of who created its wealth.

We can spend $6m on rewriting history and making the tourist feel good while ignoring the true past. Those that should know better don’t care, it appears, their interest is in the mighty dollar only and fables.

Bill Collier, Golden Square

Mine fable The letter from Trevor Palmer, (Bendigo Weekly, November 17) concerned about the $6 million expansion of the Central Deborah Mine for tourist dollars and that it will not reflect the actual conditions faced by those miners and their families. I agree totally.

It would be very difficult to create the working conditions faced by miners in Bendigo or their families who suffered from the rock-dust disease and accidents they faced.

Some 800 miners died providing the wealth for this city, some by accident others suffered lung disease for years.

A tortuous path The euphoria of the past few days has settled, and one can look at the process which has caused an historic moment in Australia.

The private members bill to allow same-sex marriage will begin it’s tortuous path through the houses of parliament.

Sixteen million survey forms were sent out, 7.8m people chose to return them marked “yes” – roughly 48 per cent. The other 52 per cent of surveyed voters did not say “yes”.

This is where the magic comes in.

79.5 per cent of Australian voters returned forms. 61.9 per cent of

those said “yes”. That’s 48.97 per cent of the surveyed group saying “yes”, or, a fail to get a majority.

Now, anyone with any sense at all knew that this proposal was not going to fail. It was going to be “yes”, at any cost.

“No” was not an acceptable answer. So, it was the work of just one moment to simply remove the nonvoters from the equation, and skew the “yes” vote from 48 per cent to 61 per cent.

I do love working with numbers, but they can be so deceiving.

You can so easily get the answer you want, by changing the question.

That’s part of the magic of numbers.

Murray McPhie, Epsom

Bad timing WhilE I was tending a grave at the Eaglehawk Cemetery on Saturday, there was a gathering of people near me, I don’t know if it was a funeral party.

They had arrived in several cars and about 20 motorbikes. The problem was when they left, all at the same time, all the cars and bikes revved their engines very loudly, I guess showing off to each other, the noise was deafening.

It was so disrespectful, had they forgotten where they were? To top it all off, this happened at precisely 11am on November 11.

What is the world coming to?

Meryl Hocking, Golden Square

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State in play

IN exactly 365 days from today, Victorians will once again head to the polls to choose who will be their elected representatives for the next four years.

From this far out, the 2018 state election looks like being a cliff hanger, with a large number of seats up for grabs and the Andrews government clinging to a wafer-thin majority as it battles a resurgent Greens vote in inner Melbourne and some perceived voter indifference to the government of the day, to try and survive for a second term.

So when the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry this week wheeled out its regional Victorian blueprint for what it wants to see supported at next year’s election, we should all take note.

The chamber says the Regional Agenda recommendations, one of four key themes discussed at today’s Victoria zasummit, are directed at increasing competitiveness in regional areas.

That competitiveness needs to be inclusive, and it should concern all Bendigo residents that our city appears to be massively under-represented in the recommendations.

Fast rail links between Melbourne airport and the cities of Ballarat and Geelong are worthy considerations, but where is Bendigo in all this?

It’s not competitive if you’re not in the game.

We cannot sit on the sidelines and allow our city to be left behind or out of such a major

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VIEWPOINT: Bendigo has punched above its weight. infrastructure program.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is correct to state sustainable regional growth will not happen by itself, and that the incoming state government, regardless of who it is, must make regional economic, investment and employment growth one of its priorities.

Bendigo has punched above its weight for much of the past decade, in the process becoming the state’s third largest city after Melbourne and Geelong.

Bendigo’s specific priorities to be championed by the chamber include stage three works at Bendigo airport, ongoing funding for Marong Business Park, the under construction indoor aquatic facility at Kangaroo Flat, and the Greater Bendigo Public Space Project to support “a more liveable environment for the community, preserve space for

natural areas and wildlife, and promote tourism”.

As a city whose growth has been constant and whose aspirations remain lofty, we all know we cannot afford to lose any of the momentum that’s been achieved, because this is what has driven our city to its many successes.

The desire for perpetual motion must be recognised, and must continue as our city looks to continue to evolve, to reinvent itself and to innovate.

The price to pay for complacency or second best will be measured not just in what doesn’t happen in the next few years, but in the subsequent opportunities that would otherwise slip through our fingers in the years ahead.

That is why underwhelmed is not something we should ever be or accept.

mayor’s opinion

By MARGARET O’ROURKE City of Greater Bendigo Mayor

DID you know that very few planning applications submitted to the City of Greater Bendigo receive objections or need approval at a formal council meeting?

The perception in the community is that staff are overwhelmed by objections, but it’s only the challenging applications that end up on the council meeting agenda and receive the subsequent media attention.

Councillors take seriously their responsibility of planning for the future, but we don’t want to shy away from making hard decisions and at last week’s council meeting we made three of our biggest yet.

We adopted Planning Scheme Amendments to implement the Bendigo Urban Flood Study and the White Hills and East Bendigo Heritage Study, and develop land in Lansell Crest, East Bendigo.

The flood study, which was undertaken in 2013, is one of the largest and most comprehensive urban flood studies done in Victoria.

It will be a living document that is updated with new information after rain events.

The heritage study recognises our commitment to preserving our

valued heritage assets and delivers on goals outlined in the Community Plan.

Lansell Crest was identified as a key development site in the Planning Scheme as part of the Greater Bendigo Residential Strategy 2014.

It’s the first of 16 sites that were identified to receive council approval for development, and it went through a number of rigorous and independent stages

tion, extend a dwelling in an area with a heritage overlay, construct a dwelling in a bushfire management overlay area, obtain a liquor licence or subdivide land.

Following a recommendation of the Independent Review Committee, in 2014 council streamlined its planning approval process and began approving planning permit applications under delegation when the application

The wheels of progress are being steered in the right direction in the planning process prior to councillors making their final decision.

Unless you have a planning application before council, are affected by one or have an interest in one, you might not realise the Statutory Planning unit is one of the busiest units at the City of Greater Bendigo.

In the past financial year, 1185 planning applications were received and 1117 planning permits were issued to a value of $311.2 million.

A permit is likely to be required if you want to change the use of your land (eg: from a retail shop to an office), display signage, remove native vegeta-

received three or less objections.

It’s a system that has proven to be very effective, as only 1.34 per cent of planning decisions were made by council in the 2016/2017 financial year. This is a great outcome for our customers to streamline the process for them.

It’s also worth noting that of the 1117 planning permits issued, only 10 or 0.7 per cent were taken to VCAT. At times, members of the public can be critical of council’s planning decisions and we understand this, but these figures indicate that, overall, the wheels of progress are being steered in the right direction.

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Door opens on a new world Steve’s in a flap over cat access

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the neighbours’ moggs and keep yours in or out if need be.

That’s the door explained, now we get back to Gladstone.

I picked up Gladstone as a 10-year-old from the RSPCA, so who knows where he had been, but he was very set in his ways, and very much an indoor cat.

That’s no good for a cat, and with no near neighbours I wanted him out and about.

I must admit I had forced him the first time, but gradually he got the idea, trouble was he wanted

to go in and out the whole time, and he made very clear and loud noises to clarify he wanted action.

This was tedious in the extreme, especially at night (I live in a curfew-free shire).

To a cat it is quite normal to go out at 1am, come in at 2am and pop out again at 3am.

This is a bit wearing to say the least, so that’s why the cat flap was dusted off.

We only started this week, and after programming him in we set about the real trial.

And trial it was, I thought once his head was

in the rest would follow, but no, each of the four legs found purchase on the frame and made a nearimpossible task.

Eventually he tired, and his bulky torso squeezed through.

He then started yowling outside, but I made him work it out for himself, which he eventually did.

So now Gladstone has freedom to come and go as he pleases, and I can have more than an hour’s sleep at a time.

I love technology.

– Steve Kendall twitter: @stevekendall1

N public transport, it’s generally expected that passengers will keep to themselves: that they will behave discreetly, mind their own business and not interfere in the conversations of those around them.

Sometimes, however, the worst thing a fellow traveller can do is to do nothing at all.

When florist Ella Longfield encounters an unexpected and decidedly discomforting situation on an inter-regional train bound for London, her first instinct is to intervene.

Sitting nearby, Ella overhears an approach being made to Cornish schoolgirls Anna and Sarah by two young men, Antony and Karl, who soon reveal that they have just been released from prison and are determined to make the most of their first night of freedom.

As the mother of a teenager of her own, Ella is immediately alarmed.

Should she speak directly to the girls, she wonders, or instead bide her time until the train reaches its destination, then try to telephone one of the families back home

Images from paradise T

HE exhibition at Arnold Street Gallery is Arcadia, featuring the work of Kirsten Asche and Jeff Woodger .

Asche’s current focus is mosaic, using glass tiles, recycled crockery and beads as well semi-precious stones in order to create rich patterns and capture narrative.

Born into a family of Nordic and Germanic roots, in her work, Asche references a fantasy landscape that has mystical and otherworldly qualities.

Steeped in narrative and the folkloric traditions of Europe together with exploration of Eastern spiritual traditions, her visual language now embraces rich textural pattern and layered colour.

Jeff Woodger’s passion is to paint postromantic landscapes in the classical style.

His majestic panoramic works are deeply inspired by many of the 17th century greats such as Claude Lorraine and Salvator Rosa.

However, while Woodger’s interests lie in tradition and cultural history, he actively reconfigures these majestic places superimposing his own newly-revised contemporary reality.

The exhibition will run until December 3, launch Saturday, November 25, 2-4pm.

ABOVE: Untitled 2017, Kirsten Asche.

RIGHT: The Wheat Fields 2003, Jeff Woodger.

in Cornwall?

Surely these friends from far southwestern Britain cannot be allowed to head off into the city alone with these men?

Having observed them further, however, Ella eventually thinks better of interfering and decides to keep her concerns to herself, simply heading directly to her hotel after the long trip and quickly falling asleep.

When she wakes the following day she is sickened to hear that Anna, the more attractive, seemingly more reserved of the pair, has disappeared.

Is Ella somehow responsible for this? Did her inactivity allow two men with criminal records free reign to prey on these unsuspecting country girls?

Teresa Driscoll’s chilling tale of regret, consequence and deception is told through the eyes of four people with direct involvement in the case: the witness, the missing girl’s father, a private investigator and the remaining friend.

– Rosalea Ryan

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T is time for Christmas carols.

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Volunteers are needed to help things run smoothly.

If you can spare some time please contact Maiden Gully Progress Association and offer your services.

The event itself runs from 5pm until 7pm and entry is $2.

There will be live music too with a raffle and barbecue, ice creams drinks, and of course, a visit from Santa.

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LADSTONE my big, brown cat has drawn attention to himself recently, including in this column.

He roams the house at night yelling and cussing, demanding access to rooms he has no need to be in.

Finally the longsuffering Mrs Kendall and I remembered the superduper flash cat door we had installed a few years ago.

It had been taken out of action because it caused no end of trouble when the two cats we had at the time used to wait until the other was trapped in the door and vulnerable. At this point front or rear of trapped cat was bashed with a paw.

Though it may have been a great game for the cats, it was all too much for us, so the batteries were removed.

“Batteries?” I hear you ask. Yes, the super-duper cat flap has a built in microchip reader. Once you have scanned in your cat it has freedom of entry and exit.

The idea is to keep out

Silence not always golden

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The word is out F

ORMED less than 12 months ago, The Write Stuff has attracted hundreds of central Victorians to its spoken word events this year.

An event on Sunday will be the collective’s last event for 2017.

It all happens at Bendigo’s MusicMan, 264 Hargreaves Street, from 3pm.

“The variation and diversity of writing styles, and subjects has been a pleasure to see and hear this year,” coorganiser Em Burgess-Gilchrist said.

Fellow organiser Simon Wooldridge said the group has had readers aged from 15, up to their 70s and 80s.

“It’s great to attract such a broad range of people to these events,” he said.

Speakers on Sunday include Hannah Lang, who also writes under the name Shadow Summit.

Hannah writes fantasy and young adult fiction.

Additionally, she has a fantasy transmedia project under the title, Ryllian Chronicles.

Tara Dean, a retired teacher, will be reading her work at the Write Stuff for the first time – a poem about the controversial recent same sex marriage survey.

There will be an open mic section towards the end of the evening.

Award-winning Castlemaine singer-songwriter Maya will perform a short set midway through the afternoon.

The Write Stuff brings together writers, readers and other interested folks in a relaxed, supportive and fun environment, exploring different genres and discussing all things writing-related.

All ages welcome. MusicMan is a licensed venue.

Entry is $2. Donations to The Write Stuff will go towards the 2018 publication of the first Write Stuff anthology of local writers’ work.

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OMORROW night, Saturday, sees a welcome return to Bendigo for folk-roots songstresses Alanna and Alicia.

The twin sisters, now based in Melbourne, launch new album, Songs I’m Singing With Me, at The Old Church on the Hill.

They’ll be joined by special guest, Enda Kenny – playing his first Bendigo gig.

The album, their fourth, is a tribute to acclaimed singer-songwriter John Beavis.

Beavis was a major influence on the sisters as they grew up, honing their own song writing skills.

His battle with mental illness saw his musical career cut short.

Songs I’m Singing With Me sees Alanna and Alicia Egan bring Beavis’s songs to life once again.

Older audiences will get re-acquainted with Beavis’s work, with newer audiences discovering his songs for the first time.

The album includes Beavis favourites Time Was, Love’s Fools, Bird in the Hand, and Fly Like a Bird. Enda Kenny joins the sisters on The Maritime.

The Egan sisters have been listening to Beavis since they were three years old.

“Our mission with this new

project is to get these songs back out there,” they said in a short documentary they made about the album.

Songs I’m Singing with Me has been well received by folk audiences across Australia – most recently at Maldon, and earlier this year at the National Folk Festival in Canberra.

Beavis himself is effusive. “Quite simply amazing,” he said of the sisters’ interpretation of his work in the documentary.

Despite their relatively tender years, Alanna and Alicia have established themselves on the Australian folk scene since releasing debut album Funny She’s So Much Like Me in 2006.

Their live shows have a rootsy, sometimes jazzy element. They also inject a little quirky humour into their gigs.

Alanna and Alicia play at The Old Church on the Hill tomorrow night, Saturday, November, 25. The show starts at 8pm. Admission is $20.

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OR those with musical tastes at the heavier end of the scale – more specifically good old-fashioned, hard-driving Aussie rock (think AC/ DC, Rose Tattoo) – tomorrow night in Bendigo leaves you spoilt for choice. If you’re organised though, you can get to see both The Flannos, and Sheeza

Goer play at the Golden Square Hotel and MusicMan respectively.

The Flannos – their name comes from the flannelette shirts adorned by their lively tradie-blokey-bikie audiences – launch their self-titled debut EP. It features three self-penned numbers: Silver City Saga, Southern Blues, and Billy, Angel and Danny.

Formed in 2015, the bluesy pubrock outfit perform a mix of originals and classic rock covers. The Flannos play at the Golden Square Hotel, tomorrow Saturday, November, 25. It kicks off at 6pm.

Across town later tomorrow, Sheeza Goer form part of a multiband line-up at MusicMan. The hard-rocking trio will be showcasing tracks from their own forthcoming EP, Helldiver, due in 2018.

The five-track release includes Night Fighters, Heading North and Things Are Looking Up. “Looking forward to giving the new songs a bit of a go,” front man Rohan Eckardt said.

The Flannos and Sheeza Goer both fly the flag for good old-fashioned Aussie rock. Their shows are energetic, and lots of fun.

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Bendigo LIFE

Discovering the Bendigo mystery

Story to be told of gold

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ENDIGO historian James Lerk would seem to consider a subject worth tackling if not much has been written about it already.

On The Tail End: Chinese working mine tailings on the Bendigo Goldfield, is his latest publication capturing a slice of life during Bendigo’s gold rush era, and he admits the subject is obscure.

In it, Mr Lerk draws on many of the sources including bank records, court transcripts, board meeting minutes and newspapers, that he has used to flesh out material for previous publications.

He also interviewed descendents of some of the Chinese diggers, one of whom, Dennis O’Hoy OAM, will launch the monograph tomorrow at 12.40pm at the Golden Dragon Museum.

The work of the Chinese diggers was rarely recorded, such was their lowly status.

But there is enough evidence available to suggest the large mining companies valued their work to stack tailings in a way that contained them.

Their compensation was the gold still contained in the tailings that had been missed in initial mine processing.

GOLD READ: James Lerk.

Mr Lerk’s starting point in On The Tail End is visual.

The steep-sided, flat-topped mines tailings heaps that once marked the Bendigo landscape have almost all disappeared, but not in the memories of Bendigonians many of whom would have played on their distinctive shapes.

“I tried to find out something about the technical process the Chinese had developed,” Mr Lerk said.

Tailings are the fine rock, sand and slime that are the by product of processing the ore and releasing the gold.

He said the Chinese would build up walls with the slimes that bound

together, and flush in the fine rock and sand with water, diverting the flow when the tailings had reached their destination.

“They weren’t gung ho when they approached things,” Mr Lerk said.

“They were slow, methodical and they left virtually no gold behind.”

Although this book is accidental – Mr Lerk worked up material for a paper which he then presented at the Australasian Mining History Association – he said it was an important story to tell “not only from the Chinese perspective but also from the Caucasian perspective”.

“This is a project I never tended to do but these are the stories that need to be told,” he said. – Sharon Kemp

discover bendigo with James Lerk

Kraemer had flair F

REDERICK Wilhelm Kraemer showed significant promotional flair in making sure that his Sydenham Gardens and the adjacent hotel sharing the same name should be well patronised.

Even though the gardens were first established in late 1854 it had become a drawcard quite early for those who had the spare time to enjoy some recreation and distraction from the humdrum of digging life.

In the warmer months Kraemer promoted his “summer fetes” and by early December in 1856 he had promised to provide something not previously experienced on the Bendigo goldfield.

There would be a “discharge of fireworks, superior to anything seen in any part of the colony”, this was a bold claim but it did bring in the crowds to his property.

As with a number of the other German immigrants who had made sufficient money from their gold seeking, he too, in 1861, wanted to plant vines on land at the Junction.

Previously he had land as mentioned at Emu Creek which was being planted with vines, this property having been sold in 1858.

A large variety of grapes were planted, both table and for wine, including Verdelho, Reisling, Chasselas, Golden Hambro, Doure, Cherrass, Black Hambro, Black Prince and Tokay.

Where the vines had been planted the ground had been trenched to a depth of over half a metre

and then many bones were thrown in before covering with soil and then the cuttings planted to feed on the bones as the roots penetrated downwards.

Little wonder that the vines flourished so well with the preparation which had been completed before planting.

Arbors and bowers were constructed in the gardens and some grapes grew over these, while other arbors had ivy and honeysuckle growing over them. These bowers were to provide much needed shade where visitors could relax and take in the views of the garden.

It is clear that from the hotel a liberal amount of liquor was being served and dispensed in the Sydenham Gardens, as it became quite a task to seek out all the empty drinking glasses and return them to the bar.

Waitresses and waiters plied to the customer’s needs with food being available throughout the day and well into the night.

Exotic plants that had been acquired by Kraemer, these always created a great deal of interest whether they were from Siberia or Japan or some other more remote part of the world.

The unique plants or their origins became a source of conversation among the general populace.

Anything of a rare nature was immediately reported upon, then curiosity came into play and the crowds would follow.

Walks or paths were laid out to encourage visitors to amble around the cultivated areas of the grounds.

On the way people

would pass large beds of roses and those planted with flowers such as marigolds, single stocks, cabbage roses, carnations, calcolarius, cinerarias and dog daisies, these were located not far from the hotel itself.

The perfume that the various plants exuded was a wonderful experience for those passing the beds.

One of the perennial challenges was to deal with the marauding goats, these creatures relished any herbage that was cultivated or uncultivated.

Much damage was done periodically to the Sydenham Gardens from this source. In one year alone Kraemer had estimated the loss from his garden by the goats to be in the vicinity of £300, which was more than twice the wages for a year of a competent gardener.

Securing the fencing was always a challenge.

By donating plants to various institutions this gained Kraemer very worthwhile publicity.

He gave plants to local charitable institutions, to the cemeteries and for money raising efforts.

In regards to his orchard, more fruit trees were continually being added to those already fruiting.

Peaches, plums, cherry and oranges were there and bearing good quantities of fruit only two or three years after planting.

NEW publishing enterprise, Horrible Books, has made its mark in Bendigo with the launch of the children’s picture book, The Great Bendigo Mystery.

Danny Willis has previously published children’s books with the Five Mile Press.

The Great Bendigo Mystery is a bright colourful book about trolls.

Apparently there have been sightings of 30 trolls which are alive and well and hiding out in the Bendigo district.

Each of the trolls has their own endearing personality and physical characteristics, such as Rodney, who has green skin and a dopey smile and is reported to hang around Camp Hill Primary School.

The book encourages children and parents to identify and explore the various hideouts in and around Bendigo.

Willis said that Horrible Books will be publishing children’s pictures books from other authors in central Victoria.

“There are a couple of projects I have in mind at the moment but I won’t be revealing more details until next year,” he said.

The Great Bendigo Mystery is available from Dymocks, Games World, Good vs Evil Comics and The Book Wolf in Maldon.

You can contact Horrible Books on dwgraphics@ bigpond.com

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HE Brougham Arms in Williamson Street has once again featured prominently in this year’s Golden Plate Awards.

Under the direction of licensees Scott and Luke Macumber the pub has gone from strength to strength.

“We’ve won various Golden Plate awards since their inception in 2013,” Scott said.

“It’s one thing to win these awards, but it’s another thing maintaining the consistency year after year.”

The hotel once again took out the Best Hotel Dining award in the central and north west division, while also winning the Best Customer Service Award.

Golden Plates are awarded are in recognition of outstanding service in the hospitality industry

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Friday, November 24 Messy Church: St Andrew’s Uniting Church Hall, 26 Myers St, 4.30pm – 6.30pm. Theme is Mary – Mother of Jesus. Details: 5441 3100.

Sidewalk Astronomy: Bendigo District Astronomical Society invites the public to view the wonderful sights of our solar system and beyond. 8.30pm at Discovery Science and Technology Centre. $2. Details: 5447 7690.

FINE FARE: Broughams Arms’ Monica Sullivan and Scott Macumber.

throughout regional Victoria, and are judged on food quality and presentation, menu, use of local produce and wines, beers and ciders along with customer service and value for money.

Also for the second year in succession chef Rory Brown was highly

commended in the Peter Watson Memorial Award for Best Chef.

The Brougham Arms was also highly commended for the Best Regional Cellar of local Wines Beers and Ciders category and a finalist in the Best Menu of Local Foods category.

in association with KLFM radio 96.5FM unitingchurch.org.au Saturday, November 25 Social Dance: Greater Bendigo Danceland, 8pm – 11pm, St. Andrew’s Uniting Church Hall, Myers St. Supper, lucky door, raffle. $8pp. Details 5447 9783.

Saturday, November 25 Gravel Hill Primary School Reunion: Details: 5448 3281.

Sunday, November 26 Christmas Market Day: 10am – 3pm, Mandurang Valley Vineyard, 77 Fadersons Lane, $1 entry. An event to raise funds and provide opportunities for other charities to promote their projects.

Soaps, jewellery and homemade candles. Christmas crafts and gifts.

Eaglehawk Market: Handmade items and crafts, health and beauty, herbs and spices, buskers, face painting and activity table. 9am – 2pm. Cnr Pegleg and Kirkwood rds. Details: eaglehawk.

Allies Motorcycle Club Bendigo Toy Run: Will finish up in the Bendigo Civic Gardens next to the Town Hall at noon for a Family Fun Day.Children’s activities, barbecue and drink sales.

Peter Sheahan’s Afternoon of Country Music: All Seasons Hotel Bendigo, 171 – 183 McIvor Rd. Proceeds to Niemann Pic Type C Disease Foundation. 1pm – 6pm. $10. Afternoon tea supplied.

Bookings: 0400 076 634. Courtesy bus available 5443 8166.

Bands on View: 1pm at the Capital Theatre, free. Featuring eight bands from Bendigo and the wider area, performing a wide range of music from hymns, big band, marches, classical and more.

Tuesday, November 28 Probus Club of White Hills: Meeting at the sports complex, Scott St at 10am followed by a guided tour of the Bendigo Botanical Gardens, White Hills.

Lunch at the Wellington Hotel, Napier St follows (paid by members), booking is necessary.

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

Bendigo Baptist Community Care Breakfast: Life Essentials, Mad Cow Cafe, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. 5441 4747. Tues 7.45am.

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

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

Kangaroo Flat Soup Kitchen: Rotary Gateway Park, High St, Kangaroo Flat, Wed 5.30pm-6.30pm.

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

Not Just Soup - Soup Kitchen: A Reasonable Christianity Church, 237 High Street, Golden Square back room (opposite Woolworths). Ph: 0404 559 769. Sun, 3.30pm-4.40pm, Thurs, 5pm-6pm.

FOODCARE3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church Hall, Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk. Tues 1pm – 3pm, Wed 1.30pm – 3pm. Community Breakfast: Fri 7.30am.

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Bendigo Baptist Community Care: Life Essentials, 214 Hargreaves St, Benht for thoug digo. Tues and Thurs. 5441 4747.

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

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

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

Foodcare 3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, cnr Peg Leg Rd/Kirkwood St, 1.30pm-4pm Tues and Wed. Ph 0403 698 715.

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

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

Kangaroo Flat–117 High St. 5447 9800. Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm.

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

Kangaroo Flat: Cnr. Church and Camp sts. 5443 5458. Tues and Fri 10am–1pm.

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DIESEL MECHANIC We have an outstanding opportunity for a trade certified Diesel Mechanic to join our clients well established and rapidly growing business. This is a crucial role performing repairs, breakdowns and servicing trucks, forklifts and plant equipment.

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• Current HR drivers licence.

You will be responsible for the total onsite vehicle maintenance so need to possess an outstanding use of initiative and the ability to work autonomously. A Forklift Licence would be advantageous and a ‘can do’ attitude and the ability to problem solve is essential.

If you are a hard working and conscientious person who has good communication skills and enjoys working in a team environment, please contact us today!

For more information on these exciting positions or a number of other current vacancies, head to our website www.eseconsulting.com.au or give us a call on 54426676.

Apply today at apply@eseconsulting.com.au

BRICKLAYING No job too big No job too small Ph 0417 127 131

CLEANER

•Office & Home cleaning • All Non-Toxic Products • Police Check Call Maree 0438 052 294

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

CONCRETER

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

Seniors Discount Free quotes.

Ph. 0422 424 348.

CONCRETER

Paths, drives, etc Reasonable rates.

40 years experience Phone 0409 949 111

AXE CREEK CONCRETING

New & old shed floors, Excavation work, Paths & Driveways, big or sml

PH 0429 395 985

CONCRETING

Driveways, Paths, Sheds.

No job too small Free Quotes Dennis: 0427 858 081

CONCRETING

Cameron Concrete Domestic & Commercial.

For all your concrete requirements..

Call Rod 0400 611 016 Free Quotes & advice.

30 years experience

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

Phone 0409 949 111 GARDEN MAINTENANCE Weeding, planting, pruning, composting. $20 per hour. Phone Neville 5448 3439 or 0418 346 307

GRASS SLASHING Prompt service New clients welcome Ph Frank 0418 327 600 or 5442 5864.

HANDYMAN Carpentry, Concreting, Mowing, Fencing, Retaining walls.

Ph 5446 9174 or 0407 469 174

HOUSEWORK

and Ironing Duties.

Phone 0434 795 733

AIR CONDITIONING BENDIGO

TempTech AIR CONDITIONING

Evaporative coolers should be serviced at least ONCE PER YEAR in order to work efficiently.

Make sure you stay COOL this summer!

Nathan Maber 0407 972 717 bendigotemptech@hotmail.com Servicing all of Central Victoria • Pensioner discounts available Registered Licence No. 47315

ASQ is a locally owned, family operated business, servicing regional Victoria.

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ANTENNAS

LAWN MOWING, WHIPPER SNIPPING

$35 per hr / $30 pen (inc. take away clippings).

Delivery of Garden Products Spraying (Roundup) $35 per hr/ $30 pen Rubbish Removal $80 per load/$70 pen (incl tip fee $35) for 7x4 square box trailer.

NO tyres or rock/clean fill. Cash only

Ph Mick 0407 448 249

--Go Tigers! --

PLASTERER EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER

Rates from $40p/h Pensioner 10% Disc.

• Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting

PJ TAYLOR

SV GARDENING SERVICE

All aspects of gardening maintenance, $35 P/hr inc GST. 0402 887 947

TILER

Wall & Floor Tiler Waterproofing Complete Bathroom, Kitchen & Laundry Renovations 0488 994 150 WONDER WINDOW

WOMEN CLEANING

EXCELLENT service, great rates. Ph Simone 0430 349 332

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

5446 1422 0448 713 499

PLASTER

All types of plastering.

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

Ph. Brian 0407 679 618 Lic

LITTLE RIPPER

PLUMBER 111684

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL Green waste or just general clean up. Tip fees apply. Current police check. Ph Paul 0401 418 108.

ABN 88484579761.

Digger Service

1.6 Tonne Excavator, Trenching, Rotary Hoeing, Post Holes, Levelling 4 in one bucket,Tipper Hire.

Matt” A “ Excavations and Landscaping Excavator, Tipper & Bobcat

l Hole Boring l Trenching l Drive Ways l Rock Breaker l Retaining Walls l Concreting l Site Cleans l No Job too small

Very Reasonably Priced - Great Soil Rates Free Quotes and Honest Advice

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EMPLOYMENT

MAINTENANCE TRADESPERSON Kepal Building Services Pty Ltd. are currently seeking an experienced maintenance carpenter to work in the Bendigo and its surrounding areas.

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

ANTENNAS

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

Phone Ron on

5447 7823 or 0431 609 423 ANTENNAS

classifieds@ bendigopublishing .com

PH 5440 2514 37-39 View Street Bendigo

WEEKLY WALKERS WANTED EARN EXTRA CASH AND KEEP FIT!

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

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Ph: Glenn

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

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Bendigo’s most read newspaper

0418 510 074

Matt: 0409 141 093 • Nicole: 0428 119 386 E: nicmat2001@hotmail.com

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Bendigo Weekly

Ph 0429 171 697

718 Strathfieldsaye Road, Strathfieldsaye

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING 1.5 TONNE MINI EXCAVATOR FOR HIRE

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5440 2529

Services Offered To advertise in this section contact our classifieds department

ADDED TO THE FLEET: BOBCAT/SKIDSTEER • For dry hire • With or without operator • Short or long term • Delivery can be arranged

Works will include general maintenance repairs and quoted works.

This person will be required to be competent in all aspects of the building industry. Works will be in the local and surrounding areas and your own car and tools are essential.

The successful applicants will be required to undergo a Police Check and be willing to obtain a Working with Children’s card. As well as hold a Victorian OH&S Construction Induction Card.

All applications can be put in writing to PO Box 8036, Bendigo South, 3550 Or, alternatively, please submit an application via our website: www.kepal.com.au

GARDAM E X C AVA T I O N

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DOORS

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ELECTRICIANS

GREG SMITH ELECTRICIAN

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GARDEN SERVICES

HANDYMAN SERVICES

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DECKS / PERGOLAS

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PLUMBERS

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David Smith 0427 506 160 e: dsmith.trees@gmail.com

SPOUT CLEANING

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PLUMBERS

Peter Carr Plumbing & Gasfitting

CRAYOLA - TaDoodles infant toy $20 Ph 0417 150 981

MUSHROOM COMPOST OR SOIL

ANTIQUE english student desk $80 Ph 5439 3054.

CROW bar, excellent cond. $10 Ph 0408 590 830

ARMCHAIR and matching foot stool VGC $65 Ph 5442 1507.

CURTAINS w/track blackout, 2M x 220cm, pleated $90 5449 7128

AWA paired speakers, 12' x 8' x 5.5' , 5W, EC. $20 Ph 5447 8573 BABY fold up change table, canvas, $10 Ph 5448 8560 BAG/box trolley Excl cond.

Only $15 Ph 0408 590 830 BALI cabinet, 1020mm W, 650 D, 1140 H $99 Ph 0455 730 364 BBQ Renni, 3 Burner & Wok Burner, Rotisserie, EC $150 Phone 5443 1017 BOOSTER Car Seat, with H Harness, safe n sound, EC$25 Ph 5439 3715 BOX of fabric remnants, $5 lot Ph 5447 0053

BRODA Elite 735 Chair Suit Person Req G Med to High Level Care VGC $1850 Ph 0408 037 533 or 5441 7846 CAMPOMATIC Offroad Stove Sink 80L Water, Boat Loader, 12-24V, Australian Made Annex, independant suspension, 16inch wheels, hard floor and dual batteries S68937 $16,000 Ph 0447 802 283

CARAVAN sunraisia wheels + tyres x 2. Ford $90 Ph 5449 7128 CARPET, 9ft x 10ft approx, as new $100 ono Ph 0466 269 948

CAT Skid steer 246C, enclosed cab, A/C, 1350 hrs, 4 in 1 tilt bucket, with water tank for profiling. $45,000 inc gst. Ph 0400 855 626

CHAFF

Steamed, cut from sheaf hay, Excellent Quality. $12 a bag Ph 0429 434 646 AH

PLUMBERS

Greg Hicks st same day Plumbing Fajosebrvtoicoesmall No

0448 701 138 • Licensed Backflow Tester • Blocked Drains • Burst Pipes • Septics • Gas Leaks & Gas Fitting • Hot Water Services • Roof Leaks • Renovations • Gen Plumbing • Latest Drain Cleaning Equipment QUALITY WORK AT THE RIGHT PRICE!

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TREE SERVICES

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CHAINSAW Ozito $25 3715

sharpener, Ph 5439

CHILDS chrome padded highchair EC $45 Ph 5448 8560

$50 per metre. Minimum 5 metres. Free delivery to Bendigo area.

Phone 0400 855 626.

MULCH

Lucerne hay $7 bale, Pea straw $8 bale, Straw $6 bale, Can deliver or pick up Bendigo Ph 0427 304 600

PHONE charger, in car.

New. Only $5 Ph 5447 8573 ELLIPTICAL Cross Trainer, Horizon 4 Endurance, 5 incline, 12 programmes, mp3 input, EC $450 Ph 0417 369 213

PIANO Full Iron frame, underdamper, ivory keyboard, concert pitch Ec $590 ono Ph 5447 4979

ESTABLISHED Yukkas in pots for 18 mths, Good strong Plants, 2FT - 4FT Tall $20-$40 each Ph 0458 002 227

PINE chest of 5 drawers, w/mirror. 460 d, 900 h, 900 w $100 5443 2421

FOOZBALL table, 10 games, $30 Ph 5446 1310 FREE car tyres x 2, Good condition, Ph 0409 974 492.

FREE water electric, 3ft 5447 8044

fountain, high. Ph

PINE chest, large 3 drw.

630d 940 h 780w $80 Ph 5443 2421

PIRATES of the Carribean - pirate ship, 38 piece $40 Ph 0417 150 981

POPE hand mower 14" recond exc order $60 ono Ph 0432 176 648

FREE MULLOCK

PORTA potty Fiamma 10L, EC, $45 Ph 5449 7128

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

RETRO phone table, good cond, $10 Ph 5447 0053

FRENCH wire planter stand $90 Ph 5442 1507.

GIRLS clothing, size 12-14, 15 items $25 Ph 0498 936 147 GOLF buggy and sticks, $90 Ph 5442 1507.

GOLLIWOGS x2, boy/girl, New $50 ea Ph 0455 730 364 GRANNY Square crocheted padded stool $30 Ph 0466 269 948 HAIR Dryer Holder, wall mounted, silver spiral $20 Ph 0437 567 073 HARDWOOD 4x2 x 4ft, dressed, 25 for $35 the lot Ph 5446 1310

ROOFING IRON new cut to length $8 metre p-up Lockwood Ph 0467 491 970 Sat & Sun

SEWING machine, Singer, $40 Ph 5444 5695.

SHOWER chair. Back & arm rest, $25 Ph 0407 046 608

SIEVED TOP SOIL

With Manure $35 per/m delivered local 3m minimum. 6m & 10m avail. Bobcat & Excavator to hire. Ph 5446 7105 or 0428 507 846

HAY & STRAW Rolls & Little Squares.

Delivery available Maiden Gully Ph 0438 373 291

HAY

4 Nolan Street, Bendigo

For Best Price Phone Jack Direct

AKAI radio & CD player, stereo, great sound $30 Ph 5447 8573

License No. 32710

544 33 999

0409 289 700 5428 9312

FOR SALE

CAR Washer, Gerni, 105.1 Classic $50 Ph 5439 3715

A friendly, reliable, local plumbing team fully qualified in all aspects of plumbing

Master Plumber

FOR SALE

CANE washing basket, vintage EC $50 Ph 466 269 948

www.dunstoneplumbing.com.au office@dunstonebros.com.au

Pty. Ltd.

FOR SALE

* Fully Insured

PHONE: 5444 4681

Ph 5446 1535

SPOUT CLEANING

· Tree Removal & Pruning · Green Waste & Stump Removal · Tower/Chipper/Bobcat /Tipper · Over 15 Years Experience · We Travel Anywhere · Free Quotes · Fully Insured

CLASSIFIEDS • 31

Oaten rolls, net wrapped.

Excellent Quality from $55 Axedale. 0428 590 023 KENALILAH Indonesian 2, Yr 9&10 WB 3rd ed, New,$30 0498 936 147 PINE dresser, 2 wood & 2 glass doors, 2 drws. $50 GC Ph.4433 1197 LADIES pants and shirts, suit mature age, Sz 8-10 $10 box Ph 5447 0053 LAWN edger 2HP engine, Good order $90 Ph 5446 3755

SITE office/portable building, ideal granny flat /spare room, 2 doors, 2 windows, lights & P /points, 9.6Mx3Mx2.9H $9,700 Ph 0400 855 626

SOIL

Compost with manures and straw mix.

Can deliver Bendigo Ph 0427 304 600

SOLID timber glass front DVD/CD cabinet 300 d 600 w $70 5443 2421

STAINLESS steel electric oven and cooktop, in excellent conditon.

Cooktop as new. $300 Phone 0417 332 378

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School boasts top trio

FLYING HIGH: Diver Kiara Field. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN YOU’D struggle to find many prouder school principals than Paul Wilkinson.

Most schools are abuzz when even one student represents their state in any sport.

Imagine having three headed to the Pacific Schools Games.

In diver Kiara Field and Bendigo East Swimming Club duo Emily and Nick Kearns, that’s the rare level of aquatic talent that Holy Rosary Primary School school has on its hands.

The trio will be heading to next month’s games in Adelaide and competing against students with aquatic facilities in their schools.

Not only will their competitors travel from around the country, but also Canada, China and other powerful swimming and diving nations.

“I think the whole school is really proud of them, I know I certainly am,” Wilkinson said.

“The whole school is really behind them and hoping they do well.

“Our parents and parishioners group has also been able to support them with some fundraising,

TALK OF THE SCHOOL: Nick and Emily Kearns and Kiara Field. to make sure they can get there and compete as best they can.”

While the Kearns siblings, Emily in grade six and Nick in grade four, will have several Bendigo East teammates heading with them, Field will be joined by just Abby Rowley from the local Bendigo Divers.

That duo has both taken na-

tional success before, and will be aiming for more when the championships begin on December 23at the State Aquatic Centre in Oaklands Park.

Basketball, diving, football, goalball, golf, hockey, netball, softball, swimming, touch football and track and field athletics will all be contested at the games.

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Goers’ going gets tough

By JOEL PETERSON

BENDIGO has endured a tough week in the Bendigo District Cricket Association, losing twice in the space of four days.

Round five of first XI action, the Goers suffered an embarrassing batting collapse to be skittled for 77 before tea in their first XI clash against Strathdale Maristians at North Bendigo.

Bendigo was at one stage 4/19 after Will Collicoat became Jake DeAraugo’s second scalp.

Gun batsman Kyle Humphrys followed soon after to leave Bendigo perilously perched at 5/29, before Alex Pearson (22 off 64) and Mark Ryan (seven off 46) provided some much-needed staying power.

That was only until they became two of Cam Taylor’s three victims, Ryan caught behind off the prodigious spinner while Pearson was trapped LBW. Kieren Burns and Jack Belsar battled hard late but when Burns and Bailey Goodwin fell in quick succession, the hosts had nothing left in the shed.

It didn’t take the Suns long to take first innings points, reaching the target just one wicket down.

Jack Neylon continued his good form with the bat, making 71 off 63 deliveries including seven fours and four sixes.

The Suns will resume at 7/177 in search of an outright win.

Tuesday’s Twenty 20 clash with Bendigo United started far better for Bendigo.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, marquee player James Seymour and captain Shane Koop made 64 for the opening wicket before Seymour was caught off the bowling of youngster Justin Slater.

Koop went on to make 41 at better than a run a ball, including a rare six recorded when he rocked back and crunched a pull shot over the

short midwicket boundary.

Humphrys made a controlled 48 and allowed Will Collicoat (36 off 19, four sixes) to do most of the hitting in their 79-run stand, before both fell in the final two overs and Bendigo finished at 5/170.

It looked enough against a thin Bendigo United lineup, and that feeling was amplified after Alex Pearson sent down the first ball of the chase.

BUCCs opener and marquee player Nick Ross faced up and chased one outside the off stump, chopping on as Pearson wheeled away in delight.

Pearson looked the best of the Bendigo bowlers and one of its few quick options, but Koop elected to use the quick’s four overs at the start of the innings, finishing with 1/32.

Skipper Harry Donegan (37) and Chris Howgate (21) then combined to put on 37 for the second wicket before Howgate was bowled

by Humphrys.

That brought Tyson Templeton (30) to the crease, he and Donegan adding 50 before the acting captain was cleaned up by leg spinner Tom Hart.

Templeton and Riley Treloar tumbled soon after, but it was the ultra-impressive Jake Thrum that was the key in the impressive chase.

The usually-conservative lefthander thumped three sixes on his way to 46 off 30, but more importantly rotated the strike in the gameclinching 76-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Miggy Podosky.

Thrum and Podosky (28 off 22) guided the side home as the Redbacks made an impressive start to their short-form campaign.

Kangaroo Flat, Sandhurst and Golden Square also won on Tuesday.

T20 matches continue this week, with Bendigo United, Eaglehawk, Strathfieldsaye and Sandhurst each hosting games from 5.15pm on Tuesday.

Cricket takes a stand on violence THE Bendigo District and Emu Valley cricket associations are joining forces with police to stamp out domestic violence.

In a rare alignment of the two associations, this weekend will see players in A-grade and division one games across the two leagues take a pledge in support of White Ribbon Day. The day is held on November 25 each year and the recognition from the BDCA and EVCA will become an annual event.

Sergeant Margaret Singe will be at the BDCA match between Kangaroo Flat and Eaglehawk at the QEO to make a presentation to both captains, before heading to the EVCA clash between West Bendigo and United.

She said the initiative wasn’t

just to eradicate domestic violence simply among players.

“The message is that even if it isn’t them, they can report it, that it shouldn’t be tolerated by you or

It gets the message out to players and their families anyone,” she said.

BDCA president Wayne Walsh and EVCA president Ron Gray were also big supporters of the idea.

The BDCA went to local organisation Sports Focus in a bid to show their support for the cause, and when asked the question Gray said it was simply common sense to get involved.

“I think it is great, where we can get together and try to make a bit of a difference I think we should,” he said.

“Between the two associations we have got hundreds of players, so if it gets the message out to players and their families and we can make a difference that way we’ll have done our job.”

Each player and umpire on the day will be wearing a white ribbon to show their support for the cause along with a white band that will be added to the stumps at each game.

KEY ROLE: Acting skipper Harry Donegan in Tuesday’s T20 clash.

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Griffin stays positive

By JOEL PETERSON

KELSEY Griffin admits she’s a bad spectator.

Unfortunately for the Bendigo Spirit captain, it’s something she has to get used to.

Ruled out for the season after having surgery for the second time in a year, Griffin is trying to make an experience that no player wants to have into one that can have its own benefits.

Griffin’s surgery to repair a badly-torn labrum went well but she remains sidelined for the remaining six weeks of the regular season.

It appears to be a savage stretch for the Spirit, which is short-handed and on a fourgame losing slide.

Betnijah Laney has also missed time with a knee injury and a concussion suffered last week, but the news of Griffin’s injury rocked the team.

Two weeks after the operation, she remains confident in her ability to return to the court before long.

“I had a third of my labrum torn, and the ligament that holds my pelvis and femur together was over 50 per cent torn,” she said.

“Now that it’s right, he believes my hip is quite stable and I won’t have the back pain or hamstring pain that was causing me the issues more than the hip.

“I’m not sure I could go

Griffin has estimated her timeline for recovery will be somewhere in the vicinity of three months.

In the meantime she will rehab her injury and continue to provide support to her teammates and watch the game from a different angle.

“I’m probably one of those players that just plays as hard as possible, but it does make me think a bit more tactically and hopefully that translates to playing as well as coaching,” Griffin said.

The Spirit are unsurprisingly struggling without their star, losing their past four games by an average of close to 25 points.

After starting the year on fire offensively but struggling on defence, Bendigo is now flat out on both ends trying to simply keep up and making few inroads into opposition sides.

The Spirit are 2-9, last on the table, and conceding more points per game than any other side.

Yet Griffin can see positives in the bigger picture.

“Every year I’ve been here I’ve played with such great people. It’s not a challenge keeping them positive,” she said.

“For players like Gabe and I, who are closer to the end of our careers, seeing so many young players doing well is great.”

The Spirit plays Canberra in Melbourne on Saturday.

SIDELINED: Kelsey Griffin will miss the rest of the season. through another hamstring surgery. That was the most painful thing I’ve had to rehab back from. I’m now pretty confident it will be the last surgery I have to have for a fair while.”

Where it gets strange is that Griffin had not suffered the injury this season.

She believes it happened nearly two years ago, when she slipped on a sticker during a game in Dandenong.

She thought she dam-

aged her left hamstring and had surgery on it after the season, but it was her right hip causing the grief.

“It was getting my left leg finally right that I realised what was going on with my right leg,” she said.

“When we look at the whole picture of the fall and the mechanics of it and the damage to my left side, it’s not surprising that the damage is now showing up in my right hip.”

TOB JOB: Ben Harvey with the Girton team.

Harvey leads the way in coaching IF you want to win a basketball championship, few people in Bendigo will be more help than Ben Harvey.

As he ramps up preparations for the Bendigo Braves’ 2018 season, Harvey’s more pressing order of business this week was helping a team of Girton Grammar students to success at the School Sports Victoria state basketball championships.

Harvey has long coached junior basketball in Bendigo as well as the senior Braves sides, and took the reins of the Girton team at Tuesday’s state

titles. He has coached Girton teams since 2014, and played a key role in developing the school’s basketball program.

The SEABL championship coach was working with several members of junior Braves programs as the team represents the Sandhurst division at the championships.

They got there after a win over Rochester in the region finals, but could not secure the title on Tuesday.

The Girton team finished a highly-creditable third, missing the finals based on percentage as a tie-breaker.

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Spirit’s winning chance

By JOEL PETERSON

IT has been a difficult stretch for the Bendigo Spirit, but the WNBL’s bottom side has a chance to shed that tag on Saturday against Canberra.

Both sides are 2-9 and languishing two-and-a-half games back from the sixthplaced Dandenong.

Bendigo was boosted by the return of Betnijah Laney last Sunday, after she missed Friday night’s 24-point loss to Perth due to a concussion.

Bendigo and Canberra played in the season opener, and each has been decimated by injury since.

Rachel Jarry is out for the Capitals, while captain Kelsey Griffin remains on the road to recovery for Bendigo. – Story Page 35

WITHIN REACH: Gabe Richards recorded consecutive doubledoubles last weekend.

in top-10 contention, but a niggling knee injury interrupted his year.

He was excellent as a bottom-age player for Bendigo last year and will provide any team that picks him with pace, endurance and a thumping left boot.

Swingman Jarrod Brander is likely slotted for top-20 contention after being highly regarded as a possible number one overall choice heading into the season.

THE Bendigo Pioneers are hopeful a handful of young guns will be picked up in tonight’s AFL National Draft.

Bendigo has Paddy Dow in contention for the number one overall selection, though most pundits predict Brisbane is likely to select either Cameron Rayner first overall.

Pioneers talent manager Steve Sharp is positive about the club’s prospects.

“We think we can get between five and seven, which would be a super result on back of four drafted last year,” he said.

Dow had a strong year for Geelong Grammar and starred in his two Pioneers games in the TAC Cup, but picked up a shoulder injury against Ballarat – a game in which he had 33 disposals and kicked 2.2.

The under-18 All Australian is rated by many as a big chance to head to Carlton with pick three, with Rayner and Dandenong’s Luke Davies-Uniacke ahead of him.

Also working in Dow’s favour, he is one of 15 players invited to attend the draft by the AFL. Hard-running wingman Lochie O’Brien will also be

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We think we can get between five and seven, which would be a super result

Brander played three games for Bendigo and also played at the national under-age carnival for the Allies, but was another held back by injury and when he did play was frustratingly inconsistent.

Pint-sized livewire Brent Daniels won’t be far away from that bunch, and offers a point of difference to almost anyone else in the draft.

The 170-centimetre forward played alone up front in large parts for the Pioneers this year, showcasing his speed and burst as an isolation forward.

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“It’s great that they want to be a part of the program and play with their mates.”

Outside of that quartet, the club is hopeful one of exciting left-footer Kane Farrell, talented midfielder Angus Schumacher and the versatile Bailey Henderson are targeted by an AFL club.

Derrick Smith Jnr could also head to Richmond as a Next Generation Academy selection.

The AFL National Draft will be held tonight in Sydney, with the follow-up preseason and rookie drafts on Monday.

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While his size is an obvious knock, he played well in the VFL for Geelong which has worked for players such as Joe Atley and Tom Cole in the past.

All attended Geelong Grammar but remained within Bendigo’s system, which Sharp said had been a win for the club.

It’s been important for those kids from our region to stay in our region, not go to play for Geelong,” he said.

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