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ISSUE 1058 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018

LONG COURSE CAMPAIGN: Golden Square pool supporters outside Wednesday’s council meeting. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

By SHARON KEMP

THE fight to save the Golden Square Swimming Pool was won comprehensively Wednesday night as supporters of the pool, nicknamed the Beating Heart of Golden Square, convinced City of Greater Bendigo councillors to defer closure for at least two years. But president Bernadette Wright had not even started celebrating before she reminded supporters around her of the work ahead.

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Council votes to keep pool open

“It has become the beating heart of Golden Square and you supported it,” Ms Wright said. “We have a lot of work for the next two years so you are still needed.” In response to an avalanche of email, letters and texts in support of keeping the venue open, councillors unanimously voted to give the vol-

unteer committee that manages the 1960s-built in-ground pool a twoyear lease and $50,000 a year for operating costs. But they also transferred to the committee the risk of infrastructure failure. If the concrete lining of the pool was to crack because of age, the committee would have to pay for repairs.

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It is a very small risk, Ms Wright said, adding that she had been disappointed to see the council continue to report the risk. “The pool is in better condition than when the council managed it,” she said. A volunteer committee has managed the Maple Street centre since 2013 when it won for the first time

a community campaign against closure. The council has been pledging for eight years to close it because it is nearing the end of its shelf-life. Active and healthy lifestyles manager Lincoln Fitzgerald reiterated on Wednesday that there was no sign of structural damage but the concrete pool shell had a “theoretical asset life” of 50 years and, approaching that age, the integrity of the shell became less predictable. Continued Page 8

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High rise in apartments HOUSING Industry Association principal economist Tim Reardon believes while investors may be withdrawing from the market, they are being replaced by first home buyers. HIA released its national outlook for 2018 earlier this week, and the report discusses the downturn in building activity that started in March 2016 and forecasts the length and depth of the cycle. “The supply of new housing is now closer to meeting the demand for housing than at any time since 2003. The enormous pent-up demand for housing in east-coast metropolitan areas is finally being met by a record supply of new apartments,” Mr Reardon said. “The boom in apartment building has already started to calm but with population growth remaining high, buoyed by strong overseas migration, we expect that demand for housing will remain at elevated levels for the next few years. “Investor activity in the housing market is continuing to cool as a consequence of punitive taxes and regulatory imposts on investors, but they are being replaced by first home buyers who have entered the market off the back of state government incentives. “Government interventions into the market recently include: state governments imposing punitive stamp duty charges on foreign buyers, federal charges for foreign purchasers, a new set of visa rules that could slow overseas migration, restricting lending to domestic investors and new regulations limiting interest only lending. “HIA is forecasting that building activity will decline modestly – from record highs over a number of years, consistent with typical cyclical trends in the industry.”

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CAPTION: Caption. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN Activity will bottom out in 2019 with activity still at solid levels. INVESTORS in regional Victoria enjoyed some of the state’s strongest rental returns in the last three months of 2017, with almost every property type outperforming those in metropolitan Melbourne. New REIV data shows twobedroom homes in regional Victoria delivered the highest returns, at 4.8 per cent, while threebedroom properties produced returns of 4.5 per cent. By comparison, the same sized homes in metropolitan Melbourne delivered returns of just 2.6 and 2.8 per cent respectively. The yield is an important factor for investors to consider as it reflects a property’s annual rent as a percentage of the purchase price. The ideal investment property combines a low purchase price and a high weekly rent. In the December quarter, Morwell in south east Victoria recorded the state’s highest returns for two-bedroom homes with a yield of 8.5 per cent. This was followed by Echuca

and Mildura where the same property type achieved returns of 6.5 and 6.4 per cent respectively. Other regional towns where smaller homes are paying dividends for investors include Moe (6.3 per cent), Wendouree (6.3 per cent), Golden Square (5.8 per cent) and Sebastopol (5.8 per cent). Meanwhile, Churchill and Mooroopna had the state’s highest returns for three-bedroom houses at 7.4 per cent. Family homes also achieved strong rental returns in the Wimmera region with Stawell and Horsham recording yields of 7.1 and 6.7 per cent respectively. Moe and neighbouring Newborough also realised strong rental returns for three-bedroom homes with yields of seven and 6.9 per cent respectively. Three-bedroom homes delivering yields of around six per cent were also evident in Numurkah, Benalla, Mildura and Shepparton. A high yield allows investors to service their loan; however it is not a guarantee that a property in a particular area will continue to do well. For more information on

NEARLY one in five Australians do not think they can retire without government support. That’s the finding of Mortgage Choice’s Australian Financial Savviness Whitepaper, with 19.4 per cent of Australians believing they won’t be able to retire at 65 years of age without relying on government assistance. Mortgage Choice chief executive officer John Flavell said the cost of living was continuing to rise, stopping many Australians from effectively saving enough money to fund a comfortable retirement. “Every day expenses including gas, electricity, childcare, telecommunications and transportation continue to climb higher year after year. And, to make matters worse, wage growth is stagnating. As such, Australians are being forced do even more with the same amount of money.” According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian wages grew just two per cent between the September 2016 quarter and the September 2017 quarter. “Interestingly, despite the fact that wage growth is stagnant and the cost of living continues to rise, those most optimistic about their retirement savings strategy were those under the age of 30,” Mr Flavell said. According to the Whitepaper, 44.8 per cent of those under the age of 30 said they were confident that they would live either a “lavish” or “comfortable” lifestyle in retirement, while just 26 per cent of those aged between 40 and 49 said they would live a comfortable lifestyle in retirement, with the remainder indicating their lifestyle would be modest and require government assistance.

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THE prospect of a museum in Bendigo was discussed at Wednesday’s City of Greater Bendigo meeting, but mostly relating to the potential cost of such a project. Councillors supported the first of four recommendations contained in the strategic artefacts report, but when it came to the fourth that advocated for a study of the feasbility of a museum, councillors talked about the space that was already available in the local government area. The first recommendation related to creating more storage space and hiring professionals to care for the heritage objects that are in the collections of more than 15 small volunteer-based historical groups in

greater Bendigo. The report, compiled by museum authority Megan Cardamone, also recommends securing the viability of the groups given their membership, typically, is shrinking and their collections are vulnerable to damage or loss. Councillor Rod Fyffe said Dr Cardamone’s report was the continuation of decades of work on heritage preservation in Bendigo. “Progress has been made,” Cr Fyffe said, counting as evidence the Goldfields Research Centre at the Goldfields Library, the Post Office Gallery and construction of the Bendigo Regional Archive Centre. “We have made a start but we do need to keep going.” Cr James Williams listed a dozen venues in greater Bendigo dedicated

to history, including the Golden Dragon Museum, and the RSL Soldier Memorial Institute in Rosalind Park that is under construction. “In nearly every direction you head in we have got heritage, we have got history, the Tramways,

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ventional museum with static displays has less appeal for people. Yvonne Wrigglesworth was conscious of the potential cost of a museum. “What a museum could look like is open to interpretation, but

In nearly every direction you head in we have got heritage, we have got history

the heritage association, the Joss House,” he said. “These things do come with costs, and they are very significant costs as well.” Cr Williams said walking through the centre of Bendigo was like a living museum. Cr Jennifer Alden said the con-

one thing is certain is that it will cost dollars, dollars that will fight for air time with pools,” she said. The report is open for public comment until March 22 and it is understood some historical societies intend to make submissions. In a release from the council yesterday, mayor Margaret O’Rourke

RSL looks into growing tourism The Bendigo and District RSL is looking into ways it can help boost tourism in the region as its building appeal continues to gather momentum. Donations to the appeal have achieved close to $140,000 to date with families and individuals being the biggest contributors. Soldiers Memorial Institute Military Museum curator Kirsten McKay said the appeal is on track to achieve its target of $250,000, to ensure completion of the building works by the middle of the year. “We are urging local businesses to consider donating to the building appeal to support what will be the largest regionally based military museum memorial in Australia,” Ms McKay said. “In addition to the fundraising we have also been busy with the development and planning of activities and exhibitions that will certainly showcase this fantastic new facility.” The museum’s volunteers are also looking at ways it can work with local tourism operators to drive visitor growth in the region. “We particularly want family groups to experience the museum together and we plan to install technology to engage visitors in the displays through sound, film vision and digital interaction,” Ms McKay said. “Our exhibitions will have the potential to attract visitors nationally and we are encouraging Bendigo tourism venues and businesses to join with us to maximise the promotion and accessibility of Bendigo’s central heritage precinct. “Our combined efforts will encour-

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acknowledged the work of the societies’ volunteers. She said the various historical societies who were managing many of the artefacts were extremely dedicated to preserving local history for future generations. “This report is thorough and considered and offers practical long and short term solutions for the best care, storage, and public access to our valuable community assets,” Cr O’Rourke said. “We need to be planning for the future of our collections, whether it is council collections, organisations or community groups. “The lack of good storage, care and management is a serious issue for our community heritage artefacts and objects.” 4a home for history Page 7

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close inspection: Peter Bull and Ray McNamara. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN age visitors to stay longer and explore the many treasures that our region has to offer.” Donations to the appeal are tax deductible and organisations, businesses and individuals who donate over $1000 will be acknowledged on

the donors and sponsors panel on display in the museum’s foyer. Donations can be made through any branch of the Bendigo Bank through its Community Enterprise Foundation or online at the bank’s website.

ADVICE from the consultant that recommended protecting the heritage significant mud-brick home formerly known as Nanga Gnulle could lead to additional land around the house being included in protection overlay. As City of Greater Bendigo councillors this week agreed to refer the protection controls to an independent panel, they noted further advice from Built Heritage Pty Ltd was that the best curtilage for the home would include some garden, a gravel pathway and an access way. In effect, it would expand the curtilage, which council set at five metres around the Alastair Knox-designed house, to the size of the proposed subdivided plot on which the house sits. The council will ask the panel to make recommendations given 10 of 12 submissions on the issue argued the curtilage was too small. Councillor Matt Emond queried what council was seeking to do, as the property had already been sold and they were simultaneously considering a development proposal for the five acres of land that is to be subdivided. Cr Emond said council would be better off completing heritage studies and proactively applying overlays rather than spending money on temporary overlays. “I think it highlights the important of ensuring we have amendments in place for council not only to protect and secure heritage buildings but also to provide certainty for people who are purchasing properties,” Cr Emond said. “The fact that it was designed by Alastair Knox is of great significance.” He said the Nanga Gnulle overlays had already cost $8000 with an additional $13,000 to host the independent panel. “I am just aware that every time a heritage issue springs to our attention, it costs council money,” Cr Emond said. “It is well worth our time and money to complete our heritage studies because as we grow as a city there is more certainty for those individual properties that make our city unique from a heritage perspective.” The panel will hold hearings in March.

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Study fuels price debate BENDIGO enjoyed cheaper petrol prices than Melbourne in three out of the four years studied as part of a state government enquiry into regional fuel price disadvantage. Nazih Elasmar, chair of the Victorian Parliamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee conceded there were few recommendations it could make to reduce regional petrol prices because â&#x20AC;&#x153;most of the retail fuel price consists of the international benchmark price and Australian Government taxesâ&#x20AC;?. Based on experience in other Australian states, mandatory reporting of fuel prices did little to reduce the cost of petrol, Mr Elasmar said.

Price comparing apps were effective but only when they were up to date and covered all service stations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In its regional market studies, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found that despite the prevalence of fuel pricing apps and websites, many small, cheaper independent service stations are not covered,â&#x20AC;? the report said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If consumers are unaware of cheaper prices, there is no pressure on nearby retailers to discount prices.â&#x20AC;? The most effective measure was to encourage competition between petrol retailers and that work was most effective when done locally. Bendigoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fuel price averages were typical of those reported in

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1.5 cents per litre that year. Governments, local and state, could make it easier to attract competition by making it easier to set up a service station. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The entry of a new fuel retailer, especially a discounter, into

If consumers are unaware of cheaper prices, there is no pressure on nearby retailers to discount prices

The larger centres of Bairnsdale, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Wallan were the locations with most price advantage. It was only in the last of the studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s years, 2016-17, that petrol jumped in price in Bendigo above Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average. The difference that year was

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a regional market can lead to lower fuel prices,â&#x20AC;? the report said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, setting up a new service station can be costly and burdensome due to local planning policies and environmental standards.â&#x20AC;? The report said stakeholders suggested ways to encourage new

market entrants such as setting aside land for service stations, removing planning restrictions and providing incentives or subsidies to new independent retailers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some planning restrictions may hinder fuel retailers from establishing a service station on land that would attract high volumes of traffic,â&#x20AC;? it said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For example, a service station in a Rural Living Zone, which is a residential zone outside of a township, must not have direct access to a rural freeway and must either adjoin a commercial or industrial zone or have access to a road in a Road Zone.â&#x20AC;? There are plans before City of Greater Bendigo planners to build new service stations in Huntly and Epsom.

Dunedin trip proves valuable TWO City of Greater Bendigo councillors and two executives have already returned from a fact gathering trip to Dunedin in New Zealand, but councillors were asked on Wednesday to endorse the travel. Councillor Julie Hoskin requested an explanation for the timing and also asked if it was correct for mayor Margaret Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke and councillor Matt Emond to not declare a conflict of interest. Crs Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke and Emond went to Dunedin for three days with chief executive officer Craig Niemann and regional sustainable development manager Trevor Budge. At Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, Mr Niemann said there was no conflict of interest because Crs Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke and Emond did not personally gain from the trip. Cr Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke said the retrospective endorsement of the travel was because there was a short timeframe to secure meeting with the mayor of Dunedin. Cr James Williams said he supported travel by councillors and executives because they gained broadly in experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we are very conservative as a council in terms of our travel,â&#x20AC;? Cr Williams said. He paid his own travel expenses when he, Cr Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke and Mr Niemann went as a delegation to China last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have seen delegations come through here and they take home cultural lessons,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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local law review continues COUNCIL has continued its review of local laws, releasing a draft update to the way council issues permits and penalty notices. The draft local law number 10 has been made available for public comment and provides procedures for the administration of local laws and the issue of permits, notices to comply, notices of impounding and infringement notices. It also provides procedures for the setting of fees and charges in relation to all local laws. Council says only minor amendments have resulted from the review, relating specifically to internal review panels, the introduction of the new community local law which is currently on exhibition and an increase in some penalty units. City of Greater Bendigo safe and healthy environments Manager Caroline Grylls said local laws expire after 10 years and can be reviewed at any time after they are made. The draft Greater Bendigo City Council Local Law 10 – Administration can be inspected from the City’s offices in Bendigo and Heathcote or at council’s website.

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Inquiry intent queried By Sharon kemp

RESPONDING to the banking royal commission will cost Bendigo and Adelaide Bank millions of dollars and was effectively a fishing expedition, chairman Robert Johanson said in Bendigo on Wednesday. Mr Johanson was also dubious about the lessons the Royal Commission into Mis-

You can imagine us thinking, where do we start? conduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry could offer given the vagueness of requests to banks for information. He said Bendigo and Adelaide Bank had received a letter from the commission on December 15 that asked it “to identify any misconduct which occurred since January 1, 2008”. Commissioner Kenneth Hayne also asked the bank to provide details on instances when it believed it had fallen below community expectations. “You can imagine us thinking, where do we start?” Mr Johanson told guests at the Australian Institute of Company Directors lunch.

WISE WORDS: Bendigo and Adelaide Bank chair Robert Johanson. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN “The royal commission has been given this very broad brief of looking into the industry and what has been going on. “Misconduct, so framed, is a pretty broad idea. “It certainly includes breaches of regulation where we sent the wrong statement to the wrong person. “It covers all sorts of procedural and process issues as well as the big misselling stuff that is really at the heart of this whole matter. “What we are now seeing is the commissioner trying to get to the heart of the nature

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A home for local history

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BENDIGO Historical Society lists as its first priority access to more storage for its artefacts, 20,000 items of which are already catalogued. BHS, which works 5000 volunteer hours a year sorting, identifying and classifying its collection has already filled the space it was granted at the Bendigo Regional Archive Centre built nine years ago at Nolan Street. But after publication of a City of Greater Bendigo-commissioned report which councillors released for public comment on Wednesday night, the talk among members of more than 15 local historical societies including BHS, is about the prospect of a new museum in Bendigo. The report said combined,

significant: Daryl McClure.

McClure to be honoured THE ornamental fence forming the boundary of Rosalind Park on View Street will host a plaque honouring former councillor, the late Daryl McClure OAM. City of Greater Bendigo councillors voted in favour to the gesture on Wednesday, noting a memorial recognising Mr McClure’s achievements was a legacy of the last council and needed to be finalised. Two advisory committees including the committee overseeing Rosalind Park of which Mr McClure was a life-long protector, opposed the memorial when it was put to them. But the McClure family has given their blessing. Mr McClure was a member of state parliament for the seat of Bendigo from 1973 to 1982. He was local government councillor and served as a mayor in 19992000. “Council believe it is appropriate to recognise Daryl’s contribution to the community by installing a plaque on the existing heritage, ornamental fence at the entrance to the park he admired and worked hard to protect,” mayor Margaret O’Rourke said. A $100,000 project to restore the heritage fence is scheduled to commence soon and is expected to be completed prior to Easter. The work includes reconstruction of the section of fence facing View Street including replacement of the sandstone plinth, restoration of steelwork, recasting of some missing and damaged parts and repainting in original heritage colours.

the collections of small volunteerbased historical societies in and around Bendigo amounted to 45,000 artefacts which is already more than would fill into a major regional museum. At a meeting of the Bendigo and District Heritage Group this week, some groups named the Bendigo Law Courts as a possible location for a museum. The BHS, the biggest of the groups, is yet to decided formally on its preference but vice president Barbara Poustie said she would prefer to see a purpose-built facility constructed, not a refurbishment of the law courts. Court Services Victoria is negotiating to use part of Bendigo TAFE’s McCrae Street campus for a 10-courtroom facility by mid-2022. The move would leave the his-

THE new Anglican bishop of Bendigo says there is plenty to look forward to in the role, but first order of business will be learning about his new surrounds. Bishop Matt Brain was on Sunday installed as the 10th Anglican Bishop of Bendigo at a service at St Paul’s Cathedral. The service was attended by clergy and parishioners of the diocese along with a number of Anglican bishops from across Australia and the Archbishop Philip Freier. Bishop Brain fills the role vacated by Andrew Curnow AM, who retired in December last year. He and his young family moved from Canberra early this year to settle in to Bendigo. “We’ve really enjoyed Bendigo, there is obviously a lot of history here but it is still a thriving place,” he said. The 42-year-old was previously an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn from 2015. Before that he worked in the far north of Western Aus-

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tralia and Perth, so says he has seen all kinds of situations. That will come in handy, with the Anglican diocese area covering from the Macedon Ranges in the south to Mildura in the north. “He is also aware of the challenges that face the church, especially from an image perspective, but says that he aims to change that perception. “A lot of the things are common to all areas, it’s no secret that the church is at the position of needing to represent itself to the community at large,” he said. “We need to be able to clearly but winsomely say what the church has to offer to folk and part of that is winning back trust. “I find especially the further west you go with the amount of people that have left those areas, that it is more difficult. “Those people just want to know whether we are there for them and interested in their issues, and the answer is always yes, absolutely.”

in sheds or in damp conditions and exposed to animals and insects. Ms Poustie, treasurer Neville Davies and volunteers were cataloguing clothing on Tuesday at the centre. At the back of a row of compactus shelves, one of which is broken, and through wire, there is the space reserved for the council’s artefacts. It appears to be a space twice the size and with room to spare. The council are counting its owned and managed heritage assets and once that is complete, there will be a clearer picture of the space required to store objects and artefacts. “A substantial amount of space could then be available for stakeholder partners,” the report stated. Residents can comment on the report for the next four weeks.

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Council lifeline sees pool stay afloat 3From Page 1 The work Ms Wright and the volunteer committee want to complete in the next two years includes an upgrade to the change rooms, the inclusion of disabled toilets, a new chemical shed and pool surface rendering. In maintaining the pool, the committee has a good track record. In five years, it has raised and spent more than $30,000 in maintenance, and through community events and effective community engagement, attendance numbers have soared. Ms Wright said Wednesday night’s discussion and decision, which was heard by more than 50 pool supporters in the public gallery, was short of the five-year lease she said she wanted to cement the future of the Golden Square pool. She was echoing the sentiments of Cr Andrea Metcalf who argued during discussion at the meeting that councillors needed to, within the next three years, make a definitive decision about the pool – either close it or invest in it as a going concern. Lockwood ward councillor Jennifer Alden initially introduced the motion to offer a two-year lease that would allow the council to measure the impact on attendance of the near-complete $31 million Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre in Kangaroo Flat. The council’s aquatic facilities strategy completed in 2010 recommended the closure of Golden Square because it was old and Bendigo has more pools per capita than any other regional shire.

But in what could be regarded as the cherry on top for Golden Square pool supporters, Cr Alden’s motion included a review of the aquatic strategy. She wants to open more pools in the municipality. “Bendigo is a hot place,” Cr Alden said. “It is unlike anywhere else in Victoria for not being near a water body, sorry but Lake Weeroona doesn’t count in this instance. “Instead of closing pools, I think we should have more pools, and not splash pools because you can’t learn to swim in a splash park.” Cr Alden said a review of the aquatic strategy needed to include climate modelling. Whipstick ward councillor James Williams said many pools were managed beyond shelf life. “I am confident with good management and with maintenance carried out of the pool, it will certainly last two years,” he said. Councillors will decide the future of the pool again in 2020. Mayor Margaret O’Rourke broke with the tradition of not commenting on issues before councillors, and said she had heard from residents who supported closure. “There is concern for residents who don’t use our facilities such as pools and they worry about the cost into the future,” Cr O’Rourke said, adding that she would vote to defer closure of the pool. The decision to give the pool another two years was unanimous.

on again: The Mothers Day Classic is looking to grow ahead of its 10th year.

New faces for event BENDIGO will celebrate 10 years of the Mother’s Day Classic fun run on Sunday, May 13. The annual event sees participants run or walk their way around the picturesque Crook Street Park in Strathdale, with options of either an eight-kilometre or 4km run, or a gentle 4km walk. All proceeds from the Mother’s Day Classic are donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and last year, approximately $2.8 million was raised. Since the event began in 1998, more than $33.2 million has been donated by Mother’s Day Classic participants. Funds are invested in innovative and promising research that aims to stop deaths from breast

cancer by 2030, and includes research to improve detection, develop new treatments and help women and men affected by breast cancer live longer, better lives. Mother’s Day Classic Bendigo committee member Gaye Harrington said after a decade of overseeing the popular fundraiser, committee members had agreed it was time to step away from the event and to pass the baton on to a new committee to drive the event into the future. “We are looking forward to making our 10th year the biggest and best event yet. We have done a lot to help raise funds for such an important cause, and we have all enjoyed making a contribution and being part of such a fabulous

event, but it is time for a change,” Ms Harrington said. “Now is the time to announce that the committee plans to step away, so that a new group can come forward, and we can help guide them through the process and what’s involved, and the Mother’s Day Classic in Bendigo can continue to be a great event for many years to come.” Anyone interested in becoming part of the Mother’s Day Classic committee is encouraged to contact regionalevents@mothersdayclassic.com.au or go to the Facebook page. More information on the Mother’s Day Classic Bendigo can be found at www.mothersdayclassic. com.au

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Trail link hits hurdle AN extension of the O’Keefe Rail Trail will be among the first sections built in an $18 million, 78-kilometre trail that could one day link Bendigo and Melbourne. The plan will go before the Mitchell Shire council within a month, with the proposed route potentially forming the key central link of a trail running from inner Melbourne all to Bendigo. But consultation about the Wallan to Heathcote Rail Trail proposal has come under fire from some residents, and the authors of the feasibility study who have declared the project “feasible” have acknowledged dissenting landowners along the route are a critical hurdle. It has recommended a staged construction, starting around population

centres or on stretches where there is little resistance from landholders stating, “experience indicates that many landowners would change their opinion as they become more aware of the proposal and speak to other landowners along nearby operational rail trails”. Construction of the O’Keefe Rail Trail, which links Bendigo and Heathcote and took 15 years to complete, was used as a case study for the Wallan to Heathcote feasibility report and the City of Greater Bendigo contributed funding. The author, Bendigobased consultant RMCG, said the project was feasible when compared with other recent local rail trail developments. It estimated the proposed trail would bring in

tourism dollars and health benefits worth $23.1m. But RSCG also cautioned the $17.8m cost was an underestimate and did not cover land acquisition costs. Marla Stone, a resident at Pyalong in the Mitchell Shire, said she was concerned not enough effort had gone into the contacting landowners to consult them. About 45 per cent of proposed 160-hectare area of the Wallan to Heathcote Rail Trail is owned by private landowners. Of the 54 landholders, 17 were not able to be contacted, the report said. Ms Stone argued that landowners who were unhappy about the proposal did not reply to an letter sent to them but there was no follow up. She said no direct con-

sultation had been carried out with landowners other than those who owned land despite some having commercial interests which intersected the trail. Ms Stone said her family business was heavy vehicle transport for surrounding farms and her trucks used a road that formed part of the rail trail as mapped out in the feasibility study. The study’s authors said cost projections did not include acquiring land. Deviations from the proposed trail were an option if it meant land for the trail could be secured, the report said. Once land access issues were resolved, construction was relatively simple because it followed the historic railway formation. – Sharon Kemp

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Top crop of Sports Star finalists Tasman Nankervis – Won the national under-23 cross-country mountain bike title in a thrilling finish at the national titles, with a seven-second victory. He then finished third at the Golden Triangle Epic event and won the Otway Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon in a strong start to the 2017 season. Joseph Baldwin – Set an Australian under-20 high jump record, leaping 2.22m at the Australian Championships in Sydney. The Bendigo Harriers mathlete clearly won gold at the event, smashing his nearest rivals by 14 centimetres. He went on to be named the Bendigo Athletics Athlete of the Year and recently finished fourth in the open men’s event at the Perth Airport Track Classic.

Spirit before a hip injury cut her season short. Glenn Ashby – Skippered Emirates Team New Zealand to the highest honour in sailing, the 35th Americas Cup. The Olympic medalist and multiple World and Australian Champion provided the competitive experience behind Team New Zealand’s comprehensive 7-1 win over Oracle Team USA, as well as driving the design team towards formulating a winning product. He was also named a finalist for the World Sailor of the Year award, won by Team New Zealand’s Peter Burling.

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Michael Taylor – The elite paracyclist won yet another Australian title when he took out the MH3 road race at Somers in Victoria. It came after a strong start to the year in the national paracycling championships. Taylor recently competed in the national titles in Ballarat, for the first time held in conjunction with the Cycling Australia National Road Championships. Taylor finished second in the men’s MH3 time trial and road races. Jack Haig Jack Haig – The popular cyclist recorded a breakthrough World Tour stage win when he triumphed on a gruelling stage at the Tour of Poland. Finished eighth at that race, good enough to earn him selection in September’s Tour of Spain alongside fellow local Chris Hamilton.

Kelsey Griffin Kelsey Griffin – Griffin took her prodigious talents from the Bendigo Spirit to the Australian national team in 2017 with another outstanding season. She translated that form into a stunning Opals campaign at the FIBA Asia Cup, leading Australia to a runner-up finish and earning tournament MVP honours. She went on to average 17 points and 9.5 rebounds with the

Caitlin Thwaites – Was named in the Australian Diamonds team for the Quad Series after a stellar Suncorp Super Netball Season. Thwaites led the competition in goal shooting and was named the Magpies MVP. She will vice captain the side in 2018, a role she has held for the national team. Aaron Wilson – Wilson followed a stellar 2016 with another big year, named Australia’s Lawn Bowler of the Year for 2016/17. After winning world titles last year Wilson took up a post as coach at Cabramatta Bowls Club. His continued development was recognised when the Australian Commonwealth Games team chose him to

Bendigo Weekly – Friday, February 23, 2018

Gala awards event to shine bright MORE than 240 people will gather at Bendigo’s All Seasons Resort Hotel tonight for the Cloud Copy Click Sports Star of the Year awards. The gala black tie event is one of the glittering highlights of the year and celebrates excellence in sport at the world, national, domestic and local level. The Bendigo Health-sponsored Healthiest Schools competition winners will also be announced with last year’s winning school – Specimen Hill Primary School back to defend its title against Eaglehawk’s St Liborius Primary School in one of the most keenly contested Healthiest Schools awards program since their inception four years ago. Winners of the prestigious Cyril Michelsen and Maxine Crouch trust funds will also be announced, with the successful athletes set to join the company of athletes such as basketball and women’s AFL star Kerryn Harrington, cyclists Glenn O’Shea, Jack Haig, Isaac Buckell and Robert Burns, wheelchair basketballer Jontee Brown, lawn bowler Chloe Stewart, cricketer Tayla Vlaem-

inck, shooter Emma Cox and diver Abby Rowley as recipients of the annual trust fund awards program. Since the introduction of the Sports Star Hall of Fame in 1993-1994, 41 athletes have been honoured, and tonight one more name will be added to the list. Previous inductees have included Olympic gold medallist Faith Leech, lawn bowler Don Sherman, athlete Jack Davey, football stars Greg Williams and Steven Oliver, netballer Sharelle McMahon and yachting supremo Glenn Ashby. Last year’s honour was awarded to Neil Pollock for his services to cricket and badminton. The Faith Leech Achievement Award was first announced in 2013-2014, with the Bendigo Spirit Womens National Basketball League team the original recipient. Since then, cycling ace Tim Decker, football and Sports Star committee member Basil Ashman and football umpire Dean Goodridge have joined the elite list of sporting personalities who have made an inspiring contribution to the community. A further six young and emerging athletes will also be acknowledged as part of the Sports Star scholarships program unveiled at last year’s awards night, receiving valuable support in their sporting journey towards achieving their goals.

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DAVID Stratton wanted to have a beer in his local pub at Newstead, and so began for him a journey that has led to him being employed as one of six disability inclusion officers hired to help businesses make his life easier. Dr Stratton and five other newly-employed officers will in the coming year talk to businesses in their respective communities, and support them to make changes that make people with disabilities feel more welcome. The project will operate in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Loddon Shire and Mount Alexander shires. Funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme, organisers hope the project will create a model of operation that can be rolled out nationally. “People don’t deliberately dis-

criminate, they are not there to say, you can’t access my businesses,” City of Greater Bendigo senior disability inclusion officer Jolie Middleton said. “It is just the fact that not a lot of us have had the lived experience of disability before. “So by having a conversation with someone who does, and by being in a broader team with other people with various disabilities, they can not only talk about their disability, but represent the wider group.” Dr Stratton has multiple sclerosis which sees him use a wheelchair for mobility. He said his new career after teaching IT at the now Federation University, stemmed from his experience living in Newstead. When he lived there, he had wanted to visit the local businesses but lack of accessibility for a wheelchair meant he couldn’t.

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open conversation: The officers are being trained for the new role. so people could plan their daily chores. She said businesses were open to receiving support, particularly from people who had lived with the experience.

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A charter for change By SHARON KEMP

A CONCERN about being demoted or losing her managerial job if she told her employer about her deteriorating mental health sparked Jo Rasmussen into action. She was right to be worried. After treatment at a psychiatric ward, notifying her employer and returning to work, she said her work life was made so miserable, she left. Worse, a good friend shunned her. The experience led Ms Rasmussen in a subsequent role in the health sector to create a charter that gives workplaces and organisations education around stopping stigma around mental health. The charter asks organisations to commit to seven principles including informing themselves about mental illness, listening to people who have experienced mental health challenges in the past, not excluding people, challenging stereotypes, supporting people and promot-

STOP STIGMA: Ric Raftis is running mental health workshops. ing their recovery. Ms Rasmussen, now Murray Primary Health Network strategic projects manager, said she was aware of other people who had also hidden their mental health challenges for fear of being cast out. “I want to take over the world with this,” she said after

a workshop in Bendigo attended by businesses considering committing to the charter. She has more than 50 organisations signed up Australiawide. Rik Raftis, who conducts mental health first aid workshops in central Victoria, said it was easier talking about mental

health than it was five years ago but ignorance still bred stigma, which itself was a nicer word for discrimination. “Discrimination usually comes from ignorance, so the more people understand about a particular issue, in this case mental health, the more educated they become, the less stigma is attached to the issue,” he told workshop participants. “We see it in the media, we see it in the workplace, many people are very concerned about disclosing they might have a mental health issue, or need to take a day off because they are experiencing a bit of depression. “We see it in our community as well, people are terrified about others knowing they have a mental health issue because of the judgements they may face as a result of that. “Get rid of the stigma, make people feel more confident in how they live.” The Bendigo workshop was the first in a broader roll out of mental health in regional Victoria by Murray PHN.

Meow’s the time to adopt a pet VICTORIAN branches of the RSPCA are hoping to “clear the shelter” this weekend, with about 1000 pets looking for a new home. Dogs, cats, guinea pigs and rabbits will be available for the significantly reduced adoption price of $29 at all seven RSPCA Victoria animal care centres until Sunday. “This promotion is all about finding homes for the animals currently in our care, and providing that extra incentive to people looking for a new pet to consider adoption,” RSPCA CEO Liz Walker said. “We monitor adoption promotions carefully and have found that the price someone pays to acquire an animal has no impact on return rates and no negative impact on the animal’s welfare. All available research confirms this. “RSPCA Victoria does not put a number on how long an animal is in our

care – in fact, we have some animals available for adoption who have been with us for almost a year. However, we believe that pets belong in homes, not in shelters. “The $29 fee is nowhere near what it costs to prepare an animal for adoption, but if we can get hundreds of pets into permanent homes then that’s a really worthwhile investment.” All usual adoption procedures will apply during the Clear the Shelter promotion to ensure each animal is matched to the right family. All adoption animals are desexed, microchipped, vaccinated, health and behaviour checked. The RSPCA’s Bendigo facility is located at 20 Piper Lane, East Bendigo. NEW HOME: RSPCA shelter supervisor Simon O’Loughlan. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Put the right thing in the right bin! Teaching our young residents The City of Greater Bendigo is holding free waste education sessions at pre-schools and primary schools throughout Greater Bendigo and is inviting all interested organisations to book a session. Children are our future and the City believes that by informing our youngest residents to put the right thing in the right bin from an early age they will also encourage their own parents and family members to adopt better waste management practices both in the home and when they are out and about.

If you have any questions or would like to book an education session please contact the City’s Organics Project Officer Erin Wayman on 5434 6000 or by email e.wayman@bendigo.vic.gov.au

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Club nets funds AS its Weeroona Oval facility gets ever busier, Sandhurst Cricket Club has nsecuredfunding for upgrades to its training setup. The Dragons have several junior teams, including girls teams, and three senior Bendigo District Cricket Association sides all training in a tired three-net facility at the oval. But thanks to the state government, council and club fundraising itself, a new six-net training facility will be built within 18 months. Council has committed to fund the project in either of the next two budgets to the tune of $150,000.

The state government has tipped in $100,000, and the club contributed $20,000 of its own money in another local example of a co-funded facility between local clubs and the tiers of government. Sandhurst shares Weeroona Oval with junior football, the Bendigo Umpires Association and Bendigo Thunder among the user groups at the facility. On the field the club’s performance has been strong in recent seasons, A-grade captain Craig Howard said it follows an upturn in the club’s on-field performance.

“The club’s going forward in leaps and bounds on the ground, and this will help the club have that sustained success,” he said. “It will help us train better, and to have better facilities here allows for better coaching opportunities too. This is massive for us, we’ve been pushing for a few years so for it to come through is great.” Two of the six nets will be open for public access. The state government funding comes as part of a program between the government, Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia to increase participation in cricket.

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Honour for arts master LOCAL martial arts teacher Raymond Lee has been honoured for his remarkable achievements at a recent awards ceremony in the Unites States. Mr Lee has been practicing various forms of martial arts for several decades and has trained under some of the most highly respected figures in the industry. His years of dedication and achievement has seen him recently honoured with several significant awards from the Action Martial Arts Hall of Honours. Mr Lee was inducted into the Hall of Honours, as well as being names master of the year and recognised for excellence in teaching martial arts. He is the first master from Australia to make the hall of honours. Mr Lee has over 20 years in martial arts in both Wu-Shu and Tai-

Chi, having achieved fifth duan in both disciplines and is certified by the Chinese government. He has also competed on the world stage in various competitions along the way. Aside from the competitive element, Mr Lee also aims to combine it with physical therapy to help people improve their health through his business, Welby Holistic Healing. Among the disciplines he teaches and wu-shu and tai-chi, but also kung-fu, qigong and yoga, with people of various ages. “These awards are dedicated to all of my students and my clients for giving me the privilege and opportunity to teach you and most importantly learn from you,” he said. Next stop will be Malaysia, where he will attend the World Martial Arts Black Belt Hall of Fame Awards in September.

high flier: Raymond Lee. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

new home for relay The 2018 Bendigo Relay for Life has a new home. The event will be launched at 7pm on Wednesday, February 28 at Backhaus Oval in Fir Street, Golden Square ahead of the overnight relay on April 20/21. In 18 years the Bendigo relay has raised more than of $3.28 million thanks to the thousands of central Victorians who raise money tirelessly in the lead up to the annual relay for local cancer support networks and research. Last year the relay raised more than $133,000 and with public support we hope to better last year’s result and continue the tradition of one of Bendigo’s most successful fundraising events. Past, present and future team captains teams are all invited for a light supper and a brief presentation by St John of God Bendigo Hospital’s Claire Pysing. Participants can register a team, book a tent site and collect raffle tickets on the night.

Eliza is a cut above BENDIGO apprentice hairdresser Eliza Stewart has been recognised as the standout of more than hundreds of Bendigo Kangan Institute apprentices at its annual awards night on Monday. The event acknowledged a record number of award recipients with more than 50 awards being presented to students from Echuca to Warracknabeal. Stewart took the night’s top award, with judges impressed by her strong work ethic, commitment to her studies and drive to succeed in the industry. She is currently completing her apprenticeship with Bendigo-based hair and beauty salon, Flaunt It. To be crowned apprentice of the year is pretty amazing, it’s definitely been an awesome experience and to be able to be nominated and win is such a genuinely nice feeling,” she said.

“I think the best thing to do managing work, study and social life is to put work first, because that will get you the farthest in life.” The organisation’s shortlisting process involved teaching staff from each study area, with a panel interviewing each finallist and determining a winner. “The awards cover a wide range of industries with many students going on to permanent employment in their chosen trade,” CEO Trevor Schwenke said. “It was about celebrating the success of our apprentices and trainees across a range of different categories.” Executive director of studies Donna Rogers said the night also gave the organisation a chance to recognise its industry partners that allow it to deliver training programs for students.

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GPs go back to class STUDENTS at Weeroona College are among those in Bendigo who have access to medical advice at school as part of a program aimed at increasing access to healthcare. Several schools in the region have access to a GP on campus in a program that is being rolled out by the Victorian government and health provider Murray Primary Health Networks.

The program was launched last year and sees more than 100 schools across the state have access to a GP up to one day per week. Students incur no out of pocket cost for the service, which are delivered in purpose-built facilities on school grounds. The program is primarily being rolled out in rural Victoria, where access to healthcare

is far lower than in metro areas. Crusoe College also has access to the program, while schools such as Wedderburn College are also involved. Weeroona is one of the final schools to come on board in the program, and the school GP attended its swimming day at Bendigo East on Friday. Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan was also watching on, and said the program was a

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More than just a pool Decommissioning the Golden Square pool is too soon when it’s future hasn’t been properly considered and created. I have read the council report and I understand that traditionally it doesn’t make sense to have a pool within 2.5 kilometres of another pool (in this case two pools – the soon to be opened Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre in Kangaroo Flat and the Bendigo Aquatic Centre). I understand there are costs to consider both short and long term and I can see that a city wide strategy was adopted in 2010 which included closing the Golden Square pool. The thing that is completely missing in all of this is that the Golden Square pool isn’t just a pool – it’s a community. It’s grown from strength to strength since the Golden Square pool committee was formed. The facility itself is managed by dedicated locals volunteering their time and is used by residents who have come to know it as their space – a space to meet and gather, learn, play, relax, and use as respite on extreme weather days. This community has been built from five years of relationships, trust, connections and giving people a purpose. This community provides so many benefits, more than any economic model is accounting for and more than any council can create themselves. No amount of money can buy the level of community and ownership that exists here. You can’t just decommission a community. Squashing the enthusiasm and goodwill of people in this community is disrespectful and poor form. I note that council intends to run a master planning and engagement process after the pool has been decommissioned. It makes no sense to enter into this kind of process after the pool is closed and the relationship with the community has been damaged. Engagement needs to be a critical tool used in advance of implementation of the end result. If council were intending to close the pool in March, the master planning and engagement that is mentioned in the report should have been done a year ago. The actual pool facility includes a kiosk, toilets and change rooms, BBQ facilities and three pools. Given the resources of community, I’m confident that many other productive possibilities beyond decommissioning can be found. Council needs to rectify the situ-

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ation by extending the lease for at least another two years. During that time they need to work with the community respectfully and collaboratively, giving them a chance to be a part of the solution before it’s too late. Karen Corr Bendigo

We can all act Adam Richards and his son Ned are walking from Sydney to Canberra to raise awareness of the plight of the children, women and men indefinitely detained on Nauru and Manus Island because they have appealed to Australia for protection from persecution. Adam said “People standing for what’s right is the only thing that’s ever made a difference”. We can’t all walk with Adam and Ned but we can all take some action such as contacting politicians to say we want them to act to end the hopeless misery and allow these people to get on with their lives. Pat Horan, Sebastian

Step up to the mark Council’s Community Satisfaction Survey (CSS) overall performance index score in 2013 was 63 out of a possible 100. Recommendation 51 of the 2013 Independent Review concluded “….there is significant room for improvement … Council should actively seek opportunities for improvement, regardless of the perceived performance of other councils”. The review recommended council set satisfaction targets, implement appropriate plans and track progress annually. Council officers dodged. Claimed their alternative approach, and work of a number of other recommendations, would produce better outcomes. Rubbish. Council claimed the CEO would report results yearly, identify areas for improvement and recommend actions. This has not happened, and that says it all. Documents show council sets no CSS targets; it just records scores out of 100 for services like governance, and sealed roads. How on earth do you motivate staff, measure performance, and be publicly accountable without a target? Council’s score has slumped to 56. Does council have little interest in residents’ judgements? S The problem is officers domiNEW nate. They aren’t fond of facing inde-

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pendent community scoreboard assessments. Most residents, especially the poor, never use council imposed fringe services which have exploded in recent years. Recent CSS results confirm officers have a different set of priorities to everyday residents. Councillors should ask why customers give Bendigo Bank a satisfaction score of 89, while council scores 56. Council received an ideas blueprint on how targets might be set and reached. But will councillors act to put everyday residents first, rather than officer and special interest group influences? It is high time councillors stepped up to the mark, set CSS targets, direct officers to meet those targets, and report to the community. Michael Mc Kenzie, Strathdale

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Relay reflections I am not saying that the council couldn’t run the Queens Baton Relay and it isn’t a requirement of the Commonwealth Committee that would have specifically stated that all the CBD be closed down, I doubt very much that would be the case. And by doing this created chaos on the streets, disrupted businesses, made it difficult for people to get to work, also children going to school – just sheer nonsense. How much easier would it have been to run the relay straight

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through the main street starting at either Kangaroo Flat or Golden Square and running to White Hills? It would have meant that marshals be placed on intersections with flags or stop-slow signs with a vehicle of some description front and back of the baton carrier, you wouldn’t need all the roads blocked off which would have been more cost effective and easier for all concerned. It worked quite well for the torch relay through Bendigo for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, why couldn’t a similar decision have been made for the best interests of everybody? Ivan Kitt, Bendigo

Secondary College and BSE are both without their appointed principals After numerous requests for information and responses to this situation from both our local member and the regional office last year there are still no answers and no return of Mr Fleming as the rightful principal of BSE. Is this the way for our school community, the school council, parents and broader school supporters to be treated let alone the impact on Mr Fleming? Where is the transparency of why this happened in the first place? Laurie Whelan, Sedgwick

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How long does it take to complete a departmental inquiry? Now over 12 months from start of last school year when Ernie Fleming, principal WS of Bendigo South East College (BSE) NE was “moved aside” pending an inquiry into some issues or complaints levelled at him. Why is it taking so long for this to be resolved? Is this the way a government department should treat one of its most highly respected and successful principals and school for being a champion and leader in demonLOCAL strating what is needed to provide the best public education for our children? Why is the school community being left in limbo? Bendigo Senior

Extremely disappointed to hear Golden Square pool may close. This is my first summer in Bendigo and I have been taking my two granddaughters to it – it is clean, family friendly with the lawned area, shade trees and shade sails. The staff are helpful and friendly. The three pools are a credit to the volunteer staff that look after them, the outdoor lounge chairs and water items for the kids to play with are an added bonus. Will the new pool in Kangaroo Flat also offer all of this? I hope the council will reconsider their decision to close it. Juanitta Kelly, Kangaroo Flat

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THERE’S one paragraph in the City of Greater Bendigo agenda report considered by councillors at Wednesday’s meeting that pretty much says it all. “Staff have met with Golden Square Swimming Pool Inc. on a number of occasions to discuss their desire to continue operating. The Committee is aware of the recommendation of this report but believe the health and wellbeing benefits of the site is greater than the financial cost of providing the service,” the report stated. “It is their desire that council strongly consider these benefits in making the decision and acknowledge their strong administrative and attendance performance. This includes their work to repair and operate the facility, the significant increase in attendance data, community events held and learn to swim classes offered.“ The final vote by councillors shows they were prepared to listen to the community and to continue to work with them while the eventual fate of the popular Golden Square community pool is determined. It was/is a victory for the peo-

Editorial Comment ple, and the City of Greater Bendigo councillors moved swiftly at Wednesday night’s meeting to allay fears the pool may be forced to close in the next few months. The pool and its band of supporters still face uncertainty and the prospect that the popular Golden Square pool will one day close – it’s just at the moment, none of us know when. While the committee has been given at least a two-year stay of execution, should there be any significant problems, council and the committee of management will have few options other than to call time on the peoples’ pool. Throughout the past couple of weeks as the issue once again came to a head, there have been reminders that Bendigo has more aquatic facilities than any other Victorian municipality. And so we should. We are after all the second largest inland regional city in Australia. We are a long way from the ocean, we

enjoy a warm summer climate and there are a limited number of alternative places to swim close by. Council officers must now look at ways to carve out $100,000 across the next two budget years to continue the organisation’s critical support for the Golden Square pool. Meanwhile, the people of Golden Square and the surrounding neighbourhoods need to vote with their feet and continue to support the facility. That said, the nearby Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre is due to open later this year, and there is no doubt this will be a temptation to many swimmers and water lovers in the months ahead. The local residents who brought a lot of passion and determination to the issue deserved to be congratulated for their approach and for what they have done and will by all accounts continue to do at Golden Square each and every summer. But councillors too deserve a pat on the back for showing they are prepared to listen, to consider all options, and in this case, to work with the relevant community group on a matter that means so much to so many people.

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Rotary’s valuable service IN THE past couple of weeks, I have had the great pleasure to attend a couple of Rotary Club meetings here in Bendigo, and whilst the Rotarians thought I was there to talk to them about the Bendigo Weekly, I was also there to listen and learn. Rotary is a wonderful organisation that does an incredible amount of good work in our community, and many others across the planet. Service above self is a mantra that runs deep throughout Rotary and it’s difficult not to be impressed by the organisation’s ability to get good things done. The Rotarians were keen to hear my views on changes to the media industry I am privileged to

be part of, and it’s relatively easy to talk about how the internet has impacted on journalism, how it has re-shaped economic models of media outlets across all formats of the industry, and how it is also expected to continue to drive change.

slight amount of guilt that I did not know enough about much of what Rotary is involved in, right here in my own back yard. We live in a society that is fixated with “reality TV” which is not real at all, and fake news is now undermining the news

Service above self is a mantra that runs deep A lot of people are sceptical about the media industry, but I am upbeat about the Bendigo Weekly, and our future as a community newspaper. But I was genuinely impressed at what these two Rotary clubs have been able to achieve in recent times, and I felt a

that really matters. I have always believed news and sport to be the ultimate reality TV, but that’s now up for debate too. But what Rotary does is real, and we should all do more to help the countless service clubs and organisations com-

mitted to helping the rest of us. Part of the problem is, we live in a society where even our so-called smart phones are actually making us dumb. Media used to be a source of trustworthiness, but that trust has been greatly diminished in recent years. We are all very much the poorer for this, and we in the media industry much take some of the blame for this. I ended my talk on Wednesday by saying none of us should ever miss an opportunity to say thanks. So thank you Rotary – and keep up the good work. twitter@peterkennedy23 pk@bendigopublishing.com

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LOSE to 30 years ago I lived in tropical north Queensland, hot, hot, hot. There was a popular saying going round along the lines of “another crappy day in paradise”. This was of course, a tongue-in-cheek way of saying how brilliant it was to be living in the topics. Now I went along with that, because it’s pretty easy to get used to sunny days and palm trees and long white beaches. I have been a regular visitor since, most notably during Cycone Yasi. Cyclones are not fun at all, but they are a part of tropical living. Last week, the long-suffering Mrs Kendall and I booked into a beautiful house in a place called Hideaway Bay, some kilometres north from Airlie Beach. It’s the Whitsundays and a restful holiday was promised. Once again the weather ruled the day on our trip, and Queensland suffered record-breaking stretches of hot weather. As the holiday was planned around lounging at the rental house that wasn’t too much of a problem, but while the heat was mid-30s the humidity was close to 90 per cent. Speak to anyone, humidity makes a

hot day a bloody insufferable day, and there we were on our beautiful deck sweating and roasting and finding it all a bit much. Serves us right you may say, but the grumpiness was increased by little things in the rental home. There were little passive aggressive signs all over the place. “We rely on rain water” in other words, don’t use the water. “Take off your shoes when entering” as if we wouldn’t. The sensible “Don’t take glasses in the pool area” was negated by us only being trusted with acrylic beakers, but the threat was there. There were plenty of locked doors and cupboards, welcome to our home, but don’t steal anything they seemed to say. Perhaps the worst of the locked

doors were those to the connected garage. It’s Queensland, it’s hot, and lurking in the garage was something that’s oily and petrolly, and it was sharing the smell with the house. The first night I wondered what was wrong, then in my sleepy haze I realised it was just transmission fluid or similar. I think I am just too old and grumpy nowadays to see the joy in being away from my home, which is sad, but I did find delight in watching and listening to the various exotic birds. Before you ask, I do mean the feathered kind. That, and plenty of fresh seafood put a brighter sheen on the break, but when I next say “another crappy day in paradise” I may actually mean it. – Steve Kendall twitter@stevekendall1

N the midst of preparations for Broome’s inaugural literary festival, the sudden appearance in town of a neighbour from her high school years in Sydney catches bookshop owner Jacqui Bouchard by surprise. What could Cameron North – a big-city east-coast lawyer – possibly be doing in the Kimberley? At the same time, Jacqui is counting down to the scheduled arrival of her teenage son Jean-Luc from France, where he lives year-round with her former husband. Jean-Luc’s summers in Broome are an annual highlight for Jacqui, whose own parents are on the opposite side of the continent. When her path crosses briefly with a visiting cameraman from Perth, Damien Sanderson, Jacqui’s personal life takes an interesting turn. Damien is the first man to have caught Jacqui’s attention since the dissolution of her marriage. Yet, being based in Perth he is not exactly the ideal partner for a businesswoman tethered firmly to the north-west corner of the country’s biggest state.

Distracting lonely Jacqui from her budding relationship with her fly-in fly-out date, Broome learns that a billionaire miner has plans for the region that quickly divide the isolated community into distinct ‘for’ and ‘against’ camps. While Indigenous leaders debate the financial and cultural merit of the proposal to mine a vast inland area and set up a bulk mineral port that has the potential to overshadow the famous Cable Beach, members of Broome’s multicultural population see either opportunity or loss, depending on their individual circumstances. With disharmony and bitter divisions building, the looming festival is the one point of unity holding the fractured town together. In The Red Coast Di Morrissey revisits a part of Australia first explored in two earlier novels, Tears of the Moon and Kimberley Sun, reawakening the story of Lily Barton and her highly successful pearl farm and the extended Barton family. – Rosalea Ryan

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ROLIFIC Canadian multiinstrumentalist Harry Manx will bring his arsenal of (mainly) string instruments to Bendigo for a welcome return to the Capital Theatre on Wednesday, February 28. A Harry Manx gig really is unlike any other. He effortlessly fuses western and eastern styles of music, mixing blues, folk, country and Indian sounds along the way. “Mystissippi Blues” evocatively describes Manx’s genredefying style. It’s been 18 months since Manx’s last Bendigo show, which was a sell-out. The Isle of Man-born, Toronto-based musician is a hard-working purveyor of his trade. New album, Faith Lift, is his 13th album in 14 years. This is his 12th Australian tour in the last decade-and-a-half. There’s a new dimension to the Harry Manx sound on

this latest album though. He incorporates a string quartet. “The strings give my music such an amazing lift, it feels like I have wings,” he said. Harry Manx’s appeal is enduring. He will have an array of instruments accompanying him, including a 21-stringed mohan veena (Indian slide guitar), banjo, harmonica, steel guitar, and cigar box guitar – at least. Manx spent his earlier years busking in Europe, before more than a decade in India under the tutelage of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, who invented the mohan veena. Faith Lift revisits some of Manx’s earlier recordings; now reworked with the string quartet. The album also includes his version of soul legend Al Green’s Love and Happiness. Toronto-based Manx impressed none other than Bruce Springsteen recently. “Watching Harry play tonight I feel like I learned something new…” Spring-

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UNDAY sees a mass of local and not-so-far-away talent descend on Bendigo’s historic Rifle Brigade Hotel for the first major event in the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival calendar for 2018. The Festival Showcase fundraising event features more than 15 artists on two stages from 11.30am through to mid-evening. The evergreen Grim Fawkner, always a big hit in Bendigo venues, is joined by young local singersongwriter Sherri Parry.

More Bendigo youth is represented in the form of Rhyley McGrath, and half of Seed – with Watts senior on guitar, casting an approving eye over his sons Sam and Kane on bass and drums. Alawishus Jones and the Outright Lies will lend a back-tobasics, between-the-wars feel to bluesy proceedings during the day, while The Flannos will be pumping out their hard-nosed blues-infused pub rock sound. Catfish Voodoo are another one to watch. Jess Parker makes a rare, but very welcome Bendigo appearance, while Swamp Monsters will do their dirty blues stuff last-up on the car park stage as dusk, appropriately, descends. More than 15 artists will hit the two stages throughout the day. It all starts at 11.30am at the Rifle. Admission is $15 for adults, 12-18 year-olds $5, and under-12s are free. – Simon Wooldridge Twitter: @spwooldridge

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steen said. Manx’s latest Australian tour includes a string of major city dates and an appearance at iconic Port Fairy. He is joined by Sydney-based pianist Clayton Doley at Bendigo’s Capital Theatre, on Wednesday, February 28 at 8pm. Tickets are available from the Capital on 5434 6100, or from GoTix.

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OST of Bendigo’s earliest WWI enlisters belonged to the Bendigo company in Pompey (Harold) Elliott’s 7th Battalion. The 7th went into action under his command at the Gallipoli landing on April 25, 1915 – a fateful event that could have been a lot worse. For these men, to have Pompey Elliott as their leader, was a great stroke of luck. While he was a strict disciplinarian, he was also a brilliant strategist who cared deeply for the soldiers under his command. Pompey was eccentric, volatile, outspoken, brazen and his men loved him. He defended his men not only against their official enemy, the Germans, but against the mistakes of some of the more arrogant and pompous British officers. Pompey was wounded at Gallipoli after leading his men in a courageous battle at Lone Pine. On the Western Front he turned defeat into victory at Polygon Wood and Villers-Bretonneux. After the later victory he made a point of wearing his dirty battle dress to General Headquarters. “I wore my old Australian jacket and looked as disreputable as I could too. It’s a joke on these spick and span soldiers to show them Australians have a few brains sometimes.” Historian and authority on Pompey, Ross McMullin, said Pompey Elliott’s men knew he would never send them anywhere he himself was not prepared to go himself. “They respected his tactical insight and admired his willingness to object if the 15th Brigade was given an illconceived task. No Australian general was more revered by his men, or more renowned beyond his own command,” McMullin has said. Instead of lurking behind in his headquarters it was Pompey’s habit to ride ahead and see for himself the movements of the enemy. And Australia’s official historian of WW1 wrote, “They (the soldiers) knew that he would fight tooth and nail against any order committing them to an attack that he believed to be impossible.”

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The soldiers of WW1 and their families may have revered Pompett Elliott, but his reputation as one of Australia’s finest generals had been in decline until Ross McMullin rescued him from the dusty archives of historical anonymity.

Left: SEIZED: Pompey Elliott at a captured German divisional headquarters, Harbonnières, August 9, 1918. Below: BRAVE: Men of the 15th Brigade advancing near Warfusee-Abancourt, August 8. 1918

Mr McMullin says he was stunned when he first came across Pompey’s letters and diaries at the Australian War Memorial in 1979. “They were so vivid and candid that they bowled me over. My reaction was along the lines of ‘this bloke is amazing, why isn’t he better known?” After writing a much acclaimed biography of Pompey Elliott, McMullin recently published Pompey’s letters and diaries, upon which much of the biography was based. McMullin claims Pompey was one of the finest diarists of that period. “He wrote rapidly and fluently, he was a fine descriptive writer and highly intelligent, he used fertile imagery, he had a flair for simile, and an engaging turn of phrase.” Many of the letters are deeply poignant. Pompey was overwhelmed by every loss during that terrible war and deeply saddened to be separated from his young family in Australia for its duration. He mourned that his children were growing up without him. By the war’s end he was depressed and wrote the following:

READING program run by Goldfields Libraries has again proven a hit, with a Bendigo school student topping more than 500 entrants after reading 140 books. Ten-year-old Alice Hamilton navigated her way through 140 titles during summer to win the local equivalent of champion young reader. The program is run by Goldfields Libraries Corporation to encourage school-aged children to read for pleasure over the long summer break. All members receive a Summer Reading Club pack and become eligible to win prizes upon reading 10 books. While all up more than 3500 books were read, Alice’s astonishing total saw her claimed the overall winner, and the proud owner of a new iPad for her efforts. She said she was excited

TOP READER: Alice Hamilton.

at the thought of borrowing ebooks from the local eLibrary and reading them on the iPad. Lucky branch prizes were also awarded to children at each Goldfields Library branch. Goldfields Libraries’ Tammy Higgs said she is delighted with the success of the program. “We love the Summer Reading Club because it supports and encourages children to enjoy reading and reinforces this wonderful life skill,” she said.

A colourful Easter project “I cannot tell you of my love and gratitude towards all the gallant boys who have died for us in the ranks of the brigade. It has been an inspiration to live with them.” On returning to Australia, Pompey ran a successful law practice and became a senator in the Australian parliament. He was ceaseless in pushing for the rights of his “gallant boys”. Suffering from symptoms that would now be described as post traumatic stress disorder, Pompey Elliott took his own life in 1931. He was 52 years old.

OUNCIL is calling for local artists to capture scenes from this year’s Easter festival and be part of the Easter Paint Out project. Selected artists will be provided with a canvas and a $75 Arthouse Direct voucher to purchase art supplies before they head out to paint in the festival precinct on Good Friday and Saturday. “On Easter Sunday, people will have an opportunity to view the art works at the Bendigo Visitor Centre and vote for the one they like the most,” council’s Maree Tonkin said. “A $250 People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Arthouse Direct, will

Pompey Elliot Ross McMullin (Scribe 2002) Pompey Elliott at War: In his own words Ross McMullin (Scribe 2017)

be awarded to the artist with the most votes. “All of the finished works will be exhibited for one week from Easter Sunday in the Bendigo Visitor Centre. “The Easter Paint Out has become a popular part of the festival and is part of the City’s ongoing commitment to support local artists and cultural events.” Artists need to register their interest at www.bendigoeasterfestival.org.au by Monday, March 13. For further details contact Rohan Phillips at the City of Greater Bendigo on 5434 6478.

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BOOK produced by Bendigo’s Capital Theatre venues and events team has been launched. Coming to a Cushion Concert has been written by Liz Duthie and illustrated by Jacqui Lynch, and tells the story of the venue’s popular Cushion Concerts program. The Capital has been programming Cushion Concerts since 2013, providing pre-school children with the opportunity to experience live performances in a welcoming, affordable and child-friendly environment. City of Greater Bendigo arts officer Rohan Phillips said the book had been created with support from Creative Victoria. “We thought it would be a nice way for children to share and relive their experience with family and friends,” Mr Phillips said. “When they read the book, children will recognise features of the Capital; the columns and portico steps at the front entrance, the carpet and signs in the foyer area as well as the cushions and tent inside. “The cushion concerts have been one of our favourite community programs. They offer young children the chance to experience some outstanding

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OHN Harney’s Adelaide Vale was the magnificent farming property on the Campaspe River that had been purchased by the O’Keefe’s and was further developed as a first class dairy producing farm. Andrew O’Keefe, the compulsive hard worker and the man that took on a variety of government infrastructure contracts, helped to make this landholding into a showpiece. The 30 farm hands slept in a slab hut 12 by six metres, it having a brick floor and shingled roof. The men slept in the loft of the hut on jute bags stuffed with straw, they had to supply their own blankets. A fireplace was located in one end of the building, and food was provided, for their long working hours they received £1 per week. Andrew O’Keefe expected the men to work as hard as he himself did, most willingly complied, any slackers would be quickly given their marching orders. Even though conditions were tough there was never a problem in finding sufficient workers. When author John Neill Macartney visited Adelaide Vale in 1882 he described how the house was built on the crown of a hill from which one gained an unparalleled, romantic, panoramic view. The grape vines were planted on the lower slope of the hill and there was an orchard and the garden which was watered from the river by utilising a centrifugal pump. What really caught Macartney’s eye, were the cheese making operations which was

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ENTHRALLED: Children enjoy the concerts.

THE Edinburgh Short Film Festival will make its mark in Bendigo on Friday, March 2 as part of Scots Day Out celebrations. A free open-air cinema in Rosalind Park will show 10 shorts from last year’s Edinburgh festival, handpicked by director Paul Bruce. Among the films that will hit the screen is Elias Sommer’s sparky and painstakingly staged comedy Dentures of Death that also recently screened at the London Short Film Festival. Niamh McKeown’s ironic comedy, Good Girls will also feature, and is said to be like Wes Anderson remaking a St Trinians film. “We’ve happily shipped off some of the pick from last year’s short films including Yulia Kovanova’s BAFTA-nominated experimental documentary Plastic Man and Lyle Bush’s absurdist, Kafka-esque comedy The Man Who Never Went Home,” Mr Bruce said. Yulia is a Russian-born British multimedia artist working within the framework of environmental philosophy. Her experimental documentary short film, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 and was nominated for BAFTA Scotland 2017. Plastic Man was a collaboration by Yulia with Ross McLean – an environmental artist and landscape architect – whose art practice explores ideas about nature and ecology. “This is the third year of our partnership with ESFF, bring the best of contemporary Scottish shortfilms and culture to Bendigo for their Australian premieres,” Scots Day Out director Chris Earl said. “The free open-air screening in Rosalind Park will build inclusion and engagement on the eve of SDO 2018, when our communityScomes together in TR celebration.”

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Saturday, February 24 Bendigo’s 27th Annual Doll and Teddy show: Bendigo Exhibition Centre, Prince of Wales Showgrounds, 9.30am – 4pm. This year’s theme is Enchanted Forest. Adults $5, Concession/students $4, Children under six free. Morning and afternoon tea available to purchase. Free children’s activities in the morning. BFFI, first car boot sale: LQ Market parking area, 108 Lowndes St, Kennington. 9am – 1pm. Limited slots available at $10 each. To book a site, text your name to 0435 489 947. Payments can be made on the day. Re-launch of the Eaglehawk Market: Cnr Peg Leg and Kirkwood Rds, Eaglehawk. Kids jumping castle, indoor market stalls. Only a few outdoor sites still available. Bookings through Facebook @EaglehawkMarket

performances from local as well as internationally recognised performers. “ The book costs $5 and can be purchased from The Capital box office. Cushion Concerts are held monthly, feature a range of musical genres and also cost just $5.

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one of the largest of its kind in the colony of Victoria. All the milk came from O’Keefe’s own herd of about 900 cows of which 300 were milked by hand morning and night. During a good season the weekly production of cheese was in the vicinity of 1400 kilograms. Cheese production had been very profitable for O’Keefe. Cheese was manufactured in a verminproof stone building, this is still standing today. Macartney noted that there were three large vats, different sized presses were there for the various kinds of cheeses being produced. The vats were surrounded by hot water and the milk was placed into the vats, the cream had to be completely broken up and the morning’s milk and the evening’s milk were then thoroughly mixed. Upon reaching a temperature of 43ºC, rennet was then added, gradually the mix began to coagulate after about two hours. When the curd was correctly formed and the lacteal acid began to develop, the curd was transferred to a vat where it was salted, upon cooling it was pressed into diameters of different sizes, the whole of the process using this method took 24 hours. O’Keefe used only the milk from his own herd and in this way ensured a consistent flavour of the cheese. Many awards were gained at shows and exhibitions for the cheese, and it would come as no surprise that he had a ready sale for

PRODUCTION: A cheese press of the day.

his produce. O’Keefe was fortunate to have his half brother, Martin Slevin, an experienced cheese maker, in charge of the manufacturing. Chaff produced from O’Keefe’s pasture was in high demand in Melbourne, he had large contracts for its supply, he was considered to be a very shrewd businessman. Financially he did so well that he was able to purchase another station called Kimbolton, the mortgage on this Campaspe-fronting property was covered by Bendigo’s richest man from gold, John Boyd Watson. The Kimbolton property was of 1540 hectares on which there were 6000 sheep, the wool clip gave Andrew O’Keefe a very good annual cheque. The Kimbolton station is now covered by the waters of Lake Eppalock. Already in the 1880s Macartney mentioned that the topography of the area would lend itself to damming up the waters of the Campaspe River. As we know the building of Lake Eppalock occurred between 1961 and 1964 and is the only dam on this river.

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TOYOTA Seca 1988 4cyl manual, VGC ideal 1st car or club rego. Sold as is. Near RWC AE829790008 $1800 PH. 0422 281 302

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Hamo’s off and racing CHRIS Hamilton says his encouraging start to 2018 showed just how much he improved in his first year in the professional cycling ranks. As he jetted off to his Spanish base in Girona this week following an extended stay in Australia over the summer, he is certain that there is more improvement to come. Hamilton returned to Bendigo after his debut season with the Team Sunweb lineup on the UCI World Tour. It was a year that surpassed his expectations, included some big starts but also had a tragic twist at its completion. “I think last year changed me a lot. It was the first time I’ve been away from home for so long, it’s not a job or a career that many people that can tell you what it’s going to be like,” he said. “I can come out of this year and honestly say that it was the best year of my life.” “Even just fitting in with all these different cultures, living in Spain and riding for a predominantly German and Dutch team, it builds up a lot of experience pretty quickly.” Hamilton says he changed immensely in 2017, and even during his three months back “home” he heads back to Europe changed again.

Like many, he was deeply shaken older which isn’t a bad thing.” by the death of fellow professional Friendship on the tour is a concyclist Jason Lowndes. More than stant for the affable Hamilton, who most though, as he was Lowndes’ made his grand tour debut at the housemate in the Spanish city of Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) Girona. alongside fellow local and former “I’ve never dealt with such a schoolmate Jack Haig. thing. Obviously I’ve had deaths in “The Vuelta for me was for sure a the family and that sort of thing, but highlight, getting through that. Probit’s something you never think is go- ably one of my favourite parts of the ing to happen,” he said. year was stage 20 at the Vuelta,” he “No one really knows how to said. deal with it. You can take it two I can come out of this year and honestly ways – it’s fair enough that it that it was the best year of my life can bring people down, it definitely brought me down in some “I don’t know what it was but I points, but it’s how you deal with it was on one of the best days I’ve ever after that. had.” “You can go on and do what he Hamilton said he had been strugwould have wanted to do, which is gling deep in the three-week grand just to enjoy life no matter what you tour, battling just to make the daily do. time cut. “I think I changed a lot living That was followed by waking up with him, for the better.” “feeling like you’ve been run over by There was another, more notice- a truck” and doing it all again. able, change in the 23-year-old, one But he said stage 20 was different. that seems to have become a perma“I was still in the front group of nent fixture. 20 or 25 guys with (teammate) Wilco “Mum wasn’t too happy with the Keldermann, and it was pouring with beard, I kept saying I’d shave it off rain on a big decent and I was going but it’s just stayed round I guess,” he right there with some of the best bike said. riders in the world,” he said. “It probably makes me look a bit “My dad was on the side of the

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HAMO TIME: Chris Hamilton is gearing up for another season. road and got to see that, and that was one of my proudest moments – not only that I was in that group but that dad got to see that.” Hamilton started this year with sixth at the national road titles and then performed well at the Tour Down Under in a support role for Dutch young gun Sam Oomen.

That gives him plenty of confidence to head back to Europe with. “I definitely improved on the bike, both in fitness and the way I watch the race,” he said. “I feel like I’m in a good place in terms of fitness and everything I learned last year, and I’m looking forward to getting going.”

Dog day out in Bendigo BENDIGO will be one of several regional locations to host a greyhound adoption day on Sunday. Greyhound Racing Victoria runs its Greyhound Adoption Program to re-home retired racing dogs, but it is only the second time that the program has come to Bendigo. Last year, 24 dogs found new homes and organisers hope they will top that on Sunday. GAP adoption manager Larissa Darragh said greyhounds are terrific pets because they are friendly, loyal, docile dogs. “Contrary to some assumptions, they don’t need a lot of exercise,” Ms Darragh said. “They need a 15-minute walk a day, which is average for a pet dog.

They really are couch potatoes, they are happy to sleep most of the day. “Some of the greyhounds are former racing greyhounds while others never made it to the track. “All are desexed, vaccinated, microchipped and they come with a lead, collar and coat. They also go through a detailed assessment to check their temperament and suitability for re-homing before they can graduate to wear the green GAP collar.” About 40 greyhounds will be looking for their forever home during adoption day, held at Lords Raceway, Junortoun, from 11am to 1pm. To find out more and to register visit our GAP www.gap.grv.org.au

PROMISING: Connor McCaig, Josh Clarke and Connor Sens. Photo: DION JELBART

Young guns in the mix for title THE inaugural Bendigo and District Cycling Club Champion of Champions Series will come to a thrilling conclusion on Thursday with a tightly packed leaderboard set to battle it out for the title. The Audi-backed competition was introduced by the club as an aggregate series this season, with riders earning points on a weekly basis through the track campaign for making finals in wheelrace events. The series proves a qualifier for the final event, a 1600-metre, winner-takes-all wheelrace

held next Thursday night. The last chance to qualify for the event was last night, with the final to be held on March 1. Among the leaders of the series heading into the final night of competition were Connor McCaig, Josh Clarke and Connor Sens, all young guns who have enjoyed strong track campaigns. Recently-crowned club track champion Brendan Schultz is also in the mix, as is teenager Sam Buckell. Action at Tom Flood Sports Centre starts at 7pm next Thursday.

DOG DAY: The Greyhound Adoption Program seeks to re-home dogs.

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BDCA stars shine in key round THE Bendigo District Cricket Association’s stars will transition from Melbourne Country Week play to day two of their BDCA games as a crucial round winds up tomorrow. The competition’s penultimate round comes hot on the heels of a strong country week performance by the BDCA. The Bendigo side won its opening three games and at the time of going to print was well placed to make today’s final in division two. Several stars shone brightly on day one of round 12, with Gavin Bowles the best performer. Bowles cracked a splendid century for White Hills in its match with Kangaroo Flat, again forming a strong partnership with skipper Mitch Winter-Irving as the Demons made 8/289 at the QEO. Bowles’ 108 came off 185 balls and included a 119-run stand for the third wicket with Winter-Irving (60). It is his second ton of the

year, having made a huge 165 against Strathfieldsaye in round two. Tom Dunham also chipped in with a handy lower-order 54, to make the Roos’ unlikely finals push even more taxing. At Huntly, Sandhurst will have to push for a rare reverse outright result after losing to Huntly North Epsom on first innings last week. Twenty-two wickets fell on day one of the match, with Huntly rolled for 99 before Sandhurst suffered an epic collapse to be all out for 92. The Dragons were 3/53 and cruising, before losing 7/39. Cory Tanner was the star with the ball, claiming five wickets. In its second innings, Huntly North Epsom is 2/20 having lost Russell de Groot and Elliott Massina. Golden Square spinner Liam Smith helped the Bulldogs rally back from a horror start in their centenary celebration match against Bendigo. The Dogs lost the wickets of

Money move an event boost From Page 32 “To have the guys on track for an extra night is great, and it really adds some excitement into the start of the event,” Sinnott said. “Then that of course carries into Sunday when we’ll have the major finals of the cycling and athletics.” Sinnott said fields in cycling and athletics are shaping up well for the event, which is only a fortnight away. It is one of the last major cycling events before April’s Commmonwealth Games, a factor he hopes works in the event’s favour. While he wouldn’t be drawn on names to line up in this year’s field, he gave an indication that some big names would return to Bendigo. The main event will be followed by the traditional fireworks display, but if this week’s news is any indication there could be fireworks on the track as well. RACING: The madison will bring top class athletics and cycling to town on the March long weekend. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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ATHLETES CLAIM GOLD A TEAM of 67 athletes have made the trek to Shepparton for the Little Athletics Northern Country Region Championships. From its team, Bendigo took home 39 gold, 48 silver and 32 bronze for a total of 119 medals. Under-nine athletes Maurice Nihill and Kate Wilson took gold in the 700-metre race walk and set new region records. Wilson also starred in the high jump and long jump to collect three gold medals in total. Several athletes won multiple gold medals at the event including Monica Gavriliadis Brodie Vaughan, Tazma Ferrie, William Peterson. Megan Wilson, Sebastyn Andrea, Morgan Elliott, Patrick Hannaford, Serryn Eenjes, Carissa Brook. Other Bendigo athletes taking gold were Jasper Seymour, Eamon Austin, Miller Armstrong, Logan Tickell, Jake Gavriliadis, Connor Clarke, Matthew Noden, Jayden Day, Aasha Elliott, Charlotte Murphy, Haylee Greenman, Poppy Palmer, Jasmine Murphy and Hannah Greenman.

RIFLE RANGE HOSTS TITLES TON UP: White Hills gun Gavin Bowles. Jake Higgins and Ben Gunn before scoring a run, and were 5/52 when Josh Baird fell to Matt Gray. Smith came in at number eight and made a steadying 51, as the Bulldogs compiled 175 all out on home turf. Alex Pearson produced the stellar figures of 5/54 off 20

overs, while Gray claimed four scalps for the Goers. In other games, Eaglehawk has already claimed first innings points against Strathfieldsaye and Bendigo United has its work cutout for it chasing 333 for victory against Strathdale Maristians.

BENDIGO’S Wellsford Rifle Range will host this weekend’s Victorian .303 championships. Competition includes the Peter Hallett Aggregate for Classic .303 Range Rifles and the Colonel Tom Price Aggregate for Standard Military Rifles. The competitions will run simultaneously, with a separate event to include old military rifles with scopes.

Wilson, Haring back in Braves colours TWO longtime figures in Bendigo basketball will return to the Bendigo Braves women’s team next season. Andrea Wilson and Eleanor Haring have signed with the club in respective playing and coaching roles, joining Kelly Wilson, Gabe Richards as former teammates to have committed to the club. Wilson played in both Bendigo Spirit championshipwinning seasons and is a Braves mainstay of recent years, while Haring has had several years off but has been lured back by coach and former teammate Megan Moody. Haring brings a wealth of experience to her coaching role having represented the Lady Braves, attended the AIS in Canberra, played college basketball at the University of Oregon as well as WNBL experience. “This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved with elite basketball again and when Megan spoke to me about becoming an assistant coach I jumped at the chance,” she said.

“To be back with a team including Gabe, Kelly and Andrea who I played with at the Spirit is great,” she said. Moody said she is thrilled with adding the pair into the program. “To have the basketball

This is a fantastic opportunity knowledge, experience and leadership that both Andrea and Eleanor will bring to our group this season is invaluable especially given that in areas our squad is relatively young,” she said. “For the likes of Madi Sexton, Kara Tessari, Ahlise Hurst and Jessie Rennie to be able to learn from Andrea and Eleanor both on the floor and on the bench will advance their basketball education throughout the 2018 SEABL season.”

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FOR the first time in its history, both the men’s and women’s events at this year’s Bendigo International Madison carnival will carry equal prize money. The event’s committee made the announcement this week as they unveiled a new naming rights sponsor for the event and released a revamped Friday night program for the Labour Day long weekend event. Madison committee chairman Warren Sinnott said the additional sponsorship funding had allowed organisers to offer equal prizemoney for men’s and women’s events. “I think it’s just recognising the importance of women in sport, and anything we can do to promote sport both for men and women is good thing,” he said. “The whole idea of Saturday is women’s night. “The Saturday night recognises women in sport, and that’s a highlight of the real carnival and we have the women’s madison and the women’s 400 metres and it’s a great night.” The madison carnival, this year backed by Symes Motors BMW, will again kick off on Thursday night (March 8) with local club racing and the Frank McCaig Wheelrace, before a new madison prelude race on Friday night. The 60-lap event will see the winners take a points advantage into Sunday night’s 200-lap classic.

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