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BendigoWeekly ISSUE 862 THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014

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Witness to history BENDIGO’S Sydney Bolitho saw action at Gallipoli before being wounded and sent to London. Read the untold story of his part in London’s ANZAC Day march in 1916. - Story Page 5. ANZAC: Staff Sergeant Sydney Bolitho.

■ 100 years – Page 13 ■ Battle of words – Page 16 ■ An original ANZAC – Page 22

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TWO historic Eaglehawk buildings, indicative of the suburb’s unique heritage, will go under the hammer. With more than 150 years of history, the Oriental Bank was built in the height of the Gold Rush in 1861. The Eaglehawk bank was the first “substantial bank building” in the area during the years of rapid wealth. Restored to its former glory, it features five rentals (four apartments and a shop), bringing in about $60,000 each year.

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POST AND TELEGRAPH: Neangar House has a choice of uses.

The apartments include a single-bedroom maisonette, a double-bedroom apartment, a two-bedroom apartment and a double-bedroom apartment with views to High Street. Tweed Sutherland First National director Matt Leonard said the bank was ideal as a home or investment property. “There are a diverse range of options, so it’s tried and tested with a proven return with various types of accommodation in the building,” he said.

GOLDRUSH DAYS: The Oriental bank. “From an investment point of view, it’s ready to go. The other option is to live in a portion of the building with the beautiful big balcony, run the business downstairs and still have the ability to have accommodation.” Mr Leonard said buyers looking for flexibility with an appreciation for heritage, would be suited to this property. The Oriental Bank is on the market for $950,000. SET in the heart of Eaglehawk, the 19th Century Neangar House building is also up for sale. The original Eaglehawk Post and Telegraph office, the property was converted to tearooms before its current use as a bed and breakfast. The building features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two kitchens, formal dining and living area and a sunroom.

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By ANTHONY RADFORD

BENDIGO could be in line for hundreds of public servant jobs, but only if Premier Denis Napthine keeps his. The Bendigo Weekly understands the State Government is considering shifting Department of Environment and Primary Industries jobs from Melbourne to Bendigo. But it is only if the State Government is re-elected in November. It is unclear whether the jobs will be part of the Parks Victoria or agriculture side of the department. The Weekly understands there are about 250 Parks Victoria jobs at its Melbourne headquarters, and a similar number of primary industries jobs. The push to relocate Melbourne public servant jobs to Bendigo is not a new one. In July, 2010, then-Premier John Brumby announced 100

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State Trustee jobs would be moving to Bendigo, and they are now below the new multistorey carpark in Queen St. However, they were not dependent on an election result. In December last year, Dr Napthine announced the Workcover Authority would relocate from Melbourne to Geelong, bringing 550 jobs with it.

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for being linked to a political result. In 2012, the State Government announced 200 agriculture jobs would go under a rationalisation of the public service over two years. The Weekly Times last month revealed more than 300 agriculture jobs — or 150 per cent of its target — were lost

The push to relocate Melbourne public servant jobs to Bendigo is not a new one Last month the Premier announced VicRoads headquarters would move from Melbourne to Ballarat, bringing 400 jobs. Unlike the State Trustees move, both the recent announcements were dependent on the State Government being re-elected. While a DEPI move to Bendigo would no doubt be welcomed, it would be criticised

in just the first year of the program. In September, 2012, the Bendigo Weekly revealed up to 100 jobs and vital literacy and numeracy programs were lost from Bendigo during the restructure of Victoria’s Education Department. The Bendigo-based Loddon Mallee regional office merged with the Coburg-based Northern Metropolitan region head-

quarters. Previous governments have tried unsuccessfully to move agriculture departments to Bendigo. Dr Napthine will visit Bendigo today for a pre-budget funding announcement at Quarry Hill Primary School. A spokesman for Dr Napthine said he was unaware of the DEPI move.

Active living the focus of survey HOW often do you walk around your local park or head to the gym each week? Do you play organised sport for a local club or do you casually play kick-to-kick or have a hit of tennis with friends? Greater Bendigo council is about to undertake an Active Living Census and wants to know how healthy and active residents are. The findings will help the council to better plan for, develop and enhance public open spaces and recreation facilities across the region. Council Active and Healthy Communities manager Patrick Jess said this was the first time the council had carried out such a detailed survey on people’s health and recreation habits. “It is important for council staff to hear from as many residents as possible,” he said. “We want to know what you do to stay active, how often you participate, if you join in with friends and where you go. “It is also equally important to understand the barriers that may prevent people from being as active as they would like.” Mr Jess said the current Council Plan includes objec-

tives to improve open spaces and walking and cycling paths, so by completing this survey residents will be able to further inform the plan and council’s long-term priorities. “People who do not live in Greater Bendigo but work in our city, attend school or commute to use our outdoor spaces and recreational facilities are encouraged to complete the census online, as it is important to hear from all users,” he said. The paper-based census will be delivered to every household across Greater Bendigo and is open for three weeks from April 28 to May 18. Every resident, including children, is encouraged to participate for their chance to win weekly prizes, including $1000 Champions IGA vouchers, mountain bikes and extended season family pool passes. The census can also be completed online at www.bendigo.vic. gov.au/activeliving. Every person who completes the census online will be eligible for an additional prize, a discount voucher to be used at participating Champions IGA stores. Hard copies are available from the council’s offices.

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BENDIGO’s historic Shamrock Hotel has been given the green light to increase its electronic gaming machines to 65. The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation gave its approval for an additional 20 EGMs at the hotel. Shamrock Hotel owner Jim Hogan said he was pleased with the decision and hoped “to get on” with the larger multimillion dollar project. “It will be a great sell for Bendigo CBD, it will be the first five-star accommodation outside of Melbourne,” he said. “It will certainly attract leading business people and even, Bendigo Tourism is excited. It’s another attraction.” Council had refused to grant the extra machines at a February ordinary meeting, considering them “detrimental to the municipality”. Councillors based their opposition on research and community consultation, which saw 86.4 per cent of respondents indicate opposition to the additional EGMs in a social impact survey. The application was also not supported under council’s Gaming Policy as the hotel is located in an area where additional gaming machines are prohibited. Councillors said the gaming machines were “highly capital intensive” and did not support many jobs relative to revenue. Despite council’s concerns, the VCGLR found the machines were appropriate for the venue and under the municipality’s cap of 756 EGMs. There are 11 venues across the city with a total 614 EGMs in place. Mr Hogan said he thought council had taken the “politically correct” route in opposing the EGMs installation. “To reject all gaming machines is the landscape we are in,” he said. “But the gaming commission found it appropriate to put those machines in. We will be 40 down on the licence approval (105) and it will only marginally increase revenue. But it will reduce my state tax bill and enable me to borrow the money (for the redevelopment).” In November, the Bendigo Weekly revealed the hotel’s $9 million plans to create the city’s first five-star accommodation. The hotel lodged an application with council for stage one of the plan, to build nine serviced apartments in the historic venue. The $4 million stage also includes the installation of an indoor lap pool and gym. The new rooms will be on the first and second floor of the Pall Mall side of the building, in the old Exchange Hotel. Mr Hogan said he was calling on councillors’ “good sense” not to go to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. “It’s all in council’s court and hopefully they will issue a planning permit and not go to VCAT. Then we can make something great happen in Bendigo.” - Christine McGinn

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ANZAC DAY 2014

Letter to Bendigo By STEVE KENDALL

BENDIGO’S Sydney Bolitho landed at ANZAC Cove on April 25, 1915, the first day of the battle, as part of the second wave. Within a month he had been promoted to Sergeant and later became Staff Sergeant Bolitho 1104 of the 6th Battalion 1st Australian Imperial Forces. He was born at Orange NSW in April 1889 to Bendigonian Walter Bolitho and Annie Eades and his family returned home to Bendigo, where he attended Violet Street State School. He enlisted at Bendigo, one of the first, on September 12, 1914. While in the trenches at Gallipoli, he penned his poem Gallipoli, which has printed in many Australian newspapers in 1916. S/Sgt Bolitho was badly wounded in the legs at Gallipoli on July 17, 1915 and was transferred via hospitals in Malta and Gibraltar to the AIF headquarters in London where he filled the position of accountant for the remainder of the war. It was some time before his family was able to find out any news, apart from the fact he was classed as seriously wounded. While in London he was able to take part the first anniversary commemoration of the ANZAC Day landings. He wrote of the event to his mother in Bendigo. A commemoration service of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps took place in the venerable and ancient Abbey on 25th April, 1916, just 12 months after our historical landing on that memorable day – just 12 months ago. It was indeed a day to be remembered. Combined with the New Zealanders we numbered 2000 strong, the majority tall, strapping fellows, bronzed and weather-beaten, all war-worn, and bearing marks of the inferno from which they had emerged. Here an arm or a leg missing, there one limping, ‘further on a sling, old soldiers of 18 months’ service and training-only 18 months, but old in the up-to-date game of killing and slayingof suffering and of dying. Glorious indeed was our triumphal march through the principal thoroughfare of this the capital of the world; glorious indeed the cheers, the exultation, the rejoicings of the citizens for whom we came to fight, joyous the cheers on every hand; bordering on hysteria, the never-to-be-forgotten welcome, us it were, and good wishes of the girls and women folk that thronged 20ft. deep our progress.

Quite as loud and more prolonged the vapid ourpourings of the ‘single men’ who either scorn to accept the challenge of the foe, or else, in noise, try and rid themselves of the inherent cowardice that forbids them to join up and fight. Strong words, I know, but let who can deny who has walked through the London streets. Yes, it was a stirring tribute to the

Pre Anzac Services, Thursday April 24 11am Bendigo Health Service, Stella Anderson 11am Mirridong Aged Care 11.30am Bendigo South East College 3.30pm St John of God. Speaker Rear Admiral Mike Noonan LEFT: 6th Battalion ANZACs on Anzac Cove, April 25, 1915. BELOW: ANZACs march past London’s Parliament Square on the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings

ANZAC Day Services Friday, April 25 Bendigo – 5.50am march from the Soldiers Memorial Institute, Pall Mall, to Cenotaph, View Point for service starting at 6am. No wreaths to be laid. Eaglehawk – 6am Brassey Square, Eaglehawk Road – form up at the memorial. Kangaroo Flat - 6.30am Soldiers’ Memorial Park, High Street – form up at the Memorial Park.

worth of the men from the Southern Cross – a tribute that made them forget – the hideous tragedy of the April to December campaign, and made us feel that, though we had fought and died in vain, we had founded a name that would never be forgotten while our island continent is known in history. Still we were recognised and our magnificent help appreciated by the populace of the ‘wait and see’ islands. Nobody thrills more with pride than the Australian Expeditionary Force at the gallant reply our boys have made to the call of war; nobody felt more the tragic sadness of our service of the 25th than the men who had participated in the premier effort on Gallipoli; nobody paid a greater tribute to the fallen heroes than those who shared their dangers and yet were lucky enough to come through alive. They feted us, they made much of us, and all the time behind the smiling faces that gave back cheer for cheer and smile for smile with the populace that thronged our way, who was not thinking of a comrade gone, a young life lost, a hero dying – as he came to die – and behind it all a contempt too deep for words for the rulers of a nation that would let such blunders be. With the archdeacon – in the presence of our King and Queen, of Lord Kitchener and others whose names are renowned in the history of our Empire

Bridgewater – 6am Memorial Hall, Almond Avenue – form up at Sloans Park, Lyndhurst Street.

Morning marches and services Bendigo – 10.30am cavalcade of cars followed by 10.45 am march McCrae Street/Pall Mall (assembly area outside Bendigo TAFE) to Soldiers Memorial Institute, Pall Mall, for service starting at 11am.

‘Boche’ and eagerly waiting the call that was to bring them to grips with the soldiers of the tyrant who is responsible for this world-wide war. When the ‘Last Post’ was played and the last notes of that mournful call had died in echoes through the vast corridors and chapels of the Abbey, we silently marched out to meet once more the cheering populace and reply to the appreciation of the deeds of the Anzacs. It were no use to dwell further on the day. Late in the war S/Sgt contracted tuberculosis in London and was in-

valided home with shell shock and the continued effects of tuberculosis and his wounds. He left England on November 5, 1917 arriving in Australia on December 31. He was finally discharged from the army in June 1918 and died at his mother’s home in Violet Street Bendigo on May 1, 1919, as much a casualty of war as any who had died in battle. Although already discharged Staff Sergeant Sydney Bolitho was given a military funeral at his burial in the White Hills Cemetery.

Eaglehawk – Sing Australia Choir from 8am at Brassey Square, 8.20am march (assembly area in front of the Eaglehawk Citizens’ Brass Band Hall, Peg Leg Road to Brassey Square for service commencing at 8:30 am. Kangaroo Flat – 9.20 am march (assembly area High and Station Streets, St Monica’s Church) to Soldiers’ Memorial Park for service starting at 9.30am. Huntly – 9am march to Soldiers’ Memorial Park, Huntly Hall for service starting at 9.30 am. Inglewood – 10.45am march Brook Street to monument in Grant Street for service starting at 11am.

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Tick the box of the plan you prefer GREATER Bendigo council is asking residents to vote for their favourite design for a new splash park at the Long Gully Recreation Reserve. There are three designs including a gold rush theme, giant scorpion and giant spider accompanied by various outdoor play equipment that splashes or sprays water. The Cunneen Street site will also feature a separate traditional playground, barbecue area and landscaping. Playground and splash park specialists Vortex have been awarded the tender to construct the solar-heated splash park, which is expected to take four to five months to complete and will be open in time for summer. Mayor Barry Lyons encouraged people young and old to vote for their favourite design. “This is an exciting project for the Long Gully and Greater Bendigo community,” he said. “The splash park will be the first of its kind for the city and we are encouraging as many people as possible to have their say on the design they would like to see installed. “The designs are family-focused and encourage active play, so infant children through to those in their early teens will benefit. “The splash park’s central location, adjacent to the car park between Cunneen St and the creek, means parents will also be able to supervise their children with ease and have a good line of sight to other parts of the Recreation Reserve.”

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The splash park will be surrounded by tables and chairs, shade structure, synthetic grass, rubber soft fall, footpaths and bollard rail fencing. To register your vote cut out the voting form at right and hand deliver it to the council’s offices in Lyttleton Terrace or Champions IGA Long Gully in Wood Street. You can also mail your vote to the Greater Bendigo council, Attn. Lincoln Fitzgerald, PO

Box 733, Bendigo 3552 or enter online at www. bendigo.vic.gov.au/splashpark. The designs will also be delivered to primary schools and kindergartens in the Long Gully area, so children can register their vote by putting a sticker on their favourite design. Voting closes Friday, May 9 and the most popular splash park design will be announced on Friday, May 16.

Voting closes Friday, May 9. Votes can be hand delivered to Greater Bendigo council, 195 – 229 Lyttleton Terrace or Champions IGA Long Gully, 3 Wood Street, Long Gully or posted to Greater Bendigo council, Attn. Lincoln Fitzgerald, PO Box 733, Bendigo 3552. You can also enter online at www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/ splashpark. The most popular splash park design will be announced on Friday May 16. All information provided will be collected and used in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2000.

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BENDIGO’S Ambulance service is in crisis according to paramedics working at the station. Bendigo paramedics recorded an increase in the number of times additional staff were recalled to work further shifts at the station. Local paramedic Brett Adie said the lack of ambos and resources was the worst he’d seen in his eight years in the job. “By Ambulance Victoria’s own admission, workload increases by seven per cent each year. So we are not keeping up with demand,� he said. Ambos reported they were recalled 21 times over 18 days, in March, to meet the influx of community demand. But only on nine of these occasions was a recall crew of two members able to respond. Thirteen of the incidents occurred Monday to Friday with eight on the weekend. As of April 21, 11 recall requests were made at the

station but only three were successfully filled. Mr Adie said the ambulance services’ fix to ensure resourcing met demand – recall – was failing. “It has a large impact on us, because if you come in to fill a recall crew during the day you may not be available for the night shift, so that night shift may

about it,� he said. Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards said Loddon Mallee region’s ambulance service was “significantly under-funded�. “The ambulance services across Loddon Mallee have been indicating for three years that they are under-resourced. The LiberalNational Government has

The system is failing but their fix for the system when it fails is also failing go uncovered because they aren’t able to get those two people who were called in,� he said. “Not only is the system failing but their fix for the system when it fails is also failing.� Mr Adie said the Bendigo crew needed a full 24hour crew of 11 members to meet the increasing demand. “We’ve known this stuff is going on for years, we’ve seen the problems in the system but we haven’t been allowed to talk to anyone

not put additional funding into resourcing our ambulance service.� Ms Edwards said Castlemaine and Maryborough had also been left without adequate coverage. “The over-use of recalling paramedics to work during March and April demonstrates a system under pressure,� Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan said. A spokesperson for the Minister for Health David Davis said the government had given record funding to

Ambulance Victoria. “Thanks to a $151 million boost by the Coalition, Ambulance Victoria put 4082 more shifts on the road in the Loddon Mallee Region in 2012-13 than it did in 2009-10 – an increase of 12.7 per cent,� he said. “Over the past three years the number of paramedics working in the Loddon Mallee region has increased by 20 per cent, an increase of 44 paramedics.� The spokesperson said there were 465 additional paramedics on the Victorian roads than under Labor. But Mr Adie said he was concerned about the welfare of his community. “I live here, I have a family here, I have kids. I want to know that when they need an ambulance, I don’t want them to have to wait while Ambulance Victoria makes some phone calls to see if they can get someone to come in and kit out an ambulance. That is not fair.� Ambulance Victoria were unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

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said. “And we have always had the support of the city.” “We endorse every facet of arts,” Gretear Bendigo mayor Barry Lyons said. “During the past 10 years there has been a tremendous increase in participation in the arts in Bendigo. I recently launched the new extension of the art gallery with the premier and I’m just as proud to launch the Bendigo Queer film Festival.” Associated with the festival is The Queer Country Art Exhibition at Dudley House; the opening night party at the ICON Bar and a special BQFF Breakfast at the Basement 50 View street. The festival will be held at Latrobe Visual Arts Centre,View Street. Further details, including a list of the fantastic line up of arthouse films, are on www.bendigoqueerfilmfestival.com.au

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Hard to claw back reserve In last week’s Letters to the Editor Mr Graham Clark discussed a couple of matters concerning the Rosalind Park Recreation Reserve. Mr Clark was critical of comments attributed to me in the Weekly April 11 about the intrusion into the reserve of the school-bus terminal, and expansion of the BSSC and art gallery which I described as illegal. Mr Clark described my comments as “ridiculous”. He was also concerned about a proposal to relocate the bus terminal to a location in Barnard Street abutting the QEO. I would like to clarify my position. The Rosalind Park Recreation Reserve was created by a special Act of Parliament, and is now administered in accordance with the Crown Land Reserves Act. Of special note is that it is a Reserve for Recreation and Drainage (drainage refers to the fact that the Bendigo Creek passes within the Reserve). As such, the land of the Reserve can only be used for the purposes of recreation which is quite a different proposition to a Public Purposes Reserve which enables land to be used for any public purpose as determined from time to time. The purpose of the Rosalind Park Reserve can only be changed by an act of parliament. The reserve is bounded, in broad terms, by Pall Mall, Bridge Street, Water Street, Barnard Street, and View Street. It is as important to Bendigo as the Fitzroy Gardens is to Melbourne, or St James’ Park is to London. Unfortunately, Bendigo council which is the Committee of Management appointed to administer the Reserve in accordance with the Act and the Rosalind Park Regulations, has regularly and deliberately flouted the law in allowing inappropriate nonrecreation uses to occupy parts of the reserve. It has been able to do this due to the relevant government department – originally the Lands Department, now the Department of Environment and Primary Industries – failing in its duty to ensure the reserve was used for its correct purpose. Both BSSC and Camp Hill Primary School are not part of the reserve. My comment about the BSSC intruding into the reserve relates to an area abutting the school near Park Road where, without authority, the college established a car park and entrance to its trade wing. I know it is hard for people to grasp the full extent of the Rosalind Park Recreation Reserve and to understand the importance of it. Bendigo is most fortunate that in the early days this area of land in the centre of

the city was set aside for recreation which can be both active and passive. It is certainly not a reservation for car parking, or for a bus terminal. The proposal to move the buses to Barnard Street was not my idea – it came from a document produced by the council and released publicly in July last year. While the buses could be located in Barnard Street, I share Mr Clark’s view that it is not a truly practical suggestion. Additionally, I wonder how many people realise that the parking bays alongside the swimming pool and QEO are also an illegal encroachment into the reserve. Finally, Mr Clark, I’m well aware that it is 2014 not 1850. With the council now proposing to convert another hectare of the Rosalind Park Recreation Reserve into a car park and drop-off points for buses and cars to serve the new Gaol Theatre, I only hope that by 2050 the citizens are not looking back and asking what happened to our reserve. It is so easy to “grab” a piece of parkland, and so hard to claw it back. Daryl McClure, Bendigo

Exceeding benchmarks I WRITE in response to the story titled “Beyond the Limit”, Bendigo Weekly, April 11. In its comments, the Health and Community Services Union has selectively used seasonal data on services available for mental health patients in Bendigo to denigrate the hospital and the fine staff working there. On almost every measure, Bendigo Health mental health services meets or exceeds benchmarks – in many cases exceeding the state average. The great work at Bendigo Health has been assisted by a $40.4 million (21.5 per cent) increase in funding from the Coalition Government since 2009-10. Meanwhile, the Victorian Coalition Government is delivering on its $630 million commitment to build a bigger and better hospital in Bendigo, including 75 mental health beds – and a new five bed mother and baby unit. As Minister for Mental Health I am proud of the Coalition Government’s record of investment in the Bendigo region to build a healthier Victoria. Mary Wooldridge, Minister for Mental Health,

Fighting back a winner In April, the community of Bendigo came together to fight back against cancer at Cancer Council’s Relay For Life. I would like to thank every com-

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munity member who participated and contributed to the success of the event, which is expected to raise $168,019 this year. When 1535 participants in 72 teams camped and relayed overnight, they celebrated cancer survivors and carers, remembered and honoured loved ones, and took steps to fight back against a disease that takes too much. Each year, over 140,000 Australians support Cancer Council’s fight against cancer through Relay For Life. Around the world, people in 25 countries come together at Relay. I am constantly inspired by Relay For Life participants and volunteers, and their dedication to the cause. The money raised at Bendigo Relay For Life will help Cancer Council Victoria provide: • Funding for about 160 talented researchers and their cutting-edge projects each year to help detect, treat and beat cancer. • Important prevention programs like PapScreen Victoria, Quit and SunSmart to make sure people have all the information they need to cut their risk of cancer. • Support services including a free financial counselling service to help those affected by cancer who may be struggling financially. Last year we were able to assist 415 Victorians. In 2014 we are also introducing a probono legal assistance program. • Experienced cancer nurses who answer calls to our Helpline, giving people advice, information and sup-

port. I would encourage Bendigo residents to make use of this service to discuss their cancer-related questions by calling the Helpline on 13 11 20. Again, I would like to sincerely thank the Bendigo community, volunteers, participants and donors involved, as we would not be able to complete the work we do without your support and generosity. Todd Harper, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council Victoria

No surrender WHEn I learnt that a report had identified the Quarry Hill golf course as a site for possible residential development I wondered if it was an early April fool’s joke. I have been a member of the Quarry Hill Golf Club for 30 years. Like other new members at the club it was the ideal entry level golf club for someone new to the game. The fees were very affordable and the members were friendly and patient with golfers still on golfing L plates. As a club captain I am proud to be a part of a golf club which still extends those same courtesies which were afforded to me and others in the past. I am also proud that we are a family- friendly club which has an all inclusive policy of providing access to the game of golf for all genders, ages, and abilities. Our golf course is also freely

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One hundred years As Australia starts to mark the centenary of World War I public interest and government backing push the cause to the fore, we are going to hear a lot about war. Certainly, public knowledge has increased, and involvement at marches and commemorations is bigger than it has been in years. Every publication will be presenting its take on suffering and heroics of wars past, the Bendigo Weekly is no exception in this and we are just at the start. World War I broke out in August 1914 and ended at the Armistice on November 11, 1918. With that in mind, we are about to be marking the war for the next four years. Next year is the 100th anniversary of the Dardanelles

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campaign. One hundred years since Australians were “blooded� in combat at Gallipoli. At the time of the invasion it was reported as a great push forward with “Johnny Turk� on the run, the facts were very different. The Australian and New Zealand army corps had indeed landed, but were held up by the terrain and an enemy not ready to roll over. The battle was effectively lost by the end of day one, but high command was in no mood to admit defeat. The whole invasion was a hastily planned, poorly thought out campaign which claimed the lives of 40,000 allied soldiers and at least twice as many Turks, but it was

just a sideshow. Australians who survived went on to other theatres of war, namely the Western Front in France and Belgium. Australians were well thought of in battle, and readily answered the call when it all started up again in 1939. Next came Korea, and once more Australians were in combat. Vietnam was next and since then Australians have fought and died in many countries and theatres of war. This year’s ANZAC Day march commemorates them all with a special focus on a welcome home for the Post-75 veterans. We will never see it, but wouldn’t it be good for a future generation to celebrate 100 years without war?

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Opinion Into the future I hAVE lived in Bendigo for the past 17 years, having lived here previously in the mid 1980s and have watched as the town and surrounds have grown into a city. I note now the number of new subdivisions all around Bendigo and the move for higher density living in or near the CBD. I am sure the Greater Bendigo council Planning department looks at the proposals for these new estates and requires provision for public open space, community use buildings and general amenities and the estates are not just as many dwellings as can possibly be squeezed on to the developer’s land. however, the focus of this letter is to draw attention to a number of the road and traffic issues, as needed now – and to allow for Bendigo to grow to the coming population of 150,000. In the general area of central Bendigo I suggest: Mundy street needs reopening as a through street from Pall Mall at least as far as sternberg street. This involves removing the concrete restriction at Myers street (control signals may be needed) and improving the railway crossing (the

best solution here is to make the road an underpass under the rail line). Opening the road would take some pressure off Williamson street and the sternberg street roundabout. At the Mitchell/Wills/ Myer streets intersection, acquire and demolish the derelict hopetoun hotel and straighten out the corner. The Mitchell street bridge over the railway line needs to be widened to four lanes (the roads either side of it are four lanes). In this area, the pedestrian crossing at the beginning of Railway Place urgently needs moving further up Railway Place to the other side of the access road to the Marketplace. This would allow some space for buses and cars without blocking the Mitchell street roundabout as happens now. Footpaths already exist from near the railway bridge to this area – all that is needed, apart from moving the crossing, is to chain off the pedestrian access to the corner itself. The McIvor Road bridge under the railway line needs to be rebuilt, widened to allow four road traffic lanes. The railway bridges in Thistle street, ham street and Chapel street (Kangaroo Flat) have historic significance, but each needs

to be widened, duplicated or alternative arrangements made. In conjunction with the Thistle street bridge, the dog-led intersection with hargreaves street should be attended to by straightening and provision of control signals. The Chapel street situation could be addressed by having an underpass a little further to the south. In a wider view of Greater Bendigo: Maiden Gully may well establish itself as a satellite area of Greater Bendigo as might strathfieldsaye and Epsom/huntly, and of course, we already have Eaglehawk, but the roads for these areas need consideration and planning now. Marong Road, which is currently overloaded and has an uneven surface needs to become four lanes as soon as possible (before the new estates are built). Both strathfieldsaye Road and Napier street/ Northern highway are under review, which is good, but the question remains as to how they will cope into the future. As the old town of Bendigo truly becomes Greater Bendigo, perhaps it is time to look at City Circle routes, connecting the satellite areas to one another and to

the state highway network – without the need to “pass the fountain� on the way. An upgrade of the Calder Alternative highway is well overdue. At the Marong end better connection to Allies Road is needed to avoid dangerous turns in the town and to allow traffic better access to the Loddon Valley highway. Further planning is necessary to provide a corridor for this Circle Route corridor from near Big hill around to Longlea and up the side of the Army Reserve and on to connect with existing roads to Epsom/huntly. I realise that, while some of the above falls into council responsibility, much requires the co-operation of various government departments and commitment of funds from local government, state Government and in some cases Federal Government as well. But I ask for consideration of the above by Greater Bendigo council in the first instance, with further interaction with other authorities as appropriate. Bendigo is a beautiful city with many wonderful features and it needs careful, yet visionary and wide ranging planning to keep it so into the future. Tony McDowell, Quarry Hill

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HE story of Bendigo’s Sydney Bolitho in today’s Bendigo Weekly tells of a man who answered the country’s call to arms in 1914. He was one of the first, he signed up for service in September 1914, barely a month after the war started. He was one of the first ashore at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 and survived unwounded until July when he was hit by shell fragments in the legs. The wound was severe enough for him to be evacuated and he saw no further action in the war. He was hospitalised in Malta for a month and sent to England for recuperation. He was shipped home and invalided out after contracting tuberculosis, that, with the wounds still troubling him, and the after-effects of shell shock exhausted him. Though the tales of heroism on the front are filled with death and glory, perhaps an equal battle was fought on the home front. Sydney’s father, Walter died while Sydney was overseas. The two did not meet after Sydney went to war.

Sydney was wounded on July 18, 1915 and on August 3 a letter arrived at the Bolitho family home in Violet Street, Bendigo informing them of his severe wounds. Sydney’s mother Annie wrote asking for further details on August 8, sister Elsie had written to Defence base records a couple of days earlier. The two followed up by sending more letters saying they had received no details. Elise called on the help of MP for Bendigo Alfred Hampson who took up the cause for more information. By August 18 Annie was still none the wiser. She wrote in a letter to Defence: Surely there has been time now for a reply. The suspense is terrible, I am not in good health. We are hoping, therefore to get news as speedily as possible. Finally on September 2 news arrived saying Sydney had been sent to hospital in England. Can you imagine the strain of waiting this long for information on a wounded son? Eventually Sydney arrived home, but Annie Bolitho’s

battle was not yet over. Sydney spent the final year of his life as an invalid. Sydney was a weakened man and died at home on May 1, 1919. Annie then took up the fight for her dead son’s medals, and recognition of his service. These arrived in the early 1920s. Perhaps the biggest battle fought was the one for a pension for the loss of her son’s earnings. It was decided in authority not to pay as Sydney had been overpaid as an invalid and

while in hospital. Annie continued the fight, by now she was blind in one eye and nearly blind in the other, but she engaged the help of Bendigo MP and Prime Minister Billy Hughes who, as records show, suggested the pensions board reconsider. The payment of 24 shillings a week was granted. Annie Bolitho had given a son to the war, lost a husband and had to justify a pension. She died in 1939. The war at home was not easy. twitter: @stevekendall1

Dear Dotty, Every day I go for a walk with my dog I take a plastic bag with me and I very conscientiously place the dog’s excreta in it and then carry it home. I always feel very conspicuous and embarrassed. Any suggestions? Rodney Hi there Rodney, I have trouble with this one too. My latest trick is to stand there, intently watching my dog while he does his business, with the bag at the ready. I then wait until there are no people around and keep walking. But that is not a very nice thing to do. You buy a hat with a very high brim and make a special, hidden storage compartment under the brim. You put the poo in the bag, slip it in the hidden compartment and walk around with poo on your head. Dear Dotty, I have been an admirer of yours for a long time. If I were to take you out on a date what sort of night would you enjoy? Jerry Dear Harrison, I could never go out with anyone called Jerry. Men called Jerry usually pride

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themselves on their barbecue and talk in a big booming voice over the top of everyone else. But if I did go out with you it would be very expensive. Dear Dotty, I was really jealous when we were out with rather posh people at dinner and they were talking about a tropical island they had bought together. Although my husband and I go on nice holidays to Phuket I think we’re out of our league, what should I do? Christine Dear Christine, You should have waited for a pause in the conversation and then told them that you two also have an island – in the middle of your kitchen. twitter: @DearDotty

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ELBOURNE based five piece band ,The Morrisons, are best described as an attack and awe band. Short, sharp, punk rock blows with all tracks under the two and a half minute mark on their debut, full

length release CD, Hard Hoarse. Live, they put on a show with no mucking around. Energetic, frenzied attack is their modus operandi, a fact that is clearly evident from the first harrowing, hard-hitting chords

delivered on the album. Join them as they play songs off Hard Hoarse at The Bridge Hotel Castlemaine on Friday. Entry is $10, doors at 8.30pm. – Lou Risdale

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HERE will be a launch of children’s non-ficton books at Dymocks this Saturday. Shona Innes is a Bendigo children’s psychologist and over the years has written to young clients concerning their problems. Consequently she has written

four books based on their preoccupying issues. The two first books to be launched are Friendship is Like a See Saw and Life is Like the Wind. There will be two more books due in October – The Internet is like a Puddle and The Playground is

Like a Jungle. La Trobe university children’s literature specialist, Sarah Mayor Cox, will be speaking and introducing the books. The launch is this Saturday (April 26) from 11.30am at Dymocks in Mitchell Street.

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SPIRING artists wishing to perform as part of this year’s Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival have until the end of April to get their applications in. Interest has been far-reaching and diverse with performers from all over Australia, and some internationals, formally expressing their interest in coming to Bendigo to play. “This truly home-grown festival continues to grow its support base and will keep delivering an amazing array of musical talent for all age groups and all sectors of the community to enjoy,” festival director Colin Thompson said. “Greater Bendigo council has demonstrated its recognition too. “As well as increased in-kind support through partnership with Bendigo Tourism, the major events team has committed to triple their previous financial sponsorship, to assist with the many costs involved in staging and marketing a predominantly free music festival.” Mr Thompson said Bendigo Bank has again confirmed its support. “The consensus in the feedback provided from all directions is that our crew have so far delivered an event that’s way beyond reasonable expectations; especially considering we’re a group of volunteers running a quality music festival as a not-forprofit organisation,” Mr Thompson said. “The most exciting thing for me

has been witnessing the increased interest in live music over the past few years in Bendigo and the amount of live shows and festivals increasing. “We’re literally coming together as a community to achieve great things that, on our own as individuals, we couldn’t possibly have tackled. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you’re into, if you look you’ll find it being staged on a regular basis in Bendigo.” Applications are also open for blues guitarists aged 25 or less to be involved in the Lazenby Young Blues Guitarist Award – the first official heat of which will be held as part of BB & RMF’s next Showcase event at the Rifle Brigade Hotel on Sunday, May 25 from noon. Following on from the recent successes of the first Rock In The Vines festival staged in March, the Rifle Brigade Hotel is hosting Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival’s fourth Showcase event of the year also on Sunday, May 25. “There will be live tunes from BB & RMF featured acts, performing in the car park and in the Al Fresco area on View Street, from noon through till 7.30pm. “Once again the performers are donating their time and talents to help fund BB & RMF. Admission is only $10 per adult to enjoy up to 14 brilliant acts.” Find out more via www.bendigobluesandroots.com.au

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INTER brings its own hazards to motoring safety due to decreased visibility and wetter weather. But there is more to winter auto safety than just checking your tyres and lights and that’s where the services of a professional are needed. Both for the reliability and resale of your vehicle as well as the safety of you, your family and other road uses. But remember to be realistic as modern vehicles are quite sophisticated and problems may not be immediately obvious. Diagnosing a car’s faults is not always straightforward and repair costs may increase with the age of your vehicle. Delays can occur with difficulty in obtaining parts and while new parts are often preferable, sometimes they are not practical or economically viable. Secondhand parts can be used if they are in good

IN CONTROL: Keep your car running smoothly. working condition. Keeping your car running smoothly and economically can depend on the relationship you have with your dealership or mechanic. Below are several tips to help reduce service costs. Provide as much information as possible this will make it easier for them to identify faults. Inform your mechanic or dealer when the problem occurs, for example, cold mornings. Go for a drive with the repairer to point out any

problems and remember to, point out anything that needs checking – don’t assume problems will be found. With major repairs request a written quote that includes: work to be done, parts to be supplied, estimated time of completion, estimate of cost for both parts and labour. And ask your mechanic to contact you before doing any work outside the quote. This way you’ll help alleviate any unpleasant surprises when you pick up your vehicle.

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OMETIMES the better things in life are worth going that little bit extra for – especially when its only a few hundred metres north past the traffic lights in Epsom, where you’ll find Hopinit Tyre & Auto Centre on the Midland Highway. John and Kay Halligan and their mechanics have all your motoring needs covered for your car, 4WD or light commercial for servicing, mechanical repairs along with great choice of tyres for all budgets. “We have a modern fully equipped workshop featuring a state-of-the-art wheel alignment machine,” John said. “We are more than capable of performing logbook servicing for all makes and models.” As an independent

tyre retailer Hopinit has a selection of tyres from all the major manufacturers at competitive prices and if they don’t have your tyre

agents for the impressive range of Japanese Nitto tyres featuring specialised compounds offering unprecedented levels of grip.

It wasn’t that long ago that price used to be indicative of quality or size in stock, chances are they can have it overnight. It wasn’t that long ago that price used to be indicative of quality with tyres, but that isn’t necessarily so today, especially when choosing tyres, as manufacturers world-wide are using the latest technology even for their budget range, delivering amazing quality. And for those looking for true performance tyres, Hopinit is now

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service costs,” Maurie said, who originally learnt his trade with the RAAF in Darwin “This was the best training an apprentice could have anywhere.” “As motor mechanics we worked on cars, trucks, forklifts and a host of other support vehicles including aircraft as refuellers.” “But it was at Bendigo Toyota that I learnt the true value of customer service under Geoff Hall.” A trait that really sets Maurie Truant Motors apart from the competition with prompt professional service while you wait or even the use of a courtesy car if needed. Phone Maurie today on 5446 9904 to discuss your vehicle servicing requirements and experience service second to none. Maurie Truant Motors, 150 Golf Links Road, Maiden Gully.

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INTER, can be a troublesome time for your car’s electrical system, despite advances with modern technology. And that’s where Ray and Dianne Kent, from Bendigo Auto Air, ideally situated at their easy to find workshop in Hattam Street, can help. Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am at the bottom of the hill on the left hand side when coming from Quarry Hill. No matter what your electrical or airconditioning problem: Ray, Zac and Brad have the equipment and experience to get your electrical system working as it should. Be it battery, alternator, starter motor, lights or airconditioning system. Bendigo Auto Air also sell and install Century batteries in a range of sizes – featuring Australian

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technology designed for longer life and ultra reliability. And with today’s auto electronics being noticeably more complex than previously, Bendigo Auto Air has a modern clean and spacious workshop full of the latest diagnostic tools to get you back on the road quickly. “Your air-conditioner is often overlooked in the cooler weather, but it is vitally important the it still works effectively to complement your demister and heater,” Dianne said. “We find a lot of our

customers have had their air-conditioners serviced by unauthorised personnel previously who aren’t certified to work with the 134A refrigerant, and tend to top-up systems with hydocarbon,” Ray said. “Leading to more problems and possible lethal consequences due to its flammability in the event of a leak.” Bendigo Auto Air - an accredited automotive electrician and licensed air-conditioning specialist 118 Hattam Street Golden Square. phone 5444 4006.

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AURIE Truant of Maurie Traunt Motors has been servicing motor vehicles under his own name for 17 years after working at some of Bendigo’s busiest dealerships. In the early 1970s Maurie returned to Bendigo and worked for the General Motors Dealership for nine years before joining Bendigo Toyota. Perhaps that explains Maurie’s preference for vehicles wearing a Toyota badge, thankfully though Maurie still services other popular brands including Holden, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Subaru . Maurie specialises in routine log-book servicing and will use genuine parts where necessary or requested, to ensure you don’t void your new car warranty. “While most drivers think of running costs, motorists should also be aware of

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ITH ANZAC Day almost here, it is appropriate to look at a segment of the life from a Bendigonian who served not only at Gallipoli but also on the Western Front. Our subject is a young man, Charles Albert Johnstone, his family name has been also miss-spelt as Johnston. Mr Johnstone was born on July 23, 1893, the family lived along the Back Creek on the corner of Havlin and Hallam streets. The Back Creek incidentally was also called Spring Creek, or Spring Gully Creek, with the area being renamed Kennington at the turn of the 20th century. Mr Johnstone had attended the Gravel Hill State School, and later followed his father into becoming a sign writer, which had earned the family a good reputation over a few generations. Curiously when Mr Johnstone enlisted as a volunteer for what became known as the Great War, his occupation was given as a miner. Mr Johnstone signed up for military service on September 12, 1914, he was among many young men from the Bendigo area keen to do his bit for King, country and the empire. The 4th Light Horse was to be the Regiment to which

he had been assigned, after initial training Mr Johnstone, along with his fellow trainees, was to be shipped to Egypt, as Turkey had entered the war on the side of Germany. The regiment boarded a ship originally called the Sumatra, which was a captured German vessel and had been renamed HMAT Barunga A43. The ship was of 7484 tons and had a cruising speed of about 20 kilometres per hour. On disembarkation in Alexandria, Egypt, the regiment along with their horses underwent acclimatisation and further training at a camp close to Cairo and within sight of the pyramids. After their training period the regiment was then shipped without their horses to become part of the Gallipoli invasion force. Mr Johnstone like all the other Australians and New Zealanders was to face a barrage of fire of wellentrenched Turkish forces upon landing. As Charles later recounted there were many close shaves on and following that April 25 day in 1915. As the opposing forces had expected some form of incursion, the military aims of the expedition were not to be realised and as is now known, was a complete fiasco. Upon evacuation of

the Gallipoli peninsula the Anzacs were again on the high seas, returning to Egypt before being transported to Europe and the Western Front, where Mr Johnstone was to experience further trench warfare. The shells in the trenches bursting so close with a commanding officer alongside him having been killed. On another occasion another person from his unit was seriously wounded immediately next to Charles. It is little wonder that these and other similar experiences were to have a severe impact on such young men as he.

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ABOVE: Gallipoli veteran Charles Johnstone. LEFT: HM Hospital Ship Oxfordshire.

Private Johnstone’s health deteriorated, he was sent to Britain to be hospitalised. From the United Kingdom he was to be repatriated home to Australia having been placed on the HM

Hospital Ship Oxfordshire in late 1916. From the ship several communications were sent from the various ports where it called, including one from Malta, he having written to his mother stat

ing, “I am suffering from septile debility and a nervous condition‌I am very thin and had many narrow escapes. ‌ The nursing sisters of the hospital are marvellous for the manner in which they care for their patients; from your loving son Charlieâ€?.

NEW website will be launched on Friday to tell the story of those who served in World War I It is a collaboration between the Bendigo District RSL and the Greater Bendigo council to gather and tell stories from the Bendigo region that detail the role local soldiers played in the war and other conflicts since that time. “It’s important to preserve the ANZAC history for future generations,� mayor Barry Lyons said. “Through the new website we are appealing to the community to send in their own or their family’s stories from all of the conflicts that have occurred over the past 100 years. “This can be easily done by visiting www.anzaccentenarybendigo. com.au and accessing the online request forms.� “It’s a fantastic initiative to educate our local community about the people from Bendigo who were involved in World War I and gather our history and stories for the future.� He said the new website contains an overview of Anzac history, stories about local diggers and the role local women have played in war. There is also advice and links to organisations so that people can trace their own family connections.

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to cool in the fat and set, preserving the meat. Most busy kitchens these days use this process as it’s a delicious way of preparing food. It is for taste, not so much for the preserving quality as the food is turned over so quickly. Q. What are some things to do with mushrooms? A. As autumn has set in, we are now in mushroom season. If you can try and get hold of some foraged pine or slippery

jack mushrooms, they are fantastic. Mushrooms are great to confit, especially large field or swiss browns. I confit them in vegetable stock with lots of garlic, thyme, tarragon and butter and serve on wet polenta. Top flat mushrooms with a pancetta, chestnuts and sage stuffing then bake in the oven. Chargrilled mushrooms are great on toast with a poached egg. Even pickled mushrooms make an easy addition to an antipasto plate.

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OPEFULLY you and your family were some of the thousands who were out and about in the glorious weather during the Bendigo Easter Festival. There were a few food highlights as part of the festival too. The restaurants were pumping and the food stalls in Sidney Myer Place were full of great food options. My Facebook feed was filled with locals raving about the Gozleme - a Turkish savoury pastry dish that was delicious. I just wish there had been space for more meals over the Easter weekend as I also would have liked to try a few curries from the food truck. It seems too long to wait until next year, maybe it’s time to get moving on that idea I had of Bendigo hosting a food truck/food stall festival. Now that Sun Loong has gone to sleep and Easter is finished, we have a quick turn around until ANZAC Day. Looks like there are many people planning on heading to the dawn service, with cafÊs opening early to feed them breakfast afterwards. Brewhouse is opening at 4.30am, it’s never too early for coffee. I’ve already baked the first batch of Anzac biscuits, they’ll be filling the lunchboxes

ANZAC BISCUITS: The big question.

this first week back to school. Every year I forget what Anzac recipe I used the previous year and out come the cookbooks. The one used for the first batch now has a cross through it, too dry and crumbly even with extra butter. There’s great debate within our family as to how your Anzacs should turn out. I love them pale and soft. Mum loves them crispy and flat. And of course should you dunk them or not. As well as finding the

perfect recipe this year I will be repeating one Anzac-ish recipe I loved from last year - Donna Hays Anzac caramel slice. Think your usual caramel slice but with a base made of Anzac mixture. And it is possible to take caramel slice to the next level - add Murray River salt flakes to the caramel. So, I shall be channelling my inner Grace Sullivan and baking this Anzac Day, with a constant supply of coffee from early in the morning.

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Spraying (Roundup)

5446 1422

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HANDYMAN SERVICE

Lawns, odd jobs, Tip runs. Walk behind slashing. If I can do it, I will. Phone Ash

PositionVacant?

Earn extra cash, keep fit and have some fun as a member of our Weekly Walkers Club.

Renovations, burst or blocked pipes, sewer & storm water mains, HWS, maintenance, etc. Kevin O'Dea: 0408 140 663

PJ TAYLOR

Send to: manager@unitingcarebendigo.org.au www.unitingcarebendigo.org.au

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Lawn Mowing, Whipper Snipping

All types of work. Free quotes Wiegard Electrical. Ph 0419 367 071.

ANTENNAS

Sick of waiting for a brickie?

KITCHEN, BATHROOMS

& PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • New Kitchens • Bathroom Renovations • Warehouse direct Bathroom products

ABN: 62 094 744 216

TRAM BOAT TRIP Tues 29th April..................................................$85 BRIGHT GALA DAY Sat 3rd May.....................................................$60 BRYAMINE HOMESTEAD - High Tea Fri 23rd May....................................................$75 MYSTERY XMAS IN JUNE Wed 25th June.................................................$80

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Shed 3/37 Collins St Kangaroo Flat mccabeskitchenandbathrooms@gmail.com

Over 10 Years Experience Free Quotes Ph. Nathan 54354106

or 0407 507 841

GAHAN BRICKLAYING Over 30 years experience

All types of brick and block work Insurance work • Houses • Foundations • Fences • Chimneys & Restorations

Alan 0418 370 917 Craig 0458 438 930

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Services Offered

LITTLE RIPPER Digger Service

Trenching, Rotary Hoeing, Post Holes, Levelling 4 in one bucket,Tipper Hire. Ph: Glenn or Donna

5446 7163 or 0418 510 074

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BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

Bobcat & Tipper Hire Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer

• 5 ton excavator with post hole attachment • Site clean ups • Free Quotes

Phone Stuart 0407 514 797

sjkexcavations@yahoo.com.au • ABN 63708909386

• Post & Stump Holes - 150mm, 250mm, 350mm • Chain Trenching • Site Preparation & Clean Ups • Ground Levelling • Concrete & Rubbish Removal • General Earthmoving, Driveways and Garden Landscaping • Sand, Soil & Stone - Carting & Spreading • 10m2 Tipper Hire

NO OBLIGATION QUOTES PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Ph: 0438 246 065

E: jd.bobcat.services@gmail.com

EARTH MOVING

• Drainage • Footings • House Sites • Dam Cleaning • Clean Ups • Driveways • Soil & Rubbish Removal

Call Matt 0418 392 559 matthewsefton33@gmail.com

• Sites Cleared & Levelled • Trenching & Drainage • Pools & Postholes • Weed Spraying • Boom & Handgun • Gorse & Blackberry • Vegetation Removal

Phone: 03 5439 3504 Mobile: 0409 968 977

Bobcat & Tipper pp Hire e Site Cleaning aning Driveways ys Excavation on Laser Levelling vellin ng Rubbish Removall Backhoe e

Call Fred red 0 0429 429 4 434 34 405

200 - 600mm diameter

Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal

Call Ron 0438 569 385

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

James Sherlock Ph: 0407 472 775

sherlocksoilworks@hotmail.com

Electrical Installations

0418 506 188 cleanjet@iinet.net.au

COMPUTERS

Over 40 Years Service

I promise you a reliable & professional service at an affordable price

Phone: 0417 329 802

GREG SMITH ELECTRICIAN

Tired of Waiting for a Tradesman 0418 507 709RECA/H 5448 3333 7821

COM PET RATE ITIVE S • Laser Levelled Site cuts • Landscaping • Driveways • Backyard clean-ups • Postholes • Trenching

Using our 5 ton excavator 4.5 ton skid steer & ten metre tipper

After Hours Ph. 5448 8814

Call Clint 0427 349 549

1.5 TONNE MINI EXCAVATOR FOR HIRE

• On trailer • With or without operator • Short or long term • Delivery can be arranged

FENCING / GATES Repairs completed within 24 hours • Systems built • Repairs and upgrades • Network and internet connections • Virus and Spyware removal

Jeoff Milne 5447 2476 Mob 0425 728 336

Computer & IT Problems? Onsite Computer Services for Home and Business

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CONCRETING

0418 508 993 Cave’s Concreting BUILDERS

Licenced drainer 31741

NEED A CARPENTER? CALL DISTINCTIVE CARPENTRY

Driveways, Footpaths, Patios, Sheds Colours, Paving, Retaining Walls Liability Insured - Council Approved

CONCRETING

DBL 1130

Matt Sefton 0418 392 559

Renovations Kitchen upgrades Extensions Bathroom upgrades New Homes Walk-in-bathrooms Insurance Work Carpentry works

FREE QUOTES • Ph Travis: 0477 910 720 E: tstrybs@gmail.com

FIRE & SMOKE ALARMS

PROTECTING YOUR HOME AND FAMILY Residential and Rental Property Smoke Alarm Servicing & Installation $15 Site / Compliance Fee $11 per Smoke Alarm (includes batteries)

www.firealarmessentials.com.au

Ph: 0458 342 221 FURNITURE REMOVALISTS

FURNITURE REMOVALS & STORAGE

Your Local Removalist Interstate Backload Specialist

From 1 item to a full removal around the corner or across the country

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CARPENTRY

•C Chainlink ha nlink k • Cu Custom st m Ga Gates G a es at • Rural • Handrails • Retainer Walls

0409 173 754 Peter

Renovations inc bathrooms Pergolas Carports Deckings

matthewsefton33@gmail.com

OZ PRO FENCING

• Repairs • Upgrades • Virus removal • Networking & WiFi • Screen replacementt • Web design • Same day support

CALL STEVE 0408 928 763

PATHS, DRIVEWAYS, SHEDS HOUSE SLABS - PHONE FRANK

Services PH 0417 377 957 Offered CONCRETE PIPING To advertise in this section please call

The one way to move is Allways! Allways the best move! Website: www.allwaysremovals.com.au Phone or SMS 0447 533 678 - 7 Days REMOVALS

Moving Central Victoria • Local/Interstate • QLD/NSW Regularly • Pre-Pack • House Cleaning • Storage No job too big or small Free Boxes (conditions apply) Phone: 5435 3148 or 0407 349 372 stevenlacey5@bigpond.com

Phone Ross 0418 364 125

Services Offered

1300 558 385

CARPET / RUGS

Sherlock Soil Works Excavator Bobcat Tipper Post Holes Trenches Site Cleans Pools Driveways Site Cuts 5 ton Excavator with Post Hole Attachment and Rock Breaker

Geoff Williams

Quality Cleaning Services • CARPET CLEANING • OFFICE CLEANING • BUILDERS CLEANS • DOMESTIC CLEANING

cjchandler65@bigpond.com

BOBCAT AND TIPPER SERVICES

ELECTRICIANS

Serving Bendigo for 20 Years

SJK EXCAVATIONS w Commercial, Industrial and Domestic Earthworks

• Post Holes • Trenching • Driveways • Site Cuts • Posi Track bobcat

CLEANING SERVICES

REC 4085

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

ELECTRICIANS DARELLY ELECTRICAL D SERVICING BENDIGO & DISTRICT SE REC 14361

Left over Carpet? Make useful Mats! Local Overlocking Service

Rug Addiction 129 High Street Kangaroo Flat 03 5447 0433

COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DOMESTIC COMMERC Mains, Switchboards, Lighting, Renovations, New Installations, Shopfitting, Maintenance, Powerpoints PROMPT & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FREE QUOTES No job too big or too small

Darren Liersch: 0409 077 600

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Services Offered GARDEN SERVICES

LANDSCAPING

4 Seaso Seasons Garden Care

Hedges Trimmed & Shaped • Lawn Mowing • Clippings Caught & Removed • Edges Trimmed • Pruning of Roses & Fruit Trees • Ride on Mowing • Weeding & Weed Spraying • Yard Clean Ups • Planting & Mulching

FREE QUOTES, 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE Ph 0429 002 678

MIDLAND PAINTING & DECORATING

• Qualified tradesmen • Landscaping • Commercial and residential property maintenance

• Painting & Wallpapering • Domestic & Commercial • No Job too small

Specialising in Landscape construction

E: robrunnalls@live.com.au

Pete’s

Stuart Erwin 0407 667 900 Cameron Rogister 0411 956 937

Big or small we fix it all!

LANDSCAPING

Mowing and Maintenance • Push/Ride On Mowing • Flyscreens • Concreting small jobs • Tap Washers • Doors, Handles, Locks • Gutter Cleaning • Whipper snipping • Irrigation repairs • Rubbish removal • Weeding • General yard tidy • Welding For a free quote call Pete:

0422 660 912 Pensioner discounts available.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ne Hour

Handyman We only do small jobs that take up to an hour

Fixed Fee $65

0487 231 883 or 5448 8671 HANDYMAN SERVICES

• Handymen • Domestic Cleaning • Builder • • Carpenters • Glazier • Fencing • Plastering • • Painters • Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations • • Floating Timber Floors • Paving • Concreting • • Plumbers • Decking • Electricians • • Pruning • Tiling • Tree Lopping • • Sheds & Pergolas • Lawns & Gardens •

Central Victoria 13 11 98

Suite B 175 Lyttleton Tce, Bendigo greyarmybendigo@bigpond.com

HOME MAINTENANCE

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

Greg Hicks st same day Plumbing Fajosebrvtoicoesmall Master Plumber

• Blocked Drains • Burst Pipes • Septics • Gas Leaks & Gas Fitting • Hot Water Services • Roof Leaks • Gutters/Downpipes • Renovations • Gen Plumbing • Latest Drain Cleaning Equipment • Leak Detection QUALITY WORK AT THE RIGHT PRICE!

PEST CONTROL

Lic#100122

RUBBISH REMOVAL

We load for you!

• Paving • Instant & Synthetic Turf • Brickwork • Retaining Walls • Edging

Paul 0429 462 057 Over 25 years of trade qualified experience

PLUMBERS

7 Days a Week

mgbricklayingandlandscaping.com

LANDSCAPING

Phone 0408 506 159

by Phil Carman

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

Get your heater serviced before Winter Full safety checks • carbon monoxide tests

(Shower, hand basin, toilet etc)

Pty. Ltd.

License No. 32710

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

4 Nolan Street, Bendigo

TRIPPA’S PAINTING SERVICE

NO O NO OBL BLIG BL B L LIG IG IGAT GAT ATIO A TION ION FR IO FREE FREE EE Q QUO UOTE U UO OTE TE Spec Sp ecia ialliisi isi sing sing ng in weathe we atthe a herrb board oa o arrd d, heri he rita tag ge eh ho ous ou sin si ing ng and re an and repa pain ints ts

Phone Trippa 0427 241 958

$7.25 per cm/col

1300 558 385

Sandhurst Painting and Decorating 35 years experience Prompt efficient service at reasonable rates

Quotation gladly given

Call Phill Hutchings on

0417 057 010

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• Fast Response to urgent repairs • All General Plumbing & Maintenance • Drains Cleared & Repaired & Roofing High Pressure jetting Quality in all • Hot Water Repairs and areas of Plumbing Replacements • Roofing & Gutter Specialists FREE • Gas Fitting QUOTES • Gas appliance servicing

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PAINTERS / DECORATORS

Price includes colour, scanning of images and clip art etc.

SHEARING

Hopey’s Shearing Run

COMPETITIVE RATES ON:

CALL PETER 0409 422 271

DISPLAY ADS

• Hem Alterations • Zip replacements • Minor repairs & Alterations • Machine Embroidery • 20 years experience

Peter Carr Plumbing & Gasfitting

NO JOB TOO SMALL

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SEWING SERVICES

Lic#37911

544 33 999

Email: bhmpeter@hotmail.com

0423 402 474

Ph: 0418 547 796

Suitable for • Renovations • Parties/Weddings • Sporting events and many more

0438 083 139 www.bettabathroomhire.com.au

t Yard clean ups t Whitegoods t Domes t Builders t Renovators t Commercial

Inside Statewide Sewing Superstore 10 High St, (Opp. McDonalds)

MOBILE BATHROOMS MOBILE BATHROOM FOR HIRE

Green Waste Green Waste Special

Lic#23529

PH: 0418 822 911

ARE YOU RENOVATING?

No job too small or too big

Don Andrea Plumbing • General Plumbing and Gasfitting • Blocked drains • No call out fees • Flat hourly family friendly rate

PAVING & LANDSCAPING

No

0448 701 138

ROB: 0418 718 881

Formally “Spider Sprayers”

Call David/Bronwyn

• Carpentry • Tiling • Painting • Plastering • Pergolas • Decks

PLUMBERS

Ph 5446 1535

Shearers Shed Staff Supplies Cost Plus & Full Contract Work

Hopeys Shearing Run can supply farmers with Shearers, Shed Hands & Wool Classers, all over Vic & Interstate.

Portable Shearing Plant for Weekend Pet shearing is also available

CONTACT HOPEY’S TODAY! 03 5447 4626 AARON: 0407 854 754 JESS: 0419 004 472

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ROOFING

SUPERIOR

ROOFING

& MAINTENANCE SERVICES

• Concrete tiles • Terracotta acotta tiles fing • Slate tiles • Iron roofi

FREE ROOF INSPECTIONS S New Roofing Re-Roofing Extensions Rebedding & Flexible Pointing Valley & Gutter Replacement

High Pressure Cleaning ngg De-Mossing Sealing & Painting Insurance Claims Pensioner Discounts

EXPERTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF ROOFING 5446 7751

robert@superiorroofing.net.au www.superiorroofing.net.au

0438 632 219

SPOUT CLEANING

SPOUT CLEANING

CV Industrial Vacuum Services Reduce Fire Risk Spouts Vacuumed Spotlessly Pensioner Discounts Water Tanks Cleaned

Ph Paul 5439 3835 or 0428 395 429 * Fully Insured

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

TREE LOPPING

BAR fridge Fisher Paykel, perfect cond $50 Ph 5442 8480

CHEAP REDGUM SPLIT FIREWOOD

MIRROR semi circle, w/ 2 shelves 139 H x 118 L $40 Ph 0401 132 177

SHARKEY MOBILITY AIDS

TREE REMOVAL & MAINTENANCE

BARBIE dreamhouse wardrobe, vintage 1980s $25 Ph 5447 7275

• FULLY INSURED • GUARANTEED • STUMP REMOVAL • FREE QUOTES • BOBCAT • WOOD CHIPPER • HEDGE PRUNING • CHERRY PICKER

10 SIZES FROM $20 PER WEEK

JUDD’S TREE LOPPING

0417 545 193 or 5447 7276

BED queen mattress $30 Ph 0447 269 104

91 Wesley St, Kangaroo Flat

SMITHS

5448 4499 BENDIGO 87-89 MIDLAND HWY www.centrestateselfstorage.com

Quality tree and Stump Removal

Tree Maintenance • Stump Mulching Hire Travel Tower • Tree Pruning and Stump Grinding • Tip Truck & Woodchipper Hire • Free Quotes (no job too BIG or SMALL for the Smith Family team)

SUBDIVISION

SUBDIVIDE NOW!

David Smith

0427 506 160 We Design, Construct & Manage your entire Project from start to finish. Whether its 2 lots of land or 10 units, your first time or 10th, we’ll save you MONEY and increase your PROFIT!

TURF MANAGEMENT

PHONE 0435 147 045

TURF-GRASS CARE & MAINTENANC MAINT MAINTENANCE NANC C

0429 119 802

TILING

“You style it, I’ll tile it”

• Irrigation Design, Installation and Repair

FLOOR & WALL TILING Ceramic & Porcelain Slate & Stone Waterproofing Silicon & Grout Sealing Feature Walls & Mosaic Ourdoor Areas

h2orticulture

FOR SALE

www.thorptiling.com kylethorptiling@live.com.au

ANTIQUE timber butler's trolley with castors, $100 Ph 0425 880 259

FOR SALE

AQUARIUM starter kit, brand new $20 Ph 5439 6007

2 &1/2 seater lounge EC $98 Ph 5443 3227 ANTIQUE Telephone Table, Q/Anne Style EUC $60. Ph 0408 144 416. ANTIQUE cast iron cooking pot, VGC $45 Ph 0425 880 259

Installation

geof@h2orticulture.com.au • www.h2orticulture.com.au

Kyle 0421 255 044

FOR SALE

• Grass selection and advice • Soil testing and amendments • Lawn-grass renovation • Fertilising

Geof Gerdsen

Thorp Tiling

FOR SALE BALTIC pine floor boards old house lot. $7 per metre. Free delivery to Bendigo area. Phone 0467 544 431

Cat Enclosures ANTIQUE Sideboard 4 doors 3 drawers Excellent Condition $5000 Ph 0407 005 404

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

Call Jim 0429 866 630 www.byers.net.au

GOT SOMETHING TO SELL?

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BED single, base & mattress $20 Ph 0447 269 104 BOOKS box full of asst. $15 lot or will seperate Ph 5447 7275 BOOKS, x20, mint condition $5 each. Ph 5442 2036 BSE Netball dresses, sz 10 & 12 $25ea Ph 5442 9148 or 0407 429 141 BSE woolen jumper sz 10 VGC $30 Ph 5442 9148 or 0407 429 141 CANDELABRA, cast iron, 5 arms, VGC, 62cm High $5, Ph 5447 7762 CANNON Pixma 4 in 1 printer, hardly used $50. Ph 5449 6726 CHILDS plastic col. build blocks approx. 300 VGC $25 Ph 5447 1656 CLOTHES Line, Hills Rotary, fully galvonised, $50 Ph 0447 269 104 CLOTHING rack, GC, $20 Ph 5448 4509 COFFEE Table, Wave style, white, New $100 Ph 0417 349 385 COFFEE tables 1 glass 1 timber 78x118cm GC $20ea 0412 307 018 COHN Brothers Thermometer $25 Ph 5447 7106 COUCH 3-seater (x2) in warm red fabric GC $80ea Ph 0412 307 018 DESK, c/w 4 drawers, shelves etc., EC. $99 Ph 5447 4979 DIESEL engine oil, BP Vanellus Multi Fleet, 15W40, 20 Lt $55 Ph 0418 454 060 DOG desensitized of thunder- storms CD $29 ono Ph 5448 4509 DOG Kennel, wooden, VGC, suit sml-med dog, $30. Ph 5443 7694 DSI DSi Black + games & extras EC $50 Ph 5448 8068 DVD holders, carousel (x2) 70x40cm, As new $25ea 0412 307 018 ENID Blyton, The Famous 5, 4 books in 1 $10 Ph 5447 7106 FILING cabinet 2 drawers, white, works well, GC, $30 Ph 0411 783 679 FILING cabinet 4 drawers, white, works well, GC, $40 Ph 0411 783 679

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AUTUMN TIME SPECIALS

TILL THE END OF MAY

12M TRUCK LOAD $1100 OR UTE LOAD 1.25M FOR $150 Phone Clint 0427 349 549

FIREWOOD

Red's Redgum firewood $120p/m. Pick Up or $140p/m Del. Open 24/7. Ph 0427 353 939

FIREWOOD

Top quality A Grade Redgum, Split or Blocks $115 per cubic metre delivered Ph 0437 120 009

FIREWOOD

Quality Dry Grey & Yellow Box Del $120/m Local Ph 0448 186 691

Visa:

Mastercard:

Credit card number - (minimum credit card purchase $10)

FRIDGES

and Freezers. Top brands from $195. Fully recond, 6 mths wty. 283 High St, G/Sq. Ph. 5441 1955 FUCHSIAS named varieties, healthy plants, approx 12" to 18" tall, end of season special. $4 each Ph 5442 7974

GARDEN STRAW

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GARDEN MULCH

10m loads delivered. For more info phone 0408 509 826 GOLF Clubs. Complete. $60 ono Phone 0408 172 105 GOLF buggy electric, $95. Ph 5447 0217 GOLF buggy, Trident, paid $150 Sell $85. EC Phone 5447 0217

HAY 5 X 4 ROLLS

Oaten, Cereal, Pasture, Clover, Straw from $38.50. Lockwood Sth, Bridgewater. Delivery Available. Phone 0438 373 291 INSULATION, 3.5 yellow batts, 9 sq mtrs, half price, $25 each. Ph 0439 371 301 or 0438 416 924 IRON, approx. 80 sheets, 1.5m, corrugated zinc, new, $10 each Phone 5441 7936 KODAK tripod for camera or video EC $60 ono Ph 5447 8573 LEADLIGHT Making set plus spares $99 Phone 0408 172 105 LEATHER Lounge, drk green, Exc Cond. 3 seater + 2 Recliners $750 Ph 0407 428 080

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Containers can be custom fitted with shelves, benches, windows, side doors, electricity, insulation & air-conditioning. View containers at:

ORGAN elec, old, Works well, $40 ono Phone 0408 172 105 OTTOMAN microsuede fabric, 75Lx56Wx43H $30 Ph 5449 6726

PEA STRAW

New Bales. $7 per Bale. Free Delivery Bendigo Area. Ph 0407 500 983 RETRO 70's copper pendant light fitting EC $45 Ph 0425 880 259

SEWING cabinet EC $90 Ph 0419 166 868

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Scooters for sale, New and Second hand from $1000 Ph 5447 1996 or call in and see us at 73 Short St (Cnr Sunkist Street) Kangaroo Flat SHELVES, shed storage 7ft L x 2ft W x 3ft H $60 ph 0401 132 177 SHREK 7 mini figures EC $10 Ph 5447 1656

SIEVED TOP SOIL

w/ fowl & pig manure $35 per/m del. Bobcat avail. Ph 5446 7105 or 0428 507 846 SINGLE adjustable electric bed, Exc Cond. $320 Ph 5446 1761 SOLID timber bookcase desk w/ desk ext. EC $100 Ph 5439 6007 SOLID timber slat single bed w/mattress EC $100 Ph 5439 6007 SWING set, Hills, top swing, swing, rings, VGC $90 ono. Ph 5447 1656 TENT 100% proofed cotton canvas, sleeps 5 $700 new, Selling for $380 Used twice Ph 5439 5805

TOP SOIL

Sieved $35 per metre, 4 metre min. delivery 8m & 10m also avail. Potting Mix $60 a metre. Phone 0418 306 548 or 0428 100 770 TOP SOIL good quality $20 a trailer. Ph 0428 130 777

CLEARING SALES

BENDIGO ANTIQUE AND ESTATE AUCTIONS

$3 per bale Ph 0411 783 679

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OLD fishing net, large, lots of sinkers & corks $12 Ph 5447 7106

SECURITY Door 87 x 204 Bronze, $50 Ph 0401 132 177

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NTH Melb Kangaroos sports bag + backpack E /C $25 Ph 5448 8068

FRIDGE Westinghouse, 2 door, 280L, 2yrs old, Perfect condition $400 Ph 5442 8480

to suit all your needs!

Cheque:

$50 per metre. Minimum 4 metres. Free delivery to Bendigo area. Phone 0400 855 626.

RUG black with white, New $300 Sell $100 Ph 0417 349 385

Containers Cash:

MUSHROOM COMPOST

FREEZER 210L Kelvinator as New $200 Phone 5443 2993

Store Well with Stilwell

PAYMENT

MOBILE Scooter, Good for Shopping, Good Cond, with manual $1500 ono Phone 5446 9227

51 Ryalls Lane, Strathfieldsaye. • Ph 5439 5512 • Mob 0409 957 014

AUCTION - Wednesday 30th April - 6 pm 177 View Street, Bendigo A good selection of Antiques & Collectables on offer: inc:- R/Wood Parlour Cab, Vic Wal Chaise, Mah Dickens Desk, S/Board, Chests, Dressing Table, Vic Cedar Sec B/Case, 7 dwr Chest, D End D/Table, Edw Wal S/Board, Chest, Arm Chairs, Dining Chairs, Ext D/Table, D & QS Iron & Base Beds, Edw Wal Overmantle, M/Top W/Stand, Vic Pine Dressers, Bookshelves, Disp Cabs, Auto Trolley, Wooden Trunks, Large Chinese Dinner Gong, Carved Asian Ffigures, Tables, Chairs, Paintings, Prints, Mirrors, Lamps, Clocks, Old Tools, etc. etc. Collectables:- R/Albert, R/Winton Breakfast Set, Mailing, German Bisque, R/Doulton “Pansy” Plates, Large Collection of Carlton Ware, “Lobster” Plates & Bowls, Pratt Ware Pots, Stamps, Coins, Old Tins, Bottles, Post Cards, Large Assortment of Estate Jewellery, Gold & Diamond Rings, Gold Bracelets etc. etc. FULL INSPECTION: Sat 9 - 5pm also 9am Day of Sale. CONTACT: Dennis 5442 2689 or Vernon 5441 4168 or 0407 485 333

www.bendigoantiques.com.au

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ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLE AUCTION Sunday April 27th 10am Start

Approx 300 Lots Antique Furniture- Side Boards, Display Cabinets, Dining Settings, Billiard Table. Collectables- China, Stamps, Records, Lamps and General Furniture. 11% Buyers Premium

Jewell Crt, East Bendigo (off Murphy St)

Ph 5442 5044 0401 129 541 Find us on Facebook actionauction.com.au

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FOR SALE TORRUMBARRY Weir Fishing Shack, all comforts of home, close to boat ramp & amenities block, it is a caravan with 2 rooms attached one being a well equipped kitchen with large open fire, sleeps 8, WI WO $32,000 OBO Phone 5443 6104

TRUNDLE bed, single size, metal, as new, $95, Ph 5448 8068 TURNTABLE/RADIO GC + 20 LP's $55 Ph 5447 8573

CAR PARTS

CARS WANTED

Cash offered. Phone 0417 334 009.

SCRAP METAL WANTED

Cars, trucks, tractors, tin, wire, white goods etc. Phone 5474 3237 or 0427 312 146.

WRECKING

Dragon C ity

MOTOR WRECKERS

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VICTOR lawn mower $40 Ph 0419 166 868 WATER Filter, Vitali. Terracotta, Exc Cond $60 Ph 0407 005 404 WATER tank, 4500lt, poly, heritage red colour, as new $500 Ph 0408 334 119 WESTINGHOUSE gas cook top (4 burner) electric oven. EC. $300 Phone 5449 3383 WHEEL Trims 14" still wrapped, $8 Pair Ph 5447 7762 YUCCA plants healthy plants, range from 6mm to 1m plus. Price $5 to $25. Ph 5442 7974

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1999 SC Hino furniture van, 40m3, partly decked out as sleeping quarters, can easily be converted back to freight and furniture. 260,000kms, SAU-680 $23,500. Phone 0408 567 273

COVERED in trailer, good for doing markets, $500 Ph 5433 2260

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AVAN Poptop, Tayla, 18ft Ex Cond, Extras Awning, Air conducted $20,750 Ph 0438 356 457

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1997 Falcon Sapphire, dual fuel, ex interior, body work good, no RWC, $1000 ono, OMX-646. Ph 0409 404 586

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FALCON wagon 2000, ABS, cruise, 256kms, a/c, 2 air bags, reg & RWC, ZWS-701, $3500. Ph 0434 718717 FORD BA series II utility 2005, low kms, alloy wheels, current RWC, no reg, AB91KE, $6950 Ph 0423 342 960 FORD wagon AUII, barrier and blind, new tyres, elec brakes, always serviced, SBP-502, $4500 Ph 0408 589 312

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TOYOTA YARIS 2007, , Manual, A/C, 77500 km full service history WEH-556 $6500 Phone 0407 045 683

2010 Toyota Landcruiser 4.5L turbo intercooled V8 diesel, twin tanks, bullbar, siderails, tow bar, steel tray, water tank, UHF radio, HID spotlights, 11mth REG, RWC, 103,000km, EC $44,000 NEG Ph 0428 725 225 (ZQJ-486)

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Very rare auto twin cab in immaculate condition. Priced to sell. RFI 076.

Holden Rodeo LT Auto Twin Cab

HOLDEN Barina 1990, manual, WDZ-199, GC, no RWC, $2000. Phone 0428 554 336 or 5441 7779 HONDA CRV 2002, RRD-160, 210,000kms, VGC, $2800 no RWC or $3600 with, 0419 397 283 TXT ONLY

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MITSUBISHI Outlander 04 & 05, 4 cyl, tbar auto, 12 mths reg UAZ-132, a/c new tyres, $11,000 each Ph 0419 302 000 1973 American Ford Mercury Cougar coupe. Dual fuel, worked 351 Cleveland. EC XR-773. $14,000 Ph 5446 3067

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Bendigo Weekly – Thursday, April 24, 2014

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Victoria misses out in lacrosse By JOEL PETERSON

WESTERN Australia and South Australia were the big winners at last weekend’s Australian under-18 Lacrosse championships, held at Epsom Huntly Recreation Reserve. WA took out the boys’ title defeating Victoria, while SA got over the line against WA in the girls’ final. Eight teams, including girls and boys sides from New Zealand, squared off in the four-day championships. South Australia’s girls side were cruelly denied an

undefeated championships run, when incorrect rules were applied in their semi final against WA. After the game was tied at 6-all the contest went to overtime and SA drew first blood, and seemingly should have won the match, with a golden goal rule in place for overtime periods in these championships. However, the game continued, and WA took an 8-7 win before the SA girls took revenge in the final, the first time Victoria has not played off in the decider in nearly a decade. The championships

were the first to be hosted in regional Victoria. Greater Bendigo mayor Barry Lyons said at the opening ceremony that the tournament would create local interest in the sport. “We’ve become the centre of events in regional Victoria. There’s hardly a weekend that goes by that we don’t have a major event, and this is a major event,” he told the Australian Lacrosse Association’s website. “It (lacrosse) just needs a bit of a bump and with an event like this it will create a lot of local interest.”

STICK IT TO THEM: Western Australia versus South Australia. Photo: BILL CONROY

Chasing the winning feel

CLOSE AIM: The Lady Braves lost to Ballarat on April 5.

THE Bendigo Bank Braves and Champions IGA Lady Braves will both look to recapture that winning feeling this weekend, when both sides take on Nunawading and Geelong in a tough slate of round five games. The Lady Braves went down in a thriller to Ballarat by two points on April 5, while the Braves were defeated at home by Mount Gambier on April 12 in their last hit out. The Easter break allowed Lady Braves coach Jonathan Goodman and his side time to recharge the batteries ahead of taking on SEABL East conference leaders Geelong in Bendigo on Sunday. “I am really glad we had the break, it couldn’t have come at a better time,” he said. “It just gave everyone a chance to recharge, and concentrate on what we

need to do. “To be honest I think our season really starts now, this weekend will be the first time we will have our entire team together and we have no injuries, so it’s a really exciting time.” Goodman is under no illusion the challenge the side faces this weekend, having to travel to Nunawading to take on the Spectres on Saturday night before battling the Supercats on Sunday. Both teams are stacked with WNBL-quality talent, Nunawading sporting the dynamic duo of Rebeccas, Cole and Allen, while Geelong has Sara Blicavs and Tayla Roberts suiting up. “We really have to be able to stop Nunawading’s scoring power, because with Allen, Cole and Eleanor Brentnall they have plenty of scoring options and are very versatile,“ Goodman said.

“Obviously Geelong is a talented side, and with a new coach coming in for the game we have not seen them so it is hard to get a read on how they will play.” Currently sitting at 3-1 from four games, two wins would see the Lady Braves rocket into contention for top spot in the South Conference. Goodman said two wins from the weekend would be ideal, but he expects to win at least one game. “We have to be able to split the weekend, when you play two tough teams like this in a home-away double you want to at least split it,” he said. The Braves and Lady Braves host Geelong at Bendigo Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with the Lady Braves versus Lady Supercats clash tipping off at 12pm.

Powerful start puts Eaglehwak on a high EAGLEHAWK will look to continue its great start to season 2014 in a huge ANZAC Day clash with Kangaroo Flat on Friday night. The Borough has started the season with a bang, winning two of its first three games, and taking it right up to pre-season flag fancy Strathfieldsaye in its lone loss. Fielding a young and exciting side, senior coach Luke Monaghan says he has not been surprised by the start his team has put together. “I’m probably a bit surprised in how we have been able to gel together,” Monaghan, one of only two 2013 coaches to return for season 2014 in the BFNL, said this week.

“It’s a pretty young side and although we have brought a few recruits in I think we played 12 players in the first game against Kyneton who didn’t play in our last game last season. “It’s a new group but I’ve backed the boys in, and I know that there is a lot of talent at the club throughout all three grades of footy.” Eaglehawk started the season beating Kyneton by 26 points after a 52-point second half turnaround, then narrowly lost to Strathfieldsaye at home after a huge last term fightback in round two, before smashing South Bendigo by 53 points at the weekend. The midfield group of Josh

Ketterer, Brodie Filo, Ben McPhee, young ruckman Cody West and Brodie Collins has been a shining light for the Two Blues early in the season, as has the Luke Button-led back six. After leading by 10-goals at half time, the Borough did not replicate its first half form after the main break. “We had a few lapses in the second half and a few things we can work on, I was disappointed with that,” he said. “I thought Brenton Conforti probably played his best game for the club at the weekend, and Tyler Miles gets the job done every week and is just great to coach.” Eaglehawk’s clash with Kan-

garoo Flat is one of two big ANZAC Day games in the BFNL, with Golden Square travelling to Gardiner Reserve to take on Gisborne in the battle of the Bulldogs. “Kangaroo Flat are probably the most improved side in the competition,” Monaghan said. “I think the big thing will be cutting off the supply to their forward line, because they can really get on top of you if you don’t.” In other round four games Castlemaine tackles Strathfieldsaye, Kyneton looks for its first win against the similarly winless South Bendigo on Saturday and Sandhurst hosts Maryborough at the Queen Elizabeth Oval on Sunday.

Holding on to top spot From Page 32 Henzell, the top seed, beat third seed and compatriot Kane Townsend (11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8) to keep his record of being the only player to ever win the tournament going. In the Women’s Singles gold medal contest, second seed Jian Fang Lay overcame 2013 runner-up Li Chunli in a nail-biting final (11-9, 5-11, 11-2, 11-8, 10-12, 8-11, 12-10). An ecstatic Lay said she had waited a long time for her first Oceania Championships title. “I’m so excited, I have waited for this championship title for a long, long time,” she said. “I have lost many times during the finals but today, I had a little bit of luck and won the last point.” In the 16 competitions in which Australia was eligible to compete, in claimed gold in all, including both team finals. Henzell, 32, defeated the 21-year-old Townsend in the final, but needed every bit of his experience to do so, despite believing his level of play has dropped since the 2012 London Olympics. “I didn’t keep my level, I think for the last couple of years, it has definitely dropped,” he told the ITTF website. “Since then I have been just trying to maintain my level as best as I can, so I am still training hard, been hitting a lot with David Powell but it’s slipping and I just have to trust my experience in matches like this.” Henzell and Lay both booked tickets to the ITTF World Cup in October by virtue of their wins, and Lay will also travel to the Commonwealth Games this year in Glasgow where she is expected to be a medal contender. Third place in the singles titles went to David Powell and Zhenhua Dederko, defeating Phillip Xiao and Melissa Tapper in the third-place playoffs.

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Still chasing a win By JOEL PETERSON

FC Bendigo coach Steve Martin is confident of securing the club’s first win in the coming weeks. The fledgling side has drawn one and lost three of its first four games, but has led in all four contests. Bendigo sits in 12th out of 14 NPL1 teams and is one of three sides yet to register a win, but has not lost a game by more than one goal. The team did not play over Easter, allowing for some much-needed rest after a busy start to the season. “The week off was a good thing for us, it just allowed us to refresh and concentrate on improving,” Martin said. “We have taken a lot from the first four games of the season that we feel will definitely translate to our next four weeks of games.” Lapses of concentration have been the team’s biggest issue so far, squandering several second-half leads. “It is an issue, and one that we are working on. It’s really disappointing to put ourselves in the position and then see it fall away. “I thought our first half against St Albans was our best half of football, and then we came out in the second half a completely different side.

“We are putting things in place to ensure it does not happen again.” Richmond SC travels up the Calder for FC Bendigo’s second home game this week, and presents the club’s best chance for its first win. “I’m confident that we can get a result in the next few weeks, we are improving every week and I think we aren’t far off that first win,” Martin said. “We have to continue the improvement and just get rid of these costly lapses during games, and I think we will be well on our way to having success in the short term, as well as building a sustainable club in the future.” Richmond has won a game but sits in 11th on the table, with a goal difference of -7. “I would not say it is our best chance for a win because I think every side is competitive, and think we can compete with any side on our day,” Martin said. “It will be good to be back at home, and hopefully we can get a similar amount of support to what we got for our first home game, because it really spurred the boys on.” FC Bendigo takes on Richmond SC from 7pm on Saturday night at Tom Flood Sports Centre.

GOLDEN GIRL: Jian Fang Lay. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN.

Australia on top AUSTRALIA completed a clean sweep of singles titles at this week’s ITTF Oceania Cup and Championships, with three-time defending

champion William Henzell and Jian Fang Lay taking out the men’s and women’s gold, respectively. -Continued Page 30

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