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ISSUE 912 FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015

Courage shines through Karlee Thorpe was diagnosed with breast cancer 16 months ago. She has undergone treatment, and is now in remission. Doctors say there is a 30 per cent chance of the disease returning. Preparing for this year’s Mother’s Day Classic, Karlee is keen to spread the message “you are not alone”. – Story Page 14

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Five per cent rates rise and 25m pool

By PETER KENNEDY

THE City of Greater Bendigo has released its draft 2015/16 budget, which calls for a five per cent lift in rates and would deliver a 25-metre indoor pool facility at Kangaroo Flat. The forecast rates rise is the lowest for five years. Mayor Peter Cox confirmed on

Wednesday that Council intends to build a 25m, eight-lane swimming pool that will be accessible year round, along with additional features including an indoor splash play area, learn to swim pool, hydrotherapy pool, wellness centre,

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spa and sauna, gymnasium, multipurpose rooms, and café. The decision reflects the objectives outlined in the 2010 Aquatic Facilities Strategy, which recommended a new aquatic centre be built in Kangaroo Flat to serve the

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local community and wider region, but flies in the face of a February 2012 adopted motion to support a 50m option. The Kangaroo Flat Community Enterprise Group immediately described the decision as an embar-

rassment to the community, but Cr Cox said council had a responsibility to deliver a facility that enhances people’s health and wellbeing, provides water activities for people of all ages and abilities, and responds positively to our residents’ overall recreation needs.

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Weekend of auctions CR Martin Real Estate will auction a classic Californian bungalow in one of Bendigo’s most sought after areas tomorrow from 12.30pm. Located at 45 Reginald Street, Quarry Hill, the threebedroom home includes many period features and is in mostly original condition, but presents an opportunity for new owners to renovate the property to make it their dream home. CR Martin also has a home at 20 The Boulevard, White Hills up for auction from 11.30am Saturday. This executive home is immaculately maintained and features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, hydroponic in-floor heating, established gardens and a nine metre indoor lap pool. SUTHERLAND Property has a magnificent lifestyle property at 101 Sinclairs Road, Strathfieldsaye up for auction on Saturday from 11am. The three-bedroom plus study property is on 7.5 acres with town water, close to all amenities and in a private, serene location. The home features two living areas and two bathrooms, has extensive shedding and a dam.

ELDERS Bendigo has an affordable, entry level home just five minutes drive from the centre of Bendigo, up for auction from 12.30pm Saturday. The home at 23 Waratah Street is also within walking distance of Lake Weeroona, local schools, a bike track and public transport. With two bedrooms, an updated kitchen and new vinyl floors and carpets, the home is geared for both the owner occupier or an investor. ELDERS also has the home at 33 Cousins Street, Strathdale for auction from 10.30am Saturday. Set in a prestigious location close to the national park, the home features three bedrooms with built-in-robes. The main bedroom also has a large ensuite. There’s a front formal sitting room which could also be a study, open plan kitchen and family areas, alfresco entertaining options and a double garage, shed and workshop. IN a busy weekend for local auctions, Elders will also put the weatherboard property at 73 Powells Avenue, East Bendigo under the hammer from 2.30pm Saturday.

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Hitting back at bigotry

By CHRISTINE McGINN

SHADOW Multicultural minister Michelle Rowland has taken a stand against the knee-jerk bigotry shown towards minority cultures in Bendigo. During her first tour of the city, Ms Rowland met with cultural groups to show her support for diversity and inclusion. Ms Rowland said a small group of locals had expressed anti-Islamic sentiments in opposition to the proposed development of the mosque. “There has been a lot of discussion about the proposed mosque which is currently at a

cal government, I believe these matters should be dealt with in a planning prism. “Through experience and education, we can change community attitudes to embrace all people.” Bendigo Islamic Association

“We believe that the City of Greater Bendigo embraces many ethnic communities and will continue to do so into the future,” he said. “We’re very lucky to be living in a culturally enriched state with people from diverse coun-

Through experience and education, we can change community attitudes to embrace all people SHADOW MINISTER: Michelle Rowland. tribunal,” she said. “With my experience in lo-

member Heri Febriyanto said the majority of locals supported his community’s desire for their own place of worship.

tries and faiths. All communities need to unite and build bridges to ensure our social harmony is maintained and further devel-

oped.” Ms Rowland agreed that the majority of the Bendigo community embraced and celebrated multicuturalism. “We need to recognise the importance of multiculturalism, its scale and diversity and the many cultures in our communities,” she said. “Multiculturalism can be viewed in a economic prism as people of different cultures grow up and contribute their skills the community. “We need to take a stand against misinformation. I want to stand in solidarity with the local cultural groups.”

Stage is set at Ulumbarra

Theatre plays host to supporters

THE curtain is up on the new 1000-seat Ulumbarra Theatre. Tonight is the official opening of the newest theatre in Australia. A range of activities have been planned to celebrate this important occasion in Bendigo’s history. “Ulumbarra has created a buzz in the entertainment, education and major event industries as there is nowhere else in the world that has adapted an old gaol into a state-ofthe-art 1000-seat, two-tier theatre,” manager David Lloyd said.

Ulumbarra has created a buzz in ... entertainment “It’s complete with a large stage, fly tower, dressing rooms, music, dance and drama studio spaces and commercial learning kitchens.” On Sunday the A Place for People Opening Day takes place from 10am to 4pm. Five thousand tickets have been made available to this free, but ticketed, opening day event. The opening day will feature guided tours, market stalls and a range of entertainment to celebrate the official opening of the new theatre. Another event is taking place at the theatre from 10am to 4pm on Sunday, April 26. This is not ticketed and is another opportunity for members of the community to inspect the new theatre complex. This event will include entertainment by local community members and artists and guided tours.

BANK ON IT: Dennis Bice, Dale Pearce, Craig Niemann, Stan Liacos and Robert Musgrove at Ulumbarra Theatre this week. PREMIER Daniel Andrews joined local Labor MPs Jacinta Allan and Maree Edwards on Friday to tour Bendigo’s new, 1000-seat Ulumbarra Theatre ahead of its official opening tonight. The Victorian Government invested $10.5 million in the construction of Ulumbarra Theatre, which is located within the Old Bendigo Gaol and also houses music, dance and theatre studios and other learning spaces.

Ulumbarra is a Dja Dja Wurrung word meaning “gathering together”. The unique development bearing the name will be an asset for local students and the creative arts community. The vision for a state-ofthe-art theatre within the Old Bendigo Gaol began during the Bracks Labor Government, which decommissioned the gaol in 2006 and handed the site to Bendigo Senior Secondary College.

The school, which is the largest senior secondary curriculum provider in Australia, will co-manage the theatre complex alongside the City of Greater Bendigo, which contributed $3 million towards its construction. The 1500-plus students at Bendigo Senior Secondary College will use the complex as part of its performing arts curriculum. It will also house school assemblies, graduations and awards nights.

Ulumbarra will enable performance art in Greater Bendigo to flourish, complementing the productions and shows on offer at the 485-seat Capital Theatre which is unable to cater for large touring groups and gatherings. “Bendigo Senior Secondary is one of our state’s biggest schools, and the new Ulumbarra Theatre will sit at the very heart of its modern curriculum. This is the future of education in Victoria,” Mr Andrews said.

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Fury over pool cut

THE Kangaroo Flat Community Enterprise group says it is disappointed, but not surprised at the City of Greater Bendigo’s decision to opt for a 25-metre pool as part of the Greater Bendigo Indoor Aquatic Leisure and Wellness Centre project. In a statement released on Wednesday, KFCE president Jack Lyons said the budget decision was yet another example where councillors had embarrassed the ratepayers they claimed to represent. “The communities, schools, sporting clubs, welfare groups and health organisations of Kangaroo Flat, Golden Square, Big Hill, West Bendigo, Maiden Gully, Marong and everywhere in between have a few more weeks to convince this council to change its mind and support the 50m plan they want,” he said. Mr Lyons said it was ‘astounding’ that council can make a decision like this without any public support whatsoever. The KFCE has previously presented a petition to the council con-

taining over 2700 signatures to support the push for a 50m pool. “That is why we are sticking to our guns. The KFCE and the local community are prepared to wait around for a progressive council to be elected, one that thinks more about Bendigo’s future than the next election.

Councillors were not prepared to sacrifice the other projects “We will make a submission to the budget process to show council that community support only exists for the 50m plan. Part of that submission will be lobbying the state government which, so far, has been supportive of the 50m plan, to show them a 25m plan does not have community support.” Mayor Peter Cox said there had been criticism of council about being seen as always catering for those people that want to play structured sport, but that the budget takes some different points of view, from different locations and caters for

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those points of view. “For competition swimmers looking for a 50m pool they can access the Bendigo Aquatic Centre, Golden Square and Brennan Park swimming pools during the summer months, and the Peter Krenz Leisure Centre and Bendigo East swimming pool year round.” Asked about the expected controversy over the revised and downsized indoor pool council option council had finally agreed on which

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CITY of Greater Bendigo councillors voted to release their draft 2015/16 budget for public comment this week. Lockward ward councillor Rod Fyffe said there had been “very active, vital and robust discussion” around the councillors’ table. “The $62.8m in capital and major works is a major investment in our community. We have a strong and vibrant community and we need to ensure that the future,” he said. “We need to build our capacity into the future. If we don’t provide services and facilities, people will not come here.” Cr Barry Lyons the draft budget was the product of much “compromise and balance” among councillors. Mayor Peter Cox said the council plan informed the budget and could not be read in isolation. Whipstick ward councillor James Williams said it was the “biggest and most comprehensive piece of reporting”. Cr Williams said the proposed 25m pool halved ongoing operational costs while still meeting most of the community’s needs. “He added the additional “left over funds” should be used to upgrade the Peter Krenz centre and the 25m pool at Eaglehawk. Cr Williams was also pleased the Bendigo airport’s 1600 metre runway was funded in the draft budget. But Cr Elise Chapman said the budget needed further scrutiny and did not agree with plans for the smaller pool. Cr Helen Leach voted against the draft budget, saying the rates rise should be equal to the 2.3 per cent Consumer Price Index.

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would cost $4m less than the 50m option, Cr Cox defended the City’s draft position. “While you might be saying that $4m is a small amount of money in the context of a $26m project, it all adds up, and councillors were not prepared to sacrifice the other projects just for one large one,” he said. “And so there’s compromise, and let’s address that…. I think it’s to the councillors’ credit that we’ve actually been able to do that.” Mr Lyons said he hoped the KFCE group would be able to see the business case for the proposed aquatic facility, to allow for a transparent submission process. ‘’We will not support ratepayers’ money being wasted on a project that nobody wants. Council was going to spend $13m on a 50m pool. It is now going to spend $13m on a 25m pool,” Mr Lyons said. “How is that legitimate? We will be asking more questions about that soon. Our communities are sick of being treated as second-class, and will not support a second-class facility.”

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From Page 1 He described the indoor facility as an “all-encompassing” project, and called for the community to get behind the project. ‘’I think over the next four weeks this project has to be strongly supported by the Bendigo community. This is what councillors want to hear, lots of debate, we’ve been waiting for some time now we’ve reached our decision and now we want to go forward.” The draft budget also allows for construction of the much anticipated Bendigo airport’s new 1600-metre runway, as the City awaits an update on its bid for $5million in funding from the federal government. “You’ve got to be confident… we’re a growing city, so that’s the position we take,”

Cr Cox said. The Bendigo Stadium redevelopment works will also start, while Cr Cox was also quick to downplay concerns about the impact of the state government rates cap policy to be introduced in 2016/17. ‘’The early indications about the rate capping, for me is about curtailing the big expenditure of the big rate increases in metropolitan Melbourne. We know that rural councils are finding it very difficult and regional cities… you know five per cent is quite reasonable. “If the state government comes down with a three per cent rate rise cap, over the coming years we are able to demonstrate to the ESC a case that our population is growing and we’ve got a strong record of developing Bendigo.”

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Pool backflip ‘disappointing’

Ruffell set to leave council

By CHRISTINE McGINN

FORMER City of Greater Bendigo mayor Lisa Ruffell said this week the pool backflip in council’s draft 2015/16 budget was disappointing. Cr Ruffell said it was concerning that the proposed Greater Bendigo Indoor Aquatic Leisure and Wellbeing Centre had been reduced from a 50 metre to 25m pool. “The most disappointing thing is the proposed pool. We have the hard slog over the last six years, we have done the study and the community asked for a 50m pool. That’s what we should be delivering. If that is not going to happen, there is no way known I

Lisa Ruffell is planning to stand down from the City of Greater Bendigo council. The Whipstick ward councillor exclusively told the Weekly that she would not run at the November 2016 local government elections, but until then would continue to work for the community. “I have not lost my passion for this community, I have just lost my passion to be in a council environment with the councillors. I will get out at the next election in November 2016,” she said, just hours before she drove to her son’s wedding. “I have worked 110 per cent for the community in my whole time in council. I have put the community before my family.” Speaking to Cr Ruffell at her kitchen table, she told the Weekly she did not feel comfortable sharing her views around the council table. “I have some great ideas and I am passionate about the city. But I don’t feel confident that I can share my views and visions to the people around the council table because I don’t feel they share that too. That is pretty scary,” she said. “That is why I can honestly say that I will not stand again next year. That is it for me. “I have devoted eight years and unless I was guaranteed that we weren’t going to get the same lot in, I couldn’t go in. “It is alright to have a debate and have your own thoughts, as you should, but at the end of the day when

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I abide by majority rule, I move on and I forget. will support anything else,” Cr Ruffell said. “We are not saving a great amount by going to a 25m pool and even if we were, I probably wouldn’t have agreed because I still believe in respecting the community’s thoughts. The 50m pool will sell us in the regional world and bring swimming carnivals here. “We have some elite athletes here and if we don’t have an elite pool to show it off, it’s not needed. We don’t need another pool that is the same.” Cr Ruffell was unable to attend this week’s council meeting to release the draft budget due to attending her son’s wedding in Adelaide. She said while councillors were undecided on their group’s vision, they should instead borrow money to address the backlog of works. “We should be fixing our drainage, repairing our footpaths and getting everything done – that’s what we should be doing,” she said. “I really believe that if the 50m pool isn’t going ahead, we have the opportunity to fix the backlog of works. “I don’t think council can fulfill its vi-

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sionary role (with a rates rise cap). We need to stop doing major projects, focus on the bread and butter things and if anything, start redressing old facilities.” Cr Ruffell said the draft budget’s only saving grace was more money for drainage and footpaths. “Unfortunately, when people see a rates rise they see their rates are being paid outside their door. They want to see what is outside their house and that is what needs to be done,” she said. Cr Ruffell said she was frustrated at the constant change in council’s direction, and that mayor Peter Cox was a major factor. “I think the mayor likes the debate and discussion. He likes to challenge and question things which is fine but sometimes we just need to accept, especially when we have already decided,” she said. “It would be great if we had a council that had a four-year plan and stuck to it. But we keep changing. “We need to give the CEO, directors and their staff purpose of what this council wants to do in four years’ time. All we have done is change mayors and give it a different direction each year.” She said councillors needed to show more leadership in their decision making. “The 50m pool had been council’s number one priority. It might not have been the number one priority for three councillors but it was for the majority of councillors,” she said. “I abide by majority rule, I move on and I forget. I just wish others would do the same. That’s the disappointing thing about

GLORY DAYS: Lisa Ruffell as mayor. the majority votes one way, it should lead the way. You shouldn’t keep going backwards and talking about the same old thing. Therefore I am just over it all. “I don’t hold this personally to them, I just hold it in their decision-making. I think they should show stronger leadership for our city.” Cr Ruffell admitted there was often a split decision with councillors Chapman, Leach and Cox voting as a block against the others. “But they might think the same in reverse too. I do think the three of them are doing it more together. But as I say that, I voted for the mayor. I wanted to see him lead and act, I thought he was going to be a change. He had done his duties and his

second term so why not,” she said. “I think Cr Cox has found (the challenges) I did in the first year but at least he has our support because I have been through it. I had not support from him. I was hoping that he could change things, but in my eyes he hasn’t changed anything.” Cr Ruffell said had been forced to keep quiet due to legal proceedings but was now able to again, publicly push for the community. “From now on, I will be saying exactly as I feel. I will not be holding back. I think it’s about time I spoke up,” she said. “I now need to start showing my community what I am pushing for. I have been for it behind closed doors but now I’ll be loud.”

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Care cuts attacked FEDERAL Shadow Ageing Minister Shayne Neumann says the City of Greater Bendigo council must continue to provide the Home and Community Care (HACC) service. Mr Neumann slammed the council for its “lame excuse” to provisionally withdraw from the program. “Council should be doing the right thing by the local people. Greater Bendigo council has no excuse for cutting HACC funding in local areas,” he said. “In 2017, Victoria and Western Australia will transition into the Commonwealth scheme like the rest of the country but there is no excuse for not delivering the HACC services.” Mr Neumann said he was concerned about job losses and the reduction in the quality of care. “People in Bendigo want to get the care from the people they know and respect. If they cut that funding, who knows what profit-driven organisation will deliver the care,” he said. Despite council subsidising the HACC service to the sum of $1.3 million in the 2013/14 financial

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Eaglehawk remembering THE people of Eaglehawk still keenly remember the 900 men and women who enlisted in World War I. Of these 900 souls, 100 died and 10 of these deaths occurred in the first five days of the Gallipoli campaign. Such is the locals’ depth of feeling for the Anzacs, they successfully obtained funding from the Centenary of Anzac Fund to pay homage to the soldiers who fought so valiantly 100 years ago. The chairman of the Eaglehawk Anzac Committee Paul Penno said the overall theme of the two projects they subsequently developed was Remembering Still. “Many families still grieve the lost and wounded and talk about them. Their stories are passed on through the generations. The memories are so powerful I believe because of the degree of the trauma that occurred at the time. The trauma was so profound that it reverberated

through the generations,” he said. “We hope that the projects will help all the affected families.” The first project is a photographic exhibition in the Eaglehawk shopping strip featuring 30 storyboards of the Anzacs of Eaglehawk. The project was developed by the Eaglehawk Heritage Society with the hard work of local historians Aylene Kirkwood and Bev Hanson. “The storyboards have photographs, memorabilia and stories of the Anzacs’ particular wars,” Mrs Kirkwood said. “The displays are in the shop windows and we can’t thank the business houses enough who gave us the space to remember these incredible people.” Maree Bolding of Bolding’s Bakery who has a display of her great uncle James Pianto in her shop said it has been amazing watching the emotional re-

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FOR 100 years our family have revered four men of the Borough of Eaglehawk: Mervyn, Frank and Ben Esposito, and John Schumacher. Ben was my grandfather. The photographs of these men are displayed in our homes and their stories proudly told. Mervyn joined up in the initial surge of patriotism and was in the first wave at Gallipoli while John and Frank followed to Europe in early 1916. These were brave men and as for all in that war, their stories are harrowing and tragic in the telling. My grandfather’s war was always spoken of with awe by his family. He, however, would have no heroic tales or praise come his way, he always deflected war stories by praising his brothers and John, who would have been his brother-in-law. My grandfather earned a place in Bean’s monumental History of the AIF in France. What ultimately led to a laconic carpenter from Eaglehawk to make a stand, shielding wounded men and shooting waves of German troops as they poured from the tunnels beneath Mouquet Farm, on the Somme? Ben’s war service began with enrolment in the 21st Battalion – a Battalion raised as the official history states, by older men who had made a more considered decision to enlist which set them apart from those who left in the heady enthusiasm of 1914. Here Ben met the other legend of our family, “Billy”. Bill Verdon and Ben were boon companions and larrikins together. They proved to be excellent shots and were trained as specialist marksmen. On September 2, 1915 their troop carrier the Southland was

torpedoed. Ben in a letter home, with his usual droll humour, said he got sick of swimming so headed back to the ship. In fact, he helped save many of his companions. They landed at Gallipoli and Ben and Billy were ordered to flush out snipers, shooting their enemies’ periscopes when they ran out of live targets.

FAMILY VALUES: Ben Esposito. Family mythology has it that he and Billy just missed out on the sniper who shot Simpson. He and Billy were on the last boats to leave Gallipoli – volunteers were balloted, according to Ben’s story – and they were proud to provide cover for the last men off the peninsula. When repatriated to Egypt he went in search of his brother Mervyn, who he thought was ill in a Cairo hospital, only to be directed to his grave. The 21st eventually arrived in the fresh hell of France. Ben and Billy, now corporals watched each other’s backs and

were famous in the battalion for their bravery and support of their men. Ben was jailed at one stage for abusing a sergeant for not feeding the men properly. They were the back troops at Pozieres and were then ordered into the confusion of Mouquet Farm. Here he won his Military Medal, cited as “encountering greatly superior hostile numbers”. He succeeded in holding up their attack until he had established the remainder of his party in a fresh position which he then held. Bean reports him “emptying his magazines into oncoming Germans”. Billy was mentioned in dispatches. Billy was sniped a few days before Christmas 1916. Ben, against orders, crawled through no man’s land and carried his body back while under fire and bombardment. He wanted “the best friend who ever lived” to have a proper military burial. The last two years of the war saw him grief stricken and battle hardened. He was shot in the hand yet returned to the fighting at Ypres following surgery. He told them he could shoot with his left hand. Gassing and leg wounds did not stop him. The 21st Battalion could barely muster a company after Ypres. When told to merge with the 24th battalion the men mutinied, refusing to fight under any other banner. They would not betray the memory of their dead mates. By October 1918 it was over for the Battalion. Ben was repatriated to England and made a First Lieutenant. We have his commission signed by the King, and his medals so valiantly won. We kiss his memory. Our Uncles and Billy we have not forgotten you.

Avenue of honour IT has been a bit of a battle in itself, but the war is won. The Kangaroo Flat RSL Avenue of Honour is now a reality, but it was not an easy victory. There were skirmishes with red tape and fights over traffic, and there was even full blown warfare over the disputing of facts. But the signs are up and the flagpole is there, marking Bendigo’s southern entrance. Kangaroo Flat RSL secretary Craig Chilver has been one of the main combatants, and is proud to have achieved what he has. “It is amazing what you can do when you fight for what you believe in, and we at Kangaroo Flat RSL believed in the Avenue of Honour and proved some doubters in council wrong,” he said.

FLYING THE FLAG: War veterans at the new Avenue of Honour in Kangaroo Flat. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN “It’s to honour those who signed up to fight from Kangaroo Flat and died in World War I. “About 65 soldiers went to war from the area, after an original

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Push on for cyclists Bike Bendigo continues its push to transform Bendigo into a bicycle friendly city, partnering with The Squeaky Wheel to deliver Bendigo Pushy Women, a oneday social training course for women this Saturday. Bike Bendigo Committee member and local coordinator of the Bendigo Pushy Women program Cath Armstrong said the group wants to see Bendigo become a bicycle friendly city. “For that to happen we need to get more people on bikes and specifically more women riding for everyday activities, whether it’s riding to work or school, to the shops or simply for enjoyment,” she said. “This program will take 22 women, who already have a little riding experience, build their confidence in a supportive environment with things like riding on roads, planning trips and basic bike maintenance. “It’s also intended to be fun and enjoyable and the women who are joining us will come away having shared stories and experiences and made new social connections. We’ll finish the program with a casual ride along the Bendigo Creek trail.” The four-hour program will be delivered by all female Austcycle accredited teachers from The Squeaky Wheel, supported by women from Bendigo who ride bikes. Bendigo’s response to the program has been extremely positive, booking out all places in a matter of days. As places in the program are no longer available, women who are interested in the program are encouraged to contact bikebendigo@gmail.com to go on a waiting list or be informed of future courses.

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Karlee Thorpe isn’t sure if she will be able to run or walk the four kilometres in this year’s Mother’s Day Classic but of this one thing she is sure – she is so happy she will be there. Sixteen months ago Karlee was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Two weeks later, in what was a dark and harrowing time, Karlee had a double masectomy, followed by the removal of the lymph nodes from one arm. After that there was five months of chemotherapy, five weeks of radiation, hair loss, depression and constant illness. “I’m not totally out of the woods yet,”Karlee said. “They tell me I have a 20 to 30 per cent chance of the cancer returning, but I still think those odds are pretty good.” When Karlee broke the news to her husband Pete he cried. “We married when we were 18, we’ve been together now for 20 years. “Pete was wonderful, awesome. We have a business so he had to keep that going as well as look after me and the children. “And there are some things you only say to your husband in the middle of the night. Pete listened to me and held me and helped me. “One night when I was half way through the second round of chemo I woke up and told him

that I didn’t think I could do it anymore. I was in a bad place but he helped me through it. I could not have asked for a better husband.” Karlee was also faced with telling her children, Amity 10 and Rhys 8, that she had breast cancer. “The children were frightened because their grandmother had recently died of cancer and they associated it with death. I just tried to reassure them as best as I could,” she said. Karlee is a strikingly attractive woman who glows with energy. But the image she presents is for public consumption. “You become an expert on putting on an act. You don’t want to let everyone down or upset them. On the inside I still feel like crying. There has not been a day that has gone by since my diagnosis that I wake up without remembering what has happened and I worry. “I have had counselling and I’ve learnt that I have to re-think things. I have to put myself first. This condition has changed me. I used to be a perfectionist, highly strung. Now, I don’t sweat the

NOT ALONE: Karlee Thorpe. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN small stuff.” Having completed all of the most invasive treatments Karlee’s doctors have told her the best treatment for her now is to live as normal a life as possible. “I went back to work at the Bendigo Bank last February and while I was driving in there I was crying. It felt so good to be working again, to be in a routine.” Karlee said that friends and

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GAME ON: Maree Edwards and Karl Baumann. Whipstick Ward Meeting Monday April 20, 2015 City of Greater Bendigo Whipstick Ward Councillors Peter Cox, Lisa Ruffell and James Williams invite all interested members of the community to attend the Whipstick Ward meeting. This forum provides an opportunity to meet with your ward Councillors to discuss local opportunities and raise any issues and will also include presentations on: • Drainage and open drains • Stand Pipe • Lighting • City of Greater Bendigo’s Draft Budget • Strategy updates • Home & Community Care Update • Domestic Animal Management Plan The meeting will take place:7pm to 8.30pm Monday April 20, 2015 Goornong Recreation Reserve Hall Bagshot Street, Goornong Everyone is encouraged and very welcome to attend. Cr Peter Cox Ph: 5434 6189 E: p.cox@bendigocouncillors.org.au Cr Lisa Ruffell Ph: 5434 6206 E: l.ruffell@bendigocouncillors.org.au Cr James Williams Ph: 5434 6208 E: j.williams@bendigocouncillors.org.au

Strathfieldsaye and District Engagement Meeting Monday April 20, 2015 City of Greater Bendigo Eppalock Ward Councillors invite all interested members of the community to attend the Jurnotoun and District Engagement meeting. This forum provides an opportunity to meet with your ward Councillors to discuss local opportunities and raise any issues and will include: • Strathfieldsaye Play Space update • Traffic Study • Commercial Land and Activity Centre Strategy • Community Hub update • Domestic Animal Management Plan The meeting will take place:7pm to 8.30pm Monday April 20, 2015 Strathfieldsaye Shire Hall 838 Strathfieldsaye Road, Strathfieldsaye Everyone is encouraged and very welcome to attend. Cr Rod Campbell Ph: 5434 6203 E: r.campbell@bendigocouncillors.org.au Cr Mark Weragoda Ph: 5434 6192 E: m.weragoda@bendigocouncillors.org.au Cr Helen Leach Ph: 5434 6190 E: h.leach@bendigocouncillors.org.au

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Is it pure chance or a grand design? In reply to “Time for an answer” by Reg Jordan, Bendigo Weekly, April 10, a few brief comments. Yes, global warming/climate change has turned into a “monstrous business”, as he puts it. Many “experts”, government funded, with endless slogans and without a scientific basis singing in chorus. And, yes again, all you hear is that the “burning of fossil fuels on a worldwide scale has created a blanket of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere”. However, it is an incontrovertible fact that carbon dioxide levels are increasing; the big question remains to what extent this is due to fossil fuel burning. Because of the large number of variables in these studies, a precise and authoritative answer to this remains elusive. Few, for example, ever talk about the unmeasurable carbon dioxide/methane volumes spewed out by submarine volcanoes. And few appear to know or want to mention that water vapour in the atmosphere contributes 40-70 per cent to the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide’s contribution is 10-26 per cent. (How much Canberra’s hot air contributes is still under study) . Mr Jordan writes that he is “still waiting to find out who or what organisation discovered that carbon dioxide is a one way filter”. Well, no organisation has discovered this, but relevant science supporting it is basic and factual; just like a lot of natural phenomena, many of which could be mentioned. Visible rays of sunlight penetrate the earth’s atmosphere and warm the earth’s land and sea. This then leads to heat radiation in the longwave infrared spectrum. Part of this can only escapes the atmosphre and part remains trapped. Hence the warming, the “greenhouse effect”. Put simply, heat can get in but only partly out. Admittedly a simplified explanation. The physics involved are more complex but well established. One final thing – the earth’s natural greenhouse effect and the existence of carbon dioxide in the air make life as we know it possible. It is in fact one of a large number of finely-tuned balances absolutely essential for life on this beautiful planet. Pure chance or a grand design-

er somewhere? To me, compelling evidence for a creator – God. Jack Venema, Strathdale

Recognise the signs and symptoms It’s fitting that this year, the theme of National Youth Week (April 1019) is “It starts with us”. We are all responsible for looking after our own mental health and wellbeing – and we should be keeping a watchful eye on how people around us are travelling – especially young people. The most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that in 2013, we lost 348 young people (aged 15 to 24) to suicide in one year. It’s a shocking fact that suicide remains the biggest killer of young Australians every year. Twice as many young people die as a result of suicide than as a result of car accidents. Further research suggests that three in four mental health conditions emerge by age 24 and half by age 14. Hope and recovery is possible and support is out there. Young people need to be aware of this and be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety, so they can take action to help themselves, or others, if they need it. Adults need to know so they can step in to lend a hand if a young person is psychologically distressed and requires guidance. On our website, www.beyondblue.org.au there is a lot of helpful information including a parent’s guide to anxiety and depression in young people and videos to help you start a difficult conversation when you’re not sure what to say. At www.youthbeyondblue.com there is information specifically for young people and a link to the BRAVE Program which is an interactive online program for the prevention and treatment of anxiety. If you’re a young person, please understand that it’s okay to put your hand up and tell someone if you feel miserable most of the time, if you’re scared of being bullied by kids at school or if life at home is distressing. Talk to an adult you trust or call the beyondblue Support Service 24/7 on 1300 22 4636, or chat online at beyondblue.org.au/get-support (3pm till midnight AEST). There

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Was greenhouse letter a late April Fool’s joke? I am shaking my head with incredulity and dismay at a letter “Time for an answer,” by Reg Jordan, Bendigo Weekly, April 10 concerning carbon dioxide and terrestrial warming. I am unable to determine whether said letter was published as a late April Fool’s Day joke, or the letters editor was seriously remiss in devoting valuable column space to the ignorant ramblings of somebody who has either never attended school, or was not listening while he was there. Had Mr Jordan paid any attention he may have heard of “the greenhouse effect” in any number of subjects from any number of teachers. He may also have learned that

such an effect is one of the fundamental requirements for life on Earth and the current issue is that artificially (human created) CO2 increases threaten that balance. One reason for my dismay is that for my entire working life as a geography teacher, no individual who I taught ever questioned that a greenhouse actually worked. I have to conclude Mr Jordan’s ignorance was in fact a joke, unfortunately published a few days late. Greg Wilson, Kangaroo Flat

Ned and the Burqa The Imagining Ned exhibition is currently on at the Bendigo Art Gallery and has some thoughtprovoking paintings, tapestries, archives and commentary. One stand-out painting is titled “Ned and Burqa” and the two figures represent all those who have come from another country to live in Australia. They are a constant reminder to all non-indigenous Australians that we or our ancestors have all come from another country. Whether it’s a 19th century Ned or a contemporary Burqa woman, which one of us has the right to incarcerate those fellow humans who are desperately seeking asylum here?

Malcolm Fraser wisely warned us that the war against racism must be fought time and again through each generation. He also knew that public opinion was against accepting the (Vietnam) boat people, but he ignored it and said “we owed it to them”. How is the situation any different now, given that we (through John Howard, George W Bush, Tony Blair and Benjamin Netanyahu) meddled in Iraq and completely upset the apple cart that is the mess we have in the middleeast today, and yet our mob in Canberra prefers indefinite incarceration of asylum seekers and “war on terrorism”– at what human and monetary cost? The real war against terrorism should be to work to create a society where there is full employment, an adequately funded public education that is not inferior to privileged private schools, where housing is affordable and the vast wealth of the rich and multi-nationals is taxed fairly. Given Australia’s fantastic record of accepting people of diverse backgrounds and wonderful co-existence, it is critical now that we welcome our Muslim brothers and sisters and not succumb to the hysteria and fear mongering. Ray Wilson, Kangaroo Flat

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Time to speak up THE draft 2015/16 City of Greater Bendigo budget is as much about compromise as it is about anything. It’s a massive compromise on the Greater Bendigo Indoor Aquatic Leisure and Wellbeing Centre, a compromise on the actual rate rise and a compromise on what is viewed as an acceptable rate rise. In his own compromise, Mayor Peter Cox, previously a self-professed supporter of four per cent rate rises, now accepts five per cent rate rises as the minimum, and maximum extra amount ratepayers should be asked to pay each year. The Council Plan that had called for a six per cent rate rise this year, and for each of the next three years, now reflects a compromise of five per cent extra each year for the future. Cr Cox says five per cent is reasonable, and that it’s what is required to run a growing city like Greater Bendigo. He believes the council has a strong case to put to the state government to be allowed to levy future rate rises of five per cent when the CPI cap is expected to be roughly half that. This is a budget that does distribute funds broadly and diversely, and while this will be seen by the budget’s supporters as one of the

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Editorial Comment great successes, to its detractors, this will be viewed as the budget’s great weakness, especially when it comes to the watered down version of the Greater Bendigo Indoor Aquatic Leisure and Wellbeing Centre. But former mayor Barry Lyons, once a supporter of the grand 50 metre indoor pool option, now says the pool has reached a point where it’s either a 25m project, or it’s nothing. He also believes the pool dominates the debate too much, but at $26million for a 25m pool and the associated wellbeing centre in which it will be located, it was always going to. After all, at just $4m extra and as a $30m project, it has dominated discussions for a couple of years. Budgets are all about numbers, and getting a consensus around the council table is just as important a set of numbers to the overall process.

This budget also reflects the diversity of opinion that exists among councillors. No one denies there’s been a lot of debate in the lead up to this week’s release of the draft budget. By some councillors’ own admissions, some of that debate has been heated, but in the effort to find common ground a lot has had to change. Council has secured a revised funding arrangement whereby the compromise 25m facility, estimated to cost $26m, will be funded by the state, council and the community. As to whether or not this week’s compromise on the indoor pool and associated leisure and wellness facilities turns out to have been the best thing in the long run, only time will tell. Whatever your view on the budget, the council wants your feedback, and we encourage residents to make their own submissions according to the guidelines provided on the council website. There’s no point any of us complaining, or wondering, about anything or everything, after the opportunity to have a say has passed us by, if we didn’t speak up in the first place.

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IN an opinion piece in February I asked if the City of Greater Bendigo council was heading in the right direction. At that stage council was considering withdrawing from its Home and Community Care service. Their final recommendation will be made at their Council meeting scheduled for May 6. Over the past couple of months, I have done as much research as possible including seeing CEO Craig Niemann and others who work in this space. I am still of the opinion council should continue to provide a service , more so now with the clo-

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sure of one of the providers Care Beyond Measure and having seen first-hand the stress that caused for a good friend of mine. The federal government will be providing new funding arrangements from 2018, and hopefully by then the NDIS will be

sporting facilities, parks and gardens and in the area of arts and culture. The opening of the Ulumbarra Theatre will enhance our liveability even more. If council can find the funds to support all the above and more than the $1.32million required to

Not everything comes down to the dollars, it’s also a matter of services fully operational. Councils across the country can then make informed decisions. But in the meantime they need to continue to provide this very important service. Council provides our community with first class amenities in the way of

continue with HACC is a small price to pay for the most vulnerable. By 2018 we will know what the future requirements will be, in the meantime I do hope that when councillors make their decision it will not be solely on the grounds

of finances but on people’s well-being. Surely that is a price ratepayers would be prepared to support. When making the decision we must consider the 165 employed in this area. After seeing one of the providers going out of business are their sufficient others available to provide this service? On this occasion it would be more prudent to opt on the side of caution until new facts are more widely known. I do understand it’s the responsibility of council officers and councillors to provide the best value to ratepayers but not everything comes down to the dollars, it’s also a matter of services.

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HE mad pug lady is not my wife. The long-suffering Mrs Kendall and I have a pug, and could be considered mad for that fact alone, but the mad pug lady is someone who skulks out at the Weekly. I won’t name names, but this poor soul has a pug dress, a pug cup and even pug socks. I bet she has other pug garments we are not allowed to see too. Anyway, being a pug lady she is used to spotting errant hairs. Pugs shed, a lot. But she really caught me out this week when she saw the glint of a hair on my ear. “Is that a pug hair or is it connected,” the hawk-eyed lady said. To my shame I had a 40mm blonde hair growing from my lobe, a problem of old age I guess, the bigger problem was it seemed to have grown since the weekend. Age is creeping up on me in the form of hair.

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dear dotty... Dear Dotty, Last night I received a friend request from my mother on facebook. Obviously she is already my friend, I’ve known her for quite a long time, but I don’t want her knowing what happens on my facebook page if you see what I mean. Should I just ignore the request? Kind regards, Gerry Dear Gerry, That’s what I did.

My once red beard is now salt and pepper, and the hairdresser asks if I want my eyebrows trimmed, oh woe is me. On the plus side, my hair remains dark with not much receding, so I can at least pretend to myself to be in my 30s. So I plucked out the offending hair and cried a little with the pain, wondering how waxing became such a craze. If one hair causes that much angst, how can people willingly remove them by the thousand? It seems I will have to

work out a new regime of remaining tidy. My boots have a polish about every three months whether they need it or not, I prefer jeans to suits, and a tie is rarer than rare. I wonder if this is why I never get invited to events in Bendigo? “We can’t invite him, he has hairy ears.” Mind you, I suppose pugs have hairy ears, so I can try snuggling up to the mad pug lady if I’m feeling sorry for myself. Probably not a good idea, though. Mrs K the vet has some

very sharp instruments and various drugs which would pull me up in my tracks, and Mrs mad pug lady’s husband would most likely tattoo me in a way I’d never forget if he got the wrong idea. Best I just keep an eye on the mirror in the mornings and admit defeat to the oncoming years. I will have to buy one of those personal grooming trimmers... the first step on the slippery slope to the retirement home. - Steve Kendall Twitter@stevekendall1

Dear Dotty I am an older woman, to tell the truth I’m 55. I have been eyeing a very attractive young man who walks at the same time as I do to work each morning. I make sure I am about a couple of metres behind him and well, I suppose I ogle him. I think he is probably about 19. He really is very fit and has a great... look he’s just incredibly fit looking. Is this OK behaviour do you think? I’m concerned I might be turning into a dirty old woman. Is there such a thing? Worried, Mandy Dear Mandy, I suppose if you are just looking then that is OK. And you did say he was 19, so I’m assuming he’s above the legal age for ogling.

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It’s not the same though is it? I mean blokes leer at young gals all the time but the sight of a middle age woman drooling behind a young chap is a little unseemly, after all one does have one’s standards. Dear Dotty I have an ethical dilemma. I was at an art show over Easter when a man in a wheelchair drove over my foot. I wanted to thump him as it really hurt but are we allowed to be rude to disabled people? Puzzled, Harriet Dear Harriet, I don’t see why you can’t at least protest against the careless wheelchair driving, otherwise, it would be outright prejudice against the disabled wouldn’t it? At least you should be able to let the air down in his tyres. twitter@DearDotty

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T’S a long way from Bendigo to New York, but artist Denise Green has achieved a fascinating symbiosis between aspects of the central Victorian landscape and the more abstract forms of art she has been developing in her New York studio. Her exhibition, Form and Subjectivity as Paradox, which is currently showing at the Visual Arts Centre uses a variety of media, including photography and collages. Australia born, a major series in her exhibition is inspired by our common and or garden variety dams. “I was travelling to Bendigo by train a few years ago and was

struck by the how the dams riddle the countryside,” she said. Consequently, Green commissioned an artist friend from Castlemaine, Elissa Sadgrove, to photograph dams for her. “My pre-requisite was that the dams reflect trees or clouds,” she said. By placing the vertical poles of paper artwork over the photographs, Green is encouraging us to explore the connection between the form and the more subjective elements of the works. The imposed collages allow us to compare the colours and shapes of both mediums and in turn appreciate both the subject matter and our response to that

subject matter. When her current exhibition showed in New York Green said that viewers were amazed by the quality of the light. “They couldn’t believe it, but I told them that is the way it is in Australia.” Apart from the dam series, there are stunning, larger abstract pieces and three dimensional works in the exhibition which all play on the interaction between form and subjectivity and our emotional response to Green’s original vision. Form and Subjectivity as Paradox will be showing until May 31. - Dianne Dempsey

OU might have seen the FreeWheeling Fun tent down in Rosalind Park, across the creek from the farmers market. It’s where volunteers fix donated bikes and give them away to people needing them, chat about bike riding and support anyone wanting to give it a go. It all started with a question. Leading up to Ride to Work Day last year, community development teacher Ben Shue asked a group of colleagues and friends: what are we passionate about in terms of bikes? The ideas came tumbling out over a breakfast – captured in drawings on butchers paper – and FreeWheeling Fun was born. “I think collectively from those pictures, it was just everybody cycling,” Ros Woodburn said. Natalie Jacobson agreed: “We just wanted to get people on bikes – people who hadn’t been on bikes for a while, or people

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using bikes to get from A to B,” she said. “If people don’t have a bike or don’t know how to ride or don’t have someone to introduce them to cycling, this is the grass roots first step. It’s a very practical thing to do,” Ben said. Giving away donated bikes quickly became one of the group’s key aims – sparked by Ben’s passion for getting bikes that were sitting in sheds out into use. Some recipients of those bikes have had no other transport. “Like a mum and young son who didn’t have a car,” he said. “I had a Karen couple learning English at TAFE who have five children approach me; and a family of four kids who make their

own way to school as mum works early hours.” The group’s physical presence in Rosalind Park provides an opportunity to engage the community about riding. “There’s a lot of talking that goes on,” Natalie said. “People talk about their anxieties, the barriers. We all look ‘normal’ – we don’t rock up in lycra.” When it comes to making a difference, FreeWheeling Fun is a small group doing big things. “It’s as much an opportunity to volunteer as it is about promoting and providing bikes,” Ben said. To get involved or donate a bike, or money, or request a bike, email freewheelingfun@gmail.com - Nicola Dunnicliff-Wells

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FAVOURITE: Sleeping Beauty is coming to Bendigo.

HE Moscow Ballet travels to Bendigo with its spectacular masterpiece and ballet’s most loved fairytale, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. The great success of Russian theatre is undoubtedly classical ballet and the highly-acclaimed and respected Moscow Ballet La Classique was established in 1990 by its current artistic director Elik Melikov and has earned the reputation for their ballet skills, lavish costumes and magnificent stage sets. Mr Melikov said the company will take Australian audiences on a mystical journey to the fairytale world of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty. “In this two-act fairytale performance Moscow Ballet La Classique will capture the imagination and the magic of Sleeping Beauty,” he said. “It’s a hugely enjoyable dance

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OT-for-profit regional food network Food Fossickers is working to implement a sustainable income stream which will bring increased financial benefit to local food producers, retailers and restaurants. The initiative will see the creation of a local food “picnic-pack” which will be sold at wine and food festivals, trade show promotions and corporate events, where a picnic hamper box will be filled with local produce, collaboratively supplied by members. The idea was first trailed last October at the Heathcote Wine and Food Festival with great success, resulting in continued requests for the packs which contain fresh local fare to be available at similar events and for private catering.

Food Fossickers membership coordinator and co-owner of Heathcote’s Willow Room restaurant Jody Loam said the goal is to generate additional revenue for members and to assist Food Fossickers to continue to support our food region. “The packs contain produce and dishes from many of our members which we buy from them and distribute within the pack on their behalf,” she said. “The recipient receives a hamper of the very best local food available, including meats, cheeses, salads, breads, condiments and desserts, plus the businesses involved can promote themselves to key customers that they may not have been able to access otherwise.” The Food Fossickers organi-

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spectacular for ballet lovers of all ages.” Act one starts with the christening of Princess Aurora. The King forgets to invite the bad fairy, Carabosse, who bursts into the castle at the conclusion of the ceremony and casts a spell that the Princess will die from a prick of a needle at age 16. The disguised Carabosse does this on her 16th birthday. Mr Melikov continues the tale. “One hundred years later years later Prince Deserea and his party are hunting in the forest where he encounters the Lilac Fairy,” he said. “The Lilac Fairy makes him fall asleep and in his dreams the Prince dances and falls in love with Princess Aurora, after many trails there is a happy ending.” Sleeping Beauty is at The Capital Theatre on Friday, May 8. Bookings on 5434 6100.

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sation has experienced a highly successful growth period over the past 18 months. “We are always looking for new members, and new talent to join the committee,” Jody said. “This next project is a logical step in supporting our locals.” Local food producers, retailers,

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Sunday, April 19 Bendigo Family History Group: 1.30pm in the meeting room at the Bendigo Library, 259 Hargreaves Street. Dating family photographs. Bush Poets free concert: 1.30pm-4.30 pm. Newmarket Hotel, corner Nolan Street and Strickland Road. Walk up bush poets and songsters made most welcome. Details: 5441 5121. Monday, April 20 Tillow Ladies’ Fashions: See, try and buy. Admission: $5 – includes Devonshire tea and lucky door ticket. Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church, Church and Camp Streets. 1.30pm. Details: 5447 8430. Tuesday, April 21 Blumes Winter Fashions: 2pm, Eaglehawk Citizens Band Hall, Peg Leg Road. $5. Three raffle tickets, lucky door prize and afternoon tea. Details: 5447 8838. Thursday, April 23 Old Time Dance: 8pm-11pm. Eaglehawk Senior Citizens Rooms. Darling Street, Eaglehawk. Entry $5. Details: 5442 1815.

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F you’re a fan of a tipple, you could be on to a winner next month. Taking place over nine days from May 16 to 24, Good Beer Week will see a diverse program of more than 250 events unfold in more than 150 venues across Victoria. Southern Armageddon! Jester King vs Central Texas Barbecue is in Bendigo on May 17. Brewery Jester King is coming all the way from central Texas to central Victoria for an afternoon of wild, free and spontaneous beer gluttony and insanity matched to our insane interpretation of their home’s mythical food style, central Texas barbecue. Think smoked brisket, chilli con carne, chimichangas, black-eyed peas, Tex-Mex and more. There will be four electrifying courses paired with eight earth-shattering beers. Organisers say life will never be the same again. On the same day, Total Eclipse of the Heart, takes place at the Public Inn, Castlemaine. Black Heart brewers Robin and Brad – who happen to be a cardiac surgeon and a cardiovascular perfusionist respectively – team up with

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Public Inn for a surgically inspired five-course lunch with deftly matched beers from Black Heart Brewery. And yes, heart will be on the

Market fare and chance for a prize G

RAVEL Hill Market is on this Saturday with more than 60 sites showcasing handmade and second hand goods. The market is located on the Salvation Army site in Mundy Street. Students from Creek Street Christian College are working in the cafe as part of their curriculum for hospitality and to gain confidence and skills in food handling, customer service and baristaring. There is also the chance to go in the draw to win a Gold Coast Holiday. If you visit the market between now and June 20 and spend $5 or more at one of the participating sites, or the Hill Top Cafe, to go into the draw. The prize will be drawn on June 20 at noon at the Hill Top Cafe. The holiday is for two people for four nights’ accommodation. Site fees for the market are $10 for a three by three metre outside stalls and $15 for 2.5x2.5 metre inside stalls. NO STALLING: The market’s on with the chance to win a holiday.

menu. The event also marks the unveiling of the first collaboration brew between the Public Inn and Black Heart Brewery.

ICTORIA’S firies have been given a injection of 4000 special edition firefighting teddy bears. The bears have arrived to support our emergency service workers, especially the families of those injured or killed on duty. Dressed in a replica 1890s Victorian firefighters uniforms, the bears pay tribute to the Ash Wednesday fires with the number 83. Celebrating its 25th year, the foundation was created in the wake of the Ash Wednesday fires which claimed 47 lives. The foundation supports families when an emergency service worker is killed or injured in the line of duty or invests in training. Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett urged the community to dig deep to support our

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emergency service workers and volunteers. “Our emergency service workers do an incredible job in challenging circumstances,” she said. “Everyone should support the work our emergency service volunteers and career professionals do by buying one of these firefighter bears.” Profits will go to the Emergency Services Foundation and bears can be bought online at www.esf. com.au for $10.

Mother’s hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. We wish all the mums a Happy Mother’s Day from the team at The McIvor. We are now taking bookings for lunch and dinner.

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EN Stolz has barely had time to catch his breath since graduating with an Advanced Diploma in Remedial Massage/Myotherapy from RMIT in 2010 and setting up practice at 205 View Street, Bendigo last month, after moving back to central Victoria from southern NSW. In fact you may have already seen Ben pounding the pavement around Bendigo training for his other passion, marathon running. Ben’s interest in sport has seen him treat and participate at elite levels both nationally and internationally having completed both the Chicago and Boston marathons and helping the Geelong Football Club secure their 2011 AFL premiership. Today, most of Ben’s clients might not have the strength of Tom Hawkins or the endurance of Joel Selwood but could still benefit from his expertise for a range of musculoskeletal ailments including muscle strains, back pain, headaches and arthritic complaints. “Even while studying, I gained extensive experience and exposure to elite sport including working with A-League club Melbourne Heart, Victorian Institute of Sport and the AFL-AIS Development Squad,” Ben said. “Most of the people I now see aren’t elite athletes, however I still get great satisfaction from helping people return to doing what they love to do, pain free.” In addition to a thorough assessment

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MYOTHERAPIST: Ben Stolz.

and treatment of your presenting complaint Ben also gives all his clients strategies to help prevent further discomfort including specific exercises or stretches. For an appointment at Ben Stolz Myotherapy View Street rooms, phone Ben direct on 0408 928 090. www.benstolzmyotherapy.com

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Sleep dentistry – making those dreaded trips to the dentist a thing of the past

Overcoming anxiety

Approximately one in every five adults have Sleep Disordered Breathing. In Australia, that’s more than 4.2 million people. Up to 80% of these are unaware of their condition and remain undiagnosed and untreated. Snoring and sleep apnoea often occur together. Symptoms that may indicate sleep apnoea:

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OUR out of five people are afraid of the dentist and don’t seek or receive treatment because of dental anxiety. Are you just frightened of the dentist? Or do you need a lot of dental work that may require multiple visits to be completed? Well now you can relax. Palm Square Dental Care is giving a new meaning to the word ‘relax’ and are proud to introduce to Bendigo the latest sedation technique; sleep dentistry. “Sleep dentistry is a highly sought after sedation technique used for modern dental treatment and care, allowing patients to be more relaxed and comfortable,” Palm Square Dental Care’s Dr Vijay Devayya said. “Patients with fears and anxiety find visiting the dentist very unsettling.

“If you have similar fears, sleep dentistry is the solution.” Palm Square Dental Care has partnered with Essential Anaesthetic Services to bring sleep dentistry to Bendigo. “During the sedation process, you will have an anaesthetist monitor you continuously throughout the procedure,” Dr Vijay said. “No dental procedure is too small for this process. “We have been treating patients for the last three months whom are amazed at how relaxed they felt during the whole process.” If you suffer dental anxiety, phone 5441 7638 to find out more about sleep dentistry.

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A new bigger store for more

ENDIGO Antique & Estate Auctions (BAEA) has recently relocated from View Street, Bendigo to larger premises at 116 Hattam Street, Golden Square. BAEA continues to offer their traditional services of auctioning antique, estate and collectable items, providing appraisals for clients and assisting trustees and executors with advice on the sale of their estate items. Auctions are conducted on the last Wednesday of each month at 3pm. The new Hattam Street location allows easier access for deliveries and collections along with increased parking. Greater space has also enabled BAEA to branch into the warehousing and sale of a wide range of quality imported furniture under the same roof as the auction business. The furniture is imported directly from the manufacturers and as the business is conducted as a ‘cash and carry warehouse’ prices are very competitive. The wide range includes bookcases, buffets, dining and bar tables, hallstands, TV stands, coffee and lamp tables, side tables, stools, pedestals, armoires, cheval mirrors and also smaller lines such as desk organisers, magazine racks, spice chests, book stands etc. The most recent shipment to arrive contains recycled pine and elm furniture including large rectangular dining tables, long bar tables and also round topped bar tables plus adjustable and fixed-base stools. Traditional Chinese-style stools with an antique finish are also available. Both the auction room and the new furniture business are open to the public on Thursdays and Saturdays between 9am and 5pm or other times by appointment. As an opening special, BAEA is offering a 10 per cent discount off list prices to Bendigo Weekly readers until the end of April.

HALEY MAHER: Helping unlock the secrets to a good nights sleep at Bendigo Sleep Lab. Photo: GARRY PATERSON

Bright future for light therapy

PAP therapist Haley Maher from Bendigo Sleep Lab has helped hundreds of Victorians enjoy a better night’s sleep. Just like one of her recent clients who was suffering from both sleep apnoea and insomnia who had been referred to Bendigo Sleep Lab after her initial diagnosis. “She found her insomnia getting worse,” Haley said. “She reached the end of her sleep trials more sleep deprived and more determined than ever to get her insomnia under control.” It was then Haley suggested she try the

Blue Light Therapy to help alleviate her insomnia. Blue Light Therapy increases the production of melatonin, a chemical produced naturally to prepare for sleep that can be reduced by inadvertent exposure to blue light. Blue light can be found radiating from appliances such as televisions, computers, mobile phones and florescent lighting. Insomnia can result especially in those whose melatonin levels are low. “To help increase her melatonin levels I recommended she wear special orange lensed glasses for a couple of hours before bedtime,” Haley said.

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“The result was virtually instant as she was going to bed at 10.30pm and falling asleep within half an hour, a huge improvement on her previous efforts where she was often still awake at 3am. Participants are also exposed to a blue light upon awakening to set their circadian clock. “Without trying Blue Light Therapy I believe she would still be struggling with insomnia and sleep apnoea without making any progress.” Haley said. Bendigo Sleep Lab at 406 High Street Golden Square, phone 5447 8827. www.bendigosleep.com.au

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An illustrious role

AST week I started to tell a little about the early life of George Victor Lansell, son of the Quartz King George Lansell. Ten years before the outbreak of World War I George Victor Lansell was already an officer in the newly formed Australian Infantry Regiment. He was promoted quite rapidly in the Infantry having risen to Captain by 1909, and in 1916 he was commissioned as Captain in Bendigo’s own 38th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Lansell had a rigorous well disciplined upbringing which had included a great deal of physical activity and he had been involved as a military cadet when attending as a boarder at Melbourne Grammar School. Early in the life of the 38th Battalion at Epsom, in late March 1916, there was a major disruption to the training with a serious outbreak of cerebro spinal meningitis. Because of the disease outbreak those men unaffected were then immediately transferred to another military training camp at Campbellfield. Upon the Epsom Camp

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being cleared of the meningitis, the 38th recruits returned to their home base. Late in the month of November 1916 after having further military training in Britain, the 38th Battalion crossed over into France. George Victor Lansell’s military career in the trenches of the Western Front in France was rather brief. After only the second day in battle on December 1, 1916 he was wounded. Hospitalisation in Britain followed, and he was invalided back to Australia in March 1917. He was discharged from the AIF, in August of the same year. Upon the cessation of hostilities, Lansell kept his connection with the 38th Battalion, by 1923 he was to become a Major and thus in command of his original battalion. Four years later in 1927 he was promoted to become a Lieutenant-Colonel. His work with the returned soldiers is the material of legend, he quietly used some of his inherited wealth to assist many of these returned men and their children, as the social security net at that time was only in its infancy. To say that Lansell was

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loved by the diggers and sailors would not be gilding the lily. For many decades he was the president of the Bendigo sub-branch of the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia (RS and SIL of A), later to be re-named the RSL. With the work that Lansell had done with the returned service personnel, as well as his strong involvement in the RS and SIL of A, he had become very well known in the whole of the region. It came as little surprise to many citizens that when Lansell was approached

to stand for the Victorian Legislative Council in 1928 he became the successful candidate. He was knighted in 1951 primarily because of his dedicated work for ex-service personnel, continuing to hold his Bendigo Province seat as MLC until 1952. Promoting Bendigo and improving its employment opportunities was also very much on his mind. While taking his family on a world tour, he used the trip as an occasion to attract industries to Bendigo. Meetings in various European capitals with industrialists were high on his agenda, it was through these meetings that Bendigo gained two industries, Hanro Knitting Mills and the Australian Swiss Manufacturing Company. The Australian Swiss Manufacturing Company as stated in an earlier article was established in Hargreaves Street, Lansell being one of the larger share holders and consequently among the local directorate. The company produced all kinds of watch cases and up until 2001 some of these could still be found in various nooks and crannies of the building.

Standout tale hits the mark The Last Pulse By Anson Cameron, Vintage, 2014. $29.99

HE idea of taking justice into your own hands can be tempting, but most of us acquiesce and just let things go. For Merv Rossiter though, things got too much – years of drought and no income wore him down, and the suicide of his wife was the last straw. So Merv does what others only dream about, he heads north with daughter Em, and blows up the dam in Queensland preventing annual floods in his South Australian town, then sails back home as the river floods in a stolen boat. Of course there are adventures on the way, in a particularly delicious irony they pick up Bridget, the 30-something National Party Water Minister from a floating Portaloo, and a teenage aboriginal boy, Barwon, who thinks he sang the flood into being. Travelling down the river provides a snapshot of life in rural Australia, the city and city ways belong to a different world. There is dark humour, irony and many laugh-out-loud moments, especially in the dialogue – the gangsta-rap of Barwon brings his character to life. You can’t help cheering on the underdog, Merv, as he

dreams of being a folk hero when he arrives back home. This book has a sense of adventure and is written with a light touch that belies a serious purpose. The environment and climate change, human interference and the idea of “owning” water are overriding concerns, which impact on the lives and livelihood of people we meet. Families and communities matter – Merv, Em, Bridget and Barwon become a close-knit family as they share experiences traveling south. Compare this with Barwon’s home life – marked by welfare dependence, drunkenness and family violence. Many of the rural families and communities we meet are broken down by circumstances and suicide is common. Merv understands the flood as the last pulse of a dying river system. He envisions an opera based on his story. The humour and deeper social and political comment make this a standout Australian novel in the tradition of The Castle. - Kaye Poole

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TUTORING

Ring Steven 0433 187 296

PUBLIC NOTICES

FROM THE BIBLE

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If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the Gospel’s shall save it.

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Bendigo Newcomers Linking people, places and events Bendigo Newcomers hosts regular social activities as a way to meet new people & discover what the Bendigo Region has on offer.

PREP TO YEAR 10 Hit www.bendigo tutoring.net on your phone or P.C. Call Michael 0413 116 096

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BUSINESS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES A HOME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

FANTASTIC CAFE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY An opportunity exists at the new Healthworks Clinic McIvor Rd, Bendigo, for a CAFE/ALFRESCO Business to operate and expand from the walk in & out traffic. If you have dreamed of owning your own Coffee Shop/Cafe this is a great opportunity! For further details Contact Rod Jones on 0428 444 882

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EMPLOYMENT

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HAIRDRESSER WANTED ehb are looking for a full time or part time qualified hairdresser or 1st/2nd year apprentice to join their team. Send resume C/O Kylie to ehb. Shop 12 Corner Condon St & Edwards Rd, Strathdale 3550 or Email: craigbanfield@bigpond.com

CHEF/COOK required to join our team at The McIvor. Interested, email: restaurant@ themcivor.com.au for a position description

Balgownie Estate Cellar Door – Hospitality Manager – Bendigo Pay: 60,000 to 65,000 plus Bonuses Balgownie Estate stands amongst the region’s leading winemakers, producing award winning wines.

EARN UP TO $3000 P/W

Earn $500 - $6,000 plus per month Part/Full Time. Full training and ongoing support provided. www.workhome4you.com

Pickup & Delivery Biz. $35,000 includes Nissan Navara Call Mal 0432 278 888

EMPLOYMENT

GET PAID TO GET FIT!

DELIVERING CATALOGUES

Deliver homeware catalogues Flexible hours. NOT JUNK MAIL! Phone: 1300 664 751 www.pennymiller.com.au

EMPLOYMENT

hairdressing

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PHONE PEOPLE REQUIRED Paid volunteer Telemarketers wanted for Charity. Monday Friday. Ph 5444 1353

Deliver & Collect Catalogues. Must be Reliable. Phone or Text Ila:

0402 037 117

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JOIN THE WEEKLY WALKERS TEAM

Please send cover letter and CV to Des Forrester E: dforrester@coldstar.com.au

Landscaping Garden Makeovers Great Rates! Ph 0427 853 665

A. FRANCIS BRICKLAYING

Builds pizza ovens, letter boxes, houses & more. Phone 0497 112 867 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Complete bathroom makeovers & alterations. 34 yrs exp by qual tradesman. Servicing Bendigo - Castlemaine & surrounding districts. FREE Quote phone Rod Cox 0419 267 672 or 4406 6019.

BLOCK SPLITTING and Chainsaw work. Call Damian's Mowing Ph 5448 8129

Same day service Ph 1800 630 922

BRICKLAYER AVAILABLE

BRICKLAYERS

BUDGET SERVICE

CLEANING

20 years experience, specialiasing in house WINDOWS, in and out. Ph 0400 099 377 for a free quote.

CARPENTER

Quality work Alterations & Repairs Free quotes Ph Kevin 0421 397 960

CAR REMOVALS.

Phone 5440 2529 Position Vacant? Find the right person for your Business, with 38,200 copies circulating free each week. Bendigo, Echuca, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Maryborough, Wedderburn, Marong, Bridgewater, Axedale, Maldon, Harcourt, Redesdale, Elphinstone, Malmsbury, Newstead, Kyneton, Carisbrook, Newbridge, Inglewood, Serpentine, Dingee, Goornong, Colbinabbin, Elmore, Rochester, Mitiamo

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CONCRETING

Driveways, Paths, Sheds. No job too small Free Quotes Dennis: 0427 858 081

DALE'S HANDYMAN SERVICE General work, Gardening, Lawn mowing & Clean up Ph 0400 931 950 or 0409 004 280

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

Ph 0402 775 329

CLEANER

•Office & Home cleaning •All Non-Toxic Products •Safe around Children. Pensioner Rates Call Maree 0438 052 294

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

PET SITTING & DOG WALKING PH 0438 052 294

PLASTERER Skilled Handyman • Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting Will travel within a 50km radius of Bendigo

PJ TAYLOR

5446 1422

HOUSEWORK

and Ironing Duties. Phone 0434 795 733

0448 713 499

PLASTER

MEL'S IRONING $2 per garment. (Minumum 10) Non smoking home, same day service, local area Ph 0400 095 530

LANDSCAPING by Jordan Ramage For all Outdoor Improvements Ph 0434 933 277 ABN 45791848516

CARPENTER/HANDYMAN Decks, Patios, Bathrooms, Lawns, Landscaping, Tiling, Plastering - No jobs to big or small. Call Steve: 0403 504 668

CONCRETER Driveways, paths, shed floors, spray on patterns, free quotes, no job too small. Ph 0408 204 114

BLOCKED DRAINS

all types of brick and block work, chimneys and fireplaces. Ph 5446 7057 or 0418 370 917.

Job Requirements:

* Current Manager will be available for a transition period hand over.

WEEDING/GARDENING

You won’t have to stand around folding advertising material for hours beforehand – just pick up and go! You’ll have the full support of our distribution team, and receive a top payment rate.

The position is on a full-time basis.

Do you have the following: • Well presented, extremely organised and experienced Manager. • Excellent Communicator, Natural Leader as well as a Team player. • Loves to be Hands on whilst managing from the front. • Direct Selling to Customers. • Proven Skills in Selling Wine and exceeding Budgeted Targets. • Customer service skills essential. • Copes well under pressure. • Wine Knowledge & Wine Industry Experience. • Experience in Small Accommodation an advantage. • Experience in Operating small to medium sized cafes where quality of product and service are the key focus. • You will see Weekends, Public Holidays and Major Event Days are all main revenue generators and that leadership during these periods is key to the success of the department. • RSA & Food Handling Certiﬁcate required, or willing to obtain one prior to commencement.

Service •Post Holes •Trenching •Ripping •Rotary Hoeing •Levelling •4 in 1 Bucket Phone: 0419 471 541

Earn extra cash and keep fit!

join our close-knit cellar door team. Reporting to the Directors, the duties of this hands-on role are wide and varied, but will focus predominantly on Cellar Door Sales & Customer Service, Accommodation (2 Suites) & Cafe.

Personal Attributes

ARNOLD'S Digger & Trenching

All types of jobs, Big & Small, House to Garden. Phone Will 5447 2185 or 0409 352 374

We are looking to employ an energetic and enthusiastic person to

• Day to Day Management of Cellar Door, 2 Suite Accommodation & Cafe. • Responsible for the administration, budgeting and basic accounts of the above. • Setting and Achieving Sales and Customer Service KPI’s for the Business. • Manage the Business as if its your own. • Leading from the front, over achieving and being driven by success. • Represent the Business both locally and oﬀ site where required. • Develop and Maintain existing relationships with key stakeholders, tourist bodies, government etc. • Source and develop new relationships that will assist in growing the business. • Train a team of personality driven individuals to assist in making Balgownie Estate Bendigo a product of choice. • Appealing to the Victorian Drive Market. • Work closely with the Cellar Door Manager Yarra Valley in developing co-operative marketing to ensure mass exposure. • Drive the promotion of Bendigo in Line with the Cellar Door Manager of Yarra Valley in all media outlets, particularly the updating of Social Media and Relevant Website Content.

Services Offered

LAWN Mowing - Edges trimmed, grass removed Handyman Repairs, Rubbish Removal, Ride on Mowing also available. $30 p/hour Ph Tony 0412 824 690

Lawn Mowing, Whipper Snipping

All types of plastering. • Home Maintenance • Tiling • Painting • Carpentry. Free quotes. Ph. Brian 0407 679 618

POST HOLES

Millers Holes Mobile 0418 510 217.

RECEIPTS getting out of hand..??

Need a bookeeper fast? Cheap rates, Call Ilona Kairn 0458 188 129 Will come to you

RENOVATOR Over 30 Years Experience • Interior Design • Building Design Phone Michael 0417 736 232

$35 per hr / $30 pen (inc. take away clippings). Delivery of Garden Products Spraying (Roundup) $35 per hr/ $30 pen Rubbish Removal $70 per load/$65 pen (incl tip fee $33) for 7x4 square box trailer. NO tyres or rock/clean fill. Cash only Ph Mick 0407 448 249

Small to Medium loads, Trailers also available. Ph 5448 8129

LAWN MOWING & GARDENING

Just

Honest and reliable service. Phone Philip 0428 477 257

PANEL BEATING Spray painting, rust repairs. 25 yrs experience, cheap rates. Ph 5443 1710 or 0401 915 906.

VAN & DRIVER FOR HIRE

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$3.00 per line (5 LINE MINIMUM)

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ANTENNAS

TV Tuning from $40 • Digital TV’s, Set Top Boxes & Aerials • Satellite & Computer Setups • Home Theatre, wall mount • DVD, Recorders & Foxtel • Installed & explained

Phone Ron on 5447 7823 or 0431 609 423

COMPUTER SICK?

Slow start up? Internet buggy? Kids killed the computer again? On site tune up for that troublesome computer. Ph. 0415 036 568 Pensioner Disc. Avail.

COMPUTER SUPPORT In Home Reasonable Rates 7 days Extended hours Ph Shaun 0400 811 880

CONCRETER

Paths, Driveways, Cross overs, Sheds, Small & big jobs, Reasonable rates. Seniors Discount Free quotes. Ph. 0422 424 348.

CONCRETER Driveways Paths etc Free Quotes

Ph. 0428 381 925

DIGITAL TV SPECIALISTS 3 3 3 3 3

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Services Offered AIR CONDITIONING

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

Gas heaters should be serviced yearly to keep them running SAFELY & EFFICIENTLY So, for peace of mind this winter call

Sherlock Soil Works Excavator Bobcat Tipper

AIR CONDITIONING

Nathan: 0407 972 717

bendigotemptech@hotmail.com Servicing all of Central Victoria • Pensioner discounts avail. Registered Licence No. 47315

James Sherlock Ph: 0407 472 775

sherlocksoilworks@hotmail.com

COM PET RATE ITIVE S

• Laser Levelled Site cuts • Landscaping Landscaping• • Driveways • Backyard clean-ups • Postholes • Trenching

Using our 5 ton excavator 4.5 ton skid steer, 1.7 ton excavator for tight to get to places, & ten metre tipper

& PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

ABN: 62 094 744 216

• New Kitchens • Bathroom Renovations • Warehouse direct bathroom products

Call Clint 0427 349 549

A/H PH 5448 8814 E: cjchandler65@bigpond.com

0417 511 159

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

BLINDS & CURTAINS

Southern Cross Blinds & Awnings

• Canvas Awnings • Roman Blinds • Vertical Drapes • Holland Blinds • Cedar Venetians • Venetian Blinds • Roller Shutters • Security Doors

PHONE/FAX 5447 9011 141 High Street, Kangaroo Flat www.southerncrossblinds.com

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

Matt” A “ Excavations and Landscaping

Experienced Bobcat, Excavator and Truck Operator No Job too small • After Hours Available Very Reasonably Priced Free Quotes and Honest Advice Matt: 0409 141 093 • Nicole: 0428 119 386 E: nicmat2001@hotmail.com

Quality Cleaning Services Serving Bendigo for 20 Years

ALL CLEANING INCLUDING: CARPET CLEANING STRIP & RESEAL TIMBER AND VINYL FLOORS

BATHROOMS & KITCHENS

KITCHEN, BATHROOMS

BOBCAT AND TIPPER SERVICES • 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

0418 506 188 cleanjet@iinet.net.au

COMPUTERS

MacManagement Managing your Macintosh world

 Advice, trouble-shooting and fixes for your Macintosh, iPad or iPhone.  Help with internet, WiFi, software installations, upgrade, data migrations and backups.  25 years experience helping people manage their Macs. Graeme Challis 0447 896 089 support@macintoshmanagement.com.au

Bobcat & Tipper Hire Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer

200 - 600mm diameter

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

BUILDERS

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

Registered Builder

DB-U38390

CARPENTERS

GARDAM E X C AVA T I O N

SEPTIC TANK SEWER TREATMENT PLANTS Supplied and installed PIC LICENCED

0418 508 993

Licenced drainer 31741

CARPENTRY SOLUTIONS HOME MAINTENANCE BATHROOM RENOVATIONS DECKS

CONTACT STEPHEN 0409 381 474

CLEANING SERVICES

CLEANING SERVICES Commercial and Domestic

Retail / Business / Homes / Schools / Medical Centres Vacate / Builders Cleans / Windows / Eco Friendly Fully Insured - Free Quotes - Quality Assured Phone: JON - 0427 848 015 Email: admin@jvpropertyservices.com Web: JVPROPERTYSERVICES.COM

ELECTRICIAN

Tired of Waiting for a Tradesman

ELECTRICIANS DARELLY ELECTRICAL D SERVICING BENDIGO & DISTRICT SE REC 14361

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

FREIGHT SERVICES

Trusted Transport Company has space for freight - Bendigo & Ballarat to Melbourne daily. Call John for best rates.

GARDEN SERVICES PATHS, DRIVEWAYS, SHEDS HOUSE SLABS - PHONE FRANK

Stairs

GREG SMITH

0476 162 767

Ti Timber b Fl Floors Pergolas

ELECTRICIANS

Cave’s Concreting

thebeattles@bigpond.com

Decks

Phone: 0417 329 802

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Specialising in alterations & additions Commercial C i l Domestic New Houses Insurance Labour Hire Fences Free Quotes

Over 40 Years Service

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

CALL STEVE 0408 928 763

0409 173 754 Peter

LEON BEATTY 0415 503 875

Electrical Installations

darelly@netspace.net.au/www.darellyelectrical.com

CONCRETING

BUILDERS

Geoff Williams

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

www.techeadit.com.au | steve@techeadit.com.au

Call Ron 0438 569 385

ELECTRICIANS

0418 507 709RECA/H 5448 3333 7821

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal

CONCRETE PIPING

REC 4085

TempTech

• Post Holes • Trenches • Site Cleans • Pools • Driveways • Site Cuts • 5 ton Excavator with Post Hole Attachment and Rock Breaker

CLEANING SERVICES

PH 0417 377 957 CONCRETE KERBING

DUGIE’S DIGGERS EXCAVATIONS You Dig It! Strathfieldsaye

NEW! EXPOSED CONCRETE KERBING

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

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Ideal for driveways and garden beds with a range of styles, colours and exposed rock.

Free Measure & Quote

Ph: 0413 889 680 A/H: 5439 6157

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• Handymen • Cleaning • Builder • Floors • • Carpenters • Glazier • Fencing • Plastering • • Painters • Bathroom & Kitchen Reno’s • • Granite Benchtops • Paving • Concreting • • Plumbers • Decking • Electricians • • Pruning • Tiling • Tree Lopping • • Sheds & Pergolas • Lawns & Gardens •

Central Victoria 13 11 98

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Services Offered HOME MAINTENANCE

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

PLUMBERS

Sandhurst Painting and Decorating

Peter Carr Plumbing & Gasfitting Pty. Ltd.

35 years experience • Carpentry • Tiling • Painting • Plastering • Pergolas • Decks

CALL PETER 0409 422 271

Quotation gladly given

0417 057 010

KITCHENS

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

www.rilexinteriors.com.au rilexinteriors@bigpond.com

Call Mark Kingston 0439 941 248 LANDSCAPING

• Qualified tradesmen • Landscaping • Commercial and residential property maintenance

Specialising in Landscape construction Stuart Erwin 0407 667 900 Cameron Rogister 0411 956 937

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

PH: 0418 822 911 MOBILE BATHROOMS

Painter & Decorator YOUR FRIENDLY, PROFESSIONAL AND QUALITY PAINTING TEAM FOR ALL TYPES OF PAINTING OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE FOR A FREE, NO OBLIGATION QUOTE, CALL TROY ON 0418 844 590 OR EMAIL T_EYOUNG@BIGPOND.NET.AU

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

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PEST CONTROL

For safe, effective and reliable pest control

Prompt friendly service Fully insured, trained All work fully guaranteed and accredited Environmentally friendly All pest control services “If it’s not right, we’ll put it right no matter what it takes” • Flea control • Wasp control • Rat & mice control • Other pests • Silverfish control • Spider control

Call us Now

5448 4499

PO Box 54, Eaglehawk

Greg Hicks st same day Plumbing Fajosebrvtoicoesmall

BENDIGO 87-89 MIDLAND HWY www.centrestateselfstorage.com

SUBDIVISION

SUBDIVIDE IS YOUR BLOCK 2000M 2 OR LARGER?

Would you like to make MONEY? Develop your land at NO COST TO YOU! Contact us to find out how:

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KARIM 0435 147 045 TILING

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

Thorp Tiling “You style it, I’ll tile it”

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

Kyle 0421 255 044

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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

TREE LOPPING

TREE REMOVAL & MAINTENANCE t Yard clean ups t Whitegoods t DomesƟĐ t Builders t Renovators t Commercial

We load for you! 7 Days a Week No job too small or too big

Green Waste Green Waste Special

0423 402 474

• SERVICING SURROUNDING AREAS • FULLY INSURED • FREE QUOTES • BOBCAT • WOOD CHIPPER • FIRE WOOD & MULCH SALES • STUMP REMOVAL • HEDGE PRUNING • CHERRY PICKER

JUDD’S TREE LOPPING 193

Phone Leigh & Rob 0417 545 juddstreelopping@bigpond.com

ROOFING

www.jimspestcontrol.com.au

SUPERIOR

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

ROOFING

PEST CONTROL

& MAINTENANCE SERVICES

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

High Pressure Cleaning ngg De-Mossing Sealing & Painting Asbestos Removals Pensioner Discounts

EXPERTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF ROOFING

Formally “Spider Sprayers”

5444 2028

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

Call David/Bronwyn

0438 083 139 www.bettabathroomhire.com.au

0438 632 219

TREE LOPPING PLUMBERS

SMITHS

TRIPPA’S T RIPPA’S P PAINTING AINTING SERVICE S ERVICE

Quality tree and Stump Removal

No O No Obligation blligat b ig ga attio tion io on Fr F Free ree ee Quote Quo uote te 10% DI 10 D IS ISC SC COUNT OUNT OU NT F OR S OR ENIO EN ORS RS 10% DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS

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Ph 5446 1535

131 546

(Shower, hand basin, toilet etc)

Specialising S Sp pec ecia ialilisi sin ng g iin: n:: n Weatherboard W eather ea ther th erb bo oar ard ard Heritage Housing H erit er ritag itag it age Ho H ou ussin ing Repaints R epa ep aiint nts

• 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

Lic#100122

MOBILE BATHROOM FOR HIRE

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

Free Use of Courtesy Trailer 7 Days Access & On-Site Electronic Surveillance Security NEW AND USED BOXES AND PACKING MATERIALS AVAILABLE

0448 701 138

ARE YOU RENOVATING? Suitable for • Renovations • Parties/Weddings • Sporting events and many more

STO

Master Plumber

FREE FRIENDLY QUOTES • Over 10 years Experience • New and old homes • Texturings • ALL your painting needs

• Ant control • Bed bug control • Bird control • Cockroach control • Termite control

• Kitchens • Vanities • Walk in robes • All custom joinery • Flat Packs • Replacement bench tops • No job too small

10 SIZES FROM $20 PER WEEK

4 Nolan Street, Bendigo

Rilex Interiors

Is your kitchen needing an update? Call Rilex Interiors for a FREE QUOTE and advice.

544 33 999

Call Phill Hutchings on

Email: bhmpeter@hotmail.com

License No. 32710

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

NO JOB TOO SMALL

Prompt efficient service at reasonable rates

STORAGE

• Gasfitting including heater servicing with Carbon Monixide tests • Renovations • Back-flow & TMV Testing • All Plumbing Maintenance

Ph: 0418 547 796

Lic#37911

Tree Maintenance • Stump Mulching Hire Travel Tower • Tree Pruning and Stump Grinding • Tip Truck & Woodchipper Hire • Free Quotes

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

Services Offered To advertise in this section contact our classifieds department

(no job too BIG or SMALL for the Smith Family team)

1300 558 385

David Smith

classifieds@ bendigopublishing .com

0427 506 160

Friday, April 17, 2015 — Bendigo Weekly

FOR SALE

1980'S roll top desk, teak colour, 8 drawers, $80 Ph 0408 597 272

CCB Jumper sizes 16 & 18 $20 each Ph 0400 047 656

A3 Reflex paper, 50 reams @ $10 each Contact Kim 0404 050 162 or 5446 7914

CD Rack, Pine, holds 120 $30 Phone 5447 7050

www.bendigoweekly.com.au

FOR SALE

AIR compressor, + 2 cases of tools, 2 air hoses, never used, every tool you will ever need. $250 Ph 0438 836 430

CHAIN mesh roll 20mx1.8m, new $90 Ph 5442 3620

FIREWOOD Red Gum, dry split top quality, delivered. $140m/cubed Ph Dave 0409 516 458

CHAIR, 20's swing back, lovely condition $40 ONO Ph 5443 5530

FIREWOOD, dry, ready to burn $100 Ph 0418 256 107

AKUBRA Hat, size 54, fawn, EC $70 Ph 0401 132 177

CHILDS tricycle, metal frame, needs restoration $5 Ph 0476 077 570

BOTTOM rack for ASKO dishwasher, brand new $100 Ph 0418 256 107

GLASS bowl, terrarium, flowers, gold fish $10 ono Ph 0476 077 570

BAR stool, gas lift, black leather chrome, GC $50 ONO Ph 0466 269 948

CHOICE magazine, Jan 81 & Dec 2000 complete. $65 ono Ph 5446 1310

BED, queen, wraught iron, slat, $100 Ph 0417 389 715 BEDSIDE table (2) solid timber, $100 Ph 0417 389 715 BICYCLE folding with carry bag, VGC $50 Ph 5447 7050

BIKE 20 inch, mongoose, shimano gears, VGC $60 Ph 0400 047 656

BLOCH dance shoes, black lace up, s10 $30 Ph 0401 132 177

CLOSING DOWN POTS ON HIGH

Open all weekend Everything Discounted, 40% (Cash Only) OFF ALL Resin Animals Ph 5447 1962

DINING room extension table, seats up to 12, maple, perfect condition, $295 Ph 5447 7599

BSE Girls slacks, Sz 12 $10 Phone 5444 2581

BSE wool/nylon jumper sz 10 $10 Phone 5444 2581

DOG cushions, durable fabric, washable $10 ono Ph 0476 077 570

PORTABLE BUNGALO

DOG Kennel, Petmate brand, lift off lid, M-L $35 Ph 0418 293 938

CAR seat capsule, safe n sound, GC $75 Ph 0418 327 455 CASIO portable electric organ, padded carry bag, GC $45 Ph 5446 1310

CARPET Square, textured, grey, GC 226cm x 158cm $80 5447 7762

FRIDGES

and Freezers. Top brands from $195. Fully recond, 6 mths wty. 283 High St, G/Sq. Ph. 5441 1955

COT & Mattress, White, Good cond, $100 Ph 0418 327 455

DJ Hero for Wii Console still in box $50 Ph 0408 700 266

Solid weatherboard construction, with Tin roof, Approx 2.5M x 4M. Freshly painted inside, curtains, wind-out window, Double glass doors, suitable fo spare room o r s t o r a g e . Weatherproof. Polished floor boards. $3500 Neg. Ph 0409 047150

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

DOGS bunk bed, suit med to Lge dog, very strong $25 Ph 5443 5530 DRESSING table, 2 side tables, stained, mirror GC $40 Ph 5447 7762

70LT Explorer Fridge /Freezer 12V 240 Dual Control 75mm insulation, Molded internal EC $1500 ONO Cost $2000 Ph 0473 988 529 GAS Heater, RINNAI, 3 Bars, EC $100 Phone 5447 9735 GIRLS bike, purple huffy, GC $20 Ph 5439 3054

HAY New season Oaten hay sml squares $7 Wheat Straw sml squares $4 Phone 0439 296 455 HOME brew kit w/lots of beer bottles, $50 lol Ph 0418 293 938

ELECTRIC Heater IXL Nipper, suit caravan, GC $15 Ph 5439 3054 ELECTRIC wall heater, Atlantic, GC $15 Ph 5439 3054

FOR SALE

INNOTEK anti bark collars, containment systems, remote trainers Disc Price. Ph 5439 5710 or 0437 233 177.

MORAN Recliner, Tan leather with footstool. A1 Condition. $550 Phone 5444 3799

SMALL entry table, cream glass top $45 Ph 0466 269 948

MOTORBIKE hoist, steel, $20 Ph 5439 5544

SNOW suit, small, rainbird, black-purple $50 Ph 0401 132 177

MOUNTAIN Bike 24" Dino Basher, Must sell $30 Phone 0411 333 342

SOIL

KITCHEN Dresser H 210, W 214, D 55, 2 plate shelves, EC, 2 pieces for easy delivery $750 Phone 0438 424 842 LARGE garden Stakes $2 each Ph 5446 1310 LEAD light crystal cabinet, mirror backed, bevilled glass shelves $150.00 Ph 5447 7599

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

MUSIC stands (3), black, EC $20 each or $50 for all 3 Ph 5447 7275 NEW tyre & rim P165 /75-R13 ideal for trailer $100pair 0418 256 107

7PCE Modular Lounge with Day bed + Double bed + recliner. Coffee Mock suede, Excellent Condition $900 Ph 5443 3227

PEA STRAW $7.50 Straw $6 Min 12 bales Free delivery or pick up Bendigo Ph 0427 304 600

LOUNGE suite smalll 2 seater + 2 chairs, ideal for flat or unit, VGC $250 ONO Ph 5443 7046 or 0438 528 037

PIANO Albert Fahrzeitz, upright, Walnut, Veneer, Steel frame, Good Cond, $850 Phone 5449 3844

MASSAGE Table, portable, Athlegen, in excellent condition $175 Ph 0418 327 455

PLAY Pen, wooden, large Hex shape, Very solid $50 Ph 0418 293 938

MATTRESS double, soft, very clean $40 Ph 5447 7762 MOBILITY electric power chair, "Shoprider Puma 14HD" 12 mths old, 6 wheels, programmable joystick controller, adjustable foot plate, arm rests, flat free tyres, reclining seat, easy to use. Exc Cond, $2800 ono Ph 5447 8087

CLEARING SALES BENDIGO ANTIQUE AND ESTATE AUCTIONS 116 Hattam Street, Golden Square ENTRIES ARE INVITED For our next antique and collectables auction

Wednesday 29th April, 3pm

POP cake maker, used once, $5 Ph 5439 5852 QUEEN size mattress, EC $60 Ph 5449 7924

RIOBI Blower, electric, brand new $70 ONO Phone 0439 280 682 SADDLE 16" Marshall Poley, Fully mounted VGC $200 Ph 5443 7046 or 0438 528 037 SALT mouth Inhaler, new, for h/fever, asthma, sinus etc $30 5442 4523 SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 3 (New in Box) Black, $500 Ph 0487 240 091 SHADES (6) for a house $60 Ph 5442 5105 or 0477 990 036 SIDEBOARD, older style, EC $100 PH 0466 997 290

Individual or estate lots accepted

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

1300 558 385

LADDER, "Kennett" Steel, 2M H, $50 ONO Phone 0466 269 948 SMALL entertainment unit $80 Ph 5442 5105 or 0477 990 036

PO Box 324 Bendigo 3552 Fax: 5441 4416

All adverts must be pre-paid. For $25 you get 5 lines ONE ITEM ONLY per advert. Advert will run for four consecutive weeks. Sale price must be included. Alteration to PRICE ONLY. Not included in the offer are business adverts., rental hire etc., for the purpose of ongoing profit, or Real Estate Listings. The publisher reserves the right to decline any booking for the purpose of continuing gain.

*Word Breaks are words that break in half, (hyphenate) across two lines. ADDITIONAL LINES $3 EACH

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SCRAP WANTED Free Pickup! including White Goods, Batteries, Mags, etc Ph 5446 1191 or 0447 744 043

WANTED TO BUY

CASH

For Fridges & Freezers, in GWO up to 25yrs. Washing Machines up to 7yrs old. Ph. 5441 1955

STRAW Loose straw with sheep manure. Can deliver in bulk Ph 0427 304 600 SUBWOOFER 12" with amp, boxed, EC $100 Ph 0408 700 266 SUIT cases (2) large $25 each Ph 5447 7050

GARAGE SALES

29 GLENDALE DRIVE (Off Peatlings Rd) BAGSHOT Sat 18th from 8am. 6x4 trailer, Horse gear, saddles, rugs, etc. Mouse proof feed bins, House goods, vases, antique cot, plants, roses

TRACTORS & farm machinery wanted. Going or not, cash paid, Ph 0429 393 221

GARAGE SALES

SWINGSET childs 4 pce with slide, $100 ONO Phone 0427 522 998

639 HARGREAVES ST GOLDEN SQUARE Sat, Sun, 9am - 5pm Moving Sale, Everything must go!

TABLE oval, 6 chairs $50 ono Ph 5439 5852

TENT 12 x 9, full floor, 3 rooms, 24 x 20 heavy duty fly. $350 Phone: 0409 807 977 THREE piece jacobean lounge suite, french polished, rehapolstered, spare material $695 Ph 5447 7599

TOMATOES

(Sauce) from $8 box Can deliver Bendigo Ph 0400 779 774

189 SULLIVANS RD STRATHFIELDSAYE Saturday 12pm - 5pm, Lots of general goods.

EAGLEHAWK UNITING CHURCH CAR PARK Saturday 18th April, 8am-12pm Sites available $10. Wide variety of items for sale

15 HAMELIN ST WHITE HILLS Saturday only Household Goods, Games, and Plants

SAXBY DRIVE STRATHFIELDSAYE

Sun 9am-1pm Moving sale, Aust pottery & collectables, caravan & camping gear, toys, lego, bicycle gear, & more

TOP SOIL Sieved $35 per metre, 4 metre min. delivery 8m & 10m also avail. Garden Mix $50 a metre. Garden Rocks also avail. Phone 0418 306 548 or 0428 100 770 TRAMPOLINE, round, with sides, $80 Ph 5447 3490

6 DAVIDSON ST NORTH BENDIGO Saturday and Sunday 8am-2pm Shifting sale tools, lawnmower, ladder etc

5 CRUSOE RD KANGAROO FLAT Saturday 9am - 3pm Old books, novels, westerns, collectables and clothes

UTE tarp, suit HQ-HZ, $80 Ph 5442 3620 VELVET material, dusty pink, 1.4 metres $15 Ph 5447 7275 WADERS, sz 9, Trousers style $15 Ph 5447 7275 YORK exercise trampoline mini, EC $50 Ph 5443 9096

74 STRICKLAND ST ASCOT Saturday 8am-2pm Household items, clothing, student desk, glass shelving, and more

WANTED FREE Scrap metal pick up wanted, sml to large lots of scrap steel, Tin, White goods, Batteries, AC, $50 for Cars. 0487 320 656

MILLER ST - SIGNED BENDIGO Sat 18/04 9am - 5pm LG TV/bookcase, Retro fridges, Kayak, Cubby House, Plants

7 LYN MAREE CRT GOLDEN SQUARE Near Cooinda Park. Sunday 11am - 2pm, large variety of goods, inc clothes, jewellery and toys

To advertise in this section please call 1300 558 385

HAVING A GARAGE SALE?

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PLEASE USE SPACES. NO WORD BREAKS AT END OF LINE MAX OF 5 LINES

WANTED

Compost with manures and straw mix. Can deliver Bgo or pick up. Ph 0427 304 600

QUEEN size mattress, pale blue $95 Ph 5447 2617

Contact: Dennis 5443 8570 or Vernon 5441 4168 or 0407 485 333 www.bendigoantiques.com.au

LocalClassifieds Phone, Fax, email or bring in this coupon with $25*, or $30* with photo, and your advertisement will be published in the next 4 editions. Categories included: Autos, Boats, Car Parts, Caravans & Trailers, Commercial Vehicles, For Sale, Four Wheel Drives, Livestock, Machinery, Motorbikes & Wrecking.

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

OLD Miners wheelbarrow, Great condition $50 Ph 0408 700 266

GOT SOMETHING TO SELL? ADVERTISE FOR 4 WEEKS - ONLY $25*

MUSHROOM COMPOST OR SOIL

LEATHER Couch, As new, Black 3 seater $720 Phone 0438 398 564

FREE FERNS 239 Napier St, Bendigo

Cat Enclosures

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POULTRY

BOATS

CARAVANS & TRAILERS

BOAT Swiftcraft 15ft, 70hp Johnson, on roller trailer, no rego $1500 ono Ph 0409 042 562

SILKIES

Young & healthy from $20 each Ph 5436 1373 QUINTREX Centre console 16ft, deep hull, 40HP Merc, $10,500 Phone 0419 886 637

LIVESTOCK YOUNG BUDGIES $10 Each Ph 0417 101 170

COLEMAN poptop, 1981, good condition $3300 Phone 0424 041 767

WHIPPET Pups, Male, Vacc, P/B 13 Weeks 982 000363024253 / 982 000363024058 Phone 03 5448 4586

1300 850 342

LIVESTOCK ADS *

Conditions apply

AVAN 16ft x 7ft. 2002 Rhys model, $13,000 Phone 5443 2606

COROMAL 2008 model, 455 Excel P/top, island bed, a/con, easy to tow, EC, $18,500 Ph 0419 595 426

FOR 4 WEEKS EVERNEW 21' Built for Dirt Road Touring, Solar, 6" Chassis, 3 Water Tanks, Rev Camera, 2 Spare Tyres, Air Cond, Full Bathroom, Large Seating Area, W achine, I/S Mattress plus many more extras. Always Garaged, VGC, $58,250 NEG, Ph 0407 505 971

1300 558 385 LIVESTOCK

Boarding Kennel & Cattery

Muckleford School Road Muckleford 3451

LIVESTOCK

ADOPT-A-PET Male, Adult

.QR 'CTGF

Hi there my name is Fluffy. I’m a very friendly little guy and as my name suggests I am fluffy so I will need regular grooming to keep me looking my best So please come in and meet me.

Male, 3 Months

My name is Pluto. I’m an adorable little guy that’s full of energy and still need to learn manners so puppy school would be very beneficial for both me and my new family. I’m a social boy who would love another dog to play with. Come in and meet me.

5VCIJQWPF :

Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun & Pub Hols 10am-12pm www.rspcavic.org.au

VOLVO MERCEDES BENZ BMW VOLKSWAGON PEUGOT

1998 EL Falcon Saphire model, 197ks, GC, Reg til Aug 2015, (PDD-243) $500 Ph 0427 346 325

HOLDEN 98 Barina, 2door, 260,000ks, Reg til Aug 2015, (OUW515) $1200 Ph 0438 444 862

2006 TK Barina Hatchback Manual, Black, 99000kms, RWC 9mths Reg $6500 ONO Ph 0424 967 166 (1DG7QR)

KIA Sportage 2012, Turbo diesel, 60,000ks, New tyres, RWC, 12mths Reg (yzi783) $25,500 Phone 0419 886 637

Service & Repair Specialists Jamie Hackett Motors Ph 5446 8635

THOMPSON AUTOMOTIVE Repairing manual gearbox, transfer case & diffs. Phone Phill 0434 145 485

Winter is fast approaching and our animals are in desperate need of warm bedding. We need donations of old blankets, linen, anything that can be made into a nice warm bed for the fur babies. (Nothing with feathers in thanks, for obvious reasons…)

MOTOR BIKES SCOOTER motorbike, good condition $1600 ONO Ph 0487 390 466 SUZUKI 80 motorbike, $1500 ONO Ph 0487 390 466

09 Hyundai I30 Hatchback 2L 5 Sp Man, A/C, ABS, Air bags, full service history, T/bar, 91,000 klms RWC, Reg, XCW007 $10,990 Phone 0413 183 836

Regulations require that from June, 1998 both licensed motor car traders and persons other than licensed motor car traders, must include the following info when advertising a motor car sale. 1.) The cash price of the motor car 2.) Whichever of the following is applicable: a.) if the motor car is registered, the reg no. b.) if the car is unregistered, the engine no. of the vehicle; or the chassis no; or the vehicle ID no; or the reg no. (if any) last assigned to the vehicle; or if none of those numbers are reasonably ascertainable, any other number by which the vehicle may be identified. a licensed motor car trader must also state in their advertisements their LMCT no. and the details of any periodical payments applicable. Penalty for failure to comply with these regulations is a $1,000 fine.

HILUX 2012 SR5 turbo diesel, man, 130ks, b /bar, rev cameras, snorkl, t/bar, HID lights, long range tank, 80 channel UHF, TRD Wheels, RWC, REG 03/16 (YWY-987) $37,999 Ph 0409 516 458

LMCT 4761. Licenced second hand dealer.

Ph: 5442 2523 SMS: 0411 627 348

WRECKING

SUPREME mini p/top twin beds, fully equip, annex, r/out awn, elec brakes, well maintained, $8000 Ph 0429 427 785

TRAVELLER, 17ft, Never used, Dbl bed, back easy tow, 3 way fridge, oven + cook top, m/wave, arial, TV, 1 gas bottle, r/out awning, table w/ u-shape lounge, lots of cupboards, kept u/cover, 12V 240W lights, leads, 2 spare wheels, $14,900 ONO Ph 5447 8132

CARS WANTED

Cash offered. Phone 0417 334 009.

DRAGON CITY MOTOR WRECKERS Panel Beating. No insurance or restoration work. Pensioner Discount Ph 5447 4441 A/H 0487 000 145 Kangaroo Flat LMCT 11067

To advertise in this section please call

1300 558 385

2002 MITSUBISHI V6 MAGNA

Lovely auto sedan to suit the fussiest of buyers. WUX 714 AWAY $3,990 DRIVE INC RWC

AWAY $3,990 DRIVE INC RWC

2006 HOLDEN VZ ACCLAIM

FORD BA FAIRMONT SEDAN

Nice example of this popular series with under 200k’s. UDL 414 AWAY $5,990 DRIVE INC RWC

CED

REDU

FORD BA 5 SPEED MANUAL UTE

Manual BA ute with mags and only 155000k’s. Won’t last. SVR 144

$6,990

2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT V8 4X4

AWAY $7,990 DRIVE INC RWC

Lovely Fairmont locally owned with all the Fairmont trimmings TFA 413 AWAY $5,990 DRIVE INC RWC

2005 HOLDEN RODEO TURBO DIESEL 4X4 Bargain! 4x4 twin cab in turbo diesel with canopy. Won’t last. TZL 310

DRIVE AWAY INC RWC

The perfect tow vehicle. 7 seater with loads of power. Hard to find. SEB 776

CED

REDU

C REDU

AWAY CED $11,990 DRIVE INC RWC REDU

2008 Statesman Caprice 3.6L Dual Fuel, Auto, fully optioned, Silver /Black interior, 130ks, Reg til July 2015, RWC, (1CZ7SC) $14,500 Phone 0418 146 864 TOYOTA Cressida 89, White, good condition for age, Eng: 7M0240024 $1500 ONO Ph 0409 470 930

Classifieds 1300 558 385

VW Touareg 4 motion 4WD Ultimate comfort for 5! Big towing capacity, high torque, TDi Diesel turbo, power + economy, shiny black luxury model with grey leather. Safety in and out. 6sp auto, no off road use. Reg UDK-499 $22,500 neg ,with RWC. Junourton. Ph 0424 789 066

FOR 4 WEEKS LocalClassifieds

NISSAN PULSAR HATCH Auto, a/c, p/s, tinted windows, alloys, low kms. ABC111. $18,000. Ph 5442 1646

Wrecking all Makes & Models We buy any car or ute Come see your local strippers

$30

LMCT 10769

VEHICLES WANTED TO BUY

FREE REMOVAL OF UNWANTED VEHICLES

Specialising In: • Holdens • Commodores • Fords • Light Commercials BA, BF and Ford Territory Reconditioned Ignition Switch and Column Assembly’s

Call 5446 1384 or 5446 1820 Wayne on 0413 774 717 LMCT 10992 Kayne on 0459 652 963 Address: 222 Upper Rd, Eaglehawk, 3556

SUZUKI IGNIS HATCH

TOYOTA AVALON CONQUEST AUTO SEDAN

Jamie Hackett Motors Ph 5446 8635

$25

USED CAR BARGAINS at BUDGET PRICES Family wagon with cargo barrier and loads more. OVY 663

VACC PRE PURCHASE INSPECTIONS ROADWORTHY CERTIFICATES

CAR

Bikes sold, traded & recycled. Spares and accessories. See Michael and John 67-69 Bridge Street, Bendigo 3550 Open 9.00am-5.30pm Mon-Sat / 10.00am-5.30pm Sun

P/TOP Viscount 17ft6" long, single axle, dbl bed, a/con, tows easily, Good cond. $9000 Ph 0439 667 144

Vin 6FPAAAJGLWWY27033

COROLLA

Hatchback, 1.6L 4sp auto, P/steer, A/con, RWC, 177,000ks, $3500 ONO Ph 0434 291 085. (Vin 6T164 8E9409650698)

A.M. Hyett Motorcycles

WRECKING

AU III XR8, 220 Auto, Leather, Rebel body kit, Momo steering wheel and Gear knob, Silver. Phone: 5443 0667

LANDCRUISER Toyota diesel, GXL 80 Series, well shod, dual batteries, T/bar, well maintained, reliable, Reg 11/15 (ZFX-823) $11,500 Phone 0428 497 048

TOYOTA

ADVERTISE YOUR

Email mhyett1952@yahoo.com.au

98 Ford Fairlane Ghia Ph 0427 509 255

AUTO

MOTOR BIKES

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

www.ebsary.com.au

THE RSPCA IS THE POUND FOR THE BENDIGO CITY COUNCIL.

Piper Lane, East Bendigo

AUTO

SCRAP METAL WANTED

6 x 4 $590. 8 x 5 tandem $2,190. 161 McIvor Hwy

LOST YOUR DOG OR C CAT? AT?

5441 2209

AUTO

JAYCO Jayflight Camper $5700 ONO Good Condition Phone 0408 535 665

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Crushing the Rush

By JOEL PETERSON

WINNERS: The victorious Bendigo Braves under-14 boys team.

An unbeaten run BENDIGO’s under-14 boys basketball team took all before it at the Victorian Country Championships in Shepparton at the weekend. A total of 32 teams entered the competition from all across the state, but Bendigo remained undefeated throughout its 10 games and eventually ran out 31-21 winners in the final over Traralgon. The team’s run included a 62-8 thumping of Sale, a 32-point win over Wanga-

ratta and a 23-point win over Warrnambool in the semi final. Dyson Daniels led the team with 14 points in the decider, while Riley Bouwmeester added eight. The team will fly to Perth in September to represent country Victoria at the national titles. The Bendigo under-14 girls team also enjoyed some success at the tournament, making a strong run to the semi-final where they were knocked out by Traralgon 28-25.

THE Bendigo Lady Braves got their season off to a perfect start last weekend in a mixed weekend for the club with a crushing win over the Ballarat Rush. While the Braves men went down to Ballarat Miners in their season opener, the Lady Braves thumped the Rush to the tune of 32 points. The 83-51 victory was highlighted by the team’s terrific defence, scoring 24 points off Ballarat turnovers. Backcourt trio Tessa Lavey (22 points) Kerryn Harrington (21 points) and Kelly Wilson (15 points, 10 assists) led the way for Bendigo in the win, showing that the threeguard system will be one that coach Jonathan Goodman can rely on throughout 2015. Stacia Robertson (16 points and nine rebounds) also showed that the Lady Braves frontcourt has plenty of talent. Bendigo’s defence was undoubtedly the catalyst for its victory, the Lady Braves holding the rush to 32 per cent shooting from the field and a paltry three-of-18 clip from beyond the arc. The Rush also only attempted four free throws in the entire game. In the night’s second game, the Braves men did not fare as well, going down to a strong Ballarat lineup by 10 points. Miners star import Roy Booker

STRONG START: Lady Braves guard Kerryn Harrington. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

was the key for the hosts, his double-double of 24 points and 10 assists complemented by 21 points from Kobi Augustus and Anthony Fisher’s 14 points and 12 boards. Tony Lewis had stuffed the stat sheet for Bendigo (18 points and 13 rebounds) but endured a tough shooting night going six-of-21 from the field as the Braves shot a dismal 30 per cent as a team.

Grant Johnson’s four-of-18 shooting line was masked by his ability to get to the foul line, the reigning Big-V MVP going 12-of-13 at the stripe to tally 21 points. The Braves and Lady Braves travel to Albury to take on Albury-Wodonga tonight. The Bandits women will be making their season debut, while the Albury men thumped Canberra by 40 points in round one.

Carnival brings out the best CATHOLIC College Bendigo students took to the La Trobe University Athletics Complex this week for their athletics carnivals. The students battled it out to earn points for one of the college’s six houses, and be crowned overall champion. Track events included were the 100-metre sprint, as well as

the 800m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, hurdles and relays. Field events were also on offer, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, discus, shot put and javelin. Year eight and nine students were in action on Tuesday, while year sevens took to the track on Wednesday.

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Storm squares up Dogs

By JOEL PETERSON

STEADY: Bendigo City FC’s Jordan Seeto plays out of defence.

City FC hits form BENDIGO City FC progressed another round into its first FFA Cup campaign after a 4-1 win over Brunswick City on Tuesday night at Epsom Huntly Reserve. After suffering another defeat in the National Premier Leagues Victoria competition last weekend, City bounced back in fine fashion, netting three first half goals including a Corey Slevin penalty right on half time. The hosts scored again before Brunswick scored a late goal in the 85th minute, but Bendigo was never under threat and the hosts coasted to victory. After two successive defeats in the NPL leading

into Tuesday’s game, City’s bounce back performance came at a critical time City takes on regional rivals Goulburn Valley Suns this weekend in the NPL. Goulburn’s Valley’s attacking potency will cause headaches for a Bendigo defence that has conceded nine goals in its last three games. The Suns have scored 23 goals and have only conceded six this season, their goal difference of 17 almost double the 10 goals that Bendigo has scored in total. City takes on the Suns at Epsom Huntly Recreation Reserve from 3pm on Saturday.

THE two remaining undefeated sides in Bendigo Football will go toe-to-toe this weekend when Golden Square hosts Strathfieldsaye at My Jet Oval on Saturday. Neither side will be at full strength, the Storm’s injury list is longer than any club’s, while Golden Square was without key contributors Comanche Walls, Travis Baird and Corey Jones last week in the win against South Bendigo. Storm pair Lachlan Sharp and Matt Johnston both face extended stints on the sidelines, while David Gallagher, Ash Trollop, Luke Marchesi, Kellan Smith, Tom Bartholomew, Sam Mildren, Nick Smith and Vinnie Flood were among those missing in Strathfieldsaye’s comfortable round two victory over Eaglehawk. Storm coach Darryl Wilson is pleased with how his side has fared through a tough opening schedule, playing Sandhurst to open the year before taking on the Two Blues at home last weekend. “We looked at the draw before the start of the season and thought it would be tough, but the positive is we find out where we are at and you have to play them at some point anyway,” he said. “I’ve been happy with how we went more than sur-

KEY MAN: Strathfieldsaye’s Tom Dowd has shown strong early season form. prised, we have been able to get some games into some younger guys and new guys and they have all performed well. “We have added another player in Chris Kelf this week who gives us a bit more versatility and size in the middle. We want to have a situation where we can be as versatile as possible, and be able to play different guys all over the ground.” The Bulldogs have taken down Kangaroo Flat and South Bendigo in their first two games, and are looming as a leading challenger in season 2015.

Ryan Herring has provided a focal point up forward, and recruits Brayden Dorrington and Tom Toma have excelled in their first two games. The Storm will be without star forward Stephen Milne, the reigning Ron Best medallist suffering an ankle injury last week. “They are obviously a very good side, the guys they have added have been good pick ups in the likes of Herring up forward and Dorrington to solidify their defence,” Wilson said. “Any side with (Simon) Rosa and (Jack) Geary in the

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midfield clearly has a lot of quality, and that’s always a key against Golden Square. “To have three wins on the board after the first three weeks we have had, and considering our injuries, would be a great start to the season.” IN other round three games: Eaglehawk hosts Kyneton, South Bendigo and Sandhurst lock horns at the QEO, Gisborne travels up the Calder to face surprise packets Castlemaine, and Maryborough will have former Melbourne and Carlton midfielder Brock McLean in Magpies colours when they take on Kangaroo Flat.

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LIP SERVICE: Top seed Lay Jian Fang, the defending champion, retained her Women’s Singles titles at the 2015 ITTFOceania Cup on Sunday. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

By JOEL PETERSON

TRIPLE Olympian William Henzell and defending Women’s champion Lay Jian Fang continued their dominant run at Bendigo Stadium, taking out the weekend’s K-Sports 2015 ITTF-Oceania Cup. The first ever international table tennis event to integrate able-bodied and para table tennis, the 2015 tournament wrapped up on Sunday, with Australia recording a clean sweep of titles. Henzell and Women’s winner Lay Jian Fang both qualified for the 2015 ITTF World Cup by virtue of their wins in Bendigo. The winners of the two para events both qualified directly for the 2016 Rio Paralympic games. Henzell and Fang both entered as the top seeds in their respective draws and did not disappoint, both claiming 4-0 victories in the two grand finals. Henzell overcame compatriot David Powell 11-5, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10 to score his fifth consecutive win at the ITTF-Oceania Cup, making him the sole men’s singles title holder ever since the event inaugurated in Adelaide in 2011.

After his historic victory, 33-year old Henzell praised tournament organisers and said he was delighted to be heading back to the world cup. “I’m proud to have earned the right to represent Oceania at the World Cup later this year, which will be a very important event in the lead up to qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympics,” Henzell said. I’ve been back in training for the past

three months and I’m pleased about my form at the Oceania Cup. “The Bendigo Table Tennis Association along with the ITTF did a fantastic job to run the most professional event we’ve seen in Australia since the 2000 Olympics.” In the Women’s gold medal match, Lay repeated her success a year ago defeating New Zealand’s Li Chunli 11-5, 12-10, 11-6, 12-10. Australia also swept all four titles on offer

at the ITTF-Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships: the Women’s Singles Class 3-5, Women’s Singles Class 6-10, Men’s Singles Class 3-5, and Men’s Singles Class 6-10. While in the Pacific Cup, New Caledonia’s Laurent Sens and Ornella Bouteille are the newly crowned champions after defeating Vanuatu’s Yoshua Shing and Melveen Richmond in the Men’s and Women’s singles respectively.

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