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ISSUE 957 FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2016

Bright lights herald Marilyn AFTER an extensive build up, the long awaited Marilyn Monroe exhibition opens tomorrow at the Bendigo Art Gallery. Photographs and costumes aim to give a taste of the life behind the legend.

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THE City of Greater Bendigo will introduce a new, compulsory fortnightly organic waste collection service to more than 40,000 households in the urban Bendigo and Marong areas in September. Households will pay an extra $63 per year on their rates bill, although due to the service not being introduced until September, the actual charge on this year’s rates notice will be less.

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Go-ahead for organic waste collection There will also be an exemption process for households who can demonstrate they are managing all organic material within their property. During debate on Wednesday night over how the service should be provided, Whipstick Ward councillor Peter Cox claimed councillors had

been provided with insufficient information to support the recommendation, and that more work needed to be done. Cr Cox rejected the model put forward in the recommendation that a weekly household garbage service be continued to complement the planned organics collection and the

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existing recycling collection currently provided. He said he had been a great supporter of waste and organics collection, but he believed everyone needed to take greater responsibility for their waste. He described the recommendation for a weekly waste collection to

continue as part of the overall waste management strategy as “weak”, and said council had backtracked on its position from as recently as a fortnight ago. “We are lacking in information,” he said, citing concerns the new service would be introduced during caretaker mode and at a time when he will be prohibited from providing information to residents due to the rules that apply during this period.

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A THINK tank meeting in Bendigo today will gather local case studies to be used at a global conference on housing and sustainable urban development in South America later this year. The think tank will be hosted by the City of Greater Bendigo together with the Australian Chapter of the Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlements, which encourages excellence in planning and development. Case studies from Bendigo will inform the United Nation’s Habitat III Conference to be held in Ecuador in October. The conference is held every 20 years and offers a unique opportunity to discuss the challenge of how cities, towns and villages are planned and managed. City strategy manager, Trevor Budge said having Bendigo chosen to host the think tank highlighted the leading role the council is taking in sustainable urban planning. Topics to be discussed include housing and the role of local government and urban design, CBD regeneration and the role of arts and culture in Bendigo’s economic development. The think tank will also discuss the resources and opportunities for Harcourt, Castlemaine and Bendigo in building their economies, and ways in which these communities can work together for mutual benefit. The day will include a guided tour of Bendigo’s CBD, new housing developments, the Bendigo Art Gallery and the Ulumbarra Theatre.

THE Reserve Bank’s decision to keep the official cash rate on hold at two per cent has reinforced the chances of it being reduced if needed in coming months, according to the Housing Industry Association. Senior economist Shane Garrett said the language used by the RBA was bolder about the possibility of cutting interest rates again. “Provided inflation remains low over coming months and the currency’s exchange rate holds steady, a further reduction in the cash rate is quite possible,” Mr Garrett said. “The environment of exceptionally low interest rates has been accompanied by a surge in new home building to record levels, and that is no coincidence. As new home building activity now starts to ease back from its peak it is encouraging that the RBA is of a mind to further reduce interest rates should economic circumstances deteriorate.” THE Urban Development Institute of Australia has expressed concern over the proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax announced by opposition leader Bill Shorten last month. UDIA national president Michael Corcoran said tax policy should not be used as a market reengineering exercise. “It needs to be fair, simple, efficient and certain. The policy announced on the weekend fails all of these tests,” he said. “Removing negative gearing

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from established property investment and investment retaining the CGT is tantamount to a new property tax. Our fear is that this will lead to capital flight from the property investment sector to other asset classes. The proposition to ring fence negative gearing to new homes only is akin to investors in the share market having the restriction of only being allowed to negative gear shares purchased in an IPO.” Mr Corcoran said quarantining negative gearing to new homes only creates distortions in the tax system. “Any discussions around negative gearing and CGT cannot be held in isolation and should only be had as part of a broader debate around tax reform,” he said. He said the key issue was affordability and if governments were serious about tackling this they should be targeting supply constraints – better planning systems, a steady and transparent release of new zoned and serviced land, and less red tape. FINALLY, happy birthday to the team at DCK, who chalked up 20

years in the local real estate industry this week. DCK was born out of a merger between some of the city’s longest standing real estate identities and firms – namely LL Dungey and Sons, Carter’s and Ketterer’s which later merged to form the modern day DCK, where Robert Ketterer is managing director, and Georgina Dungey is one of his fellow directors. Although retired, Steve Carter remains an active director of Bendigo Publishing, publishers of the Bendigo Weekly and Bendigo Magazine. Amazingly, one of the DCK team this week found an old Bendigo Advertiser real estate page dating back 35 years, lining an old kitchen drawer. Real estate has come a long way since then – and so too have prices, with an enormous 0.75 of an acre serviced block in Strathfieldsaye likely to set back wouldbe buyers the princely sum of $8500 in 1981. A four bedroom home in Strathdale was worth $62,500, and a three bedroom weatherboard first home buyer’s opportunity was valued at a miserly $20,000.

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BENDIGO Golf Club president Andrew Johnston yesterday said he was shattered at a City of Greater Bendigo decision to support an amendment to the Planning Scheme that excluded the former Eaglehawk Golf Club site from the next stage of residential development across the city. The decision and delays plans for the future of the site, owned by Bendigo Golf Club. Councillors this week voted to support an amendment to the planning scheme that reflected the vision for a more compact city, and restricts extensions to the urban growth boundary. A disappointed Mr Johnston yesterday took aim at Whipstick

Ward councillor Peter Cox and asked why the local ward councillor would not support the development of up to 400 homes in the area sooner, rather than later. He said Cr Cox should have been supportive of the club’s plan, rather than agree to delay future development of the site. “Who wouldn’t want 1000 more people living just down the road?” Mr Johnston said. “I am disappointed that councillors do not understand the opportunity for the community of Bendigo, for golfers, and especially for the Eaglehawk business community, to have 400 new homes introduced, sooner rather than later.” Mr Johnston confirmed there was already strong interest from

developers in the site, which the club hopes to sell, and then utilise the funds raised to create a world class golf course at Ascot, where it owns and operates the Bendigo Golf Club. A community hub for local clubs and organisations would be central to the proposed development. The establishment of a destination golf course is a central theme to the Golf Strategy adopted by council in 2013. Cr Cox was vocal in his support for Amendment C215 which excised the former golf course land, now owned by the Bendigo Golf Club, as well as the Balgownie Winery site in nearby Maiden Gully. The report considered by

councillors supported infill development without having to expand the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) for now, but also recommended an area of about 600 hectares north-west of Maiden Gully, encompassing Balgownie Winery, Eaglehawk golf course, and land around the proposed railway station, be identified as the next growth front for Bendigo, when required. The report argued there was no need to include the additional land at this stage. “The Independent Panel did raise some concerns with regard to land supply and as a result further investigations have been undertaken (by the City of Greater Bendigo),” the report states. “It is now the view of (coun-

cil) officers that there is more than enough land to satisfy the 15-year requirement in the State Planning Policy Framework and as such there is no need now to include additional land in the UGB.” Councillors all agreed the future plans for development of the Eaglehawk Golf Club site and the resulting development and improvements of the Bendigo site were significant positives, but commented they could only consider the amendment on planning grounds. The council will undertake a Housing Strategy and Housing Audit to assist council in making future adjustments to the UGB. The timing of the actual work to consider the next growth area will be determined by audits.

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forth W-Class refurbished at the local depot and workshop. The historic trams, which were first introduced to the network in the 1920s, will run on the City Circle route, bringing the history of Melbourne’s iconic trams to visitors and locals. Each restoration is a significant undertaking, in-

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A community group is up in arms over a planned burn at Crusoe Reservoir saying it is not needed and should be called off. They have also cited concerns for wildlife and flowon effects of soot into the reservoir. But the Department of Land, Water, Planning and Environment has hosed down concerns saying the group has nothing to worry about. The community group is calling for the to stop the 59-hectare burn at Crusoe Reservoir and No. 7 Park. President of the group Gill Rosier said a Bushfire Moderation Zone or Zone 2 burn, aiming to “develop fuel reduced areas” to lower bushfire risk, isn’t needed here, as the 10 year drought has virtually wiped out all the understorey and ground cover in the area. “They also lower level vegetation only exists now in the gullies there, and are wildlife refuges for the small woodland birds,” she said. The group is also concerned about the impact of run-off of soot and fire debris into the reservoirs, ruining the water quality for the many regular recreational users and threatening the livelihood of frogs and water birds. “It is inevitable that fire debris will flow into the reservoirs,” Ms Rosier said.

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A BREAKTHROUGH NBA season that earned basketballer Matthew Dellavedova international plaudits has also landed the former Bendigo Braves star the prestigious Bendigo Sports Star of the Year award. More than 200 people attended the black tie presentation night at the All Seasons Quality Resort last Friday, which also saw the launch of the Bendigo Sports Star Foundation in aid of local up and coming athletes by City of Greater Bendigo mayor Rod Fyffe. While Dellavedova was unable to attend the awards night due to his NBA commitments with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he featured on several audio presentations produced for the night

which were well received by friends and family in the crowd. Winters Flat Primary School was named winner of the Bendigo Health-sponsored Healthiest School award, while Spring Gully Primary School won for the best innovation in health in the school community. The Faith Leech Inspiration award was won by Basil Ashman, who has served as a member of the Bendigo Sports Star committee since its formation in 1965, while Judy Scarrott OAM was a popular inductee into the Sports Star Hall of Fame. Cycling star Isaac Buckell was the recipient of the Cyril Michelsen Trust Fund for 2016, while shooting ace and Olympics

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aspirant Emma Cox was awarded the Maxine Crouch Trust Fund for young female athletes. This year’s Sports Star awards were jointly sponsored by local media outlets, the Bendigo Weekly and Prime 7. Several monthly nominees for the prestigious Sports Star award were quick to praise the organising committee for implementing the Sports Star Foundation, with pledges totalling several thousand dollars made on the night to kick start the initiative. Sports Star committee chair Wendy James has encouraged any local businesses interesting in supporting the Sports Star Foundation to contact her on 0408 518 098.

win for matthew: Mark and Leanne Dellavedova at the 2016 Bendigo Sports Star of the year Awards.

young professionals gather A vision impaired newsreader working with Triple J will visit Bendigo next week for a Young Professionals Network networking event. Nas Campanella is a Sydney based journalist who began as a cadet journalist with the ABC in 2011 before doing a regional reporting stint in Bega. Triple J, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s youth radio network then snapped her up to be on air as she pioneered a news-reading technique to suit her disability. Ms Campanella listens to a software program in head-phones telling her what the news-script says because she is blind. She is then able to repeat the dialogue live to air for a national audience. Ms Campanella has spoken at media events in Europe and the Bendigo Young Professionals Network has secured her for a special appearance at Morley’s Emporium in Mitchell Street next Thursday, March 10. Not-for-profit disability organisation Radius has partnered with YPN for this event. Tickets are available through the Trybooking website via Bendigo YPN on Facebook. The night includes a tour of Morley’s building and costs $35, with food, tea and coffee. It runs from 6 to 9pm and the audience will have the chance to ask questions of the speaker.

call out for dragon legs THE Bendigo Chinese Association is asking the public to sign up and help make this festival the biggest, brightest and best yet. Males in particular, are needed to carry banners and be dragon legs. People, who are interested in helping out, can find out more or sign up by visiting the Bendigo Chinese Association, next to the Golden Dragon Museum, Saturdays and Sundays from 1pm to 5pm and Monday to Friday 4pm to 6pm through to Easter.

Clean up our cemeteries In conjunction with Clean Up Australia Day, Remembrance Parks Central Victoria is hosting their annual Clean Up Our Cemeteries Day. The event will be held on Sunday across four RPCV locations including Bendigo Remembrance Park, Eaglehawk Remembrance Park, White Hills Remembrance Park and Kangaroo Flat Remembrance Park. Registration is between 8.30am and 8.45am at each of the sites. Details from 5446 1566.

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Citizens to have their say

THE City of Greater Bendigo will establish a community panel to provide input into council priorities for the next four years. Under the model, to be run independently, invitations will be sent to a large, randomly selected group of people, explaining the task and commitment and process involved. From these, a random selection of about 26 people will be made based on population size and alignment to the city’s demographic profile. Jury members will also be provided with background information and submissions sought from other interested people. The jury will meet for six days over a 10-week period to deliber-

ate after which they will provide a final report to the council. Anyone will be able to attend the jury’s deliberations. Support for the Citizens Jury concept during this week’s council meeting was led by councillor James Williams, who said the state government was “engrossed in engagement” and the successful implantation of the community panel would help demonstrate greater support for new projects and policies. “I think it’s important we engage our community in the discussion and we better inform them of what our limitations are as local government,” he said. “This is about having community input.” Eppalock Ward councillor Rod

Campbell spoke against the motion, and said he wanted more detail before committing to the proposal. “I’d like to know a lot more about it before I commit $90,000 worth of ratepayers’ hard earned

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panels had put forward. “I remain unimpressed by the amount of information I’ve got to make this decision,” he said. Lockwood Ward councillor Barry Lyons said while he had mixed feelings about the Citizens

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Jury model, he also acknowledged that council needed to demonstrate greater consultation and engagement with the community before it could apply for any future rate cap increase, and therefore, he would support the concept. Earlier this week, Planning and

Development director, Prue Mansfield said the Citizens Jury model aimed to have more people having more confidence in more council decisions. She said the model would be useful in helping the next council – to be elected in October 2016 – to develop the Council Plan for 20172021. Ms Mansfield said the jury should be established as soon as possible in order for their report to be ready for the incoming council after the October 22 election. The timing of the election, with the new Council Plan to be adopted by June 2017, made it difficult for council to engage well with the community, if that work does not start until early 2017, she said.

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ON TARGET: Police hope to improve on their 40-0 loss from last year. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Police on the ball for culture festival ONE of the most enjoyable events of the Festival of Cultures is the soccer match held between local Karen youth and members of the Bendigo Police. Senior Sergeant John Dalton of Bendigo Police said that this year his colleagues really have to lift their game. “We were defeated 40-0 last year,” Sergeant Dalton said, laughing. “The problem was that the boys were so much lighter and faster than us. So we have a new strategy this year, we’re asking the fathers to participate as well. Hopefully they’ll slow the boys down

a bit and we might actually score a goal.” The soccer match at 2.30pm at Strathfieldsaye on March 19 is part of a series of events organised by Bendigo Police and the local school communities to establish a rapport between the police and Bendigo’s growing multicultural population. English as an Additional Language coordinator Rosaly McNamara said the police have been extremely helpful in their efforts to break down barriers. “For many people from overseas uniforms are very frightening because of previous traumatic experiences,”

she said. “We live in a diverse society,” Sgt. Dalton said, “and we aim to recruit police to reflect this diversity.” The police recruiting van will be at the Mall on Harmony Day on Friday, March 18. Last year police recruited three members from diverse backgrounds. Ms McNamara said school children from across Bendigo will be uniting in Hargreaves Mall to celebrate United Nations International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination. “I’ve been working in Bendigo schools for seven years and we’ve seen some

wonderful results,” she said. “Kids are going to uni now and there are 30 families who have bought their own homes.” Ms McNamara said the people of Bendigo had embraced families from overseas whole-heartedly. “The schools have interpreters, there are multicultural aides and ongoing celebrations during the year,” she said. This year’s Festival of Cultures launch will feature cultural dance and musical performances and kicks off on Tuesday, March 15, from 11.30am until 2.30pm at the Bendigo Library Gardens.

SARAH Marquis tells the story of a farmer she met in outback New South Wales. A cattle farmer most of his life, he’d finally decided he could do that no longer, but instead of despair, he found hope: “I’d arrived at the point of no return,” he told Marquis. “There was no possible compromise. So we started a new life.” Stretch your limits. Get out of your comfort zone. Take yourself to a whole new dimension. That’s the message adventurer Marquis brought back from her three-year walk from Siberia to Australia. And now she’s heading to Bendigo to share her insights into creativity, inspiration and living life to the max. The Swiss explorer will be in the Banquet Room at The Capital on Wednesday, March 9, to talk about Wild By Nature, her new book recounting her epic journey. This is one of a limited number of live appearances during her whirlwind fiveday Australian tour, and Bendigo has the opportunity to meet her and hear her story. Sought-after across the world as a motivational speaker, Marquis was National Geographic Europe adventurer of 2013 and a well-

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Clean Up Australia Day in Bendigo Sunday March 6, 2016 SITES Randalls Cove, Lake Eppalock 10am – 12pm Meet at Picnic area near Kimbolton Kiosk, Bendigo-Redesdale Road

Eaglehawk Cemetery 8am – 12.30pm Meet at the chapel 5 Victoria Street

Epsom – Barnadown Road 9am – 12pm Meet Epsom – Barnadown Road opposite Harpers Road Not suitable for children under 15 years of age

Bendigo Cemetery 8am – 12.30pm Meet inside the front gate 70 Carpenter Street

Manning Reserve, Junortoun 10am – 12pm Meet Manning Reserve corner of Atlas Road and McIvor Highway Not suitable for children under 15 years of age Kennington Reservoir / Strathdale Park 9am – 10.30am Meet Cousins Street near old Council Depot, between Reservoir Road and Crook Street Kangaroo Flat Cemetery 8am – 12.30pm Meet inside the gates near the chapel 33-49 Helm Street White Hills Cemetery 8am – 12.30pm Meet White Hills Cemetery lawn area, off St Killian Street Corner of St Killian Street and Holdsworth Road

You must register with the site coordinator upon arrival at the meeting point • Please bring gloves and wear suitable clothing and footwear • Remember your sun protection and something to eat and drink • Some bags will be provided – please bring own if possible • Children 15 years of age and under must be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian For further information please contact Anthony Sheean, City of Greater Bendigo on 0419 762 787

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TRAVELLING: Louise Harrison is helping out following the Nepal earthquake. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Nurse in action You have to be impressed by some people’s generosity and energy. Louise Harrison has been working as a nurse for the past 30 years. A widow and mother of two children, one of whom is disabled, Louise feels it’s time she gave back to those less fortunate than herself. With the support of her sisters who will be taking care of her children, Louise is going to embark on a life-long ambition to nurse overseas in a developing country. Louise will provide direct nursing care and health education in a number of settings during placements in Nepal. Louise will be travelling under

the auspices World Youth International, a not for profit, non-religious and non-political international development organisation. It will be sending its third Nurses in Action team since the Nepal disaster to respond to the needs of communities who were impacted by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck almost 12 months ago in April 2015. The earthquake killed almost 9000 lives, injured 22,000 and turned entire villages to rubble with more than 850,000 homes destroyed or damaged. The 30 day program will run from March 5 through to April 3, 2016.

“I’ll be doing a broad range of nursing,” Louise said. “I’ll be doing wound care, dental care, hygiene and education. “We’ll also run remote medical clinics where we see up to 300 people a day. “Language is a barrier but we’ve been having special sessions on Skype to help us prepare. “I’m incredibly excited, I’ve always wanted to put my skills to use for people who are less fortunate.” Louise said anyone who would like to make a donation to the program can do so via the following link: www.give.everydayhero.com/au/ nurses-in-action-program-nepal-2016

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Crack down on councillors in the rare cases when one bad apple does the wrong thing, it was important that there were quick and robust processes in place to deal with misconduct. “Standards of council governance in Victoria are higher than they have ever been before thanks to the Labor government’s new laws,” she said. The changes provide a clear process for dealing with misconduct and empower councils and the minister for local government to take action against councillors doing the

wrong thing. Allegations of misconduct and serious misconduct will be dealt with by independent Councillor

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Standards of council governance in Victoria are higher than they have ever been before

Conduct Panels, which will have the power to suspend councillors for up to six months. In extreme cases of poor behaviour, the minister can now also rec-

or VCAT hearing was pending; if the councillor’s behaviour represented a threat to health and safety, was preventing council from performing its functions, or was inconsistent with

the role of councillor, or if a municipal monitor recommended the minister stand the councillor down. Councillors retain a right of appeal to VCAT but can no longer bypass Councillor Conduct Panels and have hearings moved to VCAT, before a final decision is made. These changes are part of the Labor government’s agenda to reform the local government sector, including a review of the Local Government Act and the introduction of the Fair Go Rates systems to put an end to high rate hikes of recent years.

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Mature-aged jobs battle has new support Long term supporter of unemployed, mature-aged jobseekers, Neil Gemmill, met with federal member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters last week. Of prime concern to both Mr Gemmill and Ms Chesters was the recent decision to abolish the $11 million mature aged employment program.

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NEW laws introduced by the state government to strengthen council governance and suspend councillors doing the wrong thing came into effect this week. Under amendments to the Local Government Act passed last year, councils now have greater authority to deal with councillor misconduct internally – including new and improved procedures to address alleged code of conduct breaches. Local government minister Natalie Hutchins said while the majority of councillors do the right thing,

“People in the community have brought this up as a real issue since the cuts were announced,” Ms Chesters, said “There are hundreds of mature-aged central Victorian people who want to work but are finding it really difficult to find a job. “Anything we can do at a federal level to help mature-

aged people find employment is extremely important, not only for their mental health and wellbeing, but for the economy as a whole. “Mature aged workers still have a lot to offer in the workforce and we should be supporting them in their efforts to find work.” Mr Gemmill, who was unemployed for a limited

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Win for blokes lunch THE Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch is on a roll, with $440,000 raised over the past six years. The event is in support of prostate cancer research, and event organiser Keith Sutherland said the bulk of the funds have gone to the Prostate Foundation of Australia to help find a cure. “After this year’s event

we should have raised in excess of $500,000, which I am very appreciative for, as well as proud of the great community support we get for the event,” Mr Sutherland said. “Part of the funds go to the Bendigo and district prostate support group to assist members and families to help deal with the effects of prostate cancer.

“Also we make an annual donation to the Bendigo Lions Club who do a fantastic job assisting on the day with our barbecue. They in turn donate valuable funds back to the various charities they support so it’s a win-win for all.” Each year about 400 men attend the event and help spread the word of the importance of prostate checks.

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Whipstick Ward Meeting Monday March 7

City of Greater Bendigo Eppalock Ward Councillors invite all interested members of the community to attend the Axedale Community Engagement meeting.

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.

Meet with your ward Councillors to discuss local opportunities and raise any issues.

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The meeting will take place:7pm to 8.30pm Monday March 7 Axedale Hall 94 High Street, Axedale 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

The meeting will take place:7pm to 8.30pm Monday March 7 Ted Harte Parish Centre 2 Hamelin Street, White Hills 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

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“Over the years we have had fantastic support from sponsors some have been with us from our first event,” Mr Sutherland said. “We are well advanced in obtaining a high profile sporting identity for this year’s event to be held on Friday, November 18 at Ulumbarra Theatre, we’ll let people know as soon as we can.”

The fabulous 50s will come to life at Goldfields Libraries this Autumn with the new seasonal program just launched. More than 100 fun, free events for adults and children will be rolled out over the season. A highlight will be a visit from The Dressmaker author Rosalie Ham and movie producer Sue Maslin to Bendigo and Castlemaine Libraries. The story is set in the fictional country town of Dungatar in the 50s, and features a star studded cast including Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving. Also following the 50s theme, a selection of Marilyn Monroe movies will be screened at various branches, along with dramatic readings of Fabulous Moments in 50s Fiction by Narelle Stone. “With the Bendigo Art Gallery’s Marilyn Monroe exhibition currently at the forefront of people’s minds, the 50s is a fitting theme to incorporate into the library’s autumn program,” engagement manager Mark Hands said. “We have also put a modern twist on the 50s by running a Recreate the 50s competition on Instagram – the best of both

worlds.” A variety of fun and engaging children’s activities will be held during the school holidays, including Kid’s Party Confidential comedian Sean Murphy, interactive Story Theatre, technology based activities such as interlibrary Minecraft and digital book publishing and some cool science activities. As part of National Youth Week, young adults will be able to enter a Flash Fiction writing competition. Bendigo Young Writers Association always welcomes new members aged 13-18 for regular meetings with guest speakers. There are several literary events throughout the season, including dietician and author Sallyanne Pisk speaking on her book Eating for You, and the launch of children’s author Trace Balla’s new picture book Rockhopping. History buffs will find plenty on offer during Bendigo Heritage Discovery Week in May as part of the National Trust Heritage Festival. The program is available at: www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/ heritageweek All events are free and some require bookings.

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April 7 Experience as a Councillor May 12 Council Elections 2016 Community, Candidates and Voters June 9 Local Government in Greater Bendigo July 7 Future directions for Council 2016/2017

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Go-ahead for waste 3From Page 1 Other councillors cited concerns raised by residents involved in the trial about odour, and how they believed a weekly garbage collection would help manage this issue, especially for families with young children. “You can’t put nappies in the freezer while you’re waiting for the next fortnightly bin collection,” Cr Helen Leach said in her support of maintaining a weekly household garbage service. A strong campaign by residents in support of a local company currently providing a green collection service, Greenaway Bins, was also raised during an at times heated discussion, with Cr Elise Chapman moving an additional motion to ensure any future tender process was completely open and transparent. Cr Fyffe said council reached its decision after analysing feedback received from the 2700 households in parts of Kennington, Strathdale, East Bendigo, White Hills and North Bendigo who took part in a fortnightly waste and organics collection services. “We were pleased that 45 per cent of participants completed a comprehensive survey about their experiences during the trial. A further survey was also sent to trial participants to gain an insight into the participant’s views on what combination of frequency and cost of service best meets their household’s needs,” he said. Lockwood Ward councillor Barry Lyons said the changes were “the big-

gest and boldest” to waste collection that had taken place during his time on council. Community campaigner and Greenaway Bins supporter, Andrea Metcalf yesterday voiced her concerns over the service approved by councillors. “How bad is the recommendation when the councillor who is most passionate about reducing landfill has stood up and said he could not support the recommendation? Peter Cox was looking for more data to determine if just removing the green waste will achieve the same result as removing green organics and believes that Council can reduce its carbon footprint by using local businesses. That opportunity is now gone,” she said. Cr Fyffe said kerbside bin audits showed more than half of household waste was food and garden waste which could be composted and reused. The new organic waste collection service is expected to divert more than 12,000 tonnes of organic waste away from landfill, and turn it into reusable compost each year. He said organic waste in the city’s landfill creates more methane and other greenhouse gases than all of the other measured activities of council put together. The council will undertake a community education campaign in the lead up to and following the commencement of the new organic service in September.

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Liberal candidate for Bendigo Megan Purcell has praised the jobactive program which she said has placed 1684 local residents into jobs. Ms Purcell said her number one priority was the creation of local jobs for Bendigo families. A year ago, the federal government confirmed it would invest about $6.8 billion in the jobactive scheme to replace Job Services Australia, and that it hoped to provide more incentive for job providers and seekers to make a greater effort to find work, leading to a reduction in the number of people seeking unemployment benefits. The federal government claims there have been 421,400 jobs created across Australia since it took office in September 2013. “These new jobs are benefiting families throughout Bendigo and highlights the coalition’s successful plan to stimulate jobs growth,” Ms Purcell said. She said the coalition was determined that every Australian who was able to work

liberal views: Megan Purcell. could get work, and that this latest milestone showed jobactive was helping achieve this. Through jobactive the government has committed $6.6b to connect job seekers and employers through a network of providers in over 1700 locations across Australia. “The coalition government is committed to get as many

Australians into gainful longterm employment as possible,” Ms Purcell said. “There are many challenges ahead but as the Coalition government’s comprehensive jobs plan continues to roll out it will further boost capacity, attract investment and encourage higher rates of employment across all sectors of the labour market.”

Let’s go find a team uniform LOCAL team Let’s Go Bendigo will represent the city at Oxfam’s 100-kilometre Trailwalker event, starting in Melbourne on April 8. The event has raised more than $70 million for Oxfam since 1999, with funds from the April event going to support its aim to provide sustainable solutions to poverty. Leaving from Jells Park, Wheelers Hill and concluding 100km down the track at Wesburn Park, the team will take a tranquil, yet challenging, trek through the Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Valley National Park. A support team of volunteers will be on hand to keep the team hydrated and healthy. The team are grateful for the support received from the community to date, however, would prefer not to participate naked. Currently without uniforms, consider helping the team into a more fitting ensemble. Contact Anthony on 0499 544 477. Donations to Oxfam can be made at www. trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/my/team/23366 walking: Andrea Boyce, Tina McBain, Jan Densley and Anthony Interlandi. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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MANY people carry a secret burden in their hearts and that’s the terrible sorrow of knowing a loved one who has committed suicide. But the Suicide Prevention Awareness Network (SPAN) has a motto for those who are hurting – “Tough Times Pass”. SPAN isn’t only about offering comfort but it works actively to increase the awareness of the impact of suicide on our community. It also works to help reduce the stigma of suicide by bringing the subject out into the open. To help increase awareness around issues of suicide SPAN has an annual walk aimed at providing information, including what to do if someone we love is struggling. The Black Dog ride will be incorporated again this year. SPAN will be holding a breakfast for the Black Dog riders starting at 8.30am on Sunday, March 20. The walk itself event will be preceded by live entertainment at the Dai Gum San area of the Chinese Precinct, Bridge Street

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Climb every mountain WHILE travelling through France last August, I had the good fortune to visit the beautiful village of Mazan in the Cotes du Rhone region. Apart from taking on the Paris– Brest–Paris event, a 1200-kilometre bike ride over 90 hours, I was keen to tackle one of the classic mountain climbs and Mont Ventoux seemed to be beckoning. It was even suggested that because Mont Ventoux was old, difficult and bald on top that we had a lot in common. Either way, I was keen to tick this one off the bucket list. While unloading my bike into the bike storage area at the charming 16th century villa in Mazan, I stumbled across another cyclist returning from a ride. His name was Tony and he was carefully returning his very well appointed touring bike to the lock up. “Been for a ride?,” I enquired which must have alerted him to the fact I had a Graduate Diploma in the Bleeding Obvious. Realising the clumsiness of my ice breaking conversation I quickly followed up with: “Where did you ride?” Tony looked up and in a broad English accent replied “Mont Ventoux”.

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Visit to raise awareness The founder of the School of St Jude in Tanzania, Gemma Sisia will be coming to Bendigo this month with a graduate student, Dorice Livingstone-Abel to raise the profile and money for the school. Gemma and Dorice are due in Bendigo on March 18 and will be speaking at the Old Church on the Hill at 6pm. The school, which has been running for 13 years provides free education for over 1900 of the very poorest but brightest children. Bendigo business woman Nicole Murphy, who went to Melbourne University with Gemma Sisia, said she was always an amazing character. “I’ve known Gemma for 20 years and she was always larger than life,” Mrs Murphy said. “We went to Newman College

together and when you walked past her room, it always stood out. She would hang colourful flags of the world from her window and I remember a ball we went to, most of the girls were dressed in black but there was Gemma in this amazing tartan dress which I think she made herself. ”And she used to go to B and S balls and race camels. There was no holding that girl back. “So I’m not surprised at the great work Gemma has done in Tanzania.” Mrs Murphy says her friend will be coming to Bendigo to talk to people about how her school is fighting poverty through education and the fact that a high quality education is out of reach for most Tanzanian children. Nicole says Bendigo people have

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on their way: Gemma Sisia and Dorice Livingstone-Abel. a long tradition of supporting The School of St Jude. “People are encouraged to bring food along to share. It could be a

curry, a salad, a dessert or casserole, whatever you like. There’s even an option to come without food but pay more,” Nicole said.

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A million meals in March Foodshare is launching a new campaign to raise funds for to provide food to the people of central Victoria. The Million Meals in March is designed to raise awareness of chronic food poverty and to have a celebration of finding a solution to the problem. With every dollar donated staying in the region, Bendigo Foodshare can generate as many as 16 meals. One in nine people in central Victoria cannot afford to source food for meals at some time each year. Bendigo Foodshare sources and distributes more than a million kilograms of food to central and northern Victorians annually. Chairman of the board Cathie Steele said there are 60 schools they supply as well as 43 different agencies. “They also provide community meals to 10 different groups,” she said. “Foodshare exists because there is a real need for this service. “This is a great place to spend some volunteer hours. Apart from stacking food from suppliers that come in weekly you get to watch

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National Playgroup Week is being celebrated with a free Splash into Fun Event at the Long Gully Recreation Reserve on March 15. The community event will feature a range of free children’s activities including Animals 2 U Animal Farm, games with Fusion Australia, storytelling with Bendigo Goldfields Library, music and movement session, face painting, helium balloons, playdough and a visit from Goldie the Wonder Dog. Council’s Steven Abbott said young families with children aged up to six are especially encouraged to come along, have some fun and enjoy all of the activities on offer. “Grab your towel, drink bottle and hat and come along to discover what Greater Bendigo playgroups and early years services can offer local children and families,” he said. “Playgroups are a great way to give children the best start in life and the Splash into Fun event will also allow families to find out more about community and supported learning environments including local toy libraries, Bendigo Community Health Services, Noah’s Ark, Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative and many more. “Playgroups provide babies, toddlers and preschool-aged children with a fun, stimulating environment where they can enhance their language, problem solving and social skills.” The event is at the Long Gully Recreation Reserve in Cuneen Street from 10am to 1pm on Tuesday, March 15

good cooking: Connor Mathieson and Gabby Kane. the trucks go out knowing that people will eat because of your work.” The Million Meals campaign

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TO manage increasing demand for volunteers at local events, St John Bendigo is calling on locals to put their hand up to give back to their local community by signing up as first aiders. The organisation is well known for its green-clad volunteers attending community events, natural disasters and sporting matches to provide first aid assistance to those who need it, and you could be part of it. For established residents or the newly arrived, volunteering provides the perfect opportunity to meet new people in Bendigo while getting out in the local community and attending events. First responder Rebecca Hammond volunteered with SES in the past but with the arrival of her first son found the on call expectation too challenging. “I wanted to continue donating my time, so when my husband saw an article about St John in the local paper and encouraged me to volunteer, I jumped at the chance,” she said. “As a mother to four children, volunteering affords me the opportunity to do something constructive with my time outside of being a mum. I really enjoy the community atmosphere at the Bendigo Division, including working with people from differ-

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ON CALL: Rebecca Hammond is a St John first responder. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN ent backgrounds.” Mrs Hammond has treated a large number of injuries, most commonly sprains, dislocations and cuts. “Last year I was on duty during the Bendigo International Madison, a cycling event, when I attended a multi-rider collision

and attended to a spectator exhibiting signs of a heart attack,” she said. “I felt proud to have been involved in providing treatment with a successful outcome as well as working in conjunction with the other volunteers.” Anyone who is interested

in signing up as a volunteer can head to www.stjohnvolunteering. com.au to find out more and register their interest. St John provides full training for clinical, management, and support programs. No prior skills are required, and there is no cost in joining.

Volunteering a plus STUDENTS gained invaluable first aid experience last week with a visit from St John Ambulance manager and paramedic, Josh King. Mr King, ran the Bendigo Senior Secondary College VET Health Services students through all the benefits of becoming a St John volunteer. He explained the opportunities offered by La Trobe University’s Aspire program, and answered some insightful questions from students. “There are so many pathways to becoming a paramedic,” Mr King said. “The La Trobe University Aspire program is one way to give yourself the best chance of getting

a place, but there are other tertiary courses – other opportunities – that can get you there, even if you don’t get the ATAR you aimed for.” Mr King also talked about the benefits of becoming a St John Ambulance volunteer and the opportunities it opens up if you aspire to a career in health services. “Being a volunteer allows you to work closely with health professionals and learn from them,” he said. Students were given hands-on first aid experience, with Mr King using the St John response vehicle to simulate a range of scenarios. VET Health Services teacher Kait Kelly said Mr King’s visit was a real eye opener for students into the life of a paramedic.

MOCK UP: Josh King showed students some techniques of first aid. “It’s invaluable for students to gain this kind of insight into paramedicine – a career they normal wouldn’t have the opportunity to explore, Ms Kelly said.

“They were able to get answers to all their questions from firsthand experience and learn the level of communication required in the job.”

YOU may have noticed that last Monday’s date doesn’t come around too often. February 29. As Discovery is now closed on Mondays (but open every other day of the week), we did a few nerdy leaps amongst the exhibits to celebrate February 29’s status as the intercalary day of a leap year. But why do we have leap years? Originally, the calendar worked around 12 cycles of the moon and had 355 days. There were leap months all over the place, and each month had an odd amount of days because the Romans were superstitious about even numbers. For the maths to work, one month had to have an even number of days. Since, up north, February is miserably cold it was made unlucky and short so everyone could get to March quicker. The whole system was a little messy. Our current calendar (introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC) is instead based on how long it takes the Earth to go around the Sun. However, the Earth’s orbit is not exactly 365 days but rather 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. This makes the calendar year shorter than the solar year by about a quarter of a day. So every four years, we get an extra day to keep the calendar and the Earth moving together by allowing the quarter day annual excess. In 1582 CE, the Georgian Calendar was introduced to fix up a few things that were becoming noticeable: such as 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds not being quite a quarter of a day. The new rule was that a century is not a leap year unless it is divisible by 400. This eliminates three leap years every few hundred years and allows for the 11-minute difference. Simple maths solving a pesky timing problem. – Rachel Rayner, Discovery Science and Technology Centre

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stopped too. It is not a 100km speed zone at or adjacent to the intersection. Put simply, another eight or nine trucks crossing the intersection or using the highway will make little difference in the context of daily traffic movements in the corridor. Objections should be lodged and council officers must ensure that those objectors are heard. That is the correct process. Only after the objectors have been heard should they contemplate a VCAT appeal if dissatisfied with the council decision. Let the council process be followed. Ms Wrigglesworth’s statements about promoting economic development and growing local business and industry cannot be trusted. She has form on this already showing no sympathy for the plight of businesses affected by the low water levels in Lake Eppalock. Although not a councillor yet she is telling council what they must do. Did she demand a public meeting to discuss the mosque? Not on your life, so why do we need one for the broiler farm. Although more could be done for industry more generally it is well done to council for now. Colin Burns Strathfieldsaye.

It is not often I congratulate council so readers and regular contributors might be gobsmacked that I am supporting council in the proposed broiler farm at Fosterville. Shame the “get a wriggle on council” candidate fails to support her own key platform issue – growing local business and industry. This is the first of many conflicts to be faced and shows just how dispensable “key platforms” are. Firstly you see the broiler farm is about creating investment, facilitating new industry and creating jobs. Intensive agricultural industries have been highlighted as one of those to be encouraged in the municipality. For the information of Ms Wrigglesworth the City of Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme makes special provision for this type of industry. It is important to note that the planning scheme conditions allow this type industry. Few, if any of the people and residences in proximity to Axedale will be affected. Secondly, Ms Wrigglesworth is being overly alarmist. There will be minimal direct effect on Axedale and the school. Hundreds of trucks use the McIvor Highway every day. A logical extension of her statements is that the trucks from the local businesses at the Axedale quarries should be

Are our city councillors a complacent oligarchy simply satisfied with the cost to ratepayers of $60.50 per tonne for waste going into our landfill. This is a levy imposed on the city council by the state government which amounts to over $3 million from the ratepayers’ purse. Rather than work with small business locally and large companies nationally to benefit the community of Bendigo, it looks to destroy a local business involved in green waste. We hear and read all those weasel words used by politicians and councillors in our unquestioning media about, new growth opportunities and new innovation which will create jobs and better outcomes, but: 1. Will councillors please provide the business case for this proposal which is about to be foisted upon ratepayers? 2. Councillors should examine whether organic waste is the real problem with our landfill problem. 3. And, what is the cost/benefit of such a proposal? Also are our state government representatives just as complacent, or greedy, by accepting this levy of over

Council had the opportunity, on Wednesday, March 2, to approve an expansion of the residential zone to include the previous Eaglehawk golf area. Such an expansion would have been much closer to the CBD than recently approved residential expansion at Huntly and Maiden Gully West. Moreover the development of the Eaglehawk site is far better located for servicing by utilities and transport facilities. Bendigo’s future development is clearly dependent, principally, on extension of our service and tourism industry. The refusal of a proposal to revert the previous Eaglehawk Golf Club site to desirable residential sites is a major loss of opportunity. The consequent development a world class golf facility, at Epsom, would result in the investment of much money and creation of extra jobs in our community. There would be no impost on ratepayers. Council have been very short sighted and have not served our community well. Bruce Phillips Maiden Gully

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$3m from ratepayers’ pockets without attempting to involve themselves in new technology and new innovative ways of dealing with garbage and landfill? It appears there may be plenty of cash in garbage for some. One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure – as long as the bill is the ratepayers’. There is no real strategy to lift this problem to a major event or any attempt to invest in a solution for the long-term benefit of Bendigo residents. Bill Collier, Golden Square

Weekly waste collections I find it hard to understand why only odour was mentioned in the proposed fortnightly waste collection survey, what about having bacteria and maggots infested in your bins? Particular when you miss one collection run, you’ll have to wait another two weeks to get rid of the rubbish, lots of things can grow in that period of time inside the bin, it is a health hazard. I found it odd that the council allows garden waste to go into the household waste bin when I moved to Bendigo, compared to other places I have lived in Victoria, which collected household waste weekly, garden waste and recycled waste were collected fortnightly in alternating weeks. In essence, the rate payers have to pay more for less service provided?

I understand there are maintenance costs involved, but how about looking for ways to make better use and maximise the recovery rate of methane gas from landfill sites? I would like to have my household waste collected weekly, and don’t mind paying for the green waste collection. Ann Tang, North Bendigo

All fired up A nasty little union was formed in Canberra this week by the oddest of bedfellows – the Liberals, Nationals, Greens and Nick Xenophon. Their plan is simple: kill off every other party, and any other parties in the future. The Nationals, in particular, have miscalculated. In the rush to get this dodgy deal legislated and with blind faith in the Liberals, the Nationals haven’t cottoned on to the fact that they will lose the capacity to win Senate seats in their own right. They will forever be the servants of their Liberal Coalition partners, begging to keep their place on a Coalition Senate ticket. We can now confirm that the Liberals are more than happy to double cross their friends if they don’t serve their purposes anymore. How on earth did the Nationals get into this mess? How did they allow themselves to be joined at the hip to the Greens in this mother of all backroom deals?

Greens founder Bob Brown was elected on Democrats preferences. There is hardly a Greens senator who got in without preferences. Liberals NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos would not have been elected under this dodgy new system – a Green would have. Thanks to minor party preferences, Arthur is in the Senate and the Cabinet. Nick Xenophon first got into the SA Parliament on about two per cent of the primary vote and a big swag of minor party preferences. Now they are the big boys, this unholy alliance wants to slam the gate on anyone else doing the same thing. You all know about Coles and Woollies and the power of monopolies and duopolies. If this cartel power-grab happened in business, the ACCC would have a field day. What an irony that those who rail against anti-competitive behaviour have themselves become party to the biggest anti-competitive act in Australian history. Last election, the Greens won the NSW country seat of Ballina and very nearly won Lismore instead of the Nationals. Do the Nationals realise their Coalition is becoming a lighter shade of green? And what does that mean for the future? Senator Bob Day, Family First senator for South Australia Senator David Leyonhjelm, Liberal Democrats senator for New South Wales

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Easy being green? HOW green is my waste? That’s the question all of us will have to ponder as the City of Greater Bendigo prepares to introduce a municipality-wide organics collection service from about September. Council is banking on feedback from the trial of more than 2700 households in opting for a weekly garbage service and fortnightly organics and recycling collections, a service combination expected to cost about $63 extra a year. The City of Greater Bendigo should be applauded for implementing an organics service, and the establishment of such a service brings an added responsibility to

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Editorial Comment all households to think more wisely about where we place household waste, food scraps, garden material and recyclable material. That might sound like a lot, but it’s council’s belief that this will get easier once people are educated more about the service.

Putting this service in place now will set a good example to younger members of the community about the importance of respecting the environment and taking steps to protect and preserve what we already have. Better managing what goes into, or comes out of, the waste stream is vitally important for all of us and the responsibility is one we all must face and share. There must also be flexibility in future years to tweak service delivery as households adjust to the new service regime. We will waste less, and that’s a good thing.

Compact with care COUNCIL meetings come and go, but this week’s assembly was one for the ages. I should have known when the agenda uploaded to the City of Greater Bendigo website on Monday morning was a massive 213 pages – Wednesday was going to be a long night. A large number of planning applications guarantees the night will be unpredictable and that councillors are likely to want to talk – a lot. And they were still doing so when I crept out at about 9.20pm. One of the central issues discussed was the update to the Greater Bendigo Residential Strategy, which will determine how and where next Bendigo’s burgeoning population will live. The constant theme of the debate was how we want to be a compact city, and one where urban sprawl is restricted. The only problem with that is the heritage overlays that exist over a considerable area of Bendigo are sometimes at odds with the compact city vision. Two development applications looking to utilise existing residential land were rejected by councillors, bowing to the heritage overlay that councillors dutifully respect, while another application for a two-storey modern home

looking towards Lake Neangar was approved. Councillors admitted some confusion as they proceeded through the agenda. Our city’s heritage is a wonderful asset and something we should all respect and be grateful for, but one of the development applications rejected was for a proposal adjacent to a former service station site that has since been developed with modern housing stock, prior to the overlay being implemented.

of us still pine for the verandahs and some of the incredible Victorian era buildings that were removed from our streetscape with the approval of previous councils, but a careful and considered approach to future growth is needed, not just around the edges of our great city, but in its residential hub where the pressure for infill development will only grow. Finally, for mine, the jury is still out on the concept of a Citizens Jury.

...the heritage overlays that exist over a considerable area of Bendigo are sometimes at odds with the compact city vision In this instance, the horse has bolted. Heritage can exist adjacent to more modern architecture and indeed, some would argue the juxtaposition of the old and the new actually enhances both styles of architecture. If Bendigo continues to beat a drum that says we want to be a city of 200,000 in the not too distant future, some further sprawl is inevitable. The 10-minute neighbourhood concept loved by planners and developers can be adhered to, provided it is included in planning as Bendigo continues to grow. There’s no doubt many

I think it is a good thing that council acknowledges the need to do more when it comes to engagement and consultation, but establishing a panel of randomly selected residents to help guide councilors in the development of policy and ideas is risky, and will place a lot of pressure and expectation on a group that does not deserve such a burden. Well-intentioned though it is, I believe councillors are elected to make decisions, to represent ratepayers and to be a barometer for community expectations. twitter@peterkennedy23 pk@bendigopublishing.com

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ITH the advent International Women’s Day it is timely to acknowledge the extraordinary work of central Victoria’s female art directors and curators. While the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum is attracting record crowds with its Ben Quilty exhibition and the Bendigo Art Gallery is gearing up for the thousands of visitors expected to visit the Marilyn Monroe exhibition, all eyes are turning to central Victoria and the remarkable achievements of Karen Quinlan and Jennifer Kalionis, the galleries’ respective directors. The director of the Bendigo Gallery since 2000, Quinlan’s reputation and that of the gallery have grown hand in hand. Her coup events have included the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition, The Golden Age of Couture: Paris & London 1947-1957; Wedding Fashion; Grace Kelly: Style Icon, and The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece with works from the British Museum. Alongside major exhibitions Quinlan has organised the re-design and extension of the gallery as well as increasing its contemporary art collection. Castlemaine’s Art Gallery’s direc-

tor, Jennifer Kalionis was appointed in 2014 and has gone about a process of redefining the gallery’s profile in much the same way as her mentor Quinlan did for the Bendigo Gallery. That the Castlemaine Art Gallery is undergoing a period of rejuvenation is particularly evident from the on-going success of the Ben Quilty exhibition. Kalionis says the public’s response to the exhibition has been a palpably emotional one. “People have felt connected to Ben’s work. We’ve had members of the military especially, who have been so upset they have had to retreat downstairs to recover,” she said. Kalionis says she has greatly benefited from Quinlan’s encouragement. “Karen has been supportive from day one,” Kalionis said. “She’s on my speed dial. I can ring her when I need help and advice, she’s been very generous. “I think the two galleries complement each other. “Bendigo has an amazing contemporary collection and our strength is the major works of the late 1800’s – the golden period of Australian painting.”

Both Quinlan and Kalionis have taken pains to foster female curators who support their work. Quinlan’s protegees include Leanne Fitzgibbon, Clare Needham and Tansy Curtin who has curated the Marilyn Monroe exhibition. In turn Kalionis has recently employed Emma Busowsky Cox. Formerly the curator of the Deakin University art collection and gallery, Busowsky Cox says she is excited and thrilled to be part of Castlemaine Art Gallery’s tangible transformation. “These curatorial roles are fairly rare and I can’t wait to work with Jennifer, the community and the collection,” Busowsky Cox said. “Our beautiful art-deco building needs work. Access is an issue and there is great potential for extending and developing the gallery.” Initiatives under Kalionis’ new directorship have been the collaboration with the Castlemaine State Festival and the Quilty exhibition. Later this year there will be a Bill Henson exhibition and the reinvigorated Len Fox Painting Award. The prize of the acquisitive award has been increased to $50,000. The arts are alive in regional Vic-

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F you could change the world overnight, what would you do first? Sometimes it can seem like women are stuck as second-class citizens: devastating domestic violence statistics, the lack of women in leadership everywhere, the number of mothers living on the poverty line or beneath it. Yes, the situation for women has improved dramatically, but there are still seemingly immovable obstacles to real equality. A remarkable group of women will discuss what they would do if they had the power to make things change overnight. Streaming live from the Sydney Opera House, central Victorians will have the opportunity to listen to this conversation this Sunday. Another popular addition to this afternoon from the Opera House will be an interview with the real life Piper Kerman of Orange is the New Black fame. Kerman will talk about what she’s learnt about women during her incarceration and the lessons she carries with her now as an advocate for the rights of prisoners. “We are so pleased to be able to partner with Sydney Opera

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House for this amazing event,” Capital Venues and Events marketing manager Anne Henshall said. “Being able to bring such an impressive panel, albeit virtually, to Bendigo through this relationship is such a privilege.” The panel includes Masha Gessen who is a Russian and American activist, journalist and

author noted for her opposition to Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Glessen identifies as a lesbian and has written extensively on LGBT rights. Crystal Lameman is a member of the Beaver Lake Cree, Treaty No. 6, Alberta, Canada. Beaver Lake Cree Nation launched legal action in 2008 aimed at protecting their traditional lands and treaty rights. Lameman cites this action as an example of how First Nations people can assert their rights while offering a solution. Mallory Ortberg is an American writer, editor and co-founder of the feminist general interest site The Toast. Ortberg is included in the 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Media category. Ann Sherry, a leading figure in Australian business who started her career as a prison social worker and is currently the executive chairman of Carnival Australia. Anne-Marie Slaughter who is the president of New America Foundation. She is an academic, foreign policy analyst and public commentator. Tickets for the All About Women Satellite Event can be bought online at gotix.com.au

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arts in brief Visual arts centre Elemental: The four natural elements of earth, air, fire and water are the basis of this exhibition by 14 Goldfields printmakers who live or work in central Victoria. Exhibiting artists are Leonie Auhl, Kim Barter, Rosemary Eagle, David Frazer, Jackie Gorring, Deborah Klein, Amanda Lawler, Dianne Longley, Val McCann, Jan Palethorpe, James Pasakos, Barbara Semler, Josephine Walsh. Open until April 10. Artists wanted THE City of Greater Bendigo in partnership with Arthouse Direct Bendigo is once again looking for artists to capture the spirit of the Bendigo Easter Festival as part of the Easter Paint Out. Selected artists will create their paintings in the Easter Festival precinct on Easter Friday and Saturday with the completed works to be exhibited in the Rosalind Park Conservatory on Easter Sunday.

At the Sunday exhibition members of the public will have an opportunity to view the completed works and vote on the one they like most. A $250 People’s Choice Award sponsored by Arthouse Direct will be awarded to the artists with the most votes. Participating artists can use any medium and will be provided with a canvas and a $75 Arthouse voucher to purchase art supplies to create their art works.” Artists interested in participating in The Easter Paint Out can register at www.bendigoeasterfestival. org.au and complete the online form. Closing date Monday, March 7. For further information contact Rohan Phillips at the COGB on 5434 6478. Bendigo Art Gallery MEET the Collectors: Join passionate collectors of Marilyn Monroe – Greg Schriener and Scott Fortner, in conversation with exhibition curator Tansy Curtin.

Hear about what motivates them to collect and the way in which Marilyn has become hot property in the world of celebrity collectors. Saturday March 5, 12.301.30pm. Free with valid exhibition ticket. Bookings required, when purchasing an exhibition ticket: www. boxoffice.gotix.com.au Children’s Concerts THERE are several events for our little ones coming up over the next few months. The Bendigo libraries have daily story and rhyme sessions for children up to five years. For details go to www. ncgrl.vic.gov.au The Capital is running a series of children’s Cushion Concerts throughout the year with a mixture of local and guest performers. For further information go to www.gotix.com.au And the Bendigo Art Gallery is running its Gallery Giggles program. Sessions are free and bookings essential. Inquiries Bendigo Art Gallery 5434 6088.

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LAWISHUS Jones and his rag-tag rhythm section, The Outright Lies, are launching their first CD together as a band this weekend. It’s an EP of original songs that will give more than a little hint of what’s to come on their forthcoming album when its released later this year or early next. To launch the EP, the band is hosting a three-act show at the Golden Vine Hotel this Sunday, which will include performances by up and comer Luke Harrington, and the Uke Joint Jumpers. Rumours of possible guest appearances from an out-of-town act or two are rife and the guys will be featuring some of the performers who helped them out in the recording studio as well. This Sunday also marks the beginning of regular live music every Sunday afternoon at the Golden Vine, which

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has seen a recent resurgence in live music over the last year or so. Justin McPhail, the new manager and head chef is excited about building on the momentum created by Mick Coates and his musical majesty.

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IRTON students had a musical plus on Monday with schools to learn from the best.” a clarinet masterclass. Mr Champion was a member of the Sydney SymOrchestra Victoria principal phony Sinfonia program, clarinet Paul Champion visited and has been guest princithe school to conduct a pal clarinet with the Sydney master class for clarinet for Symphony Orchestra, the VCE Music students from all Melbourne Symphony over Bendigo. Orchestra, the Queensland Headmaster Matthew Orchestra, the Australian Maruff, said Mr Champion Opera and Ballet Orwas one of Australia’s finest chestra, and the Sydney clarinetists and is in high Concert Orchestra. demand as a clinician and He has also perteacher at universities both formed in many here and overseas. recording sessions for “This was a wonderful opmovie soundtracks and portunity for music students advertisements for radio to develop a deeper appreand television. ciation of how an instrument “Having professional should sound from someone musicians like Mr Champion CHAMPION: Paul with Ella Berry. who has truly mastered it,” he said. teach the students their “This is a very privileged opportunity for our 25 instrument is memorable and invaluable on so many clarinet players and for music students from other levels,” Mr Maruff said.

Aglow Bendigo: a not-for-profit organisation meeting at the Golden Hills Motel from 9.45am, entry is $10 including morning tea. Each month there will be a guest speaker. Details: 0419 300 632. Saturday, March 5 Bendigo Cake Decorators: 10am-3pm, Uniting Church Hall, 25 Forest St, Bendig. Cost: $20. Pam Archibald will demonstrate her cup, saucer and plate. Come and watch or participate in a workshop. Details: 0409 067 404.

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Friday, March 4 Celebrating cultures: Attend one of five centres around Greater Bendigo as part of the annual World Day of Prayer. The country of focus this year will be Cuba where domestic violence in families has increased dramatically since the 1990s. Venues: Holy Trinity Anglican, Keck Street Flora Hill at 10am. Chum Street Uniting Church at 10.30am. Eaglehawk Anglican in High Street at 11am. St Monica’s Catholic Church at Kangaroo Flat at 7pm. St Luke’s Anglican Napier Street, White Hills at 7pm. Donations will be received to be used by the churches of

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Dance: Spring Gully Hall from 8pm to midnight. Music by Family Rhythm band. Good program. Prizes and raffle. $9 admission. Delicious home cooked supper. Details: 5444 2953.

Miller is speaking on body image for girls and women and consider the impact of social media on young girls. Tickets available at the Capital or at www.gotix. com.au

Come and Try Golf Croquet: 9.45am to noon. Eaglehawk Croquet Club. It’s a game for all ages, so please bring along other family members too. We’ll teach you to play at your own pace. $6. Details: 0418 587 102.

Thursday, March 10 Twilight Croquet: 6pm until dark. $6 at Eaglehawk Croquet Club. Make the most of daylight savings. Learn with the experts or just join us for some family fun. Details: 5447 2610.

Tuesday, March 8 Zonta International Women’s Day Dinner: All Seasons Conservatory. Dannielle

Old Time Dance: Eaglehawk Senior Citizens Rooms, Darling St, Eaglehawk, 8pm-11pm. Entry $5. Details: 5442 1815.

If you require further information regarding Clean up our Cemetery day please call Remembrance Parks – Central Victoria  White Hills Remembrance Park located at St. Killians St. on 03 5446 1566 or alternatively email us at enquiries@rpcv.com.au.

• Eaglehawk Remembrance Park • Bendigo Remembrance Park  Kangaroo Flat Remembrance Park at Helm St.St. located at 5 Victoria St. (Meet located atlocated 70 Carpenter at chapel) (Meet inside front If you require further information regarding Clean up our Cemetery day please callgate) Remembrance Parks – Cen • White Hills Remembrance Parkor alternatively • Kangaroo Remembrance on 03 5446 1566 email us atFlat enquiries@rpcv.com.au. located at the corner of St Park located at 33-39 Helm St. Killian St. and Holdsworth Rd. (Meet inside front gate near (Meet at lawn area) chapel) Clean Up to conclude at 12.30pm For further information please contact Remembrance Parks Central Victoria on (03) 5446 1566 or alternatively email us at enquiries@rpcv.com.au

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It’s red gum rescue by order of Mrs K

AM sick of star pickets. Harsh, but true. I am sure they are from a bygone age when convicts were gainfully employed fencing. My fencing was done by a machine, but some recent work at the behest of the long-suffering Mrs Kendall had to be done with a star picket and one of those awful bashing tools, the umpa thumpa. The umpa thumpa is a torture weapon, it slides over the star picket and you bash it until the picket goes in far enough. It’s bloody heavy and loud, and not much fun to use. The thing is our paddocks have some beautiful red gums dotted around. I am no expert, but the little research I have done suggests they are about 600 years old. Our property was settled in 1855, and I think every tree that has tried to grow has been grazed by stock, so we have very old trees and a couple of fenced off areas with young trees. Mrs K has now taken to finding the baby trees and saving them from sheep and horses, and has come up with the grand plan of fencing them in. I imagine there are 100 babies, so I hope she does not want to do them all, but you never know with Mrs K. The idea is a star picket with a circle of chicken wire attached, this keeps the sheep from chewing the infant trees. All well and good, but as I have men-

tioned, I have to bash the star pickets in and it hurts. “Man up,” I hear you say. That’s all well and good, but by the time we have arranged other things and had cups of tea it always seems to be in the heat of the day. The flies love the steaming man in the centre of the paddock, and stay well clear of Mrs K who is busy spotting the next baby to be protected. I think it’s her nurturing instinct, whatever it is she tried putting a star picket in and it went on a slant. I think she used the same ploy I use with vacuuming, do it so badly you never

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get asked again. The worst bit about this little plan is not all of the trees survive, so half of the pickets I put in last year were timewasters. The trees died and I had to take the picket and fence apart. I would honestly feel better if I knew the trees were going to live and my work would not have been in vain. Despite my whingeing, I do know it’s all for a good cause, and in 600 years someone may be thanking us for planting those trees. But at the moment it’s just a pain in the... back. - Steve Kendall Twitter@stevekendall1

NTERNATIONAL Women’s Day 2016 will be celebrated at the Echuca library next Tuesday with a line up of guest speakers. The evening will feature authors Fleur Ferris (local author) who has received an overwhelming response to her first Young Adult novel Risk with her next one to be released this year. Dianne Dempsey, book reviewer and Bendigo Weekly journalist who wrote The Fallen Girls series and the novel Girls in Our Town. Tess Evans is a popular writer with bestseller, The Book of Lost Threads and her new book Mercy Street. The night will be a relaxed get together full of companionship, laughter and insights into the writers’ world. For more information contact Library Manager Jenny Mustey on 5481 2403. At Echuca Library, 310 Hare St, Echuca, Tuesday March 8, 7pm. Supper will be provided. www. campaspe.vic.gov.au/library

Put this in your trolley Memories of the Grocery and Supermarket Industry Bendigo BRYAN Randall has compiled a story of his family’s life in the grocery/ supermarket business in Bendigo. The book includes photos of Moran & Catos, Crofts, Jeffries and other grocery stores. A fascinating piece of social history, Bryan’s book starts in the horse-drawn cart days of the 1890s when groceries were delivered to the house and finishes with the advent of self-service supermarkets. For enquiries ph 0417 059 958 or 5448 3426. Email brydot@netcon. net.au

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AGLEHAWK Hire is pleased to announce they now have a diverse range of equipment available to hire out for club functions, parties or family events. “The beauty of our latest service is that Eaglehawk people can come to us when they want to hire equipment for events, rather than go all the way into town,” Glenn from Eaglehawk Hire said. Eaglehawk Hire’s new range of party items includes a patio heater and a filled 9kg cylinder which costs $50 a day. The cost of the gas is $28. Other equipment is a roaster – perfect for a pig on the spit – which is available from $75 a day, plus $28 per gas fill. Eaglehawk Hire also has stackable, plastic chairs at $2.50 each, per day, and a 1.4m trestle table is available at $15 per trestle. The other two new items which are vital for events are the portable toilets. The conventional toilet can be picked up and towed by clients and the disabled toilet is delivered by Eaglehawk Hire. All items are available at a 24 hour, daily rate. Eaglehawk Hire also stocks a comprehensive range of building, gardening and cleaning equipment for hire and for sale. Eaglehawk Hire is at 92-94 Wood Street, Eaglehawk. For friendly and helpful service phone 5446 7877.

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DWARD Jeffrey was at the controls of the winding engine on that fateful day in July 1882 at the Johnson’s No 3 mine, formerly known as the Nelson Mine. While hoisting miner Lewis Crowl up to the surface, Mr Jeffery could feel, through the control lever, the tension on the cage’s cable increase. Being a careful engine driver, Mr Jeffery had immediately stopped the winder and went to investigate by climbing down the ladders and, to his alarm, found that Crowl had fallen out of the cage while it was being hauled up to the surface. To his horror, after climbing all the way down to the bottom of the mine he found Crowl’s battered body in the sump or well at the foot of the shaft. Traditionally engine drivers learnt their skills through practical experience, they were similar to apprentices today. A senior engine driver would impart their knowledge and experience to the rookie. Initially the learner would be feeding the wood into the firebox of the boiler – he would need to know when more water was required to be pumped into this vessel by viewing the glass tubes on the breast of the boiler. These tubes mounted in brass fittings showed the water level. Steam can be, and is a very

dangerous thing, especially when it is under pressure as it is required to be for operating machinery. Boilers had to be cleaned and inspected at the seams and rivets where the boiler plates were joined and overlapped to check that there was no corrosion and that the overlapping joins of the plates were still well caulked. It was an unenviable task to be crawling inside a boiler shell to do the thorough inspection. All the portions of the boiler were belted with a hammer, which was very noisy. Caulking was done with a special tool. The edges of the steel plates were dressed down to meld with the one underneath. After obtaining the necessary experience and the trainer was satisfied that their charge was steady, sober and totally reliable he would then graduate to haul up ore from the mine. Upon having completed many weeks of raising trucks of rock then perhaps the baling of water would follow, this was done by tanks and the load on the winding engine was much greater. Finally the rather experienced rookie would be given the responsibility of lowering, and raising up the miners in the cage from the different working levels of the mine. The engine driver literally

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had the lives of the miners in his hands. The left hand of the driver was on the spoked wheel that operated the steam control valve with the right hand on the forward and reverse lever. His feet had to be at the ready to apply the brakes, along with the steam valve. There were instances where the winder driver was distracted and over-wound the cage sending it right to the top of the poppet head. Alternatively the winder driver could have wound the cages past the bottom level of the mine and into the water well or sump at the bottom of the shaft. Miners on board a cage, if it

was wound down too far, had the chance of being drowned if the engine driver had been inattentive. Many mine managers were of the opinion that if their engine driver was a teetotaler and had signed “the pledge” then it was most advantageous to have somebody with that principle as one in charge of miner’s lives. In the case of Richard Williams, the general manager of the Johnson group of mines and a Methodist, that was a given. A year following the Crowl fatality it became compulsory for engine drivers to be certificated.

IFE is at once bizarrely complicated and unnervingly simple in the Örlands, a Swedish-speaking cluster on the outskirts of the Åland Islands. Scattered midway between Stockholm and the Finnish mainland, the archipelago is almost exclusively conservative Lutheran, made up of families who have lived for generations in the same few fishing settlements. World War II is still subsiding across northern Europe when newly graduated pastor Petter Kummel and his wife Mona arrive in the Örlands with their baby daughter Sanna. It is the Kummels’ first posting, and together they must forge their young marriage virtually alone, cut off from their neighbours by water and, in deepest midwinter, almost-constant darkness and expansive sea-ice. Mona – confident, competent, pragmatic and grounded – is the ideal complement for naïve, impractical, otherworldly Petter, she as blunt and workmanlike as he is trusting and whimsical. When the parsonage’s cows must be milked or its paddocks cut for hay it is Mona who takes charge

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544 33 999

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FOR SALE

3 BURNER BBQ with cover, gas cyl & utensils $100 Ph 0418 742 963

7 PIECE outdoor setting, as new $100 Ph 0418 742 963

COUCH, 2 seater, Navy, Good cond, $100 Ph 0400 032 205

KELVINATOR fridge /freezer, 2 door, $100 Ph 0447 445 684

MOUNTAIN Bike Good Condition Must Sell $30 Ph 5447 0397

60'S Bed stool, Gold Velvet, Good Condition $60, ph 0466 269 948

ANTIQUE 3 door gun locker, fair cond, $50 Ph 5449 7293

COUCH, fawn suede, high back, 2 seater, Ex Cond $100 Ph 5447 9550

FRIDGE/FREEZER Westinghouse side by side, 610L, White, EC, $800 ONO Ph Graeme 0457 825 341

KELVINATOR, Window Air Con, Working Well $100 Ph 5447 0965

PANDORA, daisy, s/sliver, white enamel clip, new $30.00 5443 4484

60'S Swivel Foot Stool, Gold Vinyl Seat, GC $60, Ph0466 269 948

ARMCHAIR, Blue, as new, $70 Ph 0400 032 205

CRYSTAL fruit bowl, Darlington, new $45 Ph 5447 7275

KITCHEN double sink, w /flick mixer $45 Ph 0439 116 585

PARMAKER Electric Push Golf Buggy, Excellent battery + Charger $350 Ph 0408 511 029

BABY safety gate, white, VGC $25 Ph 5443 2045

BARK CHIPS

Beautify your garden, enrich your soil - make into compost, control weeds, get those worms working. All good for plant life. $120 per 5mtr Deliveries Bendigo. Ph 0424 731 777

FOR SALE - $500

Antique Dining Table & Chairs Phone 0418 510 601 Store Well with Stilwell

Containers to suit all yourr needs!

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

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

Cat Enclosures 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

FOR SALE

BBQ, 4 burner, Del Terra, $30 Phone 0400 745 454 BED base only, single with wheels $10 Ph 5443 2045 BED Head, Double, with slats, GC $25 Ph 0407 258 690 BED single ensemble, on wheels GC $30 Ph 5443 2045

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CURTAIN fabrics, approx 50m $95 Ph 0439 116 585 DOOR, Oregon, 202 x 81cm, EC, Amber glass panels $60 5439 5322

$3 per bale Ph 0411 783 679

LG TV + Set top box, VGC $50 Ph 5442 8940

GENUINE hide lambswool rug 94cm Long $20 Ph 5448 4370

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DOORS, glass sliding, (x8) shelf or used 55 x 45cm x 6mm $50 5439 5322

GIRTON girls uniform 10-16 winter & Summer $20ea 0400 032 205

DOUBLE Bed Doona with Cover as new $20 Ph 5441 4369

GOLF clubs, ladies right hand, with buggy EC $100 Ph 0407 258 690

ECHO Whipper snipper, fair condition, $40 Ph 0439 116 585

GRAPES - Shiraz, for wine $1.30 per kilo Phone 5447 8396

FENCING wire rolls x12 plain & barbed, from $5 per roll Ph 5439 5544

HAY & STRAW

CHEAP REDGUM SPLIT FIREWOOD

Rolls & Little Squares. Delivery available Maiden Gully Ph 0438 373 291

BIKE rack for t/bar, holds 3 bikes, $20 Ph 5442 5552

SUMMERTIME SPECIALS

HAY Small Square Bales, Oaten, Pasture, & Pea Straw. Delivery available Ph 0439 699 102

TILL THE END OF FEB

BOWLING Balls Kemselite plus trolley set size 2 $40 Ph 5447 0965

12M TRUCK LOAD $1150 OR HALF TRUCK LOAD $600

$10 with instructions Ph 5442 2773

BRASS Vase 62cm high, fluted top, $30 Ph 5448 4370 BRASS Vase 75cm high, fluted top, $40 Ph 5448 4370

BRICKS Handmades, Reds & Creams, Ph 5446 7105 or 0428 507 846 BUFFETT & matching TV corner unit, color ivory, VGC, $75 each Phone 0407 306 446

BULBS

Narines - white & pink, Belladonnas - white, Cliveas etc. from $8 Ph 5436 1373

Heavy Timber Entertainment Cabinet

CHEVAL Mirror, wooden, $60 Ph 5447 7050

$45

CHOOK FEED

Cupboard & Drawers. Will fit big TV Phone 0419 342 405

GARDEN Chair Iron and Wood $50 Ph 5447 3563

CHILDS booster seat, hardly used, VGC $75 Ph 5447 7275 $2.50 per bag .Suitable for pigs, ducks & some other livestock Phone 0411 625 972 COCKTAIL /Coffee Table, Laminex Top, Steel Legs, GC $60, 0466 269 948

KEFIR GRAINS

LOUNGE suite, brown leather, 3 seater couch with 2 chairs, EC, $900 Phone 0419 537 647

LUCERN HAY

MICROWAVE, Sharp, 850W, large unit. $30 Phone 0400 745 454

ROCKING chair, timber, grandfather size, VGC, $50 Ph. 0413 032 624

MIRROR 1.5m wide, 740mm high $100 Ph 0418 742 963

RUBBER Back Picnic Rug New $18 ONO Ph 5441 4369

FIREWOOD FIREWOOD

SLEEPING bags x 2, small, Columbia, EC, $15 ea Ph 5447 7050

Domestic Mowers

FOWLERS, jars $30 for a dozen Ph 5442 5552

All Workshop Tested

FREE firewood, half a trailer, Ph 5449 7293

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Compost with manures and straw mix. Can deliver Bendigo Ph 0427 304 600 STIHL Electric Hedge Trimmer HSE42 $150 As new Ph 0447 004 363 STOVE, Chef, Upright, natural gas, white, clean and good working order $350 ONO Ph 0417 850 844

SUCCULENTS BIG VARIETY This Saturday 5th March 9am- All Day 5 Beverley St Kangaroo Flat Ph 03 4433 1196

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BURR ST BENDIGO 9am signs out. Lots available

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

Chainsaws

Quality Dry Grey, Red Gum & Yellow Box Del $120/m Ph 0448 186 691

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.

SIEVED TOP SOIL

Second Hand Range of Ride-on Mowers

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

SAFE N Sound car seat, standard approved. GC $50 Ph 5447 7275

SLEEPERS, Railway, Good condition, x 23, $40 each Can deliver Ph 0413 711 359

FIREWOOD

RYOBI elect blower/vac 1800W, $20 Phone 0400 745 454

SINGLE bed with mattress & linen, Clean, EC $100 Ph 5442 5552

Top quality A Grade Redgum, Split or Blocks end of season sale $950 10 cubic metres, $500 5 cubic metres, Yellow Box also available Phone 0437 120 009

VHS assorted titles, original covers, EC $5 each Ph 0417 120 591

GARAGE SALES

RETRO corner cabinet, EC, $30 Ph 5449 7293

Murray River Red Gum 14m Split, $1300 Ph 0429 822 816

in Ph

PRINTS x3, Framed, D'Arcy Doyle, $20ea Ph 5447 7050

MACERATOR pump. Grinder, model D12OG, $50 Ph 5439 5544

MOBILITY Scooter, Pegasus 2013 model, bright red, as new, with bag carrier $2500 ono Ph 0437 009 908 or 0409 521 750

VACUUM cleaner, working cond $5 0417 120 591

WIRE tree guards x9, 1.75m h x 80cm w, $4ea Ph 5439 5544

PROTEUS multi-station weight machine, Good Condition $300 Ph 0448 403 600

0427 349 549

FRIDGES

POSTS

TOP SOIL Lawn soil $30 p/m Garden Soil $40 p/m, includes local delivery 4, 6 and 10m avail. Garden rocks also avail. Phone 0418 306 548 or 0428 100 770

Recycled treated pine. 8ft x 4" diametre, $4 ea Phone 0419 382 273

Rolls $140 Small Squares $10 Ph 0419 382 273

FOR SALE

For further details Phone Clint

PHOTO frames, Excellent new cond, $2-$10 each Ph 0417 120 591

FOR SALE

SUCCULENTS

Selling from $3 - $10 Loads of variety Ph 03 4433 1196 or 0450 893 718 SUNBEAM Beater Mixer New $20 Ph 5441 4369 TEACHERS Desk $150 ea Ph 5443 1471 TELSTRA Android Mobile phone, New, $70 Ph 0408 361 001 TENT, GEO4 Large rooms and chemical toilet. 2 large ground sheets $350 Ph 5441 8405

TOMATOES

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

19 DANSON AVE KANGAROO FLAT Saturday from 9am, kitchen furniture, bbq, tools, shed and house hold items

267 BARNARD ST BENDIGO Sunday 6th, 9am - 2pm Furniture, baby clothes, stroller's, toys, kitchen items, playstation 2 with games, plus more.

IRRABELLA PLACE KANGAROO FLAT Saturday 5th & 12th from 8am - 2pm Household goods, Sz Large clothing, & sewing goods, etc

WANTED TO BUY

CASH

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

OLD keyed safe, Ph 0428 435 949

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

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The Time Gallery Buy/Sell/Repair All types of clocks & watches WATCH MAKER ON PREMISES Visit the shop at Bendigo Pottery Epsom or Phone John on 0405 210 020

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POULTRY

BUDGIES $10, Bendigo Area Ph 0428 111 866

ROOSTERS x2, Very nice birds, 15 months old, for sale or swap for 2 hens Phone 5443 2189

POULTRY

FREERANGE LAYERS

MOTOR BIKES

SILKIES

ADOPT-A-PET OPT A

AEROLITE Poptop 14ft, tows well, stove, fridge, full sized annex in good order, Reg til 4/2016 $5000 ONO Ph 0417 850 844

Male, 4 months

Carletoneed

Meet Carleton, He is still just a newbie so what you want him to be is what you put in. He is a sweet little guy who is dying for attention. Both he and his new family would benefit from puppy school to keep up with his basic manners and socialisation.

Medium X Br

Neutered male, 8 months

Meet Morrow…. He is such a spunk, who loves big cuddles. He is playful and full of energy. Morrow loves other cats but most of all he enjoys having a smooch. He would do well in a home with another cat and maybe even some kids to play with him.

Morrow DMH

LOST YOUR DOG OR CAT?

CARAVAN, 18ft, 2000, shower & toilet, Isl dbl bed, self contained with solar panels $19,900 Phone 0407 641 165

Piper Lane, East Bendigo

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

We are always appreciative of any donations of bedding and food for the shelter animals. If you can help in any way, please drop any donations into the shelter at Piper Lane, East Bendigo.

AUTO

BMW 735i

LMCT 4761. Licenced second hand dealer.

Ph: 5442 2523 SMS: 0411 627 348

SKI-BOAT Shipiro craft clinker hull, v8 307 high pole & Ski gear, $7800 Ph 0499 072 155

CAR PARTS

TRAILER 6x4 box trailer with caged inner skin + sheet metal outer, with removeable canvas top. Newish tyres, reg til Oct 2016. Ideal for camping or lawn mowing run, priced to sell: $800 Ph 0418 508 541

MOTOR CAR TRADER REG 1998 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.

CARAVANS & TRAILERS

BENDIGO CARAVAN BOAT STORAGE

$4,750

Phone 0417 374 027

64 Furness Street, Kangaroo Flat Call Ian Thompson

Mechanical repairs & Service auto electrical z air conditioning pensioner discounts Ph Keith 5443 3304 z 0417 537 497 9a adam st quarry hill

MECHANICS

WRECKING

MOBILE MECHANIC

COMMODORE VZS utility, hard top, V6 auto, alloy wheels, all parts Ph 0427 555 548

Services from $99 Brakes from $99 Timing belts are a specialty 25 Years Experience PH 0400 290 789

TIMING BELTS Affordable timing belt replacements 25 years qualified experience Mobile Mechanic PH 0400 290 789 VOLVO MERCEDES BENZ BMW VOLKSWAGON PEUGOT Service & Repair Specialists Jamie Hackett Motors Ph 5446 8635

THOMPSON AUTOMOTIVE

$3.00 per line

(5 LINE MINIMUM)

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Wrecking all Makes & Models We buy any car or ute Come see your local strippers LMCT 10769

AUTO

MAZDA Bravo utility '05, tool box back, x telstra car, 12 mths reg, RWC, 317-RYG $6500 Ph 0411 432 733

1993 Ford Laser GL 4d Auto, A/C, 120,000ks, $500 Ph 5447 9926 Vin 6FPAAAUKDPJ32074 HILUX 1993 SR5 2.8 Diesel, Dual Cab, B/bar, D/lghts, winch, 5sp man, t/bar, dual batt, XCM 883 $6000 0438 727 362

NISSAN Tiida only 50,000km's, 6sp man, metallic harvest gold colour, EC, RWC, $7,900ono 5449 7904 (1BP-9GY)

1300 558 385

AUTO

TOYOTA Hilux Turbo Diesel, bullbar, Side rails + steps, Tbar, D/lights, lift kit, 155'ks, $26,000 Ph 0428 151 636 (IBW 70V)

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Sports Stars shine bright WINNERS are grinners and it was smiles all round at Friday night’s prestigious Bendigo Sports Star of the Year awards. Sponsored by the Bendigo Weekly and Prime 7, the region’s best sporting

talent, healthiest schools and the next generation of sports stars were joined by sporting legends in a night that celebrated excellence in sport, as well as the launch of the Bendigo Sports Star Foundation. January nominee Maddie Batters. Photos: BILL CONROY

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Hall of Fame inductee Judy Scarrott OAM.

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October nominees Brady Threlfall, Barry Anset and Ian Ross.

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March nominee Blake Pryse’s coach Brett Gilligan and Kelsey Griffin.

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April nominees Laura Woolley and Brian Jolly.

Pat Thwaites accepted on behalf of July nominee Caitlin Thwaites.

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Accepting on behalf of September nominee Jake Stringer were his parents John and Donna Stringer.

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Braves set for a start BENDIGO Braves recruit Damian Johnson is no stranger to silverware, but he is determined to lead his new club to an elusive South East Australian Basketball League title. Johnson and fellow import Jeremy Kendle, along with big man Matt Andronicos, arrived in Bendigo last week to begin their preparation for their debut Braves campaigns. Known league-wide simply as “DJ”, Johnson played a key role for Mount Gambier in their consecutive SEABL titles in the last two seasons, winning the SEABL Defensive Player of the Year award last season while posting some gaudy numbers. Johnson was no stranger to coach Ben Harvey and the Braves, as the Pioneers proved the road block that stopped Bendigo from reaching the grand final last season. So why would a player who has won two titles in a row change his allegiances to a team that he just beat on the road to a second title? “Playing in Mt Gambier the

last two years it was one of the dominant teams in the league, we only lost something like eight games in two seasons,” Johnson said. “I was looking forward to going somewhere to get a new challenge and get a chance to go against those guys. “I’m looking forward to seeing how much my skills have improved and see how they stand

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He averaged 3.8 blocks and 2.3 steals per game, and looks to combine for an imposing front court duo with Andronicos, something that will please Harvey no ends as he searches for more defensive improvement from his squad. “Myself, Jeremy and Matt already have a good cohesion and camaraderie, we have been working out together a bit. And

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I’m looking forward to seeing how much my skills have improved and see how they stand up

up against the best the league has to offer.” Johnson had 20 points, 14 rebounds, seven blocks, three steals and three assists in an incredible performance to eliminate the Braves, and followed that up with 21 points, 17 boards, three assists and three blocks in the title game win over Albury Wodonga. Johnson averaged 15.9 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, shot 48 per cent from the floor, but it was his defensive numbers that stand out.

guys like Chris (Hogan), Kevin (Probert) and Taylor (Bell) have been here for over 300 games so its a good blend between old and new guys that I think should work pretty well,” Johnson said. “I’ve always been one of the top defenders at every level I’ve played at, I’d rather stop my opponent and the other team from scoring that score myself, and I feel like that will work well with this group.” Kendle shapes as being an offensive spark plug for the Braves, and nearly received a call-

up to NBL club Cairns Taipans in the offseason after a standout campaign for the Toowoomba Mountaineers in the Queensland Basketball League. He said he was led to the club by a former Braves star and another dynamic scorer, Jazzmar Ferguson. “It just seemed like this was the best move for me long-term, I heard good things about the SEABL, the club, coach Harvey and the guys from Jazzmar,” Kendle said. “For me it was a no-brainer coming here, it seemed like a great fit, and so far everyone has welcomed me with open arms and I’m really looking forward to the season.” While the Braves are ready to roll, the Bendigo Lady Braves and coach Jonathan Goodman remain silent as to their plans for 2016. The Weekly understands the club is still yet to finalise the roster less than a month out from the season, but that Kelly Wilson and Elyse Penaluna are likely to return. The SEABL season tips off on April 1.

WINNER: Bendigo East’s Mark Holland. Photos: JOEL PETERSON.

Final up for grabs EAGLEHAWK and Bendigo will do battle this weekend for the right to face Bendigo East in the Bendigo pennant bowls division one grand final. East scraped through with a five-shot victory over Bendigo last week, while Eaglehawk ended Golden Square’s campaign with a convincing 33-shot win. At South Bendigo, Bendigo took three of the four rinks in play on the day but Marc Smith’s huge 16-shot victory over Andrew Brown was enough for East to claim victory. Bendigo’s Ian Ross (eight shots), Barry Anset (two shots) and Tim Arnold (one shot) all took narrow wins, but Smith’s combination

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Spirit makes first move THE Bendigo Spirit made the first change to its roster as it embarks on the WNBL off-season, releasing Belinda Snell to become a free agent. The 35-year-old guard was out of contract at season’s end and her release gives the club more financial flexibility with which to attack the offseason. Snell still averaged 15 points per game in the season just gone, shooting 37.4 per cent, and had several games where she looked to be in peak form and was picked in the Australian Opals squad for an upcoming series of camps alongside Kelly Wilson and Kelsey Griffin. That should keep her in demand for a new deal at another club, but the Spirit made the move with one eye firmly on the future. “As part of our continuous long-term commitment to the sustainability of the club, we have had to make the tough decision to release Belinda,” general manager Adam Tarr said. “Belinda is a legend of the sport and her impact on the Spirit and Australian basketball has been immense and will last a long time. “It is well-known the board has had to make some difficult decisions in the last 12 months, to change the way the club and the team has been managed, to ensure its survival. This is another one of those. “Simon Pritchard’s reappointment gives the club an opportunity to rebuild on and off the court, and this decision is part of that process.”

ATLEY’S TOP JOB

was dominant in the final rink to lead East to a week off and a grand final berth. At Bendigo, Frank Byrne’s rink almost singlehandedly lifted the Borough to a huge win over Square. Byrne’s combination was dominant from the start and scored a mammoth 3915 win over that of Frank Thomas. Daryl Cheeseman got the chocolates over Tony Ellis by two shots in Square’s lone rink win, while Ken Rusbridge and Simon Carter ensured that Eaglehawk would maintain its advantage. This weekend’s final will be played on South Bendigo’s Sherman green, with the decider to be held on Sunday, March 13.

LEADER: Tim Arnold

MIDFIELDER Joe Atley will captain the Bendigo Pioneers in season 2016. The club announced its leadership group this week, with the electric onballer named skipper and AIS AFL Academy member Kobe Mutch named vice captain. Atley has impressed in his two practice matches this season, playing a dominant role in Bendigo’s win over Calder Cannons a fortnight ago. Jayden White, Isaac Miller, Jamieson Sheahan and Cooper Jones have also been named in the leadership group.

FUNDS ROLL IN THE Bendigo Thunder raised close to $13,000 at its major fundraiser last Friday. Federal member for

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GET ON BASE BENDIGO East Baseball Club is inviting new players of all ages to join in the 2016 Bendigo Baseball Association winter competition. The competition begins on April 17, and registration for the club will be held on March 9 from 5.15pm at Ken Wust Oval, Quarry Hill. For details, go to www. bendigoeastbaseball.com.au

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Familiar foes to meet again By JOEL PETERSON

SPRING Gully and Mandurang could be excused for suffering from dejavu this week as they prepare for their Emu Valley Cricket Association semi-final clash. While United will meet Maiden Gully in the weekend’s other final, the Crows and Rangas will face off for the second time in two rounds at the same venue, Spring Gully Oval. The Rangas will be no doubt hoping for a different result considering Spring Gully’s convincing win in the final round of home and away games. After Mandurang was rolled for 134 on day one, Shaun Makepeace’s 86 guided the Crows home to a

comfortable win. The hosts finished with 307 after 91 overs, a solid warm up for their return to finals action. The Crows’ bowling depth will again be key against a Mandurang top order that has failed to fire in recent weeks. After making 200 in all but one of their first seven games, Mandurang has failed to pass 168 in its last two contests. Matt Giri will need to find form, but he is not alone, with Phil Berry and Matt Pask also struggling to make runs in recent weeks. On the other side of the equation, Spring Gully’s batting depth and Mandurang’s bowlers look set for an even duel.

The Crows have had batsmen in form all the way down to Des Gilmore at number seven while Makepeace and Jayden Mannix are in sparkling touch. If the likes of James Pietromonaco can strike with the new ball, it could go a long way to Mandurang’s hopes to repeat as premiers. If they don’t find an early answer, they could face a week one exit in finals after being undefeated two games ago. United and Maiden Gully meet at Ewing Park in the weekend’s other game, with Maiden Gully looking to continue a remarkable turnaround from finishing in last place in the 2014/15 season. United has been in brilliant

form though and looks a balanced side on paper, with strong batting depth to go with a disciplined bowling attack. Alex Collins is seeing them like beach balls with the bat and will be the main man to stop, but Xavier Walsh, Josh White and Seb Greene are more than capable of making runs at the top of the order. Maiden Gully’s bowling has been its strength all year with Craig Burn, Josh Sheehan, Leon Beatty and Shane Rabbitt performing strongly, but Gully has also proved it is no slouch with the bat in recent weeks. Most encouragingly Gully showed it could make runs after losing early wickets in its last game

against Golden Gully with Beatty and Stagg setting a season-high sixth wicket partnership. Alex Gorrie and Rob Brown are no doubt the keys for Gully’s batting lineup, and provide a big test for United’s strike bowlers in Kieran Nihill, Collins, Andrew Duguid and Daniel Francis. If Maiden Gully can restrict United’s power with the bat it will go a long way toward propelling them to an unlikely grand final berth, but against a side that has made over 300 in each of its last two digs it is a big ask. Both semi-finals get under way at 1.30pm on Saturday and continue on Sunday at Spring Gully Oval and Ewing Park.

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Top riders in town From Page 32 Bendigo’s Tayla Evans will also be in action, as will the Poyser Motorsbacked Building Champions women’s team led by Emily Cust. “My goals are to do my best in the ITT and the road race, what ever that may be,” Garfoot said. Jason Lea and Tasman Nankervis will fly the flag for Bendigo in the under-23 men, but will be up against a top field with the likes of Michael Storer, Kiwi Robert Stannard and reigning champion Harry Carpenter. “I can take some confidence from last years victory and I hope I can repeat it again because I really like doing well at the Oceania Championships,” Storer, who finished sixth in this year’s

national time trial in Ballarat, said. Kiwi duo Jason Christie and Joseph Cooper will be the last two riders to leave Emu Creek in the time trials and are among those to beat across the weekend in the elite men’s category. “I’m glad there’s a hill in the road race but I’ve never ridden in this area so I don’t know what to expect,”Storer said. The 24 year old will be racing against Victorian’s Pat Shaw and Pat Lane, with the latter finishing third in this year’s national championships and New Zealand’s road race champion Jason Christie. Saturday’s elite women’s road race starts at 9am, with the under-23 and elite men starting at 1pm in what are set to be sweltering conditions.

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THE vital clash between Bendigo United and Golden Square is evenly poised heading into day two of the final round in Bendigo District Cricket Association action. Whoever wins will cement a finals position with the loser set to miss out on finals action. Ben Gunn threatened to break the game open early on day one last Saturday with a quickfire run-a-ball 46 before he was caught at slip off the bowling of Scott Woodman. Heath Behrens came in and belted a six over midwicket but was quickly removed by Josh Blencowe for 9 and BUCCs went from 0/61 to 2/73 and the runs that had been free-flowing early in the piece quickly dried up. Wayne Fidler and Riley Treloar joined forces once again after that, as they have done a number of times this season, and played a somewhat steadying role before Fidler was stumped by Scott Johnson off the bowling of Jamie Bysouth for a patient 29 off 106. Treloar followed for just 14 off 74 and when Marc Di Fede was run out the Redbacks were 5/115 and in a deal of trouble. Luckily Leigh McDermott (40 off 70) and Nick Crawford (47 off 75) came in lower down the order so add some late runs and see the visitors make 204 from 77.2 overs. Woodman dominated with

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SPEEDSTER: Square’s Josh Blencowe took two wickets. the ball taking 4/86 off 23.2 overs and Blencowe and Bysouth each claimed two scalps. Golden Square will resume on day two at 0/5 off four overs, needing a further 200 runs to sew up a finals position. In the other finals shaping clash White Hills and Kangaroo Flat are mired in a low scoring affair at N8Health Oval. White Hills batted first and could make only 111, Sam Stagg again top scoring for the Demons with only two teammates making double figures. Adam Burns took four wickets and Chris Barber claimed three

on what was a bowlers’ deck at Dower Park. Kangaroo Flat also struggled with the bat, going to stumps at 5/83 off 32 overs. Top scorer Adam Burns remains not out on 29 and Mitch Collins is nine not out at stumps, with the Roos needing an outright win to make finals. In other games, Bendigo will chase 168 for victory against Huntly North Epsom, Strathdale Maristians took first innings points after rolling Strathfieldsaye for just 97 on day one and Sandhurst needs 287 for victory against Eaglehawk at Weeroona Oval.

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BENDIGO will become the epicentre of Australian cycling over the next fortnight, as the 2016 UCI Oceania Championships and Bendigo International Madison events bring top cyclists to the city. The Oceania Championships got under way yesterday with the time trials at Emu Creek, with the under-19 road races to be held today. Saturday will see the elite and under-23 men compete, as well as the women’s road race on a gruelling course that takes competitors over two laps from Strathfieldsaye, past Lake Eppalock and back through the rolling hills of Sutton Grange and Sedgwick. The big test comes on the second lap of the 181-kilometre men’s course, when the field ascends Mount Alexander. The women’s road race will also traverse the climb, albeit as part of a shorter 109km race. “I have raced over Mt Alexander once before during the Herald Sun Tour in 2015 and although it’s not long, it’s steep enough to favour a climber,” Brendan Canty, who finished 11th in the National Championships road race this year, said. “I’m really interested to see how things unfold over this climb.” Local hope Lachlan Norris will be racing in his backyard across the weekend, as will Sam Crome and Peter Casey. Norris is a big threat for the road race crown, and the Barkers Creek boy knows the 4.7km stretch of road up and down Mt Alexander better than most. The women’s race has drawn some of Australian cycling’s biggest names, with Katrin Garfoot, Ruth Corset, Bridie O’Donnell, Kimberley Wells and local rider and 2015 national champion Peta Mullens set to line up.

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READY TO GO: Jeremy Kendle, Matt Andronicos and Damian Johnson.

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AS the Bendigo Braves gear up for the SEABL season, which is less than a month away, the club’s three boom recruits have been hard at work preparing for their maiden campaigns in Bendigo – Story Page 29

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