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ISSUE 977 FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016

Dogs on track for success THE plan to ban greyhound racing in New South Wales sent a shockwave through the industry, but Victorian breeders and trainers are determined to keep their sport viable. – Story Pages 8 and 9

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AT least 5000 first-time drink driving offenders a year in Victoria miss out on drink driving education and the knowledge of how to prevent a second offence, according to educators. Drink driving educators operating in central Victoria say what many first time offenders don’t know is that residual alcohol will remain in your body the morning after a boozy night, enough to fail a breath test. Training will also tell you how to avoid and manage a false positive reading in a fitted interlock

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device without incurring extra months’ penalty. But the result of relying more on interlock devices to punish Victorian offenders since 2014 is a decline in the number of offenders attending education to a degree that some private training providers are closing down. Maryborough-based managing director of .05 Licence Back Graham Fary said his income had dropped by

one third and he had stopped training in Castlemaine, Kyneton, Hamilton, Horsham, Ararat and Stawell. Since October 1, 2014, first offenders over the age of 26 with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) below 0.1 per cent no longer had to attend education. They bypass the court system and the discretion of magistrates who could have ordered they undertake the training.

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Instead they lose their licence then automatically have an interlock device installed, after which they apply to VicRoads to have the interlock removed. The decision was made to free up the court system but it left a gap in prevention education for some offenders and also, Mr Fary argues, enough time for those who were assessed with an alcohol problem to get help.

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Mr Fary said under the old system offenders had 12 months to get help, the results of which they could present to a magistrate in favour of having their licence reissued. Now, offenders have 28 days or less. Mary Cuskelly, who has trained in prisons for 20 years as a program facilitator for Bendigo-based Care Co, said she was concerned the low to mid-range offenders who missed out on mandatory education were the ones who needed it most.

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The session will take place on Tuesday from 10am to 4pm at the Bendigo Bank Room at the Capital Theatre. To access the paper, go to www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/ housingstrategy. Submissions close on July 29. For information about the workshop or to register, please contact Andrew Cockerall on 5434 6000 or email a.cockerall@ bendigo.vic.gov.au before noon today. REPAIRS, minimum standards and tenant modifications to rental properties are the latest focal points for the Victorian Government’s review of rental laws. Consumer Affairs Victoria director Simon Cohen is calling on tenants and landlords to have their say on property conditions in the latest Issues Paper regulation of property conditions in the rental market, released as part of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (the Act) review. “The Issues Paper explores how residential tenancy laws can ensure

tenants have access to safe, comfortable and wellserviced properties, while also supporting landlords to maintain a viable, stable rental investment,” Mr Cohen said. “Under the Act, both tenants and landlords have rights and responsibilities for a property’s condition at the start, during and at the end of a tenancy.” Issues that have been identified for consultation include landlords’ obligations to ensure rental properties are safe, secure and liveable, and whether minimum standards should be mandatory and the tenants’ obligations to avoid property damage, other than fair wear and tear. Also highlighted were tenants’ ability to make property modifications, including to assist tenants with a disability and whether standards of cleanliness, maintenance and repairs expected of landlords and tenants should be clarified – including responsibility for types of maintenance not specified in the Act, such

ALL CHANGE: Rental laws are under review. as replacing smoke alarm batteries. It will also cover timeliness of repairs and appropriate consequences for non-compliance. Mr Cohen said this Issues Paper looks at matters that can affect the safety, health, liveability and comfort of rental homes. “We want to know if the current legislation strikes the right balance between protecting a landlord’s assets, and ensuring a habitable and safe environment for the tenant.” Details about how you can have your say, including information for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, is available at fairersaferhousing.vic.gov.au/renting AFFORDABILITY for home buyers eased back in the June 2016 quarter,

according to the Housing Industry Association. According to the HIA Affordability Report released this week, affordability fell by 3.7 per cent during the June 2016 quarter and was 2.1 per cent less favourable than the same period a year earlier. The capital city housing affordability index fell by 4.3 per cent during the quarter, while regional market index experienced a 1.9 per cent improvement. “Home price growth moderated in the early part of the year and the index showed an improvement in affordability during the March 2016 quarter. However, in the June quarter dwelling price growth returned and the index reverted to the level we saw at the end of 2015,” HIA economist Geordan Murray said.

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Strategy open for discussion THE Greater Bendigo Housing Strategy Discussion Paper is now out for public comment. The discussion paper will inform the development of a housing strategy later this year. City of Greater Bendigo council strategy manager Trevor Budge said demographic change meant it was important to appropriately plan for future housing needs. “The workshop will look at the key issues and questions raised in the discussion paper, and will include presentations and roundtable discussions,” Mr Budge said. “We want to hear from a variety of different people including residents and people involved in the housing sector, so I encourage anyone with an interest in housing to come along. “To accommodate the projected increase in population we will need about 18,000 new dwellings built over the next 20 years, so we need to think about how we want this growth to occur.”

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Drone flyers risk fines

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IF the drone in this photograph had dropped onto people or traffic at Charing Cross over which it was flying, the operator admitted he would have made a run for it. “But they would probably get me anyway with the technology these days,” he told the Bendigo Weekly. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority, which regulates airspace, including for drones, says flying this close to people breaches safe flying regulations and the operator, if he could be tracked down, could be fined as much as $9000. But in order to enforce the regulations, CASA would need the operator’s contact details. Spokesman Peter Gibson said drone operators must stay at least 30 metres from people and not fly over crowds or groups. “So this picture serves as reminder to people to take the rules

seriously and follow them at all times,” he said. “Drone flyers should remember the rules are civil aviation safety regulations. There are penalties for breaches ranging from $900 to $9000.” Basic safety information accompanies the purchase of a drone at an electronics shop, including that operators not fly closer than 30m to people, vehicle, boats or buildings, not closer than 5.5 kilometres to an airfield, not over backyards, parks or sports ovals, no higher than 120m and not for financial gain. There is no direct mention of helipads on hospitals, which are in metropolitan and most regional towns. The 5.5km no-fly rule only applies to airfields with towers, which Bendigo’s does not. Mr Gibson conceded the rules were composed 14 years ago to regulate fixed wing model aircraft for commercial users and hobbyists,

RULE BREACH: Drones are a familiar sight in the city. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN and they were out of date. “We are starting the process of changing them from the ground up,” he said, which would take time and consultation. “We didn’t envision people buying drones in the tens of thousands.”

Mr Gibson said he was unsure of how many unaccredited operators were in Australia but said electronics retailer JB HiFi stocked up with 6000 drones before Christmas last year. Most would have been bought

ALL SMILES: Alexis and Penny from Jenny’s Early Learning Centre.

Soup collection a winter warmer JENNY’S Early Learning Centres in Bendigo have donated 1100 cans of soup for the homeless. Chef Dean Bennett said the centres were overwhelmed with the response from parents and staff. “All of us wanted to do something to help the homeless,” Dean said. Haven; Home, Safe’s Melissa Lenten

thanked Jenny’s ELC for coordinating the soup drive and praised the generosity of the families. “It’s not easy for the 100 or more people forced to sleep rough in our community,” she said. “Winter is a particularly tough time of the year for the homeless with temperatures close to zero most nights.

“But being homeless isn’t just sleeping rough on the streets, it’s also couch surfing, or staying in substandard, unsafe, or overcrowded accommodation.” Ms Lenten said the soup would be distributed to those in need from HHS Bendigo office in Forest Street over the coming weeks.

by hobbyists. Drone operators wishing to make money from footage can do so as of September 29 without going to the expense of getting CASA accreditation, including an operator certificate (OC). This is expected to cause friction between already accredited operators who must conform with strict regulations at the risk of losing their OC and commercial operators with a lesser accreditation or none at all. No accreditation will mean the operator must fly by the rules listed for hobbyist users. Mr Gibson said the 630 accredited operators in Australia would be able to fly where others can’t, making them more competitive. Bendigo has two registered OC holders, both of which are piloted aircraft businesses. Mr Gibson said in its public education campaign, CASA was also encouraging commercial operators to buy public liability insurance.

State government joins RSL funding THE Soldiers’ Memorial Institute has received a final funding commitment from state, federal and local benefactors. The City of Greater Bendigo has welcomed a $1.5 million state government contribution towards the project, which follows a commitment of $1.7m from the federal government, $800,000 from the council, and $500,000 to be fundraised by the Bendigo RSL. The Soldier’s Memorial Institute has secured the $4.5m required to fund the expansion and development project. Mayor Rod Fyffe said council was thrilled to receive the funding and looked forward to the project commencing. “The $1.5m will help realise the total works required to conserve the iconic building, and will complement the major upgrade to develop a new exhibition gallery,” Cr Fyffe said. Restoration works will include a total roof replacement, new sky lights, external render repairs and the application of a new wash coat to the exterior to replicate the original stone

colored finish. The project also plans to restump and lay new flooring in the Billiard Room, reinstate missing sections of the original ceiling, plaster repairs and painting. Solders’ Memorial Institute chairman, Paul Penno, said he was excited by today’s announcement as it ensured the project would proceed. “The citizens on Bendigo and district who built this building by public subscription in 1921 would be proud to know that all levels of government have reinforced the importance of maintaining the memories of those who served and died, those that survived and suffered, and those that are serving be remembered for their sacrifice into the future,” Mr Penno said. “We look forward to developing the Soldiers Memorial Institute Military Museum into one that will set the benchmark for military museums in this country.” The project is awaiting to receive permit approval, although construction is expected to start before Christmas. - Patrick Stafrace

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Students look forward PRIMARY school students will have a taste of the opportunities and pathways that are available through higher education as part of the Passions and Pathways program. Coordinated by the Goldfields Local Learning and Employment Network, and in partnership with the City of Greater Bendigo, the program collaborates with higher education providers and organisations from a variety of sectors, immersing young students in workplace projects and

activities as a way to foster ambition and celebrate education. As part of the twomonth program, students from Eaglehawk, Lighting Reef and Specimen Hill Primary Schools pay a visit to La Trobe University and take part in a range of workshops that centre around sport science, fine arts, forensics, and humanities. Head of campus at La Trobe Bendigo, Robert Stephenson, said the university is working closely with schools and community

groups to nurture a passion for learning. “Many of these students may not be aware of the possibilities that lie beyond year 12,” he said. “Opening up possibilities well before any decisions are made during the teenage years is crucial.” PhD Student in exercise physiology, Phillip Shambrook, coordinated a workshop based around sport technology at La Trobe’s sports centre. “It’s important not to just lecture the kids, but to also engage them,” he said.

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Woolly wonders Bendigo’s infamous yarn bombers have struck again – this time transforming the city’s historic Conservatory into a woolly winter wonderland. Council staff discovered a colourful display of woollen umbrellas just hanging about when they opened up the Conservatory last week. City of Greater Bendigo’s arts and culture coordinator Maree Tonkin said the Conservatory has experienced

New Directors Step Up at Beck Legal Big things are happening at Beck Legal, with the appointment of Mark Donaldson and Matt Barkla as directors from 1 July 2016, joining current directors Geoff Bowyer and Daniel Cole. The enthusiastic and experienced trio of Daniel, Matt and Mark combined with long standing director Geoff, will demonstrate the new modern face of legal services in Bendigo, offering new perspectives based on understanding our thriving regional community.

Daniel Cole offers his extensive experience in commercial law, and is excited about how the addition of two more directors will benefit both the practice and wider community.

part of an energetic team with ambitions to take an established firm to the next level. We’re all committed to creating the premier commercial law firm in Bendigo,” says Mark.

“It is a core value at Beck Legal to develop local talent, and I am proud to be part of this team providing quality professional legal services to our region,” says Daniel.

Succession planning is one of the many services offered at Beck Legal, and the appointment of Daniel, Matt and Mark is the fulfilment of the firm’s own succession plan, ensuring that we continue to develop our organisation to best meet the needs of our clients now and well into the future.

Matt Barkla leads our Local Government & Litigation team and has been a valued part of our practice since 2009, and is looking forward to being a leader in our progressive firm. “I am fortunate to be part of the rapid growth of the firm over the last 6 years, as well as witness to the growth of and reliance in professional services in Bendigo”, says Matt. With expertise in Property & Development Law, Mark Donaldson joined the practice in April and is keen to assist in building a strong Bendigo. “Joining Beck Legal as a director is a great opportunity to be

“We advise clients on succession planning in order to develop great leaders and businesses,” Geoff says, “and we are pleased to demonstrate that we also put into practice succession planning”. Geoff and the team are excited that Daniel, Matt and Mark, as the new leaders, will continue to build Beck Legal as Bendigo’s most modern legal practice, while providing excellent service to clients in a rapidly changing marketplace.

a direct hit from the yarn bombers. “This is simply a wonderful woollen wrong doing with many sheep obviously giving the wool off their back to make it happen,” said Ms Tonkin. She said a number of woollen animals were also discovered at the scene but so far they have remained tight lipped. A spokesperson for the infamous Bendigo Yarn

Bombers said the group simply loves wool and the joy it brings. “If all bombs in the world were made of wool the world would be a more colourful and happier place. The only crime we have committed is one of creativity,” the spokesperson said. Ms Tonkin said the display will remain in the Conservatory for the next four weeks and will be open daily from 11am to 3pm.

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Dog parks a win for pets

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CATS can still be let out of the house during the day after the City of Greater Bendigo council agreed at its meeting on Wednedsay night not to place a 24 hour curfew on felines. But in a tale of two pets, its report on domestic animal management shows the council is still grappling with how to manage cats while dogs will get the run of two new fenced parks. As part of an overall management plan that will instruct its next five years, council records showed that in the year 2014-15 it was able to return to owners 70 per cent of dogs impounded, but only 12 per cent of cats. And 32 per cent of 1131 impounded cats were euthanased that year, compared to five per cent of dogs. Councillor Peter Cox said on Wednesday night the issue was a sensitive one because it involved people who were emotionally invested in their pets. “We all have our loves and hates of animals and when we are very

close to them, there can be a lot of difficult situations,” Cr Cox said. He said he had received many calls about the proposal not to extend the current sunset to sunrise curfew of cats. While he conceded he was unlikely to get the required support around the council table to increase a cat curfew to 24 hours, Cr Cox said education was required making pet owners understand their responsibility. Speaking about the 24-hour curfew, he said “a lot of people get confused about that”. “A lot of people’s reaction is how am I expected to keep my cat inside my house 24 hours a day?” “That is not what it is about at all. “It is about keeping your cat on your own property.” Residents who made submissions against the extension of the curfew cited reasons including cats would abandoned, there would fewer adoptions, cat enclosures were expensive, a 24-hour curfew was cruel and difficult to police. Cr Cox said that the operating

Regional moves to grow People don’t just move to regional Victoria, according to Regional Development minister Jaala Pulford. Research shows they would have visited the town or city first, maybe not with the intent of moving, but thinking it might be a nice place to live. Later they would see a job they could go to, and they would check out schools and health facilities. But the most likely reason they would move to the regions is because they have some sort of connection with a place. “The single biggest factor is an existing relationship,” she told delegates at the Regional Futures Summit on Wednesday. Ms Pulford opened the summit in Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre, at which regional population growth was the key topic. Bendigo is anticipating 40 per cent population growth in the next 20 years, from 112,000 people in 2016 to 153,000 in 2036. The City of Greater Bendigo is gearing up to deal with the influx, by considering how housing meets

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new parks: Alana Smith and her dog Chessa will have new spaces to roam. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN surplus of $100,000 attributable to domestic animal management should be spent on annual cat owner education. Cr Elise Chapman said the education should extend to dog owners

as well because dogs were not supposed to run free. Dogs will get a total of 47,000 square metres of fenced land to roam, in the form of two new parks approved on Wednesday night.

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“The single biggest factor is an existing relationship”

THE City of Greater Bendigo is desperate to rectify its status as the only large Victorian council without cultural and diversity inclusion guidelines. It has given residents only 19 days to comment on a draft plan that took a year to coordinate and write, and was first mentioned in 2013 and found lacking during anti-mosque protests that divided Bendigo. “Whilst council committed to the development of a Cultural Development and Inclusion Plan in 2013, the social divisions that became apparent following the city’s receipt of a planning permit application for the construction of a mosque brought the need for a CDIP into sharp focus,” the officer’s report accompanying the plan reads. Councillor Elise Chapman noted at Wednesday’s council meeting it was the shortest consultation deadline she had encountered in her experience as a councillor. “It probably should be up to the new council but it is what it is,” Cr Chapman said. Mayor Rod Fyffe, in introducing discussion of the plan, said

future in focus: Jaala Pulford in Bendigo. future needs, where to locate new industry to provide jobs, and what social services will be required. But Ms Pulford said other communities would find the change a challenge. She said the state government had invested in infrastucture that would cope with the changing demographics in Victoria, including in transport, the arts and tourism. Ms Pulford also pointed to the challenges in regional areas, including being disproportionately represented among the disadvantaged. Three of the six most severely disadvantaged communities in Victoria are in regional areas, despite only a quarter of the entire state population

living there. In addition, 14 per cent of regional students leave school before completing year 12, compared with 7 per cent in metropolitan areas. The regions also bear the brunt of drought, climate change and downturns in Australia’s biggest export industries. At the summit, Ms Pulford said the state government would shortly announce the leaders of nine regional partnerships which will inform the next stage of regional development. The partnerships will be established in Barwon, Great South Coast, Central Highlands, Wimmera Southern Mallee, Mallee, Loddon Campaspe, Goulburn, Ovens Murray and Gippsland.

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the rush was the return the plan to council for approval before the pre-election caretaker council took over. He described the plan as practical “in how we can include people from diverse backgrounds into our community”. “And we are getting more and more of these people,” he said. “Just because we have cultural diversity does not mean we have inclusion.” He said the council plan squarely confronted a number of issues evident in Bendigo. “We all live here, we all want to get on with each other, we all want to get the best out of our lives,” Cr Fyffe said. But Cr Helen Leach said she saw no problem in Bendigo and imposing an inclusion plan on resident could create problems. “I see racial harmony wherever I go,” she said. “Cultural inclusion and social cohesion are very good things, but they can’t be forced on a population by this council or anyone else. “It could be insulting to our residents who are not xenophobic or racist to be preached to.”

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Engineering a campaign MORE spending on footpaths and roads is a key platform in self-funded retiree Malcolm Pethybridge’s campaign to be elected to the City of Greater Bendigo council in elections in October. Mr Pethybridge, who will run in the Whipstick ward, said he had seen school children walking in the mud on the way to school. “We are growing as a city and we need to keep up with the times,” he said. That means spending money constructing footpaths where there is already a need. Mr Pethybridge is an engineer whose varied career has seen him commission the Torrumbarry Weir, simultaneously run his own and his family’s farm, and work for wellknown Bendigo firms Empire Rubber and Australian Defence Industries when it was a ordnance manufacturer. He is also a past master of the Bendigo Freemasons. Mr Pethybridge has attended consecutive council and ward meetings this year to familiarise himself with council business, and he says he is determined to listen to the concerns of constituents if he is elected. Other issues of his campaign include addressing the need for a truck route around Bendigo, and to attract more industry to the city to ensure future jobs. “I don’t think they (the council) are doing enough to attract new industry,” Mr Pethybridge said. He said the council could provide incentives such as rate discounts and constructing roads and infrastructure to service the industry. “Let’s help them out if they are going to spend millions in Bendigo,” he said.

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A special plan

A PROGRAM which gives regional-based physicians the opportunity to train in a medical speciality in Melbourne has received state government support after the Victorian pilot round was completed in Bendigo. The Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP) operates the Dual Physician Training Program and from 2017, trainee physicians at Ballarat Health, Bendigo Health, Goulburn Valley Health and Latrobe Regional Hospital will receive support to undertake additional training in a speciality of their choice at a metropolitan hospital on top of their regional general acute training. It is added incentive for physicians to choose to practice in regional areas, according to health minister Jill Hennessy. “This is an important part of trying to make sure that we are able to retain and attract specialist skills in our regional health services and really open up the suite of services and specialisations that regional patients have access to,” Ms Hennessy said. Dean of RACP, Richard Doherty, said it was a special model in “how the system commits to the training of selected individuals over the whole course of the second half of their specialist training. He said the program had its origins and had proved successful in New South Wales. “In our early thinking, we projected significant benefits to the regional health service in the fourth year of each person’s program and we were re-

RETAINING SKILLS: Jill Hennessy in Bendigo. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN ally delighted to actually see that there are benefits that accrue even in the early phase of the first year and that has been a really important aspect for us,” Prof Doherty said. The program enables rural physicians to expand their skills in a speciality for which there is a need in their regional catchment area. The host regional hospital is able to choose the specialty. The RACP trains physicians in more than 33 medical specialities such as paediatrics and child health, cardiology, respiratory medicine, neurology, oncology, public health medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, palliative medicine, sexual health medicine, rehabilitation and addiction medicine.

Physicians are doctors who have completed further training in a medical speciality to diagnose and manage complex medical problems. Other than creating incentives, Ms Hennessy and Prof Doherty said welcoming physicians into the community was a way to keep them in regional areas. “The evidence points to a good experience in training being one of the key determinants, so if somebody comes to a place like Bendigo as a student, they are likely to come back as a junior doctor, they are likely to come back as a senior doctor and, the additional benefit of finding love and a good life in a good community doesn’t go astray either,” Prof Doherty said.

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Citizens’ jury up and running

THE 25-member citizens’ jury creating the City of Greater Bendigo’s next four-year plan is diverse but serious about the job ahead of them, according to three of its members. Rod, Veronica and Michael attended the first meeting of the jury in early July, and will spend another 23 hours together over five separate meetings, the last on September 22. The jury is an exercise in public consultation the council appointed not-for-profit agency newDemocracy to coordinate in order to get the views of residents representative of its local government area and little heard from.

The exercise is expressly designed to be at arms length from the council, and to be transparent although the Bendigo Weekly was asked to only use the first names of jury members and not to attend the first meeting. Michael said the jury heard from Heathcote Health chief executive Dan Douglass, self-described council critic Ted Coleman, Bendigo Senior Secondary College principal Dale Pearce and Bendigo Business Council chief executive Leah Sertori. Among the jurors, Michael said there were concerns about “Aboriginal people in Bendigo, the young generation misbehaving, crime, mental disadvantage”. “The most important thing is the

social-economic status of Bendigo,” he said. “As council’s money is heavily relying on rates, council should spend our money wisely and invest in the right places to boost our economy,

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jury. “I think there is going to be a full range of views among members of the jury,” he said. “Part of the process is getting to know each other on the first day.”

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such as NBN and Hargreaves Mall.” Rod said there was one member who had declared candidacy for the council elections in October. Most, however, he believed were unlikely to run for council and he knew only one other person on the

Rod lives in Sedgwick and is glad the jury will meet in different places in the local government region, including a full-day session at Heathcote in September. The jury is being asked to address what the council should spend mon-

waiting: Organisations are ready for the Big Give.

Big Give a collection collective THIS year’s Big Give fundraising campaign has already picked up some pledges. The Big Give, which is an initiative of the Community Foundation Central Victoria, runs from August 1 to September 1, and sees not-for-profit

community groups register online to raise funds for projects. The City of Greater Bendigo will contribute $25,000 to the campaign, which will go towards prize money and to support running the campaign.

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Mayor Rod Fyffe said the council was supporting the campaign because it would assist community groups to become sustainable. Go to www.biggive.com.au for more information or to see the groups that have already registered.

ey on in the next four years. “To some degree, I think we are operating at the margin a bit,” Rod said, adding that many of the council’s costs were set. Veronica said she lived in a rural area but was raised and schooled in Bendigo. Working with the Aboriginal community and in the early childhood sector, she came to the jury with a specific interest – to see Bendigo increase support in these areas. “I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the jury,” she said. “I think we have an important job to do and I will do what I need to in order to come to a group decision that represents our community’s needs,” she said.

Waste a problem WASTE is becoming the flashpoint issue that could divide future City of Greater Bendigo councillors as the council introduces its organics pick up service and continues to grapple with increasing dumping costs and diminishing landfill. On Wednesday night, councillor Helen Leach attempted to reintroduce the idea of a high intensity incinerator in Bendigo “to dispose of and process non-organic and non-recyclable household and commercial waste and produce energy”. Cr Leach is also behind a move to discredit the council’s management of the new green bin initiative, having told the Bendigo Weekly that the process to exempt a household from the service was onerous. On Wednesday night, Cr Leach said new incinerator technology would take care of all waste, including all from towns surrounding the central Victoria, convert it to energy therefore saving power costs and creating jobs. The high intensity incinerator, a $400 million

example of which is to be built in Kwinana in Western Australia, was described in a officer’s comment accompanying Cr Leach’s motion, as being a “significant cost to set up” and not the city’s focus at this point in time given the organic waste collection. Cr Peter Cox strongly opposed the motion, citing an American Economic Review article which found that solid waste combustion more negative impacts to the environment and economy than benefits in the United States. In a heated exchange with Cr Cox, Cr Leach said she had facts and figures that countered his. Cr Cox said an incinerator created a throw-away mindset among residents and people needed to be responsible for their waste and separate out all that could be recycled. He said the council already had a policy that sought to restrict what went into landfill. Cr Leach’s motion was supported by Cr Elise Chapman but was lost four votes to two.

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Wastage still a problem GREYHOUND Racing Victoria has bolstered powers for racing inspectors, yet cannot confirm or comment on humane euthanasia rates. Greyhounds Australasia reports that in 2015, the industry is responsible for the unnecessary deaths of anywhere between 13,000 and 17,000 healthy greyhounds. However, the figures do not factor in non-industry related adoptions or how many live out their lives on the property of their owner. An RSPCA spokeswoman said that their organisation does not have validated data on wastage numbers, and subsequently relies on national figures

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published by Greyhounds Australasia. The Bendigo Weekly contacted GRV, the McIvor Road Veterinary clinic, a sponsor of the Bendigo Greyhound Racing Association, and RSPCA directly about the euthanasia rates: none could comment of provide current statistics relevant to Victoria. Breeding numbers in Victoria have reduced from 1026 litters per year to 719 in the past 12 months. GRV’s Greyhound Adoption Program achieved 1000 adoptions in 20152016, with plans to increased total adoptions three-fold by 2020. GRV says it will continue to close the margin for Victorian greyhounds.

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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, July 22, 2016 new head for heritage

Have your say on topics affecting our community A vision for the Strathdale Community Centre The City of Greater Bendigo will host two workshops about the future of the Strathdale (Crook Street) Community Centre next week. • Tuesday July 26 from 9.30am – 12pm • Thursday July 28 from 6pm – 8.30pm The workshops will look at the community activities the centre can support and consider the design and possible management models of the centre.

Housing Strategy Residents are encouraged to provide feedback on the Greater Bendigo Housing Strategy Tuesday July 26 from 10am to 4pm at the Capital Theatre, View Street, Bendigo The strategy aims to provide guidance on the location, type and form of housing that is required into the future to suit our community.

Draft Environment Strategy Residents have until Friday July 29 to comment on the draft Environment Strategy 2016-2036, which sets out a 20 year vision for our municipality. The draft strategy covers ten long term action areas for business, government agencies, the general community and the City.

Whipstick Ward Meeting Monday July 25 City of Greater Bendigo Whipstick Ward Councillors 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. Agenda • City Coordinator Strategic Planning Andrew Cockerall - Housing Strategy • City Fire Prevention Officer Sue Moses • City Manager Planning Ross Douglas – Parking around the Catholic College and Hospital Precinct • Manager Waste Services Natasza Purser New Organics Service The meeting will take place:7pm - 8.30pm Monday July 25 Activity Rooms 1 & 2, Bendigo Library 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo 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

‘Let’s Talk’ Kangaroo Flat Tuesday July 26 City of Greater Bendigo Lockwood Ward Councillors invite all interested members of the community to attend the Let’s talk Kangaroo Flat meeting. This forum will also provide an opportunity to meet with your ward Councillors to discuss local opportunities and raise any issues. Agenda • City Coordinator Strategic Planning, Andrew Cockerall – Housing Strategy • Manager Waste Services Natasza Purser New Organics Service The meeting will take place: 7pm – 8.30pm Tuesday July 26 Kangaroo Flat RSL 15A Station Street, Kangaroo Flat Everyone is encouraged and very welcome to attend. Cr Elise Chapman Ph: 5434 6193 E: e.chapman@bendigocouncillors.org.au Cr Rod Fyffe Ph: 0419 874 015 E: r.fyffe@bendigocouncillors.org.au Cr Barry Lyons Ph: 5434 6215 E: b.lyons@bendigocouncillors.org.au

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Bendigo Heritage Attractions has announced the appointment of Peter Abbott to the position of CEO, following a competitive recruitment process with applicants from across Australia and New Zealand applying for position. Mr Abbott has many years of experience in the tourism industry and will be leaving his position of manager of tourism services for Warrnambool City Council, which he has held for more than nine years. In his current role Mr Abbott has direct responsibility for the operations of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village and the Surfside Holiday Park, which is one of Victoria’s largest coastal foreshore holiday parks. “We are delighted that Peter has accepted the position of CEO and have no doubt that his wealth of experience will be of great benefit to the organisation,” BHA chairman David Wright said.

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SIX young women have had a helping hand in their health careers this week. An innovative health day was held this week in Bendigo attended by Aboriginal girls, and six received scholarships. Weenthunga Health Network’s Stephanie Armstrong said the purpose was to support young Aboriginal women foster their self-belief and help them understand how culture can keep them strong in their working life. “The girls heard from Aboriginal women working in health careers – these women shared their stories to inspire the girls,” Ms Armstrong said. “By showing the girls the path other Aboriginal women have taken before them, it builds their confidence and motivation. “Our health day showcases talented and inspiring Aboriginal women and bridges the gap between the workers of today and our next generation.” Ms Armstrong said the model for supporting the

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“Today is all about the future – for not only the girls, but their families who support them. We want them to know that there are many Aboriginal woman working in health and that they can follow these pathways.”

Friendly festival a draw for Di One of Australia’s most prolific and popular writers, Di Morrissey is looking forward to heading down south to attend this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival. “I hear the festival is very warm and inviting,” she said. Warm receptions were not always the case for Di Morrissey who for years was made to feel miserable at festivals by certain literary types. “I was rarely invited to festivals at the start of my writing career,” she said. “When I was invited to the Melbourne Writers Festival Bryce Courtenay warned me about my possible reception. He was right, I was treated so rudely by what I would call literary snobs. “That’s one of the reasons we started the Byron Writers Festival. I wanted a friendly festival. I always hosted a cocktail party to kick it off so the writers could relax and meet each other.” These days the Byron Festival has become much bigger and Di is treated with more respect when

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MORE than 40,000 new organics bins will start to roll out on Monday. Households in the urban Bendigo and Marong areas are part of the City of Greater Bendigo council’s new fortnightly organics collection service which kicks off on September 5, 2016. Council’s Natasza Purser said the bin delivery is a huge task and will take about four weeks to complete. “In addition to a new organics bin each household will also receive a kitchen caddy, a one year supply of compostable caddy liners, collection calendar and an information guide to the city’s organic, recycling and waste services,” Ms Purser said. “When the new organics service starts, residents will be able to dispose of all cooked and uncooked food scraps including vegetable peelings, teabags, coffee grounds, paper towel, tissues, fish, cooked foods, bones, meat and garden waste including prunings, clippings, sticks, weeds and flowers in the new organics bin. “We expect about 12,000 tonnes of organic waste, which is equivalent to about 1500 full garbage trucks, will be saved from going to landfill and instead be recycled into reusable compost each year for use on parks and gardens.” Ms Purser said organic material rotting in landfill is the biggest cause of methane and other dangerous greenhouse gases. “So this is a good outcome for the environment and the smart and right thing to do,” she said. The first organics collection will take place on the same day residents normally put out their waste bins but on the opposite week to their recycling bin collection. “This means the first organic collection will take place for some households during the week commencing September 5 but for others it won’t take place until the following week

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ing with like-minded students from all over Victoria,” he said. Evelyn Crawford, Millicent a’Beckett and Amelia Campagnaro are three of the 30 Victorian year nine students who will take part in the pilot program. The girls’ interests range from electrical engineering to medicine. The program kicked off over the July holidays with a three day camp at the University of Melbourne, residing at Ormond College. “The campus was stunning,” Evelyn said. “The workshop on 3D printing was fantastic; there are so many resources available at university,” Millicent 7/07/16 11:27 am said. The camp involved pres-

entations by academics, panel discussions with industry representatives, and interactive workshops. In year 10, participants in the program will have the option to undertake work-experience at either the University of Melbourne or with an industry partner. In their final years of school, the girls will be provided mentors from academia and industry. “Girton encourages girls to pursue STEM, but we are still are minority in class,” Millicent said. “I would advise girls to follow what interests them, wherever that may lead you.” The girls hope that other female students will follow suit, and stress the importance of seeking assistance.

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CHANCE: Matthew Dellavedova played for the Boomers in Melbourne this month. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Delly in the running MATTHEW Dellavedova is in the running to win back-to-back Bendigo Weekly/Prime 7 Bendigo Sports Star of the Year gongs after becoming Australia’s latest NBA champion last month. Dellavedova was named the monthly winner for June after his now former side, the Cleveland Cavaliers, marched to an NBA title with a series win over Golden State. The Maryborough product and former Bendigo Braves junior played a crucial role with the Cavs all season long, and despite playing a smaller part in the finals he was an important piece of Cleveland’s first major sports championship in 52 years. He translated a strong season into a new four-year, $38 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, an offer the Cavs could not match due to salary cap constraints. The Bucks are the former team of Dellavedova’s Australian Boomers teammate Andrew

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Bogut, who was selected by Milwaukee with the number one pick in the 2006 NBA draft. Dellavedova was also in Australia recently to prepare and also to promote his new agreement and his Delly 1 signature shoe from Peak Sports. The 25-year-old will also play a key role in the Boomers’ medal chances at the Rio Olympic Games after he earned selection in the Australian men’s national team. He will feature alongside fellow NBAers Bogut, Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and Aron Baynes. The Rio games will be Dellavedova’s second Olympic campaign after he also played for Australia in London four years ago.

AFTER receiving City of Greater Bendigo support Golden Dragon Museum general manager Anita Jack went in search of a dragon maker. Bendigo people hold Sun Loong dear to their hearts but he is getting old and tired. So with members of the Hong Kong University and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum Ms Jack set off on her great adventure. She explored the dens of several dragon makers on Hong Kong and Kowloon. “We travelled to the far ends of both islands and went to every district possible, I worked out that we had travelled by aeroplane, boat, bus, taxi and train,” Ms Jack said. Ms Jack said she was aware that she had a great responsibility. “The new dragon has to be up there with Sun Loong or better, we can’t underestimate the expectations of the public,” she said. “We will be having three community consultations when the submissions are detailed.” Ms Jack said the estimated cost of the new dragon and the associated regalia was $250,000. “We will be seeking financial assistance from the federal government and anticipate that Sun Loong will make his last appearance in 2018,” she said.

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NATIONAL TREE DAY 2016 Sunday July 31, 38 Victoria Street, Ironbark The City of Greater Bendigo is celebrating National Tree Day on Sunday July 31, 2016. Members of the community are invited to come along and help plant 4,000 native plants along-side Ironbark Gully, 38 Victoria Street, Ironbark. Activities start at 10.30am and finish at 1.30pm and involve tree

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All interested people are encouraged to come along, enjoy this great community activity and do something great for our local environment.

Register at the desk adjacent to the planting area on arrival. Children under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian accompany and register on their behalf. Parking is available on Victoria Street and adjoining Streets, enter off Eaglehawk Road and follow the tree day signs to the planting site.

Participants are asked to wear suitable clothing, footwear and gloves. Please bring a hand trowel

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power of three: Lifeline Central Victoria’s Leo Schultz is aiming to recruit volunteers.

Aid for Lifeline Lifeline Central Victoria and Mallee has teamed up with La Trobe University and Strategem Community Foundation to help address the increasing demand for crisis services in the region. The three organisations are supporting an information session aimed at recruiting volunteers for Lifeline’s 13 11 14 telephone counselling service. La Trobe University has had a long-time collaboration with Lifeline, in the past donating hire of the Visual Arts Centre and personnel to assist with the organisation’s information sessions. Strategem Community Foundation will support

this year’s recruitment drive through a significant donation. Lifeline Central Victoria and Mallee’s Leo Schultz said it is vital for the organisation to receive this support as demand for the service continues to grow. “Recruiting volunteers to 13 11 14 is the heartbeat of our service. We need the help of caring, empathic community members to do the challenging work of supporting Australians in crisis,” he said. Robert Stephenson, head of campus at La Trobe Bendigo says the university is delighted to be involved in the important initiative.

“We are proud to be assisting Lifeline to grow their volunteer base and deliver this vital service,” he said. The three organisations in the past collaborated on a project which involved La Trobe University education students receiving training in suicide prevention before completing their course. People interested in volunteering as telephone crisis supporter at Lifeline are encouraged to attend the information session at 6pm Tuesday, August 30 at La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre on View Street and to register to attend by emailing enquiries@lifelinecvm.org.au or telephone 5443 1330.

Napier Street (Midland Highway) is being upgraded through a $30.4 million project, funded by the Victorian Government, to improve traffic ﬂow and transport options between Weeroona Avenue and Hall Street in Bendigo VicRoads is establishing a Community Consultation Group made up of the following Napier Street users: • Residents • Local businesses • Schools • Cyclists • Freight industry • Emergency Services • City of Greater Bendigo • Public Transport Victoria

The group, which will meet on a regular basis, will assist VicRoads in gaining a greater appreciation of what is important to all road users regarding future changes to Napier Street. How do you express your interest to be part of this group?

Visit engage.vicroads.vic.gov.au (search Napier Street project) and either complete the online Expression of Interest or print off the form. Alternatively, for a hard copy of the Expression of Interest form, write to us at VicRoads 53 -61 Lansell Street East Bendigo attention Napier Street Community Consultation Group. How long do you have to express your interest?

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ORGANICS – THE FACTS! The City of Greater Bendigo will introduce a new fortnightly Organic Waste Service from September 5, 2016 to over 40,000 households in the urban Bendigo and Marong area. ●

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The cost of this new service for the 2016/2017 financial year is $71 or $1.65 per week. This reflects the actual cost of providing the service to residents. When the new organics service commences residents will be able to dispose of all cooked and uncooked food scraps including vegetable peelings, teabags, coffee grounds, paper towel, tissues, fish, cooked foods, bones, dairy, meat and garden waste including prunings, clippings, sticks, weeds and flowers in the new organics bin. This organic waste will be processed into compost for re-use including use on local parks and gardens. Organic material breaking down in landfill is the biggest cause of methane and other dangerous greenhouse gases. The City recently awarded a seven year contract to Four Seasons Waste for the collection of the new organic waste service from more than 40,000 households. Four Seasons Waste will be working from a depot located in Bendigo and intend to employ a number of additional local drivers to undertake the new contract. In addition their trucks will be serviced and maintained in Bendigo by local service providers.

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The green waste service provided by Greenaway Bins is for garden waste only. You cannot dispose of cooked and uncooked food scraps via the Greenaway Bin service. There currently isn’t any other kerbside collection option in Bendigo that can accept both food and garden waste for recycling. Just like your waste and recycling collections, the new organic waste collection service will be provided to all households in urban Bendigo and Marong. Residents cannot choose to “opt-out” of the City’s new organics service. However property owners can apply for an exemption if they are eﬀectively and intentionally managing all food and garden organic material on their own property. Only property owners can apply for the exemption – no other individual, company or third party can do it on your behalf. You should only apply for an exemption if you can demonstrate you are eﬀectively and deliberately managing your organic waste on your property e.g. composting systems, worm farms, household animals etc. You can apply for an exemption online at www.bendigo.vic.gov.au or you can phone the City on 5434 6000 to request an exemption form be posted to you.

For more information go to www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/organics or contact our Customer Support Centre on 5434 6000.

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Inspiring women THERE are many inspiring women in agriculture, but there is a chance for more to hone their skills with a short course. The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has opened expressions of interest for its Inspiring Women in Agriculture short course. The course is delivered over four days in Bendigo, covering everything from networking, marketing and planning, to achieving balance and making money. “If you have a passion for agriculture and are keen to take your farm business to the next level, learn new skills, build your networks and be inspired, then this is the course for you,” North Central CMA’s Mandy Coulson said. “We have many skilled women farming in the north central region who make a large percentage of secondary farm decisions and who place an im-

portance on food production in a sustainable way. “This course is designed to draw on this expertise and provide leadership opportunities that encourage skills recognition and development across agriculture.” Former course participants have used the skills gained at the course to reinvigorate their farming enterprises, or start new ones. “I was a little sceptical at first however the course exceeded my expectations. I was surprised how encouraging everyone was of each other,” Loddon Vale sheep farmer Jo Bear said. “There was no competition and everyone was respectful, encouraging, appreciative and nurturing of each person’s agricultural initiative.” The Inspiring Women in Agriculture short course will be run from 9am to 4pm on September 1, 2 and 15 and October 20, for a cost of $375.

ALEXANDER Porter’s cycling career started on a Kmart special at the 2011 Tour Down Under community ride. Over the course of the 90-kilometre ride, the 15-year-old decided what he wanted to do with his life. “I’ve found my niche,” he told his mother, Kristen, at the finish. “I want to be a cyclist.” In a roundabout way, that decision is how I came to be teaching this now-rising star to cook risotto in my Bendigo kitchen. Alex was in Bendigo to compete in the cycling club’s annual three-day tour, with a team brought over from Adelaide by Cycling Australia track coach, Tim Decker. A one-time resident, Tim started the Regional Academy of Cycling (RACE) to nurture young cycling talent in this region. With that close connection, he asked the families of current RACE athletes and friends of the academy to billet members of his team and I was privileged to host Alex. Over shared gourmet

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activities, I learned Alex has his sights set on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in the team pursuits event with the track cycling team. Despite coming to the sport at a relatively late age, Alex has certainly demonstrated the form needed to get him onto the Olympics team. His determination to become a cyclist at the end of the Tour Down Under ride, was given a boost when the South Australian Sports Institute came to Alex’s school and suggested he definitely had potential. After a year in the talent identification program, the suggestion was followed up with a twoyear scholarship and in 2014 he became a Junior World Track Champion. In March this year, he won a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport – and a gold medal as part of the World

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HOST: Alexander Porter and Edward Barkla. Photo: DION JELBART Championships Team Pursuit team in London. But it’s not just raw talent that gets you that far this quickly. What’s remarkable about this 20-year-old is his focus and commitment: “Keeping the main thing the main thing and not getting distracted,” as he said. Kristen, his proud and supportive mother, said he was dedicated to reaching goals and like a sponge taking in new skills that progress him to his next target. Alex attributed his success partly to learning the craft of racing from Tim Decker, under whose

tutelage he keeps meeting those targets. Like his cycling skills, his organisational and time management skills are getting better and his determination to consistently deliver results remains as strong as ever. Chatting in the kitchen, there was no hint in Alex of overblown pride in his achievements, just the joy of being recognised and accepted by his peers. I’m looking forward to seeing him win a gold medal in Tokyo in four years. Look forward to seeing on you on the road soon, God willing.

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NAIDOC stories have little to do with the facts It has been interesting reading the articles in the Bendigo Weekly for NAIDOC Week. Speaking as an elder of our families, we find many problems with the reasoning behind these stories. For that is what they are, stories, with little to do with fact, and, presented by change agendas. We find current stories and attitudes wrong and devisive, especially as current promotions are affecting our young ones. What kind of people believe they can reconcile people, by dividing them into races and tribes? Which your paper is also promoting. Most unfortunately for us and we are sure others. Our families consist of Aboriginals, Islanders, and Australians of 10 generations. And we are close, many cultures also. Our children are coming home from school, saying they have been told they are black Aboriginals. Well partly, most are varying and beautiful shades of brown, not to forget white. Some have black/black parents, some have brown/brown parents, some black/white, brown/ white and of course white/white. Guess what – we are not racist – we love them all. The attitude of promotions such as NAIDOC we find destroying the values we have worked out to benefit our families over a few generations. Which are we love one another, we are family and we show respect for each and every one in it. Of course we have problems, which we sort out in the family. Reconciliation is a two way street – anyone can see this is not what is being promoted. We hope you believe in a free press and rights to differ. We would very much appreciate to hear other points of view. We love this country and do not want it destroyed by warring factions. Leigh-Anne Rogers (Elder), Harcourt

Meetings show concern A series of public meetings were convened this week by new council candidates to enable residents to learn more about the soon to be introduced organic waste collection service by Bendigo council. More than 50 people attended a meeting in Kangaroo Flat on Tuesday evening, with a similar number

at Eaglehawk on Wednesday evening. There was also a Strathfieldsaye meeting on Thursday. The aims have been to inform and assist residents who wished to apply for an exemption and opt out of council’s recent controversial initiative. Many in attendance at the initial meetings expressed outrage at the manner in which the service has been introduced. Claiming that existing ways in which they manage their own organic waste have been ignored. Bendigo council has ordered 39,000 140-litre bins for residents, without knowing whether residents needed the service or not. While all the new council candidates present were in favour of an organic waste service, they are unhappy about the process council has used to introduce it. The new candidates were flooded with enquiries and requests for help to obtain an exemption. Councillor Peter Cox was in attendance at the Kangaroo Flat meeting. He appeared stunned by the community’s reaction to council’s initiative, especially in regards to claims of lack of consultation. Citizens present were thankful that the new candidates were genuinely engaging with them. This is an urgent matter. Applications for exemption need be completed by August 31. Colin Carrington, Candidate for Eppalock ward, Argyle (Heathcote)

Ministry is good news The new Turnbull Ministry announced this week is good for the country and good for regional Victoria. It is impressive to see such a strong National Party representation in the new ministry reflecting the great success of the Nationals in the federal election, especially in Murray. Of special note for Victorians is Local Government and Territories being added to Fiona Nash’s portfolio. Our regional communities will benefit from Fiona’s rural experience and the experience of our party members across regional local government. I am particularly pleased that Michael McCormack is the new small business minister, a job I know he will do well. The Small Business portfolio is a

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The right direction GREYHOUND racing or “the dogs” has always been a popular part of Bendigo’s culture, along with horse racing, cricket and the footy. And historically, it has been the preserve of the working classes – money might be too tight to invest in a horse – but a bloke could always find the cash for a dog. Currently pressure is building up on the Victorian greyhound industry as a result of the total ban on greyhound racing in New South Wales which will come into place from July next year. The NSW premier Mike Baird said the ban was a result of horrendous practices in the industry which include live baiting and widespread culling of greyhounds which were injured or under-performing. While looking at a potential ban on greyhound racing in Victoria, it must be said that greyhound racing plays not only a social role in people’s lives but also employs 3000 people in Victoria and con-

tributes $315 million to the state’s economy each year. Given the high stakes it would be reasonable for the Victorian government to allow the industry time to implement much needed reforms. As our report on pages eight and nine indicates, since the 2014–2015 Victorian Racing Integrity Commissioner Report was submitted to the minister for racing, Martin Pakula, Greyhound Racing Victoria has adopted many of the key recommendations. However, many industry figures including Bendigo Animal Welfare and Community Services president, Debbie Edwards, question whether the industry is able to reform itself. Another issue of concern is the disparity between the number of Greyhound Adoption Program numbers – 847 dogs – and the number of pups born in Victoria each year which runs into the thousands. But Bethany Dapiran, who

has worked extensively with greyhounds, says breeding rates in Victoria have declined by 40 per cent since the notorious ABC Four Corners report which exposed many of the industry’s worst abuses. There is no doubt that many Victorians have always done the right thing by their dogs or are now in the process of reforming their practices. For the sake of the honest people in the industry who rely on the greyhound industry for their income; for the sake of the punters who gain great pleasure, and for the magnificent dogs who are bred to race; let’s hope that stringent reforms are implemented which circumvent the abuses which have previously existed and to some extent, may still exist. Perhaps with judicious reform, Bendigo can continue to reap the economic benefits of an industry which has given us so much colour, richness and pleasure.

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THE people of Bendigo could be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief when the High Court dismissed the challenge to stop the building of Bendigo’s first mosque. Finally, we can put this tumultuous episode in Bendigo’s history to rest and move forward. For 18 months, right wing extremists, and the opposing Say No to Racism groups, became regular visitors to our city. Images of these angry protesters were splashed across the nation’s newspapers and TVs. Letterboxes and Facebook pages were bombarded with anti-Islam propaganda. Despite this, I personally believe that our city has emerged from the saga stronger and closer together.

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A silver lining to come out from this period has been the groundswell of local movements promoting inclusion and diversity. Social media campaigns like “Racism. It Stops with Me” and movements like “I Believe in Bendigo” brought people together to stand up for multiculturalism.

spectful manner. Equally, it is my role as their local MP to remind them that Australia is now a multicultural society where every individual’s right to practice his or her beliefs and follow cultural traditions within the framework of the law, is respected and protected.

Bendigo is a shining example of what can be achieved when we stand together Another positive was the way that community leaders from all party affiliations made public their support for the mosque and condemned the violence, racism and hate speech of these right-wing groups. I acknowledge some locals are concerned about Islam and fear Sharia law. This is a democracy – people have the right to ask questions and share their concerns in a calm and re-

The result of the federal election in Bendigo should be celebrated as it demonstrated that we united together and overcome the anti-mosque fear campaign. Collectively, publiclydeclared pro-multicultural and diversity (and therefore pro-mosque) candidates achieved about 90 per cent of the primary vote in the lower house. We should be proud of this result. The fact that nationally,

far-right groups and individuals like Pauline Hanson have enjoyed electoral support reinforces what we already knew. This is not a Bendigo problem. This is not about one particular mosque or a school. This is about a small group of individuals using any town or forum they can as a platform to pursue their ideological attack on the Muslim faith and immigration at large. As the rest of Australia confronts this ugly side of Australian politics, in Bendigo we have lead the way on how to confront, reach out and engage. Countering the lies through positive engagement and education continues to be one of our main local challenges but I think we have proven that our diversity is our strength. Bendigo is a shining example of what can be achieved when we stand together.

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Not hooked on crochet Steve gets in a knot over raids by the Bendigo yarn bombers

ROCHETING is a fantastic pasttime for people, I have nothing against it, people are free to enjoy it, but why should it be forced upon us in all its mismatched colour? I have to be honest and say my sister used to make hideous blankety things in crochet, and they always ended up hanging over the back of the couch... where else would you put them? The cats used to get tangled and roll around caught like a fish in a net, they always moved and slid around and frankly, served no purpose, unless you were colour blind. So from early days I did not get on with woolly crochet. At Christmas my mum died, and in the inevitable clearing up I came across a whole nest of these abominations. I think they must have bred from my time living there.

My sister had certainly been productive. Perhaps Mum had a go too, by the look of it all of her friends had made one and given it to her. The Cats Protection League in Eastbourne UK were the recipients of this motley collection of woolly nightmares, and hopefully some moggies will feel the benefit. So, now you know my bias I must tackle the epidemic which is sweeping Bendigo. Trees and benches have been wrapped in crochet wool, why? There is no need for it. It’s called yarn bombing. What is the difference between this and a spray can, unwanted art forced on an innocent public. I can’t really imagine a collection of grannies stalking around at night yarn bombing, so I think they must have help. The Conservatory in Rosalind Park was yarn bombed this week.

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Someone must have let them in. Either that or they broke in... robber grannies. I blame the council, why not, they seem to be blamed for everything else. Of course I am being rude and generalising about the people who crochet. They can’t help their affliction, I wonder if there is a support group they can hook up with? It’s not the same as knitting at all. Knitting is wholesome and provides clothing and useful things, crochet, and especially yarn bombing just wastes wool.

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ROTSKY, Lenin, Stalin, Freud and other 20th Century intellectuals quarrel over their place in history at a Cafe in Vienna. What unfolds is explored by Melbourne playwright, Brendan Black, in Trotsky and Friends. The inspiration behind Trotsky and Friends came to Brendan after he discovered a BBC article explaining how the men were living and working in Vienna in 1913. “I then set to work on researching potential characters and what their

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personalities and conflicts may have been,” Brendan said. After performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the cast decided to keep the momentum going, focusing on regional centres. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Bendigo, so The Engine Room at the Capital seemed like a good fit”. Trotsky and Friends will perform at The Engine Room, 58 View St, Bendigo on Saturday, July, 23 8pm. Tickets are $35 adult and $30 concession.

Can you imagine the homes of these yarn bombers? Rooms full of part-finished webs of wool, each one clashing for those with normal colour vision. So no, don’t yarn bomb View Street anymore. It looks really sad after rain. But I will let the yarn bombers have the last word, and it knocks every one of my arguments flying. Yarn bombing is better than real bombing, and you can’t argue with that. -Steve Kendall twitter: @stevekendall1

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S part of the Bendigo Writers Festival the latest Visual Arts Centre exhibition will feature picture-book illustrator Freya Blackwood. The exhibition covers Freya’s career in picture-book illustration and provides insight into the way she works and the creative decisions she makes. Illustrations for her first book, Two Summers (2003) written by John Heffernan, won her the Children’s Book Council of Australia 2004 Crichton Award. Her numerous books have either been shortlisted, received honour book awards or won categories in the CBCA’s Book of the Year Awards. Sarah Mayor-Cox will speak at the opening on Thursday, August 11 at 6pm.

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HE Julie Miller Markoff Visual Arts Award supports a La Trobe University visual arts student to develop the necessary practices to become a successful exhibiting artist. Tony Day will speak to the award and the creation of his new work for the exhibition. His work reflects his remembrances of growing up as one of 11 children. Exhibition dates: July 20 - August 14. La Trobe University VAC, 121 View Street, Bendigo.

INA Hogan is bringing her The Women of the 60s show to the Capital. It’s a charity tie-in with the Bendigo Strathdale Rotary Club to aid Cambodian children. This show will take you back in time to the fabulous music of the 60s, featuring songs by artists such as Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Shirley Bassey, Cilla Black and more. The show features the versatile talents of Gina Hogan who has a string of music theatre credits to her name, including Cats, Mamma Mia! and Beauty and the Beast to name but a few. The show is on at 2pm on Sunday, July 31.

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Dreadnaught thunders in I

T’S been a long seven years since the last Dreadnaught album. But they’re back with the thunderous, and at times intriguing, Caught The Vultures Sleeping. They play Musicman on Saturday, July 23 as part of a 10-date national tour. Caught The Vultures Sleeping is the heavy rock veterans’ seventh release – and a sign of the times that it will be their first album to also come out on vinyl. Formed in 1992, the Melbourne five-piece are a long-term fixture of the Australian heavy music scene. Their best-known album, 1999’s Down To Zero was well-received by the music press and achieved airplay in the US, Britain and across mainland Europe. While there may have been quite some time between releases, Dreadnaught have kept touring, notching up 15 or so gigs across Australia each year. Dreadnaught ran a pre-sale campaign to help fund recording Caught The Vultures Sleeping. A risky venture perhaps, but fans responded enthusiastically with the campaign comfortably exceeding target with a day to spare. 2009’s eponymous release saw Dreadnaught transition away from the more rock oriented style they had adopted to a crossover-thrash style similar to early releases. Caught The Vultures Sleeping carries on in a similar vein though it’s an album of quite contrasting styles. The opening track Pure Lunacy starts off with a quite cinematic feel and builds to a pumping crescendo over six minutes. The Hated has elements of traditional punk about it with almost prog rock interludes – kind of Gallows meets Yes, in a good way. Set Fire to The Plan has an almost

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DREADNAUGHT Americana-like feel that wouldn’t be totally out of place on a Bruce Springsteen album. The title track, at just over two minutes is an instrumental that again moves into the realms of movie soundtrack. Aim To Destroy is lively thrash fayre. Closing track Warning Signs builds into a stadium rock anthem over nearly eight minutes. It’s an album of widely contrasting rock styles. Dreadnaught are a band clearly confident about pushing in several different directions. On Caught The Vultures Sleeping they do it very well. Support at Musicman comes from Chase The Ace, Obscure and ubiquitous local heavyweights Stone Djoser.

breed indeed – Doc White is making a welcome return to Bendigo, hitting the courtyard stage at 3pm. He’s a great blues storyteller and well worth seeing if you haven’t had the pleasure before. – Simon Wooldridge

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Bendigo LIFE review Mystery in the north

Di on a new high T

HERE is something entirely miraculous about the feat of flying. I know there is much talk of aerodynamics and engine thrust but I firmly believe, as do others, the only reason a Boeing stays up in the air is because of the combined will of the passengers, pilot and crew, who wish it to be so. As a guest of the Bendigo Gliding Club last weekend, I found myself wishing very hard for the glider to stay in the air but also relying on the expertise of the club’s members who were taking visitors for trips up into the heavens. Apart from hang gliders and paragliders, I’d say gliders are the closest way you are going to get to the sensation of flying, with the least amount of danger factored in. The experience: the sound of the wind swishing over the wings, the blue sky around you; on a lucky day an eagle looking you in the eye and below, farmhouses, sheds, dams and the green patchwork of paddocks. The person driving the glider sits in the back seat, as a passenger you get the front seat with instructions not to touch anything. A rope is connected from

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IRST came a dead rabbit, then a dead teenaged girl. Now, more than 20 years later, three more bodies have surfaced in Luke Hadler’s immediate orbit: wife Karen, son Billy and Hadler himself, each one killed outright by a shotgun blast. Initially it appears to be the all-too-common collapse of a farmer pushed beyond his emotional limits by circumstance – on this occasion, the drought that has crippled the Hadler family’s corner of north-western Victoria. Crops are failing, livestock are being slaughtered and financially the district is destitute. Acceptance that the strain has overwhelmed Hadler is virtually unquestioned and widespread. For three men, however, this theory is brittle. At the urging of Hadler’s disbelieving father, a federal police investigator – once the dead man’s childhood sidekick – takes an interest in the case, teaming up with the local sergeant to re-examine the scene and interview district residents.The clues that emerge in the days that follow the

STRAPPED IN: Journalist Dianne Dempsey and flyer Craig Dilks.

the glider to a motorised plane which pulls the glider up into the air. The rope is detached once the glider has gained enough height and then it is a matter of the glider using rising air and thermals to stay airborne. Thermals are streams of rising air that are formed on the ground through the warming of the surface by sunlight. If the air contains enough moisture, the water will condense from the rising

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air and form cumulus cloud. Once a thermal is encountered, the pilot can fly in tight circles to keep the glider within the thermal, so gaining altitude before flying towards the next thermal. As it requires rising heated air, thermalling is most effective from spring through to late summer. During winter the sun’s heat can only create weak thermals, which was the case last weekend. However, there were

still enough cumulus clouds around, which indicate thermals, to allow for trips of 10 to 20 minutes. If you want to fly, I mean really fly, contact the Bendigo Gliding Club for options which includes learning to fly yourself. The Bendigo Gliding Club is at 127 Borough Road, Raywood. For inquiries you can call 0417 005 986 or look at their website on www. bendigogliding.org.au – Dianne Dempsey

Sisters in song

Diamond Dominic

HE McClymonts are fired up to play Ulumbarra on Saturday. Since releasing their selftitled debut EP in 2006, Brooke, Sam and Mollie have gone on to amass 19 charting singles, gold albums, multiple awards and sold out shows across Australia and the US. Brooke said the songs they’ve picked for this tour are the ones the fans have been requesting for the last 10 years. “We are playing songs from the EP through to the current album, as well as a few surprises along the way,” she said. “The three of us are so different, so we thought, this tour

we would each choose a song that was our absolute favourite to play live. We are so pumped to get back out on the road, there’s been a lot happening individually and we are so happy to be touring again.” The McClymonts National Tour plays the Ulumbarra Theatre, on Saturday.

OMINIC Finley and the Diamantes are bringing Neil Diamond’s Hot August Night album to Bendigo. Each song will be featured with stories about how the songs were created, and of Diamond’s dark journey from being a struggling Brooklyn poet, to becoming one of the worlds most loved performers. As well as being a celebration of Diamond’s greatest hits, and of one of the worlds most iconic albums, the show offers a bit more. Finley is a former member of 80s chart toppers Cutting Crew, and has a background worlds

group funeral, seeping out of the parched landscape almost as reluctantly as rain from the sky, set Aaron Falk, Greg Raco and Gerry Hadler on the path towards painstakingly scraping back the scabs from a series of festering community wounds. Did Luke Hadler truly shoot Karen and Billy, and then himself? Or is some other, asyet-unidentified killer lurking in Kiewarra? A smattering of wayward foreign expressions aside – field, barn, parked up, the idea that a 200-acre farm is “pretty big” – British-Melburnian Jane Harper’s writing captures the dynamics of rural living with tenderness, empathy and an impressive depth of both understanding and detail rarely found in contemporary writing. Even before the book was launched, screen rights to The Dry had been bought by Hollywood actor/producer Reese Witherspoon and her Australian business partner Bruna Panadrea; the novel itself will be released in the US, the UK and more than 20 foreignlanguage territories. – Rosalea Ryan

apart from Diamond’s New York upbringing in the “Tin Pan Alley” days of Broadway. Diamantes, a band whose musical characters bring that very special Hot August Night back to life. The show is on at The Capital, View Street on Saturday, August 6.

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Captured on the run T

he year was 1861, William Walter Tyrell Stanford had just managed to make his escape from an outside quarrying work party of the Pentridge Prison. Stanford had a connection to Bendigo by having had the misfortune during the first Bendigo Cup meeting to have had a collision while riding his horse with that of Lachlan MacLachlan’s. MacLachlan, the Police Magistrate, had seen to it that Stanford had finished up in prison because he could not prove the ownership of his horse. After having served almost six years of his sentence, and with the aid of other prisoners, Stanford had managed to dig a hole close to the quarry in which he could hide. When the prison work party was marched back to the Pentridge Stockade, William Stanford’s absence from the returning group had not been noticed by the guarding warders. It was some hours later that it was realised that one of

the prisoners was missing, by then Stanford had made his way on foot towards Moonee Ponds. Stanford had a great disadvantage in his prison clothing, these were a ready identifier of what his status in society really was. He did his best to disguise the clothing that he was wearing, until he had the opportunity to obtain some other garments by theft. Increasingly the escaped convict became desperate about his attire, the only possibility was if he came across an empty hut or cottage and he then could take some suitable clothing from there. Once Stanford had changed his clothes he also did his utmost to acquire some means of protection, first managing to steal a tomahawk. Later at another property he acquired illegally some pistols and a little food. The Victoria Police were alerted to the fact by means of the telegraph, that there was an escaped convict. A full description was

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given of Stanford’s physical appearance, however at that stage there was no indication as to where he might have gone. The police also mentioned the various aliases that Stanford had used in the past, these were highly original – they were Billy Smith, Brown, and Tyrell. Within days the newspapers had printed the story of the escaped convict so the wider public became aware of Stanford’s description, he was at this stage already well into the country walking constantly to cover as much ground as possible. Very weary and footsore, William Stanford called in at Yarradale Station. In that period it was the custom at stations to allow strangers to stay overnight, normally in the workmen’s huts. He had spoken to one of the managers at the station and requested a night’s accommodation and this was granted.

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masked: William Stanford used black crepe in his bushranging activities.

Early on that November morning, Stanford had already left the station. However it was not discovered until a few days later that a horse from Yarradale was missing as well as a saddle and harness. The theft of the horse was also reported to the police, however no connection as yet had been made with Stanford in this affair. The brand on the horse along with a description would help to identify the beast. Stanford had ridden the horse into Melbourne and there he had met up with various people, some of whom had already spent time in Pentridge. One of the men from

the station, an overseer Mr Luber, was accompanying the detectives who had recognised from a distance Stanford in the saddle. Detective Eason came up to the horse from close behind, seized Stanford and pulled him off his mount. On his person the tomahawk, loaded pistols, black crepe and some rope had been found. The crepe had been used as a mask in Stanford’s bushranging activities that he had done in order to stay alive and attempt to remain at large. When the escapee appeared in court a further 12 months was added to his existing sentence.

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Bendigo Community Health Soup Kitchen: 171 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. 5448 1600. Every Thursday 4pm-4.45pm. (In the arcade near Café De Mille) Bendigo Baptist Community Care: Life Essentials: 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo 3550. 5441 4747. Every Tuesday 7.45am. Eaglehawk Community House: 19 Bright Street, Eaglehawk. 5446 8322. All welcome to join us for a meal on Tuesdays 12 noon and again at 6pm (during school terms). Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church: Cnr Church and Camp sts. K Flat. 5447 9998. Community lunch fourth Wednesday of month, February to October, except July, noon. Cost $5. Our Shed: 14 Sailors Gully Rd, Eaglehawk - 5446 8813. Every Friday 7.30am.November – April 14 Sailors Gully Rd, Eaglehawk May – October 63 High St Eaglehawk (Anglican church hall) Kangaroo Flat Soup Kitchen: Rotary Gateway Park. Every Wednesday in March, 6pm-7pm Saltworks Community Meal: 63 High St, Eaglehawk (Eaglehawk Anglican Church). 0458 018 083. Every Friday 5.45pm (not through January or public holidays). St Liborius Parish Centre: 50 Panton St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8235. Tuesday 11.30am (during school terms).

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Where your taxable income for the year ended June 30, 2016 is below the tax-free threshold of $18,200 you will typically not need to lodge an income tax return. However, you need to lodge a tax return where you have had tax withheld from your salary or other sources of income such as bank interest during the year (where you have not provided your tax file number, or TFN, to your bank) or distributions from a family trust where you have not previously provided your TFN to the trustee, regardless of the income you have earned. If you do not lodge a tax return, you will not receive a refund you may be entitled to.

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Standard tax return. Pay on the day. Expires 31.08.2016

Accountants & Business Advisors 51 Myers Street Bendigo

5444 5777

• Income Tax Returns • Personal or Business • Appointments to suit you

5441 5244

472 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo

Individual for Profi Profitt Individual -- Commercial Commercial - Not for Financial Tax -- Business Business Support Support Controller -- Accounting Accounting -- Tax FinancialController Fair from $70 $70 FairDinkum Dinkum Tax Tax Return Return Services Services from Monday-Saturday Strath Village Sh Shopping M d S t d att St th Vill i CCentre t (03) 5443 0050 | info@BendigoAccountingAndFinance.com.au

GRAHAM WATSON Accounting & Management Consultants P/L

Individual & Business TAX Professional

Returns from $105

85 Wills Street, Bendigo Weekend & AH Appointments Available

Ph 5444 0455

FIXED PRICE BOOKKEEPING & PAYROLL SOLUTIONS Offering a professional and cost effective solution to your financial needs. Jeremy Brown 0417 590 171

Nic Blake 0409 536 852

jbrown@brownhen.com.au

nblake@brownhen.com.au

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Services Offered ASBESTOS REMOVAL PHONE 0400 341 541 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS Complete bathroom makeovers & alterations. 34 yrs exp by qual tradesman. Servicing Bendigo - Castlemaine & surrounding districts. FREE Quote phone Rod Cox 0419 267 672 or 4406 6019.

BLOCKED DRAINS Same day service Ph 1800 630 922

BRICKLAYERS all types of brick and block work, chimneys and fireplaces. Ph 5446 7057 or 0418 370 917 or 0458 438 930

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

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

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

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

CONCRETER

Driveways, Sheds Paths, Crossovers etc. 40 years experience Free Quotes

Ph. 0428 381 925

CONCRETING

Cameron Concrete Domestic & Commercial. For all your concrete requirements.. Call Rod 0400 611 016 Free Quotes & advice. 30 years experience

CONCRETING

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

LAWNS, TREES, HEDGES and shrubs cut and trimmed. Rubbish Removed, & Free quotes. Phone Ron 5446 9833 PLASTER & PAINTING BUILDING RESTORATION GLENN has been in the industry for over 15 years & is highly experienced in all aspects of plastering, painting and building restoration. All jobs,all sizes. Pensioner discounts & free quotes.Call Glenn Snell on 0402 463 138.

THE

Phone Ron on

DBM-1122 DB-U-28169

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

LITTLE RIPPER Digger Service

LAWN MOWER & SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS Push & ride on mower servicing, pick up option. Power equip. repairs. Chainsaw service & sharpen. Bendigo Marine World, Epsom 5448 3988

BENDIGO

Spraying (Roundup) $35 per hr / $30 pen (inc. take away clippings). Delivery of Garden Products Rubbish Removal $80 per load/$70 pen (incl tip fee $35) for 7x4 square box trailer. NO tyres or rock/clean fill. Cash only Ph Mick 0407 448 249

PLASTERER

HOUSE CLEANING General house cleaning, ironing 12 years exp, refs & police check avail. Phone 0419 533 402

Rates from $35p/h Pensioner 10% Disc. • Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting

5446 7163 or 0418 510 074

FURNITURE ASSEMBLY

We will come to your designated area to build your flat pack furniture

BEDROOM DINING LOUNGE OUTDOOR OFFICE

For your FREE QUOTE contact CHRIS 0400 569 251 or bendigofp@gmail.com

BLINDS & CURTAINS

Southern Cross Blinds & Awnings

AIR CONDITIONING

• Canvas Awnings • Roman Blinds • Vertical Drapes • Holland Blinds • Ziptrak Patio Blinds • Venetian Blinds • Roller Shutters • Security Doors

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

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

GARDAM E X C AVA T I O N Supplied and installed PIC LICENCED

0418 508 993

Licenced drainer 31741

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

TempTech

AIR CONDITIONING

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

37-39 View Street, Bendigo classifieds@bendigopublishing.com 1300 558 385

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

FLAT PACK

SEPTIC TANK SEWER TREATMENT PJ TAYLOR PLANTS 5446 1422 0448 713 499

MOB: 0411 780 550

5447 7823 or 0431 609 423

ASSEMBLY / INSTALLATION

Lawn Mowing, Whipper Snipping

SMALL JOBS WELCOME ALL HOME MAINTENANCE PROMPT SERVICE

JOHN BUILDER

Will weed gardens, $22.50 per/hour Phone Jim 0431 304 727

H A R D Y A R D Z CONCRETING 35 years experience. exposed aggregate, wheelchair ramps, sheds & paths, resealing, driveways, crossovers, sleeper walls. Free quotes John 0409 439 414 hardyardzconcreting@ gmail.com

BUILDERS

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

WEEDING

EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER

ABN 45791848516

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

THE MAINTENANCE MAN Prompt & reliable service, done with honesty & pride. Small jobs a specialty, free quotes Phone Ian 0417 337 424

DD Handyman & Maintenance Service All types of household jobs inc garden maint. Phone 0409 949 111

JORDAN RAMAGE LANDSCAPING For all Outdoor Improvements Ph 0434 933 277

ANTENNAS

FURNITURE

CONCRETER

LAWN Mowing - Edges trimmed, grass removed Handyman Repairs, Rubbish Removal, Ride on Mowing also avail. From $35 p/hour Ph Tony 0412 824 690

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

Services Offered To advertise in this section contact our classifieds department

1300 558 385 classifieds@ bendigopublishing .com

Bobcat & Tipper Hire Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer

(1.7 Tonne Machine Only)

Ph 0429 171 697 E: favcoinfo@bigpond.com

Ph: 0400 319 094 A: PO Box 304, Eaglehawk 3556 E: townsmith@bigpond.com

CARPENTERS TEMPLETON’S CARPENTRY and MAINTENANCE Local renovation specialist For a free quote call Tyson on 0403 247 671

• Renovations • Pergolas • Carports • Kitchens • General Maintenance • Repairs • Decks • Bathrooms • Painting • Plastering • Retaining Walls

ALL CLEANING SERVICES Call Ron 0438 569 385

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

• Laser Levelled Site cuts • Landscaping • Driveways • Backyard clean-ups • Site Cleans • Trenching 1.7, 5.5 & 14 ton excav, Skidsteer and Truck available

Call Clint 0427 349 549

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

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

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

• Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning from….. $65 • Windows From …………….............…$50 • Bond Cleaning Incl Carpets from…….$350 • Office Cleans from………...............…..$60 Call Emmanuel in Bendigo

1300 282 532 www.austcle www.austclean.com.au

All work guaranteed, and fully insured

• Carpet Cleaning • Floor Polishing • Rug, Mattress, Upholstery Cleaning • Tile & Grout Cleaning • Pressure Cleaning • Roof Cleaning • End of Lease

• Home Maintenance • After Build Cleaning • Office Cleaning • Window Cleaning • Lawn Maintenance • Crime Scene Cleaning • Emergency Cleaning

No obligation quote: 0477 22 77 00 www.bendigoprofessionalcleaningservice.com.au

COMPUTERS

Very Reasonably Priced - Great Soil Rates Free Quotes and Honest Advice Matt: 0409 141 093 • Nicole: 0428 119 386 E: nicmat2001@hotmail.com

BUILDERS • 1.7 Tonne Mini Digger on Trailer • 900, 450, 300mm Buckets Plus Ripper • Post Hole Auger 300 & 450mm available • 5 Tonne Excavator Available for Hire • Free Delivery & Pick up in Strathfieldsaye

Building Permits Arranged + 20 Years Experience

CLEANING SERVICES

200 - 600mm diameter

Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal

SOUTHERN CROSS RESTUMPING

on call computer maintenance • Systems built • Repairs and upgrades • Network and internet connections • Virus and Spyware removal

Jeoff Milne 5447 2476 Mob 0425 728 336

COMPUTERS

Fully insured - Commercial & Domestic • Post holes • Stump holes • Pier boring • Underpin boring • Retainer Walls

0429 984 748 0499 615 521• 5447 7549 contact@reidbuildingcontractors.com.au

SPECIALIST POST HOLE BORING

iThings Bendigo Best onsite support of Apple products in Bendigo. Helping your iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac work seamlessly.

Set up • Training • Support Integration • Problem solving Call Rob on 0457 803 207 or email rob@ithingsbendigo.com www.ithingsbendigo.com

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Services Offered ELECTRICIANS

GARDEN SERVICES

GREG SMITH

4 Se Seasons Garden Care

ELECTRICIAN REC 7821

Electrician

FROM SMALL PROJECTS TO GRAND IDEAS

FREE QUOTES, 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE Ph 0429 002 678

DGING BRUSH CUTTING HEDG G RUBBISH REMOVAL SPRAYIN J TREE N GARDENING TING & SHRUB REMOVAL G PRUNING TRIMMING Does your property need a tidyHEDGIN up? USH CUTTING MOWING SPRAY We can help with all jobs big and small. REMOVAL WEEDING MULCHIN TING TREE & SHRUB REMOVAL PRUNING MOWING EDGING BR G CALL HEDGING WEEDING RUBBIS JARRYD ON 0497 858 742 AL SPRAYING PLANTING FOR A FREE QUOTE TREE REMOVAL MULCHING PRUNING

0400 400 299 299 9 529 2

All electrical work, property and home maintenance Leigh Davies - lpdavies138@gmail.com - REC 22120 15 1 15% 5 % off ff ffor seniors i

38, 200 copies published every Friday classifieds@ bendigopublishing .com

PH 5440 2514

ENGINEERING

0450 399 805 Keep Your EWP Compliant & Safe

Safety Inspections 5 & 10yr Inspections Scheduled Servicing Breakdown Service Repairs & parts Available Servicing Central Victoria www.ssteaccess.com.au

FURNITURE REMOVALISTS

MOBILE BATHROOM FOR HIRE (Shower, hand basin, toilet etc)

Classifieds 1300 558 385

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

NO JOB TOO SMALL

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

Call David/Bronwyn

CALL PETER 0409 422 271

0438 083 139 www.bettabathroomhire.com.au

Email: bhmpeter@hotmail.com

LANDSCAPING

Give us a try.

LBD Electrical Property Maintenance

Bendigo Weekly

ARE YOU RENOVATING?

BendigoWeekly Bendigo’s most read newspaper

•For all your Landscaping needs and bobcat work. • Trade Qualified

PHONE STUART 0429 181 691

• Qualified tradesmen • Landscaping • Commercial and residential property maintenance

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

LAWN MOWING

VILLAGE GREEN MOWING & GARDEN SERVICES Mowing

Edges

Garden tidy-ups

Paths blown

Hedging

Green waste removal

Pruning Odd jobs

Phone ANTHONY on 0447 899 391 RELIABLE

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0418 507 709 A/H 5448 3333

REC 25871 Mob. 0409 139 593 Email. cameroncarter1@bigpond.com

MOBILE BATHROOMS

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

Tired of Waiting for a Tradesman

Cam Carter

HOME MAINTENANCE

REMOVALS Moving Central Victoria Local • Interstate • House Cleaning • Pre-pack Storage • EFTPOS • No job too big or too small

Services Offered

Phone Will ON

0434 089 335

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

Central Victoria 13 11 98

• Removal of hard rubbish and garden waste • Rental clean ups/clean outs • Weeding and weed spraying • Trimming and pruning • Fallen timber and chainsaw work • Delivery and spreading of mulch, stone etc. • Little Tipper/Drive - Hire

37-39 View Street, Bendigo classifieds@bendigopublishing.com 1300 558 385

To advertise in this section please call classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

GARDEN SERVICES

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

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

PH: 0418 822 911

PH 5440 2514 37-39 View Street Bendigo classifieds@bendigopublishing.com PAINTERS / DECORATORS

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

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

1300 558 385

Phone: 5435 3148 or 0407 349 372 Bendigo

Each week, 38,200 copies of the Bendigo Weekly are distributed, free of charge, to homes and businesses throughout Bendigo and the surrounding region. More than double that of any other paper in our market!

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

GARDEN SERVICE

Qualified carpenter, decorator and also experienced gardener.

As traditional paid newspaper circulation continues to decline, quality free papers such as the Bendigo Weekly have never been in more demand than they are today.

FULLY INSURED

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Services Offered PLUMBERS

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

Don Andrea Plumbing

STO

PLUMBERS

Ph 5446 1535 www.dunstonebrosplumbing.com.au

Pty. Ltd.

License No. 32710

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

544 33 999 4 Nolan Street, Bendigo

PLUMBERS SPECIALISING IN: JLC PLUMBING & PLUMBING GAS GENERAL

HEATER SERVICES & INSTALLATIONS

Jason Charles 0448 324 126 Lic No: 50975

Established over 35 years General Plumbing & Maintenance Gas Fitting Blocked Drains Hot Water Services

Phone 0408 506 159 Lic#23529

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PO Box 54, Eaglehawk

Peter Carr Plumbing & Gasfitting

Jason Charles 0448 324 126

& MAINTENANCE RENTAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE GAS FITTING AND SERVICING GENERAL PLUMBING HOT WATER SERVICE & MAINTENANCE REPAIR & GAS FITTING AND REPLACEMENT BLOCKED DRAINS SERVICING RENOVATIONS AND HOT WATER SERVICE INSTALLATIONS BLOCKED DRAINS 24 HOUR SERVICE RENOVATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS 24 HOUR SERVICE

We load for you! No job too small or too big

Green Waste Green Waste Special

0423 402 474 STONE MASONS RETAINING WALLS - FEATURE WALLS CHIMNEYS - COMPLETE HOUSES See photos on our website

CM & MR ARCHBOLD STONEMASONS Father & Son Team PH 0408 198 759 or 5435 3411

www.naturalstoneconstruction.com.au

classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

Greg Hicks st same day Plumbing Fajosebrvtoicoesmall

& MAINTENANCE SERVICES

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

SPOUT CLEANING

CV Industrial Vacuum Services

ROOFING

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

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

EXPERTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF ROOFING 5444 2028

0438 632 219

PUMP SERVICES

Lic#100122

Bendigo

0427 301 401 Statewide Wildlife Rescue Emergency Service

A Non-Profit Volunteer Service W.R.E.S. inc Become a member/volunteer and you will be helping to save the lives of animals capable of being released back into the wild. For details please contact the Co-ordinator on 0427 301 401

Pumps& Motors Electric

SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS

PHONE BRUCE

bendigopumps@gmail.com

0427 319 923 Mail: Include your name, address

LocalClassifieds 1300 558 385 classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

Quality tree and Stump Removal

* Fully Insured

Ph Paul 5439 3835 or 0428 395 429

FREE ROOF INSPECTIONS S

www.superiorroofing.net.au superiorroofing@impulse.net.au

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

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

New Roofing Re-Roofing Extensions Rebedding & Flexible Pointing Valley & Gutter Replacement

TREE LOPPING

Reduce Fire Risk Spouts Vacuumed Spotlessly Pensioner Discounts Water Tanks Cleaned

ROOFING

SUPERIOR

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7 Days a Week

PLUMBERS

Master Plumber

SPOUT CLEANING

and phone number. Bendigo Weekly P.O Box 324 Bendigo 3552

Email: Include your name, address and phone number. classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

David Smith 0427 506 160 e: dsmith.trees@gmail.com TREE LOPPING · Tree Removal & Pruning · Green Waste & Stump Removal · Tower/Chipper/Bobcat /Tipper · Over 15 Years Experience · We Travel Anywhere · Free Quotes · Fully Insured

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classifieds@bendigopublishing.com WOOD HEATING

Flue Cleans Wood Heater Service & Repairs ADAM SKIPPER

0427 509 117

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PH 5440 2514 37-39 View Street Bendigo

PAINTERS ...get the market you’re missing... To advertise in this section please call

1300 558 385

BendigoWeekly Bendigo’s most read newspaper 38, 200 newspapers

published ever y Frid

PH 5440 2514 37-39 View Street Bendigo classifieds@bendigopublishing.com

Classifieds Deadlines Free for sale ads: 5pm Wednesday Real Estate ads: 5pm Wednesday All other ads: 2pm Thursday

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For Sale Local Classifieds

ANTIQUE day bed, metal frame with 3 cushions Gc $100 Ph 5441 5993

16 Novels, Danielle Steel etc $10 5439 6472 4 COLONIAL glass doors, pine, new X 4 $100 Ph 0428 511 939. AUST stamp collection 1981 & 1982 ($40 ea) , 1988 ($95) 5442 1507.

BAR Stools x 2, modern, black, w/backs, only $30 a pair 0408 590 830 BBQ portable Gasmate good cond $90 Ph 0459 483 869. BED, single with trundle, 2 inner spring mattress', timber bed head & end, VGC $155 Phone 5443 4436 BIKE, Style Master Magnetic, VGC $100 Ph 5425 3152 BIRD cage with wheels, as new, suit small parrots $50 Ph 0408 520 979 BREVILLE juice fountain with manual as new $25 5439 6472

CCB summer dress/winter skirts $50 Phone 0419 169 644. COFFEE TABLE, Tessa, Blackwood, like new 125cmL x 70cmW x 40cm H $295 Phone 5441 4756

COT white exc cond $50 Ph 0459 483 869. CURTAINS, Swags and Tails, suit bay window, GC $100 Ph 0407 346 867

CHILDS Plastic Play Shop Centre $25 Ph 5442 3042 CHILDS, Wooden Sit in Rocking Horse $45 Ph 5442 3042

WEDDING Gown, Strapless with Bodice Beading Sz 8 $100 Ph 5442 3042

DOG kennel c/bond & wood VGC medium $30 5447 3731

DOLLS vintage fold up stroller inc doll $30 Ph 5448 4370.

EDWARDIAN marble shelf hall stand with 2 matching chairs $350 ono Ph 0409 945 048

ELECTRIC guitar, $60 Ph 0427 343 499

ELECTRIC Blower, Ryobi, 3 in 1, 2200 watt $75 ono Ph 0408 520 979

FIREWOOD

Murray River Red Gum 14m Split, $1300 1m split $120 per metre Ph 0429 822 816

FIREWOOD

Top quality A Grade Redgum, Split Dry $120 M delivered, Special 5 metres $550 Gray & Yellow Box also available. Also selling by tonne .Ph 0437 120 009

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

FIREWOOD

FENCING wire barbed 212m $20 Phone 5439 5544

FENCING wire plain 365m $20 Phone 5439 5544

Classifieds 1300 558 385 ORCHIDS for sale 2 den Annes rainbow surprise, in flower Phone 5447 2522 or 0407 325 887.

GARAGE SALES

RIDE on mower MTD 6 speed 38" cut, with catcher $1,100 Phone 5438 7385.

RETIREMENT SALE

SHOWER Base (new) 900x900, White $55.00 Ph 0419 342 405

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

SINGLE bed plus mattress underlay elec blankett sheetw 3 mns old, cost $750 sell $375 Ph 5441 6087

Red's Redgum firewood $120p/m. Pick Up or Delivery $145 Open 24/7. Phone 0427 353 939

SKI boots, 3 pair, childrens, GC $30 ech Ph 5439 4595

HEATER oil Omega 9 fin, timer, $20 Phone 5439 3715

TIMBER dining table extension type VGC $95 Ph 0439 484 186.

KELVINATOR Fridge, very clean $90 Ph 5443 8393

TOASTER oven 9 litre $25 Ph 0419 351 887

KNITTING wool assort, 4, 5 & 8 ply $50 the lot Ph 5447 7275 LADIES clothing, suitcase full, case not for sale $45 ono 5444 2339 LARGE musical jewellery box $25 Ph 0447 232 986 LAWNOWER Victa 2 stroke with catcher $75 0451 102 919 LOUNGE 1 x 2 and 1 x 3 seater plus ottaman grey suede $180; solid timber dining table and 8 chairs $900 Ph 0434 110 671 LOUNGE Chesterfield 3 seater, vgc $800 Phone 0407 428 080. LOUNGE suite brown suede 3 seater and 2 chairs all recliners gc $500 ono ph 0477 457 926 MINOLTA auto pak 8 K11 camera, collector piece $20 5439 6472 MY first leap pad, 3 books with backpack like new $25 Phone 5439 3715 OLD Kauri pine table 1.8 m long, GC $160 Ph 0428 435 949 PAIR of metal wood boxes $50 Ph 0447 232 986

ELECTRIC Blower, Ryobi, 3 in 1, made in usa $50 ono Ph 0408 520 979 EP Record Monkees vol 1 $25 Ph 5448 4807

RETRO foldout divan exc cond $80 Ph 0459 483 869.

PATIO/outdoor setting wood frame 2x single seats, 1x3 seater, EC $400 ono Ph 0455 730 364 or 0459 483 869 PORTABLE Eco heat induction hot plate $50 Ph 0419 351 887 POTTERY bread crock $70 ono Ph 5448 4807

TOM tom XL sat nav barely used $60 Phone 5447 7050

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 TREATED pine fencing posts X 9 6ft X 6" wide $50 the lot 5439 5544 KELVIINATOR Refrig Series 380, no frost $100 Ph 5441 5993 VINTAGE Kitchen Cabinet, wood, GC $100 Ph 0466 269 948 W A L L U n i t , 80cmx178cm, glass back, $70 Phone 5443 9461

WATER TANKS AND DRUMS

3300 lt $690. 5000 lt $890. 2000 lt $495 2500 lt Slimline $790. Drums 200lt $25.

www.ebsary.com.au 161 McIvor Hwy Ph 5443 6740 WORK bench, wood, solid build, 1320mmL x 500mmW x 760mmH built by old tradesman $200 can deliver Ph 0418 119 784

DRY SPLIT REDGUM FIREWOOD For further details Phone Clint 0427 349 549

RABBIT/guinea pig cage $50 Ph 0427 343 499 RECLINER chairs x2, GC Mahogany leather $50 Ph 5443 8393

Classifieds 1300 558 385

BENDIGO COLLECTABLES FAIR Sat 23rd July 2016 • 9am – 4pm Bendigo Exhibition Centre, Prince of Wales Showgrounds,Holmes Rd. Bendigo VIC. Collectables For Sale & Wanted to Buy Including – Coins, Banknotes, Militaria, Swap Cards, Stamps, Jewellery, Jewellery Boxes, Badges, Post Cards, Medals / Medallions, Tokens, Glass, China, Pottery, Albums, Money Boxes, Tins, Dolls, Ephemera, Collector Cards, Comics, Books and Many More Collectables and Small Antiques.

SATURDAY 23rd July 9:00am start ELDRIDGES Bendigo Door Specialists. Enter from Deborah St (see sign). items include: doors and door accessories, roller doors, gate openers, sectional doors, tools (inc MIG welder) and sundries..

TOP DOG PET SUPPLIES & CLEARANCE CENTRE Dog jackets now in. Open Saturdays 9-4 7 Ramsay Court Kangaroo Flat Ph 0474 313 861

For Sale Local Classifieds BOATS

BOAT 3.6m Stacer Vbottom on trailer, 15hp Mercury, 2 swivel seats, 2 life jackets, fitted cover $3600 0419 588 233

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By JOEL PETERSON

ONE side is flying on top of the pops and the other is fighting for its finals life, but the last month of the South East Australian Basketball League will prove vital for both the Bendigo Braves and Lady Braves. The Braves are the SEABL’s best team and sit on top of the east conference table led by a stifling defence and MVP favourite and round 15 player of the week Jeremy Kendle, who alone is worth the price of admission to Braves games. The Lady Braves, meanwhile, are in a fierce battle just to make the playoffs, sixth in the east after a hard-fought loss to Launceston last weekend. Working in the Lady Braves’ favour is the fact they have two more remaining games than Ballarat (fourth) and a game in hand over fifth-placed Brisbane. But they are a game behind the Lady Spartans in the standings and two wins behind Ballarat in what is a thrilling race to the postseason. Winners of their last eight games, as well as eight straight away games, the Braves can this weekend potentially lock up top spot in the east but coach Ben Harvey maintains the team is focussed on more immediate goals. “There is no doubt what we want is a national championship and of course you want to put yourself in the best position to do that,” he said. “We may be able to do that this weekend but we aren’t looking any

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further ahead that Saturday. We are happy with where we are, at 16-3 and we have set ourselves up well but there is still work to do.” Harvey praised the unity of his group after its win last week against North West Tasmania without gun import Damian Johnson. Jeremy Kendle picked up the load and further pressed his NBL ambitions with a masterful 43 point performance, but Harvey said the side got valuable contributions all the way down the roster. “Look at someone like Jake Cowling, who rarely hits the floor and has been with us for four years. He comes in and plays 17 good minutes at an important stage,” he said. “It’s not just Jake. Daniel Hansen, Chris Adkins, Taylor Bell, just to name a few are all playing really valuable roles and stepping up when we need them.” Johnson’s status for this weekend is unknown, but it is likely Harvey will err on the side of caution with his defensive anchor. Bendigo plays in Dandenong on Saturday before hosting Kilsyth on Sunday. The Rangers (10-9) sit third in the east and Kilsyth (7-12) eighth in the south. On the women’s front, Dandenong (11-6) is second in the east while Kilsyth (13-2) lead the south. With two spots in the east up for grabs – the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence is ineligible for the postseason – the Lady Braves are clinging to their chance of September action. To make it, they will

an X-factor,” he said. “We also have leadership roles available and would be keen to speak with anyone interested.” The Redbacks are based in Quarry Hill at Ken Wust Oval and field teams in division one, two and three in the EVCA. The club’s division one side finished fourth, fourth and fifth between the 2012/13 and 2014/15 seasons before a tough trot last season. “Whether you are new to Bendigo or are looking to take the next step into a leadership role we have a squad of players, including young

South Bendigo exposed that against the Roos last weekend with a number of goals from centre clearances, and Beattie also mentioned it as a worry for his side at times, which ranks seventh in the league defensively. “We need to be very conscious of that defensive effort in the middle and not allowing those valuable quick clearances and forward entries,” he said. “In the game against Castlemaine we didn’t let any of their players get off the leash and kick four or five goals and we need to be mindful of that against the quality that Kangaroo Flat has. “It is a really important game for both sides, and it will definitely be a battle of the midfields which are both strong so it should be a really high quality game.” Other games in round 13 of the BFNL see South Bendigo host Golden Square, Eaglehawk travel to Gisborne, Castlemaine at home to Sandhurst and Strathfieldsaye looking to bounce back from defeat against Maryborough.

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and promising juniors, eager to learn and be guided to improve their own cricketing abilities.” Prange said. Training will commence in early September and be held Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5pm at Ken Wust Oval. For more details contact the club via email at westbendigo@club.cricketvictoria. com.au or phone club president Dion Prange on 0400 892 557 or secretary Scott Ryan on 0407 341 401.

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ites in the run home, and their finals hopes would be given a monumental boost if they can claim a scalp this weekend. Sunday’s double header tips off from 12pm at Bendigo Stadium.

HUNTLY will once again host the Heathcote District Football League’s 2016 grand final, the league decided last week. Following a record crowd seeing a nailbiting decider last year between North Bendigo and Leitchville Gunbower and the unprecedented success the venue has delivered to the league, the decider will be played there irrespective of whether Huntly (currently third) makes the 2016 grand final. Elmore, White Hills, Colbinabbin, Lockington and Leitchville will host the preceding finals. This week’s HDFL action sees North Bendigo host White Hills, LBU tackle Colbinabbin, Mount Pleasant tackle Elmore and Heathcote face up to Huntly.

MINERS BELTED BY ELTHAM THE Bendigo Fighting Miners endured their biggest loss in many a year last weekend, thrashed 114-0 by Kiwi Hawthorn. A decimated Miners outfit travelled for the contest in which they were blown away by the ladder leaders. Kiwi Hawthorn scored its first try in the second minute of play and kept the scoreboard attendants busy thereafter as it ran in 18 tries. The Miners play their final game of the season against Maroondah on Saturday.

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Squash event to hit town By JOEL PETERSON

WORLD number 91 Jessica Turnbull will lead a large Australian contingent into next week’s Bendigo International Open squash tournament. The Bendigo Squash Club’s Barnard Street courts will host the tournament, starting Thursday, for the second year in a row. The draw’s fifth seed is hoping she can improve on her performance from 2015’s inaugural event. “My prep has been pretty good coming up to this tournament season – (before Bendigo) I have had

three pretty tough tournaments in a row, so it won’t be a big training block but hopefully I can play well by having a lot of match practice,” Turnbull said. “I’m definitely hoping to get further than quarter finals this year, but I know that will be tough, as the draw has a lot of very high ranked players.” The Queenslander admits the bitter Victorian winter provides a challenge of a different kind, but as the top ranked Aussie in the draw there is a certain weight of expectation on her chances in Bendigo. “It was a bit of a surprise for

me that I was the top ranked Aussie female, but it’s nice that I can fly the flag in a way,” she said. “There’s always a little bit of pressure going into any tournament at any seed, but as a professional it’s something you get used to dealing with.” England’s Millie Tomlinson enters the tournament as the women’s number one seed, while Kiwi Evan Williams is the top fancy in the men’s draw. Turnbull said she enjoyed the event last year, a driving factor in her 2016 return. “I loved playing in Bendigo last year – obviously it was a

brand new event and us players are always excited for new events,” Turnbull said. “It was run excellently and everyone was really helpful if I had any questions about the town. I’m hoping it will be just as welcoming this year.” There is an option for the tournament to return to Bendigo for a third time in 2017. The men’s event starts on Thursday, July 28, with the women’s draw beginning the next day. The tournament’s finals will be held on Sunday, July 31. AUSSIE HOPE: Jessica Turnbull

Scorpion scoring spree EPSOM’s domination of the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League women’s championship continued with a 19-1 thrashing of Golden City at Epsom Huntly Reserve last Sunday. The Scorpions dominated from the outset, their pace and control on the ball dominant features of their game. Alishia Stratford controlled the game from the back and built up plenty of play for Epsom, while Caitlin Green was the finishing point of many attacks – either scoring or laying off to a teammate. Green finished up with six goals while Tara Thomas netted four – the duo combining for 45 so far this season. Jasmine Wright worked hard to marshal the City defence but the amount of ball coming in made for an almost insurmountable task.

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ON TARGET: Caitlin Green lines up one of her six goals. Photo: JOEL PETERSON

Epsom sits atop the women’s championship table with eight wins from eight games, 87 goals scored and an incredible goal difference of 74. Spring Gully sits second with six wins, while Eaglehawk, Strathdale and Echuca-Moama fill the table from

third to fifth with 13 points apiece. Epsom also leads the way in the men’s championship race ahead of a clash with Colts United. The Scorpions were made to work by a gallant Golden City in a 3-2 win while Strathdale and Eaglehawk also notched up round eight

victories. Those sides fill the top three, with the Border Raiders fourth. This weekend’s round of matches sees Golden City host the Raiders, Spring Gully travel to Eaglehawk, Epsom take on Colts and in the women’s championship Strathdale plays Swan Hill.

FOUNDATION player Andrea Wilson will return to the Bendigo Spirit next season, as the team’s roster becomes almost complete. Wilson has been a valuable piece of the Spirit puzzle over her nine seasons, and will return despite sister Kelly leaving the club for Townsville. Known for her strong work ethic, Wilson is a favourite among fans and teammates alike despite often seeing precious little court time. “I was excited to get the call and return for another year,” she said. “The club is building for the future and I am always proud to help it do that. “I obviously enjoy contributing on game day, and I really love help-

ing out the younger girls with advice at training and as part of the team’s preparation.” The Spirit are also set to return Molly Mathews and Ebony Rolfe as development players after their South East Australian Basketball League commitments finish with the Ballarat Rush and Geelong Supercats, respectively. Mathews has endured a mixed campaign with Ballarat, starting strong before losing her starting spot to Kristy Rinaldi, while Rolfe has featured in 17 games for Geelong averaging 6.5 points on 49 per cent shooting. Bendigo will also return last year’s assistant coaches Andrea Walsh and David Flint alongside Simon Pritchard for the 2016/17 season.

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Fourth spot up for grabs

By JOEL PETERSON

KYNETON coach Luke Beattie is confident his side’s depth will stand up when the Tigers meet Kangaroo Flat at the Kyneton Showgrounds on Saturday in round 13 of the Bendigo Football Netball League. Both sides sit inside the top five, the Roos a game clear of the Tigers in fourth, and a win for either side will all but ensure a finals place. The next closest challenger is Eaglehawk, a further game back from Kyneton in sixth, but the Borough has won its last three games including a stunning upset of Strathfieldsaye last week. Kyneton goes into the clash against the Roos with some injury headaches, including a line through the name of star forward Ben Weightman. Weightman injured his hamstring in the clash with Maryborough after booting five goals and recording nine touches in a little over a quarter of game time. “Ben’s done a hamstring. He did one about two or three years ago I think. At a guess it’d be two or three weeks I’d say,” Beattie said on Wednesday. “I reckon it was one of those games where he could have kicked 15 or 20. The way he was reading the ball... I don’t think many would have been able to stop him. “He was really finding some form so it’s a huge blow, but we have a lot more depth than in previous years and we are confident we can cover that loss effectively.” Kangaroo Flat escaped from its clash with South Bendigo last Saturday with a narrow win, and was comfortably beaten by Eaglehawk

READY TO POUNCE: Kangaroo Flat’s Tom Pridgeon looks to avoid oncoming pressure. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

two weeks ago. Despite that the Roos have a onegame cushion in fourth spot and can assure themselves of a September berth if they can take the points at the Showgrounds.

Kyneton suffered a loss of its own against a side down the table after it was beaten by South Bendigo three weeks ago. “I think the two sides match up quite well against each other, and I

think both teams will go in a bit differently to what we did the last time,” Beattie said. “Both back lines are solid but I think we match up quite well against them defensively tall to small, but I

think it will be a game of midfields.” Both the on-ball brigades of the Roos and Tigers are explosive moving the ball forward, but can often both be lacking in defensive pressure.

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