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ISSUE 987 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

A vision for the community THE Bendigo Islamic Community Centre will be the most open Islamic facility in Australia, if not the world, according to its architect.

Architect Asher Greenwood said the East Bendigo facility will be one of a kind. – Story Page 12

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BENDIGO is at the peak of an eightyear construction boom that is creating so many jobs, unemployment has halved in a year. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures put August 2016 unemployment at 3.9 per cent in Bendigo, half of what it was last year, as $750 million in projects under construction contribute to the economy. Being built in the city are the $630m Bendigo Hospital, $31m Greater Bendigo Indoor Aquatic and Wellbeing Centre, $41m redevelopment of St John of God Bend-

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igo, $15m Bendigo airport expansion and $16m Bendigo Stadium redevelopment. City of Greater Bendigo economic development unit manager Brian Gould said the boom had been building since the global financial crisis (GFC) which was severe enough when it hit in 2008 to cripple economies in Greece, Iceland and Ireland. Mr Gould said Bendigo’s economy had continued to grow and its

population increase by two per cent a year, despite the crisis, and historically severe drought and floods in the past decade. He said Bendigo had benefited from expansions in the retail sector, at Lansell Plaza, Strathdale and Epsom, as well as federal government infrastructure spending designed to ward off recession after the GFC. Marist College Bendigo in Maiden Gully was built and opened in 2015 and Coliban Water is spending

$50m in an infrastructure overhaul. Bendigo’s manufacturers benefit by supplying components to the projects under construction, contractors, sub-contractors and business services benefit with work, and small businesses and shops also profit. “Then there is the strong, steady growth in the housing construction sector which is underappreciated,” Mr Gould said. “One of the great strengths is

the diversity of our local economy,” he said, adding that it was also a weakness because there was a lack of critical mass in many sectors and people found it difficult to change jobs. Talking about the city’s lower than average wages, Mr Gould said it showed the “incredible loyalty” of Bendigo employees, but also a lack of choice in some sectors. Completion of the new Bendigo Hospital early in 2017 will end the biggest injection of construction spending, but Bendigo Health expects to increase its workforce by 1000 over the next decade.

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LOCAL real estate agency CR Martin Real Estate has announced further expansion following the acquisition of the business assets of Doug Lougoon for Real Estate. CR Martin principal Clive Martin, a 26-year veteran of the local industry, started his own firm under the CR Reid brand more than a decade ago, with the business experiencing solid year-on-year growth since. Yesterday he confirmed that following the announcement by fellow agent Doug Lougoon that he was retiring, CR Martin Real Estate would take on Mr Lougoon’s former business from early next month. Bendigo born and bred, Mr Martin is also a director of Bendigo Publishing, publishers of the Bendigo Weekly. TWO iconic Bendigo buildings have been recognised at the prestigious 2016 Australian Property Institute Awards in Melbourne. Ulumbarra Theatre and the Montagne Centre at Marist College’s stunning new Maiden Gully campus both won wide acclaim for architectural firm Y2 Architecture, making the firm the only dual winner in the Victorian category of the awards. Y2 Architecture won the Opteon Property Group Environmental Development Award (Victoria) for the Maiden Gully project. “Y2 Architecture have embraced a partially flood prone, environmentally degraded site and created not only an enhanced natural environment, but also a learning tool to demonstrate the whole of cycle water management,” API president Tony Kelly said. The firm won the Australian Property Journal Heritage Proper-

don said. “These contaminants may not only harm a landowner’s property and their family’s health, but also leave them with substantial clean-up costs.” In Victoria, it’s an offence under the Environment Protection Act 1970 to use waste as landfill and landowners may also find themselves facing fines or prosecution.

HIGHLIGHT: Ulumbarra Theatre is a winner. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

TOP CLASS: The Maiden Gully project. ty Award for its transformation of “a relic of the Victorian era into a vibrant and essential part of the artistic and cultural fabric of Greater Bendigo” – namely the Ulumbarra Theatre. ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority Victoria will attend next week’s Elmore Field Days to raise awareness among local landowners of the dangers posed by accepting contaminat-

ed fill on their properties. EPA North-West regional manager, Scott Pigdon said EPA knew from its field work that landowners often accept fill material onto their land to fill disused dams. “While this might seem like a good idea, the fill is often contaminated with construction and demolition waste such as bricks, timber and asbestos and chemical contaminants that landowners cannot see,” Dr Pig-

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OPTUS want to be considered a viable mobile phone competitor to Telstra and is spending $3.5 million and building seven new towers around Bendigo to gain the credible coverage. The telecommunications company is spending the same amount in Ballarat as it moves to capture greater market share in regional Victoria where it is eyeing the opportunity that comes with projected population growth. Chief executive Allen Lew said in Bendigo on Tuesday the company had to get the infrastucture right to make the mobile offering competitive. Mr Lew said Optus executives had been meeting with the City of Greater Bendigo council for the past two years to get approval for the towers and “we have already got (the approvals) or we are in the final stages

of getting them”. The new towers are planned for Lockwood, Maiden Gully, Bendigo Showground, Ironbark, Jackass Flat, Quarry Hill and Flora Hill. Optus also aims to improve coverage along the Calder and Midland highways for commuters, and open a new store in Bendigo and others in central Victoria. Mr Lew conceded yesterday the telco’s market share in regional areas

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extra coverage: Optus chief executive Allen Lew. into allowing competitors to use its mobile network. Optus also argued against the inquiry, announced a month ago, because it has already been investing in

regional infrastructure. Mr Lew said the latest investment followed a $7m input to upgrade mobile sites to 4G techology at Bendigo TAFE, White Hills, Epsom, Eaglehawk, Bendigo

South, Kangaroo Flat, Huntly, Maiden Gully, Strathfieldsaye, Junortoun, Long Gully, Bendigo and Strathdale. He said new towers and 4G coverage would target growing residential areas in Bendigo. “By the end of March 2017, we should have substantially finished the investment we are going to make in this region,” Mr Lew said. It will coincide with the start of National Broadband Network uptake in the city but Mr Lew said Optus was positioning itself in Bendigo as primarily a mobile company. “I think for us, we are primarily a mobile company, we believe the world is going not just to the fixed Internet but more importantly to mobile Internet and when we look at the sort of power that is just sitting in the hands of the individual, we believe mobile is the future particularly in regional Australia where it costs a lot more to put a fixed line in,” he said.

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top dog: Here Comes the Sun was best in show. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Curly coat a prize retriever for Chris WOODVALE has a top breed fancier in town, and she’s over the moon about her recent success at the Royal Melbourne Show. Chris Kelly breeds curlycoated retrievers and showed six of them last weekend with all bringing home a prize, including best in show. Among other prizes her dogs also won the runner up in show, the puppy in show and the junior in show.

Mrs Kelly is not new to the game, and has been honing her skills since she started breeding Irish setters in 1971. She moved on to curlycoated retrievers in 1982 and has owned them ever since. “Those who show the dogs are very competitive, and it’s important to get it right,” Mrs Kelly said. Veterinary nurse Mrs Kelly was proud of her success, but not boastful.

“I’m consistently successful. So I guess I must be doing something right,” she said. “I concentrate on breed standard and soundness in body and mind. “The judges are looking for dogs that are as they should be, to breed standard, and coat quality. “The coat is most important, if it hasn’t got a good curly coat or has patches, it’s not up to standard.”

Mrs Kelly said away from the show circuit the retrievers are popular as family pets. The breed was first recognised in England in the 1800s, and is most popular in the UK, Sweden and Finland, but international judges rate the Aussiebred dogs well up the list. “The judge at the last show was from Israel, and she said we had good quality dogs,” Mrs Kelly said. – Steve Kendall

BENDIGO’S wettest September since 1979 is forecast to be even more so as the month draws to a close, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting up to 75 millimetres of rain into early next week. A rapidly developing low pressure system was expected to push into the state overnight, bringing heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms to already saturated parts of north-west and central Victoria. Renewed river rises in the Loddon catchment are expected, with minor flooding still occurring in the river’s lower reaches around Kerang and Appin South. The Bendigo Airport weather station has recorded 124.4mm of rain this month, comfortably the most recorded at the site since it opened in 1991 and the most stretching back to 1979’s total of 150.7mm. The wettest year since records began was in 1916, when 153mm fell on the city at the formerly operational Bendigo prison weather station. At the time of going to print the bureau was forecasting the system would strengthen as it headed east after lashing Adelaide on Wednesday afternoon. A severe weather warning was put in place for much of the state, with the potential for strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding, along with several flood warnings compounding an already difficult month for much of the state. In a severe weather update produced by the bureau this week, meteorologist Annie Peace said the strongest wind would be on the western side of the low pressure system, meaning they will likely not hit Victoria until Thursday morning, following the heaviest of the rainfall. Between 15 and 40mm of rain is likely for Bendigo on Thursday after overnight falls, with further rain into Friday expected to be between three and 10mm. – Joel Peterson

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Compact city a health win URBAN design that encouraged walking or cycling reduced cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, according to Melbourne-led international research published in the medical journal, The Lancet. City of Greater Bendigo has adopted a compact city strategy with a plan for 10-minute neighbourhoods that include a mix of shops and services close enough to walk to. Research co-led by the University of Melbourne and un-

veiled at the United Nations General Assembly in New York has shown that increasing land use density by 30 per cent, reducing the average distance to public transport by 30 per cent and increasing land use diversity by 30 per cent would lead to an estimated 19 per cent drop in cardiovascular disease and 14 per cent drop in type 2 diabetes in Melbourne. The results were similar for London and Boston. But there would be a need to build infrastructure that separated pedestrians and cyclists

from traffic or it was estimated in Melbourne there would be 10 additional annual road deaths and 257 injuries. University of Melbourne professor Billie Giles-Corti said city

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in the 19th century through improved sanitation, housing and separating residential and industrial areas,” Prof. Giles-Corti said. “Today, there is real opportunity for city planning to reduce

There is real opportunity for city planning to reduce non-communicable diseases and road trauma

planning “must be part of a comprehensive solution to tackling adverse health outcomes”. “City planning was key to cutting infectious disease outbreaks

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non-communicable diseases and road trauma and to promote health and wellbeing more broadly.” Lead professor Mark Steven-

son and his colleagues designed a compact cities model and applied it to cities such as Melbourne where about 14 per cent of car trips are for trips of less than five kilometres. The majority of trips in Bendigo are short distance. An independent panel this year said it strongly supported the Bendigo council’s vision for a compact city. The Heart Foundation has found Bendigonians are at greater risk of heart disease than residents in most other municipalities in Victoria.

men charged on summons Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged three men in relation to a mock beheading incident that occurred in Bendigo last year. It is alleged the men beheaded an effigy and damaged property in a public area outside the entrance to the City of Greater Bendigo council offices on Lyttleton Terrace on October 4, 2015, just days before rival rallies were held by groups both for and against the construction of Bendigo’s first mosque. The trio were believed to be members of a far right group, and a video of the incident was used to promote the group’s involvement in the large anti-mosque rally held in Rosalind Park on Saturday, October 10 last year. Police on Tuesday confirmed a 31-year-old man from South Morang, a 34-year-old man from Frankston, and a 45-year-old man from Wallan have each been charged with defacing property, wilful damage, behaving in an offensive manner in public, and Serious Religious Vilification (under the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001). The men have been charged on summons and are expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court on March 6, 2017.

community groups funded MORE than $185,000 has been shared among 54 community groups through this year’s community grants program. Funding has been allocated by the City of Greater Bendigo council across seven different categories: active communities, arts, community development, community events, environmental sustainability, healthy communities, and print and digital publications. A total of $7750 in quick response grants funding has already been allocated to various community groups since the last round of grants in May. The grants are reserved for urgent needs that may arise outside of the community grants funding rounds. Council’s Steven Abbott said the program was very popular and attracted a large number of applications. “The program supports a large number of notfor-profit organisations to build skills, hold events or buy much needed equipment,” Mr Abbott said.

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Octobra gives support to those in need Now in its sixth year, Octobra is that time of the year when women are asked to donate their discarded bras to a worthy cause – this year the women of Papua New Guinea who cannot afford to buy bras for themselves. The bras give the women

physical support and comfort and contribute to their short and long term health. Professionals’ director Jacinta McIvor started the Octobra campaign in 2011. “In conjunction with UPLIFT Bras, an Australia wide, community organisation, the

bras will be distributed to communities in Papua New Guinea where they are most needed,” she said. “Each year a different third world country is targeted.” Collection bins for Octobra will be located at Fernwood, Bendigo Bank at the Bendigo

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THERE will a poignant message for people who attend a juvenile diabetes Walk to Cure Diabetes in Bendigo on Sunday, November 13. Stacey and Glen Caddy want to use the story of their daughter Sienna to raise awareness about the symptoms of type 1 diabetes and what makes it different to type 2. They trusted their instincts when they took six-year-old Sienna to the Royal Children’s Hospital with the symptoms of thirst, fatigue, constipation, vomiting and weight loss. She had previously been sent home on three separate occasions by doctors with diagnoses of minor illness. At the Royal Children’s, Si-

enna was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, determined by a finger prick test, and their lives were changed forever. At the walk and family event at Lake Weeroona, the Caddy’s and other Bendigo families living with type 1 diabetes hope to raise funds for research to cure the chronic disease through international advocacy foundation JDRF. Megan and Jayson Guzzo were in the rare position of having a child who was born with transient neonatal diabetes, a rare strain of type 1. At six months of age, their daughter Ameliah was no longer insulin dependant as her own pancreas started functioning. She no longer has diabe-

tes but her parents are always aware of the chance that it may return. Ms Guzzo empathised with parents of children with the disease and started an online group in Bendigo for families to support each other. Three months later, the group is organising to host the JDRF One Walk at Lake Weeroona. On November 13, the fun starts at about 10am and includes a walk around the lake, face painting, raffles, and a sausage sizzle. Everybody is welcome to attend to support the foundation. Search @jdrfonewalk or http://walk.jdrf.org.au/ on facebook for more info and to RSVP.

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Countdown to the vote

VOTERS can expect to receive ballot papers in the post as early as next week for the City of Greater Bendigo elections. Candidates are expecting many voters will fill in and return the paper soon after it is delivered, even though they have until October 21 to vote. The timing of elections allowing votes to be cast up to two weeks before the poll closes makes early campaigning, particularly the next two weeks, critical for the 32 candidates in Bendigo’s three wards. Apart from organising and attending listening posts, candidates have been asked to respond this week to surveys issued by the Bendigo Business Council, the Bendigo Tourism Board and Lockwood ward candidates are invited to attend a community forum arranged by the Marong Action Group on October 4. In the Lockwood ward, Samuel Tshisekedi is a business owner and communications consultant who is standing for “putting the community in the driver’s seat”. Mr Tshisekedi migrated to Bendigo and is bringing up his

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family with his Bendigo-born wife. He said he was passionate about the city. “I have the skill and knowledge to facilitate strong relationships across the diverse range of community members and stakeholders,” Mr Tshisekedi said. Also in Lockwood, George Egan has nominated on a platform of council providing local services, not imposing ideals.

A retail business owner, Mr Egan said he wanted Bendigo to be a place his children remembered fondly if they moved away. “I was born, grew up, educated and now run a small retail business in Bendigo and I want our city to be Bendigo for residents and not another Melbourne,” Mr Egan said. “After being in Melbourne for 10 years we returned to Bendigo to

Redundancy for workers VOLUNTARY redundancies are being offered to the last employees hired by Empire Rubber more than 10 years ago. The National Union of Workers is attempting to extend the deadline for accepting redundancy packages and say workers are worried about finding employment elsewhere making them reluctant to accept, according to media spokesperson Emma Kerin. Ms Kerin said employer Motherson Elastomer was not disclosing how many redundancies it was targeting. It is understood Motherson is phasing out the last remaining Empire Rubber line, recapping car tyres. Sales are running dry because car manufacturing has largely left Australia. The company has operated under various owners and names but has maintained a business in manufacturing car components. The beginning of fluctuating fortunes for Empire Rubber workers dates

back to 2006 when owner at the time, Huon Corporation, entered liquidation. Motherson took control of the business in 2007 retaining 100 full-time employees but 300 had been shed in the previous 18 months and workers were owed millions in entitlements. More than $14 million was paid and NUW members decided to sue CBL Insurance to recover funds from an insurance bond signed by Huon days before the 2006 collapse. The legal battle ended this year in a $4.5m settlement but the money was used up in litigation costs and nothing was returned to workers. Ms Kerin said yesterday a change in Elmore Field Days policy that protected workers in the future was the case’s only foreseeable ending and that resided with former NUW state secretary now Victoria’s attorney general, Martin Pakula. The Bendigo Weekly contacted Motherson for comment.

Council rises to challenge

raise our children as it provides a much more liveable, friendly and spacious town for kids to explore.” In Eppalock ward, Brenton Johnson is a business and community leader who has nominated promising to “strive for safer streets, responsible financial management and smarter council decisions”. “We must create an inclusive Bendigo community that provides communities that provides opportunities for all; our youth, families, elderly and people with disabilities,” Mr Johnson said. “You deserve better council services that make your life easier, not harder.” In Whipstick ward, Gordon Moore is running “to represent the ratepayers of Bendigo and all members of our community”. “I believe in the development and encouragement of community gardens for use by all members of our community,” Mr Moore said. “I believe that Bendigo needs rational infrastructure development that benefits all ratepayers and not just special interest groups.” - Sharon Kemp

The City of Greater Bendigo wants local businesses, groups and individuals to support Sustainability Victoria’s TAKE2 climate change pledge to help achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and keep the global temperature rise under two degrees. The long-term target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 puts Victoria in line with other states and territories and shows that the state has a clear climate change agenda. Council’s acting sustainable environment manager Simon Francis said the council was a founding member of TAKE2 and now encouraged more support for the initiative. “TAKE2 is the first state government led voluntary climate change pledge program in Australia and one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind in the world,” Mr Francis said. “It encourages all sectors and communities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and motivate and inspire their staff, community members, suppliers and networks to take action. “The council has made a commitment to reduce the impact of its operations on our planet and is hoping others will follow its lead and take the TAKE2 pledge too.” Mr Francis said Greater Bendigo had already reduced electricity usage for street lights and buildings by 26 per cent since 2011 through the Lighting the Regions streetlight replacement project and by installing LED lighting in buildings. “The city is also progressively installing solar photo voltaic systems in its buildings and the recently introduced organics waste collection service is expected to reduce emissions at the Eaglehawk Landfill.” Support for the city’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and individual TAKE2 pledges can be made at www.take2.vic.gov.au

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The wisdom they gained in helping each other to overcome life’s challenges and recover from mental illness was carefully recorded and forms the basis of the unique Grow Program. Grow groups from Bendigo, Castlemaine, Shepparton, Cobram, Wangaratta and Benalla are meeting in the Library Gardens from 12 noon to 2.30pm. Other mental health agencies will also be attending. There will be a sausage sizzle and also some sharing of recovery stories by people who have suffered from mental ill health. “There are a lot of people who want to share the message that recovery from mental ill health is possible,” Lindy Croucher, Grow fieldworker said. For further information go to www.grow. org.au

of food or supermarket vouchers which will then be distributed to those in need through the Salvation Army. The event will be hosted by Lisa Ruffell. More than 40 raffle prizes to be drawn at the event which will be in front of Katies/ Best and Less at the Bendigo Marketplace. Tickets can also be bought online as follows at http://food4dairyfarmers.eventbrite. com.au

NEW SHED MARONG men now have a new shed. The Maiden Gully Marong Lions recently completed the shed project as a gift to the community. President Greg Ralton said the completion of the project will impact the lives of men within the area.

“Before this project’s completion local men would travel to either Kangaroo Flat or Long Gully to attend a Men’s Shed program,” he said. The project was completed as a part of Lions Clubs International’s Centennial Celebration to commemorate its 100th anniversary in 2017. The official opening will be performed by member For Bendigo West Maree Edwards on Saturday, October 22 starting at 10am, followed by an inspection of the facility and a barbecue in High Street, Marong. “All members of the local community are invited to attend and join the celebration,” Mr Ralton said. “Members of the Men’s Shed will be on hand to answer questions and sign up new members.”

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Celebrating 40 years of Lions Life member and charter member of the Kangaroo Flat Lions club, Brian Ede, is appealing to past members of the club to help them celebrate 40 years of service this October. “We are trying to contact past members of our club so we can make this a really special occasion,” Mr Ede said. Mr Ede was one of 32 members of the Kangaroo Flat Lions Club when they first met 40 years ago in the Windermere Hotel. “It’s been very satisfying being a member,” Mr Ede said. “I’ve made many friendships and met a variety of people over

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allows for the buildings to be built lower on the block, making it look smaller from the street. “There aren’t any Islamic facilities like this in Australia, and there are very few in the world,” Dr Neelam said. “A lot of the design pays homage to Bendigo, including bull-nose verandahs and the magnificent Town Hall. “This really is an Australian community centre for Muslims of all different backgrounds that the entire Bendigo community can enjoy.” More than 150 people attended the thank you dinner, organised and fully funded by the Bendigo Islamic community and the Australian Islamic Mission (Victoria). “Bendigo has welcomed Muslim families with open arms and it is our turn to repay that respect and say thank you,” Dr Neelam said. “The Bendigo Islamic Community Centre is another way we can say thank you. It really will be a bridge between the Muslim community and the broader Bendigo community.”

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TAFE gears up Automotive students from Bendigo and its surrounds can look forward to a whole new training experience at Bendigo TAFE Charleston Road campus. On October 12, upgraded automotive facilities featuring across-the-board improvements will be unveiled for the first time. Students and industry will have access to a new suite of industry-standard equipment and technology, including running engines across Toyota, Isuzu, Holden and Ford vehicle models. There will be networking

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Watch for snakes The arrival of spring means everyone is wanting to get out of doors, at the same time as Victoria’s snakes are starting to become more active. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning senior scientist Nick Clemann said throughout Victoria at this time of year snakes are emerging from winter hibernation to get some sun, look for food and a mate. “Spring means many people want to get out and do things like walking dogs, cycling, bushwalking, enjoying parks and gardening so, depending on where they live and walk, they are likely to see a snake,” Mr Clemann said. “Snakes are more common in areas around the urban fringe or in rural areas, but they do turn up surprisingly close to cities and towns, especially around watercourses and in parkland. “In the drier areas, eastern brown snakes are common and red-bellied black snakes are also encountered. “All four species are danger-

ously venomous, but it is rare for them to bite people.” Mr Clemann said being aware that snakes may be around, and being informed about how to react to them, are the most important aspects of managing snakes. If you live in an area with snakes remember, if you see a snake – keep calm and try to move yourself, anyone with you and your pets away from the snake. Never touch or attempt to capture or hurt snakes, have a spring clean – clean up around the house and cut lawns regularly – snakes are attracted to shelter such as piles of rocks and timber, sheets of metal, or building materials. Undertake first aid training, ensure your first aid kit contains several compression bandages, and if someone is bitten, call 000 immediately. Snakes are protected under the Wildlife Act 1975. It is illegal to capture, kill or harm them. Bites can occur when people try to kill snakes.

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The long goodbye By Dianne Dempsey

The long goodbye is the name often given to that cruellest of diseases, Alzheimer’s. And it’s a name to which Narelle Williams can easily relate. “My father retired at 65 years of age and was diagnosed with earlyonset Alzheimer’s when he was 67,” she said. Today, 10 years later, Narelle can barely recognise her much loved dad, Alvyn Staines. “Dad was tall and fit. He and mum would travel all over Australia in their four-wheel drive. He ran 10 miles a day, played golf, he didn’t smoke and only occasionally drank,” Narelle said. “He was a middle class family man. A fixer. He was the strong person in our extended family. Everybody went to him when they needed advice. He owned several businesses. “He started up Salvo Care Line, the Queensland equivalent of Lifeline when he was in his 50s.” Sitting over a coffee, Narelle shakes her head. “Notice how I’m talking in the past tense. Dad’s still alive, but he’s not the Dad I once knew.” After 10 years of awful decline, Mr Staines is now reduced to a bed chair, he is incontinent, has to be fed by hand, he cannot read, cannot talk, cannot comprehend, he has no sensory pleasures, and despite the excellent care of the Queensland nursing home where he now lives, he suffers from recurring bed sores. Narelle travels to Queensland from Bendigo several times a year to

see her much-loved dad. “Each time I visit I notice a dramatic decline. At the moment he’s virtually in palliative care. I’ll talk to him and touch him, sometimes he’ll open his eyes and I’ll get a grunt, he’ll make a sound. I think, I hope, that might be a form of recognition from him,” she said. According to Narelle, Alzheimer’s initially affects the frontal lobe of the brain and the first symptoms her father exhibited related to massive mood swings and short term memory loss. “When Dad first got the diagnosis he would say, ‘I’ll fight it’.” If anyone could have done that, it would have been Narelle’s Dad. Later, there would be times when Mr Staines would scream out and cry and sob. “I often wondered how aware he was during the earlier stages. He

There are many different forms of dementia and each has its own causes. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, fronto temporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), Huntington’s disease, alcohol related dementia (Korsakoff’s syndrome) and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Three in 10 people over the age of 85 and almost one in 10 people over 65 have dementia.

seemed so scared and frightened. “His world was a terrifying place. Cracks in a tile would open up to huge gaps, patterns on a tablecloth would come alive and start moving. He would cower, I think his world became a living nightmare.” Narelle says her mother, Gwenda Staines, has been incredibly brave and strong during “the long goodbye” but she has effectively been living in limbo. Her husband is not dead; nor is his alive and Gwenda’s grief is ongoing. Narelle’s message to the public is to be considerate of someone who is acting strangely. “You might see someone in the street who is talking to themselves, acting in a bizarre way,” she said. “Be kind to them, treat them with respect, they might be suffering from Alzheimer’s.”

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Election lotto I’m seriously concerned about the probable outcome of the imminent election of councillors for the City of Greater Bendigo. The VEC decided four years ago to take an easy, little maintenance, approach – creating three wards with three councillors per ward. The three wards encompass both urban and rural areas, span many widely spaced suburbs with little in common between individual communities. While the councillor/capita ratio has been maintained the relationship between councillor and the individual has become more remote. The result is that the voter is faced with a plethora of candidates who cannot effectively represent all the individual communities within their ward. Voting is compulsory and, frankly, 80 per cent of voters don’t care who is elected unless they have a pressing local issue to be resolved. This means that donkey/reverse donkey/dartboard and informal voting is rife with little, if any, regard to the attributes or policies of the candidates offering themselves for election. Sure, candidates with a public profile may fare better, but they are not necessarily the councillor we need to solve local problems or contribute to the critical forward planning aspects of council business. Some candidates will spend a lot of money and some next to nothing on their campaigns without influencing the outcome at all. Honestly, you might as well draw names out of hat. It’s all very well to say that you get the (local) government you deserve, but we deserve a better deal and better governance than we currently have. A good start would be reverting to one councillor/ward to strengthen the bond between councillor and the community even if the ward boundaries need to be more regularly adjusted to balance representation. This is after all, local government and while the total municipality needs to managed, most people are vitally concerned with local issues. If the local government electoral system is not broke, it is seriously injured. Only the state government can fix it, but currently simply wields a big stick to deal with symptoms rather than fixing the cause of the burgeoning occurrence

of dysfunction of local government in our state. Bruce Phillips, Maiden Gully

Cuts will be deep The federal government is cutting $2 billion in funding for aged care, with the cuts targeting people in residential aged care with the highest care needs. As one of Australia’s largest notfor-profit providers of aged care services, UnitingCare Australia is deeply concerned at the impact of these cuts on the health and wellbeing of frail older people. Our modelling shows that the average resident will have the funding to meet their needs cut by $6650 a year, and the frailest by as much as $18,000 a year. Of equal concern is the flowon effect of funding cuts of this size. Public hospitals will face even greater pressure as older people wait longer to access residential care, with aged care providers forced to reconsider admitting people with complex health needs. The aged care workforce will also suffer, as providers will be compelled to review, and potentially reduce, staffing levels. This will affect nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff and comes at a time of greatly increased demand for aged care services. People in residential aged care are already suffering from a range of conditions such as dementia, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease and mobility impairment. They don’t need to suffer more as a result of these unfair cuts to aged care. Martin J Cowling, Peter Bicknell, UnitingCare Australia

Stupidity on the Calder State governments and local care groups are constantly campaigning against the insanity of road trauma and how we can collectively do something constructive to reduce it. These efforts are noble but the reality is we appear to be fighting a battle against the odds. Each week my wife and I travel from Wedderburn to Bendigo to babysit our grandchildren and every week I am overwhelmed by the recklessness and stupidity I see on the Calder Highway. I set my cruise control at 100 kilometres per hour where possible yet time and time again cars and trucks race past us only to pull in quickly and, indeed unsafely, just

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to sit in front of us. Recently we have been passed on double lines, at crests on hills and last week some fool overtook us right in the middle of Inglewood when I was doing 50km/h in the 50km/h zone. I see signs imploring drivers to aim for a zero road toll, recommendations to slow down on curves, limits at roadworks and on it goes, all to be ignored by a significant number of drivers. What is it that motivates an otherwise intelligent person to constantly have to be out in the front of other traffic on a road trip? Why, in the middle of a downpour, do many drivers make no allowance whatsoever for the changed conditions and why do many struggle to travel at 40km/h outside a school or through a zone where men and women are simply working to make the roads safer to travel on? They complain when they finally get caught and have to pay fines and/or lose demerit points and the simple way to avoid that is to drive sensibly and safely within posted limits. We desperately need many more traffic police on the Calder. It is easy to argue that static speed cameras are primarily revenue raisers but the presence of visible patrols and more breath analysis points will save lives: and who knows who will be next to suffer because of the stupidity and impa-

tience you can witness any day on the Calder Highway. The buck stops with drivers using the roads and the police minister to provide the necessary resources to control the many Jeckyll and Hydes who travel the highway regularly. Stephen Colbert, Wedderburn

The questions they want The current council went to some quite extraordinary lengths to avoid answering questions about the proposed mosque in Bendigo. They no longer lock the residents out of the meetings, and have replaced the microphone, but the policy of demanding any questions to the council be forwarded in writing in advance remains. Obviously they have found this to be useful, they only answer the questions they want to, not the questions the residents want answered. With the local elections fast approaching, and with a big field of candidates standing, perhaps a good question to ask the candidates in your ward is, will they abolish that rule and take questions from the floor in the council meetings? The council has two core functions, to provide services and infrastructure for the city, and act in the best interests of the residents. In the first of these, the council excels. In the second, it has utterly

lost the plot. A determination to follow agendas of their own choosing has totally alienated the present councillors from the community. I offer my best wishes to all the candidates, and hope the residents will elect a council who truly represent our city. Murray McPhie, Epsom

The buzz on bins SO we have started putting out our organics bins. I have applied for a smaller bin but have to get permission from the owners of the unit (they live interstate). I am concerned about the effect of a hot sweltering summer with the heat on the bins and the odour from them. The blowflies will be around by the dozens. Even though everything is contained they will still leave their mark. It would be a nice gesture if council were able to donate fly spray as we will be needing plenty of it. Relma Stewart, Golden Square

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The brutal truth A HIDEOUS thing is Graham. Squat, yet hulking. Hooded features and an extremely thick neck. Graham was built to withstand just about anything – especially a serious car crash. Graham is also the face of another world first Transport Accident Commission road safety initiative, this one launched in July, and as of next week, Graham will be in Bendigo. And to be brutally honest, Graham is brutally ugly, but so too is road trauma. In case you are wondering why local newspapers, not just across Bendigo but throughout regional Victoria, have all dedicated a significant amount of space to the issue of road safety and to supporting the efforts of the Transport Accident Commission in recent weeks, it’s because we care. It’s because we have had enough of road trauma and the significant impact of crashes, and especially of

Editorial Comment road fatalities within the communities we serve. It’s a rare thing for local media to agree on much, but sometimes the search for a point of difference or a different angle to a story is secondary to the overwhelming main message. That is, too many people die on Victorian roads each year and even more are seriously injured, and sadly, it need not be the case. While a lot of outstanding good work has been done over the past couple of decades to reduce the state’s road toll, just one death is one too many, and always will be. The TAC’s Towards Zero campaign has long been at the forefront of trying to get the message out that motorists and road users need

to take care, follow the law, respect other road users and always act and drive responsibly on the road we share. Everyone who starts a journey deserves to finish it the way they plan to – safely. The frustrating reality in all the effort that goes into producing campaigns such as Towards Zero is that it should not need to happen and it should not be needed in the first place. As central Victorians start to count down to the annual summer season and the good times that usually dot the social calendars of many of us at this time of the year, we all need to take a moment and think about what we can do to try and avoid adding to the unacceptable statistics of road trauma in our region. We all also need to accept responsibility before we get behind the wheel, and we need to look out for and after our friends and family.

pk with Peter Kennedy Backing schools over business BENDIGO is exceptionally fortunate to have arguably the best government, catholic and independent schools in regional Victoria, if not regional Australia. It’s reasonable to suggest that this equates to having teachers of a similar high standard, and for these twin circumstances, we are indeed fortunate and should also be grateful. And in wanting an end to the seemingly never ending arguments and disputes about funding for education, governments need to put aside their ideological differences and concentrate on doing what is right, and what is best for their respective constituents. Commitments made are just that – commitments, and they need to be honoured, not cast aside like a disposable commodity when it suits a govern-

ment of any persuasion. The community has had a gutful of the games that get played by pollies, usually at our expense. It must also be said that a parental contribution towards the cost of educating children is not meant to be a substitute for government funding. It’s a

local catholic girls’ school back in northern New South Wales. And I am absolutely confident that my parents never wrote the cheque for our fees thinking this was going to save the government money. I know my wife and I didn’t when we had to pay fees for our kids.

The community has had a gutful of the games that get played by pollies top up, a supplementary payment and it’s also a sacrifice many parents make, and not just because they can afford to, but in many cases, because they want to. I’ll make the disclaimer now that I attended nongovernment schools and so did my children. My parents made significant sacrifices to send my brothers and me to a catholic boarding school, while my sister attended a

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I don’t believe we received an education that was necessarily better than what we would have had we attended a government school, but we did receive a different education that included more religious studies and a far greater emphasis on the Christian (read catholic) values that are an important part of many families, their background and their beliefs. That’s what we went

out of our way to pay for, as did my parents before me. The guarantee no school should be worse off under the Gonski model needs to be adhered to, and there are few more worthy initiatives worth investing in then the education of our children. The federal government has become increasingly isolated over its stance on the future funding via Gonski, with both Coalition and Labor state governments in New South Wales, Victoria, QLD, SA, the ACT and Tasmania all in some form of agreement. That doesn’t happen very often. Ask most Australians whether they would like small business to receive a tax cut, or for more money to be directed towards the fair and equitable education of all children, and I’d back schools over business. Twitter: @peterkennedy23 pk@bendigopublishing.com

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ARY Poppins will be blowing into the Uniting AgeWell Strath-Haven Community during Seniors Week as residents celebrate with singing and musical performances, dress ups and a spoon full of sugar-themed afternoon tea. The aged care facility will be transformed, complete with costumes, spoons, kites, and flying umbrellas on Tuesday, with staff and some residents getting into character and performing musical items, in celebration of the

festival and the organisation’s 12th birthday. Leisure and lifestyle coordinator Kerryn Anderson said Mary Poppins was very popular among the residents, with many recognising songs and costumes from the era, triggering positive memories. “Music plays a significant role in our lifestyle activities, with the recently formed Haven Choir gaining in popularity among the Strath-Haven community,” she said. The choir, which averages around 10 members

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RAHAM arrives in Bendigo next week. The face of a world first Transport Accident Commission road safety initiative was launched in July, and Bendigo residents will now have the chance to get up close and personal. In a shift from its traditional road safety campaigns, the TAC has collaborated with a leading trauma surgeon, a crash investigation expert and a world-renowned Melbourne artist to produce Graham, an interactive lifelike sculpture demonstrating human vulnerability. Graham has been designed with physical features that might be present in humans if they had evolved to withstand the forces involved in crashes. Studies have shown that the human body can only cope with impacts at speeds people can reach on their own, unassisted by vehicles. TAC chief executive officer Joe Calafiore said the roadshow had a purpose. “Reaching out to regional Victorians is a major priority for everyone involved in road safety because the fact remains we’re four times more likely to die on country roads,” he said. “By helping Victorians understand that their own vulnerability is at the heart of our road safety problem, we can

help them to accept that their own choices are at the heart of the solution.” Melbourne sculptor Patricia Piccinini worked with Royal Melbourne Hospital trauma surgeon Christian Kenfield and Monash University Accident Research Centre crash investigator David Logan to develop Graham. Graham will be at the Bendigo Art Gallery from October 5 until October 30. In an Australian first, Victorians will be able to use Google Tango, the latest in immersive augmented reality technology, to look beneath Graham’s skin and better understand how his unique features would work to cushion him from serious injury in a crash. School curriculum has also been developed to enhance the learning experience for students visiting Graham in person or online. “Graham is an educational tool that will serve the com-

munity for years to come as a reminder of why we need to develop a safer road system that will protect us when things go wrong,” Mr Calafiore said. TAC senior road safety manager Samantha Cockfield will be at the opening in Bendigo, and said the TAC hoping the message will hit home. “Our bodies were not built to cope with the forces involved in a crash. Graham shows us why we need to improve every aspect of our roads system, to protect ourselves from our own mistakes,” she said. “We will never look like Graham, but we can protect ourselves on the roads by being safer drivers and driving safer cars at safer speeds on safer roads. “Graham helps us understand that our own vulnerability is at the heart of road safety and that our own choices can be part of the solution to get Towards Zero.”

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OU can’t get anything past Frank. But something is going on with his black cows that makes me think they are trying to pull the hide over his eyes – to achieve their own ends, whatever that is. But he is on to them. When we visited him on the farm at Axedale recently, Frank said he thought the black cows in his multicoloured herd could sense when the gate was open, a gate far from them, out of their line of sight behind trees and built-up pasture. “You leave it open and an hour later they are out,” he said. Frank is not the type to entertain crop circles – he hasn’t got time – nor alien abductions. And the kids, husband and I wouldn’t have thought much of it if the herd hadn’t tried to out-smart us as well. I’m not making this up. I’m not a farmer but the cow behaviour we saw on the weekend was... interesting. And it seems the influence of the black cows has spread because the entire herd was involved in their trickery and downright brazenness. First, only a few cows approached us at the spot we had picked out for lunch by the Campaspe River. A few of them were black – clearly they were the leaders. Then a dozen more surrounded the car and started licking it – was it salty or grassy I’m not sure. Then more cows came and crammed in between others like they were feeding and they also licked the car. And when they tired of that, they moved in our direction and surrounded us. Were they hungry, territorial, did we smell interesting? My two daughters called “Dad”

in squeaky voices and we held hands to keep each other safe. We huddled together, the four of us, as the herd – 170 of them – surrounded us, and now and then an especially assertive cow – a black one – would move forward and sniff our clothes. I remember that cows don’t eat humans and told the girls not to be scared. But it was not only us surrounded by a circle of cows. Our four-year-old blue heeler was with us, and even he was cowering against my shins and sitting on my shoes. He let out a low growl when a largish brown cow extended her neck towards him. But his warning did not move the mob so either Maxie is a poor excuse for a cattle dog, or these young heifers had never seen a blue heeler before. We waded through the herd which moved like Saigon traffic, towards the car to collect the snags and bread which was to be our lunch. The idea was to find a spot where we could cook and eat in quiet. But the cows followed us and surrounded us and we soon abandoned the idea and returned to the car. We gently nudged the car away from the herd and headed towards edge of the pasture, drove through the gully and out of the gate. They followed us part of the way but gave up the chase and went back to behaving like normal cows – grazing on lush pasture. And that is where they were when we passed by again after lunch. These cows can’t get anything past Frank, but they sure got past us. - Sharon Kemp

THE new single from Bendigo band Jack And The Kids may be called Alone, but the band will be far from that when they embark on a fourshow Victorian tour next month. The band released their new single on this month, following on from a year in which they earned a spot on the bill at Groovin The Moo and underwent a small change in lineup. The band’s previous single, released last year and entitled Real Again, received airtime on Triple

J and many more community stations. The tour kicks off at the band’s home stage, if you like, at the Rifle Brigade Hotel on View Street on Saturday, October 8. The band then JACK AND THE KIDS plays in Werribee and Brunswick destination The Penny Black as well as The Loft in Warat the band’s show in rnambool to complete Brunswick. the tour on October 21. Triple J’s Bridget HustThe lineup for supwaite summed the band’s porting acts includes relaxed indie sound up Triple J Unearthed feature best when she said: “I artist Alexander Biggs reckon this is what we who will hit the stage would be sipping on if we

chucked City Calm Down, The Jezabels and The Temper Trap in a blender. Promising stuff.” Tickets for the October 8 show at the Rifle will be available at the door.

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call MS Connect on 1800 042 138. Wednesday, October 5 Signals from Space: A presentation by Graeme Knight. 7.30pm to 9pm, Discovery Science and Technology Centre. 7 Railway Place, Bendigo. $2, $5 families or children under 12 free. Contact: 5470 6349. Thursday, October 6 Old Time Dance: Eaglehawk Senior Citizens Rooms, Darling Street, Eaglehawk. 8pm till 11pm. Entry $5. Details: 5442 1815. Maiden Gully Marong Lions Club: 7.30pm at the Old Shire Office building in Marong. Details: 0419 290 966.

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T’S been over two and a half years since we played at the Golden Vine,” says Tyson Hodges. “I’m really looking forward to playing there again with this band. Some of my favourite gig memories are from that pub.” The Tyson Hodges Trio (TH3) will break that long drought next Saturday, October, 8. The TH3 line-up now features Josh DeAraugo on drums and Brad Bradford on bass. Josh DeAraugo previously played bass in the band, but exercised some clever multi-tasking skills and made the unusual switch. “I’ve had the pleasure of playing with Josh in a few bands now, I played with Brad recently and asked him to come on board. It clicked straight away,” Hodges said. He is a familiar face on the Bendigo music scene – a one-time member of seminal local band Ethanol. Hodges and DeAraugo played in Band of Cloud together, and he

was also in Steve Saxton’s band with Bradford. You’d probably need a post-graduate qualification in something very technical to draw-up a family tree of Bendigo bands. TH3’s high energy instrumental show draws from different genres – a mix of blues and classic rock with a psychedelic edge running through much of it. “The set will be made up of original songs. There’s 15 years of material to draw from but a lot of it will be newer stuff. Anyone who has seen the band in the past will recognize a few tunes from years gone by as well as a homage to some of our favourite bands.” Theirs is a broad range of influences that includes Led Zeppelin, The Tea Party, Rory Gallagher, Derek Trucks and The Allman Brothers. Hodges admires “artists that use open tunings and aren’t afraid to explore instrumental grooves and the sounds of other cultures.”

Support comes from Bleach, a young acoustic-based rock duo carving out a reputation for themselves with some clever interpretations of classic tunes. Bleach can also be seen and heard in the Hargreaves Mall on Saturday, October 15 as part of the City of Greater Bendigo’s Buskers in The Mall season of outdoor gigs. Frank Bell, Paperback Writers, The Seduceaphones and Bill Barber will see out the season through to the end of October. Gigs start at 10.30am on a Saturday or Friday. Details from Bendigo Tourism.

USICMAN’S Do Or Die Festival has extended to a fourth day with a blues rock line-up tonight, Thursday, September 29 navigating the sticky carpet. Steph Bitter, Frank Bell, Gravy Boat, Midweek Blues, The John Grossman Project and everywhere-man Bill Barber deliver several hours of originals and covers for the Musicman cause. Doors open at 7pm. – Simon Wooldridge Twitter: @spwooldridge

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HEN audiences in Bendigo are dazzled by performances at the Capital and Ulumbarra Theatres they may be surprised to discover that the lighting design has been created and executed by Catholic College Bendigo student Ian Scott. Ian comes from a creative family. His parents Anita and Tim have always been involved in theatre, music, dance, film and TV productions, so Ian grew up surrounded by performances and gravitated towards digital technology, finding his passion in lighting at an early age. Since his first lighting project, at the age of 10, for the Central Victorian Irish Society’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations, Ian has been involved in more than 50 productions in Bendigo, other regional centres and Melbourne. His work includes lighting design for theatre, dance/ballet,

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IAN SCOTT PHOTO: DAVID FIELD parades and a range of indoor and outdoor events. This year he has taken audiences from the spooky, atmospheric graveyard scene of The Addams Family to evoking the bright lights of New York and other world cities in Bendigo Theatre Company’s current production The Boy from Oz. Ian spends his free time programming lighting desks, then in the days before the curtain goes up he will be found high up on a ladder or gantry rigging lights to create his visions. Ian finds his interest in

electronics, photography, cinematography and IT related technologies definitely assists in the process of designing a show. Once he’s completed his VCE studies, Ian plans to become even more involved with theatre in Melbourne then look to further develop his career overseas. The Boy from Oz plays at The Capital Theatre on September 30 and October 1 and 2. Tickets from www.gotix.com.au or phone The Capital on 5434 6100.

EFF Jones and Steve Cooper first performed the award-winning comedy/drama Me and My Friend by Gillian Plowman 15 years ago. Back then the pair took the one act version of the play on the festival circuit and won a swag of awards including best production, best actor and best supporting actor. They also performed it at the Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe festivals and scored rave reviews. Jeff has since moved to Maldon and is now part of Hobo Playhouse theatre company, who is reviving the two-act version of Me and My Friend for four shows only in Castlemaine next month. “The play is a black comedy that explores the relationship between two ‘odd’ couples released prematurely from a mental health facility,” Jeff said. “In the downstairs flat are Oz, who has never recovered from his mother’s death, and Bunny, whose workaholism led to estrangement from his wife. “Upstairs are Robin, a middle-class housewife who has a dark secret, and Julia whose obsessive thoughts of men drew her into

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prostitution. It’s hilarious and heartbreaking at once.” Me and My Friend is part of Mental Health Week events and activities in Castlemaine in October. Me and My Friend and the exhibition La Mental Presents “Everything’s Fine” an Art Exhibition will be presented at St Mary’s Hall, corner Hargraves and Lyttleton streets, Castlemaine at 8pm on Friday, October 21 (Gala Opening includes supper), Saturday, October 22 and Saturday, October 29 and at 2pm on Sunday, October 30. $25 adults/$15 concession are available at www.trybooking.com.au/MTOS or at Books Plus, 16 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine.

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N last week’s article the main subject was the Fortuna Hustler’s Mine and mention was made of one of the engine drivers there, William Ernest Richardson. Richardson, like all engine drivers from the last quarter of the 19th century and beyond, had to have an appropriate certificate. To become an engine driver one had to do practical training, which could begin in a mine boiler stoke hold, fueling the boiler with the 1.52 metre lengths of firewood. A trainee engine driver would also use the very long tools that were used to scrape the last of the ash out, just below the fire bars above which the fuel was burning in the boiler. The fire box of the boiler was jacketed by an outer shell holding the boiling water that produced the steam. The safety valve on the top of the boiler would become a familiar feature, as too the

glasses showing the water level inside the boiler, these glass tubes and their brass fittings were mounted on the breast plate of the boiler. Maintenance of the feed pump which, under pressure, helped to replenish fresh water into the boiler, was another item of equipment that the trainee engine driver had to know about. All the mines had an exhaust tank into which the spent steam was allowed to accumulate as hot water. A mine exhaust tank was connected by water pipes to the feed pump just mentioned. Then the engine driving itself – a trainee had to find a sympathetic qualified engine driver under whose tutelage they could do their learning. Mine engine drivers were always jealously guarding “their engine”, showing immense pride in the high standard of maintenance and the burnishing during quiet times of the unpainted

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steel work of the machine. If a trainee engine driver was already fortunate enough to have employment in one sphere or another, then the timing for learning to become a driver was a tricky thing to negotiate. From interviews that I did of retired engine drivers many, many decades ago, they invariably were very hard and strict task masters of their learner underling. A very minimum of 100 hours of actual driving had to be done in the presence of their tutor. Perhaps the first task would be operating the cages with only rock haulage from underground. The learner had to be completely familiar with the knocker line signal system and know precisely what each number of rings of the bell meant when communicated from underground. A cage with a truck of rock on board would be hauled to the landing brace of the poppet

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AT THE CONTROLS: A mine engine driver at work.

head where the braceman was on duty. The cage had to be taken about 30mm above the floor of the landing brace, the braceman would then pull a large lever that would swing down two hinged “chairs”, these would rest level with the landing brace floor and then the engine driver would lower the cage gently onto these chairs where it would sit, so the cage would be steady on its cable as the truck of rock was removed and an empty one placed inside.

Next the cage was elevated slightly, the chairs could be lifted by means of the lever and the cage with an empty truck then returned to the miners below. The chairs were made from red gum timber about 50mm thick and they were strengthened with iron straps which were attached to very heavy hinges. A rookie engine driver would also learn to operate the baling tanks that were used in the vast majority of mines to keep the groundwater under control.

ONG, wide, curly, straight or curved: the horns adorning the cattle that feature in photographer-writer Daniel Naudé’s dramatically handsome coffee-table book are as spectacular and distinctive as hairstyles or gowns at any red-carpet event. South African Naudé captures with exquisite artistry the grandeur, grit and grace of his continent’s native breeds, beginning with the traditional Ugandan Ankole. In its homeland the Ankole is critically endangered, not in the 21st century by trophy hunting – although its outrageously oversized horns are an obvious prize – but by crossbreeding with milk-rich imported Holsteins and wild plains buffalo. Naudé sets his penportrait of present-day Ankole against the void left by the loss of the Watusi (neighbouring Rwanda’s equivalent), the now-extinct cattle whose horns were known to span up to three metres. Today, populations of Ankole have been established on reserves in an attempt to

protect this cultural icon from annihilation. Off Africa’s east coast Naudé finds on Madagascar another eye-catching breed: the African-Indian humped Zebu. Living in isolation on the island, the Zebu faces no threat of outbreeding; as the only bovine strain present, it is guaranteed a continuing pure bloodline. Rounding out the collection, Naudé’s third chapter of portraits is set in India, where Nandi the Bull is venerated as a divine religious being and cattle in general are sacred to hundreds of millions of Hindus. In India he examines the practice of honouring animals as earthly incarnations of the Hindu gods and attends the annual Mattu Pongal festival celebrating the crucial role played by cattle in agriculture. Naudé describes in words and pictures not only the breeds themselves but also their human keepers, exploring the longstanding relationships that bind the species. – Rosalea Ryan

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O you suffer from allergies, asthma, sinus, hay fever, itchy eyes and skin? Rod Hamilton from Denfield Blind and Curtain Cleaning can help with some much needed relief. Professional, timely and honest, Denfield Blind and Cleaning Service are certified blind and curtain cleaners. They clean dust, soot, ash, smoke, mould and other allergens from your home. A thorough clean is recommended when your home has been closed up over the long winter. The products they use are safe and chemical free. And if you are looking for someone to repair your blinds or curtains, Rod is just the man to do the job.

He also provides a service which covers the whole house including window coverings, windows, carpets and mattresses. And keep Rod in mind if you are intending to sell your home. Real estate agents keep reminding their clients that presentation can be the key to a good sale. Rod is also available to do cleaning or repairs when you are renting or vacating a property. He provides both domestic and commercial cleaning services. And Rod offers a same day, very affordable service. Phone Rod for a free quote on 0439 132 021 or email denfieldblinds@ gmail.com – alternatively visit their website www.denfieldcurtaincleaning.com.au or like them on Facebook.

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Get fit this spring with Mr Rental S

PRING is here and yes, it’s time to start thinking about getting fit and in shape – ready to enjoy the sunshine in the great outdoors. However, perhaps you’re on a budget and can’t afford a gym subscription or time is too short to call into a gym. The solution is easy. Reach your personal fitness goal by working out at home on the great variety of fitness equipment available from Mr Rental. They now have spin bikes and recumbent bikes. You can either adjust the exercise bikes manually or they have computer controlled bikes that program in hills and valleys to keep your ride interesting. There are cross trainers that give you a low impact workout that is like skiing, ideal if you hope to get up to the snow this year. All this equipment is well maintained and nice and quiet so you can still watch TV while you work out. Of course Mr Rental also has treadmills that suit all speeds and sizes of people. From a basic walker that can go as slow as you like, right up to a runner that will carry 125kg and go at 16kph and

• Canvas & Mesh Awnings • Roman Blinds • Vertical Drapes • Holland Blinds • Ziptrak Patio Blinds • Venetian Blinds • Roller Shutters • Security Doors • Day/Night Roller Blinds

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while that might not sound fast compared to a car at 16kph you would travel over 5km in 20 minutes. So if you want to stay fit this winter then give Daryl at Mr Rental a call on 54435560 or 1800 880 778 or call in to 83 MacDougall Road Golden Square.

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OPEN DAY Shared learning in mature years Tuesday 4th October 2016 St. Mary’s Church High Street, Kangaroo Flat (rear entrance)

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ROMANS 8:28 And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

CHURCH SERVICE 10am Sunday, Y Community Hall

Food distribution: Long Gully Neighbourhood Centre: 2 Humboldt Drive. 5442 1165. Wednesday morning (bread only). Saltworks Pantry: 63 High St, Eaglehawk (Eaglehawk Anglican Church). 0458 018 083. Pantry Tuesday 1pm-4pm, Wednesday 10am–4pm (not through January). St Vincent de Paul: 16 Hopetoun St Bendigo. 5443 5688 Kangaroo Flat – 117 High Street. 5447 9800 UnitingCare Emergency Relief Centres: Bendigo – 25 Forrest St. 5443 4972. Mon/Tue/ Thur/Fri 10am-12.15pm and 1.30pm-3.45pm. Kangaroo Flat – Uniting Church Cnr. Church and Camp sts. 5443 5458. Tuesday and Friday 9amnoon. Victory Op Shop: 10am-4pm weekdays. 110 Garsed St. Bendigo. 5443 5998. Anglican Giving and Living Op Shop: Shed 3, 75 Beischer Street, Bendigo. Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm, Saturday 10am - 1pm. Ph: 0418 303 489

Community Meals and Soup Kitchens: 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 Community Meals: Rotary Gateway Park. Every Wednesday 5.30pm-6.30pm. Everyone welcome. 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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Diesel Mechanic Large progressive family owned company Regional lifestyle Lockwood (Bendigo) based 4 On 4 Off Roster (10 Hour Shifts) We are looking for an experienced Diesel Mechanic to join our small and vibrant team. This is an exciting and challenging role for an experienced mechanic to carry out the following tasks: • Routine services and maintenance repairs (breakdown, corrective and preventative maintenance) on our eet of modern trucks • Fault diagnosis auto electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic • Engine and transmission repairs

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Services Offered AIR CONDITIONING Supply and/or install Ph 0419 367 071

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Site clearings, driveways, landscaping & rubbish removed. Ph 0408 369 478. 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.

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

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ANTIQUE Federation Grandfather Chair, VGC, Price negotiable Ph 5443 6962 BABY bassinet on chrome stand $30 Ph 5448 8523 BABY computer & toys inc doll & ned & pink scooter $20 ph 5448 3310.. BAR fridge works well $40 Ph 5447 7050 BEDHEADS timber 3 different designs, excellent condition $30 to $50 Ph 5439 5423. BENCH convection oven & rotisserie s/s 48lt, new in box $100 Ph 0439 656 488 BIG box for wood with lid $25 Ph 5448 8523 BOOKS by Danielle Steele exc cond 3 for $5 0476 077 570 BRAND new zincalume shed 12 months old still in packaging. 14M x 6M x 2.7M wall height, with 1 roller door, 1 sliding door, 1 PA door & 1 window. 2 x 3.6M carports at each end $8,000 ono. For more information call Steve Merriman 0448 295 911. BREADMAKER Sunbeam vgc $25 Ph 5447 7275

BRIDE doll still in box, $15 Ph 0447 232 986 CARAVAN digital TV antenna $50 Ph 5447 7050 CARAVAN privacy screen 2750 X 180, as new $70 . Ph 5447 7050 CCB collection of boys uniforms, diff sizes $5 $10 per item . Ph 0400 166 452 CHAINSAW Husqvarna 135E, $400 Phone 5447 9161.

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GREENFIELD ride on mower as new 5 hours, no further use due to ill health $4,500 Ph 5441 2547.

DOG kennel large, in good cond, $100 Phone 5441 5887

HANIMEX slide projector, 2 Rondex mags, 1 flat mag & 1 screen $20 5444 4931.

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For Sale Local Classifieds RED brick pavers 290 of 235 X 115 X 50, all seconds $100 Ph 0417 352 909 FREEZER chest type 600 x 600 x 900 H, 200 lt, good working order $50 Ph 0418 119 784 ROOFING Iron 90ft plus, used solid $60 the lot Ph 5446 1310 ROUND occasional table, 21" diameter, exc cond $6 0476 077 570 SHELVES - wooden frame with tinted glass, $30 Ph 5444 2339

VEGETABLE Planter, steel /timber, 1.1x1.1x075 mtr $45 Ph 5446 1310 WALL art cast iron $50 Ph 0447 232 986 WATER tank, tankworld, fibre glass 300L tank $90 Ph 0438 426 007 WHITE cane baby carry basket with lining $15 ph 5448 3310..

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

SKI overalls padded & waterproof as new size 10 $35 Ph 5447 0053

6 LINDSAY COURT

STRATHFIELDSAYE SAT strictly 8am start, outdoor furniture, BBQ, bric a brac, soft toys & other stuff

SPINIFEX deluxe 120K padded stretchers x 2 $60 each Ph 0437 923 431 TALLBOY huge 7 drawer timber, ex cond, only $99 Ph 0408 590 830.

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Lawn soil $35 p/m Garden Soil $45 p/m, includes local delivery 4, 6 and 10m avail. Garden rocks also avail. Phone 0418 306 548 or 0428 100 770

3 MERLIN COURT STRATHFIELDSAYE MONSTER GARAGE SALE FRI & Sat 8am - 5pm furn, h/hold goods, tools, gym equip, camping gear, books, glassware, CD's & collectables.

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Ladies Shoe Clearance

BOATS STACER 3m alum plus trailer, exc cond new 8hp Mercury, reg'd, $3,800 ono Ph 0434 511 606

Bendigo Showgrounds Market Noble Pavillion, Bendigo Showgrounds Sundays only Top Dog Pet Supplies and Clearance Centre 7 Ramsay Court, K/Flat. Saturdays only 9-4

CARAVANS & TRAILERS

Containers to suit all yourr needs!

AUTO

TOYOTA Prius 2010 auto, immac cond, reg 1DT4PP, 118,000 klms, long reg, RWC $13,000 Ph 0429 066 310

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

Ph 0474 313 861 Store Well with Stilwell

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WRECKING

Casual formal boots and high heels etc Were up to $249 now all

$30 each or 2 for $50

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

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

CLEARING SALES AUCTION OF HOUSEHOLD ESTATE SUNDAY 9TH OCTOBER at 10.30am (Viewing from 9.30am) Cnr Kinrap St and Molesworth Rd, Kangaroo Flat Enter through Molesworth Rd gate

I.D required, number system, cash or Eftpos Includes; restored miners couch & grandfather chair, Queen Ann bedroom suites, distressed pine timber 6 seater dining table & chairs, sofa bed, leather lounge suite, 2 lounges, 2 deep freezers, washing machine, kitchen setting, 2 BBQ’s, knitting machine, sewing machine, old lanterns, antique trunk, orbital polisher, boxes and boxes of cake decorating utensils & equipment including books and unusual cake tins, embroidery, tapestry, folk art, ostrich eggs (egg craft) leathercraft, boxes of fabric for quilting etc, old dolls, art supplies and many paintings, baby’s prams, stroller and car seats, 1950’s tricycles, kids toys and games, manchester, crystal, cut glass, crockery inc. Burleigh Ware, Felt Garmin road bike with rear trainer, King ABS work out unit, camping equipment, fishing gear, cray pots, workshop bench, shelving for garden shed, builders hardware, portable racquet re-stringer, chainsaw, Mountain Buggy Swift pram/stroller, microwave, snow ski’s, copperware, pot plants and a host of sundries too numerous to mention.

Licensed Auctioneer - Enquiries Phone 0428 507 956

WANTED TO BUY WANTED to buy old batteries, car radiators, copper, brass & alloys. No texts. Ph 5446 1191 or 0447 744 043 OLD bottles, town or company names, ginger beers, milk, marble bottles etc Demijohns, single items or collections. Private collector 0452 264 661 OLD woodworking tools, planes and books etc for collector/user Ph 0418 510 727.

WANTED TO BUY WE buy shed lots, deceased estates or moving. We buy anything and everything that is old. Ph 0418 577 674 or 0452 264 661..

2013 18ft family van bunks, battery pack, outdoor shower, roll out awning full annexe ex cond $36,900 0419 886 637

BUDGIES, nice colours, $15 each Phone 0407 856 989

HYUNDAI Excel hatch 1998, manual, 187,000 klms, reg'd, reg OZT107, runs well $1,500 neg. Ph 0409 093 987

CARS WANTED

HYUNDAI hatch 1999 man, no rego, Vin no KMHUDIINPXU480527 runs well, CD player, $350 ono Ph 0447 735 798

CALAIS VT '02 V6 Supercharged, fact alloys, auto, leath int, 10 stk CD, RWC Reg Sep IDV 4NT 254,000k $5500 ONO PH 0407 308 381

FREE REMOVAL OF UNWANTED VEHICLES

We buy and consign Repairs & servicing Bendigo Caravan Centre 164 Midland Hwy EPSOM Ph 5448 4800

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

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC

Head & gasket replacements clutch fitting engine fitting Rod 0400 290 789

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

TIMING BELTS Affordable timing belt replacements 25 years qualified experience Mobile Mechanic PH 0400 290 789 VOLVO MERCEDES BENZ BMW VOLKSWAGON PEUGOT

2013 Ford Territory TS white, V6 turbo diesel, 7 seater, side steps, tow bar, new tyres, cruise, 55,830 klms, 1AG5KS, $26,990 Ph 0407 475 599.

MECHANICS FORD Focus '09, Diesel auto sedan. sports dual clutch, Low kms, Immaculate cond, deceased estate. RWC, XDG-914, 11months reg. $10,500 Phone 0407 258 690

complete car care

Service & Repair Specialists Jamie Hackett Motors Ph 5446 8635

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

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

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]HOLDEN Barina sedan 2009 with sunroof, auto, 74,880klms, rego expires Jan 2017, XKD922, serviced reg, well maintained and in good cond. $7,300 ono. Ph 0423 067 772.

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RODEO 2003 Auto, change over motor fitted, 22 inch rims, billit grill, hard lip, tint, drives EC, Reg 12/16, (SDS109) $4990 Ph 5443 1710

HOLDEN Crewman 04 VY SS 182,500 klms, 5.7;tr auto, mafless tune, X force exhaust, steel tray, undertray toolboxes. Great cond, reg, no RWC XOI611 $8,500 ono Ph 0408 596 114

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Boarding Kennel & Cattery Muckleford School Road, Muckleford 3451 Open 8:30am - 12pm & 4pm - 6pm Ph: (03) 5472 4698 • Mob: 0428 882 411 E: info@jeralee.com.au • www.jeralee.com.au

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

INSTANT PAYMENT

03 5441 4999

Sarge

Jack Russell

Terrier Mix

Neutered Male, 1 Year approx. Sarge is an energetic little guy who would be best suited to an active home as he loves to run. Sarge has not lived with other animals before, but he may be happy living with a small desexed female dog who has as much energy as he does. He is not suitable for a home with young children.

Desexed Female, 5 Years 6 months Tilly would make a great addition to a mature and quiet household as she is extremely timid. She needs someone who has lots of time and patience to allow her to grow and build trust. Tilly seems quite content with the other cats but would not be comfortable living with a cat who may be confronting.

HOLDEN '11 VE Omega, dual fuel, Low kms, auto, nudge bar,all extras ZKO-460 $14,000 Ph 0409 333 024

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

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BIKES SOLD, TRADED & RECYCLED Spares and accessories. See Michael and John 67-69 Bridge Street, Bendigo 3550

Open 9.00am-5.30pm Mon-Sat / 10.00am-5.30pm Sun LMCT 4761. Licenced second hand dealer.

Ph: 5442 2523 SMS: 0411 627 348 Email mhyett1952@yahoo.com.au

GOT SOMETHING TO SELL? Categories included: Autos, Boats, Car Parts, Caravans & Trailers, Commercial Vehicles, For Sale, Four Wheel Drives, Livestock, Machinery, Motorbikes & Wrecking.

All adverts must be pre-paid. For $28 you get 5 lines ONE ITEM ONLY per advert. Advert will run for four consecutive weeks. Sale price must be included. Alteration to PRICE ONLY. Not included in the offer are business adverts., rental hire etc., for the purpose of ongoing profit, or Real Estate Listings. The publisher reserves the right to decline any booking for the purpose of continuing gain.

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Regulations require that from June, 1998 both licensed motor car traders and persons other than licensed motor car traders, must include the following info when advertising a motor car sale.

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PAYMENT

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HOLDEN VY Commodore auto, Pedders susp, traction control, SS front & wheels, tint, rego, new touch CD/DVD, TIA189 $3,500 0408089562

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KIA WARRANTY Kia Sportage 2010 wagon, dark grey, auto, air-cond, power steer, CD player & Ipod connectivity, towbar, new battery & tyres, regularly serviced, 85,600 klms, reg'd to 01/17, XRH-953, exc cond $14,000 ono Local car to be sold with balance of Kia manufacturers warranty (3 years). and RWC. Ph 0459 787 080.

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RIDE on mowers dead or alive 2005 model onwards, ride on mower engines overhead valve Ph 0408 427 451 WANTED to Buy Caravans up to $2000 cash. Buying complete annex' up to $200 & carvan parts Ph 0403 565 134

AUTO

LMCT 1306

WRECKING

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AUTO

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Spirit sticking to process By JOEL PETERSON

PROCESS has been the buzzword of the Bendigo Spirit’s offseason, and that theme will continue as the team heads into its final preseason hitout on Friday. While the club has gone 2-0 heading into its final game before the start of the Women’s National Basketball League season, Bendigo Spirit coach Simon Pritchard admits his side still has plenty to work on. Spirit players were hard at work this week guiding 75 aspiring stars through the club’s second school holiday program. The program drew double the numbers that attended last year’s event, the club having to turn hopefuls away due to a lack of event space. “It’s great to have so many kids here wanting to be involved,” Spirit general manager Adam Tarr said. “It’s a really busy few weeks of build up but the support has been great and we are hoping for

PASS TIME: Lydia Brooks and Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe share skills with camp members. a big crowd when we start the season at home on October 8.” Bendigo took a narrow win over Dandenong in its second preseason outing last weekend, and faces the Rangers again on Friday afternoon in what is a largely informal, closed match. “It’s not so much even a

match, it will be very informal. It just gives us the opportunity to coach for a little bit longer, for instance if we want to call a two-minute timeout to explain things further,” Pritchard said. Dandenong showed Bendigo a lot of zone defence in last Saturday’s game in Werribee, valu-

able practice against a setup the Spirit had not prepared for in training. Though the Spirit plays the Rangers for the second time in a week on Friday, somewhat strange for the preseason, Pritchard said his side would be doing no opposition analysis. Gabe Richards comes back in after her netball campaign with Golden Square ended, while another game will give Blake Dietrick and another returning netballer in Heather Oliver a further chance to impress. “We’re not worried at all about Dandenong, it’s all about process for us and starting to build toward our first game against Adelaide,” he said. “The intention is for both of us just to work on each other’s stuff as opposed to an out-andout match.” The Spirit will hold its season launch tonight at the Bendigo Town Hall, and still has full season memberships available from its website.

HUGHES’ HUGE EFFORT LOCAL cyclist Noel Hughes produced the ride of his life to win the 2016 Rob Vernon Memorial Road Race last Sunday. Hughes, riding off 22 minutes in the handicap event, won a bunch sprint with his fellow group of comarkers, with Chris Harnes second and Lee Burchell third. A field of 100 riders greeted the start line including Avanti riders Sam Crome, Jason Lea and National Road Series champion Joe Cooper. Lea recorded the fastest time on the day. In the junior events, Jamie Cole and Will Maclure-Wallace took out the top prizes.

HAWKS WRAP WINTER SERIES THE Bendigo Hawks Aquatic Club rounded out the 2016 Winter Series Competition on Sunday at the Peter Krenz Leisure Centre. With a variety of clubs registered to compete, the series final saw swimmers ranging from beginners with under eights to 15 and over age groups. Outstanding achievements in the pool were also recognised with a number of individual and team trophies.

PIOS ON LINE IN GIPPSLAND

Bendigo vaults into spotlight

BENDIGO Pioneers sides have travelled to Gippsland this week to contest the under-15 AFL Victoria V/Line Cup. The competition includes a under-15 youth girls competition for the first time this year, and is being played at grounds across the state’s south-east. Bendigo scored a thumping win over Geelong on Tuesday, Mitch Rovers and Jake Dick-O’Flaherty both playing starring roles.

A BUMPER 10 days of gymnastics wrapped up in Bendigo on Sunday, as the Australian Clubs Carnival and National Aerobic Gymnastics Championships came to a close. Over the 10 days about 3000 competitors from all over the country flocked to the city, and several local teams also featured. The event marked the first time that the championships had been held outside of Melbourne, with Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo Stadium and Flora Hill Stadium all hosting events. More than 100 teams were in town, with gymnasts vying for selection in the national team to compete at this year’s AustrianFuture Cup, a prestigious youth gymnastics tournament.

Festival a first for holiday THE last day of the school holidays will be a bumper one for footy fans as AFL Central Victoria’s Free Footy Festival hits the QEO. Hawthorn champion Sam Mitchell, North Melbourne 300-gamer Drew Petrie and Carlton’s Andrew Walker will all be in attendance for the free day of activities to celebrate the football and netball season. With the AFL grand final parade held on Friday in Melbourne but the public holiday offering precious little for regional areas, AFL CV has partnered with the state government to bring the festival to Bendigo. Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards was on hand to launch the event on Tuesday, along with City of Greater Bendigo mayor Rod Fyffe. Ms Edwards urged parents and kids to make the most of the last day of holidays and head along. “We know the public holiday brings lots of tourists to our region, but it’s also a great opportunity to share some time with your family and come and meet some great players and be involved in plenty of activities,” she said. AFL CV’s Paul Hamilton described the week as a wonderful week of celebrating football and netball, and said Friday would be a fitting finale for both parents and children. The festival runs from 11am to 5pm at the Queens Elizabeth Oval.

SPRING IN THE STEP: Action from the National Clubs Carnival. Photos: ANDREW PERRYMAN

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Dragons, Roos flying high By JOEL PETERSON

IT was nothing less than they deserved. The two best sides all season were crowned just that last Saturday, as Sandhurst and Kangaroo Flat won the respective Bendigo Football Netball League senior football and A-grade netball premierships. Grand final day in 2016 was one that had it all, piled on top of the usual anticipation of the season’s biggest occasion. The QEO crowd and players experienced four seasons in one day, a sunny start making way into overcast, wet conditions by the time the main games wrapped up. There was a 1970s style all-in brawl at three-quarter time of the senior game that had fans flocking on the ground from everywhere and a resultant after-the-siren kick from James Coghlan, surrounded by hundreds of supporters, from 50-metres out. That kick fell short, but the Dragons’ third straight attempt at the BFNL’s top prize didn’t. Sandhurst dominated the opening stages but missed early opportunities and then weathered the storm as Golden Square’s Dylan Johnstone booted three goals in a star turn in the first quarter. Kristan Height nabbed a late goal with a classy finish, that would prove to be the settler for the Dragons and set the tone for a brilliant display from the eventual Nalder medallist. Kicking with the breeze in the second term Sandhurst continued to make errors, kicking 4.13 in the opening half to go in to the interval five points down. In the rooms at half time, Wayne Primmer impressed on his side the importance of maintaining the style of play that got them to that point, and said their fitness would allow them to run over the top of Square. The Dragons came out firing in the third term, their midfield of Height, skipper Blair Holmes, Koe Ngawati, Adam Parry and Lee

Coghlan taking control of the contest as Hamish Leahy marshalled a strong defensive unit. The Dragons kicked 4.1 in the third term to Square’s two behinds, and the Dogs were on the ropes late in the term. Despite two late scuffles seeing plenty of

DONE DEAL: Sandhurst coach Wayne Primmer. punches thrown and three yellow cards, it was Joel Wharton who landed the knockout blow. Wharton kicked the last goal of the third term with a snap from 30m out and added

the first of the last quarter from a free kick to have the Dragons up by 24 points. But he saved his best for last, threading the needle with a brilliant solo effort from 50m as the rain tumbled down a few minutes later to extend That moment was when the Dragons, and the spectators around the ground, sensed they had finally broken through. Despite tireless efforts from retiring champ and AFL Victoria Country medallist Simon Rosa, Jack Geary, Jono Coe in defence and Comanche Walls, the Dragons kicked away in the last to run out premiers. The same was true for Kangaroo Flat on the netball court, who withstood a stern test for Golden Square to run out 2016 premiers. The Roos’ defence stood tall against Abbey Ryan and Gabe Richards, but the youngest member of Kangaroo Flat’s team turned in the performance of her life. Ruby Barkmeyer, Kangaroo Flat’s sensational 15-year-old goal shooter, won the best on court medal in the grand final, to illustrate just how bright her future in the sport is. Playing in her first senior netball grand final Barkmeyer was simply unflappable. In a situation where nerves have got the better of plenty to have come before her, the Kangaroo Flat junior product showed why she is regarded as one of the most promising players in the state on the biggest stage, keeping

her cool to lead her side to victory. There were plenty of others winners on the day, including South Bendigo’s first netball premiership in 16 years in B-reserve, but the third time lucky story of the Dragons was the major story of the day. With their list expected to stay together next year, the Dragons lifting the cup is a sight that footy fans in Bendigo may have to get used to. FAREWELL: Simon Rosa won the AFL Victoria Country medal in his last game.

BACK ON TOP: Kangaroo Flat’s A-grade side celebrates their win.

Photos: BRENDAN MCCARTHY

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ALL SMILES: Kangaroo Flat’s Alicia Gladman celebrates with daughter Chloe, while Sandhurst lifts the 2016 premiership cup (inset). Photos: BRENDAN McCARTHY

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