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good move Hospital gears up for shift
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CENTRAL Victoria’s largest and most expensive development project is technically complete and ahead of schedule, but Bendigo Health says it will use the next month to bed down the move across the road into the new $630 million Bendigo hospital. Patients and their families will get to use the world-class hospital for the first time on January 24, which is move day. Until then, Bendigo Health will install medical equipment, complete landscaping and move in new furniture. It will also train staff members at the new site, including how to work safely in the new surroundings and with new equipment. Training will also take place around the logistics of move day, when all patients will be moved. Health minister Jill Hennessy said the government was putting patients in Bendigo first. “We are ensuring they
NEW VIEW: Jacinta Allan and Jill Hennessy take the tour of the Bendigo Hospital. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
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can access the very best health care when they need it, close to home. This world class new hospital will do just that,” she said. Bendigo Health board chairman Bob Cameron said critical connections between departments, such as between emergen-
We are ensuring (patients) can access the very best cy and surgical, ruled out staged occupancy. “One thing is connected to the other, which is connected to the other,” he said. Technical completion, which occurred this week, means that the hospital is no longer a building site and it precedes the handing over of keys which
will be delivered by the construction consortia Exemplar Health to the Victorian government, and then to Bendigo Health. Asked what was planned for that day, Mr Cameron said he hadn’t thought that far ahead. Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan said the hospital will change the lives of many people. “I’m proud to have been part of its journey from the start, 10 years ago, with our promise of master planning, then designing and funding it, and now delivering it,” she said. For Exemplar, particularly its contractors, it means they will be paid, earlier than expected if the keys are handed over ahead of schedule. Federal and state government funding for the new Bendigo hospital was committed in 2010. Construction got under way in 2013 and there have been no significant challenges to progress.
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Profile block passed in A HIGH profile block of land offering a variety of potential uses to savvy investors remains on the market after it was passed in at auction earlier this week. The property, located at 62-68 Eaglehawk Road at Ironbark opposite the Marong Road traffic lights, was auctioned on site by Elders Bendigo on Wednesday. It was passed in on a vendor bid of $800,000, with agents yesterday confirming negotiations were continuing with one unsuccessful bidder. The 7015 square metre (1.7 acres) site includes approximately 2000 square metres of commercial one zoning fronting Eaglehawk Road, which was once home to the iconic Golden City Implements store, established in about 1872. It also includes more than 5000 square metres of general residential zoned land with access from Trotter Lane and Ashley Street. Situated in the quiet suburb of Ironbark, the site offers the best of both worlds due to its more than 66 metres of frontage to Eaglehawk Road, and is located within walking distance to the central business district, local schools, hospitals and recreation facilities. The site offers enormous potential (STCA) for a multitude of uses, included infill residential development, aged care, retail, and medical facilities. SYDNEY continues to be Australia’s least affordable city for rental accommodation but, of all cities, Melbourne has seen the greatest decline in affordability since 2013, according to the latest Rental Affordability Index (RAI), released this week. Community Sector Banking chief executive officer Andrew
to tackle housing affordability, especially when we see that additional supply is not reaching low income households, and increases in homelessness are being reported,” Mr Pisarski said. Despite seeing the most significant fall in affordability since 2013, Greater Melbourne is Australia’s second most affordable metropolitan area, with a RAI of 126 in the June quarter. The average renting household spends around 24 per cent of total income on rent. However, affordability varies greatly across income groups and areas. The lowest income households face one of the worst rental affordability situations of all metro areas in Australia.
PASSED IN: Martin Skahill takes the bids. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN Cairns said housing stress is a common reality for people in the rental market, especially those on low incomes, who have little left to spend on essentials such as food, electricity, fuel and education, after paying rent. “People in the lowest income households are being pushed out of the rental market, and into poverty and homelessness – this situation is most dire in Sydney,” he said. Produced by National Shelter, Community Sector Banking and SGS Economics and Planning, the RAI is an easy to understand indicator of rental affordability relative to household incomes across Australia. Released biannually, the RAI is intended to complement the Housing Affordability Index (HAI), which is a price index for the purchase of houses. Adrian Pisarski, executive officer of National Shelter, said
the index shows “low income households continue to face unaffordable rents and high levels of housing stress despite some improvements in the rental
People in the lowest income households are being pushed out of the rental market market – additional supply in capitals has not eased rental affordability for low income households”. “We are most concerned that there is no national strategy
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Mines aim for change
A fractious history may lead to councillors no longer chairing the environmental review committees that oversee remediation plans of mining companies operating in the region. At least one company, GBM Gold, owners of a licence over the Bendigo goldfield, has called for other nominations for the job as well as inviting the council to put forward two candidates. The move comes as the company identifies a near-mine underground ore body it wishes to explore, and announces it will
sell parts of the 600,000 tonne per annum processing mill and start processing coarse sand that sits at Kangaroo Flat early next year. In May, GBM replaced Peter Cox with an independent facilitator, claiming the committee was acting outside its scope and purpose. Mr Cox was a councillor at the time but was not re-elected at October’s elections. For years, there has been a tricky relationship between the community and the previous
owner of the goldfield, Unity Mining, as some residents have complained there was no clear closure or remediation plan for the Woodvale evaporation ponds. Woodvale Progress Association president Brendan Bartlett yesterday said Mr Cox had performed well in chairing the meetings. He said it was important the chairman was neutral and that consistency was also important to running effective meetings. Located near Axedale, Fosterville Gold Mine general manager
Ian Holland said former councillor Rod Campbell had been an outstanding chairman for its ERC meetings. Mr Campbell retired at the last election. Mr Holland said the company had wanted to know the results of the recent council elections before it made a decision about a new chairperson. He said Fosterville would also take into account the decisions of other mining companies before making an appointment. The Costerfield mine near
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Retreat opening a cause for fun A MILLION-dollar home offering respite to breast cancer sufferers and their families will officially open its doors tomorrow. Kez’s Hideaway is the OTIS Foundation’s newest breast cancer retreat, built in partnership with builder Paul Gray, in memory of his wife Kerri who passed away more than five years ago after a long battle with breast cancer. Located in Redesdale, the purpose-built property is now available to guests experiencing the challenges of breast cancer to take a break away with their families at no cost. OTIS Foundation general manager Rachel Mason said it was important to host this community event to acknowledge the outstanding generosity shown by the local community. “We know that our community is so incredibly generous to many causes, and this has certainly been the case for Kez’s Hideaway,” she said. “This project has truly embodied the spirit of giving with teams of trades providing goods and labour, individuals making donations and many businesses and groups giving items and cash to help furnish the property “Most significantly, we now have a beautifully finished home available year-round worth in excess of $1million at a fraction of the market value – all thanks to the generosity of
Kalianna School’s Rochelle Curnow came out top of the class week with a prestigious award from the Principals Association of Specialist Schools. Ms Curnow took out the Most Outstanding Primary School Teacher Award by leading her school in the development of a structured learning environment that accommodated the learning and emotional needs of disengaged students. She accomplished this through extensive consultation with the Kalianna leadership team, student families and the wider school community. Her efforts have been rewarded with a significant increase in attendance and a subsequent increase in student engagement in the school programs. Ms Curnow has been at the school for five years and said the experience was a positive one. “We met with specialist schools from all over Victoria,” she said. “When I won the award I was shocked, open-mouthed. Could have caught a few flies. But then I was really excited for the whole school community. The best bit is the success we are having with the students.” The event was an A+ for Kalianna as another teacher, Madelyn Blackwood, came runner up in the graduate teacher of the year category. top honour: Rochelle Curnow. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
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The state of our health
A HEALTH picture has emerged of Bendigo as a city that cycles more, thinks it’s okay to get occasionally drunk more, trusts its neighbours more and is involved in more organised sport than the average Victorian. A survey of Bendigo residents in 2015 allows VicHealth to pull together data that compares our health with other Victorian municipalities. In turn, the survey helps the City of Greater Bendigo formulate policy that encourages healthy living among its constituents. Bendigonians like being physi-
cally active as a member of an organised sports club, more than average in Victoria, but not as much as Ballarat residents. Those surveyed in Ballarat were more physically active than those in Bendigo in every category except cycling. Bendigo is known for having a strong cycling community. The statistic is likely to please council planners who have devised a city planning standard around making Bendigo easy to walk and cycle about. Physical exercise in the smaller neighbouring Campaspe is the subject of a disturbing health statistic.
More than a quarter of Campaspe residents surveyed reported doing no physical exercise. The shire also reported a higher rate of smokers. On the positive side, the Campaspe residents were significantly
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time sitting at work than the Victorian average and are drinking on average 6.6 cups of water a day compared to Bendigo and Campaspe’s 5.5 cups and Ballarat’s 5.1 cups.
VicHealth chief executive Jerril Rechter said the data would allow individuals to judge their health against other Victorians. “Small changes over time can make a big difference,” she said. “Setting simple goals, like eating one extra piece of fruit and vegetable per day or going for an additional walk each week can make major differences to our health and wellbeing in the long term. “It’s important to provide people with evidence-based information about how to stay well, so that Victorians can make informed choices to help them live healthier, happier lives.”
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New timetable shows a boost for rail A NEW timetable early next year will see 80 more V/Line services per week hit the state’s rails, but Public Transport minister Jacinta Allan is confident more trains doesn’t mean more delays. Ms Allan and Public Transport Victoria CEO Jeroen Weimar announced the changes this week, that will see one extra service to and from Melbourne every day on the Bendigo line. Eighty services across the network will be added each week when the new timetable comes into effect on January 29. The extra services are partly comprised of the 48 new VLocity carriages the state government has purchased in recent
years, while tracks are also freed up due to the dedicated V/Line rails from Sunshine to Southern Cross. Both new services are offpeak – the first from Southern Cross to Bendigo at 7.42pm each weekday, with a new late service from Bendigo at 9.20pm. “There’s no doubt there’s been some challenges across the network his year, and that partly comes from running a very large network... we are dedicated to improving those areas,” Ms Allan said. “What we are seeing is that V/Line’s performances are improving, they’re sitting at around, across the board, 90 per
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BENDIGO TAFE will offer upgraded facilities and new courses in the sectors of health and community, and food and fibre from 2018 thanks to more than $25 million in state government funding. As health sector job opportunities increase in line with the new Bendigo hospital, TAFE will upgrade to industry standard its health and community learning facilities and offer a wider range of courses in 2018 after the refit is completed. Health and community courses include early childhood, education support, nursing, aged care disability, allied health, dental assisting, work health safety and indigenous studies. The refit in the existing McCrae Street training facilities will also include purposebuilt workplace-simulated training rooms. Also getting under way soon is construction of a food and fibre centre at the Bendigo Charleston Road campus. It will house a veterinary clinic, horticulture and landscaping area with greenhouses, and wool and fibre production facility. It is expected to open in 2017. “Health and community services, along with food and fibre, are amongst some of the largest and fastest growing industries in regional Victoria, and there’s a significant need for training solutions that match the evolving needs and modernisation of these sectors,” chief executive Trevor Schwenke said.
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“These new facilities are being developed in consultation with industry partners, which means they are built by industry for industry, and learners can be confident that they’re gaining vital skills for real jobs. “The centres will enhance our current delivery by providing learners with access to more courses, modern equipment and links to industry networks and resources. “For the health sector in particular, the new centre
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Positive step to end violence THIS year’s Bendigo Walks Against Violence event steps out at noon today. The walk will take a new route, starting at the Ulumbarra Theatre and heading down Park Road to Bridge Street and then on to Pall Mall to the fountain, up Mitchell Street to the Hargraves Mall, to finish at the Bendigo Library gardens where there will be a barbecue and entertainment. Mayor Margaret O’Rourke said the council was proud to be involved in the Bendigo White Ribbon Day event. “I encourage all residents, but especially men, to
come along and show their support for this important initiative,” Cr O’Rourke said. “The statistics around domestic violence are shocking: on average, one woman is killed every week as a result of intimate partner violence, while domestic violence is one of the leading causes of homelessness for women and their children. “This is unacceptable. It’s important that men in our community take the lead on this issue and help change attitudes towards violence and promote respectful relationships.” The event will kick off with guest speakers author
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Plan Bendigo looks ahead Plan Bendigo, a first-of-a-kind plan for a regional city to shape the future development of the municipality, has been given the go-ahead. Plan Bendigo aims to support a projected population of 200,000 people by the middle of this century and a regional population of 300,000. It will be rolled out by the City of Greater Bendigo council and the state government, through a partnership with the Victorian Planning Authority, and is part of the first phase of implementing the Loddon Campaspe Regional Growth Plan (formally the Loddon Mallee South Regional Growth Plan). Mayor Margaret O’Rourke said Plan Bendigo, when complete, would include 10 to 15 top infrastructure priorities for the municipality and the region. “Plan Bendigo will support other council strategies and complement Council’s vision to enhance liveability,” she said. “It will have a two-pronged approach – to build on existing infrastructure and support inclusive growth, so as everyone will have an opportunity to fully participate in the community.
“This will mean a focus on placing housing development close to public transport connections and identified activity centres. Initiatives such as Bendigo Metro Rail and the Connecting Greater Bendigo: Integrated Transport and Land Use Strategy “10-minute neighbourhood” concept, where people can access most daily needs within 10 minutes of where they live, will be central to Plan Bendigo.” Cr O’Rourke said long-identified priorities would feature as part of the plan, including the development of a new industrial park at Marong and future urban growth opportunities such as Maiden Gully north, together with new schools, recreation facilities, upgrades to drainage and water infrastructure, open space and roads. “Addressing entrenched disadvantage and the significant and ongoing impacts of being unhealthy and disengaged from the community will also be addressed by the plan,” she said. “It is wonderful that Greater Bendigo has been selected as the area to pilot the development of such a plan.” Plan Bendigo will be completed by January 2018.
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Prevention the main aim AN initiative to raise funds to support local grass-roots violence prevention programs and projects launched this week. Equity Prevents Violence is appealing to the public to help them reach their $18,000 fundraising goal for the year. The group is a partnership between Community Foundation for Central Victoria and Women’s Health Loddon Mallee. EPV spokeswoman and director of CFCV Claire FlanaganSmith said Women’s Health Loddon Mallee CFCV have contributed $6000 each to the fund. “We are seeking the community’s support to raise a further $6000,” she said.
To continue the fundraising efforts, EPV will take part in the 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign from November 25. Fundraising over these days will go towards the $18,000 goal. Once established, the fund will give back to the community to enable grass-roots initiatives to halt violence before it begins. WHLM executive Tricia Currie said violence against women in central Victoria is prevalent and preventable. “Disrespect towards women and male peer relations that emphasise aggression is a key gendered driver of violence against women. It is a sad real-
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Bendigo Cycling Innovation Showcase and Open Streets Today and tomorrow, Bendigo is hosting Australia’s first Cycling Innovation Showcase and Open Streets event. Come along and see what’s new in cycling innovation and celebrate all things cycling by joining in the Open Streets event. Highlights of the program include:
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Explore Bendigo’s off street cycle paths and selected road routes with safe bike paths. Traffic management will assist where paths cross busy roads, and a section of Hargreaves Street will be made into a safe bicycle route.
Highlights include: • Launch and demonstration of ‘CyclePort’ 11.30am The world’s most sophisticated bike fleet management system • Cycling Research Panel 1pm-2.30pm (Reception Room, City of Greater Bendigo offices, 195-229 Lyttleton Terrace) Hear from former CEO of Bicycle Victoria Harry Barber OAM, City of Greater Bendigo’s Strategy Manager Trevor Budge and Australian Walking and Cycling Conference President Peter Lumb. • Inventors and Innovators Super Panel 7pm-8.30pm Hear from ground breaking innovators in the cycling world. Featuring representatives from CyclePort, KKDU Plum and DING Bike Lights
More than 50 retailers are participating in Open Streets! Every time you buy something at a participating store on the day, you can go into the prize draw, which will be drawn at 3.30pm at the Civic Gardens. Participating retailers are listed on the website.
Make your way to the Civic Gardens where all the action will be. There will be live music and cycling related clubs and activities on display. Come and make your own smoothie using pedal power with Bike n’ Blend. Bendigo’s Moonlight Market will also be happening from 5pm in Hargreaves Mall. CyclePort and the City’s bike fleet open day • 10am onwards • Civic Gardens Cycling Innovation Showcase • 9am-1pm • Civic Gardens Come and see some of the world’s innovative cycling White Hillsmost Botanic Gardens inventions and speak to their designers.
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One month to submit entries SCHOOLS throughout central and northern Victoria have less than one month to submit their entries for this year’s Bendigo Sports Star Healthy Schools Awards. The Bendigo Health backed awards acknowledge the work done by local schools to improve the health of our community, in the health priority areas of Safe Environments, Sun Protection, Alcohol and Other Drugs, Sexual Health and Wellbeing, Tobacco Control, Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Oral Health and Mental Health and Wellbeing. The awards offer a $2000 first prize and $1000 second prize, and schools need to select a maximum
of three of the above areas and share the great work that has been done within their school community to create positive, healthy environments in your school over the last 12 months. Awards submissions can be presented in a variety of formats, with an emphasis on student participation. All schools that enter the awards will be profiled in the Bendigo Weekly to celebrate the work they are doing, and schools are encouraged to come up with their own presentation ideas. Schools are also invited to make their submissions fun, creative and colourful, and entries are
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SUZANNE Carroll has beaten tough competition and has been announced winner of the Regional Pitchfest in Bendigo on Wednesday. The event was held at The Engine Room where the top five finalists presented their big innovative ideas to a live audience. A panel of judges included local entrepreneurs Paul Chapman (Australian Turntable Company), Kerry Anderson (KA Rural Enterprises), and Georgia Beattie (CEO of Start-up Victoria). Ms Carroll impressed
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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, November 25, 2016 FIRST PLACE: Suzanne Carroll with her winning idea. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
“I will use the prize money to take my idea to the next stage and invest in a customer centric website.” Regional Pitchfest founder, Dianna Somerville, said judges were impressed by the ideas pitched at the event. “Not only were they original and creative, but also practical and innovative,” she said. Ms Carroll’s idea has won her $5000 to help her idea get off the ground. Second prize was awarded to Erin Griffin from Bendigo who received $3500.
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WHILE issues around children in care continue to make headlines, one Bendigo La Trobe University student has turned her attention to a local institution of the past. History student Caroline Lyall has asked the question, was St Aidan’s Orphanage a safe refuge or cruel prison? “I think it was a bit of both,” she said on the conclusion to her threemonth research project into the Bendigo orphanage. The 26-year-old followed her curiosity on St Aidan’s for a La Trobe Making History project, researching archives and newspaper articles dating from the orphanage’s opening in 1905 through to the mid-1960s. “I’ve lived in Bendigo my whole life but I didn’t know much about the orphanage,” Caroline said. “You hear a lot about orphanages and the abuse that went on in them so I wanted to find out about what had happened at St Aidan’s and this project was a good chance for me to do that.” She said one of the stories that stuck with her was that of 16-year-
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phanage in Melbourne. “I think Lucy struggled on the outside and didn’t have the skills to cope,” she said. There are many more snippets of personal histories in Caroline’s work that give evidence for and against the orphanage’s virtues. La Trobe’s Department of Archaeology and History lecturer Ruth Ford said the Making History research projects invite communities to discover something they didn’t know about their past. “Students have uncovered hidden histories within their communities through delving into forgotten historic records,” Dr Ford said. “It is exciting that La Trobe students are contributing to new understandings of the past and changing the ways communities look at their histories.” She said Caroline’s work received an honourable mention at the recent Making History project launch. The full project can be found online at https://makinghistoryoz. wordpress.com/st-aidansorphanage
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Girton Grammar School had a wheely great weekend, winning their class at the RACV Energy Breakthrough in Maryborough. The team’s energy efficient vehicle X-Ception had its fifth consecutive class win. The vehicle competed in the EEV Hybrid 2 category. Team X-Ception also won the Design and Construction Award. The team completed 994 kilometres in 24 hours – the nearest competitor was 349km behind at the end of the run. The new all-girl team in their “rolling watermelon” came third in their category with 390 laps. Several Bendigo schools had success at the event, with Marist College winning the minister’s innovation award in the secondary category and Kennington Primary School winning the construction and design award for primary schools. Marist was overall run-
team effort: Girton Grammar had a good result. ners up in the secondary class B2, while Bendigo Senior Secondary College was second overall with their entry Don’t Feed The Richard and Catholic College led the way in design and construction
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Brewers back female sport THE lofty ambitions of a local cricket club are being supported by a group of local brewers at next weekend’s Barkers Creek Beer and Cider festival. The Barkers Creek Cricket Club is one of the oldest, and most successful, in the region, and its latest endeavour is to establish itself as a Female Friendly Sports Academy. The club has two junior girls teams competing in Castlemaine District Cricket Association competition, and is hoping to raise funds from the event in order to support female cricket development throughout the
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Annie on the catwalk Bendigo’s Annie Kinross is in the running to be Australian Supermodel of the Year. Annie won the first leg at the state finals and has now been selected to represent Victoria at the grand final in Bali. Since applying, Annie has been offered a contract with modelling agency Viviens.
Annie is a size 12, away from the girls usually selected for modelling. “I am up against such gorgeous young women, but very proud to be representing Victoria as the more regular sized woman of today,” she said. Annie is currently working on set at Neighbours as an extra and has been asked to attend a casting for Target.
region. For that to happen, a facilities upgrade is in order, including dedicated female change room facilities and wheelchair accessible facilities. Local brewers Castlemaine Brewing, Brookes Beer and True Brew will all be showcasing their wares, as will cider producers Henry’s of Harcourt, Bress, Harcourt Cider and Blue Elephant. “Last year we were blown away with the professionalism of the day. Great entertainment, great setting and a really nice vibe for families,” Castlemaine Brewing’s Doug
Falconer said. “This year the club has made a commitment to increasing the profile of local craft beer so naturally we were keen to support them. We are very excited to be a part of this event.” The Beer and Cider Festival is being held on Sunday, November 27 and will take place at the club’s home ground on the edges of the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park on Specimen Gully Road. The event runs from 11am until 5pm. Tickets are available at the gate or prepurchase at www.trybooking. com/nkua
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Smart Bendigo La Trobe University has signed up to help make Bendigo Australia’s most liveable regional city. Vice chancellor John Dewar cemented the university’s alliance with Smarter Bendigo at a memorandum of understanding signing. Professor Dewar said Smarter Bendigo’s vision was a natural fit for La Trobe, being to develop a vibrant and prosperous Bendigo, globally known as one of the world’s great small cities for its selfdetermination and inclusive
approach to prosperity. “We’ll be working together to create Australia’s most liveable regional city,” he said. “Smarter Bendigo already has a host of projects outlined to realise Bendigo’s potential and La Trobe will partner with them to evaluate the impact of some of these key projects. “These include measures to drastically increase early childhood literacy standards and introduce the Bendigo STEM School.”
Prof. Dewar said the alliance is aiming to reduce unemployment, reduce energy consumption, increase capital funding to the city and encourage a healthier, more educated, more connected community. “In the decades to come, we envisage our research on Smarter Bendigo’s projects will demonstrate these important goals have been realised,” he said. “By signing this MO, we’re another important step towards achieving this.”
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Fire aid from 000 INTENSE bushfire fronts like those on Black Saturday are difficult to track, according to researchers looking to offer real time emergency information. Researchers from RMIT used triple zero calls made in Victoria’s hot spots including Bendigo on February 7, 2009 and showed the location of calls accurately tracked the fire front that day. Geographic information scientist, Professor Matt Duckham, called it putting a human loop in data collection. The research relies on the receiver of the call making a judgement about where the call comes from and logging it. The beauty of the system is that the data is in real time, can be continually and automatically updated and, unlike social media, is more trustworthy because the responder is trained. The disadvantage is the element of human error, and it is less accurate than that collected from airborne infrared sensors. Prof. Duckham said it also relied on the triple zero phone
KINDNESS IN THE DESERT: Jeremy Scott saw the best of humanity. Photo: JEREMY SCOTT
Stubborn streak leads to a worldwide ride THE first time Jeremy Scott rode a fully laden touring bike was the day he left London on a 52,000 kilometre ride to Auckland. He still thinks getting out of bed that day in 2007 was the greatest challenge he overcame in the whole journey. It wasn’t the biggest challenge of his life though. Born with a hole between the two chambers of his heart, Jeremy underwent open heart surgery at four years old. By the time he was seven, he’d taken on soccer, tennis and cricket as though to make up for the time he hadn’t been able to do what other kids did. “I think it made me the stubborn bugger I became,” he said. As a young man he found himself in a comfortable job with an architectural practice in the UK. “Life couldn’t have been better, but I felt I wasn’t being challenged,” he said. A magazine with articles about people who’d been on short cycle tours in various parts of the world sparked his interest. “I knew that eventually I was going to have to return to the southern hemisphere. I decided I’d ride there,” he said. His flat mate responded: “I admire your enthusiasm mate, but you don’t even own a bike.” That obstacle overcome, Jeremy pedalled off aiming to raise money for the Australian, New Zealand and British Heart Foundations on the way. He realised the frightening reality of what he’d set out to do very early in the trip and could look ahead no further than the next city. But after 10 weeks he arrived in Istanbul and realised he’d ridden
across Europe. “It was the first time I believed I might actually make it,” he said. The euphoria didn’t last long: he set off across Turkey in the worst winter in years. “I hated those days,” he said. “Everything slowed down just when you wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible.” A terrifying encounter with a group of drug dealers early in his traverse of Iran had him wishing he was elsewhere quickly too. Despite this frightening encounter, Iran remains his favourite country. The kindness received in Iran, central and south east Asia was what made this journey so special. A shepherd whose donkey carried all his possessions in a few sacks cooked a simple meal for one and gave it to Jeremy. “A man who has nothing gave a complete stranger everything he had,” he said. “I broke into tears as I rode away wondering what sort of man I was.” He saw the best of humanity in a French woman who’d unpacked a brand new bike at a central Asian airport to meet her partner who’d left Paris five months before. “Within a week she was riding over a 3800 metre high pass. Her legs were sore but she proves what is possible if someone has the courage to take that first step,” Jeremy said. It’s that he wants to impress on people: don’t let doubts and fears stop you. So he’s pumping up the tyres on his touring bike ready for this year’s Great Victorian Bike Ride. He hopes to inspire people, especially kids, to have the courage to get out of bed one day and pursue a dream. - Helen Cronin
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This weekend hundreds of orienteers will be in Bendigo to compete in the Victorian Sprint Orienteering Championships held in the heart of the city. Between 10am and noon on Sunday you will be able to witness the best in the state running around courses laid out in central Bendigo utilising Rosalind Park, Bendigo Senior Secondary, the Ulumbarra Theatre, and the Chinese precinct. Armed with a compass and a map of the area, runners will be started at intervals and tested for speed and accuracy to see who can get around the course
the fastest. Bendigo Juniors Karina Cherry and Jimmy Cameron with the benefit of local knowledge are expected to perform well. Bendigo Orienteers president Julie Flynn encouraged people to go to Rosalind Park and cheer for our locals. “At 5pm there is an opportunity for anyone to get a map at no cost and head out on the same course the champions raced earlier in the day,” Ms Flynn said. “This will showcase the park and street challenge – a family, pram friendly, fun and fitness experience in Bendigo.”
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Launched last month, Bendigo is the first city in Australia to challenge visitors and residents to find distinctive stickers on a large scale map. “There is likely a marker quite near you which you can register and gain points,” Ms Flynn said. “Based on the European model, Bendigo’s map which was distributed in the Bendigo Weekly late in October is still available at the Bendigo Visitor Information Centre and the Bendigo Library.” More information can be found at www. parkandstreet.com.au/ welcome
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Not everyone is up and cheery for Christmas. Dealing with the death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, coping with the loss of a job, living with cancer or some other disease that puts a question mark over the future, and a number of other human situations make parties and joviality painful for many people. A Blue Christmas service provides a sacred, safe and hospitable space for those who are living through such dark times. The service is reflective, accepting where we really are, and holding out healing and hope. The service is on Wednesday, December 7 at 6pm in St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Bendigo.
UPGRADE works, including the installation of new traffic lights, at the intersection of Edwards Road and Marong Road started on Monday. The improvements will include new traffic lights, new street lighting and pedestrian and cyclist facilities. Regular users of the intersection are reminded that detours will be in place for Edwards Rd users (via Smith Street). The intersection is one of Maiden Gully’s busiest and has also been the scene of a number of accidents involving traffic making turns to and from Edwards Rd, particularly during peak periods. Weather permitting, the works are planned to take about 16 weeks to complete.
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Special agents TRAVEL agents Angela and John Meek have cruised to victory as Independent Travel Group’s agent of the year for Victoria. The couple own Bendigo Travel and Cruise Centre in Hargreaves Street which has a team of six who have combined experience in excess of 130 years.
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Applications open for COG Young Artists Project ARE YOU A BUDDING LOCAL ARTIST LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATIVE GROWTH? If so, the City of Greater Bendigo’s annual COG Arts: Young Artists Project could be for you. The COG Arts Project is an opportunity for 10 young artists who live in Greater Bendigo to hone their skills, learn from more experienced artists and exhibit their work publicly. Open to artists aged between 15 and 25 years, the COG Arts Project aims to encourage and support emerging local talent. Successful applicants will be provided with materials and ideas to develop a visual arts piece to hang in the COG building at 45 Mundy Street, Bendigo.
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Umpire’s call While last week’s edition of the Bendigo Weekly is excellent and entirely readable it is disappointing that greater prominence was not given to the award for the best Victorian Umpiring Group made to the Bendigo Umpires Association. In a season where the AFL blundered with contentious out-ofbounds interpretations, local umpires stood firm in upholding the best traditions of the game. This was also seen where they penalised side-on or front-on spoils on those going for a mark, in contrast to the AFL. Television commentators even introduced the dubious statistic of “mark intercepts”, thus blurring the differences with basketball. The deplorable incident at the end of the third quarter in the BFL Grand Final was not of their making but rather lay with the timekeepers. They could only apply the rules as they exist. Their monitoring of the action was exemplary. Go the umpires. MF Sandiford, Bendigo
Prone to exaggeration In recent times I have noticed what appears to be a disturbing trend towards exaggeration when it comes to political or social commentary in our society. By way of example, during the organic bin saga it was put forward at one stage that the council requirement to sign a statutory declaration was a “violation of human rights”. Now, when Islamic State fanatics crucify people in the streets, or throw others off the top of buildings for simply being gay, then I think these atrocities would qualify beyond doubt as violations of human rights. However, I submit that the average Bendigonian would find that signing a stat dec. for the local council just doesn’t cut the mustard in relation to the rhetoric used on this occasion. Again, in recent weeks we have newspaper headlines warning us that the women of Australia are in danger of physical violence because a man named Donald Trump has just been elected (democratically) as President of the United States of America. I can only say that if President Elect Trump can place the women of Australia in imminent danger of violence from across the wide ocean that separates us then he truly has powers I never knew existed for a person of his station.
And not long before this bombshell was delivered, we were told in the media that women are “disproportionately impacted by climate change and fossil fuels”. Now I am not suggesting that people are simply telling porkies in order to push their particular wheelbarrow, but surely much of what is being touted as factual information in the media these days is just a tad prone to the very human and emotional trap of exaggeration and overkill? Eric Lakey, Bendigo
Residents’ interests It is of interest that the state government has made changes to the Local Government Act requiring all councils by law to develop four year plans with their communities. This change is supposed to give residents more say in their council’s priorities, services and budgets, which puts local residents first and ensures improved accountability at election time. It will be an interesting next four years for the new councillors. While all elements of the existing act are under review, the requirement for councillors to consult their communities on strategic plans is the first change unveiled from the ongoing review, and these changes will be introduced late next year, giving plenty of time to consult with all residents of Bendigo. Let’s hope that our new mayor and councillors will consult their wards and all citizens on any projects that they may want – as they are there to represent all citizens of Bendigo. Priorities such as aged care, traffic congestion, education and health care spending is a must, as are retaining local swimming pools and nature reserves and safety in our streets. For too long the CBD and other priorities of personal councillor endeavours have caused a degree of anger in our community, it is time to look at the residents’ issues. Bill Collier, Golden Square
Nothing to fear Mr Lesuey’s response (Bendigo Weekly, November 18) to my previous letter about the Safe Schools and Respectful Relationships programmes left me somewhat bemused. How did he conclude that I thought LGBTI parents would not support their children? Then I realised. He was suggesting that LG-
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BTI parents were the only ones who should support diversity, and if they didn’t, the school system had no responsibility or obligation to do so. This is not what I meant at all. I meant that all children regardless of their gender identification are fortunate if they come from homes where diversity is respected. The problem is, of course, that many of them don’t. Some LGBTI kids are fighting battles on three fronts – grappling with their gender/biological sex conflict, a lack of support or understanding at home, and bullying at school. This is precisely why the Safe Schools and Respectful Relationships programmes are so important. All children need to be aware of the struggles a kid who is different endures. There is enough intolerance, misunderstanding and irrational fear already in the world – it can only be overcome if kids of all gender identities learn that it does not have to be like this. Mr Lesuey implies that I endorse a notion that “it must be forced down our throats as part of learning”. I endorse no such thing. I do not know what “it” is, nor whose throats I am supposedly forcing “it” down. I wonder what, exactly, Mr Lesuey’s fear is. Does he feel threatened by ideas contrary to his own? I am reminded of something Maxine Beneba Clarke once wrote – that when you are used to privilege,
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equality seems like oppression. I agree with Michelle Goldsmith (Bendigo Weekly, November 18) that “Opponents of Safe Schools should say exactly what they mean”, which is simply that gender diversity is anathema to them. Perhaps this is because such diversity can seem rather scary to a mind-set which deals in absolutes. Who knows? Perhaps children in the Safe Schools programme will eventually teach the adults in their lives that there is nothing to fear from diversity and inclusion. One can only hope so. Julie Hopper, Bendigo
Maintaining freedom of speech With diversity the new buzz-word in our society, you have to agree the word has been well used in the opinions and letter writers in the Bendigo Weekly recently. Agree or disagree with the myriad of comments, it is wonderful to see that despite the dark shadow that Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act casts over this nation there are still people who cherish and practise their right to free speech. We had Michelle Goldsmith attempting to convince us all that the Safe Schools Program will be somehow good for our children, and Bill Collier suggesting that we somehow have faith in the operations of un-
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ions in this modern era. Michelle’s opinion is that the premier should be congratulated for forcing a program based on Marxist ideology onto children whose parents were not consulted, and told they had no right to take their children out. The same premier is unwilling to force any form of discipline on young offenders who repeatedly use violence to trash taxpayer funded facilities. The voters would be quicker to congratulate the premier if he reversed his policy of brute force on young school children and replaced it with the softly, softly, approach he gives to thugs in detention. Bill is right that the elite have lost touch with the people in the same way that union leaders have lost touch with workers. This is borne out by membership dropping from over 40 per cent 30 years ago to just over 12 per cent today with the majority of those in the public service. People see daily examples of union leaders putting their political or personal agenda ahead of member’s rights. In order for any society to flourish it must have a diversity of views and opinions not just a diversity of gender, race, religion or colour and we can only achieve that goal by fighting to maintain freedom of speech. D Arscott, Kangaroo Flat
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A job well done
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THIS week’s front page story tells the tale of the most expensive and arguably most important building developments in our city’s relatively short but eventful history. The world class $630 million Bendigo Hospital will be as good a medical facility as any other in a city of Bendigo’s size anywhere in the world. Many health experts, politicians and community leaders would argue our new world class hospital will very quickly be proven to be a worthy contender that punches way above its weight. The rest of us would certainly hope that to be the case. This is a project of gigantic scale and purpose created to serve a considerable portion of central and northern Victoria, as well as southern New South Wales and beyond. It has already become a much loved institution, with locals flocking to support the establishment of the new hospital at every opportunity via important fundraisers such as the annual fun run or any of the various events that have contributed to such a worthy cause. Looking beyond the surface, the first few paragraphs of the Bendigo Hospital Project’s Vision Statement call for the new facility to be recognised as a world-class regional health service in an integrated academic precinct. It will be among the best health services across Australia in terms of key performance indicators including access, quality and efficiency. The community in Bendigo and beyond will have pride in their local regional health service and confidence in the ability of Bendigo Health to meet
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their needs. Bendigo residents should be excited, and proud at what has been achieved throughout this construction process, and at the new standards of professional service delivery we will have available to us. The number of central Victorians needing to travel to Melbourne for access to essential medical services has fallen in recent years as more and more specialists establish a foothold in our city. This new hospital can only be a beacon for even more to consider doing the same thing, and the greatest beneficiaries of this will be the local community. The new hospital will also provide an enormous economic boost to our city’s economy as a major employer injecting millions of dollars into the local economy via wages and other payments to local suppliers and firms. The positive effects of this economic contribution should help keep the city’s economy as buoyant and robust as it’s been for much of the past decade, thanks to other major projects such as the Bendigo Bank head-
quarters construction project and associated jobs growth which helped quarantine the city from the worst impacts of the Global Financial Crisis almost a decade ago. The new hospital project has helped turn the city on its head in a good way, and has challenged urban planners to consider the impacts of such a massive project on its surrounds and to make plans now that help make the transition to something so big, but so important, as smooth as possible. And while there’s still about 60 days to go until the hospital officially opens, it’s not too early to say one very simple, but important thing. Thanks. To all those who helped make this happen, whether they be government or opposition politicians, Bendigo Health board members and staff, the various project management, design and construction organisations and their many staff, as well as community representatives who helped at fundraisers or supporters of any and all those events – thanks for a job well done.
The Uncle Lenny Bill
By MICHAEL SMITH
AUSTRALIA’S Constitution and defence legislation does not require the government to gain parliamentary approval before going to war or deploying forces overseas. Some Prime Ministers don’t even consult Cabinet. Major General John Cantwell, who was head of Australia’s forces in the Middle East, said on Page 24 of his book Exit Wounds (Melbourne University Press, 2012), commenting on the 1990-91 Gulf War: “Australia’s Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, decided it was in ‘our national interest’ too and committed three navy ships and, later, small groups of specialists, all without consulting Cabinet.” Canadian international lawyer Robert Amsterdam is preparing the legislation. Robert is based in London and Washington. Bob and I first worked together at the 2007 APEC Summit in Sydney, and he is one of the best international lawyers in the world. In 2013 I commissioned a poll. Did Australians want a say in whether Australia went to war? 58.5 per cent said Yes, 26.4 per cent Possibly and just 15.1 per cent No. I asked Robert if he would prepare the legislation, and I’m calling it the Uncle Lenny Bill. My Uncle Lenny was a 19-year-old soldier in Papua New Guinea in 1944.
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for other parliaments around the world. Some countries, such as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland, do require parliamentary approval. Others, such as the USA and Canada don’t. The UK is now moving down the path of parliamentary involvement following the damning findings in July of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War. Under the Geneva
“ I believe any such decision to go to war ... should be made by the Parliament” for showing us. The key elements of the bill are: • a resolution to go to war or deploy forces overseas must be approved by both Houses of Parliament • any such resolution must be supported by a report to MPs, containing critical information on the scope of the deployment as well as the reasons and authority behind it • in the event of an approved deployment, Parliament must be updated regularly on the reasons for continued deployment. Throughout the entire period of deployment, the responsible Minister must provide both ouses with regular reports on the status, scope and legality of the deployment. If Parliament is not satisfied, it can withdraw the troops. The legislation is such that it could be adapted
Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces’ scale, Australia’s level of parliamentary involvement is likely to be rated “very weak” (Parliamentary approval not required for military action, Parliamentary consultation not required under Australian law). Australia’s Parliament was set up in 1901 to be the voice and will of the people. I believe any such decision to go to war or deploy forces overseas should be made by the Parliament, not one person or a small group of people in secret (Cabinet by nature is secretive). Michael Smith is a Chewton resident, who this week completed an epic walk to Canberra in support of the Uncle Lenny Bill. This is an edited version of his statement provided prior to setting out on his journey.
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Blokes gather for the big lunch A
NOTHER hugely successful Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch was held last Friday at the city’s Ulumbarra Theatre. The day started early, with the team from SAS constructions setting up 40 tables from about 8.30am, followed by the Bendigo Lions Club cooking up a storm on the barbecue for the seventh time to feed just on 400 hungry men. MC John Deeks called on local urologist Rohan Hall to discuss the importance of men having regular prostate checks, and explained how it all works. Event organiser Keith Sutherland thanked all sponsors and donors of the many raffle and auction lots. Mr Sutherland also acknowledged Chris McPherson who passed away late in 2015 from the effects of prostate cancer as it was Chris who created the Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch initiative in Shepparton. Keith interviewed former homicide detective Ron Iddles about Justine Ford’s book The Good Cop, and once again you could have heard a pin drop when Ron talked about his time in the homicide squad, after which he received a standing ovation. Ron was followed by a very entertaining address
from AFL Legend Kevin Sheedy who had the blokes in laughter with his football exploits. Then the usual auction followed to raise much needed funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia which mostly goes to research to help find a
amount of money. The most important message on the day was for blokes to go away having had a great time but to encourage their mates to have regular prostate checks as far too many men die from the effects of prostate cancer.
cure for prostate cancer, which kills about 3300 Australian men each year. After this year’s event with the help of sponsors and community support, Bendigo has raised just on $500,000. Without the generous donations and help from many volunteers it would not be possible to raise this
Mr Sutherland also mentioned how lucky Bendigo was to have the Peter MacCallum Bendigo Radiotherapy services based in this region to provide external beam prostate radiotherapy. Plans are already underway for next year’s November event.
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GOOD CAUSE: Blokes enjoy the day. Photos: ANDREW PERRYMAN
RETURN VISIT: Ron Iddles.
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One off from Ruteger R
UTEGER is a name to conjure up good memories for Bendigonians of a certain vintage. The band formed in 1997 and blazed a power-pop-rock trail for several years before splitting in 2005, citing “musical differences”. Ruteger toured with the tag-line “the coolest thing to come out of Bendigo since the Chiko Roll” long before it became fashionable to align yourself with the iconic edible. They’re back, for a one-off gig at the Golden Vine, tomorrow night. Ruteger released two albums, Stuffed Animal Parade in 2001, and Formation of Flight in 2004, and a host of singles and eps on indie labels worldwide. They played more than 300 gigs across Australia with the likes of Wolfmother, The Living End, The Church, Magic Dirt and You Am I. ABC Radio National and triple j gave Ruteger some generous airplay in
the early 2000s. The 2002 single South Tech was a Beat Magazine single of the week and Sanity magazine’s single of the month. Inpress magazine’s Shane O’Donohue described Ruteger’s sound as “strong guitar songs with plenty of drive, depth and melodic creativity”. Ruteger split in 2005, not long after appearing at Australian Music Week and touring with The Fauves. They also played at the Apollo Bay Music Festival that year. The break-up made front-page news in Bendigo. They played a soldout farewell gig at home-from-home, the Golden Vine. Eleven years later they’ve reformed for a one-off show. “Why not?” and “It’s a good chance for old mates to catch up” are the official lines coming from the band. Fans might wonder though. Ruteger’s CDs will be available to buy on the night. Support comes from
The War Of Ideas and Frank Bell & The Quiffs. It all starts at 9pm.
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ALDON is set to host a theatrical journey through the history of blues music next weekend, Saturday, December, 2. SteamPacket is produced and hosted by Maldon Made, a not-forprofit organisation dedicated to arts tourism in central Victoria. The multi-faceted musical and historical event is set to attract 100s of visitors to Australia’s first notable town. It’s all centred around Maldon’s heritage-listed railway station. A 16-piece blues band leads the journey. Some of Australia’s top artists including Kelly Auty, Jules Boult, Kevin Buckingham and Kerri Simpson will be performing the blues as the sun sets over the historic mining town. During the day, three teams of Clydesdale horses with performers will
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HE newly refurbished St Paul’s Cathedral is the setting for the next performance of the Bendigo Chorale on December 3. Musical director Elena Varshavskaya will conduct the choir in A Twilight Concert, a programme of Russian and American music, accompanied by resident pianist Yuliya Lenard. The American section features the rarely heard but exciting Gloria of John K Paine along with songs by George Gershwin.
The northern half of Diamond Hill was where Bendigo Mining sought and failed to realise the gold it told investors was embedded there. It sold the mine earlier this year to GBM Gold, who say they will have better luck. Mr Lerk said he also felt keenly the motivation to write and restore for posterity the legacies of people who were outstanding achievers. One such was Louis Samuels, a mine manager, who was the first to bring British capital to finance mining in Bendigo. Of the few other miners who were able to make money out of the goldfield, those who were to retain their wealth did so by buying land
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HERE are key themes running through the non-fiction books of historical writer James Lerk – gold, Bendigo and the precious results of his enduring search for hidden stories. Mr Lerk, who also writes a regular column for the Bendigo Weekly, positions these hitherto undiscovered titbits for his readers to find like gold nuggets. You will not have to look far for one in his latest book, Gold, Blood, Sweat and Fear: Bendigo’s Diamond Hill and its Gullies. Mr Lerk said he was attracted to report on the history of this goldfield, south and so close to the rich Bendigo veins, because it was poorly documented. “It is a completely untold story and it was almost a very sad and in some respects, a poverty-stricken community,” he said. Desperately poor, he adds, because so many people tried and failed to become wealthy on the Diamond Hill goldfield. Most of the money made was in share speculation, not mining. It is the minefield of modern misfortunes as well.
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AVE you heard of meal envy? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out for dinner and the person youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re with orders a meal and when it arrives youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d prefer it over what you chose. I must admit I have not suffered it for a while, as I choose carefully, but it can cause unnecessary angst at meal times. The long-suffering Mrs Kendall has a whole new kind of envy, and it driving me to distraction. Mrs K craves hay. Not for herself I might add, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for her sheep and horses. This time of year the paddocks are full of cut hay, raked hay and baled hay, and I have been getting daily, no hourly, updates on the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; progress on our drives to and from work. To me they are just paddocks, but to Mrs K they are vistas of cut grass in various states of preparation.
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Our drive to work takes 45 minutes, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awful lot of description about hay. I have updates on how farmers are progressing, if they have cut too soon, or how long Mrs K thinks it should be left before baling. Also, with the rain this week, Mrs K has started telling how best to deal with it. You may think from all of this that Mrs K has a cropping background, no, she just loves hay. In the times we have bought it she lovingly smells it and feels it, enjoying the thought of this extra sustenance for her stock (pets). This week the idea of cutting our own paddocks for hay has cropped up (ha).
Paddocks I thought were set aside for sheep are now viewed by Mrs K as future fields of baled hay. Thankfully the equipment required for all of this is way beyond even Mrs Kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fluid budget, so I should be safe from spending hours mowing, raking and baling. Note, should be. In other rural news, the previously mentioned Kevin the cockerel had his final crow this week. I had been getting very annoyed with his 5.30am wake up calls until about two weeks ago when all went quiet. At first I was relieved, but as time went on I realised all was not well in the chook shed.
Kevin was last one out in the mornings and first to bed. No more troubling the hens, and no eating all of the best food. Kevin was not well. I watched this once magnificent, if not annoying, bird fade. His mighty tail feathers drooped and he was just not himself. Mrs K treated him but with no improvement, and he was put down. He was an accidental cockerel when we thought we had a hen, but he is now no more. Shame our choice for tea that night was pre-bought chicken kievs, but you have to be practical on a farm. - Steve Kendall Twitter@stevekendall1
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COLOURFUL exhibition of thought-provoking artworks are on display at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo. The annual MacKillop Art Exhibition showcases the talents of almost 300 students from across the Sandhurst Diocese with an array of work including paintings, ceramics, photographs, sculpture and costumes. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner of the MacKillop Art Award for the best exhibited artwork from a student in years 10 to 12 was Gabrielle Russell from Notre Dame College, Shepparton. Gabrielleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entry entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Invocationsâ&#x20AC;? impressed the judges with its complex layers and the high quality design elements. Marist College Bendigo was
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awarded the Spiritual Art Prize, with their 3D sculpture featuring a collection of hands made out of packing tape. Entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping Handsâ&#x20AC;? the insiration for the work came from one of the college mottos: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have two hands; one hand to help yourself, and the other hand to help someone elseâ&#x20AC;?. Catholic Education Sandhurst director, Paul Desmond, said the MacKillop Art Exhibition enables students to celebrate their individual creativity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the works on display from the younger students are stunning and you can see the techniques being refined in the senior students,â&#x20AC;? he said. The exhibition was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate
the canonisation of St Mary MacKillop. Open for public viewing, the exhibition will run until Friday, December 2.
INSPIRED: Marist Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping Handsâ&#x20AC;? won the Spiritual Art Prize.
CREATIVE DISPLAY: Catholic Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bronwyn Beer with one of the exhibits. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
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ention has been made that George Ellis started his plumbing apprenticeship at Campbell and Connelly in early 1943. The year was a critical one for Australia as the war was creating a heavy toll on the workforce, so many had enlisted in the services with the exception of those in reserved industries. George began his plumbing apprenticeship in the shop, serving at the long counter he quickly learned all the different types of fittings that were required for plumbing work. He then went into the workshop where older tradesmen began to teach him every thing from riveting the curved corrugated iron to soldering the joins of galvanised iron components for water tanks. Many items were made including the Bendigo bucket carbide lamps required by miners. When there was spouting that required repair, George would put his toolbox on the handlebars of his bicycle and carry the wooden ladder on his shoulder to the job in question. Trenches had to be dug with pick and shovel to lay new water pipes or to access existing leaking pipes to repair them. On one occasion on May 8, 1945, George Ellis was digging a trench across Rowan Street and out of the blue suddenly all the church bells began to peal, it was VE Day (Victory in Europe), but like all, he knew that the Pacific war still raged on. George continued at Campbell and Connelly until
published: George Ellis’ book. his apprenticeship was completed in early 1948, he was then employed for a period of two years at the Bendigo Ordnance Factory. For many years thereafter he ran his own plumbing business until his eventual retirement. George had many interests including his active membership of the Country Fire Brigade, Bendigo South Rotary and was one of the mainstays of the Bendigo Cornish Society for decades. George, as pointed out earlier, had a great interest in Victoria Hill and he has kept up this passion over much of his lifetime. When Rotary decided to make Victoria Hill a special community project, it was the notes by Albert Richardson that were used as a basis for Max Ellis painting the signs of the many points of interest. Richardson’s notes of Victoria Hill were also the basis
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for a small booklet on Victoria Hill that was at first printed by the Bendigo District Tourist Association. That booklet had been rewritten from Richardson’s notes by the then secretary of the Tourist Association Daryl McClure. The same original notes from Richardson had been kept by George Ellis, he over a period of time accumulated other interesting facts about the area. George felt inspired to republish the original Albert Richardson notes with the additional material that had been sleuthed out of some unlikely places and sources. Some six months ago George completed his publication task. It is the addition of a variety of other images and information that enhances the work of Richardson’s original notes even further. George as an 88-year-old is still alert and active. He has been keen for many years to give people an appreciation of the importance of the Long Gully area historically to Bendigo. Naturally the Victoria Hill complex falls very much into George’s domain. George Ellis has been the driving force behind the placement of many plaques in the Greater Bendigo area, all recording important events, facts and personal associations concerning a large variety of subjects. The 52-page book, Victoria Hill and its Historical Associations, can be purchased direct from George for $15. He can be contacted on 5443 2612.
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pplications for the 2017 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize are now open. This prestigious biannual event, established by Mr Allen Guy CBE in honour of his brother, offers an acquisitive cash prize of $50,000 and the associated exhibition, which will open in July 2017, offers audiences a survey of contemporary Australian painting, with works from some of Australia’s finest emerging and known artists. For more information
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in association with KLFM radio 96.5FM Friday, November 25 Trivia Night: Discovery Centre and Bendigo District Astronomical Society. Quiz Master Jonathan Ridnell. Tables seat six. $15 per person, supper is provided and plenty of prizes will be on offer. Drinks at bar prices. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Bookings: 0407 058 279. Saturday, November 26 Social Dance: Greater Bendigo Danceland. St. Andrew’s Uniting Church Hall, Myers St. 8pm. Excellent supper, lucky door and raffle. Entry $8 per person. Details 5443 5380. Dance: Spring Gully Hall from 8pm to midnight. Music by Bitz ‘N’ Pieces dance band. Prizes and raffle. $9 admission. Delicious home cooked supper. Details: 5444 2953.
EXHIBITIONS björk: Creative Arts Graduate Exhibition 2016. December 16. Phyllis Palmer Gallery. Alexander Day: A Journey Through Colour and Shape: Painted Steel Constructs. 2-5 pm Thursday – Sunday to December 11. Gallery 4 Below, 4 Hamlet Street, Quarry Hill. create20sixteen: To January 20. The Capital Foyer Anna Pappas Exhibition One: To 10 December 10. Gallery 369 Simon Finn: Beyond the Frustum and Susan Dasya, Andrew Goodman and Kathryn McCool: Flimflam. To December 21. VAC, View Street.
ronment and metamorphosis. She has exhibited widely and is the recipient of numerous grants and prizes, most recently a VicArts New Work Grant and the Craft Victoria Love Locks Commission. This year’s Going Solo artist, Jud Wimhurst’s installation Gimme Freedom (or gimme death) is on display at the gallery until February 12. Applications for the 2018 Going Solo exhibition will open at the end of November, and any practising artist living and working in central Victoria is eligible to apply. – Sally Thompson
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embers of the community who might be alone, feel excluded, or are facing financial difficulties over the Christmas period are invited to register for the City of Greater Bendigo Community Christmas Lunch at the All Seasons Hotel. The free community lunch will take place in The Conservatory at the All Seasons Hotel on Christmas Day from noon to 2pm. Registrations are essential and need to be made before Friday December 9 by phoning the council on 5434 6000. Greater Bendigo mayor Margaret O’Rourke said everyone should enjoy a good Christmas meal and she encouraged those who need to, for whatever reason to register for the free lunch. All Seasons Hotel owners Tom and Jeanine Hedley said the All Seasons is again looking forward to hosting the Community Christmas Lunch. “This is the third year we have hosted this important community event and we plan to provide some great community hospitality on the day,” Mrs Hedley said.
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B Bendigo Child Restraint Fitting Centre offers a complete installation service of all types of car restraints from new born to 8 years. Costa is a certified and registered member with ACRI, being also the owner guarantees personalised service and the highest quality installation possible with over 20 years experience in fitting child restraints in vehicles.
Bendigo Child Restraint Fitting Centre 8 Caradon Way, Eaglehawk • Ph: 0419 371 586 Mo Monday to Friday 10am-5pm. • Bookings Essential
THOMAS STEPHEN ROCHESTER
SKYLA KENLEIGH RYAN
DUSTY FRANCIS SCARLETT
was born at
was born at
Bendigo Health
was born at Bendigo Health November 21, 2016 3288 grams Daughter of Jessica Castellana and Chris Ryan of Pyramid Hill. Sister for Taylor and Paityn.
was born at
Bendigo Health
November 21, 2016 3884 grams
November 20, 2016 3240 grams Son of Sonia Gallaway
Son of Jakara Whitfield
and Eric Rochester
of Long Gully.
of Inglewood.
LAYTON BRAYDY TAMBLYN
JACKSON PLOWRIGHT
DAISY ALICE CODY-CRUST
Bendigo Health November 21, 2016 3274 grams Son of Samara and Chris Scarlett of Epsom.
TREY LINDSAY MCGREGOR
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was born at
was born at
was born at
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health
November 21, 2016
November 20, 2016
November 21, 2016
2866 grams
3480 grams
2886 grams
November 21, 2016
Son of Beth and Garth
Son of Jacqueline Clarke
Daughter of
3062 grams Son of Shayanne Stuart
Tamblyn of White Hills.
and James Plowright of
Katie-Jane Cody and
Brother for Carson,
North Bendigo. Brother
Tim Crust of White HIlls.
and Chris McGregor
Lochie and Kiarah.
for Owen and Emily.
Sister for Talulla.
of Eaglehawk.
PATRICK ANTHONY EELES
AUDREY CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS
ELOISE ALEXANDRA KATE MACDONALD
was born at
was born at
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St John of God
St John of God
St John of God
November 21, 2016
November 21, 2016
November 22, 2016
3732 grams Son of Ashlee and Scott
HEALTH SERVICES
3262 grams
3386 grams
Daughter of Nikki
Daughter of Sheridan
and Tim Williams of
and Anthony Macdonald
Eeles of Kangaroo Flat.
Maiden Gully. Sister for
of Strathfieldsaye.
Brother for Ava.
Charlie and Lilly.
Sister for Jenson.
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FROM THE BIBLE ISAIAH 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Bendigo Chorale
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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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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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LAWNMOWING & HANDYMAN SERVICES Ph Pete 0418 838 861
CLEANING & CARPET
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CONCRETING
Genuine Special $50 Sq/M Only a few spots left!! Phone: 0476 882 577..
HOME cleans efficient, Ph 0467
Cleaning, exit Quarry Hill, reliable service. 487 520.
LAWN MOWER & SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS Push & ride on mower servicing, pick up option. Power equip. repairs. Chainsaw service & sharpen. Bendigo Marine & Outdoors, Epsom 5448 3988
LAWN Mowing - Edges trimmed, grass removed Handyman Repairs, Rubbish Removal, Ride on Mowing also avail. From $35 p/hour Ph Tony 0412 824 690 MOBILE HAIRDRESSER Specializing in Seniors call Jinie Ph 0409 951 510
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PLASTER
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TempTech AIR CONDITIONING
Evaporative coolers should be serviced + disinfected ONCE PER YEAR in order to work efficiently. Make sure you stay COOL this summer!
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FENCING CONTRACTOR All types of rural fencing. Phone 0418 172 640 for a free quote
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Hockey set to hit town AUSTRALIA’S men’s hockey team, the Kookaburras, will bring winning form to Bendigo next week when they meet India in two international test matches at the Bendigo Hockey Complex. The Kookaburras are fresh off a Trans Tasman Trophy win over New Zealand, despite losing the final game in the series. After a disappointing Olympic campaign, the side is taking the opportunity to blood some emerging talent and will continue to do so at the International Festival of Hockey held over the next week. The Aussies play India, Malaysia and the Kiwis across five days before Australia and India head to Bendigo for their two tests starting next Tuesday. “We need to improve our penalty corner conversions for the Melbourne tournament, but this has been a great opportunity to expose some new players
POWERFUL: India and Australia are two of the world’s top hockey sides. to the rigours of international competition,” Kookaburras interim coach Paul Gaudoin said after the final match of the series
against the Kiwis. India and Australia were both knocked out in the quarter final stage of the Olympics
in Rio, and Australian coach Graham Reid left the post, with Gaudoin guiding the side through until the end of this month. The two sides will meet next Tuesday and Wednesday night in Bendigo, from 6.30pm at the Ironbark Hockey Complex in Ashley Street. Tickets are available through Hockey Australia’s website at www.hockey.org.au The Australian team for the event: Chris Bausor, Daniel Beale, Robert Bell, Scott Boyde, Andrew Charter, Tristan Clemons, Ben Craig, Tim Cross, Matthew Dawson, Jeremy Edwards, Kieran Govers, Casey Hammond, Jeremy Hayward, Aaron Kleinschmit, Tyler Lovell, Kurt Mackey, Trent Mitton, Flynn Ogilvie, Josh Pollard, Jacob Whetton, Tristan White, Tom Wickham, Matthew Willis, Dylan Wotherspoon, Aran Zalewski.
Pios stars line up for draft chance THREE Bendigo Pioneers stars lead the club’s list of potential draftees that are hoping to be taken when the 2016 AFL National Draft is held tonight. Held in Sydney, hopefuls from across the country will be hoping for their AFL chance as recruiters look to find the next stars of the competition. Bendigo captain Joe Atley and hard-running midfielder Kobe Mutch are all but certainties to be drafted, while Kayle Kirby could be a bolter after starring in two VFL appearances for Richmond. Atley played several games for Vic Country at the U18 National Championships and his grunt work around contests will appeal. His kicking and decision making will be two things that perhaps knock his stock down, but the younger brother of North Melbourne defender Shaun will still likely go within the top 50 picks. Mutch suffered a foot injury late in the season and struggled to carry momentum through his draft year.
Splitting time between the Pioneers and NSW/ACT, Mutch impressed at both levels. He also featured in the NEAFL for the GWS reserves, and is a member of the much-discussed GWS academy, though is unlikely to be picked up with one of the club’s priority selections. Kirby could be one of the smokeys in this year’s draft crop after coming on late for the Pioneers. He impressed at TAC Cup level and was Bendigo’s leading goalkicker, but his agility and defensive pressure were equally as impressive when thrown onto the ball. An impact player up forward or in the middle, he kicked nine goals in two VFL games for Richmond, and impressed plenty more than just Tigers fans in those outings. The 2016 AFL National Draft will be held from 6.30pm tonight, and televised on Fox Footy. TOP TALENT: Pioneers captain Joe Atley. Photo: JOEL PETERSON
New Magpie Thwaites is flying high From Page 40 “But it’s so nice to be home as well. I’ve been away from Victoria for six years, and it will be nice to be closer to family.” Thwaites is an ambassador for the tryathlon, which will be held on Sunday, Febru-
ary 26 at the Queen Elizabeth Oval, just a week after her season begins. “I’m really excited to be an ambassador for the tryathlon, it’s a great event and an awesome message for local Bendigo kids to get out there, be active and enjoy sport,” she said. “As opposed to having
competition it’s really encouraged just to complete it, and about bringing a lot of enjoyment to the kids.” The inaugural Super Netball season begins on February 18 when the Magpies play the Vixens at Hisense Arena. Collingwood, GWS Giants and Sunshine Coast
Lightning (backed by Melbourne Storm) are the competition’s new clubs, with the Vixens, Swifts, Queensland Firebirds, West Coast Fever, and Adelaide Thunderbirds the existing sides. For more details on the Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon, visit tryathlon.com.au
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Spirit showing the way IN a Women’s National Basketball League competition that looks as even as any in recent years, the Bendigo Spirit are stamping themselves in the early going as a legitimate championship contender. The Spirit are atop the WNBL table after seven rounds with a 7-3 record, half a game clear of Dandenong and Perth, who both have one less win from only nine games. While the forecast is cloudy below third spot – Sydney, Canberra and Townsville are separated by just one win – the Spirit have established themselves as the WNBL’s form side behind a vicious, smothering defence and an ever-improving offence. They hit the halfway mark of the season on Sunday, and the Spirit are so far the statistical darling of the league. They comfortably lead the competition in overall point differential (+8.7), rebounding differential (+10.4) and defensive indicators such as opposition field goal percentage (38, 26 on three-point attempts) and opposition points per game (65). The only two areas where Bendigo has been consistently poor this season are free throw shooting (70 per cent, second worst in the league) and turnover differential (+2.3). Both issues have manifested in their three losses this season, coach Simon Pritchard even making a point of telling his players that poor foul shooting cost them a win during loss against Townsville two weeks ago. Pritchard earned league coach of the month honours for October, leading Bendigo to a 5-2 start, but his efforts go far deeper than just the team’s winning record. His preseason aim of rallying around defence and letting the offence improve gradually has come to bear. In one offseason Bendigo has gone from having next to no depth to it being one of the side’s greatest strengths. Pritchard hit a home run with Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe’s recruitment, and Ashleigh Karaitaiana and Nadeen Payne have both performed well after slow starts. Gabe Richards (6.9 points per game, 5.4 rebounds) has yet to carve out a defined role in the offence and import guard Blake Dietrick has struggled, but Bendigo has ridden strong starts for Ekunwe, Kelsey Griffin and Kerryn Harrington over the opening rounds. Friday’s game in the harbour city is of the utmost importance, and will no doubt be the team’s sole focus heading into a weekend in which it also hosts Adelaide on Sunday. Two wins this weekend would see the Spirit turn for home with a 9-3 record. From that position, a collapse to miss the playoffs would be equal parts improbable and embarrassing. Of 16 teams to have recorded eight or more wins at the halfway point of the season since 2009/10, just one has missed the playoffs. That was last year’s Sydney Uni outfit, which lost six of its last seven games to crash out of postseason contention. Of course, there is a long way to go. A cashed-up Perth side just signed another import, Townsville will get Kelly Wilson back and Sydney will be strengthened by returning players, but Bendigo has put itself in an enviable position. If they get to the postseason, as it looks likely they may, don’t be surprised if the Spirit are in for the long haul. Joel Peterson Twitter:@joelbpeterson
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Archie adamant region holds huge potential Leagues season. Thompson made several guest appearances for the team last season, enjoying his return to a lower level. He says although the professionalism of local football is growing, the gap between lo-
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FORMER Socceroo Archie Thompson is adamant the game is in a good place in regional Australia and says the country’s outlying areas have enormous potential to grow the game. The longtime Melbourne Victory striker, now an ambassador for the club, was in Bendigo this week speaking to Girton Grammar students and local soccer clubs and attending a signing for Soccerufus and the big debut at Strath Village Newsagency. Thompson grew in AlburyWodonga, and knows the impact the game has, and can continue to have, especially in regional Victoria. “I get down to Albury, a lot of my family is still there, and grassroots level participation is as high as it is in the city,” the two-time A-League champion said. “It’s about having the right structure and pathways in the country, if kids do want to take it to that next level. “There’s so much talent and potential in areas like Bendigo,
It’s about having the right structure and pathways
LOFTY GOALS: Melbourne Victory legend Archie Thompson. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
and it can be a bit political at times in terms of city and country, so hopefully that gap can keep closing.” Thompson returned to
club football after not having his contract with the Victory renewed, suiting up for Heidelberg United in the upcoming Victorian National Premier
cal and national clubs remains significant. Always a character on the pitch, Thompson said he hopes the book, co-written with Adrian Beck, can provide some inspiration to kids. “It’s about having fun, and I think I always tried to have fun on the pitch. It doesn’t matter what level you’re playing at, as long as you enjoy it and that is a key message of everything I do,” he said.
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Six hour epic set to fire up at Big Hill AFTER being postponed in September, the Bendigo Mountain Bike Club is looking forward to its Bendigo Six Hour Race on Sunday. The event was called off due to wet conditions in September and concerns for rider safety, but has been rescheduled to be held on Sunday at Andy’s Trail Network. Hundreds of competitors are expected to line up for the race, held on the reconfigured 11.5-kilometre circuit at Big Hill, with entries accepted until Saturday afternoon. The past year has been another successful one for the club, which has been able to secure a number of funding commitments for facilities and trails around the Bendigo region. That includes $80,000 for the Spring Gully Trail Network masterplan and increased facilities at the club’s Spring Gully base. The six-hour event will be the final round of the Victorian Enduro Series. Spectators can access the event on the Calder Highway, turning left at the Belvoir Park intersection heading toward Melbourne. The race is fully catered, with a new downhill event on Saturday kicking things off. The six-hour race begins at 10am on Sunday, with the three-hour event at 1pm. Race numbers will be limited to 400 competitors. Entries can be made up until Saturday afternoon at the event village or via www.mtbbendigo.com
Rain plays havoc with T20 fixtures ROUND three of the Bendigo District Cricket Association’s Twenty20 competition was brought to a halt by rain on Tuesday night. The scheduled games between Eaglehawk and Golden Square at Canterbury Park and Strathdale Maristians hosting Bendigo United were both called off due to sodden wickets and outfields. Play persisted at both White Hills, where the Demons hosted Kangaroo Flat, and in Strathfieldsaye’s match with Bendigo. White Hills batted first and made 83 before both captains met with the umpires in the middle and called the game off, with rain continuing to fall and only getting heavier. White Hills captain Mitch Winter-Irving top scored, mak-
ing 43 off 46 deliveries including four boundaries. At Strathfieldsaye, Bendigo and the Jets saw 11 overs of play before their game was also abandoned. All matches were adjudged to be draws, with Sandhurst and Bendigo United sitting atop each pool. The next round of T20 games will be held on Tuesday, December 6. The fixture for December 6: Kangaroo Flat v Eaglehawk, Sandhurst v Golden Square, Bendigo United v Bendigo and Huntly North Epsom v Strathdale Maristians. SLIPPERY CUSTOMER: Mitch Winter-Irving batted well in the wet conditions. Photo: JOEL PETERSON
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Caitlin is flying high BENDIGO netballer Caitlin Thwaites is confident a move home to Victoria for the inaugural Suncorp Super Netball season will continue her rise in Australian netball. Thwaites chased greater opportunity after spending the early years of her career in Melbourne, playing for six years with New Zealand’s Central Pulse and the New South Wales Swifts. Not only did she see more court time, she made her way into the Australian Diamonds team on several occasions, including at last year’s Netball World Cup and won the Swifts’ MVP two seasons ago. This season Thwaites has flown the coop to Collingwood in the new Super Netball competition, where she will join forces with the likes of Diamonds captain Sharni Layton and teammates Madi Robinson and Kim Ravaillion. She was at her former school, Girton Grammar, this week to launch the 2017 WeetBix Kids TRYathlon, and said there is definite excitement surrounding the new competition and three start-up teams. “There’s not a lot of time
that we have, we still have an Australian tour at the end of January so there’s a pretty limited time that the clubs will actually have all of their team together,” she said. “It’s really exciting being around the club and having a lot of the other teams – there’s the female footy team, the AFL
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scheduled us to play in round one, so the competition has set up a dream fixture there,” she said. The 188-centimetre goal shooter has established herself as a fixture in Australian sides over recent years, and was recently named as the vicecaptain for the Diamonds‘ up-
There’s a bit of a buzz around the place and everyone is pretty pumped to learn off each other
and VFL sides – there’s a bit of a buzz around the place and everyone is pretty pumped to learn off each other.” The new league, and its industry-leading pay deal, is seen as a monumental step forward at a time when female sport is growing rapidly. The Collingwood team uses the AFL club’s facilities at the former Olympic Park site, next door to Melbourne’s long-standing powerhouse side the Vixens. Thwaites said she anticipates a friendly rivalry will continue to grow with her former side. “We’re probably cutting in on their turf a bit being the new club in town. They’ve
coming quad series in January. The 29-year-old cites the decision to move away from home to play with the Pulse and Swifts as a big factor in her development. “It’s been amazing for me to take those opportunities and grow as a person as well as chasing the chance to play, I can’t thank those clubs enough or what they did for my career,” she said. “It’s been awesome to be a part of playing for Sydney in a world cup year when it was based in Sydney and stuff like that. 4Continued Page 38 top shot: Caitlin Thwaites is getting kids active. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
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