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ISSUE 981 FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016

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ULUMBARRA Theatre has been transformed into Rydell High as Catholic College Year Nine students perform Grease, through until tomorrow.

TROUBLE SIGN Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

By PETER KENNEDY

EMBATTLED City of Greater Bendigo councillor Elise Chapman has described her potential disqualification over compliance with the Code of Conduct authorisation process as an unsettling and daunting experience.

The Lockwood Ward councillor was inundated with messages from supporters and social media after reports emerged late Monday that she had been disqualified from office for not complying with the Local Government Act over a matter chief executive officer Craig Niemann lat-

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Chapman says process ‘daunting’

er described as “minor”.

“I am keen to clarify that I have not and never have been disqualified from my role as a councillor,” Cr Chapman said.

“This has all been one big storm in a teacup.”

She was among 107 councillors from 13 councils in the unprecedented situation of facing disqualification for either not signing the revised councillor Code of Conduct document in accordance

with the requirements of the Act, or failing to sign it by the mandated deadline.

Cr Chapman maintains she simply wanted to read over the document prior to eventually signing it, despite having been part of the meeting where the revised code was unanimously adopted on June 15.

Cr Chapman attended the council offices in Lyttleton Terrace on July 11 to sign the document and did so, but her signature was not witnessed

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by acting CEO Kerryn Ellis.

She yesterday described the events of the past week as “one giant roller-coaster ride”.

Asked whether there was any responsibility on the CEO or acting CEO to make sure the authorisation had been undertaken in compliance with the Local Government Act, Mr Niemann said the responsibility was shared.

“I think it’s a minor matter,” he said.

Mr Niemann also confirmed council had received no official notification from the state government to alert them prior to news breaking of the potential for Cr Chapman to be booted from office.

“It is really frustrating when we don’t get to see the detail, when it impacts directly on a councillor and councils, I would have thought they would be very clear... This is what we are presenting to the minister and at the end of the day it’s the minister’s call on the outcome of this,” Mr Niemann said.

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CBD space running hot

THE Bendigo central business district continues to ignite interest from the commercial sector, with agents Dungey Carter Ketterer recently announcing the leasing of the high profile ground floor of the QBE Building at Charing Cross to the Murray Primary Health Network for its central Victorian regional office.

This follows other increased leasing activity in the Bendigo CBD in both the office and retail sectors, with premises at 10 King Street Bendigo; 272 and 274 Hargreaves Mall Bendigo; 37 Mitchell St Bendigo and 165 - 171 Hargreaves St Bendigo also finding new tenants.

Tweed Sutherland First National reports the Environment Protection Authority has taken a lease over part of the Queen Street office building formerly occupied by the Bendigo Advertiser.

The two-storey building’s façade is undergoing some transformation as part of a modernisation of the building, which is approximately 10 years old.

Almost 500 square metres on the first floor of the premises remains vacant.

THE May 2016 Housing Finance figures released this week by Masters Builders Australia show that finance for new dwellings and

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first home buyers remain at positive levels.

Chief executive officer Wilhelm Harnisch said the data supports the market view that new home buyers remain confident and that this will be further boosted by the recent interest rate cut.

“The number of housing loans for construction of new dwellings rose by 2.1 per cent and the number to purchase new homes rose by 2.7 per cent,” he said.

“Pleasingly, the number of loans to first home buyers held up well at 14.3 per cent of total finance approved. First home buyer confidence will also be boosted by the recent rate cut.

“The relatively high number of housing loans will translate into higher levels of approvals and, in due course new housing activity in the next few months.

“This will ensure that the residential building sector remains a ray of sunshine in the economy, particularly in providing jobs.”

VICTORIAN consumers are the most optimistic in Australia, according to the latest Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment.

The index showed consumer sentiment in Victoria increased by 4.9 per cent in August to 104.0, ahead of the national figure of

NEW LOOK: Work on the arch is under way. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN 101.0.

The Victorian index is now 12.6 per cent higher than at the time of the last election when confidence languished in negative territory.

The survey also reported that consumer confidence in the indices of family finances, time to buy a dwelling, and expectations for economic conditions, had all risen in Victoria.

The largest increase was recorded in the index of expectations for economic conditions over the next 12 months which rose by 16.1 per cent, and is now 22.1 per cent higher than a year ago.

THE Memorial Arch Of Triumph at White Hills is getting a facelift.

The arch lists the names of 65 local servicemen who served in World War One, and also serves as a gateway to the White Hills Botanical gardens and is listed

as part of the Victorian Heritage Register.

The City of Greater Bendigo has undertaken significant ground works to improve the structural stability of the arch, with cosmetic works next in line.

“The arch’s foundations were in a bad state and this structural work means it will be around now for many years to come,” mayor Rod Fyffe said.

“Further cosmetic works to repair cracks and lime wash the render back to its original colour will also be undertaken once the concrete cures in the new foundations.

“Until the stage two works recommence during the summer months visitors can once again enter the gardens via the arch.”

The arch is one of just four WWI memorial arches in Victoria and since being erected in 1925, it has become a landmark in the local community.

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Volunteer fight not over

SEDGEWICK Country Fire Authority captain Brendan Dreschler is tired of CFA volunteers being used as political footballs in the ongoing dispute with the state government over career firefighters’ pay deal.

“We just want to get in and do our job,” Mr Dreschler said this week, following the new CFA board’s endorsement last Friday of the pay deal which he argues takes decision-making power away from the CFA chief officer.

“We are volunteers, we do not want to be unionised.”

The state government has called on the organisation representing the authority’s volunteers to accept the deal.

But Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria has vowed to fight on in the Supreme Court.

It succeeded on Wednesday when a Victorian Supreme Court judge agreed to send the dispute to trial next month and accepted an undertaking by the CFA an agreement would not be endorsed until courts decided if it was lawful.

The federal government also plans to get involved by changing legislation to protect volunteers in emergency services.

“The amendment to the Fair Work Act will be introduced to parliament as a matter of urgency following the resumption of parliament on August 30,” employment minister Michaelia Cash said in a letter wrote to VFBV chief executive Andrew Ford.

Mr Ford wrote in correspondense to members that progress on the Federal legislation changes was “very advanced”.

But Bendigo MP Lisa Chesters on Monday accused Ms Cash and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of playing politics with the issue, and called on

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anybody else this proposed legislation might effect,” she said.

That will take time and extend an already protracted dispute for months. The Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with career firefighters is already three years out of date.

“I am worried that this (amend-

We just want to get in and do our job... We are volunteers, we do not want to be unionised

them to release the proposed amendments before tabling them.

“I want a chance to bring it to my electorate, I want a chance to talk about the proposed changes with our CFA, career firefighters and volunteers, but also more broadly, with

ed) legislation will continue to fuel division within our region,” Ms Chesters said.

Almost 60 CFA brigades operate in the Bendigo electorate, including one in Bendigo that is worked by career and volunteer firefighters which

is where tension between the union and volunteers will be felt.

But Ms Chesters said the Fair Work Act was complex and needed consultation “to make sure there are no unintended consequences affecting employees in this legislation”.

“The state government has been involved in collective bargaining with career firefighters and that will go through the usual process between employers and employees,” she said.

“You can’t slam the state government for lack of consultation and then refuse federal MPs the opportunity to consult on legislation.

“This is a government that hates unions and they don’t hide the fact that they hate unions so I fear that they could be using this as an attack to go after workers in general.”

Review drives council changes

Service honours Vietnam Veterans The Vietnam Veterans Day Commemorative Service was held yesterday at the Soldiers Memorial Hall.

It began under clear skies at 10.30am in Pall Mall with a pre-assembly and light entertainment.

The day was originally known as Long Tan Day, chosen to commemorate the men of D Company, 6 RAR, who fought a battle against approximately 2000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in a rubber plantation not far from the village of Long Tan. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Battle of

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Long Tan. Coinciding with Vietnam Veterans Day, Bendigo Football Netball League clubs Castlemaine and Maryborough will this weekend recognise those who served and died in Vietnam.

This will be the first time Maryborough has hosted an event, with a ceremony to be held prior to the game’s commencement.

A medal and trophy will be presented after the game to the players judged as best on the ground for football and best on the court for netball.

time to remember: The Vietnam Veterans Day commemorative service was held on Thursday. Photos: ANDREW PERRYMAN

THE independent review continues to divide City of Greater Bendigo councillors because of its $2.3 million cost but chief executive Craig Niemann said this week it had delivered more than $4.3m in net savings in three years and made council business more efficient.

But the review will not answer all of the criticism that focuses on the council’s costs and service priorities.

Mayor Rod Fyffe has warned the community to expect the council will, at times, spend more to gain more.

As Mr Niemann and Cr Fyffe presented the final report of the three-year review to the public, Mr Niemann said he was not expecting a round of applause from council critics who he believed would question the accuracy of savings.

“They will question what we have done, whether we have gone far enough, whether the savings are accurate or not,” he said.

“But 69 recommendations over three years is pretty good, I think.”

Cr Fyffe went one step further, suggesting the public’s expectation that council do more with less money was difficult to manage.

“That is one of our problems as councillors - to explain that to the community,” Cr Fyffe said.

“There is low hanging fruit, and there are more

difficult (proposals) and overall the pay off is better with the more difficult but you need to spend and have time, and time is the critical thing because people think everything should have been done yesterday.”

The Home and Community Care Program came under the review’s early scrutiny but when the council flagged in 2015 the service would be outsourced, community protest forced councillors to change their mind.

This week, Mr Niemann warned HACC would be reviewed again within two years as the National Disability Insurance Service came into effect.

Commonwealth services have already taken over part of HACC’s supports.

Mr Niemann said councillors who started as supporters for the review, had become its most vocal critics, and vice versa.

He said intense reviews continued in some services but overall the council, and particularly staff culture, had benefited from the three-year scrutiny of service delivery practices.

Customers benefited from officers “closing the loop”, which meant they got a response to their query to council.

Council staff now receive performance reviews, which meant they get feedback for their work.

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Council deadline looms

By Sharon kemp

CITY of Greater Bendigo residents have until next Friday to enrol to vote ahead of October’s local government elections.

In four week’s time, candidates must have nominated for the ballot – September 20 at noon is the deadline for nominations.

Candidates have 32 days of campaigning before the October 22 poll.

In reality, many have chosen to

announce their intention to run well before the nomination date, and at the time of going to print more than 25 candidates had put up their hand for a seat in Bendigo’s council.

Local government elections are held once every four years, on the fourth Saturday in October. There are nine seats vacant in Bendigo, three each in of the three wards.

Eppalock ward extends to Redesdale and includes Axedale and Heathcote, Strathfieldsaye and the eastern suburbs of Bendigo. In 2012,

there were 25,340 enrolled voters.

Whipstick takes in Elmore, Raywood, Goornong, Huntly and the northern suburbs with 27,449 voters.

Lockwood includes Ravenswood, Sedgwick and Marong with 26,947 voters.

Because of the multiple vacancies, there is likely to be large numbers of candidates on the ballot paper and votes are counted according to a preferential system.

“The nature of the preferential

Election numbers on way up CANDIDATES in this year’s council elections are likely to number well over 30 for the City of Greater Bendigo’s three wards.

Two months out from the October 22 elections, as constituents turn their minds to voting issues, 26 candidates have already said they will run for the nine councillor positions, with more candidates expected to emerge in coming weeks..

Jan Pagliaro will nominate for a seat in the Lockwood ward and believes continuing discontent over the demolition of the Kangaroo Flat Leisure Centre will influence voting in the ward.

Ms Pagliaro has worked in aged care and in the disability sector and said if elected, her focus would be to protect people in both these groups.

Bendigo, she said, had strategic importance and could be a model for other municipalities to follow.

“However, for this to take place there must be a change of councillors,” Ms Pagliaro said.

“A group of new councillors who are willing to set aside their own agendas, including their political party ideologies.

“A group that will work together with respect, embracing each other’s differences, to effect a proactive, progressive march into the future.

“If elected, I will always ask: how will this decision effect the most vulnerable?

“I will strongly advocate for the most disadvantaged in our community.”

Local builder and businessman Geoff Stephens will nominate in the Eppalock ward.

Mr Stephens said he believed sincere community consultation, transparency of council processes

system encourages candidates to negotiate preference arrangements with each other, so that they can benefit from preferences flowing from elected or excluded candidates,” Victorian Electoral Commission information stated.

“To maximise their chances of election, candidates issue directions to voters on how they would like them to allocate their preferences.”

A study done by the VEC showed 44 per cent voters in regional councils followed how-to-vote cards in

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and accountable, informed decision making were essential to be truly representative.

He said he was “committed to the proactive advancement of the City of Greater Bendigo” and he chose not get bogged down in negatives.

“The past is done,” Mr Stephens said. “We work in the present to positively effect the future.”

He is advocating for a “radical shake up” of council.

“We need a diverse mix of councillors with knowledge, vision and practical skills who are prepared to maintain integrity and the respectful relationships necessary for a cohesive council to strategically take this great municipality into the future,” Mr Stephens said.

He said he had a sound knowledge of planning processes and

He said the Local Government Inspectorate made the call that there was a case of non-compliance by Cr Chapman.

Victorian Local Governance Association president Cr Sebastian Klein later welcomed a state government announcement that it would to amend the Local Government Act 1989 to ensure ratepayers do not suffer as a result of administrative errors made by a number of councils across Victoria.

“This is the right decision. It is the common sense approach that the VLGA has asked for. We are now working with state parliamentarians to see this amendment pass through the parliament,” Cr Klein said.

In a written statement, the VLGA said anger within the sector around the treatment of local government was palpable, and that councillors, who have faithfully represented their communities, should not have their reputations trashed by what is in

guidelines and experience in contract and project management, and expenditure control.

“I believe that significant cost savings can be made through diligent management of contracts which will assist financing our visions and long term strategies,” Mr Stephens said.

“I an intent on examining the business case and contract review policies of council for potential improvement.”

On Wednesday, arts industry professional and advocate Matt Emond declared his intention to also run in the Lockwood ward currently represented by councillors Rod Fyffe, Barry Lyons and Elise Chapman.

Mr Emond disclosed he was a member of the Labor Party but would run as an independent.

THE special City of Greater Bendigo meeting held on June 15 to ratify the councillor code of conduct was over within 15 minutes, characterised by little discussion and ended with councillors signing the code on the council table witnessed by chief executive Craig Niemann.

There was nothing to suggest councillor Elise Chapman would sign the code, weeks later, with the letters

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Certainly, Cr Chapman voted to approve and adopt the code because the resolution was passed unanimously.

It was noted at the meeting that councillors were entitled to time to consider the code before they signed it.

Cr Chapman was the only councillor who elected to take her time.

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Acting Local Government minister Richard Wynne said the government’s ultimate consideration was to ensure residents don’t have to pay for the administrative mistakes made by their local councils.

“The councils have admitted themselves to gross incompetence in not meeting this simple requirement, and they have asked the government for a solution to ensure ratepayers don’t suffer as a result of these mistakes,” he said.

“Communities should be able to rely on their elected councillors to behave with the utmost integrity and professionalism at all times, so it’s important they abide by codes of conduct that reflect these values.”

Shadow Local Government minister David Davis said the Premier was blaming everyone but himself for the “botched exercise”.

“This is a premier who has taken passing the buck to an Olympic level,” he said.

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In the Bendigo local government area, six of the nine councillors elected in 2012 required preferences to get them over the line.

Only councillors Lisa Ruffell and Peter Cox in Whipstick and Rod Fyffe in Lockwood were elected on first preference votes.

There were only five candidates in the Whipstock ward, and seven in Lockwood, but votes were divided between nine candidates in Eppalock.

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On schedule: St John of God Bendigo redevelopment director Alastair Greenall with CEO Darren Rogers.

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ST JOHN of God Bendigo Hospital is only months from unveiling its $41 million redevelopment, the results of which patients are already enjoying.

With the Bendigo Hospital also closing in on its completion date, St John of God chief executive Darren Rogers said Bendigo was positioned to permanently attract to the city medical specialists, particularly surgeons, who could work in the public system but wanted to retain a private practice.

Mr Rogers said it meant fewer central Victorians would have to travel to Melbourne for surgical treatment and rehabilitation.

The redevelopment of St

John of God is on schedule, with all wards due to be finished by year’s end and the entire first stage by March.

Mr Rogers said the ground floor of the new wing would comprise future capacity for the hospital, another $9m in capital to fit out, construction to begin once the capacity in the new hospital was reached.

He said it was an exciting, and busy time for the hospital as patients enjoy more beds, a new gym and kitchen in its rehabilitation ward, and move some services temporarily into the new wing to make space for refurbishment work in the original building.

The hospital is creating

two new operating theatres which can be used by surgeons wanting to retain private practice work.

Mr Rogers said the modernisation meant there were more beds available in all services the hospital provided, including maternity, rehabilitation, surgical, critical care and palliative care.

The changes to the hospital exterior are visible from the road, and the entrance which occupies the original chapel, is just waiting for furniture to be finished.

And inside, as the Bendigo Weekly witnessed, the new wards and treatment areas are all but complete, and patients are already looking at home.

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Book vision realised

By Dianne Dempsey

The first psychiatrist to practise in Bendigo, Dr John Bomford has written a much awaited book on the evolution of psychiatric services in Bendigo.

Realising the Vision: The Bendigo Psychiatric Service 1964-1987 begins with Dr Bomford’s brief biography and concludes with his refections on the state of mental health services today.

While cracks still appear in the provision of mental health services, it may be hard to believe that the 1960s, 70s and 80s were actually a golden time of service to the mentally unwell in Bendigo – a situation largely instigated by Dr Bomford.

Recruited by Dr Eric Cunningham Dax in 1964, and retreating from Britain’s cold climate, Dr Bomford came to Bendigo specifically to start a new provincial mental health service.

For six years he worked alone from the Bendigo Base Hospital and conducted psychiatry clinics in Swan Hill, Kerang, Echuca, Charlton and Castlemaine.

He was waiting for the completion of the Bendigo Psychiatric Centre where he was to implement innovative psychiatric practices such as the “therapeutic community”.

This approach emphasised a community response to mental health which included occupational and group therapy.

“We created an extraordinary atmosphere there, which continued after I left,” Dr Bomford said.

Dr Bomford says through the 1990s Victorian premier Jeff Kennett systematically closed all of the mental hospitals in the city and the country, regardless of their function.

It was a situation that left mentally ill vulnerable and placed huge demands on health providers.

Dr Bomford retired from private psychiatric practice in 2007 at the age of 80.

Today he looks back on his career and makes the observation that mental health services in Bendigo are still far from optimum.

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Festival hits new high After five years, Bendigo has built a writers festival that has a strong identity and a growing reputation.

Bendigo Writers Festival arts director Rosemary Sorenson said organisers estimated seat numbers have increased by over 50 per cent with some 15,000 tickets sold this year.

“The festival was enthusiastically embraced at the start, but it was seen as an experiment really, and there were many people who weren’t sure how it would go, who would come, and what kind of event it would be,” Ms Sorenson said.

“I think we know now that this city really is ideal for such a festival, that Bendigo is a perfect size, has excellent facilities and an increasingly confident ability to deliver.”

Mayor Rod Fyffe said the festival was a great success.

“It was wonderful to have such a range of people in our

an adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit, is far too small, according to Dr Bomford, and the gap between the staff and the patients too large.

He believes psychiatrists today are more geared to prescribing medicines, while the psychologists are orientated towards therapy.

“Psychiatry has always been an imprecise science,” he said.

“But we live in exciting times, concepts such as the plasticity of the brain hold up great hope for the mentally ill.”

“Realising the Vision: The Bendigo Psychiatric Service 1964-1987” will be launched at the Bendigo Library on Wednesday, August 24 at 5.15pm. RSVP by Monday, August 22. Phone 5441 4116.

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backyard,” he said.

“It’s what our city really needs, a festival which is going to generate ideas and discussion.

“I learnt a lot from the Julian Assange interview...

You could tell at the start of the interview that he was visibly moved by the support and attendance of so many people.“ Ms Sorensen agreed the Julian Assange live cross to London was memorable and said two other moments stood out.

“One highlight for me was when I realised that the decision to extend into the Friday afternoon was right – that was big, and to follow it with such a classy and entertaining discussion on Friday night at Ulumbarra, with Ita Buttrose, Benjamin Law, David Astle and Graeme Simsion, that put us on the front foot for the whole weekend,” she said.

“The other highlight for me was getting through all the tense moments when we realised just what a success

we had on our hands with sessions such as Stephanie Alexander and Hugh Mackay giving packed houses a brilliant Sunday afternoon.

“The feedback has been overwhelming.

“We need to work out a way to provide the festival experience without disappointing people who can’t get in to sessions, and we need to provide Harry Hart at Dymocks with a bigger space. But writers, visitors and Bendigonians have been so positive, it’s very encouraging.”

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Bendigo was a busy city last Saturday night – at 6pm our gallery opened its doors to the stunning Maticevski fashion exhibition, Dark Wonderland.

While around the corner at the Ulumbarra theatre a riveted audience watched a live cross with the controversial media activist Julian Assange.

From the sublime to the serious, you might say.

With over 300 people in attendance, the Bendigo Art Gallery was clearly the place to be seen – wearing high fashion.

Not only were the locals out in full force but it was obvious that a large contingent of Melburnians were in attendance.

You could tell they were from Melbourne for the obvious reason that one couldn’t recognize them, but also because the women seemed to be taller and thinner than the local lot – perhaps there’s something in the water.

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When opening the exhibition, gallery director Karen Quinlan said she was having a love affair – with her new Maticevski gown.

And City of Greater Bendigo tourism manager Kathryn Mackenzie was also sporting a rather stunning Maticevski.

“Toni Maticevski has managed to morph, adapt and defy the boundaries of fashion, crossing the line that divides fashion design with fine art,” Ms Quinlan said.

“For anyone who has ever dreamed of wearing a masterpiece, this is a must-see exhibition.”

Room after room of the gallery features 63 mindblowing ensembles.

The total impact is stunning, resulting in one of the most dramatic exhibitions the gallery has hosted.

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With maps and pens at the ready, local writer Lauren Mitchell and photographers Amy Doak and Brendan McCarthy went on a mission to find and capture the intriguing artists’ studios that lie hidden in and around the Bendigo district.

The resultant book, Artist Spaces of the Victorian Goldfields, features the stories of 13 creative people, the beautiful places where they live and work, and how they came to be in one of Australia’s most unique landscapes.

This 126-page, fullcolour book contains hundreds of photographs

highlighting the inspiring homes and studios of the artists.

Stanley Farley works in a former railway carriage discretely hidden in the Whipstick forest; Katarina Rapp discovered a stone cottage near Castlemaine; Sarah Boulton lives and works in a renovated, rough-sawn, log house in the bush behind Campbells Creek; Stephen Phillis insists he works in a shed rather than a studio, in the backyard of his Maldon home; Jessica Spalding found a rambling California bungalow near Bendigo’s CBD; Iain Stewart renovated a miners cottage in Long Gully and conversely,

John Wolseley works in an architect designed studio in the Whipstick which, as he says, suggests a massive concrete bunker.

The above artists and their dwellings are just a taste of what this rich and warm book offers.

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Locally, a V/Line Rail Safety Week barbecue was held in Bendigo to remind commuters of the importance of staying safe.

It comes as PTV released the initial patronage data after the implementation of the Bendigo Metro Rail project, claiming an increase of 10,000 trips on the Bendigo line according to July figures.

“July is the first full month of operation of the new V/Line timetable which also included addi-

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“So far an additional 10,000 trips have been taken as a result of extra services introduced on the Bendigo line as part of the Bendigo Metro Rail Project.”

Despite the restoration of all services, the percentage of services delivered on the Bendigo line dropped to the lowest rate since February at 97.2 per cent.

Punctuality on the Bendigo line was at 90.2 per cent in July, still below V/Line’s threshold meaning commuters are eligible for compensation.

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It was a peaceful protest march, multicultural and put Bendigo at the centre of democratic action in Australia.

In 1853, an estimated 10,000 miners and supporters marched in protest to an extortionate mining licence fee of 30 shillings a month.

They wanted it scrapped but compromised at 10 shillings a month.

Next Friday, any willing participant can be part of a reenactment of the march of the Red Ribbon Rebellion that wound down View Street, into Rosalind Park and back up to the site of the rebellion behind the Bendigo Art Gallery that is now marked with plaques.

School children from Camp Hill Primary, California Gully Primary and Girton Grammar will carry banners and the flags of nations that represented the nationalities of miners and supporters.

Costumed actors representing the main characters of the day will deliver speeches appropriate to the historic event, and Bendigo Historical Society president Jim Evans hopes everyone will wear a red ribbon in solidarity and remembrance.

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LA TROBE University has been rated in the top two per cent of global universities in the latest Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities released this week.

Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane Long said the university had risen approximately 200 places in a single year to achieve the result – its best ever outcome in the survey.

La Trobe University is placed 336th in the world, 18th in Australia and fourth in Victoria.

“Our success is the outcome of strong efforts to increase the quality and quantity of internationally recognised research at La Trobe, which has resulted in an 18 per cent increase in the number of publications from across the university,” Professor Long said.

“It is welcome recognition of La Trobe’s undoubted international research strength and a credit to our excellent staff and students.”

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WITH the fire season nearing ever closer, the state government is once again looking for project firefighters to help keep communities safe.

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Parks Victoria are recruiting for a range of seasonal positions including firefighters, fire support officers, hover exit crew and rappel crew members.

“Project firefighters play a vital role in keeping the community and the environment safe from bushfire,” DELWP Murray Goldfields district manager Paul Bates said.

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BIN ROLL OUT NEARS WITH two weeks to go until the official start of council’s new organics collection service, residents are being reminded to start placing food and garden waste in their new green bin.

Waste and recycling bin collection days will not change and their new organics bin will be collected on the opposite week to recycling bins.

Council’s waste services manager Natasza Purser said the introduction of the new organics service is the biggest change to waste management services in greater Bendigo in 30 years.

Residents are reminded to put out their new organics bin for collection even if the bin is not full.

Anyone unsure of when to put their bin out can phone council on 5434 6000.

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The government is aiming to recruit an additional 300 men and women as project fire fighters for the coming fire season.

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Motorists are advised to expect significant traffic management at the corners of Violet Street and High St, Nolan St and Bridge St and Weeroona Avenue and Caledonia St. Visitors to Bendigo who would still like to see the trams are encouraged to visit the Bendigo Tramways Depot and Workshop which will be open from 10am-2.30pm across the weekend and offering guided tours of the depot.

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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, August 19, 2016

Young gun wins monthly prize

By JOEL PETERSON

FOLLOWING two world championship wins, Bendigo shooter Laura Woolley has taken out the Bendigo Weekly/Prime 7 Bendigo Sports Star of the Year nomination for July.

Woolley travelled with cousin and fellow top shooter Emma Cox to Ireland for the world clay target championships at Esker Shooting Grounds.

The former Bendigo Senior Secondary College student won both the ladies and teams championships in the Down The Line discipline, finishing with an individual score of

889 out of 900.

That was also good enough for second in the overall junior category.

Woolley’s strong form continued in the team’s event, leading the Aussies to a total of 1186. That saw them 15 points clear of second-placed England.

It follows on from an outstanding 2015 for the talented young shooter, who represents the Bendigo Clay Target Club.

Woolley was last year named the Bendigo Academy of Sport’s athlete of the year after being a part of the academy’s inaugural clay target shooting program.

The 19-year-old was also a monthly Sports Star of the Year award winner for her performance at last year’s national championships.

She took out the champion of champions at the National Trap Championships at Wagga Wagga last year and finished second at the Victorian Clay Target Association’s senior school students championship in 2014.

Under the coaching of Steve Atkins, her performances continue to go from strength to strength.

DOUBLE ACT: Laura Woolley was a 2015-16 Sports Star nominee.

Boomers set for medal glory THERE have been mixed results for Bendigo’s Olympic contingent at the games of the 31st Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

Bendigo Weekly/Prime 7 Bendigo Sports Star of the Year award winner Matthew Dellavedova and his Australian Boomers contin-

ued their outstanding run by belting world number three Lithuania on Thursday morning to guarantee a place in the medal games.

The Boomers used a dominant opening half in their favour as they ran riot over the Lithuanians in a 90-64 win.

MEDAL METTLE: Patty Mills has been a standout alongside Matt Dellavedova for the Boomers.

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Australia led 48-30 at the main break, shooting 52 per cent and nailing ten three-pointers en route to victory.

Patty Mills again led the way with 24 points including nailing 5-of-11 from beyond the three-point arc while Dellavedova contributed 15 points and three assists in just over 19 minutes of court time.

The Boomers now play Serbia on Saturday morning to try and force their way into the gold medal match, against the winner of the other semi final between the USA and Spain.

Things did not go so well for former Catholic College Bendigo student Tessa Lavey and the Australian Opals in their match against Serbia, bundled out of the women’s competition at the quarter final stage on Wednesday.

The Swan Hill native played limited court time for Brendan Joyce’s Opals throughout the games, and struggled at times with turnovers and to find her shot but did not look overawed in her games debut.

Questions will be asked of Joyce and the Opals, who have medalled every year since missing the Barcelona games in 1992.

Liz Cambage was the standout for Australia, leading the competition in scoring, but a one-dimensional Opals outfit was brought undone after a run of unconvincing come-from-behind wins.

Dual Sports Star of the Year award winner Glenn O’Shea also endured a difficult games, finishing seventh in the men’s omnium.

The Eaglehawk track cyclist sat in that very position after day one of the six-discipline event, and produced a stellar one-kilometre time trial to push himself into medal contention.

He then finished sixth in the flying lap before being caught up in a dramatic crash in the points race, usually his strongest discipline.

O’Shea finished the points race in 14th, not adding to his overall tally.

Italy’s Elia Viviani had his consistency rewarded with gold.

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THE MUSIC RETURNS: OV’s Bendigo Festival begins next week.

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FTER a bumper inaugural year, Orchestra Victoria’s Bendigo Festival returns next week with five days of world class chamber music, symphonic programs and brass ensembles.

Over 60 of the state’s finest musicians will be in town from Monday, with the festival culminating in a spectacular concert at Ulumbarra Theatre on Friday, August 26.

The education program, On the mOVe! will also return allowing young musicians a chance to get involved in the festival. The On the mOVe! program will be led by maestro Dominic Harvey.

“The Bendigo Festival was a wonderful success in its inaugural year in 2015. We’re all very excited about returning this year,” artistic director Nicollete Fraillon said.

“The orchestra loves engaging with the broader community in such an exciting manner and taking quality music to regional Victoria.”

The tour is supported by Creative Victoria, the William Buckland Foundation and Bendigo Bank.

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WOULDN’T mind being a fly on the wall in their house when there’s a jam going on,” someone once said as we watched Andrew Watts and his sons Kane and Sam onstage at a Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival showcase event.

Years of practice, jamming and doing the hard yards come to fruition when the Watts family band, Seed, launch their debut album on Friday, August, 26 at the Goldmines Hotel.

“This album has overcome 25 years of procrastination,” Andrew Watts said. “It’s been fun to finally record it.”

Watts is inspired by the thriving music scene in Bendigo.

“The supportive environment in Bendigo is producing some of Australia’s best young

talent. To think that the live music scene had nearly disappeared until people like Colin Thompson and Roy Webb led the revival five or six years ago.”

Watts puts a lot of time and energy into helping young musicians get a start.

“I had my crack back in the ‘90s,” he jokes. Watts’ tireless support is evident in his involvement with the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival and in particular the Lazenby Young Blues Guitarist Award.

Kane and Sam Watts play drums and bass in Seed. Both were accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts this year, leading to a Watts family relocation to Melbourne.

Kane was runner up in Australia’s Best Up and Coming Drummer Competition in

2015. Both Watts juniors are now carving out a reputation on the Melbourne jazz scene.

“It started as a blues album, and got infected by a bit of funk and country as we jammed on the songs at gigs,” Andrew said. The album also features Brett Garsed and Hamish Davidson.

“Many people aren’t aware that one of the world’s greatest guitarists, Brett Garsed lives in Castlemaine,” Watts said.

Garsed has played in John Farnham’s band since 1985 and is a major recording artist in his own right.

Garsed features on three tracks on Seed’s debut album and will join the band at the Goldmines.

The Davidson Brothers’ Hamish Davidson also performs regularly with Seed.

Perhaps the most respected bluegrass musician in Australia, he has toured internationally over many years with the Davidson Brothers.

“How could we turn down the opportunity to do The Devil Went Down to Georgia with Hamish?” Watts laughs.

The album features nine tracks, with seven originals including Backbeat Right on Cue and Simple Days.

The Seed album launch is a free event with a $5 from every CD sale going towards the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival. “We wanted to have a free event, and hopefully people will support it by buying a CD.,” Watts said.

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An informed process I write in response to Michael McKenzie’s letter “Question for candidates” (Bendigo Weekly, August 12).

The budget process is informed by the council plan, liveability indicators, asset condition (where appropriate), various City of Greater Bendigo strategies and the Socio Economic Index for Areas.

Staff and councillors put forward projects for consideration as part of the budget process.

Residents lobby both staff and councillors for funding, so it is essential that they work together to ensure all possible projects are put before the council.

However, it is ultimately the council’s decision as to what projects are supported in the budget.

Each year residents are able to make submissions to the annual budget and council plan update.

There is also extensive public consultation when a new council is elected and a new council plan is set.

There is rigorous debate among councillors both during the setting of the council plan and budget, and also on the floor of the council chamber.

Councillors set the budget and staff implement the budget as passed by the council.

Mayor Cr Rod Fyffe, City of Greater Bendigo

To sign or not to sign To sign the stat dec or not to sign the stat dec is the all-important question of the moment.

I recently asked Craig Niemann, the CEO of the Greater City of Bendigo Council, to clarify whether under local government legislation a decision made by councillors in a workshop or forum, overrides a motion that is moved and carried by councillors at a public council meeting.

As yet I have been unable to ascertain the date of the meeting where councillors agreed that residents needed to sign a stat dec as part of the organics exemption process.

It is not part of the exemption process that was outlined at the ordinary meeting of council on March 2. The minutes of that meeting make no mention of a stat dec being required in the six step procedure that was approved.

It appears that council is singling out the people who are managing their own green organic waste to sign a stat dec, af-

ter council officers have already made an assessment that these residents have the right measures in place to manage this waste.

Interestingly, council’s own data from bin audits in the organics trial areas shows that, “on average, food waste is being disposed of almost evenly between the organics and residual waste bins”.

Despite this, only one group of people are being singled out to sign a stat dec. Why? Additionally, some residents who had already been granted an exemption without the requirement to sign a stat dec are now receiving letters from council saying that unless a stat dec is signed their exemption from having the green organics bin will be revoked.

I have also asked Mr Niemann to clarify whether the current interpretation by council officers that owners corporations cannot be granted an exemption if they collectively manage their green organic waste on common property is a correct interpretation of the law. Common property is collectively owned by the lot owners as tenants-in-common.

The councillors voted on March 2 that exemptions can be granted for those properties where it can be demonstrated that all organic matter is being managed within the property.

Residents living within an owners corporation are still managing their green organic waste on their own property if they are sharing compost bins and/or Greenaway bins on their common property, but this is not the view of the council.

Council will allow residents in owners corporations to share green organics bins between units, but every unit owner will be charged the full fee for the bin on their rates, according to council.

I will keep residents informed of the response from Mr Niemann on these issues.

Andrea Metcalf, Whipstick Ward candidate

Switch on to energy With the free offer of LED lights to replace halogen lights I contacted the phone number 1300 066 338 only to be informed that there is no provider for the Strathfieldsaye area.

I explained that we are part of Bendigo and was politely informed to go to wwwswitchon. gov.au and follow the prompts, it would appear that there is no cover for this area.

Since this is a Victorian incentive to save power and to do away with the dangerous halogen downlights we are not included in the free state-wide offer.

Anyone that can help please advise bevpringle2@bigpond. com Bob Pringle, Strathfieldsaye

Organic experience I think the organic bin roll out is a wonderful idea.

In my household I consciously manage waste with the aim to reduce environmental impact.

The process of applying for the exemption was easy, took a few minutes on line.

The young man from the council who came out to talk to me was friendly, and open to hearing my reasons.

I have no compost bin, no worm farm, the volume of waste I have doesn’t require them.

My whole experience has been positive with no issues at all.

If you don’t need a bin opt out, if you can use one, no problem either.

For me it was a pleasant experience.

Angela McDonell, Kangaroo Flat

A sorry cost “Apology costs city $5000” (Bendigo Weekly, August 12) reported that the majority of the

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cost was from engaging the law firm Slater and Gordon.

There are numerous law firms in Bendigo and an accredited workplace investigation firm that could have conducted the investigation and provided appropriate recommendations, at dare I say, a little less cost then Slater and Gordon.

Why did council not support local businesses, a simple check of the Bendigo Business Council’s website would have provided council with the details of both law firms and an accredited workplace investigation firm?

Mayor Fyffe or CEO Craig Niemann, would you please publicly reply as to why local business was not supported?

Darren Wiseman, Bendigo

Day to remember TODAY veterans and the Australian community will honour the service and sacrifice of nearly 60,000 Australians who served in the Vietnam War, including the 521 who lost their lives and more than 3,000 who were wounded.

Vietnam Veterans Day is commemorated annually on August 18, and this year it marks the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, one of the fiercest battles fought by Australian soldiers in Vietnam.

The battle involved 105 Australians and three New Zealanders from D Company 6RAR. A

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total of 17 Australians were killed in action and 25 were wounded, one of whom later died of his wounds.

D Company were greatly assisted by an ammunition resupply by RAAF helicopters, close fire support from New Zealand’s 161 Field Battery, together with additional artillery support from the Australian task force base at Nui Dat, and the arrival of reinforcements in APCs as night fell.

Commemorative events are taking place across the country which provide an opportunity for the nation to reflect on the service and sacrifice of the Australians involved in the Vietnam War. The major commemoration will be the public National Service, to be held at the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial in Canberra, which will be attended by the Governor-General, Prime Minister, other dignitaries and over 400 veterans.

On the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, we should all reflect on the sacrifice and experiences of the Australians who served their country in Vietnam.

We honour and commemorate every single Australian who served in Vietnam. As is inscribed on the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial, today is a day, “for all those that served, suffered and died”.

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Familiar balancing act BALANCING the expectations of the community with the reality of the municipality’s budget is not a new thing for Greater Bendigo, but it’s definitely got more zing to it these days.

Roughly three years after it started and more than four years since the murmurings calling for it to be introduced began, the final report on the implementation of the City of Greater Bendigo Independent Review has been completed.

In council’s own words – the review has created a more efficient and responsive, better-governed organisation equipped to engage with and meet the needs of its growing community – and for that we should be grateful.

Every council should do what the independent review set out to do, and ultimately achieved.

Never be afraid to look for better ways, for efficiencies and for improvements. Refine your systems and procedures, and where necessary, implement the actions that need implementing.

To its credit, the City of Greater Bendigo has gone through all of its processes and done this, and after

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Editorial Comment some initial reluctance, it appears to have come through the process all the better for it.

The processes initiated as part of the review are those that run parallel to everything local government does.

Having gone to great cost to plough through something as major as this review, council appears to have taken a lot of the learnings from this process and embedded them into the daily processes and procedures performed by staff – and that’s also a good thing.

Arising out of all this and the 69 recommendations that are the fruits of three years’ work, Council expects net savings to reach more than $4.2 million for the four years to June 30, 2017.

It’s also nominating signifi-

cant improvements to the annual budget process including improved spending scrutiny measures, resulting in the removal of $3.67m of items from the current 2016-17 budget.

Changes have been made to freshen up the City Futures directorate as the city’s main vehicle for driving economic development and jobs growth, and there will be more support for small business.

Staff are a major asset to the council, and the development and introduction of a new Personnel Evaluation System to monitor, benchmark and continuously improve the performance and output of directorates, units and individuals should deliver more dividends in the future.

It’s also important that the review has been completed prior to the upcoming October 22 council elections, meaning there’s ample time (hopefully) to get everything in place before the next group of councillors are installed, meaning the transition to the next council might just be a little bit smoother.

And that’s definitely a good thing.

107 not out, fi ghting on pk with Peter Kennedy

COMMON sense has prevailed for 107 councillors across the state who committed the grave error of failing to comply with the requirements of the Local Government Act in signing up to revised Code of Conduct guidelines.

I’ll leave the politicians to wrangle among themselves about the fact that the 107 actually, seriously and incredulously faced being removed from their elected positions just two months shy of the elections held every four years.

But it verges on the ridiculous to think that for all that has transpired in the past four years, an administrative bungle had the greatest potential for maximum upheaval.

The principles of the Code call for councillors to demonstrate responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership.

All good, wholesome ideals, but these sweeping motherhood statements are open to interpretation, potentially only after the

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horse has bolted.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the Victorian Local Government Association didn’t mince its words, when it expressed its concerns.

“There are many questions which have been left unanswered,” the statement read.

“Chief among our concerns

the best outcome for the sector but we will not back away from voicing our concern that the state government and other bodies have again chosen to demonise the sector and promote a negative view of local government instead of pursuing a fair, reasoned and cooperative approach.”

There are many questions which have been left unanswered is the way by which the state government, the inspectorate and other bodies interact and work against local government rather than in partnership with it.

“Advice we have received points to a process intentionally designed to make an example of councils and find technical faults with councillor Codes of Conduct.

“The VLGA will work with the state government, opposition and crossbenches to ensure

Ironically, the detailed internal resolution procedure included in the three page document available for public viewing on the City of Greater Bendigo website is longer than the code’s abiding principles themselves.

Likewise, the requirement for the signature of each councillor to be witnessed by the chief executive officer is not noted anywhere on the document as a heads up to anyone. twitter@peterkennedy23 pk@bendigopublishing.com

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HEARING

awareness Week AUGUST 20-27

Too noisy

If you do listen,

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id you know that moving away from noise or reducing unnecessary noise while talking, such as turning off the TV or radio, will improve your hearing?

And focusing on lips and facial expressions will also help you hear better in noisy enviromments says Bendigo Hearing Clinics’s audiologist Dirk de Moore.

“Our outer ear or pinna is designed in a way to enhance speech detection,” Dirk said.

“In noisy environments you can accentuate this feature by cupping one or preferably both hands behind your ears... notice the improvement.”

Dirk often jokes with his patients that the first café or restaurant in Bendigo that bothers with good acoustic design and advertises: Almost as quiet as a library, would be extremely succesful.

“Sadly not enough attention is paid by owners of restaurants and cafes to minimize noise levels.

“Simple solutions like acoustic paneling along walls and ceilings, tablecloths, rubber caps on chair legs, soft or carpeted floors and monitoring ambient background music levels make for a far more enjoyable social and dining experience.”

Dirk recommends the following for consumers to minimize the effect of noise; Check reviews of restaurants online and if words like noisy, lively or bustling get mentioned it might be worth booking elsewhere.

Check the restaurant’s website for photos of the interior. Bare walls and floors and lots of glass suggest that the venue will be noisy.

When booking request a quiet table or at least when being seated ask not to be seated near speakers, open kitchens or coffee grinders.

Avoid dark restaurants as they make lip reading much harder.

“Finally, if noise is an issue let the manager

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“Don’t let hearing loss affect your quality of life” Background noise is a deterrent to hearing clearly. know as this may prompt them to turn down the music or better still prompt some redesign initiatives,” Dirk said.

“Ideally the aim should be to limit background noise levels to below 80dB. “Better acoustic design will increase business and put money in their pockets – I guarantee it.”

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ET in early for your chance to slide behind the wheel of Audi’s allnew A4 Avant, available for a test drive from today for one week only at Audi Bendigo, on the Midland Highway in Epsom.

This completely new A4 Avant with sharpened lines and sculpted surfaces signals precision styling, amplifying the A4’s assertive on-road presence.

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RETURNING: The I do I do Wedding Expo. Photo: GARRY PATERSON

A day to remember

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HE I do I do Wedding Expo is central Victoria’s largest wedding expo, and has been regular event for intending brides and their fiancés for the last seven years.

The year’s expo will showcase the best and most sought after suppliers within the wedding industry, with the most up to date information, ideas and possibilities to plan a wedding with ease.

This event is perfect for planning an informative and exciting outing, this Sunday, between 10am and 3pm with your friends, family or bridal party.

Get inspired and hear from industry professionals to help you plan your wedding.

“The Bendigo Exhibition Centre is an amazing space full of natural light, allowing for our suppliers to showcase their skills in the best way to you,” said I do I do Wedding Expo organiser Ashleigh Needs.

“We have a broad range of central Victorian suppliers, everything from photographers, stationers, stylists, florists to cake suppliers, reception centres, beauty and hair suppliers, furniture hire,

food trucks, transportation, wedding planners and many more.

“Be sure to join us for this one of a kind wedding expo, be greeted by our friendly team and receive your, I do I do goodie bag full of wonderful information, ideas and even a few tasty treats.”

And don’t miss the fashion parade from 1:30pm, featuring stunning gowns, children’s formal wear and men’s attire from local suppliers.

Elsewhere a selection of food trucks and caravan bars will keep you satisfied while displaying a variety of catering and hospitality options for your wedding.

If your groom is escorting you to the expo why not drop him off at the unique ‘Fiance Drop Off Zone’ to relax in comfort with bucks’ entertainment ideas right next door, along with a selection of beers to keep him refreshed.

The I do I do Wedding Expo, Sunday August 21, Bendigo Exhibition Centre, Holmes Road Bendigo.

Contact: 0404 142 729 Email: idoidoweddingexpo@gmail.com

Introducing Tegan our newest therapeutic team member.

Having nearly nine years experience as

Soft Tissue Specialists

a Myotherapist and Pilates instructor in a South Gippsland clinic she recently moved to our beautiful city. Tegan has a

Why put up with...

keen interest in health and fitness, she

• Sports Injuries

• Pre/Post Natal Pains

enjoys treating and teaching others how

• Neck & Shoulder Pain

• Poor Posture

they can self-manage their conditions to

• Arthritic Pain

• Restricted Movement

get the most out of life.

• Headaches/Migraines

• Occupational Injuries

With Tegan joining us we now offer

...when Myotherapy may help

more of the highly sought after out-of-business hours appointments!

38 Sternberg Street, Bendigo | Phone: 5441 1908 | www.bendigomyotherapy.com.au

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N eight years Bendigo Day Surgery adjacent to Fortuna in Chum Street, has successfully treated thousands of patients with their range of medical services.

Today more than 20 doctors, use the state-of-the-art medical facilities for around five to six hundred specialist day surgery procedures weekly.

General surgeon, Dr Manny Cao has called Bendigo home for four years and along with performing a variety of procedures at Bendigo Day Surgery, has also been instrumental in establishing their recently launched Facebook page, where you will learn more about the doctors and staff along with the procedures offered.

Which include cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, gynecology and fertility procedures, cataract surgery and urology services.

“I am passionate about contributing towards a sustainable Bendigo, where we recruit, develop and retain local talent in the Bendigo region,”Dr Cao said, who shares Bendigo Day Surgery’s facilities with doctors across a broad range of disciplines.

Hence his interest in raising awareness through social media of his and his colleagues desire to further inform the public about the services offered right here in Bendigo.

“I also perform a wide variety of day procedures at BDS including colonoscopy, gastroscopy and keyhole hernia repairs right through to day case gallbladder removals.”

Patients often mistakenly believe they will be referred to Melbourne when they are

FEELING BETTER: Dr Andrew Purcell examines Geoffrey Nesbitt with Dr Manny Cao. faced with the need for specialist medical services.

“While there are some conditions that still warrant specialist services that are not currently available in Bendigo, these are becoming more and more less frequent, and indicative of the high quality health care

available locally.”

All medical specialists who consult or perform procedures at Bendigo Day Surgery are fully accredited according to national standards.

Additionally, Bendigo Day Surgery specialists must all undergo continual

medical education to ensure that their skills and knowledge reflect current standards to maintain their accreditation.

For a more comprehensive insight into the services offered at Bendigo Day Surgery, like their Facebook page or view the web at www.bendigodaysurgery.com.au

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Cataract Surgery Glaucoma Treatment Macula Degeneration Our group of experienced Eye Specialists have been caring for the community of Bendigo for over 20 years whilst maintaining the most up to date and highest standards of Eye Care possible.

Ask your General Practioner or Optometrist for a referral and we look forward to working together in caring for your vision here in Bendigo.

Bendigo Day Surgery, and our local Medical Specialists, offer same day surgical treatment and care in the following specialities: • Ear Nose and Throat • Gastroenterology • General Surgery

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JANE WORTHINGTON: Baptcare’s Home-Start coordinator is seeking help. .

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Volunteers needed

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HOME VISITING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Baptcare’s Home-Start program is in need of volunteers in the Greater City of Bendigo to work with young families.

This home visiting service matches volunteers who have parenting experience with families needing a little extra support to raise pre-school aged children Volunteers: • Share life experiences and skills • Visit weekly for 2 hours • Are mentors, friends and a general support person • Play and spend time with children • Assist with a range of practical family needs For more information, or to register your interest, please call Jane, Baptcare Bendigo’s Home-Start Co-Ordinator on 5432 4570 or 0439 038 140 www.baptcare.org.au

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APTCARE Home-Start Bendigo, is seeking volunteers to support young families throughout the Bendigo community.

Home-Start volunteer home visiting mentors provide both emotional and practical support to parents with at least one child of pre-school age.

This free program works with all cultures, religions and backgrounds.

Volunteers are often parents

themselves and complete a preparation course, before being matched with a family as a mentor.

By working together, they offer support to families, as well helping them identify and solve potential problems.

“At this time we’re particularly looking for volunteers who want to engage with young parents, families from an indigenous background or newly arriving migrant parents,” Baptcare’s Home-Start coordinator

Jane Worthington said.

“We need more people who are willing to give up two hours a week to provide this vital one-to-one companionship.

“Last year our 30 volunteers supported 43 families with 100 plus children in the local community.”

Potential volunteers can phone Jane on 5432 4570 or email jworthington@baptcare.org.au to find out more.

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ASMAN Butchers, formerly Tasman Market Fresh Meats are still making every effort to provide Bendigo Weekly readers with quality meat at the lowest prices, despite record high prices.

The name change to Tasman Butchers reflects the retailers distinction in the market place – Tasman Butchers being Victoria’s largest independent butcher.

Every Tasman Butchers store is staffed by a team of skilled and passionate butchers who provide advice on everything from meat cuts and tips through to cooking styles.

Tasman Butchers’ Geoff Mitchell says his butchers will cut your meat any way you like it.

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ENDIGO myotherapists Marni Pollock and Rebecca Seitz feel lucky to love what they do, having overseen Bendigo Myotherapy continually expand to now include a total of seven therapists, practicing from their Sternberg Street clinic.

All of Bendigo Myotherapy’s professional practitioners bring with them a range of experience from varied personal and professional backgrounds, providing clients with a broad spectrum of knowledge and treatment.

“Even after being established for 10 years in Bendigo, many people still ask what myotherapy is and when why they should see a myotherapist?” Marni said.

“Myotherapy is a physical therapy specialising in the assessment and treatment of the soft tissue structures of the body, muscles, tendons, fascia and ligaments.

“Anyone experiencing pain or limited mobility may benefit from seeing a myotherapist, especially if

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Staying independent

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ET mobile with a stylish Aspire Vogue Walker from Aidacare in Bridge

BENDIGO MYOTHERAPIST: Marni Pollock. the pain may be related to muscles.”

Often people are referred by their doctor, or allied health professional – however referrals are not necessary.

“We realise unfortunately not any profession can fix everything,” Rebecca added.

“If we cannot entirely fix peoples pain, we send them to someone who may, utilising our extensive network of allied health

professionals.”

To further assist their many patients Bendigo Myotherapy now provides out-of-hours appointments until 8pm, Monday through to Thursday and early appointments from 7.30am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Bendigo Myotherapy, 38 Sternberg Street, Kennington.

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They’ve got it all; everything from crutches and walkers to electric recliners, dressing aids and mobility scooters.

Aidacare offer a year-round five per cent Seniors discount and with Spring just around the corner they have great deals on mobility scooters – check it out at www.mobilityscootersale. com.au

They will also match any advertised price so customers know they’re always getting the best deal.

Aidacare is one of the country’s foremost providers of products and services that enhances their customers’ lifestyle and independence.

A trusted brand, Aidacare is a supplier to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Transport Accident Commission, as well as numerous hospitals and healthcare facilities right across the Loddon Mallee, including the new Bendigo Hospital.

So come in and see the team at Aidacare, 51 Bridge Street, on the corner, opposite the Bridge Hotel.

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If you’re putting in an alfresco area, a new driveway, slab for your shed, or just want to transform an old concreted area, Spray on Concrete Transformations have worked throughout central Victoria since 2003, completing jobs for satisfied clients.

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OU are never too young or old, to make a splash with Belinda Hackettt and her qualified instructors at Splash Swimming Bendigo, in Wood Street.

With summer just around the corner, Splash Swimming will soon have you or your child ready to enjoy a season by the pool.

Their 10 metre heated salt-water pool will soon have everyone imitating our new Olympic heroes.

Mums and bubs are always welcome too, with special baby classes catering for infants from three months to two-years of age, older children are then grouped according to age.

Small class sizes ensure the utmost attention from Belinda and her instructors who are all accredited by Life Saving Victoria.

Older pupils aren’t forgotten either and there are even water aerobic classes available twice a week.

Splash also runs special needs and physiotherapy programs, tailored to you our your child’s needs.

See their Facebook page or come along to their forthcoming birthday celebratory open day, on Saturday October 8, bring a friend to enjoy a free tryout and some great giveaways.

Splash will also be once again offering a Vic Swim Program during the January school holidays.

This fun and affordable program is a great way to further improve children’s swimming skills and technique.

For just $30 your child will receive five consecutive daily 45-minute lessons, book in for one week or two.

Splash Swimming Bendigo at 76 Wood Street Bendigo, open Monday to Friday from 9am.

Phone Belinda on 0409 002 020 or see their Facebook page for more details.

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REVOR and Dora Taggert have been successfully running their floor covering business since 1986. That’s 30 years of establishing a great reputation.

“We started off in a farm shed in Woodvale in 1986,” Trevor says, and we did so well we moved into Sandhurst Road in 1988.

“Both Dora and I enjoy what we do and get heaps of job satisfaction. We often get letters of thanks from domestic and commercial clients.

“The standout feature of our business is that we give a personalised service to our customers. From the moment they walk in the door we take care of them. We have an initial consultation when we find out their requirements; then I go out and do a proper measure.

I do the cutting and then we personally load the carpet or vinyl and instruct the

Ph 0432 172 351 contract installers. We’ve found over the years the best way to make sure a job is done properly is to do it ourselves.”

The other aspect to this highly reputable business is the truthful advice that Trevor and Dora give their customers.

“We advise people as to what is cost effective for them. The cheapest carpet is not always the best, not if it’s going wear out in a couple of years.”

“We also stock over 700 plus rolls of stock and give advice regarding colour and décor,” Trevor says. “Some of our builders aren’t sure what to choose and other customers are actually overseas, so based on their input we help them choose the right floor covering.”

Better still for customers, Taggerts currently have a clearance sale.

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UYING blinds and awnings directly from Brian Wellington ensures that you will have your installation done for free, enabling you to make a huge saving.

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Brian says he is fortunate to be an authorised re-seller of the Ziptrak® Track Guided Blind System.

The product development of the outdoor Ziptrak® system allows you to use your valuable family patio area 12 months of

the year insulating against the elements, including unwanted insects, mozzies and flys.

The beauty of this system is that it also connects the indoors to the outdoors. With the patented Ziptrak® balanced spring system it is as simple as pulling the blind down either full length or stopping at any point.

There are no gaps down the sides, no zips, cords, ropes or wires. It can also be used to replace the old automatic arm awnings to cover most window styles.

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RTIST Charles Summers’ best known public sculpture is that of the Burke and Wills monument now located on the corner of Swanston and Collins streets in Melbourne.

Summers was induced

by Joseph Panton, a fellow founder of the Fine Arts Society, to share his skills with that of prisoner William Stanford.

Stanford had been imprisoned at Pentridge Prison for years and on two separate occasions he had made his escape.

These escapes were to place him under lock and key for a longer period then his original sentence.

Quarrying, which was part of the “hard labour” component of the sentence that most prisoners faced, was Stanford’s lot as well.

Because of Stanford’s early apprenticeship as a stonemason he had far more than just breaking rock on his mind. He had begun during his hard labour time to secretly start some sculptural and carving work in the same bluestone that other prisoners were working into blocks.

Panton, after seeing Stanford’s early sculptural work at the prison felt that the untapped artistic skills of this young man should be nurtured, hence the involvement of Charles Summers.

MASTERWORK: William Stanford’s completed fountain.

Panton had persuaded the prison governor, who he knew well, to allow Stanford to work the bluestone into something monumental.

Stanford came up with the idea to produce a large fountain with an octagonal basin.

At first the gaol governor was taken aback at the scale of the fountain that Stanford was about to begin. The governor soon realised that the fountain project would take some years to complete,

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Dance: Spring Gully Hall from 8pm to midnight. Music by Adrian Holmes Trio dance band. Good program. Prizes and raffle. Entry $9.

Home cooked supper. Details: 5444 2953.

Sunday, August 21 Bush Poets: Newmarket Hotel. Concert 2pm to 5pm. Preceded by Bendigo and Central Goldfields Bush Poets AGM at 12.30pm. The Newmarket Hotel, corner of Nolan Street and Charleston Road. A great afternoon of Aussie entertainment, lots of great poets, fun and music. Details: 5446 7104.

Thursday, August 25 Old Time Dance: Eaglehawk Senior Citizens Rooms, Darling Street, Eaglehawk. 8pm till 11pm. Entry $5. Details: 5442 1815.

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thus keeping this inmate more than productively busy. In fact it took William Stanford four years to finish this massive piece of work.

The whole fountain was accurately made in sections, all the components carefully chipped out to the required shapes by hand labour. This included the dolphins which continues to disgorge water as part of this fountain until the present time.

On the edge of the main basin of the fountain there

are fishing birds with raised pinions. Around the base of the massive central column of the fountain is where the eight dolphins are situated about 40 centimetres above the water level of the inner basin.

Above the main column of the fountain is another smaller basin, on its decorative edge are carved another eight aqueous themed water outlets.

Above that basin there is a figure of a boy supporting a smaller basin from which rises the finial of the fountain.

Stanford had persuaded the prison governor to let his son be the model for that boy. Originally Stanford had wanted to have the boy’s figure cast in bronze.

Bronze was out of the question as far as the governor was concerned, Stanford had to use the plentiful bluestone, or nothing at all.

The fountain project elements were all completed just prior to Stanford’s release from Pentridge in 1870.

The fountain came to be erected in the same year on the corner of Spring and Macarthur streets in what is now called Gordon Reserve.

All because of an incident at the first Bendigo Cup meet, this enduring monument came to be created.

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HAT common thread links a chimpanzee, a long-extinct Iberian rhinoceros and an early 1900s automobile clad in elephant hide?

All three are part of the disparate menagerie of characters that populates storyteller Yann Martel’s latest release.

From the author best known for the phenomenally popular Life of Pi, Martel’s new novel is in fact a series of three novellas that, although independent, share key elements.

The action begins in Lisbon in December 1904 as Tomás Lobo, still mourning the death of his beloved Dora and little Gaspar, sets out in search of a mysterious religious artefact created in Angola and carried to Europe via the slave colony of São Tomé.

Using the diary of a 17thCentury priest, Father Ulisses Pinto, as inspiration, he winds his way along the plateau that separates his homeland from Spain to a cluster of isolated rural villages in the northernmost reaches of Portugal, encountering events perhaps bizarre, perhaps imagined along the way.

The second act takes

place in Bragança, the focal point of Portugal’s northeastern province.

It is New Year’s Eve 1938 and Dr Eusebio Lozora is working late in his hospital office, finalising paperwork for autopsies completed in recent days.

Suddenly an elderly woman appears with her husband’s body packed neatly in a suitcase, demanding to know not how the man died but how he lived. Can the doctor provide the answer she seeks?

The third and final chapter stretches from Ottawa, Canada, to Oklahoma City, US, and then to Tuizelo, Portugal, in the early 1980s as freshly widowed Senator Peter Tovy embarks on a search for meaning of his own.

Upending his routine existence, Tovy returns to the village of his Portuguese grandparents, taking with him the most unlikely of travelling companions.

Spanish-Canadian Martel will speak at the Melbourne Writers Festival next weekend.

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Out of the shadows S

HADOWLAND, the groundbreaking new performance by dance troupe Pilobolus, is best described as part shadow act, part dance, part circus and part concert.

Shadowland will be Bendigo at Ulumburra this weekend.

As the first theatrical event of its kind to tour the globe, Shadowland incorporates multiple moving screens of different sizes and shapes to create an evening-length performance that merges projected images and front-ofscreen choreography.

The story is a surreal experience of a young girl’s sensational world as she comes

of age.

Created in collaboration with lead writer for the animated series SpongeBob Square Pants Steven Banks, Shadowland is dramatic and comedic.

It is set to a rhythmic original score by the popular David Poe, whose poetic work for Shadowland ranges from ballads to hard-driving rock numbers that lifts the audience out of its seats.

His much-loved songs illuminate the themes and visuals of this fascinating story and world.

The show is on at the Ulumbarra Theatre on Sunday, August 21.

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Ph. 0428 381 925 CONCRETING HARD YARDZ 35 years experience. exposed aggregate, wheelchair ramps, sheds & paths, resealing, driveways, crossovers, sleeper walls. Free quotes John 0409 439 414 hardyardzconcreting@ gmail.com

CONCRETING

Cameron Concrete Domestic & Commercial.

For all your concrete requirements..

Call Rod 0400 611 016 Free Quotes & advice.

30 years experience

CONCRETING

DD Handyman & Maintenance Service All types of household jobs inc garden maint.

Phone 0409 949 111 EXPERIENCED House Repairs Work done from Start to Finish, Plastering, Painting, tiling, bathrooms, Further details Phone John 0418 361 430 IRONING service $25 per hour 5 shirts for $12.50, smoke free home, pick up & delivery Ph 0427 141 254

JORDAN RAMAGE LANDSCAPING For all Outdoor Improvements Ph 0434 933 277

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

Bobcat & Tipper Hire

TempTech

AIR CONDITIONING

Nathan: 0407 972 717 bendigotemptech@hotmail.com

PANEL BEATING Spray painting, rust repairs.

25 yrs experience, cheap rates. Ph 5443 1710 or 0401 915 906.

PLASTER & PAINTING BUILDING RESTORATION GLENN has been in the industry for over 15 years & is highly experienced in all aspects of plastering, painting and building restoration. All jobs,all sizes.

Pensioner discounts & free quotes.Call Glenn Snell on 0402 463 138.

PLASTER

All types of plastering.

• Home Maintenance • Tiling • Painting • Carpentry. Free quotes.

Ph. Brian 0407 679 618

Servicing all of Central Victoria • Pensioner discounts avail.

Registered Licence No. 47315

Lawn Mowing, Whipper Snipping

Spraying (Roundup) $35 per hr / $30 pen (inc. take away clippings).

Delivery of Garden Products Rubbish Removal $80 per load/$70 pen (incl tip fee $35) for 7x4 square box trailer.

NO tyres or rock/clean fill.

Cash only Ph Mick 0407 448 249

Services Offered To advertise in this section please call 1300 558 385

PLASTERER EXPERIENCED LOCAL PLASTERER Rates from $35p/h Pensioner 10% Disc.

• Holes Patched • Renovations • Painting

PJ TAYLOR

5446 1422 0448 713 499

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$7.40

per cm/col Price includes colour, scanning of images and clip art etc.

1300 558 385

Site Clearing Driveways Excavation Laser Levelling Rubbish Removal

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

LITTLE RIPPER Digger Service

Call Ron 0438 569 385

Trenching, Rotary Hoeing, Post Holes, Levelling 4 in one bucket,Tipper Hire.

Ph: Glenn or Donna

ANTENNAS

5446 7163 or 0418 510 074

TV Tuning from $40

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

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

Phone Ron on

Call Clint 0427 349 549

5447 7823 or 0431 609 423

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

Matt” A “ Excavations and Landscaping

ANTENNAS

Services Offered To advertise in this section contact our classifieds department 1300 558 385 classifieds@ bendigopublishing .com

BUILDERS

SMALL JOBS WELCOME ALL HOME MAINTENANCE PROMPT SERVICE

JOHN BUILDER THE

MOB: 0411 780 550

DBM-1122 DB-U-28169

Excavator, Tipper & Bobcat

THE MAINTENANCE MAN Prompt & reliable service, done with honesty & pride. Small jobs a specialty, free quotes Phone Ian 0417 337 424 LAWN MOWER & SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS Push & ride on mower servicing, pick up option.

Power equip. repairs.

Chainsaw service & sharpen. Bendigo Marine World, Epsom 5448 3988

Backhoe Trenching Post Hole Borer 200 - 600mm diameter

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

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

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING ASSEMBLY / INSTALLATION

SOUTHERN CROSS RESTUMPING

Building Permits Arranged + 20 Years Experience

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

BUILDING DESIGNERS

BENDIGO

FLAT PACK FURNITURE ASSEMBLY

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

BEDROOM DINING LOUNGE OUTDOOR OFFICE

0403 264 629

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

ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING SERVICES www.dkgdraft.com.au

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

BATHROOMS & KITCHENS

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

McCabes KITCHEN, BATHROOMS & HOME IMPROVEMENTS

• Quality + trust in the outcome • Passion to create • Pride in our craftmanship • 25 years building experience

0417 511 159

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

BLINDS & CURTAINS

Ph 0429 171 697 E: favcoinfo@bigpond.com

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING 1.5 TONNE MINI EXCAVATOR FOR HIRE

ADDED TO THE FLEET: BOBCAT/SKIDSTEER

Southern Cross Blinds & Awnings

CARPENTERS

C CARPENTRY & M MAINTENANCE TRADE QUALIFIED CARPENTER

Jack Hando 0467 642 504 Carports Concreting Renovations Decks & Verandahs

Tiling Retaining Walls General Handyman Fix Ups

(1.7 Tonne Machine Only) ABN: 62 094 744 216

Driveways, Paths, Sheds.

No job too small Free Quotes Dennis: 0427 858 081

BOBCAT / EARTHMOVING

FURNITURE

Driveways, Sheds Paths, Crossovers etc.

40 years experience Free Quotes

LAWN MOWER REPAIRS

AIR CONDITIONING

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

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

• For dry hire • With or without operator • Short or long term • Delivery can be arranged

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

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

GARDAM

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E X C AVA T I O N

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Services Offered CLEANING SERVICES

FURNITURE REMOVALISTS

HOME MAINTENANCE

LIGHTING

Quality Cleaning Services

Customised Fibre Optic & LED Strip Lighting.

Homes & Businesses

Serving Bendigo for 20 Years

• CARPET CLEANING • OFFICE CLEANING • BUILDERS CLEANS • DOMESTIC CLEANING

0418 506 188 cleanjet@iinet.net.au

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

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

No obligation quote: 0477 22 77 00

NO JOB TOO SMALL

REMOVALS

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

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

CALL PETER 0409 422 271

Phone: 5435 3148 or 0407 349 372 Bendigo

Email: bhmpeter@hotmail.com

GARDEN SERVICES

LANDSCAPING

Ph 0438 723 905 E: sales@ledclub.com.au W: ledclub.com.au

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

• Little Tipper/Drive - Hire

•For all your Landscaping needs and bobcat work.

• Trade Qualified

PHONE STUART 0429 181 691

PAVING & LANDSCAPING

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

www.bendigoprofessionalcleaningservice.com.au

COMPUTERS

• Under Bench Lighting • Stairs • Pergolas & BBQ Areas • Pools • Display Lighting

GLASS / WINDOWS

PH: 0418 822 911

iThings Bendigo Best onsite support of Apple products in Bendigo.

Helping your iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac work seamlessly.

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

> Glass Splashbacks > Mirrors

Ph: 0420 427 283 Email: instyledoorsandscreens@gmail.com

• Paving - all types • Brickwork •Turf • Retaining Walls - all types • Brick Edging

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Paul 0429 462 057 mgbricklayingandlandscaping.com

FREE QUOTES | NO JOB TOO SMALL!

ELECTRICIANS

HOME & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ALL GENERAL HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS BUILDING & CARPENTRY WELDING & METAL WORK CALL DARRYL FOR ALL ENQUIRIES

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H | (03) 5443 7464 M | 0448 327 508

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Over 25 years of trade qualified experience

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HANDYMAN SERVICES

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• Qualified tradesmen • Landscaping • Commercial and residential property maintenance

Specialising in Landscape construction

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

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Combined 62 years experience All types of work • Competitive Pricing

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Painter & Decorator

LAWN MOWING

VILLAGE GREEN MOWING & GARDEN SERVICES Mowing

Edges

Garden tidy-ups

Paths blown

Hedging

Green waste removal

0400 400 299 299 9 529 2

0438 083 139 www.bettabathroomhire.com.au

Stuart Erwin 0407 667 900 Cameron Rogister 0411 956 937

0418 507 709RECA/H 5448 3333 7821

ELECTRICIANS

Call David/Bronwyn

PAIN TERS + DEC ORATORS

> Fly-Screens > Glass Balustrading

Pruning Odd jobs

Phone ANTHONY on 0447 899 391 RELIABLE

•

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•

ABN 998 920 859 13

Jeoff Milne 5447 2476 Mob 0425 728 336

(Shower, hand basin, toilet etc)

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

BENBOW AND SCOTT

> Shower Screens > Security Doors

ABN: 13 156 557 736

• Systems built • Repairs and upgrades • Network and internet connections • Virus and Spyware removal

MOBILE BATHROOM FOR HIRE

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

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on call computer maintenance

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

PAINTERS / DECORATORS

FULLY INSURED

EXCAVATION

INLAND PILING K a n g a ro o F l a t

Excavator Skid Steer

Hole Boring to 1.2m diam & 8.0m deep Bored Piers for retainer walls and footings Rock Augers for most rock types Screw Piles suitable for deep fill sites Excavation bulk, detailed, sitecuts, sorting bucket, grabs & ripper Rock Breaking

0418 509 418 inpile@impulse.net.au

JB Painting & Decorating Joel Blundell Painting & Decorating Competitive Prices & Free Quotes New Homes | Renovations | Period Homes External & Internal Repaints Servicing Bendigo & Surrounding Areas Fully insured and reliable ABN: 86134228939

0432 626 446 painter_joel@hotmail.com

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Services Offered PEST CONTROL

PLUMBERS

Greg Hicks st same day Plumbing Fajosebrvtoicoesmall Master Plumber

0448 701 138

Formally “Spider Sprayers”

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

PLUMBERS

Lic#100122

Peter Carr Plumbing & Gasfitting Pty. Ltd.

License No. 32710

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

544 33 999 4 Nolan Street, Bendigo

Weeroona Plumbing & Gasfitting Lic. 33153

Call 0474 831 694 NSTO

D

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

Services Offered To advertise in this section contact our classifieds department

HEATER SERVICES & INSTALLATIONS

Jason Charles 0448 324 126

Lic No: 50975

• All general work, new and old • Water • Change over hot water services • Sanitary • Sewer • Gas • Roofing • Stormwater

Ph 5446 1535 www.dunstonebrosplumbing.com.au

SPECIALISING IN: JLC PLUMBING & PLUMBING GAS GENERAL

PO Box 54, Eaglehawk

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

POST HOLE BORING

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Electric

SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS

PHONE BRUCE

ROOFING

SUPERIOR

ROOFING

& MAINTENANCE SERVICES

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

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

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

EXPERTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF ROOFING 5444 2028

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

0438 632 219

RUBBISH REMOVAL

SMITHS Quality tree and Stump Removal

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

David Smith 0427 506 160 e: dsmith.trees@gmail.com

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

Ph Paul 5439 3835 or 0428 395 429 * Fully Insured

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PH 5440 2514

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TREE LOPPING

Reduce Fire Risk Spouts Vacuumed Spotlessly Pensioner Discounts Water Tanks Cleaned

Bendigo’s most read newspaper

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CV Industrial Vacuum Services

0427 319 923

No job too small or too big

0429 984 748

SPOUT CLEANING

bendigopumps@gmail.com

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

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

1300 558 385

Pumps& Motors

SPECIALIST POST HOLE BORING

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SPOUT CLEANING

Bendigo

PLUMBERS

Jason Charles 0448 324 126

35 YEARS EXPERIENCE FREE no obligation competitive quotes Prompt service

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7 Days a Week

t Yard clean ups t Whitegoods t DomesƟc t Builders t Renovators t Commercial

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

0423 402 474

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TREE LOPPING

TREE LOPPING

· Tree Removal & Pruning · Green Waste & Stump Removal · Tower/Chipper/Bobcat /Tipper · Over 15 Years Experience · We Travel Anywhere · Free Quotes · Fully Insured www.juddstreesolutions.com.au

AAA TREE LOPPING • Pensioners (Disc) • Full Insurance • (Prompt) Same Day Service For Best Price Phone Jack Direct

0409 289 700 5428 9312

WOOD HEATING

To advertise in this section please call

Flue Cleans Wood Heater Service & Repairs

1300 558 385

0427 509 117

CLEANERS

ADAM SKIPPER

1300 558 385 Mail: Include your name, address and phone number.

Bendigo Weekly P.O Box 324 Bendigo 3552

Email: Include your name, address and phone number.

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Cat Enclosures A fun, safe way for your cat to enjoy the outdoors.

Free quotes to suit your budget.

Call Jim 0429 866 630 www.byers.net.au

FOR SALE ANZAC Biscuit Tins x 6 GC $40 Ph 0411 814 274 BABY rocker 5447 4158

vgc

$10

BACCARAT s/steel fry pan with lid $25 vgc Ph 5447 7275

BASSINET white on chrome stand, mattress & linen, $60 5447 4158

BBQ portable Gasmate good cond $80 Ph 0459 483 869.

BBQ grill electric Kambrook ex cond $20 Ph 5444 5836

BED ends, wooden with cast iron detail $60 ono Ph 0459 483 869.

BLOCKOUT blind black, w/ fittings 1800 x 2100 $50 unused 5442 5552 BOTTLE starter kit never used $100 5447 4158

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FOR SALE FIREWOOD

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

FIREWOOD

Top quality A Grade Redgum, Split Dry $125 M delivered, Special 5 metres $550 Gray & Yellow Box also available.

Also selling by tonne .Ph 0437 120 009

FIREWOOD

Grey box and Yellow box $110 per metre Phone 0408 328 136

MASSAGE table, black $50 ONO Phone 0411 770 369

MINOLTA auto pak 8 K11 camera, collector piece $20 5439 6472

Buy/Sell/Repair All types of clocks & watches

OLD Style Grandma's Clothes Wringer Free 0439 306 779

WATCH MAKER ON PREMISES

OLD Timber cabinet $20 Ph 0447 232 986 ONESIE with hood, size 12, B & W fabric, never worn $10 ono 0476 077 570

L WOMERSLEY mixed media painting framed, 21cm X 32 cm $500 Phone 5444 2100.

KNITTING wool 5 ply assort reds & browns $15 Ph 5447 7275

FIREWOOD

PAVERS red Bendigo brick new 60c each approx 250 -300 Ph 5442 2731.

to suit all yourr needs!

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

View containers at:

51 Ryalls Lane, Strathfieldsaye.

• Ph 5439 5512 • Mob 0409 957 014

PAVING slabz off white x 8 , 450 x 450 new $70 5447 0612 PILLOWS x 7, unused $12 the lot 5442 5552 FREE concrete cherub on pedestal very heavy Ph 5448 5455 RETRO foldout divan exc cond $60 Ph 0459 483 869.

RIDE on mower MTD 6 speed 38" cut, with catcher new belts, $750 Phone 5438 7385.

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

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

BREADMAKER Sunbeam vgc $30 Ph 5447 7275

LACE Curtain, white, fit single window. New $15 Ph 0476 077 570

SILVER Brides Maids Shoes size 8, VGC $9 5439 6472

FRIDGE Kelvinator no freezer, 1400mm x 600mm Gc $80 0447 735 798.

SLASHER, heavy duty 5ft, as new on done 1 hr work $1500 Phone 0438 196 283

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

SLIDING alum door , brown, 2070H X 2460 W $250 Ph 0458 417 088.

HAY & STRAW

SOCK Pullerupper Trev at Bendigo market Sunday in Noble Pavilion.

BRICKS second hand, red 40 cents each OBO Ph 5442 2731.

BUSHELLS Tea Tins x 2 GC $10 pr Ph 0411 814 274 CAST Iron Star Wall Plaque $45 Ph 0447 232 986 COFFEE Table, oval black glass, 3 tier, EC $55 Ph 5444 3451 COSY TV blanket, pink new $10 ono 0476 077 570 CREATIVE Hands four binder set, as new, $20 Ph 0417 120 591 DINING chairs x4, wood frames, pads, VGC $50 lot Ph 0439 484 186

DINNER Set, Mikasa, 6 plus settings, dusky pink $60 Ph 5443 3050 DOONA cover double size $15 Ph 0437 567 073 ELEC Push Bike Unique, New Batt, 2 Charger $750 Phone 0466 997 290.

ELECTRIC wheelchair Jay, new batteries $1,000 Phone 5448 4717.

FILING cabinet 4 drawer $45 Ph 5442 5552 FIRE or construction wood, Free, 10 Anderson Street, Bdgo on front nature strip

Rolls & Little Squares.

Delivery available Maiden Gully Ph 0438 373 291 HEAVY duty tri axle trailer, A1 cond, 14x8ft, $4,000 ONO Phone 0438 196 283

STOVE electric Fisher & Paykel, GC 600mm W $100 Ph 5446 1663 SUNBEAM multi food processor as new $30 Phone 5439 3054

HIPOD childs booster seat ex cond $45 Ph 5442 3042

SUPERSTITCH, three binder set, as new $15 Ph 0417 120 591

HUNGARIAN books, VHS & DVD's, Cassette Tapes $3ech PH 0487 902 501

TABLE 1950's 94cmL x 63cmW x 76cmH, brown tiled top $20 0419 346 126

KITCHEN sink double, new, cost $344 sell $99 Ph 5446 1310 LAUNDRY Trough dble, with 2 door steel cabinet $35 Ph 5446 1310 LAWNMOWER Victa 2 stroke, runs well with catcher $75 0451 102 919 LOUNGE Chesterfield 3 seater, vgc $800 Phone 0407 428 080.

MASSAGE chair, black $50 ONO Phone 0411 770 369

Hartlands Eucalyptus Farm 100% Pure Blue Mallee Eucalyptus Oil - All quanƟƟes available Eucalyptus Garden Mulch Eucalyptus Soap, Hand Cleaner & Washing Powder For sales and enquiries please phone 5448 8227

Visit the shop at Bendigo Pottery Epsom or Phone John on 0405 210 020

FOR SALE TOP SOIL

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

Containers

The Time Gallery

MATTRESS i/spring sgl very clean double sided $50 0408 109 243.

PANTRY doors, paired, 2x1m, louvered $18 Phone 5446 1310

Store Well with Stilwell

WANTED TO BUY

TIMBER Dining Table & 8 Chairs, seats 6 & expands to sit 8, EC $200 Ph 0407 836 102 TOASTER 4 slice, Breville, platinum gc $5 Ph 5444 5836 TOLEDO 6 compartment dog trailer $1,350 ONO Ph 0438 196 283

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

Lawn soil $30 p/m Garden Soil $40 p/m, includes local delivery 4, 6 and 10m avail.

Garden rocks also avail.

Phone 0418 306 548 or 0428 100 770 TREATED Pine Sleepers 200x50x2400mm, new $10ea Ph 0438 196 283 TV cabinet in blackwood timber, GC $260 Phone 0413 418 542.

TV cabinet in GC $120 Phone 0413 418 542.

TV stand silver with tinted glass door ex cond $10 Ph 5444 5836 TV AWA, flat screen 26" with built in DVD, VGC $100 Ph 0418 256 107 TWO old lamps $10 each Ph 0447 232 986 CONVENCTION oven electric bakes anything as new $40 Ph 5448 5509 WOOD planer 15 inch $1,200 OBO Ph 5442 2731.

11 SCHOOL STREET CALIFORNIA GULLY Saturday 9am Beds, household items, books, jewellery, bric a brac, hutch and more.

NO EARLY BIRDS.

BRICKS, small quantities, any quality will pick up Phone 0412 590 026.

OLD bottles, town or company names, ginger beers, milk, marble bottles etc Demijohns, single items or collections.

Private collector 0452 264 661 RIDE on mowers dead or alive 2005 model onwards Ph 0408 427 451 WANTED to Buy Caravans up to $2000 cash.

Buying complete annex' up to $200 & carvan parts Ph 0403 565 134 WE buy shed lots, deceased estates or moving. We buy anything and everything that is old. Ph 0418 577 674 or 0452 264 661..

FALCON 96 EF station wagon gc 240,000 klms, n o r e g V I N JGWATK50134 $500 ph 0438 520 794

FALCON AU ute 2001 Series II, 18" wheels, sold as is $1,699 UEG784 Ph 5443 1710 or 0401 915 906..

FORD Escape XLS 03, 208911 klms, V6 auto, recent RWC, immac cond, $5,900 SNJ595 Ph 0418 549 388

HOLDEN '11 VE C'Dore Omega , Low kms, auto, nudge bar,reg til Dec, all extras ZKO-460 $15,000 ONO Ph 0409 333 024

CAMERON COURT EPSOM Saturday 8am - 2pm

WANTED WANTED Nissan/Datsun Skyline R30, C210, 240K sedan, coupe or hatch complete or parts Ph 0400 949 779

WRECKING

MITSIBISHI Mirage '04, 160,000km, good clean, new tyres, w/allignment, reg-Nov, 1BT-9JP, manual, $2250 Ph 0466 014 429

ALUM. trays brand new fully assembled with m /brkts, suit all models from $1,380. Ph 0409 959 054. 5448 3311.

CARS WANTED

MITSUBISHI Magna 1997 sedan, auto, reg, no RWC, 154,000 klms, motor ec, $1,700 ono PHI-743 0400 402 658.

TOYOTA Camry 2001 lovely fmaily car, QTN635 Mar reg, air cond, p/steer, $3,250 Ph 5443 2334.

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Finals for young Dogs

By JOEL PETERSON

PYRAMID Hill coach Brad Fawcett is confident his side is not simply making up the numbers in the Loddon Valley Football Netball League finals when the Dogs play Marong in a do-or-die clash on Sunday.

The Dogs found themselves equal with Newbridge on points with two games left in the season and despite losing both, did enough to maintain a percentage edge over the Maroons and qualify for finals.

The Dogs have been perennial finallists in the competition but have this year fielded a much younger side than previous campaigns.

“I think where we ended up on the ladder was probably a good reflection of where I thought we would be when I looked at it at the start of the year,” the Dogs’ first year coach said.

“We have been pretty patchy with our footy and dealt with a few injuries, but we’ve made finals and we have given ourselves the chance.”

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CLOSE CONTEST: Pyramid Hill and Marong have had two tight games this year.

United meet in Saturday’s qualifying final, the Dogs lock horns with Marong on Sunday at Inglewood and if previous encounters are anything to go by there won’t be much separating the two sides.

When they met in round two it was the Panthers who prevailed in a free-flowing 19.9.123 – 14.15.99 contest, thanks in no small way to five goals from oneoff recruit Brendan Fevola.

In their second meeting home ground advantage proved decisive again in a contest that could not have been more different to the first – a 55 to 46 thriller that saw the Dogs kick all eight of their goals after half time.

“I don’t know what to make of that second match to be honest. It was probably a game where neither side deserved to win,” Fawcett said.

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“I know we don’t want to play anything like that again and I’m sure (Marong coach Damian Lock) and his boys won’t want to either.

“If conditions are good on Sunday I think both sides will really look to take the game on and play an attractive, attacking brand of footy.”

The Dogs look on paper to have an edge in leg speed over a bigger bodied Marong side, which has struggled against some of the more fleet-of-foot opponents it has faced this season.

The Panthers though are only two weeks removed from upsetting second-placed Mitiamo but were thumped by a rampaging Bridgewater last week, which strolled into a week one finals bye once again after a 93-point win.

In Saturday’s game at Marong, Mitiamo goes in as slight favourites to win the right to square up to Bridgewater in senior football from 2.15pm while the Superroos and Demons also meet on the netball courts in A-grade from 2.30pm.

Sunday’s A-grade netball sees Bridgewater face YCW.

THE Bendigo Harness Racing Club hosts one of its biggest nights of the year on Saturday when the semi finals of the Australasian Breeders Crown are held at Lords Raceway.

The series began in Bendigo in 1998 before moving to Melton and Saturday marks the first time the semi finals for the prestigious event have been back in Bendigo.

Barrier draws for next week’s finals will be held during the card, providing another layer of excitement for owners and punters alike.

The club is also holding a $2000 mega draw for local sporting clubs to enter on the night, included in the price of admission.

BHRC’s Brendan Baker said the club was looking forward to having the event return to Bendigo.

“The club is very excited and looking forward to a great nights racing, add the club’s mega draw as well the barrier draws for next week’s finals are going to be conducted live on course after each semi final,” he said.

“We are expecting a really good crowd in to see such a fantastic night’s racing.”

The first on the 10-race card is at 5.33pm on Saturday. The Breeders Crown finals will be held on Sunday, August 28 at Melton’s Tabcorp Park.

Junior comps reach fever pitch THE region’s top junior footballers are following their senior counterparts and gearing up for finals as the Bendigo Junior Football League season heads into its last round of home and away matches this weekend.

Several finals races are up for grabs heading into the final weekend of the season, with finals beginning next Sunday and culminating with a gala grand final day on Sunday, September 18.

The league is also pushing to again hold its under-16 senior grand final prior to the Bendigo Football Netball League preliminary final matches at the QEO on Saturday, September 17.

The under-16 seniors have a potential grand final preview this weekend when top side Sandhurst Marist meets Kangaroo Flat at Weeroona Oval on Sunday. The Dockers, Roos, Strathfieldsaye and South Bendigo are all locked into finals spots.

The under-14s senior competition has plenty to offer heading into the final weekend with South Bendigo and Strathfieldsaye set for an elimination showdown at Harry Trott Oval.

The fifth placed Storm need to beat South to force their way past the Bloods and into the finals.

In the under-14 reserves di-

vision one, Huntly has to beat South as Maryborough has the bye and will get the 4 points to move ahead of the Hawks if they lose.

The winner of the under-14 reserves division two clash between White Hills and Strathfieldsaye will also play finals, making that game an early elimination final.

While they aren’t playing one another, Eaglehawk and Kyneton are also fighting for a finals spot in the under-12 D competition and Castlemaine looks to complete an undefeated regular season against North Bendigo in the youth girls competition.

QUICK HANDS: Sandhurst Marist’s under-16s play Kangaroo Flat on Sunday.

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SAM Crome continued yet another standout season for the Avanti IsoWhey Sports team, taking out the Tour of the Great South Coast.

Crome took the overall title after Sunday’s sixth and final stage in Portland, claiming victory by 11 seconds over Ben Hill of the Lakes Oil team.

“It’s just a big relief to get the win done,” the former Bendigo International Madison winner said.

“There has been a few nervous times especially obviously when I crashed on stage four and then yesterday when I was sort of dropped off the back. But we got the job done, this is what we came here to do so I couldn’t be happier.”

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THE Bendigo Thunder’s quest to complete an undefeated home and away campaign in the Victorian Women’s Football League comes to a head on Sunday when the club takes on Port Melbourne in its final home game at Dower Park.

The club is understood to be pushing to move a final from the VWFL’s traditional base at Coburg to Bendigo as it heads into the postseason on top of the table.

The last two weeks have been far from easy for the Thunder, with their two toughest tests of the season.

An undermanned Bendigo scraped past Deer Park by eight points a fortnight ago before eking out a win against Melbourne Uni by just three points last Sunday.

With Bendigo having beaten Deer Park and

Crome took out stage two in Mount Gambier and held on to the overall lead in the race from that point through until the end.

Avanti won the teams classification and Crome’s teammate Pat Shaw finished on the podium in third.

Fellow Bendigonian Robbie Hucker was also instrumental in Crome’s win.

“The boys have been incredible.

Joe Cooper and Pat Lane have done a power of work all week and then Pat Shaw he’s still got it,” Crome said in praise of his team.

“Robbie Hucker today was just sensational. Couldn’t be happier.”

Meanwhile, the City of Greater

Bendigo announced this week that the city will hold the 2016 National Junior Road Championships from September 2-4.

As revealed by the Weekly in May, the country’s top under-17 and under-15 cyclists will hit town across the weekend to contest road race, time trial and criterium events.

Over 500 competitors are expected to roll into Bendigo to contest the titles, which were last year held in Shepparton.

Huntly will host the time trials on Friday, September 2, with road races at Eaglehawk the following day and the criteriums at East Bendigo’s Mayfair Estate rounding out the weekend.

Warhawks blown away by ‘Scray

Melbourne in the past two weeks, this weekend’s challengers in Port Melbourne have vaulted up to second spot on the table.

However, highlighting how even the competition is, the Colts would likely finish fourth with a loss on Sunday.

Emma Grant continued her outstanding run of form last weekend providing plenty of run and defensive pressure in the SAT 2 0 AUG midfield, while Bella Ayre L OR D S R AC E WAY BE N DIG O continues to play well up forward and put her name in front of Women’s AFL talent scouts with two goals.

The consistent Jess Kennedy also played well for the Thunder, and has teamed with Grant all season to provide a formidable one-two punch in the midfield.

Sunday’s round 15 game at Dower Park starts at 12pm.

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The second-placed visitors fielded just ten players but had their way with the hosts’ defence which was cut to shreds by a welldrilled Footscray outfit.

They scored consistently throughout the game through confident attacking play, but their lack of numbers took a toll by the end of the match.

The Warhawks could manage just the one goal at the other end but battled away manfully for the duration of the contest, eventually going down 21-1.

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Playoff battle begins

By JOEL PETERSON

ONE side is a raging title favourite, the other an underdog that had to scrap just to make the postseason.

But when the Bendigo Braves and Lady Braves play their opening South East Australian Basketball League playoff matches on Saturday night, the mission for both will be the same – beat Brisbane.

It is a double they pulled off at home less than two weeks ago, and both reams face the Spartans again in the first week of the 2016 playoffs.

The Braves finished top in the east conference, earning the double chance and home court advantage, while the Lady Braves hit the road in their 11th straight playoff appearance for an elimination semi final.

The Lady Braves booked a playoff spot by squeaking past a determined Albury Wodonga last weekend, while the biggest challenge Braves coach Ben Harvey has faced is keeping his team focussed given top spot has been locked away for weeks.

“I haven’t really changed much at all in my approach, and keeping the guys on track hasn’t been too hard at all,” he said this week.

“We did give up way too many points against Albury last weekend (105) and that frustrated me. We’ve kept teams to an average of 74 this year, but sometimes that happens, I understand that.

“Sometimes guys are going to knock down shots and get more rebounds, but what it does do is make all the little things more important.”

The Braves are the overwhelming men’s title favourites, led by MVP favourite Jeremy Kendle in Jeremy Kendle, but the team provided a timely reminder of its depth last weekend with five double-digit scorers.

DRIVEN: Lady Brave Tahnee Cannan gets to the hoop against Brisbane.

Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Bendigo defeated Brisbane on the two occasions the sides met in the regular season, but Harvey knows his team’s defence will need to be much improved if it is to quell the explosive scoring threat the Spartans pose.

“When we played them the first

time up there we were up by 28 and I think they scored 34 in the last quarter, so we know they can turn it on,” he said.

“This is what you play all year for.

We aren’t talking about (a title), we don’t need to. Everyone in this group

knows what we are playing for but we can’t get to that if we don’t take care of business this weekend for a start.

“It was a good crowd last time, hopefully we get plenty of support on Saturday night.”

A win would see the Braves earn

a week off before a home conference final, while a Lady Braves win would see them play the loser of Dandenong and Nunawading away from home next weekend.

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