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Greater Bendigo April 2018 Greening your home What I love about Marong 8 CONTENTS NEWS 4 Opening soon 5 Welcome to the future - new garden now open! SERVICES 6 Passive House design an Australian first 7 Making the hard decisions 2018/2019 Budget 8 Protecting our precious heritage 9 Underpass completes the missing link 10 Presenting our sports fields 11 GB quiz! 12 What’s in the works? COMMUNITY 13 Waste warriors 14 Recycle e-waste at City’s main office 15 Find your treasure 16 Greening your home Residents reminded of the value of trees Top tips for building and renovating 10 Greater Bendigo April 2018 18 What I love about Marong 20 Calling all dragon makers Thank you to our Easter volunteers 21 Goldfields Libraries – bringing services to your community 22 Meet the 2018 Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year No stopping on the yellow lines ACTIVE AND HEALTHY 23 Redevelopment a boost for local hockey Greening your home 25 Upgraded tennis and netball courts are ace! What I love about Marong Track works 26 Work commences on unique play space 27 Take shelter at the QEO 28 Sugary drinks to get the flick! ON THE COVER: Alice and Rohan Adams with their daughters Heidi and Amelia explore the new BUSINESS Garden for the Future. Read more on page 5. 16 29 Transforming Bendigo’s city centre Supporting local jobs WARD NEWS 18 30 What’s happening in your ward? LIFESTYLE 32 Light the night in Bendigo Bankrolling Bendigo: building a city 33 Bendigo Art Gallery’s iconic works reimagined New Histories – April 13 to July 29, 2018 3 for free! 34 What’s on 35 Coming to a Cushion Concert GB Mag is printed on Australian recycled paper. 2 NEWS Looking good Bendigo! Have you got a great photo of Bendigo? Submit your image to [email protected]. au and you might just see it featured in the next edition. Photo submitted by Richard Gibbs. FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK A recent study from Regional Cities The City of Greater Bendigo is currently capital works and $183.1M in the delivery that does not need to change annually, Victoria has confirmed what many of us meeting with a number of State of services through the operating Budget. so has chosen this year to publish annual who live in Greater Bendigo have long Government leaders. Key points for actions as part of the Budget document. Residents should also keep an eye out for known – regional living delivers in spades, discussion include the development of the Annual Plan that has been released I encourage residents to read online or especially when it comes to housing a ‘Gov Hub’, new law courts, long term as part of the Budget. It features 35 collect a copy of the draft Budget and affordability, health services and beautiful waste management solutions, plans to actions that will progress delivery of the Annual Plan from Council offices. Your natural surrounds. redevelop and expand both the Golden Community Plan in 2018/2019. feedback is highly valued and will Dragon Museum and the Central Deborah As Chair of Regional Cities Victoria, a continue to shape a bright future for Gold Mine, and continued attraction of Previous councils have updated the peak body that represents the interests Greater Bendigo. major events to the region. In June, Chief Community Plan (Council Plan) year on of regional Victoria’s 10 largest cities and Executive Officer Craig Niemann and I will year, however Council has determined the Cr Margaret O’Rourke advocates for positive change, I have been travel to Canberra for the 2018 National Community Plan is a strategic document Mayor City of Greater Bendigo pleased to promote the findings of the General Assembly of Local Government. landmark study. This is a great opportunity to engage with Melbourne’s population is growing faster all sides of the political spectrum at the than any capital city in Australia and is Federal Government level. This is another CONTACT THE CITY OF GREATER BENDIGO projected to hit 8 million people by 2050. way to tell Greater Bendigo’s story and Regional cities like ours have a key role keep our projects front of mind for future Main office Website in absorbing and rebalancing this growth, funding support. 195-229 Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo www.bendigo.vic.gov.au and Local Government Postal After hours/emergency number Finally, Council has released its second contributes greatly to creating liveability PO Box 733, Bendigo 3552 5434 6000 Budget for community consultation. This through the delivery of services and Telephone Operating hours process first started in September last infrastructure and advocating for 5434 6000 (Lyttleton Terrace office) year, with many discussions had improvements like rail reliability Hearing or speech impaired? 8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday over that time about balancing and internet speeds. Call via National Relay Service on 133 677 the competing needs of the Follow us This will be part of the work community. Like you, Council Email [email protected] of Council in the lead up to the has to live within its means. November State Government Council continues to work election, ensuring that current within the rate cap, which elected representatives has been set at 2.25 Want to read this document in an alternative format? The City is committed to and candidates are aware providing documents that are easy to read for all. If you would like to read the per cent by the State of how their party can magazine in an alternative format e.g. large print or text only, contact Customer Government. The support regional Service on 5434 6000 or [email protected] and we will endeavour to service 2018/2019 Budget your request in the quickest time possible. Victoria, especially will invest $40.5M in Greater Bendigo. NEWS 3 Opening soon The Coaching Zone is exclusive to Gurri Aqua/Warm Water Aqua, and Freestyle tailored swimming lessons for infants, Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre and is the classes such as Boxing. Our Active Adults pre-school, school-aged and adults of all future of fitness. The Coaching Zone offers program is a leader in providing classes abilities. The Splish Splash program is also group personal training and is perfect for the older population, including Living available for babies under six months of for people new to exercise or looking to Longer, Living Stronger and Move It or age. To find out more about learn to swim achieve their health and fitness goals. It is Lose It. The custom cycle studio will also programs or how to enrol, visit the Gurri a full-service support program that uses be very popular and feature the favourite Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre website and MyZone heart rate technology to monitor a RPM workout. client’s intensity levels, which is the key to click on the ‘Learn to swim’ link. achieving fast results! Stage 1 Foundation memberships are To keep up to date with all the fantastic available now. These members will receive Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Receive one-on-one specialised coaching programs, promotions, giveaways and the Face2Face program and access to sessions with our trained staff through more, simply like the Gurri Wanyarra Centre will officially open all facilities at a once-off reduced weekly the Face2Face program, which is part of Wellbeing Centre Facebook page. There rate. Hurry, the Stage 1 Foundation in August, so let’s have all wellbeing memberships. Get the right will be weekly offers and you could win advice and ongoing support to keep you memberships are strictly limited and awesome experiences, such as a site tour a look at some of the looking and feeling your best. are selling fast. To secure your Stage 1 of the facility before it opens or exclusive fantastic programs that Foundation membership, visit the Gurri access to group fitness programs or the All memberships will include access to Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre website. Coaching Zone. will be on offer for people Group Exercise classes. These will run weekly in all styles, including Les Mills, Every child should learn to swim, so Gurri For more information, visit of all abilities. Circuit Training, Zumba, Yoga/Pilates, Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre will feature www.gurriwanyarrawc.com.au 4 NEWS “There are over 40 small picnic lawns and a large fun and fantasy lawn, which doubles as an event space.” The Adams family picnic in the Garden for the Future. Welcome to the future - new garden now open! The biggest change to recreation activities, gatherings, picnics, spaces for functions, as well as a legacy by creating a garden for our times. educational programs and horticultural promenade that can be used for markets A garden for the future has been realised,” occur at the Bendigo research, and high quality cultural and and other events. she said. recreational experiences. Botanic Gardens White The new garden was officially opened “We expect the gardens to really come into The exciting new Garden for the Future by Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke on their own in the next four years as the trees Hills since it was features over 30,000 trees and shrubs, Sunday April 22 at a community event and shrubs become more established. 4,700m2 of lawn and a new outreach featuring local bands, food trucks, “Our botanic gardens are a great place established in 1857 is shelter complete with toilet facilities. displays, tours and kids activities to showcase the types of events that can to visit but the new garden, as it grows the construction of the There are over 40 small picnic lawns and a take place in the new space.