Greater Bendigo September 2018 Butterflies, birds & Bill New play space full of surprises! Smile in the CBD, you’re on CCTV! A growing manufacturing sector SECTION HERE 1 CONTENTS NEWS 4 Butterflies, birds and Bill – new play space full of surprises 6 New Bendigo Stadium show court wows crowds City welcomes new Director 7 One-stop-shop for government services Gurri Wanyarra Wellbeing Centre ready to make a splash! 8 Smile in the CBD, you’re on CCTV! Works continue to make CBD safer 9 Restoring Greater Bendigo’s heritage SERVICES 10 Show time at the City’s theatres 11 GB quiz! 12 Works protect Yellow Gums Heathcote Landfill now a transfer station 13 Restoration of the City’s Heathcote office 14 What’s in the works? 26 15 The City’s 2018/2019 Budget has been adopted COMMUNITY 16 What I love about Eaglehawk Greater Bendigo 18 Waste warriors 10 September 2018 19 Dragon maker contract sewn up Bendigo Soldiers Memorial prepares Butterflies, for official opening 20 Healthy water, healthy country birds & Bill 21 Bringing back the Southern Pygmy Perch New play space full of surprises! 22 Bendigo leads the way on energy savings Street light upgrade reaps rewards 23 Let’s go walkies! 24 Goldfields Libraries reaching out Smile in the CBD, you’re on CCTV! to our communities A growing manufacturing sector Prepare now for Queensland Fruit Fly SECTION HERE 1 ACTIVE AND HEALTHY 25 New pathway through National Park ON THE COVER: One of the three beautiful 26 Investing in our local sporting facilities butterfly shade structures at the new Eaglehawk regional play space on the shores of Lake WARD NEWS Neangar. Read more on page 4. 16 28 What’s happening in your ward? BUSINESS 30 A growing manufacturing sector 21 32 Making it easier to do business in Greater Bendigo LIFESTYLE 33 Seniors Festival 34 What’s on 35 Bendigo Art Gallery features local artist in Rupture Gothic Beauty to showcase the dark and beautiful It’s tulip time 3 for free! GB Mag is printed on Australian recycled paper. 2 Looking good Bendigo! Have you got a great photo of Bendigo? Submit your image to [email protected] and you might just see it featured here next edition. Photo submitted by Andrew Perryman. FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK The past few months have flown since I Canberra spruiking the need for these and Victorian and Australian government plans Both as Mayor and through my role as last wrote about my mayoral adventures other projects. to build an airport rail link. Chair of Regional Cities Victoria, my aim is for GB Magazine. to enable State and Federal government In June, Chief Executive Officer Craig So you can imagine Council was very decision making by helping politicians to With Victoria and Australia gearing up to Niemann and I travelled to Canberra for happy to hear that the chosen route understand how they can best support go to the polls, now is the time to ensure the last National General Assembly of Local will go via Sunshine, maximising the regional cities into the future. Council’s Greater Bendigo is front-of-mind for our Government before the Federal election. opportunity for regional Victorians to advocacy work is critical to improving this State and Federal politicians. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressed access the airport, with the option to understanding and generating positive the Assembly and congratulated councils for change trains via a proposed ‘super hub’ The countdown is on to the November State outcomes for Greater Bendigo and taking the opportunity to attend and meet at Sunshine rather than travel all the way election and Council is hopeful for some regional Victoria. with politicians and their advisors. into central Melbourne only to turn around positive election commitments from all sides and go back again. Mayor Cr Margaret O’Rourke of politics, meaning regardless of who gets We met with key advisors to the Prime elected to govern, project funding will flow to Minister and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Bendigo. At the top of Council’s wishlist is to Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters, a range see funding for the development of new law of shadow ministers and advisors to several courts, after May’s State Budget allocated Coalition ministers. The meetings were fast CONTACT THE CITY OF GREATER BENDIGO funds to purchase land for the project. and we only had a short amount of time to tell our story and get our point across. Main office Website Council also continues to advocate 195-229 Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo www.bendigo.vic.gov.au strongly for funding support for We were encouraged to return to Canberra Postal major projects, such as future waste in August and I’m pleased to report we got After hours/emergency number PO Box 733, Bendigo 3552 management solutions, the Bendigo a really warm and positive response both 5434 6000 Airport terminal building expansion, plans times. Many of the people we met with had Telephone Operating hours to rename and expand the Golden Dragon heard of Bendigo and the important work 5434 6000 (Lyttleton Terrace office) Museum to develop it into the National we’re doing on behalf of the community Hearing or speech impaired? 8.30am - 5pm, Monday to Friday Chinese Museum of Australia, and and were very supportive of our vision Call via National Relay Service on 133 677 Follow us development of Bendigo Heritage for the future. Email Attractions’ Central Deborah We also used the meetings to [email protected] Goldmine. seek clarification on future policy These projects would require direction, particularly around support from both levels waste management and aged of government and as care funding. There was also Want to read this document in an alternative format? The City is committed to providing documents that are easy to read for all. If you would like to read the Australia will vote in an opportunity to reinforce magazine in an alternative format e.g. large print or text only, contact Customer the Federal election no the importance of continued Service on 5434 6000 or [email protected] and we will endeavour to service later than May next funding to regional Australia your request in the quickest time possible. year, Council is also and we pushed for regional knocking on doors in Victoria to benefit from NEWS 3 Butterflies, birds & Bill New play space full of surprises! Even though it’s very special and unique to Eaglehawk, the play space will attract families from throughout the region and beyond. 4 NEWS One of the first things you will notice when you arrive at the new Eaglehawk regional play space is three giant butterflies but they are just some of the many surprises that lie within this fantastic new play space located on the shores of Lake Neangar in Eaglehawk. The play space features custom-designed bridge before it disappears. They can also It’s here, like Mulga Bill, where they can Eaglehawk, Borough Club, Eaglehawk and built play equipment never seen create magical sounds with ringing chimes, lose control down the big tube slides Rotary, Eaglehawk UFS Dispensary, in Greater Bendigo before, a series jump up and down on the musical tyre and before sliding out of Mulga Bill’s surprised Bendigo Regional YMCA, Y Service Club of pathways, extensive tree planting, tap the stone to hear it clang. face. Kids can also pedal the twirling bikes of Eaglehawk, Eaglehawk Lions Club, landscaping, and picnic and barbecue and if that isn’t enough, they can tumble Villawood, Bendigo Bank, and the Family Little ones can discover the story of Mulga facilities for the whole family to enjoy. over and over like they are in a giant and Friends of Baby Zayden Veal Whitting. Bill’s Bicycle at the big picture book and Even though it’s very special and washing machine in the wheels of the with the push of a button they This community support has allowed the unique to Eaglehawk, it will Silver Streak before clambering to the top can listen to the story. They City to include some exciting and distinctly attract families from and whooshing down the big silver slide. can also sit in a wonderful Eaglehawk elements into the space, throughout the region story telling chair, visit including special medallions that recognise and beyond. Older kids can test their balancing skills Mulga Bill’s cubby and on the rope traverse, squeezing through each group’s contribution to the play space. Visitors enter the junior crawl through a “kid’s a big red gum stump on the way. On this The new play space will be officially play area through only” way out before piece of equipment kids can test how opened at 11am butterfly gates to a carefully stepping high they can climb on a large on Sunday special place called through Mulga Bill’s stump, where an eagle is perched, September Where Angels Play. fragrant garden. to try and reach a bell. 16, 2018 and This section celebrates The area outside of the everyone is the life of baby Zayden They can then scramble up a rubber butterfly gates is for older welcome to Veal Whitting and is a nest mound and take off on a double kids to get adventurous. It’s a attend. beautiful, exciting, active and flying eagle, soaring all the way to the zone where they can sway about fun space for young children to play. cable’s end where they can see the on a hammock and have some big fun on a interactive Mulga Bill lake sculpture.