Mister Fix-it opens up

PUT V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup in a race car and he's in total control, but give him a garden tool and he's, well, like you and me.

Whincup was the special guest yesterday at the official opening of the Bunnings Warehouse West Ipswich.

He was interviewed by one of the Bunnings staff and had everyone in stitches as he described his DIY misadventures.

"Dad had a big garage, absolutely every tool in the box and he taught me you've got to do it yourself," he said.

"Basically I'm too tight to pay someone to do the job so I'll come in here, buy the tools and go home and try to do it myself.

"Generally my issues are electrical. The air-conditioner broke down the other day and I thought I'd fix it.

"I opened up the front of it and there's a big sticker across it, 'If you're not an electrician, don't go any further', so what do you do - you unscrew it. Anyway, I touched the wrong part and got a decent zap. I've had the hedge trimmer though the lead - that's always good; everyone's done that, haven't they?"

Whincup opened the new Bunnings with complex manager Roy Ram and Bunnings chief operating officer Peter Davis.

Mr Davis said it was the 39th in Queensland and the first of three new Bunnings stores in Ipswich.

"Springfield will open in the next 12 months and that's an investment of some $38 million; Bundamba in the next 12 months is $46 million and that will bring our total investment in Ipswich over two years to $131 million," Mr Davis said.

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