Early offer incentive for student volunteers
YEAR twelve students who volunteer at Bendigo Health during their school holidays will receive an early conditional offer through the La Trobe University Aspire...
Grassroots group grants up for grabs
APPLICATIONS for grants of up to ten thousand dollars are now open as part of the latest round of the City's 2025/2026 Community Medium...
Bendigo TAFE a Training Awards finalist
A BENDIGO TAFE student, an educator and the institution itself have all been nominated as finalists in the 2025 Victorian Training Awards, whose winners...
Big tick for council in customer survey
THE City of Greater Bendigo has released the findings from its new Customer First Community Survey, which reached out to over four thousand residents...
New Marong kinder administrator announced
PRESCHOOL program provider Y Kinders has been awarded the contract to operate the new kindergarten at Marrungi Wayaparra Community Hub in Marong, which is...
Local artist profile: David Plathe
THIS week we chat with musical theatre performer and singer David Plathe, who’s starring in Bendigo Theatre Company's production of School of Rock The...
BTC show prep continues despite senseless setback
REHEARSHALS for the Bendigo Theatre Company (BTC) upcoming production of School of Rock the Musical are carrying on despite the recent theft of several...
Funding bolsters Golden Dragon Museum
BENDIGO's Golden Dragon Museum has welcomed a one hundred-thousand-dollar contribution from the Federal Government towards the repair of imperial dragons Sun Loong and Loong...
Deeper meaning for Strathdale local on VP Day’s 80th anniversary
TODAY, the eightieth anniversary of the end of WWII in the Pacific, otherwise known as VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day, holds extra significance...
Safety boost for women and children in crisis
CONSTRUCTION has commenced at an undisclosed Bendigo location of three new Haven Home Safe townhouses, which are planned to provide eighteen safe places for...
Half-century of help from tech marvel
ST John of God Bendigo Hospital's da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System has reached a significant milestone by completing its fiftieth procedure since urological...
Dark Orwellian vision to descend on Ulumbarra Theatre
THE dystopian, brooding themes of George Orwell's unsettling 1949 classic, 1984, will come to life within Ulumbarra Theatre on Friday 22 August when Brisbane's...
Excitement aplenty expected for big top Circus Rio
BILLED as the biggest travelling circus in Australia, the Circus Rio Spectacular will bring a generous portion of razzle dazzle to the Bendigo Showgrounds...
QantasLink’s Bendigo-Sydney flights get major makeover
THE City of Greater Bendigo has responded to enquiries from the Bendigo Times regarding talk of upcoming changes to the Bendigo–Sydney flight service...
Networking to help youth Connect the Dots
A FREE event designed to support and inspire young and emerging creatives will be held at The Engine Room in View Street on Wednesday...
Film Festival showcase returns to Star Cinema
THE Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Regional showcase returns to the Star Cinema in Eaglehawk over the weekends of Friday 15 to Sunday 17...
Spiritual care practitioner recognised
BENDIGO Health spiritual care practitioner Rohan Souter has been recognised for his work providing holistic support to patients at the Spiritual Care Australia National...
Local artist profile: Thomas Heywood
THIS week we chat with internationally acclaimed concert organist Thomas Heywood, who also owns Langley Estate in White Hills and hosts regular performances in...
Variety Bash raising cash for kids
MORE than eighty fancily decorated classic cars stopped over in Bendigo on Tuesday night at the finish of the third leg of the 2025...
Take part in transformative leadership program
APPLICATIONS for the Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program (LMCLP) are open for its 2026 intake. The LMCLP is a non-profit transformative leadership development program designed...
Exhibition uncovers uni staff’s artistic inklings
THE unexpected creative lives of a cohort of employees from La Trobe University Bendigo, ranging from academics and advisors to coordinators and technical officers,...
Fundraising rally a personal quest for much-admired Bendigonian
MARK Coffey, well known local building company owner and the proprietor of Wine Bank on View for more than two decades is on a...
Skin cancer drug trial cause for optimism
A RECENT drug trial at the Bendigo Cancer Centre involving six local patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma has shown promising results. Cutaneous squamous cell...
Herd homecoming at Alpaca Show
THE Australian Alpaca National Show returns to its spiritual home at the Bendigo Showgrounds tomorrow (Friday 8 August) for a weekend of parades and...