Pop goddess to celebrate storied career in Bendigo
AUSTRALIAN Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and multiple ARIA Award winner Kate Ceberano will make a welcome return to Bendigo as part of her...
Funding windfall for regional Pride events
EXPRESSIONS of interest are open for the Victoria's Pride Regional Activation Program, with grants of up to $10,000 available for community groups, councils and...
Big tick for bank’s LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and practices
BENDIGO Bank has achieved Gold Tier status on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), the national benchmark for workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion. The announcement was made...
Girton students ‘take a chance on’ beloved ABBA musical
MORE than sixty Girton Grammar students are preparing to grace the stage for the Senior School's upcoming production of Mamma Mia!. The lighthearted jukebox musical...
Local artist profile: Tania Maxwell
THIS week we chat with Tania Maxwell in the second-last installment of our local actor mini series. Tania’s next “massive project” involves moving to...
New childcare facility for fast-emerging suburb
HOUSING developer Wel.Co has announced it will build a brand-new childcare centre at its residential community in Huntly, Harlowe, offering more than 100 places...
Groundbreaking monument of female cricketer progressing
THE artist and location for a new public statue honouring pioneering cricketer Barbara Rae, the top scorer at Australia's first women's cricket match held...
Sporting clubs invited to refugee journey talk
REPRESENTATIVES from sporting clubs across the Greater Bendigo region are encouraged to attend a free Understanding Refugee Journey Session, presented by the Bendigo Community...
Back-to-back tourism accolade on offer
BENDIGONIANS are invited to cast their votes in the 2025 Victorian Top Tourism Town Awards. Bendigo has been shortlisted in its population over 5000 people...
Marong early learning centre takes shape
CONSTRUCTION of Marong's new $5.5 million early learning centre is well and truly underway. The project will deliver an integrated facility with three kindergarten rooms,...
Survey Corps’ history on parade at Military Museum
AN exhibition that traces the history of the nearly 110-year-old Royal Australian Survey Corps (RASvy), including its half century residency at Fortuna Villa in...
At least ten more years of operation for local gold producer
FOSTERVILLE Gold Mine has been given the go-ahead to expand its operations after State Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny signed off on the Environment...
Community radio mainstay honoured
KEN Jones has lived a life. Originally from Wangaratta, after losing his right arm and leg in a motorbike accident 50 years ago, he continued...
“Country kid” turned bank boss recognised
MARNIE Baker isn’t your average top flight executive. Growing up on a Cohuna dairy farm, she’d always planned to follow in her mother’s footsteps and...
Posthumous accolade for tireless advocate
JAMES Remedio is remembered by his daughter Teresa Remedio as a straight talker who “wasn't scared of speaking truth to people in power." “He was...
Feast of highlights at 2025 Writers Festival
THE program for the Bendigo Writers Festival 2025 has been released with over sixty events taking place over the weekend of Friday 15 to...
Forum to deliberate Dahlia & Arts direction
INTERESTED parties are invited to a special ideas forum to discuss the future of Eaglehawk's Dahlia and Arts Festival. The purpose of the forum is...
Funds flow for ongoing Bendigo Creek renewal
THE City of Greater Bendigo has been allocated $160,856 as part of round two of the State Government's Green Links Grants Program, an initiative...
Local artist profile: Sharn Treloar
THIS week we chat with local actor and senior drama, media and philosophy teacher Sharn Treloar, who describes himself as a horror and surrealist...
Queer Film Festival honoured at Victorian Pride Awards
THE Bendigo Queer Film Festival (BQFF) has been awarded GLOBE Victoria's Victorian Pride Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts, acknowledging its significant impact...
Have your say about future active living services
THE 2025 Active Living Census (ALC) has commenced, giving residents a chance to have their say about programs, recreation spaces and services in the...
Bumper summer for Golden Square Pool
VOLUNTEER-run Golden Square Pool has announced a record-breaking 2024/2025 with more than twenty thousand visits registered during the summer months for the first time,...
Awards galore for Bendigo TAFE
A BENDIGO TAFE former apprentice turned carpentry teacher and two of its current students have taken out major accolades at the Master Builders Victoria...
Go back in time on classic loco
TRAIN lovers of the vintage kind will be out in force this long weekend to welcome themselves aboard Steamrail Victoria's classic Glasgow-manufactured R711 locomotive,...