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September 29, 2025

Everybody’s welcome at nifty new bushland hub

A NEW all-abilities visitor hub neatly tucked off Strathfieldsaye Road on Wildflower Drive in the Greater Bendigo National Park is now available to be...

September 29, 2025

On your bike

THE City of Greater Bendigo is encouraging residents, workplaces, schools and community groups to get involved in Biketober, a month-long celebration of biking that...

September 28, 2025

Local artist profile: Ethan Collins

THIS week we chat with emerging young filmmaker Ethan Collins, who credits Hebron Films’ Caleb Maxwell as a major influence on his budding career,...

September 28, 2025

Girton teachers to appear at international conference

TWO Girton Grammar School Junior School teachers, Vanessa Juergens and Prue Milner, are preparing to jet off to the United States in October to...

September 27, 2025

Spring spotlight on vibrant Bendigo bush

THE City of Greater Bendigo has announced a string of free nature-based events as part of its 2025 Spring in the Bendigo Bush program. These...

September 27, 2025

New play space to elevate childrens’ rehab service

A NEWLY-opened childrens' rehabilitation play space at Bendigo Health is expected to enhance therapy and enrich the experience of young patients by providing them...

September 27, 2025

Phoenix FM rises as finalist in multiple major awards categories

ONE of the only independent broadcasting voices remaining in Central Victoria - Strathdale-based Phoenix FM 106.7 - has been nominated as a finalist in...

September 27, 2025

TAFE triumphs twice at Training Awards

BENDIGO Kangan Institute has taken out the Large Training Provider of the Year Award at the 2025 Victorian Training Awards, with Bendigo TAFE justice...

September 27, 2025

Last chance to see olive tree-inspired show

AN exhibition celebrating the beauty, history and symbolism of the olive tree at Dudley House in View Street is in its last days, closing...

September 26, 2025

Help needed to realise mine icon’s tributary tome

GOLDEN Square author Desmond Beer is appealing for help from local businesses and individual benefactors with his industrious quest to print and distribute a...

September 26, 2025

Bendigo UFS cleans up for Shower Truck

BENDIGO UFS Pharmacies has handed over the takings from its August community promotion with QV Skincare to the Bendigo Shower Truck - the equivalent...

September 25, 2025

City sures up industrial, preservable land

THE City of Greater Bendigo council has voted to adopt a group of strategy and planning revisions and amendments that will provide direction around...

September 25, 2025

Womens’ wellbeing key focus of new plan

WOMEN'S Health Loddon Mallee (WHLM), a local not-for-profit advocacy body for the health and wellbeing of women across the Loddon Mallee Region, has launched...

September 25, 2025

Cycling, pedestrian network expands along Mundy Street

WORK has started to construct a $3.74 million protected shared user path along Mundy Street from Back Creek to McCrae Street, with the project...

September 23, 2025

Free TAFE saves students $674 million

THE State Government has lauded the fact that its Free TAFE program has benefited more than 212,600 students in Victoria since it began in...

September 22, 2025

Farmers’ rates reduction to lighten load

ELIGIBLE farming operations from around the state are expected to benefit from a forty per cent reduction on their property rates as part of...

September 22, 2025

Bendigo Bank parlays tens of millions back to community

BENDIGO Bank has announced that its Community Bank model delivered a record investment for community strengthening projects over the past financial year. The $50.2 million...

September 21, 2025

Something for everyone at Seniors Festival

THE Greater Bendigo Seniors Festival - which runs from Sunday 5 October to Sunday 12 October - is almost upon us, with a wall-to-wall...

September 21, 2025

Volunteer grants bump up community groups

LOCAL community groups including Long Gully Neighbourhood Centre, Eaglehawk Community House, Bendigo Women's Football Club, Bendigo Theatre Company and Bendigo Blue Light Inc have...

September 21, 2025

Local artist profile: Clare Power

THIS week we chat with potter/ceramicist Clare Power, who said pottery became the perfect way for her to step away from her busy schedule,...

September 20, 2025

YO Bendigo youth program HQ poised for move

THE City of Greater Bendigo's YO Bendigo youth program will relocate to new premises at 41 Mundy Street this month, a few doors down...

September 20, 2025

Bendigo Kangan Institute names new CEO

BENDIGO Kangan Institute has announced the appointment of Laura Macpherson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms Macpherson formerly led TAFE Gippsland and is an...

September 20, 2025

Put in your two cents on next Council budget

THE City of Greater Bendigo is inviting residents to complete a survey about what matters most to them regarding the City's 2026–2027 Budget. The budget...

September 20, 2025

City seeks feedback on Draft Procurement Policy

THE City of Greater Bendigo has invited local residents to provide feedback on its new draft Procurement Policy, which outlines how it buys goods...