Ephemera overload at epic collectables fair
AN ephemera and collectables fair billed as the largest ever held indoors in Victoria will descend on the Bendigo Showgrounds' six-thousand-square-metre Exhibition Centre over...
Bank offers free Banking Safely Online classes to students
BENDIGO Bank will introduce its face-to-face Banking Safely Online program to secondary schools in an effort to help students identify and avoid scams, spot...
Local artist profile: Michael Watson
THIS week we chat with emerging Eaglehawk fine artist and teacher Michael Watson, who said completing more than 300 plein air works around Bendigo...
New airport commercial hub on its way
A NEW business park planned for Bendigo Airport has entered its expression of interest phase with businesses and developers from either Greater Bendigo or...
Trout cod reintroduced to Campaspe River
MORE than twenty-six thousand trout cod were recently released in the Campaspe River between Axedale and Rochester, marking their first appearance in the waterway...
Evergreen athlete leads local charge at Country Champs
BENDIGO track and field competitors turned in a fine series of performances at the recent 2025 Victorian Country Athletics Championships at La Birpa Athletics...
More homes for Bendigo’s most vulnerable
A FORMER motel in Golden Square has been converted into thirty-five new social housing properties. The development is part of a $16.6 million State Government...
All to play for in rejuvenated Sidney Myer Haven space
DONATIONS from the Kangaroo Flat Rotary Club, Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters and a grant from the City of Greater Bendigo have helped...
Goldfields on path to World Heritage Listing
DIGNITARIES representing all three levels of government were out in force at Central Deborah Goldmine last week to celebrate the announcement that the Victorian...
Troubled bridge over Bendigo Creek closing to vehicles
THE historic Booth Street Bridge, which crosses the Bendigo Creek in Golden Square and is one of six remaining Monier reinforced concrete arch bridges...
Fundraising plea to find cure for T1D
A CHARITY walk around Lake Weeroona will raise awareness and vital funds to support research into a cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D) on...
Top five online scams to avoid in 2025
BIG Four bank NAB has identified five online scams to look out for in 2025 as cyber criminals resort to increasingly sophisticated methods to...
Big brands at great prices at upcoming pop-up market
A FREE budget-friendly market featuring rack upon rack of designer labels is coming to the Bendigo Exhibition Centre in North Bendigo on 8 February. As...
Bank-funded defibrillators saving lives
THE number of life-saving public-access automated external defibrillators (AEDs) purchased and installed by Bendigo Bank's Community Bank branches has just ticked over five hundred,...
Sammy J to hop into town
MUSICAL comedian, satirist, composer and writer Sammy J brings his fledgling new show The Kangaroo Effect to the Capital next month. The show's premise is...
Name change planned for transfer stations
THE City of Greater Bendigo has decided to rename and register its transfer stations at Strathfieldsaye's Wellington Street, Goornong's Englishs Road and Heathcote's Golden...
Health service co-launches on-demand Auslan service
BENDIGO Health has teamed up with national service provider for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community Expression Australia to launch an Australian-first online interpreting solution. The...
Prominent church and hall to go under hammer
A CHURCH building constructed in 1901 along with its adjoining community hall building (circa 1915) and separate vacant allotment, located at 213 Arnold Street...
Award applications open for young women in leadership
YOUNG women between the ages of 16 and 19 who are able to demonstrate leadership skills and a commitment to their community are invited...
Euphoric scenes as new Australians sworn in
JOY and jubilation filled a standing-room-only Town Hall late last week when eighty Bendigonians were officially sworn in by mayor Cr Andrea Metcalf as...
New restaurant proudly showcasing local produce
BENDIGO'S View Street arts precinct has welcomed another top-notch restaurant with the opening of Terrae on the ground floor of boutique accommodation venue Hotel...
Local artist profile: Ann Mansfield
THIS week we chat with painter and illustrator Ann Mansfield, who said her only regret is that she waited until she’d retired to take...
Kids’ book series aims to ease hospital experience
WHAT began as a passion project for Bendigo Health medical imaging technologist Jess McInnes has seen her emerge as an Amazon best-selling author and...
$20 million injection for infrastructure projects
THE Federal Government has announced more than $20 million in funding to boost housing and community infrastructure in the Bendigo region. The City of Greater...