October 2, 2025
Becky Steepe’s festival show might just save your life
THE 2025 Bendigo Comedy Festival is officially up and running with a rollicking array of routines scheduled for this weekend and the next. One particular...
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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...
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