November 28, 2023
Event to highlight care sector jobs
JOBS in the care and support sector will be on display later this month at the Who Cares? jobs expo. Demand for staff in the...
November 28, 2023
AI cats could be the future of rural medicine
A WORKSHOP held by La Trobe University’s Rural Health School brought community members and students together to discuss solutions to rural health challenges recently. Participants...
November 28, 2023
New exhibition a display of student dedication
GRADUATING students from La Trobe University’s visual arts department celebrated the culmination of a year’s artistic practice last week with the opening of their...
November 28, 2023
How caring for a small piece of land can have big impacts
AT the Axe Creek Catchment Landcare group, volunteers have been working together to repopulate local landscapes with native flora and fauna. As part of the...
November 28, 2023
Don’t Knox it until you’ve met him: the plight of the big dog
SINCE August, Knox, a three-year-old mastiff cross great dane, has been at Bendigo Animal Relief Centre, also known as BARC, waiting for a new...
November 25, 2023
Give a ray of sunshine this Christmas
PEOPLE wanting to make Christmas a little brighter for local families can donate to Sunshine Bendigo’s annual toy drive. Volunteer at Sunshine Bendigo, Sharon Wilson,...
November 24, 2023
Christmas market to raise funds for charity
LOCAL Rotarians are putting the final touches together for their annual Christmas market to be held at Mandurang Valley Winery this Sunday. Lyn Comer, who...
November 24, 2023
MP says cash for cans doesn’t stack up
LAUNCHED on 1 November, the container deposit scheme, or CDS, has seen twenty-one million units returned statewide and more than two-million dollars returned to...
November 24, 2023
Safety message re-enforced after road toll spike
CONCERNS around driver behaviours on the regions roads are running high after recent road traumas in Mansfield and Goornong resulted in fatalities. Current data from...
November 24, 2023
Children’s festival a sparkling success
LITTLE faces were full of excitement last Friday at the Eaglehawk Children’s festival in Canterbury Gardens. Run by the Eaglehawk Neighbourhood House, the festival saw...
October 29, 2023
Building more than sets at theatre company
EVERY Wednesday morning a group of DIY theatre lovers meet at the Bendigo Theatre Company’s headquarters in Golden Square. Some members call themselves a ‘men’s...
October 29, 2023
Shortlist announced for painting prize
A SHORTLIST of thirty-six painters has been announced for this year’s biennial acquisitive Arthur Guy Memorial Prize. Chewton based artist Rhett D’Costa, who is among...
October 29, 2023
Folk Festival back for another crack
A FULL four-day program of live concerts, workshops, and dances has been scheduled for this year’s Maldon Folk Festival. Festival director and president Pam Lyons...
October 28, 2023
The local ray of light for babies in need
LOCAL charity Sunshine is seeking to look out for babies and the planet with their mission to provide families in need with new and...
October 27, 2023
It’s show time!
AT long last the Bendigo Show is here! After an unplanned hiatus due to COVID and last spring’s floods the show is back on for...
October 27, 2023
Castlemaine to Bendigo train service scheduled
A NEW morning rail service between Castlemaine and Bendigo has been announced by the State Government with the aim of offering an earlier train...
October 27, 2023
New CEO for City announced
THE search of for a new CEO to lead the City of Greater Bendigo is over with the vacancy filled by someone from inside...
October 27, 2023
Parisian art to come to town
THE next international event at the Bendigo Art Gallery will feature works from the oldest municipal exhibition space in in Paris. Paris: Impressions of Life...
October 27, 2023
Highschoolers bring back the bend and snap
THE iconic story of Elle Woods is being recreated for the stage by the students of Bendigo South East College. Production director Jorja Polglase said...
October 27, 2023
Five things you can’t miss at this year’s show
ORGANISERS of the Bendigo Agricultural Show have pulled out all the stops this year to make the first time back following a three-year break...
October 20, 2023
Show a window into agriculture
SINCE 1859 the Bendigo Agricultural Show has been an annual spring affair, except for the break it had during World War Two, and more...
October 20, 2023
Major livestock event set for next month
BENDIGO Showgrounds are set to host a major industry event from Meat and Livestock Australia this November. Beef producer Olivia Lawson of Paringa Livestock said...
October 20, 2023
Bulb diggers set to descend on gardens
DUST off your garden gloves and trowels, the City of Greater Bendigo’s annual tulip dig is nearly here. Now the blooms are almost finished, gardeners...
October 20, 2023
Public IVF service to open in Bendigo
A VISIT from Premier Jacinta Allan and Member for Bendigo West, Maree Edwards, marked the official opening of a public in vitro fertilisation, or...
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