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O’Keefe Challenge a win for Heathcote

THE 2023 O’Keefe Challenge transformed Barrack Reserve into a hive of activity last Saturday despite dark clouds and intermittent rain.

Challenge president Kerstin...

Flood inquiry submission date extended

THE deadline for submissions to the Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event has been extended to Monday, 5 June and dates have now been...

O’Keefe Challenge rides into town

THE annual O’Keefe Challenge is just around the corner with a night bike ride this Saturday, 29 April, before the main walking and running...

Care villa vision about to become a reality

COUNTLESS hours of work by the Heathcote Dementia Alliance are set to be rewarded when a prototype care villa, Costerfield House, is delivered at...

Gathering links old school ties

THE recent Hickson family reunion at Toolleen saw a teacher reconnect with some of his students from the 1960s. Bill Ovenden taught at a one-room...

World wide open for young receiver

GABE Bradshaw hasn’t been playing American football for long, but he’s already grabbed the attention of state selectors. He’ll be lining up with the under...

Employment Expo to showcase local jobs

THE region’s jobseekers will be given a helping hand at the upcoming Heathcote Employment Expo. GROW Bendigo, the City of Greater Bendigo, Jobs Victoria, Workforce...

Rockin rollin bus tour showcases region

THE Stars and Bars festival is returning to Heathcote on Saturday, 22 April. The one-day bus tour takes in breweries and wineries across the district...

Do your bit for the Good Friday Appeal

THIS year Heathcote Lions Club will be rattling tins for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal for the fifty-second time. Co-ordinator Greg Speirs is...

Wine harvest gets underway

HEATHCOTE winegrowers are finally beginning their delayed harvest. She-Oak Hill Vineyard proprietor Jane Leckie said Chardonnay was their first pick of the2023 vintage. “We're about three...

Vintage motorbikes come to town

HEATHCOTE showground was filled with the throaty roar of over one hundred motorbikes when members of the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club dropped in for...

Classic cars on show

CLASSIC car buffs are in for a treat when this year’s Targa Classica passes through the southern end of Heathcote on Thursday, 30 March. Now...

Produce fest to become a fixture

THE second Heathcote Harvest Festival saw around two-thousand people flock to Barrack Reserve last Saturday. Heathcote Tourism and Development chair Peter Young said he was...

Scouts are back in Heathcote

THE 1st Heathcote Scouts was relaunched recently with a day of fun activities at the Heathcote Masonic Lodge. New group leader Roman Powers said he was...

Flood inquiry open for public submissions

THE Victorian parliamentary upper house Environment and Planning Committee is asking for public submissions to the Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria. In...

What makes a great Heathcote Shiraz?

FOR many wine lovers Heathcote is synonymous with Shiraz and the region’s winemakers produce some of the best on offer. But what makes this rich...

Festival all about food, wine and fun

THE Heathcote Harvest Festival on Saturday, 11 March promises to deliver up a smorgasbord of mouth-watering treats. Heathcote Tourism and Development president Peter Young said...

Speed boat club makes recovery flood donation

A FUNDRAISING effort by the Victorian Speed Boat Club saw six-thousand dollars presented to organisations in the Heathcote area at last Saturday’s flood recovery...

Cold start yields late harvest

HEATHCOTE winemakers are playing a waiting game after a chilly start to the growing season. Vineyards would typically be filled with grape pickers by mid-to-late-February,...

Spillway traffic access reopened

A TEMPORARY repair to the Knowsley-Eppalock Road at Lake Eppalock means lengthy detours are no longer necessary for residents wishing to drive to Bendigo...

Dementia Alliance outlines future goals

ALTHOUGH plans for Gilbruk Place, the planned Heathcote dementia village, have now been shelved, the Heathcote Dementia Alliance will continue seeking to develop several...

Dementia village plans cancelled

THE planned Heathcote dementia village, Gilbruk Place, will not go ahead. Advance Heathcote president Peter Maine said the Heathcote dementia village working party, along with...

Barfold burn-off turns to blaze

FIREFIGHTERS from 22 central Victorian brigades battled a 20-hectare grassfire on Morgans Road at Barfold on Australia Day afternoon. A CFA spokesperson said the blaze...

Wartime lessons lead to understanding

When Arthur Tranter left his wife and small daughter in Heathcote in 1941, he had no idea if he would ever see them again. It...