March 7, 2023
A day to celebrate and reflect
WEDNESDAY is International Women’s Day with several events planned in the area to mark the worldwide occasion on 8 March. Chair of the Greater Bendigo...
March 7, 2023
Find yourself at the biggest Lost Trades Fair ever
THE Lost Trades Fair is coming back to town and it’s promising to be the biggest yet with the event a celebration of skill...
March 6, 2023
Foodshare to serve up Easter book fair
AFTER half-a-century running the much loved Easter Book Fair, the Y Service Club of Bendigo has passed the event to Bendigo Foodshare. The Book Fair...
March 5, 2023
Meet the guest curator for this year’s Writers Fest
AWARD winning author and historian professor Clare Wright has been given the job of helping curate this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival. The 2014 Stella Award...
March 4, 2023
Abandoned cars hit the streets
IF you’ve been driving around Bendigo recently and noticed a large number of abandoned cars on the side of the road, then you are...
March 4, 2023
Painter takes on for Easter Art Show duties
KANGAROO Flat local Col Brown has been announced as the resident artist for this year’s Rotary Bendigo Easter Arts Show. A regular contributor to the...
March 4, 2023
Rochester’s recovery effort far from over
THOUGH the water may have subsided and much of the mud and debris cleaned up, impacts of last year’s flooding in Rochester are still...
March 4, 2023
Feedback sought on ageing action plan
CITY of Greater Bendigo staff are encouraging seniors and others to contribute to a new municipal positive ageing action plan. The draft document includes a...
March 3, 2023
Doors opened on local First Nations legal service
THE new Bendigo office of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service has opened, and it’s only the second regional site for the organisation in the...
March 3, 2023
New courts in session
THE ribbon was officially cut on Bendigo’s new multimillion dollar court building last Friday, with Premier Daniel Andrews and State Attorney General Jaclyn Symes...
March 3, 2023
In home child carers wanted
MANAGEMENT at childcare centre, Bendigo Family Day Care, is having trouble recruiting suitable staff, which is coinciding with a rise in demand, and the...
March 3, 2023
Zero emission plan proposed – City of Greater Bendigo council meeting briefs
A FIVE-point plan was proposed to reduce emissions from municipal operations to net zero by the end of 2030 by the City of Greater...
March 1, 2023
New school a slice of cheese heaven
LONG Paddock Cheese in Castlemaine is opening a new school that all cheese lovers will want to attend, with a two-day advanced class coming...
February 28, 2023
More on offer than just fresh veg
GROUNDS maintenance and car washing are two of the latest ventures being offered by North Bendigo non-for-profit business PepperGreen Farms. The farm is a social...
February 25, 2023
Women’s club seeks new members
THE Bendigo Evening VIEW Club is on the lookout for new members who have a drive for giving back to the community and want...
February 24, 2023
Huge names announced for Writers Fest
SOME of the world’s greatest authors are set to take part in the 2023 Bendigo Writers Festival. Australian’s Helen Garner, Thomas Kenneally and Victor Kelleher...
February 24, 2023
Easter festival plans bigger than ever
THE program for this year’s Easter Festival has been revealed and there’s some new events on the agenda to go with the returning traditional...
February 24, 2023
Callout for art as Easter show applications open
THE Bendigo Easter Art Show is calling out for budding and experienced artists to submit their work for this year’s exhibition. The community arts show,...
February 24, 2023
Festival makes proud return
BENDIGO Pride Festival held its media launch last Friday with the unveiling of posters and the advanced program for this year’s event. Local drag icon...
February 24, 2023
Award for homegrown preventive health effort
BENDIGO Health have picked up a prize at the 2022 Victorian Health Promotion Awards for their program to integrate preventative health advice into routine...
February 22, 2023
Swim star takes home major award
JENNA Strauch is the 2023 Bendigo Sports Star of the Year award winner after claiming silver medals at the World Championships and...
February 22, 2023
Stars shine bright on local sport’s night of nights
THE fifty-eighth annual Bendigo Sports Star Awards were held at the All Seasons Resort last Friday Night with three-hundred and fifty people...
February 22, 2023
Diamonds champ joins Hall of Fame
CAITLIN Thwaites is a Commonwealth Games gold medal winner, World Cup champion, Suncorp Super Netball premier, and nine-time Bendigo Sports Star monthly...
February 22, 2023
Sens honoured with award named for friend
PARALYMPIC representative Noel Sens has received the Bendigo Sports Star’s Faith Leech Achievement award in recognition of his storied career in cycling.
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