Lifeline to launch new site
HEAD to lifelinecvm.org.au on 1 September and you’ll be met with a brand-new website showcasing the faces and stories behind the Lifeline team in...
Week helps lasting Legacy
LEGACY’S annual fundraising campaign will begin this weekend, reminding the families of veterans they’re not alone in an increasingly isolated world. Legacy Week is the...
Ball club celebrates sixty years
BENDIGO East Baseball Club are determined to make their sixtieth year a memorable one, even if it is marred by another COVID-19 lockdown. The club...
Daffodil Day back in bloom
CANCER Council are encouraging people to harness their flower power on Friday, 27 August for this year’s Daffodil Day. Cancer Council Victoria is hoping to...
Big band plans big return
DUST off your trumpet, flute or tuba and join the talented musicians in Bendigo’s only community concert band. The Bendigo and District Concert Band was...
Bendigo exposure site confirmed
A BENDIGO business has been listed as a tier two COVID-19 exposure site. Delecca’s, a machinery sales, service and hire business, was added to the...
All ears at listening post
Everything on the agenda at community consultation event TO anyone else at the Crook Street dog park last Saturday, it may have seemed odd that...
Book Week is back!
THE Children’s Book Council of Australia’s annual Book Week kicks off this Saturday, 21 August, with the nationwide celebration of the written word set...
Support group going above and beyond
ONE Bendigo woman is using her own experience coming out as transgender to build a statewide network of support for other trans and gender...
Employment precinct on the map
THE City of Greater Bendigo has purchased a piece of land south of Marong to establish the Bendigo Regional Employment Precinct. A total 155 hectares...
New exhibition brings female artists to the fore
A VISUAL feast is being served up at the Bendigo Art Gallery, with the latest exhibition bringing together the multidisciplinary works of sixteen female...
Beginners on board and in the bowl
ARE you looking to become Australia’s next Olympic skateboarder, but need a little more practice at the park first? A series of free, beginner friendly...
Workshop to focus on gender equality
COMMUNITY members from across the Loddon Mallee are invited to share their personal experiences of gender inequality, and learn the skills and tools to...
Dancers are having a ball!
AGE is no barrier for members of the Bendigo Ballroom Dance Club, who recently returned for a short stint on the dancefloor in between...
Grant backs art network
A NEW network for multicultural artists and workers is set to be developed in Bendigo. Multicultural Arts Victoria will establish the Out of the Box...
Local member heads online
FEDERAL member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters, has logged into Parliament remotely over the last two weeks for her first sitting since going on maternity...
MP calls for more vaccines
DATA released by the Australian Government last week revealed Bendigo led the nation in first dose COVID-19 vaccination rates, but Federal member Lisa Chesters...
Youth choir in harmony
LEADING a group of some thirty young choristers is no easy task in lockdown, but founder and artistic director of the Bendigo Youth Choir,...
Online talk on the often unspoken
DEATH literacy advocate, artist, and librarian Hayley West wants to open up the conversation about our own mortality this Dying to Know Day. The campaign,...
Next step for school upgrades
ARCHITECTS have been appointed to work on three different school projects in a string of announcements made by the State Government last week. Bendigo-based E...
Something to write home about – Stamp Club marks 90 years
MORE than one hundred and fifty albums make up Libby Luke’s stamp collection, but that’s only a fraction of what the Bendigo Philatelic Society...
Botanic Gardens hub set to grow
CONSTRUCTION has officially begun on the Bendigo Botanic Gardens central hub precinct following the turning of the first sod last Friday. The $7 million development...
Whiteley works on show
MORE than one-hundred and ten-pieces make up the Bendigo Art Gallery’s latest exhibition celebrating one of Australia’s most famous twentieth century artists. Brett Whiteley: Drawing...
Garden club grows interest
MAKE the grass greener on your side of the fence with the help of the Bendigo Garden Club. About 60 passionate green thumbs meet once...