About: Sophie Founé

Youth community theatre group seeks to raise awareness of neurodiversity

THE BENDIGO Theatre Company's Tribe Youth Theatre will be putting on its new production, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, this...

Bush kinder workshops for educators

A FOREST school in Queensland will be partnering with one in Bendigo, WildPlay Co, to deliver workshops in town for educators wanting to facilitate...

Event to help you get, and stay, on your bike

A BIKE riding and road safety session targeted towards teenagers will be on tomorrow (Saturday, March 15) at the Long Gully BMX Track. The event...

Free sex advice at Bendigo Pride

SEXOLOGIST Dr Linda Kirkman will be offering free relationship and sex advice at Bendigo Pride's Pride in the Park event. Dr Kirkman, who identifies as...

Respite project for people with dementia and their carers

A NEW dementia respite project is using nature-immersion to help both people living with the condition and their carers to improve quality of life. GreenConnect...

Pink Floyd tribute to play songs live for first time in decades

ECHOES of Pink Floyd, a tribute band from Adelaide who have toured the nation several times since 2015, will be returning to...

Association gears up for St Pat’s Day concert

TO commemorate St Patrick, the saint who brought Christianity to Ireland, the Central Victorian Irish Association will again be putting on a show, An...

Young people’s films to be played at Bendigo Sustainability Festival

BENDIGO Sustainability Festival is coming up, and for the first time in its history the event will feature several short films created by...

Time to get excited for inaugural Young Farmer Network Ball

A NEW social opportunity for the region’s young farmers and agricultural workers is kicking off next Friday.

Birchip Cropping Group is hosting its first...

Sink your teeth into Harcourt’s Apple Fest

THINGS will be getting fruity this Saturday at Harcourt as the town prepares for its annual Applefest. The day centres around the Applefest Market which...

Angie McMahon and her music (are) unwound

MUSIC has the power to help us understand periods of transformation, as does Angie McMahon’s latest album Light, Dark, Light Again, which she will...

Mineral Springs Festival this weekend

TARADALE'S annual Mineral Springs Festival is back for its fifteenth year, and the town is ready to welcome residents and visitors alike to experience...

Apprentices celebrated

AN apprentice from Quarry Hill was one of three recognised for outstanding work at Master Builders Victoria’s Regional Apprentice Awards Bendigo. Fourth year carpentry student...

Iconic poppet head closed

ROSALIND Park’s poppet head is closed to the general public after an engineering inspection found significant rust on the top level of the historic...

Flood recovery still in full swing

PARTS of North Central Victoria that were flooded in January may now have been baked dry by the sun, but efforts repair damage are...

Meet the royal fundraisers

A BENDIGO family are gathering public support as they prepare for an eight-day drive from Victoria to Queensland to raise money for Variety. Each year,...

Learn from renowned singer turned teacher

SOPHIE FOUNÉ INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed soprano Merlyn Quaife will be holding group singing lessons for the first time in her career. Quaife has performed in operas and...

Eaglehawk tradition soon back in bloom

THE Eaglehawk community is getting ready for its fifty-first annual Dahlia and Arts Festival and there is a lot on the program to get...

CWA to host talk for International Women’s Day

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day is set for Friday 8 March and the Country Women’s Association’s Bendigo Northern Group is among several community organisations getting involved...

Walking tours inspired by history

SOPHIE FOUNÉ LAST Sunday a Bendigo historian led a group tour at what was a very lucrative mining site towards the end of the nineteenth...

Works continue to unearth Bendigo’s geological past

TWO former mining sites are closer to being rehabilitated as work to collect and analyse rock samples at sites in Kangaroo Flat and Woodvale...

Art sought for Rotary’s annual Easter show

ARTISTS in the region and beyond are being invited to submit their work to Rotary’s Bendigo’s Easter Art Show. Last year, the exhibition showcased more...

Holi festival to be a cross-cultural celebration

THE Indian Association of Bendigo is preparing for this year’s Holi Festival, which last year got booked out. President of the organisation Abhishek Awasthi said...

For the love of chocolate

THE founder of a chocolaterie in the heart of Bendigo is busy preparing for her last Easter rush at the shop before moving on...