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About: Sophie Founé

Posts by: Sophie Founé

February 12, 2024

No excuses for dumping tyres

ACCORDING to environmental authorities, too many people like to illegally dump tyres on public land in Victoria.  More than 2700 vehicle tyres...

February 12, 2024

New space for teachers to relax

A LOCAL meditation practitioner has developed a class specifically for school teachers.   Bridget Allan, of Lotus Reflections, said she had heard how...

February 9, 2024

Dragons fire up Lunar New Year

THE Lunar New Year starts this Saturday and signifies the beginning of the Year of the Dragon.   Bendigo history includes a rich...

February 5, 2024

Zonta awards open for submissions

NOMINATIONS for a scholarship and an award by the Zonta Club of Bendigo are now able to be submitted. The club is offering the $750...

February 3, 2024

Rotary donation a ray of sunshine

A CHARITY which distributes baby and children's items has received a five-thousand-dollar donation from Bendigo and Bendigo South Rotary clubs.   Founder and...

February 3, 2024

Group helps bereaved stand together

FAMILY of loved ones who have passed away have found community with each other through a walking group facilitated by Bendigo Health. The group meet...

February 3, 2024

Students explore tertiary options

PRIOR to the start of the school year, Year 12 students from Girton Grammar attended a two-day Victorian Certificate of Education conference in Melbourne. While...

February 2, 2024

Changes coming to kerbside collections

BIG changes to the City of Greater Bendigo’s kerbside bin collections get underway from next week. Monday 5 February will see organic waste picked up...

February 2, 2024

Question on conflict knocked back – City of Greater Bendigo council meeting briefs

IN what was a heated question time at last Monday’s City of Greater Bendigo regular council meeting, CEO Andrew Cooney said the municipality would...

February 2, 2024

Charity offers energy advice

ANGLICARE Victoria is offering support by helping bill payers get the best energy deals they can. The organisation has partnered with the Victorian Government to...

January 30, 2024

Urgent care centre growing

AN offshoot of Bendigo Primary Care Centre that’s seeking to relieve pressure off emergency department presentations now has more than twenty general practitioners...

January 30, 2024

Beneath the surface of artist’s Undercurrent

ONE of the artworks in the First Nations Photography exhibition at Bendigo Art Gallery is a piece depicting the site of a massacre on...

January 30, 2024

Rock fest back for round two

THE Bendigo-born and bred rock music festival, Gold Rock, is back for a second year and will feature ten local bands.

January 29, 2024

BCHS calls for pill testing

BENDIGO Community Health Services has come out in support of a proposed State drug checking bill and hopes the Victorian Government will too.

January 28, 2024

Endo clinic up and running

PEOPLE diagnosed with endometriosis or who have pelvic pain now have access to a free clinic at Bendigo Community Health Services.   The...

January 28, 2024

Images help reposition Indigenous storytelling

FOR the curator of Bendigo Art Gallery’s First Nations Photography exhibition, some images in the collection hold a very personal connection. 

January 28, 2024

Rochester’s near miss still has town under the pump

ROCHESTER residents had a big scare in the second week of the year when the level of the Campaspe River surpassed the ‘major...

January 27, 2024

New book reflects on colonial heritage

AWARD-winning Chewton-based author Bonny Cassidy will be releasing her fourth book early next month.  Her new non-fiction work Monument (with a...

January 26, 2024

Community a focus for awarded citizens

THE City of Greater Bendigo Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year were announced by Mayor Cr Andrea Metcalf on Monday.  Marong...

January 23, 2024

Australia Day events in the Bendigo region

MAIDEN GULLY AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS. 7am-10am at Maiden Gully Recreation Centre. Official ceremony at 8.30am. Barbecue breakfast, entertainment, junior...

January 23, 2024

Swap the screen for some cool scenes

MANY of us these days would probably sheepishly admit that we should 'really get out more.’ If you can bear the heat, summer can be...

January 23, 2024

Creative hub gets State Government support

A CREATIVE arts and cultural hub in Bendigo established by the Dja Dja Wurrung Corporation, known as Dumawul, is one of eleven projects...

January 22, 2024

Advocates call for changes to dingo pet rules

THE owner of Chewton wildlife conservation centre, Jirrahlinga, is part of a group pushing for stricter laws at the Federal level surrounding dingoes...

January 21, 2024

Farmers hammered by further flooding

WITH many parts of the Campaspe River flooded after the heavy rains two weeks ago, the most affected people were farmers who live and...