Frightening near miss
The Victorian Goldfields Railway Murder on the Orient Express movie train gave passengers more than they bargained for when the train was involved in...
On the write track
Preparing for this month's Bendigo Writers Festival, Barkers Creek-based festival founder Rosemary Sorensen has cause to celebrate.
After working on some of the nation's leading...
Highbank hopes
Watching your home go up in flames is dreadful. Watching it burn after having spent years meticulously restoring and renovating it is utterly heartbreaking.
But...
Luke’s legacy
Since Luke Brown's tragic and sudden death in April, life for his family has been unbearably tough. But amid the darkness of their grief,...
Woodend win-win – Neighbours back developer’s new plans
Objectors to a proposed housing development in Woodend have become its biggest supporters in a rare turn of events.
Thompson Builders' Ian Thompson scrapped his...
War on fruit fly
Efforts to avert the threat of fruit fly before it impacts on local fruit and veg producers have been ramped up at Harcourt with...
TRACK DEATH TRAP
Commuters are risking their lives to catch the train because of a move designed to reduce delays for morning peak services on the Bendigo...
Workshop’s creative spark
A one-off women's welding workshop in Romsey has sparked huge interest with 70 locals now on a waiting list to try their hand at...
Boxer pays it forward
Underneath David Cannon's tattoos and behind his boxing gloves lies a real softie at heart.
The Sunbury gym owner and competitive boxer has embarked on...
Rage at lives lost
Twelve empty chairs, 12 empty pairs of shoes.
Stark symbols of the deaths of 12 asylum seekers held in detention on Manus and Nauru over...
Living gently on the land
Environmental warriors Neil and Heather Barrett are well known for their active involvement in business and the community, but it's their campaigns for green...
Crunch time: Barnes’ Castlemaine Rock ceases operation
After 165 years of operation, Castlemaine's iconic Barnes' Castlemaine Rock lolly manufacturing business has ceased production.
Fifth-generation business owner and operator Peter Barnes, whose great-great-grandfather...
