Bendigo
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Students offer free health checks
A group of first year La Trobe University Bendigo nursing students are currently visiting Castlemaine and surrounds as part of the university’s ‘Healthy Towns’ project. Project coordinator Brad Hodge said Healthy Towns was a community-driven rural health initiative designed to support under-served rural communities while giving university students the chance to develop real-world skills. “Through…
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Authors to livestream
Goldfields Libraries are participating in the much-loved Sydney Writers Festival ‘Live and Local’ program again this year. A selection of excellent speakers will be live-streamed to big screens at Castlemaine, Woodend and Bendigo libraries. Best of all, it’s completely free! The Sydney Writers Festival is Australia’s largest celebration of books and ideas, bringing the world’s…
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Mitchell back, Bendigo close
The Albanese Government has been returned to power in a landslide victory that saw Labor secure 82 seats to the Coalition’s 38 at the time of going to press yesterday. Labor’s Rob Mitchell has been returned for McEwen but the previously thought safe Labor seat of Bendigo will come down to the wire as votes…
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IT’S ELF-FICIAL!
Mark your advent calendars and set your jingle bell alarms, Santa Claus is enroute to Bendigo! Elf Academy is returning to Central Deborah Gold Mine from December 19-23, with tickets now on sale via central-deborah.com. To mark Santa’s arrival, the surface of Central Deborah Gold Mine will be transformed into an enchanted Christmas wonderland where…
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Castlemaine man jailed for historical sexual assaults
A former Castlemaine resident has been found guilty and jailed for sexually abusing four children under the age of 16 during the 1980s. Robert Dennis Howe appeared at the County Court in Melbourne on November 8, where he was sentenced and jailed for five years and nine months. During the trial, held in Bendigo in…
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How to discover more
Most of us would imagine that people visit galleries and museums in much the same way that everyone else does, but in fact, careful observation shows this is not the case. Perhaps most people amble through the exhibits in a random way, reading the labels about those objects that have especially caught their eye. It…
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World premiere of new music
Three esteemed local musicians who now call the Castlemaine region home are set to feature in a special one-off concert at The Old Church on the Hill in Bendigo this Saturday September 21. Anthony Pateras (electronics), Natasha Anderson (recorders/electronics) and Lizzy Welsh (viola d’amore/electronics) will use the concert as an opportunity to debut their newest…
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Bendigo to host opera festival
From March 24 to April 30, Bendigo will play host to another destination art event for Australia. Melbourne Opera’s Ring Cycle Cultural Festival is a truly rare opera occasion, drawing opera lovers from around the world to the regional Victorian city. The not-for-profit arts organisation’s $5M festival will employ over 250 Australian singers, musicians, creatives…
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Kyneton Cup at Bendigo today
The $125,000 bet365 Kyneton Cup for 2022 will highlight a nine-event program being run at Bendigo today (Wednesday). The Kyneton meeting was switched to Bendigo at the weekend, with persistent rain in the preceding days taking its toll on the track and surrounds. Racing Victoria and the Kyneton & Hanging Rock Racing Club announced the venue switch at the…
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Artisan textiles on show in Bendigo
The Artisans Textile Festival is one of Bendigo’s best-kept event secrets. It is an annual presentation that showcases a range of textile artists and their diverse range of hand-crafted creations. This year’s crafts include weaving, knitting, crochet, socks created on an antique sock knitting machine, spinners’ cotton, raw fleece, hand-painted silk garments and basket-making. Handmade…
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Iconic storyteller and sublime vocalist
Kutcha Edwards is headed to Kyneton and Bendigo bringing truth-telling via his new music theatre creation, Circling Time – Songs and Stories. Edwards’ show draws its essence from the songs on his latest album Circling Time. The album is superb, receiving rave reviews including in Rhythms Magazine: “Circling Time is a magnificent, life-affirming triumph, and Edwards is quite…
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Trio of golden Delicious wins
Three producers from the region have secured gold medals and national recognition in the 2020 Delicious Harvey Norman Produce Awards. Sutton Grange’s Holy Goat Cheese, Tellurian Fruit Gardens of Harcourt and Tooborac’s McIvor Farm Foods have all been named in the honours that celebrate the country’s new, innovative, native and outstanding produce. Holy Goat Cheese…