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Bendigo’s busiest golf course is between a rock and a hard place. Now Jackass Flat land has been rezoned for residential development, and with Eaglehawk in need of a “destination” function and meeting centre, Neangar Park Golf Club wants to cater for both communities. But their..

WHEN the fit-out is complete, a bus to ferry the Righteous Pups around town will be ready to roll. “It means we can keep our dogs and also our humans coming to school,” managing director Joanne Baker said. “It’s cost us close to $30,000 to do it, and we are so grateful to..

For two years, parents of students at a White Hills primary school have been asking VicRoads for action on their road crossing. This week, after two more incidents outside the school, they have run out of patience. “It’s beyond belief,” Holy Rosary Catholic Primary School chair..

Bendigo is planning to celebrate the National Year of Reading with a new writers’ festival. The Capital theatre is set to be the location from August 10 to 12 for a three-day program of discussion and events. Building on Bendigo’s strength as a contemporary cultural centre with a ric..

Loong may be a bit faded, and his mirrors a little cracked, but he is famous around the world. This week, conservator Jude Schahinger began a complete nose-to-tail overhaul of the 120-year-old ceremonial dragon, who will take part in the Chinese New Year celebrations on January 28. Working with ..

Grace Kelly exhibition ‘misses out on heart and soul of screen icon’ Bendigo Art Gallery’s celebrity opening party, which will be attended by the new Grace, Princess Charlene of Monaco, will kick off what is likely to be the gallery’s biggest, most talked about ..

A FIRE at a Marong industrial site last week reignited a long-running dispute between landowners. “Our biggest concern is that it’s a fire hazard,” resident Sue McKeown said. “When it was only small it wasn’t an issue, but in the last few years it’s gone craz..

After a decade living back in Bendigo, Noela Stratford is still waiting for that moment when the landscape takes hold of her and won’t let go. “For my work, I have to experience a place with real impact, something that makes me go ‘wow’,” the artist says. She has tr..

BENDIGO’S Thales factory has failed to win a major Federal Government contract, but has “potentially” won another. Up to 1300 light fully armoured protected vehicles may be built at Bendigo’s Thales plant, in a contract worth up to $1.5 billion. However, Thales failed in ..

Bendigo Library has one final fling this year, with acclaimed historian Robyn Annear talking about the National Year of Reading tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5.30pm. Ms Annear's history of early Melbourne, Bearbrass, is one of six up for selection as one of the National Year of Reading books from ..

FOR an art historian, discovering someone who has been overlooked is just about the best thing that can happen. When Harriet Edquist began researching the career of textile artist Michael O’Connell, she gradually grew convinced that here was such an artist. At the end of a search th..

Bendigo Botanic Gardens will finally have a full-time curator once more. “We’re accepting it as a compromise”, Friends of Bendigo Botanic Gardens chair Jane Cleary said. “We would have liked a curator who could have overseen the whole development through all the major wo..

TWO of Bendigo’s most stunning gardens will be open to the public on Sunday. Nanga Gnulle at 40 Harley Street, Bendigo and Penwinnick at 5 Harkness Street, Quarry Hill, will open from 10am to 4pm to raise money for youth mental health support. Locals will also be entertained with live musi..

A REPORT soon to be released by City of Greater Bendigo council will be used to justify future heritage decisions. “I think there’s been a misunderstanding about what it is”, Director Planning and Development Prue Mansfield said this week. “We are not writing a his..

THERE are just a few times when a really big lunch is good for a bloke’s health, Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Damian Drum told parliament last week. Mr Drum said one of those occasions will be on November 25 when the Blokes Biggest Lunch Ever will be held in Sidney Myer Place..

Safety first I WOULD like to echo the sentiments of Vivien Newton (Bendigo Library manager) and Carolyn Macvean (Goldfields Library Corporation CEO) about the safety of library users (Bendigo Weekly, November 4). I have visited the Bendigo Library about two to three time..

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When he started the button project, designer Cris de Faust counted each one, admiring their form and colour. Several thousand buttons later, his fingers smarting from all the glue, he is a little over them. Nevertheless Cris is very pleased to have his idea chosen from those submitted by..

Level playing field needed for speed cameras While watching A Current Affair the other night it was interesting to hear Victoria Police state they allow a tolerance of plus three kilometres per hour on a mobile speed camera and plus 2kp/h on a fixed speed camera. ..

What constitutes a failure? Is having a go worth some sort of recognition or has our society morphed into a ‘winner takes all’ situation where losers outnumber winners? These are the questions I’ve been asking, and asked, after some recent media reports that i..