SIX artists who come together to make art pieces out of everyday fabrics and textiles have put their creations on show in the Living Arts Space at the Bendigo Visitor Centre. Curator, Amy Carr-Bottomley, said the exhibition titled Cloak is a celebration of the materials that are commonly used every day. “Textiles are often taken … [Read more…]
Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) celebrated an exciting milestone for Victoria 2026, on June 21, with 1000 days to go until the launch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. CGA said 2023 is all about planning, following a tour of Victoria earlier in the year to meet with local councils and First Nations Australians about how they … [Read more…]
THE Queensland government is delivering 147 new social homes in partnership with Vinnies, with another 13 now wrapping up works in Brisbane’s northern suburbs. The new homes with to be built in partnership with St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland will comprise 27 homes in Newton (Toowoomba), 60 homes in Walkervale (Bundaberg) and 60 homes … [Read more…]
The draft prospect that “five or six clubs” would take ahead of Reid at pick one “The gap between one and two has closed.” Draft expert Cal Twomey believes the gap between likely pick-one Harley Reid and other hot prospects is closing. While Reid seems locked in to go pick one, Twomey believes that Gold … [Read more…]
State Member for Northern Victoria Wendy Lovell raised a constituency question in parliament on Thursday, June 22, calling on the Victorian Health Minister to order the postponement of Remembrance Parks Central Victoria’s annual meeting amid concerns the trust may not have met its statutory obligations to provide sufficient public notice of the meeting. Ms Lovell … [Read more…]
A Lal Lal man will pay $540 in fine and court costs after tossing a disposable cup and lid into the street in Ballarat, last December. A witness reported his car’s number plate to EPA Victoria after seeing him throw the cup out the window in morning traffic, at the intersection of Eyre Street and … [Read more…]
PART of Bendigo Heritage’s Vintage Talking Tram network, Tram No. 15 has been knitted out with colourful crochet decorations for the winter. Marketing and events manager for Bendigo Heritage Tynille Thurlow said the creations were made for the tram by a group of “needling ninjas” who preferred to remain anonymous, and took many hours of … [Read more…]
Recruit Kate Surman was lost for words when she met one of her idols in her first day at Geelong. And the new Cat is ready to get emotional for the hoops. Traded in to Geelong from Port Adelaide after last season as the Cats continued to pursue classy forward-half players, Surman is reliving the … [Read more…]
Magician (Sweet Lou) continues his harness racing preparation for the upcoming Raider Stakes and Beautide when he contests the Great Northern Super Crisp Discretionary on Sunday night in Launceston. The 2200m event is worth $20,000 and is topped up to be more than a regular open-class race following the Launceston Pacing Club’s decision to decrease … [Read more…]
IN bookstores and games shops across the world you may have seen boxes of cards with The Art of Conversation on the cover. The series of cards are award-winning discussion starters developed in Bendigo by Louise Howland and Keith Lamb. It was a long time ago before the internet existed when the duo came up … [Read more…]