Community members are invited to attend a vigil to honour those in our community who are experiencing homelessness, to raise awareness about local actions being taken, and to call on the government to do more to address the housing crisis. Homelessness Week, August 4 to 10 is an annual national event used to raise awareness…
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Natural Newstead
Brown Falcon with cicada prey, Loddon River @ Newstead, 29 January 2026. The following is a recent blog post by Geoff Park from ‘Natural Newstead: Observations of flora, fauna and landscape in central Victoria’. Text and photographs are printed courtesy of Geoff Park: geoffpark.wordpress.com. Easily fooled The photographer is easily fooled. Last week I watched…
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Save the date: November Newstead dance fundraiser
Pop Sunday 30 November into your calendar or diary: it will be another great chance to dance at Newstead Community Centre and it’s for a good cause. An Old Time/New Vogue Charity Dance, featuring music by Rod McKenzie, will raise funds for Newstead CFA and will surely be a great night out. In addition to…
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Big step towards World Heritage list
L-R Minister Tanya Plibersek, Bendigo Mayor Cr Andrea Metcalf, Maree Edwards MP, Lisa Chesters MP and Premier Jacinta Allan. A throng of political and media representatives converged beside the poppet head of the Central Deborah Mine in Bendigo on Friday 31 January for the announcement of a significant development in the Goldfields region’s bid for…
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