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• What’s on in Bendigo today | Bendigo Advertiser

  

  Read about what is happening around the Bendigo community.Support PepperGreen Farm's market gardening and produce bag program.Autism Support GroupThe group meets every Tuesday during school terms from 1pm till 3pm. Venue: Eaglehawk Community House, corner of Bright and Reserve streets, Eaglehawk.PepperGreen FarmBendigo Access Employment invites you to be part of its market gardening and produce bag program. Work involves being physically active weeding, digging garden beds, planting seedlings, h..

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• Relay records smashed

  

  Sizzling times set on athletics track.FOUR of Bendigo Harriers young guns and Eaglehawk’s veterans joined forces to break 4 x 400m relay records in Saturday’s finale to Athletics Bendigo’s track and field meet in Flora Hill.SPEEDSTERS: Harriers’ young guns Matt Lange-Richards, Ben Powell, Fraser Symons and Isaac Warren after their record-breaking performance in the 4 x 400m relay.The Harriers team of Matt Lange-Richards, Ben Powell, Fraser Symons and Isaac Warren raced to an impressive victory i..

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• Calling Australia home

  

  Bendigo Spirit star Kelsey Griffin will become an Australian citizen this Sunday after her team's clash against Dandenong.Calling Australia home: PHOTOSKelsey Griffin with parents Jan and Jim, who flew from Nebraska for a gam,e in 2013. Picture: JODIE WIEGARDCALLING AUSTRALIA HOME: Kelsey Griffin drives to the basket during Sunday's WNBL encounter against the Perth Lynx. Picture: NONI HYETTKesley Griffin with Bendigo Spirit coach Simon Pritchard. Picture: KIERAN ILESKelsey Griffin v Perth Lynx. ..

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• Tickets to go on sale for giant slide

  

  City Slider set to provide summer relief.SPLASH: People can book a 90 minute session for the water slide which will be set up on View Street between Rowan and High streets. SUPPLIEDGet excited Bendigo – tickets for giant water slide the City Slider go on sale at 9am Wednesday.The 325 metre slide will be set up along View Street Sunday January 24.Twice the length of the MCG, the slide will take up the equivalent of three city blocks between Rowan and High streets.Event co-founder Stuart Harris sa..

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• Major artwork on loan to Bendigo Art Gallery | Bendigo Advertiser

  

  Major artwork on loan to Bendigo Art GalleryByLeanne FitzgibbonNov. 17, 2015, 10:41 a.m.New to display at Bendigo Art Gallery is a major sculptural work by internationally acclaimed Australian artist, Ron Mueck.New to display at Bendigo Art Gallery is a major sculptural work by internationally acclaimed Australian artist, Ron Mueck.Ron Mueck was born in Melbourne in 1958. In his youth, he experimented with puppetry and model making, influenced by his parents’ work as toymakers.In the mid-1980s h..

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• Centre to open its doors to families

  

  The Bendigo Early Learning Centre will host families and staff past and present at its open day.The Bendigo Early Learning Centre family fun open day will feature lion dancing.The Bendigo Early Learning Centre will host a family fun open day on Saturday December 5 in the lead up to its closure on December 23.Families, staff and children past and present are encouraged to visit the centre, take a tour and reminisce.City of Greater Bendigo well-being director Pauline Gordon said the centre’s closu..

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• Trial kick starts heart

  

  Trial kick starts heartByJASON WALLSNov. 16, 2015, 7 p.m.An experimental heart valve replacement system has given a Bendigo woman a second chance at life.Lifesaver: An experimental heart valve replacement system has given Christine Arnott a second chance at life. Picture: DARREN HOWEA fortnight ago Christine Arnott was dying.Having suffered from a serious heart condition since 1999 and beaten off oesophageal cancer in 2012, a bout of septicaemia following gall bladder surgery had proved too much..

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• Love AC/DC? What's your favourite?

  

  A list of AC/DC's top 10 from a Queensland journalist has gone global. Now, we want to know your favourite hit.Love AC/DC? What's your favourite?exitCheck out the original story belowAre you an avid AC/DC fan? Do you get Thunderstruck each time you hear the intro build? Or maybe it’s the classic Bon Scott that motivates you to the top.Last week we published a list of Blackall-based journalist Sally Cripps’ top 10 AC/DC songs prior to their Brisbane show on Saturday.Thanks to a share on Facebook ..

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• Truck crash disrupts traffic in White Hills | Photos

  

  Truck crash disrupts traffic in White Hills, Bendigo | PhotosByErin HandleyNov. 17, 2015, 10:16 a.m.The Midland Highway will be partially closed to traffic after a large truck jackknifed into a power pole.Truck crash disrupts traffic in White Hills | PhotosexitPolice are diverting traffic after a large truck jackknifed into a power pole on the Midland Highway on Tuesday morning.Around 8.45am the driver of a truck, transporting a large chiller unit to on the way to Mackay in Queensland, went to m..

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• Winner of the Australian Wheelchair Tennis National...

  

  Winner of the Australian Wheelchair Tennis National Championships heads to the Australian OpenPostedNovember 17, 2015 12:06:40 Australia's number one seeded wheelchair tennis player and Paralympian Adam Kellerman won the men's national tennis championship held in Bendigo over the weekend.It was the first time such an event had been held, with the winner receiving a wildcard to the wheelchair event at the Australian Open 2016.The win means the 25-year-old competes against the world's top seve..

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