Super-sized superstar Marilyn Monroe looms large over Bendigo
The Marilyn Monroe sculpture unveiled on Tuesday in Bendigo. Photo: Darren Howe It might have taken a 40-tonne crane, 24 hours and five American crew members, but Bendigo's super-sized sculpture of Marilyn Monroe was finally revealed in the central Victorian city's Rosalind Park piazza on Tuesday morning. Adam Garey, one of the workers brought out from the US to assemble the sculpture, said the installation of the eight-metre-high statue on Tuesday was a seamless procedure. The Marilyn M..>> view originalMega Marilyn comes to Bendigo | Video, Photos
BENDIGO, VIC: Gallery director calls completed Marilyn Monroe sculpture a conversation starter. Mega Marilyn comes to Bendigo | Video, Photos exitIt might have taken a 40-tonne crane, 24 hours and five American crew members, but Bendigo’s super-sized sculpture of Marilyn Monroe was finally revealed in the Rosalind Park piazza on Tuesday morning. Adam Garey, one of the workers brought out from the US to assemble the sculpture, said the installation was a sea..>> view originalFarmer Wants a Wife contestant Megan Purcell wins Bendigo ...
Farmer Wants a Wife contestant Megan Purcell wins Bendigo Liberal preselection By Kathryn Perrott Updated February 03, 2016 11:45:25 Liberal candidate for Bendigo Megan Purcell has won the seat's preselection ballot, but also the affections of farmer Julz on reality television series The Farmer Wants a Wife.Ms Purcell, 31, is one of four contestants competing to become 36-year-old livestock farmer Julz's potential wife on the Nine Network's dating show.Friends and..>> view originalOn the go | Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Morning headlines from around regional Australia and beyond. Our photo of the day comes from @tonkinblu who simply said "I love taking photos of sunsets" To have your photo featured as the pic of the day use the hashtag #bendigoweatherBendigo mosque opponents try to take case to High CourtAn artist's impression of the proposed Bendigo mosque.Opponents of Bendigo's first mosque are hoping to present their case to the country's highest court in a last-ditch bid to stop the controver..>> view originalNervous wait on Griffin
The Bendigo Spirit are sweating on the results of scans on Kelsey Griffin's injured hamstring. The Bendigo Spirit are waiting to learn the extent of an injury to their MVP candidate Kelsey Griffin. Picture: GLENN DANIELSTHE Bendigo Bank Spirit is sweating on the results of scans on star forward Kelsey Griffin's injured hamstring.Griffin suffered a hamstring pull in the second half of the Spirit's 82-74 weekend loss to the Dandenong Rangers.The two-time WNBL grand final MVP continu..>> view originalBendigo belts Mornington at Country Week
Bendigo moves to second on MCW ladder. SKIPPER: Linton Jacobs on his way to 35 against Mornington. Picture: TRAVIS HARLINGAfter stealing victory from the jaws of defeat on day one, day two of Melbourne Country Week couldn’t have been much better for Bendigo.Bendigo handed Mornington a 97-run thumping, smashed a quickfire 4-67 in an eight-over second innings and welcomed the news that Warrnambool had upset Sale-Maffra by one wicket.The two results mean Bendigo and Geelong are the o..>> view originalBendigo's $12000 drawing prize
The Bendigo Art Gallery is calling on entries for a $12,000 prize which highlights contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The biennial Paul Guest Prize has ...>> view originalGearing up for a unique race
Two penny-farthing riders have high hopes for a Tasmanian race. Gearing up for a unique race HIGH HOPES: Don Manypeney and Phil Johnson are off to Tasmania to race their penny-farthings. Picture: GLENN DANIELSHASTEN GENTLY: “You need good balance to ride it, and you have to be pretty agile to get up into the seat,” Mr Manypeney said. Picture: GLENN DANIELSGEARING UP: The race will take place in the streets of Evendale. Picture: GLENN DANIELSexitBendigo might..>> view originalHopley ordered to get off tip site by June
Hopley Recycling has failed in a bid to extend its deadline to leave the former White Hills tip site. Related coverage:Hopley Recycling has failed in a bid to extend the time frame for the removal of waste materials from the former White Hills tip site until 2017.The recycling business has 35,788 cubic metres of green waste, concrete and other materials stockpiled on the council land and has been ordered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to remove it by June 1.I a..>> view originalRefugees' bags empty of any remembrances
Even as I tell these stories they cannot compare to the traumas that young men the same age are experiencing as refugees. I have a grainy black and white photo in front of me. It is a photo of two very small boys. In their hands they each clasp a handful of cold potato chips. They are totally engrossed in their task, which is to feed a swarm of fat, well fed seagulls smart enough to know their way around a camp site.They are sturdily built, these little fellows; one has straight s..>> view original
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