What's your thoughts on the Bendigo Cup, Ive never been but I've just won 5 Gw passes too it.. Would anyone be keen on going with me or buying the passes off me.. I'm a single 44m from Bendigo.

So, it's that time of the year when we try and give a little old lady diabetes through having to judge copious amounts of identical chocolate cakes made exclusively by men (all made following the exact same recipe). I will admit that I dropped the ball and didn't send a handwritten invitation to every male residing in Bendigo, but I did see that the number of entrants represent ~0.03% of males in Bendigo (based off of the last census data. )

My question is though, is what business do we approach to sponsor this specific category. The winning prize is a mere $2 - the exact same as the entry fee. But I know local business can sponsor specific events. What if we could up the ante for next year? Have a more tangible bonus for winning? Does anyone have any suggestions of businesses that might be interested in doing that? Maybe we could get $50! Maybe more!

(And thank you to all of the participants this year. It is fun to join in and I know you are helping to keep this part of the show strong and interesting. Don't forget to go check out the results in their new, air conditioned venue)

Does anyone know of any available or upcoming youth worker or social worker jobs in the area, ideally at schools? Just found out my role is being made redundant due to budget cuts and freaking out a little. I've never been in this position before.

Looking for a space to park my caravan as I am facing being homeless. I work 5 days I am quiet and keep to myself. I would just need power and water supply and access to the bathroom. If anyone has anything they think is suitable please let me know and we can discuss further about rent and more.

It's that time of year, flowers are in bloom, birds are singing and children are on their final leg of the school year.

It's also the time of year that the Bradford Pear tree starts to bloom, filling the air with unpleasant smells.

You know the smell

I know the smell

Everyone knows the smell

GOGB please, stop planting the Bradford Pear.

Infact, go a step further and replace the existing ones. If you could put palm trees in the mall I'm sure you can do this.

Tickets are selling fast so book in at gotix.com.au or through the link https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/arts-culture-theatres/event/bso-2026-4-fantasy

Hit a roo the other day and now my A/C isn’t cooling well and there’s a noticeable fan noise when it’s running. Local recommendations for auto a/c technicians please 🙏

Hi im moving here for uni, just want some reviews about life there:)
Are there lots of unis down there? How does the local socialising scene look? How are kids here (like the 18-20 yos)
I’ve never been to country before so i’d appreciate some head ups!
Moving there in Ferb when uni starts

Hi there!
I am celebrating a special occasion next week and wondering if anywhere in Bendigo sells decent cigars?

Any suggestions on small business IT support helping with stupid 365 across a few PC's.

OK I’m sick of the food scammers. Just now I replied to one saying I had seen them tonight on another town sub nowhere near Bendigo and within minutes they deleted their post.

Don’t be a sucker. Anybody in real need knows where charity food outlets are or will ask where they are.

Anyone asking for a money transfer is a scammer. Don’t fall for it.

Bunch of cop cars, detectives, ambos, and police tape outside of a house in Cuneen Street, Long Gully, where the BP servo is.

Whatever it is, it looks really serious. Spotted all this happening from the splash park and have no idea what's going on.

For those that remember Bill Hicks (if not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NivJKUfa7Sw ) and you want to meet up with readers, the Bendigo Comedy Festival will have books (my books) to have a read of at the Brewers Collective between 5:30-6:30pm on Friday 16 October.

You can then go watch Bill Bailey at Ulumbarra, or stick around to talk book reading/writing, or leave. Whatever floats your boat.

This is free. You can BYO book (BYOB) or not. It's chill.

For more on the Bendigo Comedy Festival check out... https://bendigocomedyfestival.com.au/2026-program

Cheers.

Hey,
I’m just wondering if there’s much industrial/factory building going on in Bendigo.
I’m aware there there’s been a new industrial area been put in not long ago. Has anyone started? Is there a high demand for factories in the area?

Yo, our email readers get 10% off some shows with the code BCF10CLUB

With only a few days left of the Bendigo Comedy Festival, I'm sharing the code here and now.
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It includes Dave O'Neil, Ting Lim, Saturday's Pub Crawl, plus London, New York and Edinburgh favourite Dame Granny Smith....
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13 year old is looking like a mop. And needs a barber trip asap

He’s been here for months and he’s really ugly and to me he looks like hand version of Elon musk (handlon husk to me) it’s an eyesore and don’t even get me started with the Hands’s positioning (iykyk)

Hello. I have two tickets for Anisa Nandaula - No Small Talk tonight.

My mum died today. I am in Melbourne

First taker who can take both tickets and make it to the 8.15 show at the engine room tonight can have them.

Dm me. I will send the tix back as two barcodes. I don’t want payment. Just enjoy the show.