Bendigo’s Lake Weeroona is a long way from the wild glacial waters of Austria’s mountain rivers; around 15,000 km, give or take. La Trobe student Maddie Batters is preparing to swap the local waterway for the latter in a bid to challenge her international peers in the Under […]
Bamboozling the key holder at the Toolleen Football Club was a sure sign Catherine Dreis was on the right career path. It was her sister Lil’s 21st birthday party and the marketing and event management student had taken the reins. She had a spread sheet, a schedule and […]
The canoe slips gently from the ramp into Serpentine Creek ripples. Outdoor education graduate Kerrie Jennings is on rudder duty at the back. She’s also tasked with calling instructions to a paddler who’s not been in a canoe since Wet Wet Wet was in the charts. High school […]
A La Trobe University research project will determine the educational benefits of the Castlemaine State Festival. Researcher Dr Dona Martin was working to capture the impact the festival had on many of the 1200 local children to pass through the festival this week. “We want to know if the […]
There are not too many circumstances where someone would strive to be on a paediatric ward. Just ask any child and their family. For the kids at Bendigo Health’s brand new hospital, the stay is made as bright as possible, with splashes of yellow, sunny artworks and people like […]
“I still can’t believe I’m a registered nurse,” says Sue McLean. But perhaps the La Trobe graduate is the only one surprised by that. It seems Sue has always been a nurse-in-training. And now, after completing her Bachelor of Nursing as a mature-age student in 2016, she’s official. Last […]
Kathryn Tovey is painting fluid lines of lilac at the Art Club stall. She’s got her back to sun, and the beautiful comings and goings of the market day crowd. Kathryn’s halfway through this mural, and halfway through a 12-month exchange from her home country of England. […]
Daniel Butterworth’s exhibition, When the Black Dog Bites, completely fills gallery two at the La Trobe Art Institute. Step into the space and the air is thick and charged. It’s not an easy place to be. It’s dense with the emotional weight taken to create these works. There’s […]
There are plenty of layers to Khayshie Tilak Ramesh. We’re meeting the law student in her lunchbreak at the Australian Geographic shop to talk about being named Bendigo’s 2017 Young Citizen of the Year. It’s soon evident, there’s much more to her story, although it needs some gentle […]
As we swelter through a Bendigo January, spare a thought for former resident Dr Simon McIlroy and researcher at Denmark’s Aalborg University, where the month’s mercury reaches an average two degrees. Simon said adapting to the country’s winter months has been a challenge, but another year ahead chasing his […]
