If you're able to walk Bendigo's beautiful streets this lockdown, be sure to stop by the Rosalind Park Plaza. This prominent pocket on Charing Cross has hosted many creative highlights for Bendigo; a larger-than-life Marilyn Monroe, a mirror maze, a tram cafe, and now, the work of La Trobe Creative Arts student Helena Read. A... Continue Reading →
Visual arts alumna finds her ‘plaice’
It’s always an adventure to find La Trobe's alumni. Rhyll Plant was discovered on paper in this year’s Castlemaine State Festival open studios program, then in person down a dusty, corrugated back road, up and down and around the hills and valleys of old gold ground. She waves us down out the front of Speargrass... Continue Reading →
Warm winter welcome to international students
Bendigo was largely a foreign concept to the new international students who arrived for second semester this week, but it’s a place that’s about to feature heavily in their lives. The students have travelled to this dot on the map from all corners of the globe to advance their education, experience Australian life, and see... Continue Reading →