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“Holy Shit! That Was Close” Says Chesters

Still visibly sweating despite the brisk Central Victorian autumn, long-serving Labor MP Lisa Chesters has emerged from the electoral bloodbath gasping, “holy shit, that...

Halls Gap Zoo Celebrates First Successful Mating of Two Taxidermy Koalas

Louis Theroux Praised For Documentary “Bendigo: Eshays Without Limits”

Fire Pit Lets Out White Smoke. Damo From Eaglehawk Becomes New Pope

Scientists Confirm Most Common Easter Phrase in Bendigo Is “Where The Fk Do I Park?”

Poo Protest Hits Jacinta Allan’s Office. Richmond Fans Smell Flag

Council Yells at Mall to “Apply Itself” Like a Year 10 Student Failing PE

Man Charged After Luring Miner Into Van

Bendigo Toe Tickler released on parole

For a Town Overflowing with Massage Parlours, Everybody Really Seems Pissed Off

Life & Style

Stallholder Declares Herself Inventor of the Bucket Hat

In a stunning revelation that has shocked precisely four people at the Bendigo Showgrounds Market, a local stallholder named Makenzee "Buckets" McGraw has boldly...

Yes, Your Sibling Is the Favourite Child

17 April 2025

Bendigo Measles Outbreak Blamed On 5G Towers: ‘It’s Clearly The Only Logical Explanation,’ Say Locals

3 March 2025

Kid Calls Teacher ‘Mum,’ Now Legally Family

5 February 2025

This Woman Didn’t Take Her Husband’s Last Name Cause He Doesn’t Exist

14 January 2025

People & Places

Meatstock’s Dad Bod Contest Draws Record Number of Applicants, All Named Jeff

Meatstock's Dad Bod Contest has shattered records this year, attracting an unprecedented number of applicants—all named Jeff. With thousands flocking to the festival grounds for...