A church picnic went wrong today after a giant bouncy castle blew away today with 6 kids and 2 adults trapped inside. A gust of wind caused the ropes to loosen and the bouncy castle took off with 8 people onboard. A church member asked...
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A local man was a victim of a daylight robbery at his home yesterday. Morgan Jamieson scrapped cat food into an empty single use Toy World bag from out of the cupboard that his cat Cuddles didn't like. "The bag was put on the front...
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A 12 year old boy from Eaglehawk Primary shaved his moustache off after growing it for Movember this morning. The young man was the only one in his grade 6 class able to grow one. His teacher said he looked like a young Tom Selleck...
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A boss of a major Bendigo company hinted to his employees he has way too many mugs. The news comes as he looks forward to this years work Kris Kringle. "I've received novelty mugs every Christmas for the past 5 years. I'm just trying to...
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The Bendigo Council announced plans last night to provide Santa with a police escort through Long Gully on Christmas Eve. The news comes from the North Pole that it was flagged as a high risk non-Santa friendly place. Other high risk area's for Santa include...
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A teacher in a local Christian school was fired yesterday by school officials after saying ‘Happy Holidays’ to one of her 4th grade students. That student, who is a Christian, found the teachers well-wishing to be offensive and inappropriate; that is when the student contacted...
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New Bendigo Braves import, DeAndre Monroe from the University of Texas is excited to be a celebrity in the Regional City of Bendigo. The 210 centremetre combo forward had a lackluster career at the University of Texas, averaging 4 minutes and 0.8 points per game...
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“They think we don’t know, but they’re like the Weeping Angels from Dr Who,” said supermarket staff member Georg Jacobson, 24, of Golden Square. Much like O-Bikes from Melbourne, supermarket trolleys have been found all around town. “You know how the Weeping Angles move brah?”...
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"You know that scene where the Joker blows up the hospital and the walk way collapses? This bridge here totally looks like that," said Elliot Farmer, 8, from Maiden Gully. The Bendigo Base… eh… Health, yeah, Bendigo Health hospital has abridge linking… eh… one part...
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Sandra Duncan from Eaglehawk has been announced as the first person to purchase a ticket for the new Bendigo to Sydney Qantas flight. She celebrated by getting a tattoo of Amelia Earhart. When asked by The Bendigo Standard why not a tattoo of The Wright...
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