Category Archives: big kids

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Vegetarian Pub Food in Bendigo

It was a struggle to find decent vegetarian pub food when we first moved to Bendigo. It gets a bit boring with the same old, same old, options such as vegetarian risotto (every vego knows how to cook this at … Continue reading

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Bendigo Cafe Reviews (by others)

So you’ve read about where to go for Sunday Breakfast. Well here’s what others think of our cafes: Bath Lane Cafe 13 Bath Lane Open 7 days A review by Break-Faarce in Bendigo on 9Jul11, Almost Always Ravenous on 7Sep10 and half-eaten on … Continue reading

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Bendigo Coffee Roasters

Not only does Bendigo have some fabulous places to sit and sip your favourite brew (like these we mentioned earlier), we have quite a few places that roast their own beans… T’Hooft (322 Lyttleton Terrace) use fair-trade beans and have a sustainable … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day Classic 2012

Did you know that there is a Mother’s Day Classic event held in Bendigo? Well now you do. The Bendigo event involves two distances, a 4km walk or run and an 8km run around Strathdale Community Park; through the bushland … Continue reading

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Sunday Breakfast: 2012 Update

Sunday, a day of rest. And so it is for many of our café folk in Bendigo – and rightly so! They need a break too. Although, there are some crazy people who get up at the crack of dawn to … Continue reading

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Free wifi in Bendigo: Update

Since my last post on wifi in Bendigo, I have found more tech-savvy cafes… Cafe Thirty8 38 King Street (opposite Target) They make quite a good coffee (Brewhouse) and also offer lots of home-made goodies such as pumpkin soup, sausage rolls, chow mein, … Continue reading

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BSG Community Celebration Day

Bendigo celebrates sustainable living, with a day of food, gardening and music. Hosted and organised by the Bendigo Sustainability Group, this FREE community celebration includes music all day with the McAlpine’s Fusiliers, gardening workshops (featuring Costa), and cooking demonstrations (there … Continue reading

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Coffee in Bendigo

These are our top picks for coffee in Bendigo. This is a work in progress, so feel free to make any suggestions of places for us to try… Brewhouse Coffee Roasters It’s out in the back blocks of Bendigo at … Continue reading

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Sunday Breakfast

This post is sooo yesterday and we have discovered more breakfast places - click here for the recent update. Sunday, a day of rest. And so it is for many of our café folk in Bendigo – and rightly so! They … Continue reading

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Sustainable House Day

Bendigo’s Sustainable House Day is on this Sunday 23 October. The self-drive tour kicks off with registration at 9:30am from Peppergreen Farm (Thunder St, North Bendigo) and the houses will be open from 10:30 – 4:00pm. You can decide which houses … Continue reading

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