harcourt
Tastes of Harcourt
Only a few years ago, Harcourt was a drive-through town on the Calder Highway enroute to Bendigo. Best known for its apples, roadside stalls – some private, some commercial – dotted the highway, with huts full of delicious, juicy, fresh-from-the-farm apples of multiple varieties, paid for via the good ol’ honesty system. Fast forward to […]
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Djakitj Larr: a creative conversation bringing people together
A creative conversation for the Bendigo UNESCO Creative City and Region of Gastronomy, bringing diverse groups together to explore what UCCN designation can mean
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Why food and wine co-operatives are thriving in the Bendigo gastronomy region
When Tim Sproal first started making wine, it was in the self-professed “garage-style” of winemaking. “I started with two mates, bought a second-hand milk vat and a tonne of grapes,” Tim says. “It was a scrappy set up, but I was hooked from the beginning. I quickly saw a model where if you have a […]
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All abuzz: How Bendigo Tech School is helping solve food challenges
Saving the world’s bee population may seem like an lofty goal, but a ground-breaking partnership between Victoria’s Tech Schools and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is turning the impossible into the possible.