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Friends Talking Outside

Festival of Good Ideas

Talks, workshops and films to get you thinking...

  • Women Working With Tools Workshop!
    Women Working With Tools Workshop!
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, 05 Oct
    Bendigo
    05 Oct 2024, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Bendigo, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    05 Oct 2024, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Bendigo, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    The Bendigo Share and Repair Shed is hosting four workshops for women aimed at increasing knowledge and skills in using basic household tools...facilitated by Helen Franklin!
  • Whipstick Wildflower Walk
    Whipstick Wildflower Walk
    Sun, 29 Sept
    Whipstick State Park
    29 Sept 2024, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
    Whipstick State Park, Cnr Whipstick & Rifle Range Roads, Eaglehawk North.
    29 Sept 2024, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
    Whipstick State Park, Cnr Whipstick & Rifle Range Roads, Eaglehawk North.
    Join the Friends of the Whipstick for a Sunday morning stroll with Eaglehawk bush enthusiasts Michael Barkla and Monica Rowland to show you around!
  • Make a sock-buddy puppet at the Bendigo Share and Repair Shed.
    Make a sock-buddy puppet at the Bendigo Share and Repair Shed.
    Thu, 26 Sept
    Bendigo Share and Repair Shed
    26 Sept 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Bendigo Share and Repair Shed, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    26 Sept 2024, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Bendigo Share and Repair Shed, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    Let your imagination run wild-make a sock puppet! We will use recycled materials and lonely socks to make a new sock buddy!
  • Riley Street Tuesday mornings.
    Riley Street Tuesday mornings.
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, 24 Sept
    East Bendigo
    24 Sept 2024, 8:30 am – 9:30 am AEST
    East Bendigo, Riley St, East Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    24 Sept 2024, 8:30 am – 9:30 am AEST
    East Bendigo, Riley St, East Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    Lend your hand on Tuesday mornings to this inspiring project at Riley Street East Bendigo.
  • Platy and Planting
    Platy and Planting
    Sun, 08 Sept
    Axedale
    08 Sept 2024, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
    Axedale, 110 Backhaus Rd, Axedale VIC 3551, Australia
    08 Sept 2024, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
    Axedale, 110 Backhaus Rd, Axedale VIC 3551, Australia
    For the 3rd consecutive year, spend a few hours in a superb natural setting beside the Campaspe planting grasses on a Trust for Nature property and then watch for platypus as the day closes.
  • "Take a Forest Walk" - Launch event
    "Take a Forest Walk" - Launch event
    Wed, 04 Sept
    Big Hill
    04 Sept 2024, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Big Hill, Big Hill VIC 3555, Australia
    04 Sept 2024, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Big Hill, Big Hill VIC 3555, Australia
    Celebrate the launch of this great addition to the world of bushwalking in Central Victoria - a book of walks!
  • Nature forum " Saving Nature, Saving Ourselves."
    Nature forum " Saving Nature, Saving Ourselves."
    Sat, 31 Aug
    The Gallery, Student Union, Latrobe Uni.
    31 Aug 2024, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
    The Gallery, Student Union, Latrobe Uni., Edwards Rd, Flora Hill VIC 3550, Australia
    31 Aug 2024, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
    The Gallery, Student Union, Latrobe Uni., Edwards Rd, Flora Hill VIC 3550, Australia
    Explore what the federal government must do to ensure our unique plants, animals and places are protected-and how we as community members can push our elected representatives to speak up for nature.
  • Birds of the Whipstick Walk
    Birds of the Whipstick Walk
    Sun, 18 Aug
    Notley Picnic and Camping Ground
    18 Aug 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
    Notley Picnic and Camping Ground, Eaglehawk-Neilborough Rd, Eaglehawk North VIC 3556, Australia
    18 Aug 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
    Notley Picnic and Camping Ground, Eaglehawk-Neilborough Rd, Eaglehawk North VIC 3556, Australia
    Join Friends of the Whistick for a guided walk finding, listening to and learning about Birds of the Whipstick
  • Bendigo for Butterflies
    Bendigo for Butterflies
    Sun, 05 Nov
    College Crescent Playspace
    05 Nov 2023, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    College Crescent Playspace, 32A College Cres, Flora Hill VIC 3550, Australia
    05 Nov 2023, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    College Crescent Playspace, 32A College Cres, Flora Hill VIC 3550, Australia
    The Australian Conservation Foundation invites families of all ages to a special event to learn about the rare and seriously endangered Eltham Copper Butterfly. Bendigo hosts several colonies of this little butterfly and we want people to learn about it in order to protect it.
  • Whipstick Walk and Talk - the search for the Eltham Copper Butterfly!
    Whipstick Walk and Talk - the search for the Eltham Copper Butterfly!
    Sun, 29 Oct
    Eaglehawk North
    29 Oct 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
    Eaglehawk North, Prowse Rd & Whipstick Rd, Eaglehawk North VIC 3556, Australia
    29 Oct 2023, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
    Eaglehawk North, Prowse Rd & Whipstick Rd, Eaglehawk North VIC 3556, Australia
    Friends of the Whipstick are hosting this event to learn more about the Eltham Copper Butterfly in what should be it's ideal home! Bush Watchers Ken Wellard, Michael Barkla, Julie Whitfield - Radford and Mark Hall will share their thoughts on this elusive creature and its natural habitat.
  • The Bendigo Share and Repair Shed
    The Bendigo Share and Repair Shed
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, 28 Sept
    Bendigo Share and Repair Shed
    28 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
    Bendigo Share and Repair Shed, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    28 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
    Bendigo Share and Repair Shed, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    The Repair Cafe is now happening every Thursday and first and third Saturdays from 10-1pm at the new Bendigo Share and Repair Shed . The Food is Free table is always open and you can check out the Useful Bin and soon to be open Tool lIbrary!
  • "Climate Changers" at the Star Cinema, Eaglehawk
    "Climate Changers" at the Star Cinema, Eaglehawk
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, 27 Sept
    Eaglehawk
    27 Sept 2023, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Eaglehawk, Town Hall, Peg Leg Rd, Eaglehawk VIC 3556, Australia
    27 Sept 2023, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Eaglehawk, Town Hall, Peg Leg Rd, Eaglehawk VIC 3556, Australia
    Do we have what it takes to get us out of this mess? Tim Flannery seeks climate change leaders in this documentary.
  • Tuesday morning working bees at Riley street East Bendigo .
    Tuesday morning working bees at Riley street East Bendigo .
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, 26 Sept
    East Bendigo
    26 Sept 2023, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
    East Bendigo, Riley St, East Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    26 Sept 2023, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
    East Bendigo, Riley St, East Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    Take a peek at what's happened at Riley Street East Bendigo Reserve! So much action and you can really see the result.
  • Tree Watch...a workshop!
    Tree Watch...a workshop!
    Sun, 24 Sept
    Bendigo
    24 Sept 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
    Bendigo, 121 View St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    24 Sept 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
    Bendigo, 121 View St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    BCA in partnership with the City of Greater Bendigo is holding a workshop to share information about how community members can get involved in protecting significant trees. Work has already started on a tree register but more people need to get involved to help make it happen!
  • ACF Central Victoria Bushwalk
    ACF Central Victoria Bushwalk
    Fri, 22 Sept
    Kangaroo Gully, Bendigo Regional Park.
    22 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Kangaroo Gully, Bendigo Regional Park., Kangaroo Gully, Victoria, Australia
    22 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Kangaroo Gully, Bendigo Regional Park., Kangaroo Gully, Victoria, Australia
    Walk with folk who love the bush, starting in Kangaroo Gully. Enjoy the abundant spring wildflowers on a 5.3km loop walk.
  • Little Critters at the Repair Cafe- holiday fun!
    Little Critters at the Repair Cafe- holiday fun!
    Thu, 21 Sept
    Bendigo Repair Cafe
    21 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Bendigo Repair Cafe, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    21 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Bendigo Repair Cafe, 120 Garsed St, Bendigo VIC 3550, Australia
    Love being creative, making things?? We need helpers to make a forest mural at the Repair Cafe.
  • Walk Among the Whipstick Wildflowers!
    Walk Among the Whipstick Wildflowers!
    Sun, 17 Sept
    Eaglehawk Scout Hall, Mulga Bill Track
    17 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Eaglehawk Scout Hall, Mulga Bill Track, 47 Simpsons Rd, Eaglehawk VIC 3556, Australia
    17 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Eaglehawk Scout Hall, Mulga Bill Track, 47 Simpsons Rd, Eaglehawk VIC 3556, Australia
    Join Michael Barkla and Ken Wellard from the Friends of the Whipstick in a guided walk. Learn more about the bush and how it is healing, look for fungi, flowers, insects, wonder at the beauty and abundance of the wildflowers!
  • Cruise the Creek-great family day to celebrate Northern Bendigo Landcare's birthday!
    Cruise the Creek-great family day to celebrate Northern Bendigo Landcare's birthday!
    Sun, 17 Sept
    Huntly
    17 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
    Huntly, Lean's Road Huntly.
    17 Sept 2023, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
    Huntly, Lean's Road Huntly.
    Official start at 10:00am with Djaara Smoking Ceremony, but come anytime between 10 and 2:00 to walk/cycle the Huntly Streamside Reserve. RSVP to get loads more info about the day.
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