The front cover of our autumn edition of Bendigo Magazine celebrates love and the extraordinary journey local couple Mark and Dean embarked on for their beautiful daughter Neena. The couple live on five acres in Mandurang just outside of Bendigo and this image was taken on their property by photographer David Field.

The artist’s studio is no mere space. The creative engine-room may also be their greatest work in progress. Writer: Sarah Harris – Photographer: David Field Kate Blackwood, Tony Kean Jewellery “Most jewellers have really, really small workspaces, so we are lucky to have such a large workshop,” Kate Blackwood, proprietor of Tony Kean Jewellery, says. [...]

Our graceful ballerina dances across the sunkissed salt lake Photographer: Terri Basten Emily wears Jozette ‘Joni’ leotard $69.95 from Block (Melbourne) and Cameo ‘Revolution’ knit $189.95 from The Styling Bird (Bath Lane).

Chocolatier and owner and manager of Indulge Fine Belgian Chocolates, Hayley Tibbett says there are two and a half kilograms of chocolate in her 45-centimetre tall Easter bunny. Who would be game to take the first bite? Writer: Mary Pomfret  – Photographer: David Field More than your average chocolate or coffee shop, Indulge Fine Belgian [...]

When Wally and Stan Phillips were born in 1922 weighing a scant 2.5lb (1134g) apiece, their mother was told not to bother taking them home. No one counted on the fierce love of a country woman with a pantry full of condensed milk. Writer: Sarah Harris – Photographer: David Field Stan: My parents had two [...]