How former gold-mining town Bendigo became one of the world s great food cities
Richard Cornish
Photo: Richard Cornish
When retailer Darren Daz Murphy arrived in Bendigo from north-east Victoria in 1998, he was intent on setting up a food store based on local seasonal produce, but there was not a lot to find.
He could get his hands on some apples from nearby Harcourt and organic milk from the local dairy, but the city did not have a local food culture. All the produce went to Melbourne, says Murphy. Then the [Bendigo] restaurants and stores ordered it, and it came back by truck,