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Beautiful driving through Harcourt, watching the indigo hills turn golden with sunlight.
Sunlight. There's going to be rather a lot this week, so enjoy, or endure.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Sunny, top of 34. Winds southerly and light tending southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the morning then becoming light in the late evening.
TRAINS
Due to Regional Rail Link works, coaches will replace trains between Melbourne and Bendigo until January 19.
Trains will continue to run between Bendigo and Echuca/Swan Hill.
For details and temporary timetable go to: http://www.vline.com.au/home/news/bendigoservicechanges/172260712/article.aspx
NEWS OVERNIGHT
Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for eight years, has died
More: http://www.smh.com.au/world/ariel-sharon-dies-after-8-years-in-a-coma-20140112-hv84i.html#ixzz2q7mdDR43
Postmortem examinations begin in Queensland to determine what killed mother Noelene and daughter Yvana on holiday in Bali.
WHAT WE'RE CHASING TODAY
Updates to the Lake Eppalock boat crash that has left a 12-year-old girl in hospital.
We'll also head to Maldon and Kyneton to bring highlights of the Market Market, kids' day out and social pics.
And we'll follow up the Bendigo community's amazing fund-raising efforts for Kirsty Thomson and Kyle Shreiber.
THE HIT LIST
The top 5 stories from the Bendigo Advertiser website yesterday:
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday if it's your birthday today.
You share your birthday with US actress Kirstie Alley, French actor Olivier Martinez and American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos.
THIS DAY IS FAMOUS FOR:
1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
1915 - US House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote
1995 - Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan.
JOKE OF THE DAY
Q. Why do kangaroo mums hate bad weather?
A. Their joeys have to play inside.
Have a grouse day.
Dorothy Cook