The hard work is already underway, as the region is piecing together its long held gastronomy plans.

Director at the Bendigo Tech School Graeme Wiggins is eager for the recently opened education hub at La Trobe University to be front and centre of the City of Gastronomy.

"There are numerous opportunities for us to connect - from strategic planning to setting up steering committees and advisory groups.

Food and Fibre is one of Bendigo Tech School's six focus areas, with new initiatives to launch in the new year.

One of those will harness EcoThought farm in Harcourt.

The Bees with Backpacks program will integrate sensor technologies into a beehive and track the comings and goings of bees, while being able to measure the weight, temperature and humidity of the hive.

"We are able to understand a great deal about what is happening in there through technology," Mr Wiggins said.

Bendigo Tech School will have an ongoing role in tagging bees with sensors and use the data and insights gleaned to think about the issues facing beekeepers.

"The recreational beekeeper is the most numerous one.

"We need to support them and use this data to help them understand the best way of keeping bees," Mr Wiggins said.

"The students will be able to take that data and develop interventions for beehives," he said.

The latest Bees with Backpacks program, which launched at Ballarat and Geelong Tech School's earlier this year, will take flight in the new year.

The opportunities for technology to be intertwined with food, wine and agriculture are endless, according to Mr Wiggins.

"New energies and water resources are just some of the areas where our students suggest interventions to make better use of equipment and resources," Mr Wiggins said.

A new augmented reality tourism program is another plan the school hopes to launch in 2020.

Through a partnership with Open House, parts of Bendigo will be mapped to create a pre-settlement virtual reality experience by embedding those spaces with cultural artefacts.

"We could have a City of Gastronomy focus as part of Open House," Mr Wiggins said.

"While open house is about what's here now, it is also about what used to be here and creating a technology immersion to explore heritage," he said.