Mark William White, 30, appeared in the Bendigo Magistrates Court this week after he was charged with dozens of offences, including dangerous driving and possessing a firearm as a prohibited person.

Mr White was remanded in custody on March 6 after allegedly evading police around Bendigo.

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The court heard Mr White was allegedly driving an outstanding stolen Toyota LandCruiser along the Calder Highway in Bridgewater.

Police patrolling in the area pulled up behind Mr White's vehicle and followed him for about 25 kilometres because it was unsafe to pull the car over.

The officers then activated lights and sirens when they got to the Calder Alternative Highway, but Mr White drove another 100 metres before he allegedly accelerated, travelling at 135km/h in a 100km/h zone.

He allegedly evaded police and performed a number of u-turns as he sped along the Bendigo-Maryborough Road, the Calder Alternative Highway, and the Wimmera Highway.

The court heard Mr White allegedly drove the car into bushland near Tarnagulla and attempted to hide.

Police located and arrested the 30-year-old a short time later. He told officers he was prospecting for gold.

It followed another incident on October 3, where Mr White allegedly evaded police in Sunbury and drove toward oncoming traffic on the Calder Freeway.

Police alleged while he was being monitored by the police air wing, Mr White drove to a vacant property at Diggers Rest, where he dumped the car and swapped clothes with an associate.

The court heard he was arrested naked in his associate's bathroom while he was shaving off his beard.

Police searched the dumped car and allegedly found a medical prescription in Mr White's name, an unregistered shotgun, false registration plates, the drug GHB, and more than 100 cartridges of ammunition.

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Mr White was also charged with handling stolen goods offences, after two stolen trailers were allegedly found at his property in December last year.

Defence lawyer Alex Shirrefs told the court Mr White would be contesting many of the charges as there were issues around identification in the prosecution's "weak" case.

Mr Shirrefs said fighting the charges would lead to a delay, which could mean Mr White was on remand for longer than a potential sentence.

The defence lawyer said Mr White, who had issues with methamphetamine abuse, had been accepted into a three-month rehabilitation program at a Geelong facility.

Mr Shirrefs said that program could alleviate the prosecution's concerns about risk, before Mr White was bailed to his parent's stable address.

Magistrate Susan Wakeling said the allegations of dangerous driving and firearm possession were serious, but she acknowledged delay could be an issue.

Ms Wakeling said the prosecution's case was "reasonably strong" and the charges showed "serious and persistent offending".

But the magistrate said she was satisfied risk could be addressed if Mr White was ordered to reside at the rehabilitation facility and his parents posted a $5000 surety to the court.

Ms Wakeling said once Mr White completed his program at the rehabilitation facility, he could then apply to vary bail and request to reside at his parent's house.

The magistrate said she needed more information to show that would be an appropriate address for Mr White.

The 30-year-old was released from custody to the rehabilitation facility. He is due to return to court later this year.

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