Most people know Spring Gully for the General Store, the busy café that offers some of the best brekkies, lunches, pastries and coffee in town and is the thriving hub of the local community. The building used to be the milk bar, you can still buy your newspaper there and take your time with a coffee either in the courtyard out the back overlooking the veggie patches. Or sit out the front and watch the world go by, because there sure is plenty of activity going on in this active community.
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Be it on the mountain biking trails or soccer pitches – Spring Gully seems to be prolifically producing junior Australian sporting champions in multiple sports. Former Spring Gully Primary School student, Bree Melberg recently competed in the Gliders Wheelchair Basketball team in Tokyo at the Paralympics. Before that, she was a national gymnastics champion at aged nine, and after that, she was a national diving champion. 
Local Mum Kristen says, “Everything is so close, the cricket and soccer pitches, and tennis courts (one of the most active tennis clubs in Bendigo) are all just across the street from the primary school.”
Meanwhile, further up the hill sixteen-year-old cycling enthusiast Matthew Saxon knows the mountain biking trails around Spring Gully like the back of his hand. Matthew is a member of the Bendigo Mountain Bike Club and says, “There are at least a couple of hundred people who would actively ride these trails, aged from 8 to 80+. Especially now with e-bikes, a lot of older people are out there with us.” 
The Bendigo Mountain Bike Club headquarters are at Muldoon Reserve, Spring Gully. This Club also seems to be a breeding ground for high achievers. Matthew’s fellow Club member and coach, Issac Fletcher was selected for the 2021 UCI MTB World Championships due to be held in Italy. Issac’s sister, Alana races in the under-15s, she came in second at the nationals and won the Victorian Championships. 
So, the next time you grab a coffee and croissant from the Spring Gully General Store, go for a quiet stroll along the trails by the creek, look over the soccer pitches and hills, and reflect on these kids all around you busily reaching world domination doing what they love. But still, enjoy that croissant!

Spring Gully At A Glance
Information based on 2021 Census Results
Population: 3,092
Male: 47%
Female: 53%
Median Age: 45
Families: 827
Private dwellings: 1,439
Average people per household: 2.3
Median monthly mortgage repayments: $1,454
Median weekly rent: $290