HelloPlus: Exploring Life & Philosophy.
-
Mountain Festival program to launch
Australia’s only festival to focus on the environment and natural world is back November 22-24. Be the first to hear the 2024 program, which boasts literary luminaries, climate scientists, twitchers, actors and a menagerie of local and interstate guests, at a launch on Thursday. Operating under the forever theme of Place. Story. Nature. Mountain Festival…
-
Town fights for store
Newham residents are rallying to secure a future for Newham General Store after its recent indefinite closure. Business owners announced its closure in a public statement after they were “unable to extend the lease past the current term”. “On this basis we have made the hard decision to wind up the business operating the store,…
-
Kyneton twilight market fundraiser this Friday
Get revved up for Kyneton High School’s Twilight Market and Show n Shine fundraiser this Friday. The event will be held at the school grounds on October 11 from 5pm to 8pm. It will have a variety of food vendors/stalls, general stalls, live music, entertainment, sausage sizzle, silent auction, and, of course, vehicles for the…
-
Welsh paceman ready to fire
With a week to acclimatise, Welsh speedster Joe Monk was all ready to play his debut match with Woodend Cricket Club on Saturday … but the adverse weather intervened. The 27-year-old Monk and partner Ashlyn are already excited about spending the next year ‘Down Under’ — it’s something of a working holiday with priority being…
-
Romsey by one run!
There was plenty of excitement at Sankey Reserve on Saturday, as Gisborne fell agonisingly short of overtaking Romsey’s first innings score in a dramatic last over. The Duckworth Lewis System of scoring was operated due to a rain interruption. Romsey’s Aaron Paterson bowled a sensational final over as the Redbacks scrambled home by one run.…
-
The best seat in the house
The 2024-25 Castlemaine District cricket season is about to kick off and there is a critical shortage of umpires. For the first time in many years, the premier level cricket in this competition, the A Grade Senior Men’s cricket, will be mostly self-umpired for a lack of independent umpires. The Castlemaine District Cricket Association needs…
-
Everyone has a story
In the heart of the goldfields, a quiet revolution in storytelling is taking place. No big budgets, no film studios, just a camera taken to local streets, kitchens and backyards. This is the world of LOCALS, the Castlemaine Documentary Festival’s very own showcase of short documentaries created by everyday filmmakers from the local community. “The…
-
New bid for Mad Max series
You’ve heard of Mad Max the film franchise… now a Kyneton-based duo seeks to create Mad Max the TV mini series. Brett Gooding and Karen Skinner have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help make it a reality. The pair has a vision for a Main Force Patrol series set in a regional town sometime between…
-
Bohemian Brunswick Street
A new book celebrating the evolution of the arts phenomenon that was Brunswick Street is set to be launched in Castlemaine this Saturday. Bohemian Brunswick Street – Inviting, Thrilling & Far-reaching!!! is the third edition of the original book on the organic arts movement that evolved out of Brunswick Street and has a connection to…
-
Has democracy left the building?
Australia is governed by a representative democracy implemented via three tiers – federal, state and local levels. Words in Winter Central Goldfields Inc has invited experts and the local community to consider and discuss global and Australian democratic trends and current issues that have tested democracy and the Fourth Estate – the role of the…
-
Meet your local candidates
Castlemaine-based community group Really Local is putting on a series of local face-to-face meet the candidates events this month for the contested Mount Alexander Shire Council wards of Coliban, Calder, and Campbells Creek. Candidates for these contested wards are as follows: Calder – Tony Cordy, Ken Price and Kerrie Allen; Campbells Creek – Bill Maltby…
-
CAM celebrates painting prize
Castlemaine Art Museum’s prestigious Len Fox Painting Award was celebrated on Friday evening. The Len Fox Painting Award is a biennial acquisitive painting prize and is awarded to a living Australian artist to commemorate the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915), the uncle of Len Fox, partner of benefactor Mona Fox. The award…