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Cats, Tigers to GF
Macedon Cats and Kyneton Tigers will contest the Riddell League Rookie Me women’s football grand final at Gilbert Gordon Oval, Woodend, on Saturday afternoon. It’s no surprise to see the two best sides in the home and away season in the big match. While Macedon reached the grand final with a convincing 6.4 to 1.3…
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Bendigo League, Broadford talk
Bendigo Football Netball League and Broadford Football Netball Club are exploring the possibility of Broadford joining the BFNL for the 2025 season. “Exploring new avenues for growth is a key part of our strategic vision,” Bendigo League chair, Professor Carol McKinstry, said late last week. Kyneton FNC departed from Bendigo to the Riddell District Football…
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Hawks halt Kyneton
Kyneton senior footballers debuted in the Riddell League on March 29 this season by outclassing Woodend-Hesket by 53 points. Weather conditions were ideal for football, appreciated by players and spectators alike. At Gilbert Gordon Oval on Saturday the Hawks gained revenge, defeating the Tigers by 15 points and ending their slim hopes of making the…
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Last chance match
Kyneton Showgrounds is the venue for the Riddell League Rookie Me women’s football preliminary final tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, August 10). Last season, Kyneton Tigers went through the season undefeated to gain a historic premiership victory, but tomorrow’s match is the last chance for either Kyneton or Woodend-Hesket to earn a place in the 2024 grand…
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Get a wriggle on with worm farming!
This week, Hugh Finlay from Grow Great Fruit and the Harcourt Organic Food Coop takes the Compost Conversation reins and gives us a rundown on the ins and outs of worm farming. The purpose of a worm farm is to turn kitchen and garden waste into fabulously rich fertiliser. Worms like dark, cool and moist…
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Transcendent beauty
Pie Jesu promises to be an exquisite afternoon of transcendent beauty in Christ Church on Castlemaine’s very own Agitation Hill. A relaxing and uplifting respite from a busy world, the concert will feature four opera singers along with two pianists and a chorus. Ranging widely from Renaissance polyphony to 20th century pieces, the program will…
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Burgers, beer and board games!
The Mount Macedon Hotel is offering a whole lot of winter specials to encourage people to get out and about in the cool night air and experience authentic country pub charm! Bring family and friends along for live music performances every week on Fridays. Feel the rhythm and enjoy a night of fantastic tunes. Kids…
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New music programmer
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal has appointed Australian festival and venue booker stalwart Rich Moffat as the venue’s new music programmer. A Castlemaine local and longstanding champion of the regional music scene, Rich is set to bring decades of experience to the historic venue. Before moving to Castlemaine in 2022, Rich worked across countless iconic Melbourne venues…
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Deployed to Canada
Woodend CFA member Nick McCarthy is currently in Canada to help with the devastating bushfires there at the moment, alongside former Woodend volunteer Nicole Conway. This is their second deployment to Canada, both travelling there for the major fires last year as well. A contingent of four CFA and 40 Forest Fire Management Victoria personnel…
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Orchestra offerings
Resonance String Orchestra will be running a group beginner violin lesson on Monday evenings at the Woodend Neighbourhood House. This is suitable for students with no experience and will be taught by members of the Resonance team. Subject to sufficient interest, parents are welcome to book in as well, to learn alongside their child. The…
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Garden learning
The Kyneton Horticultural Society Inc. will present a panel discussion at its August speaker night on three ways to explore horticulture. The panel will discuss YouTube as a visual medium, books as a written medium and radio as a spoken medium for learning about gardening and horticulture. Stephen Ryan, Kerryn Burgess and Margot McDonald will…
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Planning begins for plant upgrade
The conversation around plans for a vital upgrade of the Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant began with two information drop-in sessions in Castlemaine last week. Environmental flows and water quality in Campbells Creek were key discussion points at the sessions hosted by Coliban Water. Planned upgrades to the plant will be carried out in stages, including…