HelloPlus: Exploring Life & Philosophy.
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Boots on, no experience needed
Being part of a team is something truly special. Feelings of first game nerves, the relief of kicking a goal, the elation of claiming a win are uniquely shared among your teammates, who become your community and your family. The village of people that make up your sporting team become friends for life, irrespective of…
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Tigers march through to final
Kyneton’s Under 15 girls hosted Macedon in their GDCA semi final at The Kyneton Showgrounds last Friday. Having beaten them the previous week, Kyneton went into the game as warm favourites and indeed came away with a victory and a grand final appearance next week. Winning the toss and batting, the home team got away…
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Fresh thinking takes root at GROW
From soil pits to succession planning, cultural burning to carbon, frog croaks to foliar fertiliser – GROW Festival invites the Macedon Ranges community to dig deep, literally! This Friday, February 20, Kyneton Racecourse and adjoining Rock House Farm will host more than 40 short, practical and thought-provoking sessions across six spaces: the GROW Lounge, themed…
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Laugh-out-loud humour and pathos
After a short break, the Mountview Theatre is again buzzing, with rehearsals in full swing for The Mount Players’ first show, The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell. In this comedy, three New York widows meet once a month for tea before visiting their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet-tempered and ready to begin a new life.…
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Team Top Gun returns
For David Tyquin and his son Calvin, the 2026 Shitbox Rally isn’t just about driving a $1500 car across Australia, it’s about driving hope. The Kyneton and Malmsbury father-son team is returning to the rally to raise funds for the Cancer Council in support of families impacted by cancer. From May 1-9, they’ll tackle some…
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Fighting for the service
A committee is confident Anzac Day Services will go ahead this year at the Mount Macedon Memorial Cross, despite urgent and costly repairs required for the monument. About $200,000 of structural work is required for the cross to meet safety standards and host its annual Anzac Dawn Service on April 25 – the second biggest…
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Gisborne’s Idol ‘diamond’
Auditioning for Australian Idol was a dream come true for New Gisborne’s Mikayla Burke. The moment was all the more moving for the 20-year-old who just last year discovered she had significant hearing loss. Mikayla was in her final year of study at the Australian Institute of Music, and planning her career, when she learnt that her…
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Urgent safety upgrades needed
Newham residents are seeking urgent safety improvements to avoid another tragedy at a notorious stretch of Three Chain Road. The Egans Lane intersection was the site of a fatal collision, which claimed the life of a Macedon Ranges man and injured another, earlier this month. While police continue to investigate the cause of that crash,…
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‘Seven intense hours on the fireground’
Clarkefield and Darraweit Guim residents were urged to take shelter last week after a grassfire burned out of control and conditions became too dangerous to evacuate. Last Wednesday, fire authorities responded to reports of a grassfire in Clarkefield at 12.58pm. Its spread damaged properties and Vic Emergency advised, in the early hours of the afternoon,…
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Residents ‘aren’t stakeholders’
Gisborne residents are furious with the mismanagement of a development site that has hindered their daily life for the past six months. About 700 people live in the streets adjacent to an estate being developed, titled Rosalia, which is expected to build 861 dwellings near Gisborne’s town centre. At a ‘pop-in’ meeting for residents to…
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Soccer season starts with a bang
What a fantastic way to kick off the season! The Kyneton Soccer Club Season Launch and Open Day on Saturday was a great success, with players, families and community members coming together to celebrate the start of another exciting year. It was wonderful to see so many new and familiar faces, plenty of energy on…
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From Macedon Ranges to centre stage
By Preeshita Shah From the Macedon Ranges to the stages of Sydney, Angus O’Farrell is living his theatre dreams. The Alice Miller School student is one of four winners of the 2025 John Bell Scholarship, selected from 88 applicants across the country for a week working alongside some of Australia’s leading actors and theatre professionals…