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GKU sends powerful message
Gisborne-Kyneton United delivered another commanding performance in Round 7 of the EDFL Division 2 season, taking on East Sunbury Thunder at Sankey Reserve in Gisborne. Before the first bounce, GKU players donned red armbands in solidarity with clubs across Victoria, taking a stand against the recent funding cuts to the Office for Women in Sport…
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Saints topple Lions in match of the round
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League round eight contests saw some spirited clashes right across the board. The highly anticipated match of the round was between top-of-the-table Harcourt and the Trentham Saints. The Lions came into the match determined to bounce back after a loss to Carisbrook, while the Saints were flying high off the…
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A platform for young makers
An inaugural Wesley Hill Young Makers Market aims to create a platform for young people in Mount Alexander Shire’s vibrant artistic and creative community. The program, supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council’s Quick Response Youth Grants, will form part of the Wesley Hill Market from 9am to 1pm on Saturday May 31. In keeping with…
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Budget invests in history
A project to undertake significant renewal works at Buda Historic Home and Garden in Castlemaine has been allocated half a million dollars in the 2025/26 State Budget. The funds will deliver State 2 of the masterplan, which will include refurbishing the current venue room into an office and administration space with a visitor centre, and…
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Building a united nation
Community members gathered for the 2025 Sorry Day Commemoration in Victory Park in Castlemaine on Monday. Sorry Day, which is held annually on May 26, is a day of remembrance to acknowledge the pain and injustice experienced by members of the stolen generation, and its lasting impacts. The event included a Welcome to Country and…
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Safe Spaces in the spotlight
Castlemaine and Macedon Ranges Safe Spaces have been selected from 14 sites across Australia to be featured in a film that will be the centrepiece of a new digital marketing campaign for community-led Safe Spaces across the country. A production team from Australia’s national lived experience of suicide organisation, Roses in the Ocean, visited Castlemaine…
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History buffs gather
The inaugural The Alchemy of Gold forum has been declared an outstanding success. The event attracted huge crowds of goldfields history buffs from across Australia to the Campbells Creek Community Centre from May 16-18. The three-day forum featured more than 40 experts, historians and community members sharing their value insights into the discovery of gold…
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Apple TV fills up in Carlsruhe
Filming of a new Apple TV miniseries took place at the BP petrol station in Carlsruhe last Thursday and Friday. The new show is based on the book, The Dispatcher, by Ryan David Jahn, about a police detective whose life fell apart 10 years earlier when his daughter went missing. He receives a distress call…
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Festival to be a ripper
The lineup for the 2025 Town Folk Festival dropped today and it is set to be huge! Town Folk Festival returns to Djaara / Castlemaine in November with yet another impressive lineup of local and international music, this time led by Sharon Van Etten and The Attachment Theory, who will return to Australia with their…
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Can we really put fats and oils in our compost?
The conventional wisdom, according to most composting resources, is to not put fats and oils into composts. Why is it that composting lipids (fats, oils and waxes) is considered a no-no, and what would we do with them if we don’t compost them? The main explanation for keeping lipids out of compost piles is to…
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Think again on burn-offs
Two fires – a registered burn-off and a bonfire – became out of control on residential properties in Kyneton last week and prompted authorities to make a statement. One resident was conducting a routine garden clean-up and registered the burn-off with authorities. An unexpected wind picked up and within minutes the small fire had burnt…
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Surprises in the RDFNL
With Kyneton, Riddell and Macedon all having byes, there seemed to be few chances for surprises in the four football matches in the Riddell League on Saturday. But surprises there were, in more ways than one. Woodend-Hesket recovered from kicking a meagre six goals against Romsey on May 16 to seven days later run riot…