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Lana stars in topical film
Kyneton actor Lana Hughes aims to keep the conversation going about the dangers of drink-spiking through her latest short film role in Honey. Lana is one of the featured actors in the piece, which centres on a young woman locked in a toilet cubicle, drink spiked and at the mercy of the women around her.…
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The circus is coming to town
Circus Latino is a dynamic and exciting show that aims to thrill and captivate audiences of all ages. Featuring talented performers from South America and Australia, this show includes daring aerial acts, tricks performed with fire, hoops and a hilarious clown. Audience members may even become part of the show if they are confident to…
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A diamond jubilee artist
Artist Kevin Smith has been painting for 60 years. His studio, located in the hills of Little Hampton, displays his enduring output with hundreds of paintings laying about. “Some of these canvases are from the 1980s and I just paint over them,” he says. The 76-year-old reflects on his life while listening to jazz play…
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Koala strike hot spots
Macedon Ranges wildlife rescuers have responded to a spike in koala road strikes with bold signage to warn drivers of hot spots. The yellow, koala-shaped markers bear the words ‘slow down’ and ‘hot spot’. Their placement indicates a high strike area. Wildlings Woodend Wildlife Shelter rescuers Mel Fraser and Karl Dawson are leading the project.…
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Push for road levy
Macedon Ranges petitioners are leading the call for a road levy charge on registered vehicles in Victoria to help fund emergency wildlife care. The proposed levy is $2 per registered vehicle and would contribute to a consistent grant program for wildlife carers. Woodend resident Rhonda Gibbard is part of the group that launched the petition…
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Newstead Open Studios art trail
Newstead Open Studios art trail is a locally inspired and crafted event, held annually since 2015 and based in and around Newstead, in the heart of Victoria’s goldfields region. Each year artists open their studios to visitors. There will be lots of beautiful and diverse art for sale at each of the studios, you might…
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Flower Show returns
More than a century of horticultural history returns to Mount Macedon on Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16, with the annual Autumn Flower and Produce Show. The show is open to all residents in the Macedon Ranges, with no charge to submit exhibits. Entries from children are especially welcome, with separate categories available for…
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Protesting proposed protest laws
Central Vic Climate Action, along with a number of other groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Wombat Action Group, gathered outside Jacinta Allan’s office in Bendigo last Thursday to celebrate protest and all it has achieved, and bring an important message: democracy dies when protest is criminalised. Avery Barnett-Dacey was one of the speakers at…
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Has your fave veg got the edge?
The Edgy Veg Awards are set to return this April for the fourth year in the Macedon Ranges, and have now expanded to Mount Alexander Shire! Given only 13 per cent of the local population eat enough veg, the event couldn’t have come at a better time. Show your support for your favourite local (and…
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Too hot to handle
A mistake we humans often make is to think that if something is good, more of it will be better. We can make this mistake with the temperature of hot compost. Hot compost has so many benefits, but only up to a certain temperature. If our composts go past this ‘sweet spot’ temperature, we start…
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Planning powers at risk
Planning powers could be overridden if local councils do not co-operate with the Victorian Government’s latest housing targets to reach 2.24 million new homes by 2051. Macedon Ranges Shire is expected to accommodate an additional 13,200 houses by 2051 in updated plans released last week. It is an additional 500 homes on what was initially…
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High street suffers all-time low
Local business owners have blamed exorbitant rent prices for Kyneton’s vacated shopfronts, which have been visible in the town centre for the past two and a half years. On a small stretch in High Street, 12 commercial buildings are empty or have ‘for lease’ signs displayed on them, and a further store is set to…