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Forgotten tales of the mountains
A new book by Barry Golding (with Clive Willman) tells the unique stories and legacies of six iconic peaks in central Victoria – Mounts Kooroocheang, Beckworth, Greenock, Tarrengower, Alexander and Franklin. Created in 2023 as part of Golding’s State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship, Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country accesses…
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Come to a garden party
Enjoy a day filled with music, wholesome food and good company at a Garden Party Fundraiser for the Arts Centre Melbourne at Woodbine, Kyneton. Don your linens, floaty florals and wide brimmed hats, and come armed with your picnic rug, umbrella and friends. A live jazz band will provide entertainment, and picnic boxes by local…
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Talking crime prevention
Victoria Police will host a Neighbourhood Policing Forum at Gisborne on February 20. Local services and community members are encouraged to attend to discuss issues important in their community. The forum will explore several topics including: current crime trends and crime prevention, family violence, young people, road policing, and drugs and drug-related crime. Acting Sergeant…
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Be a better composter in 2025
Welcome back to the Compost Conversation for 2025, and a happy new year to all our readers. Here at YIMBY we are still bursting with ideas for compost articles, so will keep the conversation going into 2025. Do let us know if there is a compost-related article you’d like to read, or burning compost questions…
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Country Week record breaker
Records tumbled yesterday (Tuesday) when Gisborne District Cricket Association outclassed Wangaratta at Melbourne Country Week. GDCA vice-captain Marcus Stewart hit a superb unbeaten 152 (14 fours, four sixes) to become the highest GDCA scorer yet in Country Week competitions. The tally of 7/325 from 50 overs was a record as well for the GDCA, and…
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Swing and jive at Malmsbury
The Kwela Swingsters make a welcome return to the Malmsbury Town Hall this Saturday, to get the crowd jumping with pennywhistle jive music. Since their last dance night in Malmsbury, the seven band members have been getting on with other projects, but now it’s time to get the band back together. The infectious kwela grooves…
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Fringe program to launch
The Castlemaine Fringe Festival, a longstanding fixture in the region’s independent arts scene, will officially launch its 2025 program this Friday with a special event in Mechanics Lane. The evening will kick off at 7pm with live music, including an appearance by local band aplegate launching their new single. The event will be the perfect…
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Unearth treasures at the antique fair
The 17th annual Maldon Antique Fair will see antique and collectibles enthusiasts from across the country and the globe descend on the historic town this weekend, February 15 and 16. The fair will once again be held at the Bill Woodfull Reserve and gates open at 8am each day. Maldon Antique Fair coordinator Mark Blytheau…
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Car chases, closures and film crews in Castlemaine
Liam Neeson is returning to Victoria to film his next action-thriller, The Mongoose, at locations across Melbourne and regional Victoria — including Castlemaine! The film crew is expected to arrive in Castlemaine on February 19 for three days of shooting. Castlemaine will double as a town Arkansas, USA, and the scenes being shot will involve…
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Region to star in regenerative agriculture
A group of Macedon Ranges farmers has achieved an extraordinary coup, convincing award-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Byck to come to Kyneton for a groundbreaking new event. He will headline GROW, a one-day conference, field day and festival at Kyneton Racecourse on Saturday February 22 that will position the region as a centre for excellence in…
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Making metal masterpieces
When Steve Cox sees an old discarded tool he’s not adding it to the scrap pile and trading it in for cash. A lifetime spent with horses, keen observation of the natural world and an artistic streak have contributed to quite a different perspective. Suddenly, retired hames become the jaw of a horse, rusted rabbit…
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Gisborne locals drive a shitbox
Two Gisborne families have joined a car rally across Australia in vehicles worth less than $1500 in memory of a loved one and to raise funds for the fight against cancer. Bevan Goodwin died aged 54 in 2011 from cancer and left behind two young boys and wife Vicki, who said ”he was the most…