HelloPlus: Exploring Life & Philosophy.
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Join the next gen academy
Macedon Ranges basketball players have a rare opportunity to learn from one of the best with a newly announced Lanard Copeland Next Gen Basketball Academy. Copeland is an American-Australian professional basketball coach and former player who moved to Australia in 1992 and joined the Melbourne Tigers. Copeland’s legacy in this country has been secured with…
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Scouting adventures
Seven scouts and a leader from 1st Kyneton Scout Group left last week on a 30-hour bus ride to Maryborough, Queensland, to attend the 2025 Australian Jamboree. The local scouts have been joined by almost 10,000 other scouts from around Australia and the Pacific region for the peak event during their scouting journey. The Jamboree…
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Songs of hope
An all-new concert by three-time Grammy winning Soweto Gospel Choir is headed to the Kyneton Town Hall. The concert commemorates South Africa’s Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Bringing joy to all, Hope opens with a rousing program of South African freedom songs that inspired their Rainbow Nation. Then the…
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Who ya gonna call to save the ghost fish?
A farm dam in Faraday is playing a leading role in the restoration of a critically endangered fish considered a canary in the climate change coal mine. The flat-headed galaxis is a small-bodied silver fish that was once prevalent across the southern Murray Darling Basin. Climate change and river regulation has decimated their population over…
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Rep games for GDCA women
Leading players in the Gisborne Association’s women’s cricket competition are making a further step forward with inaugural matches against their Ballarat and Castlemaine counterparts. Gisborne Cricket Club’s top all-rounder Brianna Woodham will captain the GDCA women’s side in the match against Ballarat on Wednesday evening. Wallan’s Megan Farrell is vice-captain in this historic match to…
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CDCA sides return to the pitch
Castlemaine District Cricket Association senior sides returned to the pitch on Saturday and contested two-day matches in steamy conditions. A Grade played round nine and A Reserve played one-day matches in round 11. Highlights of the round were Taradale A Reserve batsman Brock Fletcher’s 110 not out against North Castlemaine and Muckleford A Reserve bowler…
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Woodend survives tough encounter
Woodend’s McIntyre Cup 1sts team had to pull out all stops to score an important victory against finals contender Sunbury United on Saturday. The tenth round GDCA match of the day ebbed and flowed with the Woodsmen enhancing their prospects of playing finals. Woodend head coach Josh Eastley said it was a good team performance…
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Country Week action for GDCA juniors
Last week saw Gisborne District Cricket Association’s junior players participating in country week cricket. Eight teams of both girls and boys played from Under 12s to Under 15s playing against teams from the Barwon, Central Highlands and Northern Rivers regions. One of the highlights of the week was the Under 14 girls teams who played…
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Highlands bowlers so, so close ….
Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region men’s team turned in a strong performance in the State Region Sides Championships over the weekend. Kyneton bowlers Anthony Mathison and John O’Donnell were involved in a dramatic last end finish in their third match, which made the difference on reaching the finals or missing out. The championships were organised by…
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Irish star to Lauriston Hall
In a coup for local music-lovers, the brilliant young Irish singer-songwriter, Susan O’Neill, is playing one of only two concerts in Victoria at Lauriston Hall as part of her current tour of Australia and New Zealand. Susan performed knock-out concerts at Lauriston in both 2019 and 2020 and those lucky enough to attend will remember…
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Kick off summer at Wombat Forest
Wombat Forest Vineyard and Winery is an amazing place to visit with an exciting lineup of events for all the family over the summer period. Located at Denver, Wombat Forest is a hidden gem with expansive forest and water views from its indoor and outdoor spaces. It is proud to be one of the venues…
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Indie rock supergroup heads to Castlemaine
Following performances across New York, Los Angeles and London, The Hard Quartet (Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Emmett Kelly and Jim White) are heading to Australia, stopping to perform in Castlemaine this month. Their eponymous debut double album, The Hard Quartet, brings together years of collective influence, inspiration and inhibition but more than anything it harnesses…