HelloPlus: Exploring Life & Philosophy.
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Hear from a lived experience
Award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist, Carly Findlay, will be heading to Kyneton next week as part of an event that highlights the role of lived experience in creating inclusive health services for those with a disability. Carly lives with a rare, severe skin condition called ichthyosis and is a regular contributor to news outlets…
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Meet the author
Woodend Library will host a talk with Macedon Ranges author and pilot Kathy Mexted in celebration her latest book Take Flight. Mexted celebrates the determination, skill and expertise of 10 Australian women who have beaten the odds to find success and joy in our skies. Beautifully written with captivating stories about amazing female pilots, from…
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Become a Loyal Royal!
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal is launching its annual ‘Loyal Royal’ Membership Drive again, where you can sign up for an annual membership or sponsorship from as little as $50 per year and receive discounted film tickets and early-bird access to shows. For business owners you can become a sponsor and get your ad on the big…
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Highlanders victorious
The Central Highlands Under 18 boys cricket team claimed a victory in Kerang on Sunday, where they took on the Mallee Murray Suns in the second round of the Victorian Country Dukes Shield for season 2024 2025. Winning the toss, the Suns chose to bat in blustery conditions. The Highlands’ opening pace bowlers of Connor…
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Advancing to Nats
Outstanding performances have been turned in by three Sacred Heart College, Kyneton, students at the recent Victorian All-Schools State Track and Field Championships. Against really tough opposition, steeplechaser Sarah Fitzpatrick, distance runner Tyler Fynch and hammer thrower Hayley Stubbs represented SHC and themselves with distinction. Competition at Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park extended over four…
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Invisible, persistent killer
‘Synthetic auxins’ are a group of herbicides that have been quietly killing off backyard and market gardens in our region for some time now. ‘Aminopyralid’ is a type of synthetic auxin, but is commonly used as a name for the whole class of these herbicides. I have seen dozens of gardens devastated by synthetic auxins,…
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Battle for croquet finals
With still one week left in Division 1/2 of the Northern District Croquet Association’s spring pennant competition, the Quarry Hill Rosellas (Chris Eiffert and Bernie Lacey) have put the championship beyond doubt. This week they had what appears to be a resounding 6-0 games win over the QH Kookaburras (Gayle Deary and John Murdoch), but…
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Playing on the edge
Playing on the Edge is a new Castlemaine Circus show that will showcase the talents of professional and emerging artists on Saturday November 30 at 7pm and Sunday December 1 at 12pm. The show will take a dive into our hyper safe world and explore how we need to take risks, bust through barriers, be…
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Eleanor Bryant remembered
Macedon Ranges residents have shown an outpouring of support for the family and community of Eleanor Bryant who died at the scene of a truck crash at Riddells Creek last Monday. The beloved teacher’s aide was killed, and a boy injured, when a water truck veered off the road and crashed through the playground at…
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Kidding around at the Kyneton Show
Hesket’s Harriet Boudrie, 10, cuddles up to new friend, three-month-old kid goat Pixie, at Farmer Darryl’s Animal Nursery, a crowd favourite at Saturday’s Kyneton Show. Pixie is a miniature pygmy goat, a popular new breed for pets because of their compact size and docile nature. Photo: Kate Mackey More photos from the show below …
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High hopes for Gift
After an absence of about 60 years, the Lancefield Gift is well and truly back as a major athletics fixture in Victoria. This was the overwhelming conclusion after the very successful Community Bank Lancefield Gift meeting was staged on Sunday. The 1980 Stawell Gift winner John Dinan predicted that Lancefield could eventually become the second…
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Must be a ‘ring-in’
Back in 1964, Gerald Walsh won the Lancefield Gift by three metres in a brilliant time of 11.9 seconds, and his performance led to unfounded claims that “he must be a ring-in”. So much so, that his winner’s prize money was held up for a week before he was finally paid. On Sunday, 87-year-old Gerald…