Community News
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Cancer care project appeal for funds
Kyneton Health is calling on the community to help raise funds for a scalp cooler to enhance the care provided to their oncology patients. An appeal launched in August last year has to date raised $10,231, with a further $37,012 needed to purchase the much-needed equipment. Central Highlands Rural Health is reaching out to individuals,…
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Kitchen garden grows
Kyneton High School has partnered with Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health and successfully secured a $50,000 grant from the state government to grow a kitchen garden. The project is one of 84 recipients who successfully outbid over 600 applicants to receive a share of $4.87 million from VicHealth. A spokesperson from VicHealth said this application…
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Are they maggots in my compost?!
Over the warmer months it is not uncommon, when turning our compost piles, to uncover a particular fly’s larvae (or maggots) in our compost. They are long, segmented grub-like creatures, ranging in colour (white – dark brown) and length (5mm – 20mm), depending on where they are at in their life cycle when we discover…
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Bakery in full Blume
Blumes Historic Bakery in Harcourt was officially reopened to the public last Saturday after years of restoration work. About 60 people attended the event, including locals, city-folk who travelled for the opening, MP Maree Edwards and Blume family members. Karen Blume, the granddaughter of Ernest and Pearl Blume, said the bakery was a great reflection…
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How’d you like them apples?
Hundreds of people flocked to Harcourt Recreation Reserve last Saturday for the town’s 31st annual Applefest. Marquees were set up on the oval and offered food, drinks and bric-a-brac to visitors, while various kids activities ranged from camel riding to medieval sword fighting. George Milford, president of the festival’s organising committee, said the day had…
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What to do with a compost that is too hot?
In last-week’s Compost Conversation we looked at what makes some batches of compost go over temperature (over 68o Celsius), and why that is a problem. This week we’ll look at the remedies. The suggestions made in this article could be detrimental to a compost not suffering overheat, so please read this week’s and last week’s…
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Building connections by a simple visit
Valuable connections are forming through Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme. The free service, federally funded, matches a council-organised volunteer with an eligible participant for regular visits, to provide companionship and reduce social isolation. Maddie decided to volunteer during her final years of high school to improve her skills and give back…
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RSL hailed at awards
Kyneton RSL was celebrated at the Victorian RSL annual Hall of Fame awards last month. The dinner, held on February 15 at the Frankston RSL Sub-Branch, recognised not only the work of the RSL Sub-Branches but also the also the achievements of individual employees. Kyneton RSL received the Commendation Award in Group 1, which acknowledges…
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One final reunion
The committee of the Northern District School of Nursing Graduates Association is hosting a final reunion for anyone associated with the School of Nursing during the years of 1950-1989. The Northern District School of Nursing opened at Bendigo in 1950 and was the only regional independent School of Nursing of its kind in the southern…
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Grow your club
Sports clubs and active recreation facilities in the Macedon Ranges and Sunbury are being offered the opportunity to increase their membership numbers. Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health is partnering with Macedon Ranges Shire Council to host a workshop delivered by Proud2Play, designed to build capacity in LGBTIQA+ inclusion. “We know that sport creates a community…
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Sisterhood Project spreads reach
Local charity The Sisterhood Project is spreading its reach to reduce preventable childhood deaths through first aid training for parents and carers. The Sisterhood Project has partnered with Jenny’s Early Learning Centre to expand training access in the Geelong and Ballarat regions. The partnership will see accredited first aid providers help train educators at Jenny’s…
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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…