Community News
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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…
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Building strong communities
Three local men’s sheds will share in more than $110,000 in state government funding to enable them to build two new sheds and improve another. Nalderun Education Aboriginal Corporation was successful in obtaining $93,705 to help them complete capital works for a First Nations men’s shed and Mount Alexander Vintage Engine Club was provided $76,000…
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Does composting really reduce greenhouse emissions?
I’m sure we have heard that putting food scraps in our general waste bin, then burying them in a landfill site produces greenhouse emissions and that home composting is a “climate action we can take now”. But isn’t it just the same organic material put in a different place? How can this make such a…
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United in solidarity
The Upstander event held at Castlemaine’s lot19 arts precinct on February 8 was a resounding success, bringing people together for an evening of solidarity in support of the freedon and safety of women. With more than 250 people in attendance, the event far exceeded expectations, both in engagement and fundraising, with an incredible $7333 raised…
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Crew goes above and beyond
With the buzz about the pending arrival of the crew filming the latest Liam Neeson movie on the nearby Calder Highway, Red Box Wildlife Shelter operator Nikki Medwell contacted the crew and asked if they had considered the local wildlife? With car chases and high-speed action anticipated and an increase in traffic in the region,…