Twilight festival cancelled
Kyneton Community House's popular twilight festival has been cancelled this year due to a shortfall in funds and volunteers.
Typically held in December in the...
Food and gift drive launches
Journey Early Learning at Kyneton has launched a food and gift drive to support local people doing it tough this Christmas.
The team is collecting...
Not foul manure, fowl manure
‘Gallus gallus’, the red junglefowl, once roamed wild in the forests of South Asia, but has, through long years of selective breeding, become quite...
Partnership to boost harvest project
For the past 15 years the Growing Abundance project has been bringing people in Mount Alexander Shire together.
It has created a viable local food...
Boltons celebrates 40 years
Bolton Motorcycles and Power Equipment has been a trusted name in the Kyneton community for 40 years.
The family business recently celebrated that milestone, and...
Horse manure, worming and compost
This week the Compost Conversation has enlisted the help of local vet and large animal specialist, Dr Paul O’Connor, to better understand horse health...
The power of collaboration
An inaugural Village Business Expo was abuzz in Maldon last Thursday, with 30 exhibitors from across the region on display.
The event attracted more...
Straight from the horse’s…
Although horses no longer perform the major traction and transport roles they once did in our society, our increased human population, growing affluence (a...
Entries open for Upcycling Award
Would you like to win one of three $300 prizes? There's also one $100 prize up for grabs too!
The Better Shape Up 2024...
Celebrating 25 years of dance
Local dance school Movement Zone is turning 25 and will celebrate the milestone with three special concerts at Castlemaine's Phee Broadway Theatre this weekend,...
Students visit Mark’s Country Place
A planned retreat in Kyneton, Mark’s Country Place, aims to provide a safe space for people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities to come...
Immortals unveiled at the Shrine
An exhibition honouring our World War I diggers, Immortals, featuring the work of Castlemaine artist Clayton Tremlett opened at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance on...


















