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Copy centre in new home

After proudly serving the community for more than 30 years, the Kyneton Copy Centre has found a new home at 67 Baynton...

Trentham tops the list

Trentham has been crowned the 2025 Victoria Top Tourism Town in the Tiny Tourism Town category. Selected from a...

Wear it purple with craftivism

Dhelkaya Health is calling on community members to grab their knitting needles and crochet hooks to help create a powerful display for...

Delve into Buddhism

The August Good Grief Lounge at Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine will be held on Friday August 8 to coincide with 'Dying to...

Prepare for the inevitable with purpose

As part of the national Dying To Know campaign this August, local independent death worker, end-of-life consultant and artist Hayley West will...

Where is YIMBY in mid 2025?

Back in early 2020, the idea for a community compost initiative was born around a kitchen table in Castlemaine. In the five...

Busker off to Brazil

Gisborne’s beloved busker, Melvyn Cann, who was recently honoured by the Melbourne Composers League, has received another distinction. He is off to...

Let there be art: Little Gallery’s Winter Show draws hundreds of visitors

The Little Gallery's 2025 Winter Art Show's opening night was a huge success, bringing in hundreds of visitors to Trentham within...

The amazing water-holding capacity of good compost

When our soils are healthy, active with soil life and rich in well-decomposed organic matter they can hold many times more water...

Come plant with us!

National Tree Day is coming up on Sunday July 27. National Tree Day is a call to action for all Australians to...

A welcome to babies

Dhelkaya's Aboriginal Health Liaison team partnered with Mount Alexander Shire Council to bring a much-anticipated event to Castlemaine – the very first...

A different ability

Mel Stephens has zero vision and no complaints. If someone offered to restore her vision, she would tell them...

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