Film and soup night for Palestine
Join local Castlemaine community members for a film and soup night to raise awareness about the ongoing situation in Gaza, and much-needed...
Holistic grazing workshop open
Local landowners have the opportunity to sign up for a short course in holistic grazing management.
The course will...
Celebrating 90 years of healthcare
Trentham Bush Nursing Hospital was officially opened by His Excellency the Governor, Lord Huntingfield, and Lady Huntingfield, on September 7, 1934.
Toys for Syrian refugee children
Kyneton Men’s Shed has made another donation of more than 50 wooden pull-along toys for Syrian refugee children bringing the total of...
Community helps fund new tanker
Woodend CFA has recently taken delivery of a new 4WD medium tanker that was partly funded through the Victorian Government's Volunteer Emergency...
Adding soil, or not?
When looking back at many early recipes for compost making, I often see soil recommended as an important compost ingredient. Yet, many...
We walk so you can talk
Three Bendigo blokes and passionate advocates of mental health will begin an extraordinary 600km journey on October 7, walking from Canberra back...
Growing aged care services
As a reflection of the organisation's growth and increasing demand in the region, Uniting AgeWell has opened a new home care office...
Take it outside
Between the chopping board and the compost pile there sits another piece of composting ‘equipment’ that often gets overlooked, but it’s a...
Garden appeal for KHS
Local businesses and community groups are being called upon to support an initiative by students and teachers at Kyneton High School to...
Busters take to the streets
The newly formed Castlemaine Graffiti Busters took to the streets on Monday, beginning their epic battle to eliminate graffiti from the town.
To lime or not to lime?
It used to be pretty standard advice to add sprinklings of garden lime to our compost as we built them, it’s how...
