Community News
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Let’s talk teens
Are you worried about your teen and their relationship with drugs, alcohol or vaping? Do you need your questions answered by an expert? Go along to ‘Parenting in the Modern World’ at Castlemaine Library, a free talk and Q&A that focuses on drugs, alcohol and vaping among young people. The session will be led by…
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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 lead up to Christmas, the festival has become a fixture in the Kyneton social calendar since it began in 2018. Kyneton Community House has always taken the lead on creating…
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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 donations of books, food and toys for the Kindness Collective in Kyneton, which will be made into hampers for families and individuals in need. Journey Early Learning’s Kirsty Long said…
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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 a different creature. Despite this, ‘chooks’ – as we like to call them in Australia – still love to scratch and forage for their food, roll in the dust out in…
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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 system by harvesting fruit from backyard trees and sharing the produce between volunteers and the community. After much consideration about the future of the program, the Growing Abundance committee is…
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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 Bruce and Toni Bolton who built it all, last week reflected on their time in the trade. “We started with one employee, now we have 20, so that has certainly…
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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 and what that means for our compost. Paul grew up on a farm, has a long-term affinity with large farm animals and is a partner at Kangaroo Flat Vet Clinic. In…
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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 than 100 visitors and a wide range of guest speakers, including the Minister for Small Business Natalie Suleyman. Village Business founder Luz Restrepo AM said the inspiration behind the expo was…
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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 very lucrative racing industry) and our enduring affinity with our equine friends means there are more horses in Australia now than at the end of the 19th century. All these factors,…
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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 Upcycling Award is now open to all Victorians. Any individual can enter, including kids! Simply make something out of items that were heading to landfill and bring them into The Good…
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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, October 18 and 19. The community is invited to join them for this silver celebration with an explosion of dance and performing arts, featuring hip-hop, breakin’, funk, commercial, musical theatre, Bollywood,…
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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 together, rest, learn new skills and engage with nature. The project has a specific focus on people with disabilities and aims to promote mental, physical and social wellness and create a…