Community News

  • Changing the narrative

    Changing the narrative

    Macedon Ranges Suicide Prevention Action Group is hosting its annual community walk at Woodend in September. The walk will take…

  • Community gathers to support homeless

    Community gathers to support homeless

    Local staff and volunteers supporting those who find themselves at risk of homelessness gathered in Kyneton last week for a…

  • Get a wriggle on with worm farming!

    Get a wriggle on with worm farming!

    This week, Hugh Finlay from Grow Great Fruit and the Harcourt Organic Food Coop takes the Compost Conversation reins and…

  • Vigil for our homeless

    Vigil for our homeless

    A vigil will be held in Castlemaine this Friday to honour those in the community who are homeless. The vigil…

  • Celebrating 140 years

    Celebrating 140 years

    Members of Kyneton Fire Brigade celebrated 140 years of service to the community at a dinner held at the Shamrock…

  • Biggest fish of the season

    Biggest fish of the season

    One of the Kyneton Angling Club’s youngest members has landed the biggest fish of the season! Lucas Davis was on…

  • Intergenerational games a hit

    Intergenerational games a hit

    Mount Alexander Shire Council’s latest event for senior residents was an intergenerational games day. The event was a collaboration between…

  • Parenting teens and tweens

    Parenting teens and tweens

    The next instalment in the Parenting in the Modern World series, ‘All Things Teens and Tweens’, will take place at…

  • Film and soup night for Palestine

    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,…

  • Holistic grazing workshop open

    Holistic grazing workshop open

    Local landowners have the opportunity to sign up for a short course in holistic grazing management. The course will assist…

  • Celebrating 90 years of healthcare

    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,…

  • Toys for Syrian refugee children

    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…