Community News
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Fundraiser a smash hit
Australian music legend Daryl Braithwaite joined local talent Taylor Sheridan to blow the roof off the Kyneton Town Hall on Sunday in a special fundraising concert for the Malmsbury Fire Brigade. Before a full house, the two performers played their own sets before uniting to perform Braithwaite’s hit The Horses, drawing raucous applause from an…
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Market gives back to local community
The Riddells Creek Farmers Market committee has handed over a $3000 cheque to Riddells Creek Primary School. The donation was made possible after reporting a healthy profit this financial year, due to the huge efforts of the volunteer team to grow the market over the past 12 months. Those efforts saw 12 markets, more than…
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One bin good, two bins better
Managing the outputs of a cool compost bin can get complicated, particularly if we only have one bin, where we can find ourselves with finished compost in the bottom and fresh food scraps at the top. Cool composting is so much easier if we have two bins that can rotate functions, an active one for…
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Market under new management
Champion for central Victorian farmers markets, Meggs Hannes has been appointed interim market manager of the Castlemaine Farmers Markets. Meggs’ appointment follows the resignation of Chris Hain who has served the Castlemaine Farmers Market community for the past eight years. Meggs started this week at the Castlemaine Weekly Farmers Market and is excited to be…
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Free-range worm farming
I’ll let you in on a little compost secret. A well set up cool composting bin and a worm-farm are pretty indistinguishable. Scandalous, I know, but here’s the reason why. Good compost is made with a good balanced blend of materials (if you have missed it you can read up on our favourite topic at…
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To tumble… or not?
The logic of compost tumblers goes like this: Lack of aeration makes compost piles stinky and slow. By turning the compost regularly, we add air through the pile and the compost will break down faster and not smell. Sounds good… in theory. If our approach to composting is to ‘Tip and Run’, a tumbler will…
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More than just scones and tea
Joanna Beard Local Country Women’s Association of Victoria branches are on the lookout for new members, but first, they want to set the story straight about who they are and what they do. Established in 1928, the CWA of Vic Inc. was formed to support and connect rural women and children experiencing isolation and disadvantage.…
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Grab a bargain at the garage sale
Castlemaine Men’s Shed is having a Garage Sale fundraiser this Saturday August 31 and invites everyone to go along and grab a bargain and help support their local projects. Shed president Brian McCormick said they had some fabulous items up for grabs at this year’s fundraiser. “We have a wonderful old Singer sewing machine that…
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Friends of the Kyneton Botanic Gardens re-set
The Friends of the Kyneton Botanic Gardens are holding their 2024 Annual General Meeting tonight at 7pm at the Little Swallow Cafe, 62 Piper Street, Kyneton. This meeting signifies a re-set for the friends group following several years of Covid-related hiatus with a new committee to be elected with a commitment to strong working relationships…
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Setting up for success
For many people, the compost pile is as far away from the house as it can be, tucked right down in a back corner of the garden. Unfortunately, most of the things we need to make good compost, like garden tools and access to water, can be out of reach in these neglected corners.Let’s have…
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Windarring store sale begins!
Windarring’s Castlemaine Recycled Store has some new exciting changes happening as of this week. The shop has welcomed a new shop coordinator and new opening hours, as well as advertising a massive shop sale that kicked off yesterday and runs until Friday. The store at 317 Barker Street, Castlemaine, sells second-hand goods including clothing, kids’…
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It’s hot, when you’re not
There is nothing quite so satisfying for me as heading outside on a frosty morning to feed the chooks, passing the compost pile and scratching the ice of the thermometer dial to reveal it is a very steamy 65 degrees in there, just under the straw. Now, you may have heard (because it is repeated…