Community News
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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 gives us a rundown on the ins and outs of worm farming. The purpose of a worm farm is to turn kitchen and garden waste into fabulously rich fertiliser. Worms like dark, cool and moist…
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Vigil for our homeless
A vigil will be held in Castlemaine this Friday to honour those in the community who are homeless. The vigil is intended to further galvanise the community on action happening locally around homelessness and to call on government to do more to address the housing crisis. Homelessness Week (August 4-11) is an annual national event…
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Celebrating 140 years
Members of Kyneton Fire Brigade celebrated 140 years of service to the community at a dinner held at the Shamrock Hotel on Saturday evening. The dinner was attended by CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan, Commander Michael Hembrow, deputy mayor Janet Pearce, Cr Jennifer Anderson, and Mary-Anne Thomas MP, as well as members of Kyneton Brigade…
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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 a fishing trip with his father and brother in Yarrawonga earlier this month when he caught a 115cm murray cod.It was an epic struggle on relatively light rod and gear. Lucas has a technique that…
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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 the council’s Community Wellbeing team and Youth Advisory Committee, who ran the event. The day was Paris Olympic themed, and included trivia, craft, theatre games, geo-guessing and muso bingo. Plus, prizes for the winning team.…
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Parenting teens and tweens
The next instalment in the Parenting in the Modern World series, ‘All Things Teens and Tweens’, will take place at Castlemaine Library this Thursday evening July 25. The sessions is presented by experienced local community health nurse Bron Grieve in partnership with Mount Alexander Shire Council and Dhelkaya Health. The evening will offer insights and…
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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 funds for the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network. Attendees can show community solidarity while enjoying soup and watching the film Gaza Surf Club. The film, shot over five years, follows a group of people…
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Holistic grazing workshop open
Local landowners have the opportunity to sign up for a short course in holistic grazing management. The course will assist landowners to improve their skills and knowledge about grazing livestock. It will also include discussions and six visits to various farms, a visit to each participant’s property to develop a plan, and online tutorials. Holistic…
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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. Ninety years later, Central Highlands Rural Health will celebrate the rich history of Trentham Health with a community dinner on Saturday September 7, 2024, at The Cosmopolitan Hotel. The three-course dinner will be hosted…
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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 the toys donated to the cause to more than 350. The latest batch were made and painted jointly by male and female Shed members, and presented to Kim Bear, representing Aussies Knitting for…
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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 Service Equipment Program. “We applied for the grant in 2020, when I was captain of the brigade,” said former captain Mike Dornau. “The CFA provides the brigade with vehicles and equipment to suit…
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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 modern composting resources don’t even mention soil as an ingredient at all, or some even recommend against using it. Despite this, some of my most respected composting sources do recommend the use of…