Community News
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Fundraising for friendship
The annual Kyneton Antique Fair is the premier fundraising event for Macedon Ranges Friends of Turiscai. Funds raised will support various projects established through a partnership with the community of Turiscai, located in the remote mountains of Timor-Leste. Macedon Ranges Shire Council partners with MRFoT in this friendship agreement and supports the activities and helps…
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Plant trees for bees
Bee Friendly Farming’s popular Tree Grants are back to support farmers across the country to plant more trees for bees. Grants of up to $10,000 are available to farmers and land managers to plant pollinator-friendly trees that are indigenous to their farms, with Bee Friendly Farming providing $1 for every tree planted, thanks to grant…
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Hooray for the home composter!
“In a good economy there would be no such thing as waste” writes farmer and poet, Wendell Berry. We know this is true of natural systems, where anything that builds up too much, soon becomes a resource for another species or part of the system. Our industrial economy hasn’t quite comprehended this yet, with ‘wastes’…
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Changing the narrative
Macedon Ranges Suicide Prevention Action Group is hosting its annual community walk at Woodend in September. The walk will take on this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day theme: ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’. MRSPAG believes that, by changing the narrative, people can move away from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness,…
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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 barbecue lunch. The event, organised by Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health and catered for by The Kindness Collective Kyneton and the Kyneton branch of the Rapid Relief Team, was held to mark Homelessness Week. The…
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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…