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Lunchtime soup kitchen

Free hot soup and musical entertainment will be on offer at the Mechanics Institute in Kyneton next Tuesday as the community gathers...

Learning and connection

Have you ever wanted to learn how to restore treasured antiques and give them a new lease of life? A course on offer at the...

Cart carpenters wanted

Kyneton resident Paul Strang has put out a call for helping hands to restore an old baker's cart of great sentimental value...

Kyneton Tea of Earth entrepreneur hailed a local business hero

Kyneton business owner Rebecca Moore says her local Australia Post team had been friendly faces during the pandemic when she made the...

Learn all about bicycle repair

Learn all about basic bicycle maintenance at the next Castlemaine and Surrounds Repair Cafe on Sunday. A bicycle expert...

Art with heart

Grade three/four students at St Mary’s Primary School Castlemaine have been working on an art collaboration with Castlemaine Health this term.

Café with a heart of gold

It would be no surprise if one day Kyneton’s 'Little Swallow Café' was renamed the 'Big Heart Café'! The...

Come join the choir

There are many benefits attached to choir singing – it creates a strong sense of community and social inclusion.

Passionate makers of jam

Recipes for jam always look simple and the first-time jam maker is often blessed with beginner's luck. As you...

Refugee film screening fundraiser at Chewton

Chewton Film Society in partnership with Rural Australians for Refugees is presenting a fundraising event at the Chewton Senior Citizens Centre on...

Positive planting

New native trees and plants have spread their roots at Kyneton Primary School. Students in the school's Gardening and...

Edgars Mission calls on ewe

A sassy three-legged lamb named Snow White and her vision-impaired friend Willy Wonka are the beloved ambassadors of Edgar’s Mission’s end of...

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