Community News
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Parade remembers festival president
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival’s award for this year’s best parade float will honour a festival great. The award will be known as the Eric Scoble Memorial Award as a tribute to the festival’s former president who died in 2020. Festival organisers said Eric was a great force in the festival over many years and…
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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 together to raise awareness of the issue of homelessness. In Australia there are more than 116,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night. Homelessness Week, which runs from August 1 to 7, aims…
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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 Macedon Ranges Further Education Centre can teach you just how to do that while you pick up a variety of woodworking skills. The class covers everything from repairs to finishes.…
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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 to the community. The cart has had its home at Lady Brooks Kindergarten for many decades and generations of kids have played on it. Paul has been offered supplies from Home Hardware to…
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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 move to post online orders for Tea of Earth. Now they’ve hailed her a 2022 Australia Post Local Business Hero, recognising her unique and valued connection to the local community. “The continuing support…
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Learn all about bicycle repair
Learn all about basic bicycle maintenance at the next Castlemaine and Surrounds Repair Cafe on Sunday. A bicycle expert will show you how to do basic repairs and adjustments. Register your interest in the bike maintenance with Chris on 5470 5508. If you have any broken or malfunctioning household appliances, or sewing repairs, you can…
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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. The students have worked enthusiastically over recent weeks to plan, design and create these bright and inspiring artworks that will be displayed within the hospital waiting areas. They are sure to brighten up the…
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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 generosity of the café owners is once again apparent with their offer to host the upcoming fundraiser for the not-for profit, community owned RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care. On Friday June 24, an event will be…
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Come join the choir
There are many benefits attached to choir singing – it creates a strong sense of community and social inclusion. It increases self-esteem, is an ideal way to express emotions and strengthens the immune system. U3A Kyneton has established a choir and is excited to announce Adam Przewlocki has accepted an invitation to direct it. Adam…
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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 get cooking you realise that skill and experience is what really counts when trying to get jam to set. When making your own is not an option, it’s great to know that handmade, small-batch jam and…
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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 Sunday June 19 to mark Australian Refugee Week (June 19-25). Chewton Film Society president, Beverley Bloxham, said both organisations believed it was important for all Australians to support refugees who arrived in Australia…
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Positive planting
New native trees and plants have spread their roots at Kyneton Primary School. Students in the school’s Gardening and Sustainability Group helped to plant out garden areas with a team from Bunnings this month. The trees and plants will improve garden areas and replace some of the gum trees lost to last year’s storms. Bunnings…