Community News
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Kyneton classmates reunite after 70 years
Classmates Leo Halloran and Leon Fallon reunited in Kyneton last week after 70 years apart. Both 87 years old now, the pair went to school at the Marist brothers, Kyneton, from 1946 to 1950. Before last week, they hadn’t seen each other since they left school. Leo went to work in Melbourne and Leon stayed…
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From little things…
Five years after the seed of an idea was planted, Castlemaine’s innovative seed library has blossomed and this month is celebrating its fifth birthday by launching a new website. “If you haven’t come across it yet, the Castlemaine Seed Library is a wonderful community resource,” coordinator Eliza-Jane Gilchrist says. “People donate seeds, a group of…
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A call for kindness
Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary founder Pam Ahern will lead a series of library talks and virtual farm tours for Be Kind to Animals Week (October 1-7). The week is a time to reflect on the importance of being kind to animals and demonstrate how simple acts of kindness can have an enormous impact. Edgar’s Mission…
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Fireworks but no show
November’s 160th Kyneton Show has been postponed until next year. But the Kyneton Agricultural Society is planning to host a special fireworks display on the night the show would have opened, to give the community something to look forward to. Show secretary, Josephine Rutledge, said the show was famous for the scale of its Friday…
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Worthy winner of Tigers raffle
A chance footy club raffle win has replaced a broken-down ute for Donald resident Robert ‘Doormat’ Young. While not connected to the Kyneton Football Netball Club as a regular supporter, Robert took a $100 punt on purchasing an online ticket and came away the lucky winner of a brand new HiLux Rugged X ute. KFNC…
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Top shot from firie
Chewton Fire Brigade volunteer Steve Womersley has been named runner-up in the annual CFA National Volunteer Week Photo Competition.Steve snapped a picture of fellow brigade members in smoke at a fireground. “It’s a photo of my mate Mouse (Barry Mounsey) who’s always got a keen eye for a dangerous tree,” Steve said.“A fire had broken…
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MAIN Game footy fundraiser returns
The MAIN Game is an event like no other this side of the Great Divide and returns to Castlemaine on Sunday June 13.A community engagement and major fundraising initiative for 94.9 MAINfm, the day features a game of Aussie rules footy between the Radio Galahs and the Rockatoos at the historic Camp Reserve. The teams…
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Welcomer of babies
For three decades Chris O’Higgins has welcomed newborn babies into the Kyneton and district community.The recently retired maternal and child health nurse has seen the children of babies she first met when she began in the role in 1990 but can’t imagine how many babies that overall figure would equate to. “New babies alone, every…
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A recipe for success
Kyneton’s Ian Kohlman has made history as the first bloke to cook his way from the Kyneton Show to the state final in baking.“I’m feeling stoked,” he said. “Isn’t it ridiculous something like this and you feel so excited about it.” Kohlman won best carrot cake against a strong field of competitors at the last…
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Biggest Morning Tea returns to Plaistow
Lilian and Peter Skilbeck are opening their gardens at the historic Plaistow Homestead to host a Biggest Morning Tea over Thursday and Saturday this week. The annual Cancer Council Victoria fundraiser has special significance for the Joyces Creek couple. They lost their daughter Tamara to cancer 20 years ago this Friday and have been raising…
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Building rainbow bridges
An exhibition opened last week in Kyneton that brings together the voices of both young lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people and those older members of the LGBTIQA+ community in a way not seen before in the Macedon Ranges. Intergenerational art project Rainbow Bridges, which was funded by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund,…
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Love to sing?
The Pollyphonics Choir has found its voice again after a year-long COVID-19 hiatus and is regrouping this Thursday in Woodend.Conducted by vibrant choral conductor Polly Christie, this mixed voice choir sings a blend of soul, global folk, African rhythms and delicious harmonies. Polly says the choir meets fortnightly and is open to all lovers of…