Community News

  • Tuck your worms in with a blanket

    Tuck your worms in with a blanket

    Compost worms really don’t like sunlight. When exposed to the sun they are likely to dry out and are also…

  • Dog club celebrates 40 years… or 280 in dog years

    Dog club celebrates 40 years… or 280 in dog years

    Kyneton Obedience Dog Club will celebrate its 40th year of operation this weekend with special guests including Mary-Anne Thomas MP…

  • Folk dance and friendship

    Folk dance and friendship

    Ten members from the U3A Kyneton International Folk Dance group were excited to share their skills with students at Lockwood…

  • Building thriving communities

    Building thriving communities

    Community Bank Gisborne and District is celebrating its contribution to building thriving communities, with $518,718 returned to the southern Macedon…

  • Small acts of kindness create big change

    Small acts of kindness create big change

    Found shivering and alone on the roadside in rural Victoria, tiny Reggie the piglet could so easily have become another…

  • Celebrating 50 years of wildlife rescue

    Celebrating 50 years of wildlife rescue

    For 50 years, Tehree and Hamish Gordon have been rescuing and caring for Australian wildlife, first in Barwon Heads and…

  • Autumn Festival to go big

    Autumn Festival to go big

    The Visitor Economy team at Macedon Ranges Shire Council has unveiled the 2026 Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival poster with artwork…

  • Best in Aus

    Best in Aus

    Gisborne Post Office has been crowned the best in Australia and beaten more than 4000 branches across the country at…

  • Harcourt Holden helps Variety Club

    Harcourt Holden helps Variety Club

    A local 1967 Holden, Car Number 3453 (Harcourt’s postcode), recently journeyed through the Great Australian Outback, successfully raising $7045 for…

  • Fostering connections

    Fostering connections

    With a growing need for foster carers and a diverse group of children needing care, there has never been a…

  • Turning compassion into action

    Turning compassion into action

    Kyneton is once again showing the power of community, as it prepares to welcome a refugee family from overseas. Friends…

  • Golden win for Pollen

    Golden win for Pollen

    Pollen Kyneton has won Best Dressed Window for their Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival display. The winning window featured an…