Community News
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Big-hearted gesture
Homeless people and those doing it tough are being offered a warming soup and roll and a warm dry place to escape the bitter winter cold at a new soup kitchen in Castlemaine. Launched last week by members of St Mary’s Parish with the support of other churches and the wider community, the soup kitchen…
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Campaign launched to help get dog for Ester
Ester is a four-year-old girl with a big heart and a fighting spirit who suffers multiple daily epileptic seizures. The most frightening seizures occur at night when she is sleeping and can sometimes stop breathing. Ester’s cousin, Kyneton local Paige Hinneberg, said the seizures began in September 2017. “The right side of her brain was…
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Design nominated
A warehouse-style house in Kyneton is turning heads in the Building Designers Association of Victoria Building Design Awards. The contemporary look is the work of Woodend Building Design and has been nominated for People’s Choice. Architect Paul Youngs said the design was based around owner Sam Ryan’s desire for an industrial feel, with plenty of…
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Community lunch to raise awareness for Refugee Week
Kyneton’s popular community lunch will be raising funds and awareness for Refugee Week tomorrow at Kyneton Mechanics Institute 12.30pm. “We will be raising money for the Macedon Ranges Rural Australians for Refugees and are thrilled to have a representative from their group to speak at the lunch,” said Catherine Christmass, lunch coordinator. “This initiative is…
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Twilight market to help Doof
Doof is a dog with an unimaginably awful start to life. Believed to be half bull terrier, half great dane, he was most likely bred to become a pig dog by someone around northern Victoria way. He was kept in a cage and virtually starved. One day a neighbour to the property where he was…
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Veterans are appreciated
Appreciation and recognition of Defence Force veterans and their contributions to our country took place at the Gilbert Gordon Reserve in Woodend on Saturday. The Woodend-Hesket versus Riddell senior football match and accompanying ceremonies and speeches celebrated current and former district defence personnel and their service to the nation in a local sporting environment. The…
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Lancefield plan endorsed – Councillors divided on ‘community opinion’
Passionate pleas for council to dump a restrictive development plan for Lancefield have ended in disappointment for some landowners. Macedon Ranges Shire councillors endorsed a development plan overlay on three residential areas in the township in a 5-4 vote at their ordinary meeting last Wednesday. Lancefield local Robert Green said the move had taken away…
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Scouting ideas for park
Elijah Heriot is scouting for ideas to improve Quahlee Park in Woodend’s north. He may be just eight years old but Elijah is determined to see the 7.5-acre park in Stuart Drive upgraded with facilities to match the growing community’s needs. “Quahlee Park is our only park in north Woodend and it could be much…
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MAINfm kicking goals for community
The second annual MAIN Kick-Off is hitting Castlemaine’s Camp Reserve this Saturday for a community fundraiser of a different kind! The day will feature an all-inclusive game of footy plus loads more and promises to be fun for all! The day is a major fundraising initiative for 94.9 MAINfm and will kick off the station’s…
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Time to take tea at Plaistow
Renowned for its luscious cakes and home-baked scones, the annual Biggest Morning Tea at Plaistow Homestead has gained a hungry legion of supporters. In preparation for this year’s morning tea Lil and Peter Skilbeck, owners of this gracious country homestead at Joyces Creek, have again been busy preparing delicious morning tea treats ahead of the…
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Walk together with courage
A host of events are planned for National Reconciliation Week in Mount Alexander Shire – starting this Sunday with a special Sorry Day commemoration at Harcourt. Local Indigenous elder Aunty Julie McHale will be keynote speaker for Sunday’s Harcourt Sorry Day event hosted by Mount Alexander Shire Council. “This is an opportunity for all of…
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Biggest morning stroll
Pull on your walking shoes and take a stroll around Castlemaine’s beautiful botanical gardens for a very good cause this Thursday. Castlemaine District Community Health nurse Bronwyn Grieve said that to coincide with Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea they were holding the special morning walk at the gardens with all funds raised to fund…