MASG calls for new members
Mount Alexander Sustainability Group Inc is holding a membership drive this month and invites community members to join the fold and help support its...
Rockatoos win a thriller!
Despite the weather, 94.9 MainFM’s annual footy fundraiser – The MAIN Game – at the Camp Reserve on Sunday was very well attended.
It's an...
Community digs deep
The community has dug deep and donated more than $50,000 to the oncology department at the Kyneton Health campus.
Central Highlands Rural Health put the...
Students find their voice in podcast challenge
Year 11 students from Sacred Heart College Kyneton have been part of an exciting, hands-on media project empowering them to become change makers in...
Woodend CFA women on fire
The important role that women play in the efficient running of the Woodend CFA was celebrated at the brigade's recent annual dinner and award...
Restoring the mountain’s waterways
As the Winter Solstice approaches, the Macedon and Mount Macedon Landcare Group has been preparing to launch a visionary plan for the restoration of...
Volunteers ‘priceless’
The winners of the Macedon Ranges Community Awards 2025 have been officially announced, with inspiring individuals and groups recognised for their contributions to the...
A perfect compost recipe?
I was recently asked just how much of those carbon-rich materials, like straw, autumn leaves and chopped up woody garden prunings, should we blend...
A platform for young makers
An inaugural Wesley Hill Young Makers Market aims to create a platform for young people in Mount Alexander Shire’s vibrant artistic and creative community....
Can we really put fats and oils in our compost?
The conventional wisdom, according to most composting resources, is to not put fats and oils into composts. Why is it that composting lipids (fats,...
BMT returns to Plaistow
Joyces Creek couple Peter and Lilian Skilbeck will once again be throwing open the garden gate to their beautiful Plaistow Homestead as part of...
A timely evolution
When the Newstead Men's Shed first formed three decades ago, the founding members would never have dreamed that one day women would be admitted...
