Community News

  • Copy centre in new home

    Copy centre in new home

    After proudly serving the community for more than 30 years, the Kyneton Copy Centre has found a new home at…

  • Trentham tops the list

    Trentham tops the list

    Trentham has been crowned the 2025 Victoria Top Tourism Town in the Tiny Tourism Town category. Selected from a highly…

  • Wear it purple with craftivism

    Wear it purple with craftivism

    Dhelkaya Health is calling on community members to grab their knitting needles and crochet hooks to help create a powerful…

  • Delve into Buddhism

    Delve into Buddhism

    The August Good Grief Lounge at Northern Arts Hotel Castlemaine will be held on Friday August 8 to coincide with…

  • Prepare for the inevitable with purpose

    Prepare for the inevitable with purpose

    As part of the national Dying To Know campaign this August, local independent death worker, end-of-life consultant and artist Hayley…

  • Where is YIMBY in mid 2025?

    Where is YIMBY in mid 2025?

    Back in early 2020, the idea for a community compost initiative was born around a kitchen table in Castlemaine. In…

  • Busker off to Brazil

    Busker off to Brazil

    Gisborne’s beloved busker, Melvyn Cann, who was recently honoured by the Melbourne Composers League, has received another distinction. He is…

  • Let there be art: Little Gallery’s Winter Show draws hundreds of visitors

    Let there be art: Little Gallery’s Winter Show draws hundreds of visitors

    The Little Gallery’s 2025 Winter Art Show’s opening night was a huge success, bringing in hundreds of visitors to Trentham…

  • The amazing water-holding capacity of good compost

    The amazing water-holding capacity of good compost

    When our soils are healthy, active with soil life and rich in well-decomposed organic matter they can hold many times…

  • Come plant with us!

    Come plant with us!

    National Tree Day is coming up on Sunday July 27. National Tree Day is a call to action for all…

  • A welcome to babies

    A welcome to babies

    Dhelkaya’s Aboriginal Health Liaison team partnered with Mount Alexander Shire Council to bring a much-anticipated event to Castlemaine – the…

  • A different ability

    A different ability

    Mel Stephens has zero vision and no complaints. If someone offered to restore her vision, she would tell them to…