Platypus protectors
Lucky students from four primary and secondary schools in our district are learning how to become Platypus Protectors and care for our two beautiful...
AM for career in theology
Charles Sherlock spent 26 years among the exclusive membership of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission.
Just 18 scholars of theology are selected world-wide for...
Parlez-vous Francais?
The hot, dry bushland of Walmer is a very long way from Canada's French Quebec famed for its icy winter carnival.
But you don't have...
Student project a hit
Cafe visits to Kyneton's Social Foundry have been made more fun for children since the unveiling of new purpose-built play equipment last week.
The play...
Rock and Roll stars
Forty-five enthusiastic students at Trentham District Primary school helped plant, fence, tag and monitor 32 nationally endangered basalt peppercress (Lepidium hyssopifolium) plants in a...
Students ‘strike’ for climate change
A group of young Castlemaine students say federal government inaction on climate change is threatening their future and have staged a strike calling for...
School in strife – From 43 students down to eight
Langley Primary School began this year as a small but vibrant school with an enrolment of 43 students.
Ten months later it has an enrolment...
It takes a village
Gisborne Leading Senior Constable Jason Azzopardi could not stand by as he saw the impact of issues like bullying, mental illness, substance abuse and...
Platypus project begins!
About 130 people gathered on the banks of the Campaspe River in Kyneton on Friday for the launch of the Upper Campaspe Landcare Network's...
‘Big K’ a big hit
Young Ava Coleman has taken the war on waste and waistlines to her school canteen.
The grade six Kyneton Primary School student has campaigned to...
400 reasons to celebrate
Ask learner drivers Lily McMahon and Tilly Donkin what they've got out of doing a unique intensive local learner driver course and they're quick...
Colour runs riot
What better way to celebrate life in all its charm, chaos and occasional confusion than with a riotous celebration of colour.
And so it was...
