Events
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Club Summer – poolside!
Poolside is looking like the place to be for the rest of summer – particularly if you’re young and local. Backed with a tidy sum from Vic Health, Club Summer @ Chewton Pool is a new pilot program packed with the sort of things summer memories are made of.Aimed at the 12-18 age set, the…
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Take a well-earned break
Cellar doors across the Macedon Ranges are holding a series of events this month as part of the new Summertime Fling Festival. Three weeks of events promoting everything wine, food and fun are underway and will continue until January 31. The Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association is running the event to encourage lovers of wine and…
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Profound change: Film documents feminist movement
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal is looking forward to again partnering with the Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival on a screening tomorrow of must-see feature-length doco, Brazen Hussies. The film shows us how a daring and diverse group of women joined forces to defy the status quo, demand equality and create profound social change – contributing to one…
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Running on high
With COVID putting an indefinite halt on big running challenges that typically attract throngs of keen contestants, a group of Castlemaine runners has set its own small group challenge. The keen local runners are heading off later this week to run about 100km through some of Victoria’s most breathtaking high country over three days. Castlemaine’s…
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Truck convoy returns!
In a tribute to the trucking industry of Australia and the people who have kept the wheels turning during an extraordinary year, the Castlemaine Rotary Club is conducting a ‘reverse’ truck convoy from Campbells Creek this Sunday. Truck Show coordinator Kerry Anderson said that while the local Rotary Club might not have been able to…
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Roll up, roll up
The Castlemaine Circus Festival will be presenting one special online show only this coming Saturday evening. Spring Cabaret will be beamed live from the home of Castlemaine Circus Inc at The Goods Shed Castlemaine. Festival founders Caz Walsh and Mason West said they had to make the tough call last month not to go ahead…
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Show tickets up for grabs
Would you usually be busy preparing your craft or your cattle, selecting a fine wool fleece or cultivating your prize-winning rhubarb to enter in the Kyneton Show? Does your family count down to the carnival or is Show Day your favourite? With COVID restrictions forcing the rescheduling of this month’s show, the Kyneton Agricultural Society…
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Beauty awaits behind the garden gate…
Chelly and Peter Gray of Castlemaine’s renowned Shades of Gray Studio Gallery and Garden will launch their highly anticipated spring exhibition of new work this Saturday. The talented artists have been working furiously behind the garden gates for the past six months in preparation for their major event. “We have been working 12 hours a…
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Where east meets west
Lacey’s garden in Newstead is such an eclectic mix of spring profusion it’s hard to believe that when the owners arrived on site 19 years ago it was just a vacant block. Barry and Jennifer Lacey share a love of gardening and a passion for sharing that love with others. Their ‘east meets west’ garden…
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Unite in dance
Come together to dance as part of the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign. Recognised globally each year, 16 Days of Activism runs from November 25 to December 10, beginning on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year, the Macedon Ranges Family Violence Network and Mount Alexander Family…
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Chicks go online
It is time to don your favourite frock and floral accessory, switch your computer on and turn up the volume for this year’s Chicks in the Sticks event. In its eighth year, and the first time online, women from across central Victoria have the opportunity to join one of the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s…
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Trucking life in focus
In a tribute to the trucking industry of Australia and the people who have kept the wheels turning during an extraordinary year, Castlemaine Rotary Club members – organisers of the Castlemaine Truck Show – have launched a photo and short story competition. With a theme of ‘People at work with Trucks’, the competition is running…