Events
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Sky-high result for cancer fundraiser
Despite overcast skies, more than 350 people packed the hangar at the Kyneton Aero Club on Saturday for the annual Cancer Council morning tea fly-in. The fly-in attracted aircraft from Melbourne, Euchca, Bendigo, Geelong and other parts of Victoria who parked up in the display field beside the dozen or so planes owned by aero…
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Fireworks and tango
The online ticket window is now open for the Woodend Winter Arts Festival, with some concerts already selling fast – including now London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane performing Chopin in one concert only. But the festival opens with fireworks and dancing – albeit in different locations – and will close with a Finale Dinner at…
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Cranberry, crimson and sapphire!
Fifth generation North Blackwood potato farmer John Dunn grows no less than 18 varieties of potatoes! John Dunn and Sons grow coliban, cranberry red, crimson pearl, desiree, dutch cream, exton, kennebec, king edward, kipfler, maris piper, nicola, otway red, pontiac, purple congo, sapphire, spunta, toolangi delight and Wilwash potatoes. John is teaching his granddaughters Sophie…
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Fun of the fair
Thousands travelled to the historic township of Maldon for the 142nd Maldon Easter Fair last weekend. The five days of festivities included a scone bake, torchlight procession, billy cart races and Dancing in the Streets event on Saturday evening. The fair was capped off with the spectacle of the grand parade on Easter Monday. The…
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La Mama debut for Taradale
Taradale slapped on some sunscreen, cracked open an esky and eased back into a deckchair as Melbourne’s famed La Mama Theatre transported the town to the beach over the weekend. The much-loved Melbourne live performance institution staged Ladies of the Bay at Taradale’s Ash Tree Studio as part of Castlemaine Fringe Festival. The show had…
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Hitting the open road
All of us have owned a ‘shitbox’ at one stage of our lives and have probably been grateful if it simply got us from A to B. There is a brave band of adventurers, however, who like to push the limits of their ‘shitboxes’ in the bi-annual Shitbox Rally across the wide open expanses of…
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Market turns 16
Lancefield Farmers Market this Saturday will mark its 16th anniversary. While the Macedon Ranges has a farmers market somewhere on most Saturdays each month, Lancefield is the shire’s longest-running farmers market. This weekend there will be 65 stalls to choose produce from. A list of the current market traders can be found on the market’s…
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Fun for a cause
For the second year running the family fun day event Race Ya will be held in Maldon supporting the Asthma Foundation in memory of Ned Cameron. Ned Cameron died suddenly just over two years ago, at the age of 14, from an acute asthma attack. His mum Kristy Lang initiated Race Ya last year in…
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Cartoon lab
Castlemaine State Festival goers will have the opportunity to take a sneak peek at Trace Balla’s next graphic novella set in Jaara country, as part of a unique ‘Cartoon Lab’ on March 29. Trace’s previous book Rockhoppin won the Children’s Book Council ‘Children’s Book of the Year’ in 2017. Workshop participants will be able to…
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Tales from Turkey
Food and storytelling has always been a way for communities to come together and feel connected. The Social Foundry in Kyneton is about to launch a Feast of Stories series to share stories of migrant communities living within our region. The first of the feasts will kick off on March 29 and will feature home-style…
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Women celebrate
A festive crowd picnicked, danced and celebrated in Castlemaine’s Botanical Gardens to mark International Women’s Day on Friday. The event featured a lineup of live music acts and raised more than $500 for a literacy and life-enrichment program run by the Friends of Castlemaine Library for local prisoners at Tarrengower women’s prison in Maldon. “You’re…
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A curious and collectable affair
There’s something special about picking up an antique musical instrument. The saxophones in Ken Smith’s collection hint at something of the lively past of their former owner. “They belonged to Ian Punton who played with the Passalaqua band in Guildford around the 1930s or 40s,” says Brian Owens who, along with Ken, is co-organiser of…