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VCAT appeal win
Plans for a Kyneton special needs family refuge have been approved in a VCAT appeal despite its Farm Zone location. Mark’s Country Place proposes an outdoor recreation facility with activity rooms and offices for 3.9ha of Farm Zone land at Deep Lead Lane. The proposal also includes car parking for two buses and 22 vehicles…
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Ecotherapy park celebrated
Years in the making, Romsey Ecotherapy Park was officially opened to the community last Wednesday. The park is the result of a community-led initiative to build an inviting and accessible recreational open space with nature-based sensory and therapeutic features. Romsey Ecotherapy Park Inc. committee championed delivery of the park for more than 14 years and…
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First People’s exhibition opens
A permanent cultural exhibition, Boorp Boorp Boondyil (Passing Knowledge to our Children), was officially launched at the Castlemaine Visitor Centre last Friday. The exhibit, situated within the iconic Castlemaine Market Building, illustrates the importance of caring for country, bush tucker and the dreaming story; The Eagle the Crow and the Bat. It includes a Welcome…
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Kyneton Cup at Bendigo today
The $125,000 bet365 Kyneton Cup for 2022 will highlight a nine-event program being run at Bendigo today (Wednesday). The Kyneton meeting was switched to Bendigo at the weekend, with persistent rain in the preceding days taking its toll on the track and surrounds. Racing Victoria and the Kyneton & Hanging Rock Racing Club announced the venue switch at the…
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Artists put environmental treasures into focus
Few know the value and majestic power of natural landscapes more deeply than visual artists. It’s no wonder then, that so many artists have donated their time and art for the Treasures of This Land exhibition and art auction, that seeks to preserve and protect the treasures of our natural environment here in the Macedon…
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Volunteers call out dumping and looting
Volunteers at Kyneton’s Uniting Church Op Shop are once again calling for people to be more considerate than to dump rubbish on their Market Street doorstep. The frustrating act has happened several times over the past few years and last week someone left a wooden bed base on the footpath in the rain and a…
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CLUB HOMELESS AFTER FLOOD
Amy Hume Destructive floodwaters have rendered the Malmsbury Cricket Club homeless ahead of the imminent 2022-23 cricket season. Ripped up fences and roadways, mould concerns, debris, and ruined gear, was just part of the devastation at the Malmsbury Cricket Ground following October’s heavy downpours. MCC president Jenny Ganim said the facilities were unusable – a…
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Climate activist in court
Jade Jungwirth Climate activist Trevor Scott appeared at Castlemaine Magistrates Court last Friday after gluing himself to the former federal treasurer’s Melbourne electoral office in August last year. The protest was initiated by Extinction Rebellion (a movement using non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to persuade governments to act on the Climate and Ecological Emergency)…
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Gallery closure looms
Lisa DennisCastlemaine Art Museum is facing closure in the middle of next year. It needs a large injection of funding to be able to stay open. Ahead of its upcoming Annual General Meeting, the CAM Board has indicated that the Lyttleton Street gallery is facing a large structural deficit despite the work that has been…
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New space for Newstead
Newstead 2021 has received a grant of $19,799 to create a new community space on the old railway platform. The funds will allow the community group to add lighting, power points, heating and lightweight stackable chairs to enable the space to be used year-round. Small storage spaces will be replaced with new storage systems so…
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Bees mean business
Alarmed at the plight of bees under threat from disease and habitat loss, DO Pathways, the supported employment branch of Distinctive Options, has created a new diverse-ability employment enterprise, DO Honey. DO Honey is a Sunbury-based beekeeping and honey production business that started in July 2022 as a key part of the DO Food Project.…
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Portrait selected for Hidden Faces
A portrait by Trentham artist Louise Otten has been selected in the 2022 Victorian Salon des Refuses – Hidden Faces Exhibition. Hidden Faces showcases portraits by Victorian artists, originally submitted for a number of national portrait prizes including the Doug Moran, Archibald and The Lester, which were either not hung in the ‘official’ exhibitions or…