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Connecting communities – A board game to celebrate the Ranges
As we come out of COVID days, Macedon Ranges Council is supporting the community by funding 10 artists to deliver a range of Creative Encounters projects before the end of June. One of these projects is Connecting Communities – a board game about Macedon Ranges Shire. Artist and writer Jenni Ivins is asking for your…
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Deployed to WA
Gisborne and Castlemaine State Emergency Service members were among the 75 volunteers deployed to Western Australia to support the state’s Cyclone Seroja response and recovery effort. During five-day deployments they assisted in the storm damage response, roof and chainsaw operations and with other resourcing requirements. The category three cyclone hit near the town of Kalbarri…
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Taylor a finalist
Kyneton-based visual artist Ross Taylor will be representing Australia as a finalist in this year’s Sovereign Asian Art Prize held in Hong Kong. The nomination-only prize is recognised as the most established and prestigious annual art award in Asia-Pacific and Taylor was one of 30 selected from a pool of 800 artists. The selected artwork, Ember,…
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On location at Lauriston
Production is under way in Lauriston on The Cost, a psychological revenge drama from director/writer/producer Matthew Holmes (The Legend of Ben Hall, Twin Rivers) and South Australian co-writer Gregory Moss. Set over an intense 48-hour period, The Cost is a harrowing tale of vengeance that spirals desperately out of control. “While revenge is a common theme in movies, it’s…
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Way of the future… new charge station at Harcourt
Harcourt’s newly installed electric vehicle charge station is up and running with a new public EV fast charge station for Castlemaine soon to follow. The newly installed Harcourt station has been drawing interest from locals and electric vehicle owners and in recent days its listing has appeared on the online PlugShare EV charge station map…
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Indigenous crowdfunding win
A crowdfunding campaign to purchase a parcel of land at Chewton as a permanent base for the local Indigenous community has rocketed to success, meeting and eclipsing its target just days after launching. “We’re still in a bit of disbelief in a beautiful way. It’s very exciting. It’s amazing,” Nalderun CEO Kathryn Coff said. Ms…
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Memories of war
Jim Foreman was just 17 years old when he shipped out to sea. Now aged 94, it’s taken the WWII veteran a lifetime to talk about what he saw at war. It was 1944 and the war was intensifying, so along with many other boys who left school in Kyneton, Jim joined the Navy. “Don…
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Plenty of pride – pack a picnic…
Whatever the weather, there’ll be rainbow colours sparkling across Castlemaine this week with a broad spectrum program of Pride events in store – starting today. The homegrown series of Pride attractions began yesterday with the Rainbow Steps Walking Group at the Botanical Gardens followed by a walking tour of Castlemaine’s LGBTIQ+ supportive businesses set for…
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Early morning anger: commuters speak out
Fed up Castlemaine commuters have slammed the early morning passenger train service to Bendigo as totally unreliable and are demanding answers from the state government and V/Line. Workers, students, apprentices and those unable to drive themselves are among many locals who say the 7.54am train service from Castlemaine is supposed to get them to Bendigo…
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$3.2M to sports precinct
The multi-million dollar Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct has been boosted by a guaranteed $3.2M from the state government. “This is a project of state-wide significance, one that can hold state-wide and national events,” district MP Mary-Anne Thomas stated on Friday on site at New Gisborne. The $3.2M via the Growing Suburbs Fund will help…
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FRONTLINE FIGHTER
In February 2020, the United States was still largely unaware of the impending COVID-19 pandemic. Yanti Turang, a Kyneton born and raised nurse who now calls New Orleans home, joined her colleagues and the rest of the city taking part in the city’s annual Mardi Gras, completely unaware they were participating in a super-spreader event.…
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Deserving attention – A guide to our beautiful and hardy native peas
Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests members Bernard Slattery and Bronwyn Silver have teamed up to produce a comprehensive guide to native peas of the Mount Alexander region. Their new book, Native Peas of the Mount Alexander Region, identifies and details numerous common native pea species. It’s the fourth in the Friends’ well-received series of local…