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  • Don’t push the safety envelope

    Don’t push the safety envelope

    A new safety education campaign by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority puts the spotlight on the many pressures placed on…

  • Nation’s best at Hanging Rock

    Nation’s best at Hanging Rock

    Hanging Rock Winery’s 2021 ‘The Jim Jim Three’ pinot gris gewürztraminer riesling has taken out the Blended White Trophy at…

  • Ned on song for big reveal

    Ned on song for big reveal

    Eve Lamb Castlemaine’s Ned Middleton is getting used to being described as ‘inspirational’. Living life with Down Syndrome has never…

  • Saving our apple heritage

    Saving our apple heritage

    Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery at Harcourt is urging community members to ‘plant a fruit tree you’ve never heard of’…

  • Talent awarded ahead of art show

    Talent awarded ahead of art show

    Eve Lamb Castlemaine Rotary has celebrated some significant local arts talent with its annual Paul Harris Fellow Awards ahead of…

  • A complicated tale of joy and despair

    A complicated tale of joy and despair

    Like most people in his profession, Mark Chew is more comfortable behind the lens than in front of it. Photos…

  • Council votes to sell

    Council votes to sell

    Macedon Ranges Shire Council will sell Hanging Rock’s East Paddock to the state government with conditions aimed at securing community…

  • Stakes high for forests

    Stakes high for forests

    In the same week that the Victorian Government announced permanent protections for Victoria’s three new national parks, the government also…

  • Nalderun celebrates friendship

    Nalderun celebrates friendship

    A Reconciliation Week (May 27 – June 3) exhibition was officially unveiled at the Castlemaine Market Building last Friday morning….

  • Thought-provoking film and Q&A

    Thought-provoking film and Q&A

    Northern Books and Nalderun are partnering up to bring an exciting Reconciliation Week event to Castlemaine. The event will see…

  • Honing healthy skills

    Honing healthy skills

    Nutritious and delicious food made from scratch is on the menu at Gisborne Secondary College. Students have been sharpening their…

  • Saving gorgeous Gertie

    Saving gorgeous Gertie

    Guildford-based animal welfare group Parrot Conservation Australia is appealing for community help following a costly surgery to save one of…