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  • Workshop’s creative spark

    Workshop’s creative spark

    A one-off women’s welding workshop in Romsey has sparked huge interest with 70 locals now on a waiting list to…

  • Boxer pays it forward

    Boxer pays it forward

    Underneath David Cannon’s tattoos and behind his boxing gloves lies a real softie at heart. The Sunbury gym owner and…

  • Rage at lives lost

    Rage at lives lost

    Twelve empty chairs, 12 empty pairs of shoes. Stark symbols of the deaths of 12 asylum seekers held in detention…

  • Crunch time: Barnes’ Castlemaine Rock ceases operation

    Crunch time: Barnes’ Castlemaine Rock ceases operation

    After 165 years of operation, Castlemaine’s iconic Barnes’ Castlemaine Rock lolly manufacturing business has ceased production. Fifth-generation business owner and…

  • Monks seek peace

    Monks seek peace

    Buddhist monks from Wat Mai Buddhavongs have found peace in Gisborne South’s countryside where they plan to spread their roots….

  • Curiosities of old Castlemaine

    Curiosities of old Castlemaine

    There’s the crib board crafted from the timber of a wrecked paddle steamer, the officious rubber stamp and elaborate holder…

  • An extraordinary festival of ideas

    An extraordinary festival of ideas

    The 2018 Bendigo Writers Festival is set to kick off on Thursday August 9 and run over three days, featuring…

  • Locals join the ride

    Locals join the ride

    Castlemaine locals Greg Barkla and Bob Bent have teamed up to take part in the Black Dog Ride, a 10-day…

  • Buzz along to the bee

    Buzz along to the bee

    Do you fancy yourself to be an exceptional speller? Can you recite all those grammatical rules we learned at school…

  • Blaze takes ‘Durrol’

    Blaze takes ‘Durrol’

    ‘Durrol’ one of Mount Macedon’s last hill station homes has been destroyed by fire. The devastating loss came last Wednesday…

  • New courts to be a hit

    New courts to be a hit

    Tennis will become even more of a hit in Riddells Creek with three new Tennis Australia compliant hard courts to…

  • IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE

    IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE

    Academy Award nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad will not attend the 2018 Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival screening of his film Last…