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  • Kyneton and District Tennis Club gets love

    Kyneton and District Tennis Club gets love

    After 10 long years of planning and fundraising, Kyneton and District Tennis Club had good reason for a celebration late…

  • Newstead a perfect platform for long dinner and art auction

    Newstead a perfect platform for long dinner and art auction

    Take a vintage country railway platform, throw in lots of good food and wine, add a very long dining table…

  • Bid to protect Gisborne avenues of honour

    Bid to protect Gisborne avenues of honour

    Unregistered avenues of honour in Gisborne and New Gisborne are at risk as the towns reshape for population growth. Several…

  • Exploring Ibsen in Castlemaine theatre residency

    Exploring Ibsen in Castlemaine theatre residency

    Castlemaine’s latest At Home Phee Broadway Theatre residency kicks off today and will explore the dark themes of 1881 play…

  • A thank you from Perry’s

    A thank you from Perry’s

    Perry’s Stockfeed and Saddlery has given Kyneton CFA a boost with a $1462 donation. Perry’s donated $1 from every bag…

  • NETWORKS DOWN

    NETWORKS DOWN

    Residents across the region vented their anger last week with mobile phone services disrupted from Tuesday to Thursday and power…

  • Community leads bushfire relief concert in Macedon Ranges

    Community leads bushfire relief concert in Macedon Ranges

    A community-led bushfire relief concert with an impressive line-up is expected to attract up to 400 people in Kyneton on…

  • Devastation and hope

    Devastation and hope

    Dedicated local wildlife carers Scott and Nikki Medwell of the Red Box Wildlife Shelter at Elphinstone have been doing what…

  • Railway maneuvres

    Railway maneuvres

    Victorian Goldfields Railway volunteers have begun dismantling the old Castlemaine-Guildford railway track before re-using the rails to upgrade the Castlemaine-Maldon…

  • Reclaiming the Campaspe River

    Reclaiming the Campaspe River

    Campaspe River landowners are taking the health of the river into their own hands by commissioning independent scientific monitoring of…

  • Fierce forest fire

    Fierce forest fire

    A thick layer of smoke has blanketed parts of the Macedon Ranges after lightning sparked a fierce blaze in the…

  • Castlemaine ceramicists inspired by the natural world

    Castlemaine ceramicists inspired by the natural world

    A trio of local ceramicists are sharing their beautiful handmade works with the public as part of a new gallery…