Balloons no party for wildlife
Balloons may be an international symbol for celebration but that is the last thing on the minds of livestock owners when the litter lands...
Do the time warp
When Castlemaine's Leslie Thornton was a schoolboy he lived next door to the school - but was always late.
In class the young Leslie would...
Platypus plans
What uses electroreception to find its prey, is venomous, and is a semi aquatic mammal that lays eggs?
One of Australia's iconic species, the platypus.
The...
Childcare centre rejected
A lack of suitable sites for new services in Romsey has hindered plans for a desired childcare centre.
The Reynolds Grove proposal was to service...
New kid on the kerbside
Recycling education will be a significant feature as Veolia Environmental begins its new contract providing kerbside recycling and waste collection services in Mount Alexander...
Protection promise that rocks
A re-elected Labor state government plans to purchase Hanging Rock's East Paddock.
Long championed by the community, the move is expected to give greater protection...
Warm welcome for UK import
Woodend Cricket Club's first-ever international player received a very enthusiastic welcome within a few hours of arriving from England last Wednesday.
Monte McCague, from Leeds...
Skills for life
Kyneton Community and Learning Centre in conjunction with the Social Foundry and This Farm Needs A Farmer are rolling out a third round of...
New management for Newstead pool
Bendigo Regional Young Men's Christian Association Youth Services will manage Newstead Swimming Pool for the next three years following a council decision last week.
But...
Hunt on for land
Romsey Men's Shed needs a permanent home and has identified a preferred site at Romsey Park.
The organisation became incorporated in June and the new...
Snaps for Nepal project
Home-grown travel photographer Rochelle Hansen will be trekking Nepal for a charitable project and she's inviting company.
The award-winning shutterbug has just partnered with not-for-profit...
Concert for Jarrah
The organisers behind the 'Jarrah's Fight for Sight' Go Fund Me campaign, have announced details of a benefit concert to be held next month,...