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Nature played ‘a trump card’ – Burn controller details what went wrong in Cobaw planned burn
The man at the centre of two planned burns that escaped control in the Cobaw Forest 12 years apart has spoken publicly for the first time about what went wrong. Lee Gleeson was the planner and controller of the most recent Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning burn that escaped its boundaries on Grand…
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Kyneton hotel fire leads to arrest
A Kyneton man has been arrested after three people were injured in a suspicious fire in the Newmarket Hotel at Kyneton.Fire broke out in the upper floor accommodation section of the hotel shortly before 7pm last Tuesday night. A triple zero call taker, hearing people coughing, immediately responded multiple CFA units and paramedics.Six guests were…
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Biggest Morning Tea returns to Plaistow
Lilian and Peter Skilbeck are opening their gardens at the historic Plaistow Homestead to host a Biggest Morning Tea over Thursday and Saturday this week. The annual Cancer Council Victoria fundraiser has special significance for the Joyces Creek couple. They lost their daughter Tamara to cancer 20 years ago this Friday and have been raising…
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Object symbolism in latest Orbit series instalment
Art lovers are urged to be quick to catch the fourth instalment of the Castlemaine Art Museum’s Orbit series featuring the work of Glenlyon-based ceramic artist Minaal Lawn. Lawn creates intimate, domestic-scale ceramic objects that celebrate the reconciliation of her Indian heritage with her Australian upbringing.Her work examines the transformation from an inherited culture, revisiting…
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Deconstructing the museum
Kyneton Museum is hosting a new immersive project titled Museum Undone in June.Undone is a playful encounter with the Kyneton Museum collection, engaging with history and its gaps, as part performance, part exhibition. Created by cross disciplinary artists and Metanoia Theatre, the work is an immersive choose-your-own journey through collective possibilities for an imagined future.Performers (Alexandra Harrison, Jannete…
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Moving with the sounds of winter
As winter rolls in, two Kyneton businesses are giving people a chance to nurture and nourish.Awaken Yoga Studio and Wander into Wildness have teamed up for a four-week series of gentle movement, breath and sound meditation.The Sunday Soothe Series invites people to relax, restore and come back into balance. “You don’t need experience, fancy yoga…
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Woodend syndicate scores first division lotto win
Fourteen Woodend shoppers have had a winning start to the week with their TattsLotto syndicate scoring division one in the weekend’s draw. The store syndicate held one of the 15 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4157, drawn Saturday May 22. Each division one winning entry takes home a $409,991.02 prize. In addition to…
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Woodend visit booked
Woodend’s place in the region’s literature circuit will be highlighted on Postcards. The town’s two bookstores and their owners will feature in a future episode of the television travel series alongside the Vic Hotel and il Caffe. Presenter Shane Crawford enjoyed Woodend’s hospitality and wandering the shelves of New Leaves with Anthony Woodcock and Woodend…
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Councils sign on to renewables
Macedon Ranges, Mount Alexander and Hepburn are three of 46 state councils to sign on to the largest ever emissions reduction project by local government in Australia. The Victorian Energy Collaboration, led by Darebin City Council, will provide 45 per cent of all Victorian Councils’ electricity requirements with 100 per cent renewables, reducing greenhouse emissions…
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Gas on the nose at climate rally
Gas was on the nose as hundreds of locals gathered in Castlemaine’s Victory Park on Friday as part of nationwide protests demanding genuine climate action from the federal government.Many more Castlemaine students and more mature residents caught public transport to Melbourne to join the estimated 5000 people who gathered at Treasury Gardens for a rally…
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More than a word …
A rich program of cultural events, tours and activities are in store in Castlemaine and surrounds during Reconciliation Week launching this week.Nalderun Education Aboriginal Corporation and Mamunya have organised a packed program that opens with this year’s Sorry Day commemoration at Castlemaine’s Market Building steps tomorrow, Wednesday May 26. Starting 11am, tomorrow’s Sorry Day program…
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School run ends in shock crash
Two children were injured in a dramatic incident at school drop off at Candlebark School in Kerrie this morning. A Romsey mother had stopped her car outside the school with her four young children on board about 8.35am. She got out of the vehicle to help the children out when the car began rolling backwards…