News
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The impact of betrayal of trust
It was Albert Einstein who said, “whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”. Has our ability to trust the people and organisations we uphold most – in leadership, in the media, in the workplace and in our daily lives – changed? Or have we become less tolerant…
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PRECINCT NEED CRITICAL
Sporting clubs are crying out for federal funding to complete the Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct as local facilities overflow. Macedon Ranges Shire Council seeks $21 million for stage two of the project that’s been years in demand. While there was no mention of the sports precinct in the Federal Budget handed down last week,…
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Pedestrian hit by truck
A Woodend woman was critically injured when she was hit by a tipper truck at Gisborne last Friday afternoon. Police said the truck was travelling north into the township at the intersection of Aitken Street and Hamilton Street when it struck the woman as she was crossing Aitken Street just before 5pm. She was dragged…
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Golden oldies roll in
Eve Lamb You could have been forgiven for thinking you’d been whisked back to a time when having a set of wheels meant something like a Ford Model T Tourer or a Willys Overland Whippet. Fifty pre-1930s vintage beauties were front and centre, as their doting owners showed them off during a special visit that…
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Light up Kyneton
The first major event for the 2022 Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival is the colourful light show ‘Light up Kyneton’ on the Kyneton Mechanics Institute on Friday April 8 from 7pm. This date provides a great opportunity after the end of daylight savings for the light show and will give the families of the children…
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An abundance of botanical art
The Macedon Ranges has always stimulated a love of nature and an engagement with the natural world that has attracted gardeners and artists for more than a century. To celebrate its centennial year, the Mount Macedon Horticultural Society is conducting a month-long program of events at the Mount Macedon Horticultural Hall to coincide with the…
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Gerri’s Journey
Eve Lamb Chances are you may have seen them as they passed through Castlemaine last week. Twelve blistered but very determined walkers who stopped for a lunch break at Victory Park as they walked all the way from Ballarat’s Mount Buninyong to Bendigo. A bit of leg weariness was not about to stop them as…
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Temporary outages for Kyneton
Kyneton residents may experience a series of temporary outages in mobile phone coverage this week as Telstra upgrades its mobile base station with additional infrastructure. These improvements will impact Telstra 3G and 4G coverage at various times during daylight hours from Wednesday to Friday this week, and again on Monday and Tuesday of next week.…
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Green light for roadhouse
Macedon Ranges Council has approved plans to relocate and upgrade the Carlsruhe BP roadhouse to create a freeway service centre. The move is described as a significant upgrade for the 1970s facility with improved facilities, EV charge-points, more truck parking and parkland area. Design duplicates that of Longwarry’s Caltex/Hungry Jacks service centre off Princes Highway.…
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Break from the busyness
Schedules may seem ‘back to normal’ but complementary practitioners are supporting local people to check in with what the body has to say about busyness. Fear, worry and anxiety frazzle our nervous systems. Without rest and recovery after chronic stress, our health and wellbeing can be at risk. If we go for too long without…
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Good times roll …
Eve Lamb How often do you get the chance to take a cruise on a double decker bicycle named Elliott – with toaster attached? Not every day, that’s fairly clear. But last Thursday was one such day as staff and students at Castlemaine’s Steiner School joined forces with CycleSafe Mt Alexander to hold a decorated…
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Journey back to a bygone era
The Mount Alexander Vintage Engine Club is holding its 25th annual Vintage Engine Rally on the weekend of April 9-10. Taking pride of place at this year’s event at the Dave Bennett Reserve in Muckleford, will be MAVEC’s latest acquisition a Clayton & Shuttleworth threshing machine generously donated to the local club by the Walsh…