Don’t wait for warning
Victorians waiting on bushfire warnings could be leaving it too late to act, the Country Fire Authority has warned.
More than half of Victorians living...
Swing by the shed
The Woodend community will get the chance to see exactly what goes on inside the walls of the Woodend Men's Shed when it hosts...
Whistle while you woodwork
Kyneton Men’s Shed has relaunched women's woodwork classes and they're already proving popular through bookings.
The classes are held every Tuesday over seven weeks and...
Correcting anomalies
Mount Alexander Shire Council is aiming to correct errors and anomalies as it undertakes an amendment to its planning scheme.
The council late last week...
Save calls for emergency
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put pressure on health services, Ambulance Victoria is urging people to save Triple Zero calls for emergencies only.
Between...
Trees take root at Bassett Creek
Works to restore Bassett Creek have ramped up with a further 500 trees to take root.
Back in 2014, the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group began...
Literary lunch to launch festival
The Mountain Writers Festival will hold its first event – a lunch in Macedon featuring Victorian writers – on Saturday March 26.
This literary feast...
A family effort
The Kyneton Agricultural Society has honoured president and long-serving committee member, Vince Lakey, with life membership.
Mr Lakey was an incredibly hard worker and a...
Test cameras for Calder
New point-to-point speed cameras are being installed along the Calder Freeway as part of a multi-year trial of new road safety camera technology.
The cameras...
Get set for the Gift
Eve Lamb
For the first time ever the upcoming Castlemaine Gift will be live-streamed, but it's not the only reason this year's Gift will be...
Bringing voices together
Eve Lamb
International Women's Day will be celebrated in Castlemaine with an evening of live entertainment on Tuesday March 8.
The event is being hosted at...
Trailer jack-knifes, ute rolls on Calder
Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on the Calder Freeway south of Kyneton just before 3pm this afternoon.
An orange-coloured ute towing a...
