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Stick to the rules this Labour Day long weekend
Authorities are urging Victorians to keep each other and the environment safe this Labour Day long weekend, by being aware of conditions and following the rules while exploring our region’s parks and forests. With warm weather forecast across the region, and many people heading out to enjoy our beautiful parks and forests, particularly along the…
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Power outages cause identified
Powercor crews believe they may have found the cause of multiple power outages in Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire. Yesterday, crews inspected and replaced a variety of items – lighting surge arrestors, fuses, insulators, and high-voltage leads – on seven high-voltage power poles along Martin Street South in Blackwood. After careful examination of these items, crews found an insulator…
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ThornBird at Theatre Royal
Castlemaine will start the Victorian tour for ThornBird’s debut self-titled solo album. Officially launching on March 11, the album will feature already released singles Tempest, a tale of hope and regeneration, and the feel-good vibe of All The Things. ThornBird recently unveiled a new cut from the album, Bullets and Heartache, a wild west ode to love and…
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Hellebores on show
Ashbourne’s Post Office Farm Nursey is about to chalk up 15 years with the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. The hellebore specialists are looking forward to the festival’s return to reunite plant lovers following a two-year COVID hiatus. Nursery partners Peter Leigh and Cathryn Goebel said the festival attracted people from far and wide…
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Brutally honest and hilarious
Don’t call Rose Callaghan a ‘mum’. She’s an intelligent, alluring, bisexual Scorpio with E-cup boobs and a newly issued probationary licence who just so happens to the be the proud owner of a baby. In a truly inspiring world first, after finishing the eighth season of Homeland and trying weed again, Rose Callaghan (winner, Sydney…
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Musical storytellers head to the ‘Maine
New Melbourne-based crossover group Wattleseed Ensemble is proudly presented by the Castlemaine Anglican Church on Sunday March 20 (7pm) for their debut tour, called HOME. This vibrant young folk-baroque ensemble will guide audiences through music from the medieval times to the present with the warmth and subtlety of true musical storytellers. For one concert only,…
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Nature … in time
Eve Lamb The talents of four accomplished photographers are on show in a new exhibition that opened over the weekend at Newstead’s Railway Arts Hub. Nature in time: Images from central Victoria features the photographic work of four photographers, namely locally-based Patrick Kavanagh, Bronwyn Silver and Bernard Slattery and Melbourne’s David Tatnall. Notably, Tatnall has worked…
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Art, music and food … a colourful long weekend
Put Kyneton Farmers Market on your list of fun long weekend plans. Autumn is a most loved season by home cooks in the Macedon Ranges. Take your time to wander through over 55 stalls of the freshest local produce, meats, handmade preserves, cheese, wine and gin. Autumn celebrations mean free stuff too! The music highlight…
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Lane given name from end to end
A little laneway linking Kyneton’s High and Market streets will likely be renamed ‘Turners Lane’ in recognition of the famed former Turner Brothers hardware store. Turner Brothers operated the town’s hardware and timber yard for more than 80 years on a site stretching the distance between the two streets. The entire laneway is deemed a…
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Multiple power outages under investigation
Powercor is using advanced technology to identify the cause of multiple power outages being experienced by some customers in the Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire during the past fortnight. Forensic patrols of more than 260km of powerline are well advanced, with crews narrowing down the fault location to a 20km area between Blackwood and Trentham.…
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FARMERS FORCED OUT?
A fifth generation farming family fear they will be forced to sell their prime Romsey land and historic homestead as development closes in. Mark Clement and Deva Weitman have run the successful Blue Rock Highland Cattle Fold and Suffolk Sheep Stud at Eden Park since 2007. It continues a long line of farming but planning…
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Joint bid to get rail trail rolling
Eve Lamb The Mount Alexander and Central Goldfields shires have joined forces, submitting a joint bid to secure $150,000 in state government funding for a feasibility study to develop the proposed Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail. More than 35 keen cyclists and rail trail devotees descended on Castlemaine last week in support of the bid, which aims…