Leisure

  • Operas return to the Royal

    Operas return to the Royal

    Opera lovers from across the region have been working with Theatre Royal Castlemaine management to get New York Metropolitan Opera…

  • Swap Meet draws thousands

    Swap Meet draws thousands

    After being in recess for two years due to the COVID pandemic, the annual drawcard Lancefield Swap Meet and Show…

  • Currie returns to Kyneton

    Currie returns to Kyneton

    After a successfully sold out season in 2018, Thomas Currie is returning to Kyneton with a brand new show, Basically Nocturnal….

  • Rocky Riders on a roll

    Rocky Riders on a roll

    When early last year Natayla Garden set up a Facebook page to see if any women wanted to join her…

  • Hull to perform at The Bridge

    Hull to perform at The Bridge

    Award-winning Castlemaine musician, writer and disability advocate, Eliza Hull, is set to perform at Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel on Friday April…

  • Grill a master gardener

    Grill a master gardener

    Join the Mount Macedon Horticultural Society for a day of pure indulgence in which three master gardeners get together and…

  • Nordic pole walking expands

    Nordic pole walking expands

    Local nordic pole walking classes have really hit their stride, proving so popular they’re now being offered in Castlemaine, Harcourt,…

  • Open studios at Macedon

    Open studios at Macedon

    At this lovely time of the year, when Macedon is full of colour, the artists of Open Studios Macedon will…

  • Autumn spectacular at Mica Grange

    Autumn spectacular at Mica Grange

    The spectacular gardens of Mica Grange, with their panoramic views across the Sutton Grange valley, opened this weekend for their…

  • Somewhere over the rainbow

    Somewhere over the rainbow

    Coming from Turkey to Melbourne to escape political unrest in 2015-16, Oz Demirhan could never have imagined that she would…

  • Maldon’s dark side

    Maldon’s dark side

    Maldon will host the inaugural Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas this July. Plans for the new festival, part of…

  • The insurmountable becomes easy

    The insurmountable becomes easy

    After 10 successful and popular years teaching in Melbourne, Angela’s Kitchen Cooking School is bringing people to Guildford to experience…