Leisure
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Fun on the farm
Experience food, wine, beer and craft from across the region at the Carlsruhe Fire Brigade’s Wine and Food Festival on Sunday, November 4, from 11am to 4pm. The event will highlight local producers as well as art, craft and variety stalls, and children’s activities. It will also feature performances by local musicians. The event will…
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This project was picked!
A project engaging local teenagers to help build Australia’s biggest miniature railway at Harcourt has won a $198,000 boost, emerging as one of the state’s Pick My Project winners. The $198,000 sum will soon to be used to build a replica of the historic Maryborough railway station – complete with six platforms – as part…
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New management for Newstead pool
Bendigo Regional Young Men’s Christian Association Youth Services will manage Newstead Swimming Pool for the next three years following a council decision last week. But the Newstead committee that has managed the local pool since 1964 will still have some input into the pool’s operations in a move aimed at ensuring the community retains its…
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New festival collapses
An arts and wellness festival awarded $450,000 in state government funding has been cancelled. Eyebrows were raised when the government announced the significant funding allocation earlier this year for the new Live.Love.Life Festival, which aimed to showcase Daylesford and Macedon Ranges, while established festivals including the Woodend Winter Arts Festival had their funding reduced. Daylesford…
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The splash on our pool contracts
A new $1,056,455 council contract will see Bendigo Regional YMCA Youth Services manage outdoor pools in Castlemaine, Harcourt and Maldon over the next three years. Mount Alexander Shire councillors unanimously voted in favour of awarding the pool management contract to Bendigo Regional YMCA Youth Services at the ordinary meeting of council last Tuesday night. But…
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Locals join the ride
Castlemaine locals Greg Barkla and Bob Bent have teamed up to take part in the Black Dog Ride, a 10-day motorcycle tour to raise funds and awareness for the suicide prevention organisation the Black Dog Institute. The lads will join hundreds of participants from across Australia on the ride, an adventure that will see the…
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These riders dispel the myth
Macedon Ranges ULYSSES Club is working to dispel the long-held myth that ‘bikers mean trouble’. Beyond the intimidating Harley handles, leather jackets and ‘tough guy’ exteriors at the over 40s club are largely retirees just looking for an excuse to hit the road and share a love for riding with others. “Bikes are on the…
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Riders raring to race
Harcourt’s new mountain bike park hosts its first major competitive mountain biking event this Sunday. The Goldfields Winter Series is expected to bring up to 140 riders to the scenic La Larr Ba Gauwa Park for the competition. The competitive series is a new initiative of the Castlemaine Rocky Riders Mountain Bike Club and the…
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Backlash over bike review
Community backlash may force Macedon Ranges Shire Council to reconsider a review of its ban on motorised recreational vehicle use within 500 metres of a house. The local law was adopted five years ago in response to a multitude of complaints about recreational vehicle noise and impact to amenity, but councillors recently voted 5-4 to…