Tag: Castlemaine
The mask of disability
Jade Jungwirth
A large group gathered in the sunshine at the Castlemaine Botanic Gardens to celebrate this year's International Day of People with Disabilities. It...
Our versatile band
Castlemaine's Thompson Foundry Band, now in its 137th year, is getting into the swing of Christmas.
Bandmaster Dan Bendrups told the band's recent annual meeting...
A little bit of Christmas magic
Jade Jungwirth
A group of local women has spent endless hours making hand-crafted Christmas wreaths to place around the townships of Castlemaine and Maldon.
Seventy-three-year-old Lana...
Laundry service for friends in need
A new initiative in Castlemaine is providing a free laundry service to people experiencing homelessness and members of the community doing it tough.
The ‘Laundromat...
Council denies permit
Jade Jungwirth
Mount Alexander Shire councillors aired mixed views on the refusal of a double-storey development and two-lot subdivision opposite picturesque bushland at Castlemaine.
The Parker...
Resonance presents ‘You’re the Voice’
Resonance String Orchestra is set to present a special concert event, You’re the Voice, at the Castlemaine Town Hall this Saturday.
The latest performance comes...
An evening with Myf Warhurst
TV and radio personality Myf Warhurst recently visited Castlemaine's Phee Broadway Theatre to launch her first book, Time of My Life.
Originally scheduled as part...
Upcycling award launched
The Good Op Shop's new community award, ‘The Better Shape Up Upcycling Award’, is encouraging people to make new things out of items that...
Local writer wins the Furphy
Local writer Cate Kennedy is the winner of this year's Furphy Literary Award with her short story Art and Life, an insightful look at...
View the world differently
The news: We read it, we watch it, we listen to it, we scroll our devices looking for it.
But how aware are you of...
Circus Mania hits fever pitch
Lisa Dennis
Excitement is building for this weekend’s inaugural Circus Mania Festival as the ‘May Wirth’ Big Top was erected in Castlemaine last week.
Circus Mania...
The Paddock on the home stretch
The Paddock eco village in Reckleben Street Castlemaine is fast taking shape, despite the pandemic and great instability in the building industry.
“We’ve managed to...
