Tag: Castlemaine
The Compost Conversation – with Mikaela Beckley
Layer your compost like a lasagne!
Regardless of whether you are cold composting, hot composting, or somewhere in between, paying attention to your layering technique...
Passing on the baton
Antonia Barron
It’s not often the opportunity arises to buy a business that’s also a lifestyle encompassing positive ideologies – but here it is.
For more...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
The great turning
There is both fear and mystique surrounding the turning of compost piles. Many people never turn their compost, but there are benefits...
Zemiro makes tracks in the Goldfields
Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro is a new SBS series that will see the television presenter embark on 10 of Australia’s most epic...
Braves’ double
Castlemaine basketballer Caitlin Richardson was a proud member of the undefeated Bendigo Lady Braves side that was crowned National Basketball League champions at Perth...
Eco village nears completion
Developers of The Paddock Eco Village in Castlemaine, Neil and Heather Barrett, and Crosby Architects can now see a blaze of light at the...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Carbon cap and store
There is a little trick you can do every time you add ingredients to your compost pile that can really improve...
Local couple’s cancer pledge
Castlemaine couple Marianne and Ross Allan has pledged a significant investment to the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation 'Pankind' to fast-track early detection research into...
The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Hot, or what?
There is a fever that gardeners catch once they have made their first successful hot compost pile, it can be quite contagious,...
Perception shift
Macedon Ranges macrame artist Kasia Dudkiewicz will be the next creative to feature as part of the Phee Broadway Theatre foyer exhibition program.
Kasia is...
Circus Mania to return
Following a sell-out inaugural festival in 2022, Circus Mania will return to Castlemaine this September with all new shows for kids, families and adults.
Circus...
The harsh realities of living rough
People often talk about the pervasiveness of homelessness but what does that really mean?
There are a multitude of different forms of homelessness, from...


















