Castlemaine
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The Compost Conversation – with Joel Meadows
Chop till you drop? Imagine what it might be like being a helpful microbe in a compost pile, building the proteins of your body from nitrogen-rich food scraps, getting energy for your work from the carbon-rich additions in the pile and all the while swimming on the film of moisture around these materials, breathing in…
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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 will help your compost microbes stay alive, and thrive! Picture a delicious piece of lasagne. Each layer spread evenly across the surface, thin enough for just a hint of the…
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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 than 30 years, in the heart of Castlemaine, Over the Moon Dance and Yoga Studio has been an expressive and artistic centre for all ages. Toddlers come with parents…
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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 to turning that are worth the effort. Turning our compost gives three distinct benefits; aerating the whole pile, blending the different layers of ingredients and seeing what is happening right…
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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 day walks. In episode three, airing this Thursday at 7.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand, Zemiro embarks on a 21km walk winding through the towns, rivers and villages of Castlemaine,…
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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 on Sunday. The side opened the series with a 101-57 win over the Cockburn Cougars Friday night. The Braves backed this up with a second win over the Northside Wizards on…
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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 end of the tunnel after seven years of hard work and a bit of stress at times. The project is now expected to be completed by local builder, RHB, in April…
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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 how well it works. Cap your compost with carbon. Now, this might sound like something from the Kyoto Protocol that governments couldn’t get international agreement on, but it is much…
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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 pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is currently the third biggest cancer killer of Australians. The local couple’s generous 10-year pledge will fund Australian research projects that aim to detect pancreatic cancer in…
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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, and the benefits of hot composting are formidable, let’s have a look at five of them. 1. Hot compost is a sign that we are getting our compost in balance.…
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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 a Polish girl who now calls Australia home. The local artist said she grew up spending time in the studio of her late aunt who was a talented painter and…
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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 Mania founders and Campbells Creek based circus performers, Caz Walsh and Mason West, said they had moved this year’s festival to the second week of the school holidays, September 27-October…