Castlemaine
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YIMBY compost hubs expanding
YIMBY is set to expand access to backyard compost hubs in Castlemaine after a very enthusiastic response to a call for new composters earlier this year. Having completed an intensive advanced composting workshop with YIMBY educators, Mikaela Beckley, Joel Meadows and Nico Pye, the new team is ready to make some great compost, from your…
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MAIN Game puts the fun in fundraiser!
MainFM’s ‘award-winning’ annual footy match fundraiser, The MAIN Game, returns on the long weekend in June, bigger and better than ever! Will the Radio Galahs bounce back after last year’s first loss to the Rockatoos? Bring the family and join the community for a fun day out at the historic Camp Reserve on Sunday June…
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Come and try FIDA football
Sports Focus has partnered with the Bendigo FIDA Suns to deliver a free Come and Try FIDA Football session in Castlemaine. FIDA Football is Australian Rules football for people with intellectual disabilities and has teams across Victoria, including Bendigo and Kyneton. The Kyneton FIDA Tigers are a newly established team who came together in 2021…
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The true cost of the housing crisis
Jade Jungwirth“I can’t save money. I’m trapped paying way too much for rent and paying for rooms I don’t even need and I have no autonomy or agency over my own life. There’s no reason it should be this way. We’ve allowed economics to trump reality and people’s existence,” Steven said. The Express recently interviewed…
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Journey to Slumber Land
The best night’s sleep in ages. “That’s common feedback after a group sound bath or private sound healing session,” says Nat Dowling from Wander into Wildness. “It’s like the experience gives the body permission or a reminder on how to relax, surrender and release tension.” The local sound healing practitioner explains that people experience deep…
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Showcase of female musical talent for IWD
In celebration of International Women’s Day, a group of local performers will be hosting an evening of entertainment at the Northern Arts Hotel in Castlemaine on Wednesday, March 8. Now in its third year, the event showcases some of the terrific female musical talents in the local area, with this year’s event shaping up to…
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Suitcase reveals extraordinary story
Jade Jungwirth Last July, two local residents chanced upon a World War I diary written by a young Australian soldier among the belongings of a World War II journalist. Living in Yapeen during the height of the pandemic, Karen Nancarrow and David Darcy, took to attending online garage sales and auctions to keep their spirits…
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New brewer at Shedshaker
It’s a new year and new chapter for Castlemaine’s Shedshaker Brewing. Andrew Cronin, formerly of Melbourne’s Cavalier Brewing, has taken on the role of head brewer at Shedshaker, bringing more than 10 years of independent beer brewing experience to Castlemaine. Shedshaker director Doug Falconer said Andrew was a standout candidate with his combination of brewing…
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New treatment options approved
The Castlemaine chapter of Mind Medicine Australia is celebrating the recent announcement that the Therapeutic Goods Administration will reschedule the medical use of MDMA and psilocybin from July 1. The rescheduling will enable authorised psychiatrists to prescribe these psychedelic substances for treatment-resistant depression and treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. All other uses of MDMA and Psilocybin…
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Cyclists call for action
Community members are calling for urgent improvements to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure at McKenzie Hill on the outskirts of Castlemaine following several near misses in recent months. With ever-expanding housing developments sprawling across McKenzie Hill and consequently bringing a significant number of cars onto the Pyrenees Highway from Diamond Gully Road and other intersections local…
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A dream realised
The celebrated debut novel of late Castlemaine resident and beloved local GP Dr Kath O’Connor Inheritance is being officially launched by Affirm Press worldwide today. Inheritance is a profoundly moving and eloquent novel about two women in very different worlds, whose lives are shaped by a single fatal gene – a gene that the author herself inherited. Kath,…
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2023 festival line-up revealed!
A huge crowd packed The Goods Shed on Saturday morning for the launch of the impressive 2023 season line up for the Castlemaine State Festival’s highly anticipated 24th biennial event. The diverse curation of the very best local and international arts talent and events will bring focus to Castlemaine, spotlighting the arts culture of the…