Castlemaine

  • Saving clothing from landfill

    Saving clothing from landfill

    Castlemaine CWA will be holding a produce/cake stall on Thursday October 13 at Ray Bradfield Rooms to raise funds to…

  • Get prepared for emergency expo

    Get prepared for emergency expo

    Flood risk and fire season preparation will be front and centre at the Emergency Response Expo at Castlemaine’s Western Reserve…

  • Renewal raising funds for climate

    Renewal raising funds for climate

    Respected Central Victorian printmaker Helen Seligman is set to unveil an exhibition of her latest works at Castlemaine’s Phee Broadway…

  • Artist to feature on The Block

    Artist to feature on The Block

    Artwork by Castlemaine’s Kylie Cuthbertson will be featured in upcoming episodes of The Block, this season filmed at South Gisborne. The…

  • Wood’s landscape win

    Wood’s landscape win

    Eve Lamb Castlemaine artist Greg Wood has won Victoria’s $20,000 John Lesley Art Prize. The local artist claimed the newly…

  • Restoration begins for old church

    Restoration begins for old church

    Mount Alexander Shire Council has begun work to repair and restore the former Wesleyan Church in Chewton. The building located…

  • Big clouds and back roads

    Big clouds and back roads

    Eve Lamb Art lovers can expect plenty of big clouds and back roads in the new upcoming solo exhibition by…

  • Run the Maine a success

    Run the Maine a success

    Runners from across the region and beyond descended on Castlemaine on AFL grand final eve, September 23, for the annual…

  • Netballers put through their paces

    Netballers put through their paces

    Lisa Dennis Magpie netball co-coach and former Super Netball, Commonwealth Games and World Cup elite netballer Fiona Fowler conducted a…

  • Inspirational wartime women the focus of new novel

    Inspirational wartime women the focus of new novel

    Lisa Dennis Castlemaine multi-award winning crime author Ellie Marney is in the US today for the worldwide release of her…

  • Forced to flee: Afghani women make film in the ‘Maine

    Forced to flee: Afghani women make film in the ‘Maine

    Eve Lamb A group of young Afghani women who recently fled the oppressive rule of the Taliban have visited Castlemaine…

  • Prepare to huff n puff

    Prepare to huff n puff

    Eve Lamb With hundreds of runners already limbering up for Friday’s long anticipated Run The Maine, organisers have their fingers…