Tag: Castlemaine

New chapter for Soldier and Scholar

It's just shy of two decades since Joyce Sanders opened her character-packed bookshop on Castlemaine's Barker Street. The Soldier and Scholar second-hand store rapidly became...

Bike workshops now in Castlemaine and Newstead

For the fourth year in a row the On Your Bike! school holiday program, supporting teens and tweens to ride safely to school, will...

Castlemaine juniors ready to soar in 2022

The Castlemaine Football Netball Club Juniors have appointed all coaches for the 2022 season. CFNC Juniors president Chris Mackenzie said it is reassuring to have...

Turning waste to work

A Castlemaine business is setting a groundbreaking example by re-using its industrial waste, reducing the volume of material going to landfill and creating a...

Jazz talent returns home

US jazz talent Gemma Sherry has returned home to Castlemaine for the holidays and is planning to do some gigs in Daylesford and Melbourne...

Check off that Christmas list

Castlemaine traders will be open late again this Friday evening as part of two late night shopping nights that have been coordinated by Business...

A little French tête-à-tête

Friday mornings mean just one thing for a growing group of Castlemaine locals – time for a little French tête-à-tête. Originally from France, Delphine Laboureau-Ormancey...

COVID test clinic shifts

While more than 95 per cent of eligible people living in Castlemaine have now been double vaxxed, the town's newly relocated COVID testing clinic...

Local stars shine at MVAs

Soul virtuosos Emma Donovan & The Putbacks were the standout triumph at the 2021 Music Victoria Awards. The group, which has a local connection, scooped...

Debut album drops

Castlemaine singer/songwriter Nadia Phillips has launched her highly anticipated debut album A Million Birds and One Stone. The EP has hit Bandcamp and music streaming services...

Dance fun on wheels…

Not about to be rolled by something like a mere global pandemic, the Maine Rollers are actively doing their bit to get the good...

Creating a ‘safe space’ in Castlemaine

Suicide prevention and postvention group ELM (Every Life Matters) has received funding to create a new 'Safe Space' in Castlemaine to support community members...

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