Castlemaine
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It takes a village
How the community can work together to address Mount Alexander Shire’s housing crisis is the focus of a new 10-year social and affordable housing strategy to be launched at Castlemaine Town Hall next week. My Home Network developed the Mount Alexander Shire My Home Network 10-year social and affordable housing strategy in collaboration with a…
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Spicy taco looks likely to warm
Eve Lamb It’s an attention-securing start to our phone conversation. “All my life I’ve been joking about how I’m half-Colombian because my mum got knocked up when she was backpacking through South America,” comedian Aidan Jones says. Melbourne based Jones is getting set to tour his award-winning show, Taco, to the ‘Maine for a one-night stop…
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Honour ‘quite a shock’
Eve Lamb Truth is we all get old, if we’re lucky, so it’s nice to know that someone like Marilyn Bennet is out there doing what she does. The prodigious amount of work that the longtime Castlemaine local pours into improving her community, and particularly the lot of seniors, has played a major role in…
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MAIN Game kicks goals
There’s no doubt about it. Footy brings people together. And Sunday’s MAIN Game was no exception. There was a wonderful community spirit among the 300+ crowd as they cheered on the Rockatoos and the Radio Galahs at the historic Camp Reserve in Castlemaine for MainFM’s annual footy match fundraiser. The game didn’t disappoint, with both…
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Sticky problem solution wins award
Eve Lamb Finding a smart solution to a sticky problem has seen Castlemaine’s Winters Flat Primary School win a significant state award. The little local school has clinched the title of Community Leadership School of the Year (Primary) at the ResourceSmart Schools Awards held in Melbourne on Friday. The annual awards celebrate the sustainability efforts…
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Ned on song for big reveal
Eve Lamb Castlemaine’s Ned Middleton is getting used to being described as ‘inspirational’. Living life with Down Syndrome has never stopped him from living life to the fullest – and with an added dash of creative flair. Having already made his mark in the worlds of dance and community radio, Ned is now preparing to…
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Nalderun celebrates friendship
A Reconciliation Week (May 27 – June 3) exhibition was officially unveiled at the Castlemaine Market Building last Friday morning. The day saw team members, friends and supporters of local Indigenous service, Nalderun, gather for speeches, the presentation of Nalderun Awards and a morning tea to launch the week. The event was opened by Nalderun’s…
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Thought-provoking film and Q&A
Northern Books and Nalderun are partnering up to bring an exciting Reconciliation Week event to Castlemaine. The event will see a screening of the provocative and award-winning short film, Refugium, followed by a Q&A session with the film’s creators. Refugium is a short film of speculative fiction in the climate emergency context, by artist-researcher Jen Rae (Métis)…
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Eye-catching issue
Eve Lamb A Castlemaine resident has used public question time at last week’s Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting to raise concerns about the ongoing prevalence of graffiti in the town and wider shire. Retired school teacher, Bill Wiglesworth, has little time for uninvited graffiti in public places and has long been pressing to see it…
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Taproom art supports war-torn Ukraine
Eve Lamb A new art exhibition that’s just gone up at Castlemaine’s Taproom is raising funds to help people impacted by the war in Ukraine. Simply titled 71, this bold, bright showing features large-scale architectural deconstructivist works by well-established Castlemaine artist Phillip Head. “They’re all a play on deconstructing architecture of the same Bendigo building – No…
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Inquiry examines impact of incarceration
The far-reaching benefits of a program providing vital connection between incarcerated parents and their children has been highlighted in a submission to a Legislative Council inquiry. Friends of Castlemaine Library representatives made the submission to the inquiry examining the impact of parental incarceration on children. FOCAL’s submission addressed the positive impacts of its Read-Along Dads/Mums…
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Life is better on a bike
Penny Gilbert, CycleSafe Mount Alexander Modern parents have a lot to keep track of while balancing the needs of small people. We are concerned about climate change, wars, pandemics, inequality, elections, the list goes on, and yet we want the world to be a good place for our children and we want our lives to…