Castlemaine
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Golden oldies roll in
Eve Lamb You could have been forgiven for thinking you’d been whisked back to a time when having a set of wheels meant something like a Ford Model T Tourer or a Willys Overland Whippet. Fifty pre-1930s vintage beauties were front and centre, as their doting owners showed them off during a special visit that…
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Supermarket design revealed
As the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing on plans for Castlemaine’s controversial third supermarket got under way last week, new details have been revealed on the design of the proposed Woolworths supermarket. The plans by architects Clarke Hopkins Clarke propose to convert the former gasworks site into a state-of-the-art retail facility, featuring considered landscaping…
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ThornBird at Theatre Royal
Castlemaine will start the Victorian tour for ThornBird’s debut self-titled solo album. Officially launching on March 11, the album will feature already released singles Tempest, a tale of hope and regeneration, and the feel-good vibe of All The Things. ThornBird recently unveiled a new cut from the album, Bullets and Heartache, a wild west ode to love and…
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Brutally honest and hilarious
Don’t call Rose Callaghan a ‘mum’. She’s an intelligent, alluring, bisexual Scorpio with E-cup boobs and a newly issued probationary licence who just so happens to the be the proud owner of a baby. In a truly inspiring world first, after finishing the eighth season of Homeland and trying weed again, Rose Callaghan (winner, Sydney…
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Watch this space
Eve Lamb Take a dash of creativity, a strong sense of community and a stack of recycled bits and bobs and … you may well end up delighting the neighbourhood. That’s what’s happened at one leafy residential address on Castlemaine’s Barker Street. There, Mike and Adrienne Thorbecke have pooled their personal creative talents to create…
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Live music to celebrate IWD
Music Victoria and MainFM are joining forces to present a free live music event in Castlemaine’s Village Square next Tuesday, in celebration of International Women’s Day. The event will be held on Djarra Country and feature a live broadcast from 4pm of MainFM’s Corduroy Cabana radio program. Corduroy Cabana has been hitting the airwaves on…
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Tale of the silken ‘dumpster dress’
Eve Lamb Ever since the tale of the ‘dumpster dress’ made the ABC and the BBC a few weeks back, visitations to a rare Castlemaine exhibition of special occasion vintage frocks have gone through the roof. Right from the time it first opened back in January 2021 though, the Heavenly exhibition showing upstairs above Run Rabbit Run…
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Books at the Brewery
Castlemaine’s Northern Books, in partnership with Shedshaker Brewing, is welcoming a number of authors to the region in March as part of their popular ‘Books at the Brewery’ series at The Taproom at The Mill, Castlemaine. On Tuesday March 1 the editor of We’ve Got This, Eliza Hull, and Jasper Peach will appear in conversation with…
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Lifeguard shortage impacts pools
A shortage of lifeguards due to COVID has forced some changes to the operating hours for public outdoor pools in Castlemaine, Harcourt, Maldon and Newstead. Mount Alexander Shire Council late last week confirmed that the operating hours for its public outdoor swimming pools in each of these centres will be adjusted for the remaining four…
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Bringing voices together
Eve Lamb International Women’s Day will be celebrated in Castlemaine with an evening of live entertainment on Tuesday March 8. The event is being hosted at the Northern Arts Hotel and will feature plenty of live music with a lineup of talented local musos on the evening’s program that will get started from 7pm. Those…
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A tiny house journey
Gaining a ute-load of nifty building skills has been one of the biggest bonuses of building a tiny house for Castlemaine’s Rainer Cook Tonkin. The uni student started building his own tiny abode back in mid-2020, with a little help from his carpenter father, Bernard Tonkin. The Express visited Rainer and his tiny house project shortly after…
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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 a favourite shopping experience for bibliophiles from near and far. But time marches on, and so it appears will the inimitable Soldier and Scholar and its well-read owner who hails…