Tag: Castlemaine
NETWORKS DOWN
Residents across the region vented their anger last week with mobile phone services disrupted from Tuesday to Thursday and power outages during Friday's 40-degree...
Climate action convoy headed to Canberra
The road leads to Canberra for a growing contingent of determined locals heading there to join a national rally calling on the federal government...
Walking the walk…Nordic pole style in Castlemaine
Castlemaine's Johanna Winchcomb admits she loves few things better than a bracing Nordic pole walk.
"Nordic pole walking is actually fitness walking," says Johanna, one...
Help for fire-hit farmers
Castlemaine's Vossloh has donated thousands of dollars worth of steel from its local railway component manufacturing business to help fire-hit farmers at Lexton rebuild...
Castlemaine event to connect a community …
The unprecedented fires impacting Victoria and other states, and the underlying issue of climate change, is upsetting not just for those directly involved -...
New chapter begins for Castlemaine Sergeant Peter Lukaitis
Long-time Castlemaine policeman and well-respected community member Sergeant Peter Lukaitis hung up his hat and badge for the final time last Sunday.
But before Sgt...
Dog park still to have its day
Efforts to settle on a site for Castlemaine's long-mooted off-leash dog park are progressing - slowly - with hopes a location will be finalised...
Castlemaine joins climate rallies
As thousands joined climate rallies in cities and major centres across Australia on Friday, Castlemaine was not left out.
Friday's rally involved people from all...
Castlemaine radio’s night of nights
MAINfm is rolling out the green carpet for its inaugural Rogies - like the Logies but for radio, it's an event to celebrate the...
Brigades battle burn-offs
Fire brigades across the region have been kept busy bringing escaped fires under control over the past fortnight.
In one incident last Friday morning, a...
Fanny Finch grave to be marked
For many long years the grave of Fanny Finch, first woman ever known to have voted in Australia, has lain unmarked at Castlemaine Cemetery...
Flag raising celebrates diversity in Castlemaine
The rainbow flag and the Aboriginal flag will fly alongside Castlemaine's Community House 365 days a year from now - following a special flag-raising...
