Castlemaine

  • Latest edition hits stands

    Latest edition hits stands

    For the past 43 years, the monthly Australian Street Rodding magazine has been published from the offices of Graffiti Publications…

  • Cheese venture ripens

    Cheese venture ripens

    Castlemaine’s new artisan cheesemaking business is on track to produce its first trial batches of cheese by mid-July and be…

  • HELPING BATTLERS

    HELPING BATTLERS

    Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel has teamed up with local businesses to offer free meals to those doing it tough during the…

  • Join the fun at Mondo Lounge

    Join the fun at Mondo Lounge

    Friday afternoons look a little different for young people at the moment so Mount Alexander Shire Council’s youth initiative Mondo…

  • Return to the post-punk scene

    Return to the post-punk scene

    Castlemaine author Kirsten Krauth has launched her second long-awaited novel, Almost a Mirror. The book was seven years in the making…

  • Impact and opportunity for VGR tourist railway

    Impact and opportunity for VGR tourist railway

    The coronavirus pandemic has forced the Victorian Goldfields Railway to suspend all of its advertised passenger service until the end…

  • Local business offers smart response to crisis

    Local business offers smart response to crisis

    Local businesses are finding innovative ways to adapt amid the current coronavirus restrictions. One such businesses is Castlemaine’s Mulberry’s Delicatessen,…

  • Cheese please! A new venture for Castlemaine

    Cheese please! A new venture for Castlemaine

    A new artisan cheesemaker and cheese school is being establishing in Castlemaine, adding an additional attraction to the town’s Mill…

  • New Castlemaine locomotive stable takes shape in $1M move

    New Castlemaine locomotive stable takes shape in $1M move

    Work has begun on Victorian Goldfields Railway’s new Castlemaine locomotive stable as part of a wider project forecast to boost…

  • New works to conserve old treasure

    New works to conserve old treasure

    Vital works to conserve Castlemaine’s historic Buda House are to begin in coming days after the local attraction earlier secured…

  • Upper circle sitting pretty – Vintage 1930s seating restored at Theatre Royal

    Upper circle sitting pretty – Vintage 1930s seating restored at Theatre Royal

    Taking a seat in the upper circle at Castlemaine’s historic Theatre Royal is acquiring a new significance. Seat by seat…

  • Castlemaine wildlife reserve welcomes friends

    Castlemaine wildlife reserve welcomes friends

    It’s a little natural jewel, easy walking distance to the centre of Castlemaine, and right under residents’ noses. But many…