Castlemaine
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The Paddock to feature
The Paddock Eco Village in Castlemaine will be featured as part of Sustainable House Day this Sunday. Established in 2001, Sustainable House Day is a national event coordinated by Renew that allows the public to see and learn from the best environmental homes in Australia. It aims to inspire people to live sustainably, showing them…
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Farewell Target, K hub is coming
Residents at Castlemaine and Woodend will soon bid farewell to their trusty Target stores, but the news isn’t all bad with Kmart announcing the two stores will be among the first in Victoria to be remodelled as new-look K hub stores. Kmart opened the first three of the new look K hub stores at Seymour,…
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Bus commuters without shelter
Castlemaine CBD bus commuters have been left without shelter from the elements thanks to an ongoing campaign of vandalism. Local resident James Taylor contacted the Express over his concerns about the town’s Mostyn Street bus shelter. “Unfortunately, it seems there has been a silent war going on between the council and the group of yobbos…
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Castlemaine star on the rise
One of Castlemaine’s latest imports, hip hop artist Dallas Woods, performed his new single If it glitters it’s gold with his Castlemaine band live on ABC TV’s new show ‘The Sound’ on Sunday afternoon. The episode was filmed at the iconic Castlemaine Rod Shop. The Sound puts live Australian music back on free-to-air TV. Each…
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Support grows for local producers
The face of farmers markets has changed across the region since coronavirus hit and has given rise to a more serious and intentional shopper, market facilitators have found. Bendigo Farmers Market organisers have surveyed a 30 per cent increase in regular local shoppers since coronavirus hit and expect to retain these consumers into the future.…
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Tail-wagging wonderful!
It’s official – Castlemaine finally has a site for its first off-lead dog park. After many years of speculation and multiple aborted suggestions for a suitable site, the new off-lead park site was announced on the spot late last week. Covering 1700 square metres of leafy natural space, the site occupies the Castlemaine township edge…
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Powerlifting women feature
Thirteen Castlemaine women who participate in powerlifting have contributed to a study investigating factors that may deter older women from strength training. Aimed at helping to overcome barriers to strength training, which is known to stave off many undesirable health conditions in later life, the newly released study is called If they can do it, I…
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Sustainable living at The Paddock
Work is set to begin shortly on stage two of The Paddock Eco Village in Castlemaine after the project took a hit during the recent pandemic. The Paddock developers Neil and Heather Barrett said they were all set to go on the next stage when coronavirus struck and three of their buyers were forced to…
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Radio to rock the Royal
Castlemaine’s not-for-profit radio station MAINfm kicked off its week-long ‘2020 Radiothon’ fundraiser on Saturday evening with an epic PubSing Castlemaine online sing-a-long to this year’s theme ‘Here Comes the Sun’, live from The Taproom at Shedshaker Brewing. The radiothon continues this week and will culminate with another massive virtual live music event – the Big…
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The Tough Guys are back in town
After two months of COVID-enforced hibernation the Tough Guys are back – and this time they’re reading Steinbeck. The return of the Castlemaine chapter of Tough Guy Book Club to the town’s Taproom venue has been none too soon for the local members of this international book club for blokes. “To see everyone come out…
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MAINfm needs you!
If you’re a MAINfm listener, it’s your time to shine as the best little station in the nation is seeking support! Here comes the sun and here comes Castlemaine’s annual MAINfm radiothon, running June 20-27 and kicking off Winter Solstice, when the days get longer and the music gets stronger. In the weeklong radiothon, listeners…
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Foundry powering on through pandemic
Castlemaine’s Billmans Foundry was gearing up for the unveiling of its largest project to date – two beautiful bronze whales created by Wollongong artist Julie Squires and fellow artist Theresa Ardler in Sydney’s Botany Bay – when the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Regarded as Australia’s leading manufacturer of bronze fountains, street park, garden furniture and…