Castlemaine

  • Bonjour madame! Renault mini muster to roll into town

    Bonjour madame! Renault mini muster to roll into town

    There will be a hint of French flair around the towns of Castlemaine and Maldon when the coming Labour Day…

  • Exploring Ibsen in Castlemaine theatre residency

    Exploring Ibsen in Castlemaine theatre residency

    Castlemaine’s latest At Home Phee Broadway Theatre residency kicks off today and will explore the dark themes of 1881 play…

  • NETWORKS DOWN

    NETWORKS DOWN

    Residents across the region vented their anger last week with mobile phone services disrupted from Tuesday to Thursday and power…

  • Climate action convoy headed to Canberra

    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…

  • Walking the walk…Nordic pole style in Castlemaine

    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…

  • Help for fire-hit farmers

    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…

  • Castlemaine event to connect a community …

    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…

  • New chapter begins for Castlemaine Sergeant Peter Lukaitis

    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…

  • Dog park still to have its day

    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…

  • Castlemaine joins climate rallies

    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…

  • Castlemaine radio’s night of nights

    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…

  • Brigades battle burn-offs

    Brigades battle burn-offs

    Fire brigades across the region have been kept busy bringing escaped fires under control over the past fortnight. In one…