Chewton
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Local Landcare heroes celebrated
Founding member of Golden Point Landcare Group, Marie Jones, has been awarded the prestigious Joan Kirner Landcare Award. Marie was one of several local residents recognised for their contributions maintaining and restoring the natural environment at the 2023-2024 Victorian Landcare Awards at Marvel Stadium on July 18. The Joan Kirner Landcare Award honours a long-term…
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Chewton chillout playlist
The recent, and highly controversial, speed reduction on the Pyrenees Highway in Castlemaine has inspired the Chewton 50 Chillout Spotify playlist. Featuring more than 100 songs and more than 10 hours of listening, it is sure to help drivers ‘chill out’, have a laugh and sing along, during the extra drive time to and from…
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Uncovering scandal and tragedy
Actor and writer Stephen Curry, famously known for his role in the iconic film The Castle, recently made his way to Chewton for the SBS series Who Do You Think You Are? Born and bred in Melbourne, Stephen, with his wife and two boys, recently moved to rural Victoria. With his boys fast growing up,…
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Breaking the silence through music
Castlemaine Safe Space is hosting a ‘Breaking the Silence through Music’ fundraiser at the Red Hill Hotel on June 14. Artists to take the stage include Spitting Chips featuring Bill Walsh and Peter Jones, and local bands Gherkinator with Doug Falconer on drums, and local punk outfit K5. The night will also include a silent…
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Record female numbers
Thirty years after Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club saw its first women’s team lace up their boots, the club is celebrating a record 166 female players, ranging from ages four to 54. May 3-12 is Female Football Week, a nationwide initiative to celebrate the immense growth of women’s football at all levels of the game and…
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New speed limit in place
The controversial new 50 km/h speed limit along the 6.4 kilometre stretch of the Pyrenees Highway is now officially in effect.
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Monster celebration this Saturday
Take a trip back into our goldfields past at the annual 1851 Diggers’ Monster Meeting celebration at Chewton this Saturday. The commemorative event will take place on the original site of the historic meeting on the banks of Forest Creek in the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park at Chewton from 3pm. The meeting on December…
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Homecoming gig
Seven-piece Naarm-based free psych sonicists, Star/Time, are performing live at The Red Hill Hotel in Chewton this Friday with special guests, local heroes Video Star. Star/Time are a unique band who formed five years ago when Rocket Science bass played David Gray asked Detroit musician Patrick Pantano (drummer for The Dirtbombs) why he wasn’t playing…
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Zemiro makes tracks in the Goldfields
Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro is a new SBS series that will see the television presenter embark on 10 of Australia’s most epic day walks. In episode three, airing this Thursday at 7.30pm on SBS and SBS On Demand, Zemiro embarks on a 21km walk winding through the towns, rivers and villages of Castlemaine,…
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Debut film to screen
The debut film of Tehran-born, Australia-raised writer and director and Chewton resident, Noora Niasari, will be screening at Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal this Friday as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival Regional Showcase. Shayda is a beautifully crafted portrait of a mother seeking a new life for herself and her daughter and is based on…
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Songs of people and place
Valley Road winds through rolling basalt hills from Glenhope towards Chewton, connecting two friends, Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna, who have been singing together for more than a decade. They weave their experiences into songs of people and place (usually sitting around Marty’s farmhouse kitchen table), bringing an Australian perspective to their diverse folk…
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Restoration begins for old church
Mount Alexander Shire Council has begun work to repair and restore the former Wesleyan Church in Chewton. The building located at 205 Main Road, was built in the 1850s but has sat vacant since 2010, and is in a poor state of repair. In 2017 the council resolved to sell the building, however, following advocacy…