Gisborne
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Learning and connection
Have you ever wanted to learn how to restore treasured antiques and give them a new lease of life? A course on offer at the Macedon Ranges Further Education Centre can teach you just how to do that while you pick up a variety of woodworking skills. The class covers everything from repairs to finishes.…
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Big reveal soon
Excitement is in the air as The Block enters the final production weeks for its upcoming season set in Gisborne South. Last week the Midland Express had a sneak peek as contestants prepared for potential buyer walk-throughs with just two weeks of production remaining. This year’s couples have worked on the biggest Block yet, each with a home to renovate as…
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Shared intelligence and earlier resolutions
Macedon Ranges residents will be better connected to local police through a new state-wide Neighbourhood Policing model. For Gisborne-based Senior Sergeant Amanda Cohen, the grassroots model means better community engagement, shared intelligence and earlier resolutions. “It’s so important for us to engage directly with the community in regional areas. The more we engage, the more…
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Protection nod too late
An independent planning panel has found heritage protection was “appropriate and justified” for Bunjil Creek bridge, which was dismantled for Gisborne roadworks in March. Regional Roads Victoria reneged on an in-principle agreement with Macedon Ranges Council to protect heritage features to progress intersection works on Melbourne/Kilmore Road. The bridge was removed before permanent heritage protection…
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Promises to fix mobile blackspots
New Optus and Telstra mobile phone base station sites will be built at Gisborne South. The federal government announced funding for the blackspot area last week, and election pledges also revealed Woodend is in sight for improvements. McEwen Labor incumbent Rob Mitchell and Liberal candidate Richard Welch have pledged to work with the community and…
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Crafting a career in origami
A popular pastime in Japan has developed into a professional practice for expat artist Chieko Hester. As a child, Chieko was taught by her father to fold origami cranes and she practised with friends at school. “Origami itself back then was just that, it wasn’t something that you learnt properly, you just learn as you…
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Pedestrian hit by truck
A Woodend woman was critically injured when she was hit by a tipper truck at Gisborne last Friday afternoon. Police said the truck was travelling north into the township at the intersection of Aitken Street and Hamilton Street when it struck the woman as she was crossing Aitken Street just before 5pm. She was dragged…
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Gisborne’s good oil
Villa Pileggi Olive Oil at Gisborne is making a name for itself as a premium producer of organic olive oil. The Pileggi family has its origins in Calabria Italy, where in a small country town named Cosentini, they began producing olive oil straight from the press. This extra virgin olive oil is cold pressed, non…
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Traffic diversions at Gisborne
Traffic will be detoured from today as the intersection of Melbourne Road and Kilmore Road at Gisborne is upgraded with a new roundabout. The bridge over Bunjil Creek, located adjacent to the intersection, will be removed and replaced with a wider bridge to provide enough space for traffic lanes and shared user paths as part…
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Higgins crowned Regional Champion bowler
Gisborne Bowling Club’s Ethan Higgins has been crowned Regional Champion after defeating Kyneton’s Craig Vincent in a thrilling Champion of Champions final at City Oval BC last Sunday. Both players traded shots in the early ends to get to 8-8 before Vincent eked out a two-shot lead. But Higgins came back and started to build…
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All Highlands men’s final
It will be an all Highlands men’s final with Kyneton’s Craig Vincent to play off against Gisborne’s Ethan Higgins for the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region final of the Men’s Champion of Champions. These two bowlers blitzed their Ballarat counterparts at Sebastopol on Sunday to go through to the final. In the morning’s quarter final the…
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Gisborne bridge fight to planning panel
The fight to protect Gisborne’s Bunjil Creek bridge, bluestone channel and significant trees will progress to an independent planning panel. Last week Macedon Ranges Council revealed the Department of Transport had denied any heritage value of these features that are threatened as intersection works on Kilmore Road continue. The $12.5 million upgrade was a Labor…