Tag: Harcourt
Sammy bound for World Cup
Harcourt teen and Bendigo BMX Club talent Sammy O’Grady has made the trek across the Tasman to Rotorua in New Zealand where he will contest first two rounds of the 2024 UCI World Cup BMX series this weekend.
Taste from the barrel
For one weekend each year, many winemakers of the Bendigo region offer a wine tasting experience that takes you well beyond what is usually...
Harnessing beneficial fungi
Beneficial fungi are disappearing from our soils at an alarming rate, but one nursery in Harcourt is hoping to reverse the trend.
Carr’s Organic Fruit...
Orienteering champs crowned
Orienteers of all ages from across Australia and New Zealand descended on Castlemaine, Maldon, Daylesford and Blackwood for the Australian Orienteering Championships from September...
Ballantinia, banksias and blue-banded bees
In 1997 an enthusiastic group of local residents joined forces to form the Harcourt Valley Landcare Group.
Twenty five years later the enthusiasm of this...
Harcourt flood study kicks off
The Harcourt community is being asked to do its bit to help protect the local area from future flooding.
The North Central Catchment Management Authority...
Bid to host Games
Eve Lamb
It may not yet be approved as a Commonwealth Games inclusion. But if mountain biking does get the official nod then Harcourt's La...
Harcourt, Newstead claim wins in MCDFNL
Harcourt welcomed Talbot to the den last Saturday in Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League round 10 competition.
After a loss to Carisbrook in round...
Poles add spring to walkers’ steps
Eve Lamb
The weather may be making many feel Nordic lately, but for an increasing number of local souls that's a good thing.
In fact Nordic...
Trackside reinvention
Eve Lamb
Driving past the old railway goods shed in Newstead it's hard to miss the fact that work is well under way towards transforming...
Saving our apple heritage
Carr’s Organic Fruit Tree Nursery at Harcourt is urging community members to 'plant a fruit tree you've never heard of' in a bid to...
Nordic pole walking expands
Local nordic pole walking classes have really hit their stride, proving so popular they're now being offered in Castlemaine, Harcourt, Newstead and Maldon.
Volunteers have...
