Harcourt
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Beau is back cooking up a storm
Local MasterChef Australia season four contender Beau Cook, 40, is back on our television screens as one of the contestants on MasterChef Australia: Back to Win currently airing on 10 and 10 Play. MasterChef Australia: Back To Win marks the 17th season of the popular show and is full of fan favourites from seasons one…
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Bakery in full Blume
Blumes Historic Bakery in Harcourt was officially reopened to the public last Saturday after years of restoration work. About 60 people attended the event, including locals, city-folk who travelled for the opening, MP Maree Edwards and Blume family members. Karen Blume, the granddaughter of Ernest and Pearl Blume, said the bakery was a great reflection…
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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.
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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 expected. This weekend (July 8 and 9) visit one or more of these local wineries where winemakers will provide you with wines to taste directly from the barrel. These individual tastings…
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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 Tree Nursery in Harcourt is the only Victorian supplier of certified organic fruit trees, which makes them quite a rarity. But does it really matter if fruit trees are grown…
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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 24-October 2. The nine day carnival kicked off in Daylesford with the Victorian Middle Distance Championships and the Orienteering Grand Prix. September 25 the action moved to Blackwood for the Australian…
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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 hard-working local group has been sustained and they will celebrate their longevity and success with a special event this Sunday. Since its inception, Harcourt Valley Landcare has completed more than…
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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 is supporting the Mount Alexander Shire Council development of a Flood Study for Harcourt and calling on residents to share their knowledge of past flood events to better inform how…
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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 Larr Ba Gauwa Mountain Bike Park should be the place to host it. This is the case being strongly – and jointly – put by both the City of Greater…
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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 eight and a narrow victory over Trentham in round nine, the Harcourt side were determined to produce some of their early season form against fellow top eight side Talbot. Harcourt…
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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 pole walking seems to really have hit its stride in both Castlemaine and Maldon with many keen locals picking up the poles and joining the warming weekly walking program…
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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 the long idle slice of local railway history into a lively community space. Scaffolding is up and workers in high vis vests are busy on site with Bendigo-based construction company…