kyneton
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Historic Highbank Hill Farm for sale
The Kyneton home of television personality Tonia Todman is up for sale. Magnificently set within beautifully landscaped garden surroundings on 10 acres, this elegantly reimagined Edwardian estate encapsulates all the character and quality synonymous with the era, with sought-after modern ease. Old and new shows through the original 1910 part of the home, with soaring…
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Gas leak detected in High Street
Quick response to a gas leak avoided potential disaster on Wednesday. A passer-by called Triple Zero to report a strong smell of gas outside the Kyneton Community House shopfront on High Street shortly before 5.30pm. Two crews from Kyneton Fire Brigade were quickly on the scene and used gas detectors to source the leak, which…
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Pedestrian struck at Kyneton
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after he was hit by a car in the Woolworths car park at Kyneton about 2.45pm this afternoon. The Hepburn Shire man, aged in his 60s, was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with a suspected broken ankle and other injuries. It…
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Kyneton Cup at Bendigo today
The $125,000 bet365 Kyneton Cup for 2022 will highlight a nine-event program being run at Bendigo today (Wednesday). The Kyneton meeting was switched to Bendigo at the weekend, with persistent rain in the preceding days taking its toll on the track and surrounds. Racing Victoria and the Kyneton & Hanging Rock Racing Club announced the venue switch at the…
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Volunteers call out dumping and looting
Volunteers at Kyneton’s Uniting Church Op Shop are once again calling for people to be more considerate than to dump rubbish on their Market Street doorstep. The frustrating act has happened several times over the past few years and last week someone left a wooden bed base on the footpath in the rain and a…
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Cosi comes to Kyneton
Cathouse Players are excited to bring audiences Louis Nowra’s Cosi this month. An iconic Australian piece, Cosi is set in a Melbourne mental institution in 1971 where we meet Lewis – a fresh-out-of-university director. His brief is to, “put on something that will bring the patients out of their shells”. Lewis encounters manic-depressive Roy who has a…
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A show that rocks!
Songs of Queen will fill Kyneton’s Bluestone Theatre when We Will Rock You shows this November. Kyneton Theatre Company promises another stand-out show on the back of the popular Mamma Mia in March. “We Will Rock You is based on Queen songs you’ve known for so long that they’re kind of embedded in your soul,”…
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Watts in top 10
Kyneton’s Watts Fresh has been recognised as one of Victoria’s top 10 favourite fruit and veg shops in the recent A better choice!, ‘Retailer of the Year, People’s Choice Awards’. The promotion had almost 6000 Victorians nominate their favourite fruit and veg shop, with more than 150 fruit and veg shops nominated across the state.…
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Moo-ving rescue
Firefighters helped to save a cow stuck in mud up to its neck in Kyneton on Thursday. Four CFA units from Arthurs Creek, Tylden and Kyneton were called to the scene at a Greenway Lane property about 11.51am. Macedon Ranges Shire Council was also on scene and made heavy machinery available for any potential rescue…
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KBA juniors battle grand finals
Kyneton Basketball Association’s junior teams battled it out in their grand finals matches last week. The U14 Boys Gold team had an exhilarating game against the Girton Stikers, neck and neck the whole way through and just got pipped in the last couple of minutes. The KBA boys finished on top of the ladder in…
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National success for Kyneton breeders
A small kennel from Kyneton has won four titles at the Labrador National. Morndew Labradors was awarded Best Breeders Team, Best Dam and Progeny, Best Baby Puppy In Show, and Best Minor Puppy In Show at the event held in Brisbane last month. “We are over the moon with our results,” Morndew’s Hugh Vardon told…
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Healthy start for hub
A healthy community food initiative is spreading its roots in Kyneton. The Good Food Hub encourages growing and preparing healthy food on a budget. It is the latest venture of Kyneton Community House, which has seen a kitchen and community garden space introduced at its new High Street premises. With the help of dedicated volunteers…