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Truck driver suffers burns
A truck driver suffered significant burns after his truck caught fire at Kyneton last Tuesday. Ten CFA brigades were called to the scene on Kyneton-Metcalfe Road as fire ferociously burnt through hay being transported by the truck. The road was closed to traffic for several hours as emergency services worked to extinguish the blaze. Flames…
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The giving tree spirit
Kyneton’s Little Swallow Cafe is once again opening its Giving Tree to donations for community members in need this Christmas. The spectacular three-metre-high Christmas tree is located at the rear of the cafe and people are encouraged to contribute what they can. Last year the giving tree project raised $12,500. This year its has raised…
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Fook Shing’s golden glow
Fook Shing is growing the golden glow of Kyneton’s foodie finest on Piper Street. The Southeast Asian inspired restaurant has topped the state as Best Value Venue in the 2022 Golden Plate Awards. A finalist in four categories including Peoples Choice and Best Casual Dining, the venue was also highly commended for Best List of…
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Kyneton topples ladder leader
Bill West There were astonishing finishes to all four Highlands division one pre-Christmas pennant bowls matches on Saturday, with the last end on every contest very much alive. Who says bowls is boring? At home, Kyneton climbed off the bottom of the ladder by eclipsing previously unbeaten Romsey by three shots, Gisborne had the same…
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Spiky friend saved
An echidna was rescued from a prickly situation in Hutton Street, Kyneton, last Tuesday. The echidna was found wandering the car park between the Macedon Ranges Shire Council offices and court and the nearby busy roadway. MRSC director of planning and environment, Rebecca Stockfeld, said council staff acted quickly help the echidna to safety. “There…
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LGBTIQA+ human rights campaigner to speak
Former Tasmanian Australian of the Year, Rodney Croome, is coming to Kyneton this week as guest speaker at the final Birds of a Feather lunch for 2022. Rodney has been advocating for LGBTIQA+ human rights for over 30 years. He fronted the campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania and was founder and national director of…
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Highest inflows recorded
More than 50,000 megalitres of water flowed in to Coliban Water storages during October, the highest inflows ever received for the month of October. Executive general manager of strategy, Jarrah O’Shea, said levels in Coliban Water’s storages near Kyneton, as well as the Coliban share of Lake Eppalock, were at more than 100 per cent.…
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Road danger ‘ignored’
Angela Crawford A new housing development in Harts Lane, Kyneton, has the potential to result in a serious road accident, nearby residents fear. A nine-lot subdivision approved by Macedon Ranges Shire Council proposes an access road positioned downhill from a steep rise on Harts Lane, where the current speed limit is 100km/h. The residents say…
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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…