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Kyneton Tigers announce FIDA team
The Kyneton Tigers are excited to announce they will be including a FIDA team under the Kyneton Football Netball Club banner for 2021. FIDA, or Football Integration Development Association Football League, exists to provide Victorians with an intellectual disability the opportunity to participate in Australian Rules Football at a competitive level. The Victorian FIDA Football…
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Taungurung agreement creates jobs
The Taungurung Land and Waters Council is creating 17 new jobs as part of a formal agreement with the state government recognising the Taungurung people as Traditional Owners of a large area of central Victoria. The agreement is the outcome of more than three years of negotiations, and covers an area stretching from Rochester and…
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Car flips in Kyneton crash, driver flees scene
A driver fled the scene of a spectacular crash on Edgecombe Street in Kyneton this afternoon. The 37-year-old Kyneton woman was driving a Holden Astra north near Orr Street about 1.50pm when she collided with a parked Mitsubishi Lancer and spun, flipping her car onto its roof. The 37-year-old sustained cuts and bruises and a…
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‘Rock’ races now at Kyneton
‘It’s official! The annual Australia Day race meeting usually held at Hanging Rock has been switched to Kyneton. This means there will be two race meetings in five days at the Kyneton course – the 2021 Hanging Rock Cup meeting on Tuesday, January 26 (Australia Day), and the annual Woodend Cup meeting on Saturday, January…
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Back at the races
After being deprived of the chance to attend race meetings for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, spectators were able to be present at the six-event meeting held at the Kyneton racecourse on Friday. The annual New Year’s Day race meeting is usually held at the famous Hanging Rock venue, but it was decided it…
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A serendipitous reunion
An iconic Australian bus was reunited with its original owners after it was advertised for sale on a Facebook marketplace site last month. Kyneton resident Raina Kilner placed the ad for the vintage Ansair bus when she decided she was never going to get around to restoring it. She purchased it on a whim three…
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A day to remember for jockey duo
It was a joyous occasion for 19-year-old apprentice Kiran Quilty and her father Cameron when they finally rode in the same race together for the first time at Kyneton on New Year’s Day. But behind the thrill of Kiran winning the 1850m TAC Be Races Ready BM52 Handicap with a fast-finishing dash alongside the inside…
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Kyneton servo plan revealed
Plans for a McDonalds restaurant and multifaceted 24-hour service station for Kyneton’s northern gateway have been revealed. A stand-alone McDonalds restaurant and drive-through is proposed for the Pipers Creek Road and Edgecombe Road corner along with a 26-space car park and associated signage. A service station with a convenience store, trucker’s lounge and second –…
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First of three before council
Macedon Ranges Shire councillors are expected to decide on a 42-lot subdivision for Kyneton’s Edgecombe Road this week. The application forms part of a major development for the area, which includes a future major hardware retailer and fuel station with fast-food restaurant. The 42-lot subdivision is the first of three applications to go before the…
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‘Rock’ races switch to Kyneton
The traditional New Year’s Day race meeting that draws thousands of people to Hanging Rock is being transferred to Kyneton. The Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club investigated all possible options to enable the drawcard January 1 meeting to take place at ‘The Rock’, but found it would be too difficult to hold the meeting…
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A match made in toastie heaven
The Social Foundry in Kyneton can take credit for many community success stories and now the team can add to the list helping to match-make a couple and celebrate a COVID wedding! It all began when customer Rowan Theel came in to check out the cafe on the major Kyneton corner two years ago and…
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SOCIAL HOUSING ROLLOUT
Macedon Ranges Shire has been identified as one of 21 priority areas across Victoria in a plan to increase the state’s social housing supply. The Victorian Budget 2020/21 will deliver $5.3 billion to build more than 12,000 homes throughout metro and regional Victoria, and a minimum investment of $30 million locally will see new homes…