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Unite in dance
Come together to dance as part of the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign. Recognised globally each year, 16 Days of Activism runs from November 25 to December 10, beginning on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year, the Macedon Ranges Family Violence Network and Mount Alexander Family…
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Kyneton’s kindness coins
To help charities around Australia through these tough times and beyond, the Royal Australian Mint has just released a unique $1 coin designed expressly to be given to those in need. Kyneton’s community-owned not-for-profit aged-care facility RM Begg is inviting everyone to join in and put some ‘fun’ into FUNdraising! Some of the elusive ‘Donation…
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Time travel team launches series
A friendship formed playing and coaching basketball has led to a children’s book series collaboration between two talented Macedon Ranges men. Chris ‘Roy’ Taylor (Woodend artist, illustrator and author) and James Crabtree (Kyneton writer), are the creators of the recently released Tina and Tom’s Time Travelling Toilet, which combines some brilliant moments in history with rip…
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Last stride victory …
Wins have been relatively scarce for Kyneton-trained gallopers during August, but Misscino flew home to score in a photo-finish in the final event at Warracknabeal on Saturday. Trainer Helen White’s previous win with the six-year-old was at the same track, back on May 16 this year. White prepares a small team, and the impeccably bred…
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A tree-change tale from Kyneton
The challenges of renovating a rundown country home in Kyneton provided ample material for playwright Tahli Corin and her screenwriter husband Josh Tyler to produce a short film for an exciting new performance initiative. The couple’s contribution is one of 16 new plays about the places we live destined for both live performance and digital…
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It takes a village
Perhaps now more than ever, we are all keenly aware of just how important it is to shop local and rally community support for those most in need. As aged-care facilities around the world are under unprecedented duress and small businesses, particularly in hospitality, are under enormous financial strain, a wonderful good news story has…
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Life in a parallel universe – Photo makes NY exhibition
A photograph from Sandy Scheltema’s ‘Life in The Time of Corona Virus’ series is among just 1000 selected from 35,000 images worldwide for an exhibition documenting the pandemic at the International Centre of Photography New York. ICP (www.icp.org) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Established in 1974, the ICP has…
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‘Stakeholders’ call for new candidates
A group of ‘concerned local stakeholders’ who believe the potential of the Macedon Ranges “is being constrained by current regional decision makers” has put out a call for new council candidates. Placing a classifieds advertisement in the Midland Express last week, the group stated it was “dedicated to supporting new councillors to bring innovative ideas…
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Dicko to the rescue
Electricity runs through Gordon Dickeson’s veins. The Powercor linesman has worked with live wires for 37 years and still to this day loves his job. Even in the depths of Kyneton’s winter, he’s one of that rare breed who looks forward to getting up and going to work. “I love it with a passion,” he…
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Paris Gem shines
A bargain buy as a weanling for just $800, Paris Gem is the pin-up girl in trainer Sue Naylor’s stables off the Woodend-Tylden Road. “While she’s still small, but very honest and has got stronger as she has become older,” was how Naylor described the six-year-old mare after her runaway win at the Ballarat Synthetic…
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A toast to Karens
For the first time in their lives, middle-aged Karens are in the spotlight, for all the wrong reasons. They’ve gone about their own business for the past five decades, under the radar, with little or no interest in them … living their lives, pursuing their careers, raising their children. Now, all of a sudden, Karens…
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Residents vow to fight
It’s a problem that is well and truly on the nose … just where can all that waste from mobile homes go? Macedon Ranges Shire Council is continuing to investigate possible sites for a new recreational vehicle waste disposal point in Kyneton. The current site at Kyneton Mineral Springs Reserve, a septic system, has been…