kyneton
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$100M plan for Kyneton
A major commercial development proposed for Kyneton is expected to inject $100M into the local economy and provide more than 400 jobs to the community. An application has been lodged with Macedon Ranges Shire Council to develop a large service station with two fast food restaurants and a retail store on a 66-hectare site opposite…
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TRACTOR FIREBALL
Firefighters were called to Edgecombe Road Kyneton shortly after 6pm yesterday after callers to triple zero reported a large tractor had caught fire. The tractor was fully engulfed in flames when CFA brigades from Kyneton and Malmsbury arrived on the scene. High winds and thick acrid smoke hampered the efforts of firefighters who donned breathing…
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‘Protect the region’
A Kyneton business owner has refused to take bookings from people wanting to visit from Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown areas. Ellenis Day Spa has had several people attempt to make a booking including one woman who argued that “nobody needs to know”. Owner Irene Thompson said the spa had also cancelled dozens of advance bookings from…
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Katrina’s need for speed …
Katrina McAdam describes herself as a hobby trainer who felt the ”need for speed” from a very young age when riding at the Riddells Creek Pony Club. For the past 12 years she has dabbled with racehorses, mainly at picnic events. She said at Riddell she found participating in pony club novelty events and showing…
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New digs for Kyneton crews
The Kyneton team of electricity distributor Powercor has moved into a new depot. The $10 million development at Redesdale Road replaces the former depot that was built in 1979. The depot includes better office facilities, storage areas for equipment and fleet, and can support the future expansion of the workforce. A heritage-listed tree was also…
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Legendary muso becomes new citizen
He’s considered one of the most genuinely talented figures in Australian music still at the top of his game and now Australia can officially lay claim – and Kyneton too! The Black Sorrows frontman Joe Camilleri had called Australia home for 70 years before he was made one of the Macedon Ranges’ newest citizens last…
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Overdue win for Chase Award
Kyneton trainer George Osborne was full of praise for jockey John Allen after Chase Award’s narrow victory on Sunday. The four-year-old got up in the last few strides to win the Global Turf Class 1 Handicap over 1400m on the Ballarat Synthetic track. Having been devoid of luck since winning a Seymour Maiden with Allen…
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Stanley breaks through
Kyneton-trained galloper Stanley was impressive in winning a Maiden Hurdle at Casterton on Saturday. And trainer Neil Dyer was full of praise for 25-year-old Irish jumps jockey Dylan McDonagh, now based at Ballarat. Six-year-old Stanley gave McDonagh his first jumps win in Australia. “He’s now ridden Stanley for us three times, and I’d give him…
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Kyneton’s cinema pioneer
With the Australian film industry on coronavirus pause and even Hollywood hanging up the slate, Kyneton set designer Leslie Binns is finding work as an illustrator until his film work returns. The talented art director has more than 40 feature film credits to his name including Healing and Moby Dick, and three of his film…
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‘Enough is enough’ – Residents call time on dangerous intersection
Local residents have renewed calls for safety improvements to the intersection of Edgecombe Road and Melville Drive north of Kyneton after a collision between two vehicles last Friday morning. A 4WD was waiting to turn right into Melville Drive about 11.30am when it was struck by another vehicle. The incident is the second collision at…
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Art from isolation
Five creative women from Kyneton have collaborated to produce an audio-led theatre experience for families to enjoy at home. The online program, Mountain Goat Mountain, has been created by theatre makers Sarah Lockwood and Tahli Corin who have been exploring ways to make theatre more accessible to people outside of major cities. When theatres across…
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Coronavirus testing ramps up with new sites opening in Kyneton and Daylesford
Coronavirus testing is ramping up across the Macedon Ranges and Hepburn Shire regions, with testing now available at Kyneton District Health, and a testing location soon to be established at Daylesford Community Health Centre. This follows an announcement from the Victorian Government of a major testing blitz across the state to better understand how the…