Macedon Ranges

  • Towering troubles ahead

    Towering troubles ahead

    A group of Woodend residents are petitioning local council to stop plans for a 33 metre tall mobile phone tower…

  • Car park confusion

    Car park confusion

    The installation of new one-way traffic signage and line marking arrows in the Woolworths car park in Kyneton caused considerable…

  • Locals join fire fight

    Locals join fire fight

    Local firies joined the fight at Bunyip State Park and Gippsland firegrounds last week. A Macedon Ranges strike team with…

  • Urgent call for change

    Urgent call for change

    Biolinks Alliance has submitted an urgent call for more research and funding to the 2018 inquiry into Australia’s faunal extinction…

  • History-making Kyneton show

    History-making Kyneton show

    The 2018 Kyneton Show made history when the pavilion opened for the first time on the Friday night. Kyneton Agricultural…

  • Home grown champ

    Home grown champ

    Chloe Stewart has added to her very impressive list of local, district, state and national lawns bowls achievements by capturing…

  • Precinct certainty: community a “rolling thunder”

    Precinct certainty: community a “rolling thunder”

    With state capital all but secured for the Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct, attention now turns to the federal government…

  • Walk to the Cup

    Walk to the Cup

    Kyneton Cup Day holds particular significance for former local resident Nathan Elms (‘Elmsy’) and even more so this year. The…

  • Professionalism commended

    Professionalism commended

    Two local detectives have been commended for their professionalism in investigating a raft of serious offences committed by inmates who…

  • Farm zone housing still a ripe issue

    Farm zone housing still a ripe issue

    Olive growers in Pastoria’s east have argued their produce, animals and farm plan would suffer without the constant on-ground care…

  • Biggest pothole in history

    Biggest pothole in history

    Macedon Ranges Shire Council has unearthed one of the biggest potholes in its history, on Premier Mine Road, Kyneton. A…

  • Postie pilgrimage to make tracks

    Postie pilgrimage to make tracks

    A pilgrimage of old iconic Australian ‘postie bikes’ led by locals will make tracks this September to raise funds and…