Macedon Ranges

  • BlazeAid on the job

    BlazeAid on the job

    Bill West At the weekend, BlazeAid volunteer teams began the massive task of replacing/clearing up fencing damaged by severe flooding…

  • Laps for Live4Life

    Laps for Live4Life

    LAP it UP has made a splash for Youth Live4Life raising $38,926. The fitness and fundraising challenge encourages people to…

  • Writers celebrate place, story, nature

    Writers celebrate place, story, nature

    The inaugural Mountain Writers Festival was a draw for booklovers and nature-lovers alike. Held earlier this month, the festival was…

  • Flood damage widespread

    Flood damage widespread

    Roads were closed across Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges Shires as last Thursday’s rain event saw local creeks and rivers…

  • Braemar meets ‘the Blockheads’

    Braemar meets ‘the Blockheads’

    Braemar College students have had a brush with The Block fame. With the current season being filmed and produced in…

  • Legal action over creek

    Legal action over creek

    A group of landholders have threatened legal action over the discharge of Class B recycled water into Deep Creek in…

  • Bridge closure disrupts

    Bridge closure disrupts

    Malmsbury’s Ross Road residents have been denied access over the street’s historic bluestone bridge until safety repairs are made. Many…

  • Moo-ving rescue

    Moo-ving rescue

    Firefighters helped to save a cow stuck in mud up to its neck in Kyneton on Thursday. Four CFA units…

  • Roo cull cruelty

    Roo cull cruelty

    A kangaroo found in Hesket with a large hole blown out of the side of his face by a bullet…

  • Ranges rallies for the Ramshaws

    Ranges rallies for the Ramshaws

    The Macedon Ranges community has rallied to raise more than $20,000 for a Carlsruhe family devastated by house fire. Sally…

  • Creek safety concerns

    Creek safety concerns

    Farmers are demanding answers following the release of Class B recycled water into Deep Creek across Romsey and surrounds. Greater…

  • Energy park on hold

    Energy park on hold

    Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group has put its community energy park project on hold indefinitely after receiving confirmation from the state…