Midland Hotel
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Jazz Jam celebrates 10 years
Lisa DennisLocal musicians will gather to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Castlemaine Jazz Jam this Sunday. The jam is held on the first Sunday of the month at the Maurocco Bar in the Midland Hotel, opposite the Castlemaine Railway Station. The event began in May 2013 at the former Commercial ‘Comma’ Hotel Castlemaine. When that…
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Balcony restoration for grand old icon
As scaffolding was erected alongside Castlemaine’s gracious old Midland Hotel in recent days it could not help but draw attention. The iconic Midland featuring balcony with lavish flourish of yesteryear lace ironwork, framed by resident handsome established palm tree, is the face that greets all alighting at the town’s railway station. And so it was…