Newstead
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HeadStrong Fight Club open day this weekend
Excitement is building as a new local family prepares to open HeadStrong Fight Club in Newstead, bringing high-quality boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for local kids and families. Launching this weekend, the family owned and operated fight club aims to inspire confidence, discipline, and fitness in young people through martial arts. Head coach Amedeo Gallicchio…
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Garden-Variety gig at Newstead
Returning with a celebration of resilience, songstress Anna Smyrk has released a new single, Garden-Variety Grief, via Community Music. The first taste from Anna’s debut album, produced by Anna Laverty (Courtney Barnett, Nick Cave), Garden-Variety Grief is a song that celebrates the freedom of holding joy and pain together; a mix of comfort, sadness and…
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Close call for food van operators
Newstead food van operators, Caroline and Dean McLaren, had a near miss on Saturday afternoon when a large tree fell across the Pyrenees Highway at McKenzie Hill. The couple were returning home from a fundraising barbecue they had been attending with their Konjo Mama food van, to raise money for the Newstead Young Writers Festival.…
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Big year ahead at RedShed
This year will be a big one for the newly launched RedShed Arts Workshop at Newstead as it develops its teaching and workshop program. Since its unveiling in October, Bob Clutterbuck and team have been busily setting up the workshop and have found a number of highly skilled and enthusiastic teachers who will be working…
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New recruits join ranks
The Country Fire Authority recently added another happy group of volunteer firefighters to its local ranks. Last month, 16 new recruit members came together from Castlemaine, Newstead, Maldon, Fryerstown, Huntly, Talbot, Guildford, Bullengarook and Wareek Bung Bong brigades to finally complete their practical general firefighter assessments at the Castlemaine Fire Station. For some it was…
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Arts space to open
Lisa Dennis The newly created RedShed Arts Workshop in the former Railway Goods Shed at Newstead will finally open its doors this Saturday. The community and local artists are invited to go along and be part of the opening celebration that has been some nine years in the making. VicTrack contractors have been busy completing…
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Woman rescued from flood waters
Quick thinking action by local police officers resulted in the safe rescue of a woman near Newstead yesterday. Emergency services were called to the Pyrenees Highway about 2.50pm after reports a woman in her 70s was trapped in flood waters. The local member from Newstead braved the flood waters and managed to float a rope…
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Harcourt, Newstead claim wins in MCDFNL
Harcourt welcomed Talbot to the den last Saturday in Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League round 10 competition. After a loss to Carisbrook in round eight and a narrow victory over Trentham in round nine, the Harcourt side were determined to produce some of their early season form against fellow top eight side Talbot. Harcourt…
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Poles add spring to walkers’ steps
Eve Lamb The weather may be making many feel Nordic lately, but for an increasing number of local souls that’s a good thing. In fact Nordic pole walking seems to really have hit its stride in both Castlemaine and Maldon with many keen locals picking up the poles and joining the warming weekly walking program…
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Trackside reinvention
Eve Lamb Driving past the old railway goods shed in Newstead it’s hard to miss the fact that work is well under way towards transforming the long idle slice of local railway history into a lively community space. Scaffolding is up and workers in high vis vests are busy on site with Bendigo-based construction company…
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Nordic pole walking expands
Local nordic pole walking classes have really hit their stride, proving so popular they’re now being offered in Castlemaine, Harcourt, Newstead and Maldon. Volunteers have recently had their qualifications updated by the Nordic Academy and as a result are enthusiastic to offer this opportunity in more locations across Mount Alexander Shire. Healthy Heart of Victoria…
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Lifeguard shortage impacts pools
A shortage of lifeguards due to COVID has forced some changes to the operating hours for public outdoor pools in Castlemaine, Harcourt, Maldon and Newstead. Mount Alexander Shire Council late last week confirmed that the operating hours for its public outdoor swimming pools in each of these centres will be adjusted for the remaining four…