Tag: Newstead
Sign of the times – Churches slated for sale
A 'sign of the times' is the way the looming sale of two historic Uniting Churches is being described by what remains of their...
Great effort all round
After a COVID-enforced hiatus in 2020, tin rattlers at the traffic lights and street walkers were back, collecting for the Royal Children's Hospital Good...
Riding out of lockdown
By Penny Gilbert
CycleSafe Mount Alexander is excited to be rolling out a series of bike rides to help our community ride out of lockdown.
With...
Where east meets west
Lacey's garden in Newstead is such an eclectic mix of spring profusion it's hard to believe that when the owners arrived on site 19...
A host of golden daffodils…
Longtime Newstead locals Peter and Lilian Skillbeck have more than 2000 excellent reasons to look on the bright side of life.
Earlier this year, around...
British bike invasion
Hundreds of British bikes invaded the roads around Castlemaine over the weekend for the annual All British Bike Rally.
Triumphs, Nortons, Vincents and BSAs were...
Locals join fire fight
Local firies joined the fight at Bunyip State Park and Gippsland firegrounds last week.
A Macedon Ranges strike team with firefighters from across the district...
Set for sound: Newstead goes live
Newstead is a town in anticipation just days out from its biggest event of the year.
The annual Newstead Live Music Festival is about to...
New management for Newstead pool
Bendigo Regional Young Men's Christian Association Youth Services will manage Newstead Swimming Pool for the next three years following a council decision last week.
But...
Devotion to duty
Newstead local Trevor Mitchell has been recognised for his bravery during a devastating fire aboard petrol tanker ship HMAS Westralia in 1998.
The publican, Forty...
