Tarrengower
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‘Mini tornado’ strikes
Castlemaine State Emergency Service volunteers faced a demanding weekend of severe weather, responding to 10 requests for assistance. The impact was concentrated heavily in the Maldon and Tarrengower area, where a freak weather event caused significant destruction. The most severe damage occurred at a property in the Treloars Road area. Local crews arrived to find…
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Forgotten tales of the mountains
A new book by Barry Golding (with Clive Willman) tells the unique stories and legacies of six iconic peaks in central Victoria – Mounts Kooroocheang, Beckworth, Greenock, Tarrengower, Alexander and Franklin. Created in 2023 as part of Golding’s State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship, Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country accesses…
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Advocate speaks for dual naming
Well-known Castlemaine Aboriginal rights activist Vic Say has spoken out in favour of place-naming measures to acknowledge the region’s Indigenous history. Mr Say has been working to achieve greater appreciation of the region’s Indigenous history for years and said he was prompted to speak out by the recent public stand taken by Kyneton resident Harry…
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Upgrade pre-empts severe season
With a severe fire season forecast, the state’s environment minister has visited Mount Tarrengower to check progress on the $1 million upgrade of the heritage-listed fire observation tower. “We are coming into a significant high fire risk season,” Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio said on Friday as she and Bendigo West…