Tylden
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From Tylden to London
The only time 14-year-old Lucinda Bowen has flown overseas was for an Australian family holiday in Bali. “I went when I was in prep, now I’m in year eight, so, it’s been a while,” said Lucinda, who is about to head for new horizons. At 6pm tonight she will fly solo to the Middle East.…
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Visit Verdicus, a garden like no other
Verdicus, which translates to green circles, is the name of a stunning paradise located in Tylden. The garden will open to the public next month as a fundraiser for the Tylden Fire Brigade, offering a rare opportunity to explore a truly remarkable landscape. Bruce and Keith own this pocket of Tylden and have worked former…
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Tylden impressive
Tylden is a village in a location readily accessible from the much larger centres of Woodend, Kyneton and Trentham. And Tylden is also the name of a well-bred racehorse who notched up her second win last week. Owned by Hirsch Racing and trained by John Salanitri at the Hirsch Park training complex at Tylden, the…
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Tylden stable firing
Bill West A winning double at Benalla followed by a winner at Yarra Valley last week signalled good things to come for Tylden-based Salanitri Racing and the Hirsch Park training complex in 2023. John Salanitri has been training for prominent businessman and owner-breeder for more than two decades, and the move to Tylden from Caulfield…
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Gallopers put best feet forward
Bill West With horses’ birthdays today, gallopers trained at Kyneton and Tylden got in and notched up their first wins just days earlier. Perhaps they were looking for even extra attention on their birthday from their delighted trainers and connections! Kyneton’s Marita Lawson does not have a large stable, and her career record shows 15…
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Chandpara Stud sheep supreme
Chandpara Southdown Stud enjoyed success at the Victorian Sheep Show, held at Ballarat Showgrounds last month. The Tylden stud won every yearling ram class. The winner of the woolly ram class then went on to win the Champion Southdown Ram sash. Not content with that victory, his next achievement was the Champion Interbreed Shortwool Ram.…
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Green circles at Tylden
Mary from the Garden Tap Nursery talks to Bruce Honey and Keith Walmore of Verdicus Verdicus, which translates to green circles, is the name and master plan for this stunning paradise located in Tylden. The first time I visited this garden I was lost for words, which if you know me at all, is rather…
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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 Friday Appeal from residents and holiday travellers throughout the Macedon Ranges and beyond. More than $18,500 was collected from the Kyneton area, with Kyneton cubs and scouts, fire brigade and residents…
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A changing landscape?
Accommodation, restaurants and convenience stores could become part of Macedon Ranges’ farming and rural landscape, under the newly released Draft Rural Land Use Strategy. Greater ease for tourism and commercial activity would come with the new Rural Activity Zone recommended for land in the shire’s northeast between Woodend, Malmsbury and Tylden. A land analysis of…
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Farm plans fast-tracked
Madeleine Jenkins and Tim Harvey had the rug pulled out from under them before they found solace in farm life at Tylden. The couple had a five-year plan in mind when they purchased their 48-acre block in 2018, but the double blow of the 2019 bushfires and COVID-19 ended Tim’s work in the events industry.…
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A welcome sign of spring
It’s a welcome sign that spring is here when the daffodils are blooming and the lambs are being born. Quadruplets in sheep are extremely rare so it was a surprise for sheep farmer Andrew Sellars-Jones to see these four healthy girls arrive at Chandpara in Tylden this week. They are purebred southdown sheep and are…
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Brigades battle burn-offs
Fire brigades across the region have been kept busy bringing escaped fires under control over the past fortnight. In one incident last Friday morning, a contract slasher working to create a fire break sparked a grassfire at Baringhup when the equipment struck granite. Baringhup Fire Brigade captain Brendan McKnight said striking granite was almost 100…