Woodend
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Scouting ideas for park
Elijah Heriot is scouting for ideas to improve Quahlee Park in Woodend’s north. He may be just eight years old but Elijah is determined to see the 7.5-acre park in Stuart Drive upgraded with facilities to match the growing community’s needs. “Quahlee Park is our only park in north Woodend and it could be much…
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Towering troubles ahead
A group of Woodend residents are petitioning local council to stop plans for a 33 metre tall mobile phone tower at Woodend Train Station. The Optus proposal forms part of the Victorian Government’s Regional Rail Connectivity Project to improve coverage in black spot areas but locals want to see its location reconsidered. “There’s no objection…
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Neglected and ignored – Residents plead for council to close road
When new housing estates dramatically increase traffic and dust on an unsealed local road should the residents of that road have to pay for the fix? South Road Woodend residents say ‘no’. They are petitioning the shire council to close their road at the Washington Lane end rather than entering into a costly special charge…
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Reckless ignorance
Local fire brigades were left in disbelief when they discovered a group of campers in the Wombat State Forest had lit a potentially disastrous campfire last Friday afternoon. Woodend, Macedon and Mount Macedon Fire Brigades were called out to a smoke sighting about 4.13pm, spotted by the Mount Macedon fire tower. Woodend captain Mike Dornau…
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Bomber invasion
The Macedon Ranges were invaded by Bombers last week – Bombers of the football variety that is. Hundreds of young school children had the chance to catch up with Essendon’s finest from the field as they came to local footy clubs and Hanging Rock (pictured) to mix with the kids, run them through training sessions…
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Abuzz for new microscope
Honeybees will be put under the microscope to give diseases like nosema and American foulbrood the buzz-off in the Macedon Ranges. Woodend Bee-Friendly Society has acquired a new compound microscope that will be key in early disease detection to minimise impacts to local hives and agricultural ventures. WBFS bio-security officer Paul Green said nosema had…
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Hawks stay alive!
Woodend-Hesket’s season was on the line in a do-or-die match against an in-form Romsey on Saturday, and the Hawks came through with flying colours with a runaway 56 points margin at Gilbert Gordon Oval. Second placed Riddell, on a 11-game winning streak, play both Romsey and Woodend-Hesket in the next two rounds, and both will…
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A different look at footy
A special project in a university course has extended into a season-long behind the scenes photographic study of Woodend-Hesket’s senior football team. Ties Urie will end up with thousands of photos which he hopes to condense into a small book. He snaps around 500 photos at each match he attends in what is believed to…
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Two Mad Italians – And a dinner at Braemar College
Back by popular demand, and with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture, accordionist Pietro Roffi and violinist Davide Monti return to Australia for one performance only together at the Woodend Winter Arts Festival. There will be one other chance to see Roffi: He will be the feature artist at the Festival Finale Dinner…
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Gillies showcase Mad King Ferdinand and other political leaders
The elastic features and sharp wit of the fabulous Max Gillies will be showcased at this year’s Woodend Winter Arts Festival as he switches between a performance as Spain’s mad King Ferdinand VI and sifting through his archive of scripts to portray some of the most notable leaders of our times. Max told the Midland…
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Music and movement
This weekend Woodend will be bursting with colour, music and movement as the Woodend Winter Arts Festival launches with the much-loved free fireworks on Friday night. It will be the biggest Friday night for entertainment in Woodend for the year as the town is set to triple its population with visitors from Melbourne, interstate and…