Woodend

  • Ballet’s rising star: Laura Griffiths puts Australian Ballet under a spell

    Ballet’s rising star: Laura Griffiths puts Australian Ballet under a spell

    Gisborne-raised ballet dancer Laura Griffiths has returned home from London as one of the newest arrivals to The Australian Ballet.

  • Braemar plants for a purpose

    Braemar plants for a purpose

    Samantha Lisle and Lucy Sykes, year eight, Braemar CollegeTerm three has been busy for a group of year eight students…

  • Be enthralled by creepy crawlies

    Be enthralled by creepy crawlies

    Prepare to be enthralled by all things creepy crawly when the National Insect Expo returns to Woodend this coming weekend….

  • Skateboarding the globe

    Skateboarding the globe

    Expertise in skate park development has taken Woodend resident Wade Trevean around the world but he is calling on home…

  • Woodend centre to stay open

    Woodend centre to stay open

    Woodend Customer Service Centre will remain open with reduced operating hours after facing potential closure. Macedon Ranges Shire Council voted…

  • Auctioneer’s milestone

    Auctioneer’s milestone

    Woodend veteran real estate agent John Keating last week marked his 50-year anniversary as an auctioneer with the sale of…

  • Woodend in for top title

    Woodend in for top title

    Woodend has been named a finalist in the 2023 TAC Victorian Top Tourism Town Awards. The Macedon Ranges town is…

  • Bendigo Bank Woodend agency to close

    Bendigo Bank Woodend agency to close

    Bendigo Bank’s agency operating from the Woodend Newsagency will close on June 17. It comes after the last of Woodend’s…

  • Learn to propagate

    Learn to propagate

    Woodend’s Grow Locals is offering free workshops in propagating and healthy grasses to help celebrate their first year in business….

  • ‘Don’t stop us now’

    ‘Don’t stop us now’

    The Woodend Warblers are inviting new members with an open rehearsal next week. The acapella group has a zest for…

  • AO for Woodend’s Professor Tonge

    AO for Woodend’s Professor Tonge

    Bruce Tonge’s ground-breaking work in child psychiatry over five decades has focused on autism spectrum disorders and behavioural and emotional…

  • Woodend misses golden chance

    Woodend misses golden chance

    Bill West Woodend missed a golden opportunity to climb off the bottom of the ladder by defeating one of the…