Woodend
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Fuel’s out for five months in Woodend
Woodend’s only petrol station is currently closed while undergoing renovations and is planned to reopen in early April 2021. A BP spokesperson said once complete, the Woodend site would reflect BP’s latest look and feel. “The site will be open 24 hours a day and will include BP’s signature Wild Bean café and a range…
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Samson goes the chop
Unlike his biblical namesake, Woodend’s Samson Briscomb has decided himself to lop off his locks. It’s a big move for the 12-year-old whose tresses measure about 80cm in length, and will help power the Leukaemia Foundation through the World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser. Samson’s aversion to the hairdresser has seen his golden curls grow out for…
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Woodend begins countdown to Christmas
Woodend residents are being urged to dig into their wool stashes and pull out their crochet hooks to help create the town’s Christmas tree this year. In 2019, the Woodend Traders enlisted the support of a local, Adam Bucholtz, to create a large metal-framed Christmas tree. This year’s vision will see the frame cloaked in…
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Call catches burglar
Police response to a Triple Zero call in Woodend recovered a series of stolen items on Monday. Gisborne and Kyneton police responded to reports of a male acting suspiciously in High Street about 3.30am. Upon arrival a 30-year-old male from St Kilda was arrested for breaching his bail conditions. The male was searched and located…
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K Hub arrives in Castlemaine
Castlemaine’s new look K Hub (Kmart) store opened its doors to the public last Thursday morning. A Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony was held before the official opening of the new-look store. Wet weather did not deter shoppers who turned out keen to be among the first through the doors. A Kmart spokesperson confirmed…
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Time travel team launches series
A friendship formed playing and coaching basketball has led to a children’s book series collaboration between two talented Macedon Ranges men. Chris ‘Roy’ Taylor (Woodend artist, illustrator and author) and James Crabtree (Kyneton writer), are the creators of the recently released Tina and Tom’s Time Travelling Toilet, which combines some brilliant moments in history with rip…
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Farewell Target, K hub is coming
Residents at Castlemaine and Woodend will soon bid farewell to their trusty Target stores, but the news isn’t all bad with Kmart announcing the two stores will be among the first in Victoria to be remodelled as new-look K hub stores. Kmart opened the first three of the new look K hub stores at Seymour,…
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Marnie rises to the challenge
Woodend’s Marnie Thorsen is a ‘bloody legend’ in the eyes of the Mito Foundation. She has been named in the top 30 individual achievers for the Bloody Long Virtual Walk after raising more than $1700 for Australians living with mitochondrial disease. The event challenged participants to walk or run 35km during August 1-10 to raise…
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Paris Gem shines
A bargain buy as a weanling for just $800, Paris Gem is the pin-up girl in trainer Sue Naylor’s stables off the Woodend-Tylden Road. “While she’s still small, but very honest and has got stronger as she has become older,” was how Naylor described the six-year-old mare after her runaway win at the Ballarat Synthetic…
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‘Coldie’ hits at Woodend
A “weak tornado” ripped through a farm at Woodend last Thursday afternoon. The unusual weather system whirled through a paddock about 5.30pm. The tornado was short lived and only affected a small area, but it tore through hay bales, throwing them into the air and leaving a small trail of damage in its wake. Bureau…
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Woodend wildlife op shop opens
A new op shop has opened in Woodend to provide much-needed financial support for our regional wildlife rescue and shelter services. Woodend local Sandy Howe has opened Wildlife Shelters Op Shop, at 42 Urquhart Street, after years of wanting to do more to help protect our native wildlife. Having worked for the neighbouring Salvos Store…
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Old Factory plan shut down
Brakes have been applied to a controversial $4.7 million Woodend retail redevelopment plan to reimagine ‘The Old Factory’. Macedon Ranges Shire councillors have refused the proposal for 30 Brooke Street in a 6-2 vote after receiving 21 objections and six letters of support. Branded a tourist destination, the plan included a 40-stall market, 100-patron licensed…