Travel
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Woodend visit booked
Woodend’s place in the region’s literature circuit will be highlighted on Postcards. The town’s two bookstores and their owners will feature in a future episode of the television travel series alongside the Vic Hotel and il Caffe. Presenter Shane Crawford enjoyed Woodend’s hospitality and wandering the shelves of New Leaves with Anthony Woodcock and Woodend…
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‘Glamping’ comes to Castlemaine
While this year has been immensely difficult for local tourism operators, Big 4 Castlemaine Gardens Holiday Park has used the lockdown closures as an opportunity to continue to revamp the historic park on the fringe of the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens. Park owner Claire Height said she decided she needed to get on with things. “In…
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Old Kyneton Hospital’s haunted house aesthetic
The old Kyneton Hospital features in a new photographic book that tours Australia’s abandoned places. Shane Thoms’ Abandoned Australia uncovers the modern ruins scattered over this arid continent and reveals a series of beautifully broken abodes hiding in the crevices of our great southern land. The photographer and photojournalist’s stunning images prompt discussions about the…
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Let off some steam!
With the school term break now in full swing, a special steam train running between Castlemaine and Maldon has been offering kids the chance to let off some holiday steam themselves. The Victorian Goldfields Railway Steam Train for Kids is rolling down the tourist track between Castlemaine and Maldon on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays during…
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Hitting the open road
All of us have owned a ‘shitbox’ at one stage of our lives and have probably been grateful if it simply got us from A to B. There is a brave band of adventurers, however, who like to push the limits of their ‘shitboxes’ in the bi-annual Shitbox Rally across the wide open expanses of…
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Dramatic palettes
Creative Castlemaine couple Rosie McKenry and Bruce Mitchell have notched up the sort of travels many would envy. In their upcoming exhibition this inspired duo share much of what they’ve loved most about some of our planet’s most powerful landscapes. Earth’s Shapes and Colours: Australia and Beyond is the title of this new exhibition opening…
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This project was picked!
A project engaging local teenagers to help build Australia’s biggest miniature railway at Harcourt has won a $198,000 boost, emerging as one of the state’s Pick My Project winners. The $198,000 sum will soon to be used to build a replica of the historic Maryborough railway station – complete with six platforms – as part…
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Travel writer sets down swag in the ‘Maine
There’s not much of Australia that Lee Atkinson hasn’t seen. But when it came to setting down her swag on a more permanent basis the acclaimed travel writer chose Castlemaine. And after buying a house with her husband Bill and shifting to Castlemaine from northern NSW about two months ago, Lee has just launched her…