Repair Cafe making a difference

The wonderful volunteers at the Repair Cafe are saving items from landfill.

The July Repair Cafe was extremely busy and with many repairers attending so quite a few items were repaired. The total weight of repairs from the Repair Cafe's inception in 2017 until now is 3028 ki...

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A different kind of doctor

The late author, doctor and Castlemaine local, Kath O’Connor.

A story about a rural GP using a framework of kindness to challenge the notion of the ‘difficult patient’ has taken out first prize in the Hush Foundation’s inaugural national Hush Kindness in Healthc...

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Chewton community gathers

The bonfire roars to life last Saturday night. Photos: Max Lesser.

The community turned out in force for the Chewton Pool and Chewton CFA Bonfire & Dinner fundraiser at the Chewton CFA Shed on Saturday evening. The crowd enjoyed a meal together, live entertainmen...

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Council please work with us

Castlemaine resident Hilary Finch is desperate to save her beloved red-flowering gum tree from being removed by the local council.

Deborah Coulthard, Castlemaine I refer to the article 'Bureaucratic madness!' (Express, July 30) about council's plan to destroy the tree that a rate payer planted and tended on a nature strip. The re...

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Roo rescued

Volunteer rescuers from Wildlife Victoria, Wildlife Rescue & Information Network (WRIN) and local community members joined forces this week to rescue a male kangaroo which had been cruelly shot th...

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Residents request truck diversion

Maldon Traffic Group members L-R: Cheryl Kane, Rosalie Hastwell, Lee Mead handing the petition to Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards.

A group called the 'Maldon Traffic Group' have been circulating a petition requesting that the state government take action to permanently divert heavy vehicles from the historic township. The petitio...

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Garden fundraiser on soon

Get gardening tips from a local expert.

Campbells Creek Bowling Club are once again holding their popular annual 'Gardeníng Afternoon' fundraiser on Tuesday August 27 and invite interested community members with a green thumb to join t...

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Course wows parkrun tourists

Jacqui Knee and Lois Santin receiving milestones from RD Di Cox.

Castlemaine parkrun had some great feedback from visitors this week. Experienced parkrun tourists Anthony Paterson (373 parkruns) and Mark Finlay (348 parkruns) from South Australia became ‘Voluntouri...

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Future bright for Creek juniors

The Campbells Creek U14.5s played their last game of the year with a home game against Navarre last Saturday. The team played like they have all year, with a determined spirit of not wanting to give u...

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Tough round for Bombers

Round 17 was always going to be a tough day for Maldon, travelling over to Natte Yallock to take on one of the strongest clubs in the competition. Although the results didn’t go Maldon's way in the se...

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Parkrun volunteers celebrated

Having become, kind of, used to a frosty start to the Castlemaine Parkrun events, last Saturday seemed almost mild by comparison. Still pretty cool, but definitely warmer than participants have experi...

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Explore Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy

Holistic Counsellor and founder of ‘Women Emerging’, Fran Woodruff, is offering local women a chance to discover the power of Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy. Women Emerging aims to assist women navigati...

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