Hitting the road for HALT

Jason Lester (left) is riding from Yeppoon in QLD to Yapeen in Victoria to raise money for HALT - a local grass-roots suicide prevention program coordinated by Jeremy Forbes (right).

Local chippy Jason Lester is raising money to support a grass-roots suicide prevention charity by cycling 2,600 kilometres from Yeppoon in Northern Queensland to his home in Yapeen, Victoria.
Jason ma...

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Roads and assets in the spotlight

Mount Alexander Shire Council is inviting residents to review and share their feedback on the draft Road Management Plan and draft Asset Plan.
The draft Road Management Plan outlines council’s role an...

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Illegal tyre dump sparks a statewide EPA operation

The discovery of an illegal dump full of old tyres at Lockwood South has put EPA Victoria’s investigators on the trail to a network of other properties with possible connections to the scam.
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Books & Bubbles!

Sydney author Catherine Greer received a warm welcome at the Books and Bubbles event in Castlemaine last weekend.

A sold-out Books and Bubbles event was held at the Northern Books headquarters during the opening weekend of the 2025 Castlemaine Fringe Festival.
Northern Books' Kristin and Graham Gill were delighte...

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Vote wisely

Trevor Scott, Castlemaine
Is it compulsory for politicians to do a course in dishonesty or is avoiding the truth par for the course for most parliamentarians?
As cyclone Alfred approached the Australi...

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My Campbells Creek with Brian McCormick

If you've had anything to do with the Castlemaine Men's Shed then you'll likely know Brian McCormick.
Brian, who has been involved since the beginning, said that Men's Sheds are an outlet for a lot o...

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Countdown to soccer season

The Castlemaine Goldfields sides welcome local girls, women and non-binary players to join them for season 2025.

Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club is inviting girls, women and non-binary players to join their teams for the 2025 season.
With a projected two Under 16 girls teams and two Senior/Youth women's tea...

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Social gallery March 28, 2025

Nina, James, Ludo, Sophie, Enea, Ilia and Kiprianos enjoy a catch up at the Artists Market.

If you’ve recently celebrated a wedding, birthday milestone, special event or welcomed a new bub we’d love to feature your photo here. Just email your picture and caption to our 
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Big summer for outdoor pools

Mount Alexander Shire Council’s outdoor pools managed by the YMCA have now closed after a bumper season.

Outdoor pools across the Mount Alexander region have wrapped up a bumper summer season, with more than 20,000 visits recorded across the four pools at Castlemaine, Maldon, Harcourt and Newstead.
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Who stole my milk?

Castlemaine authors Carmel Bird, Prue Venables and book co-editor Suzanne Donisthorpe are looking forward to next week’s launch of ‘Who stole my milk’ at The Taproom. Photo: Lisa Dennis.

A new book Who stole my milk? A rabble of sharehouse stories edited by Castlemaine writer/broadcaster Suzanne Donisthorpe and art professor Jacqueline Millner will be officially launched next Thursday...

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Friday, March 28, 2025

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Babooshka to celebrate KB

Step back in time to the 80’s and 90’s to experience the genius of Kate Bush’s music with the KB Band as part of two moving and uplifting performances at the Phee Broadway Theatre on April 2 and 5.
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