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Singing for Joeys

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Darcy & Layla with Trace Balla having their books signed at the launch last week.

Local award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Trace Bella launched her latest book Singing for Joeys last week.
Singing for Joeys is a true roo tale of wandering and wondering, set on Dja...

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Online mapping project for local tree-lovers

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Euan, Jenny, and Peter from Connecting Country. Photo credit: Beth Mellick.

Euan, Jenny, and Peter from Connecting Country. Photo credit: Beth Mellick.

An exciting new tree mapping portal will allow people from central Victoria to log their favourite old trees, including up...

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All aboard for fun!

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Are you looking for something fun to do these school holidays? Look no further than our very own Victorian Goldfields Railway!
VGR are running their popular services Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays over the school holiday period and currently have 25 per cent off Excursion Class fares and 15 per cent off First Class fares for regular services for all of June and July (check the website for T&C).
Jump aboard the VGR service at Castlemaine or Maldon which is currently being hauled by the railway’s heritage diesel locomotive whilst their steam engine is off receiving a major mechanical overhaul.
The local tourist attraction is proudly run by a pool of dedicated local volunteers so be sure to show them your support and jump online and book your tickets today! What better time to take a trip back into the past and soak up the atmosphere of historic Maldon. Visit www.vgr.com.au

Magpies claim the Stephen Brown Cup

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Magpie captain and assistant coach Jackson Hood and coach Brendan Shepherd are proudly pictured with the Stephen Brown Memorial Cup. Photo: Georgia Banks

Castlemaine Football Netball Club hosted the Stephen Brown Memorial Cup against Maryborough FNC last Saturday. Camp Reserve had all four seasons in the one day, from torrential rain to warm winter's s...

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Local landscapers make Shaq’s garden project a slam dunk!

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Lisa Dennis
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Local landscape company NatureBuild was part of a collaborative team that just wrapped up a major project in the US for former NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal. 
The business began its life in Cast...

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An ode to short-lived love

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Evoking feelings of honesty, familiarity and vulnerability in their music, Melbourne-based indie-rock quintet Mood Spill possesses a distinct style and irrefutable sincerity. 
Forming in 2022 at ...

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Memoir sheds light on struggle

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Human rights lawyer, disability advocate and former journalist Sam Drummond brings today’s rising inequality into sharp focus with Broke, a memoir about a childhood spent on the margins. 
Sam was...

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Bring the noise!

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MainFM Outside Broadcast interviews local hip hop artist Dallas Woods.

Castlemaine’s award-winning station MainFM is getting amped up for its annual Radiothon and looking for support. 
Bring the Noise is the theme of MainFM’s Radiothon for 2023. 
What is the No...

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Great musical workout!

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Thompson Foundry Band trombonists Bernhard, Kate, Bill, Bob, guest conductor Brett Kelly, Reece and Jim.

The trombones blew up a storm at the Thompson Foundry Band rehearsal last week.
Not surprising, seeing the guest conductor for the night was Brett Kelly, former principal trombonist with the Melbourne...

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Green light for Maldon battery

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Lisa Dennis
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Maldon’s Pam Millwood, Peter Strang and Amy Atkinson celebrate the battery announcement by Powercor’s Greg Hannan and Bendigo Federal MP Lisa Chesters.
Maldon is set to receive regional Victoria's fir...

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My Maldon with Stephen Howard

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Hi Stephen, you grew up in North London, didn't you? Can you tell us a little about what that was like?
I come from Shoreditch - people call it 'the sound of Bow Bells' it's very Cockney. I worked wit...

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Uniting Church celebrates

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Retired minister Rev Adrian Pegler and congregational chairperson, Peter Cole, cut the cake to mark the Uniting Church’s birthday. Photo: Jim Foley.

The temperature might have been in single figures last Sunday but the warmth was flowing around the morning tea table at Castlemaine Uniting Church. 
A cake was being cut to celebrate the 46th bi...

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