Young Magpies all smiles

The Magpie Under 9s and coach Nathan Minister ham it up after the game.

It was a fun day out for Castlemaine Football Netball Club’s youngest Magpies last Saturday. 
The Green Goes the Grocer Under 9 mixed team played away against Strath Storm. 
With lots of ent...

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Residents request removal of dog ban

Randall Berger with his wife Helen Sandercoe and their beloved dog Millie. Photo credit: Mike Hamilton

Community members are calling for the Mount Alexander Shire Council to remove the controversial dog ban on public reserves and ovals.
Chair of Business Mount Alexander, Jacqueline Brodie Hanns, took t...

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My Castlemaine with Anitra Nelson

Hi Anitra, can you tell us about your early life? 
I grew up in Heyfield in Gippsland and when I was two and a half we moved to Wales for two years. I remember the snow - I still hate it. We move...

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168 lives lost in traffic accidents

By Acting Inspector Della Nihill, Goldfields Local Area Commander
Police are continuing to see fatal, serious injury and injury collisions across the Goldfields area. To date, 168 people have tragical...

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Hot Moves No Pressure!

The Nudibranch Crew are pictured performing at HMNP 2022. Photo: Penny Ryan Photography.

Hot Moves No Pressure (HMNP) 2023 returns to Castlemaine's Boom Town Wine at The Mill complex this Saturday night! 
It’s the chance to ‘dance like nobody's watching’ when, for one song, and one n...

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Campbells Creek bowlers celebrate

The Campbells Creek Bowling Club hosted a Roast Chicken Social Day on Tuesday this week.

The Campbells Creek Bowling Club hosted a Roast Chicken Social Day on Tuesday this week. Funds raised from the event will go towards the club's efforts to replace their green which was damaged in the ...

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Main FM Radiothon ramps up!

MainFM volunteers coordinator Alex Playsted with Dig It presenter Claire Reynolds.

MainFM's annual Radiothon kicked off last Saturday July 15 and runs until tomorrow Saturday July 22. Bring the Noise is the theme of the Radiothon for 2023. 
What is the Noise? It’s the music, it’s th...

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‘65,000 bullets raining down – that’s a war zone’

Mount Alexander Shire councillors have voted to advocate to the state government for the banning of commercial kangaroo harvesting in the shire. 
Cr Stephen Gardner brought the motion forward sta...

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$2 billion to spare after Comm Games scrapped

After discovering a $6 billion price tag on the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the Victorian Government has pulled the pin and has found itself with a spare $2 billion lying around. 
So what does that ...

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Sigrid Thornton to appear at Theatre Royal

Sigrid Thornton will join fellow cast members and filmmakers at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine for a special one-off screening of the black comedy thriller Slant followed by a Q&A.

Australian screen royalty Sigrid Thornton will join fellow cast members and filmmakers at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine for a special one-off screening of the black comedy thriller Slant followed b...

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The dreaming place of the emu

Over 50 people from across the Mount Alexander and Hepburn region’s came together on Tuesday to celebrate the renaming of Jim Crow Creek to Larni Barramal Yaluk.

A large crowd gathered at the picturesque creekbank at Franklinford on Tuesday to celebrate the renaming of Jim Crow Creek to Larni Barramal Yaluk (the creek that flows through the home or dreaming pl...

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Acrobalance for adults

Participants enjoying adult Acrobalance classes, learning how to lift, support, balance, and create shapes.

By Bronwen Willis

Participants enjoying adult Acrobalance classes, learning how to lift, support, balance, and create shapes.

It’s early afternoon on a Friday at Castlemaine Circus. Luke O’Connor (a...

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