Maidenii claims top gong
Award-winning local Vermouth producers Shaun Byrne and Gilles Lapalus of Maidenii have taken out 'Champion Australian Small Distiller' the Melbourne Royal 2026 Australian International...
Flooded roads – no place to take a chance
Rainfall over the weekend and into the early part of this week led to widespread flooding and numerous temporary road closures, including on the...
Paten to lead Lot19
Lot19 has a lot of art, a lot of heart — and now, a new General Manager.Lot19 Creations is delighted to announce the appointment...
Outstanding NAPLAN results for Castlemaine
Castlemaine Secondary College is proud to share their outstanding 2026 NAPLAN results, with students achieving results above both similar schools and the Victorian average...
Restoring Buda’s brilliance
Jade Jungwirth
An architectural treasure housing the Leviny family's significant collection of works, Buda Historic Home and Garden requires significant maintenance and care to ensure...
Over eight million completed Census forms lodged and counting
As of midnight Wednesday night, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) had received more than eight million household Census forms - online and paper.
This means that...
Rail Safety Week 2026
The Rail Safety Week campaign runs between August 10-16 and is a reminder to all – road users, walkers, cyclists – that safety in...
Maayan Licht set to dazzle
The Castlemaine State Festival is counting down the days until its next highly anticipated fundraising event this Friday August 14.Imagine Farinelli meets Freddie Mercury....
Rodeo dream realised
Jade Jungwirth
Winning the 2026 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Origin Series has been a wild ride for local cowboy Toby Collins.While the series decider in...
Tagging incidents on the rise
An increase in graffiti tagging across the township has led the Castlemaine Graffiti Busters to hold more 'busts'.Castlemaine Neighbourhood Watch and Castlemaine Graffiti Busters...
Forces of nature
Lisa Dennis
The filming of a new documentary, ‘Return of the Goddesses’ which documents the life's work of Bendigo sculptor Ruth Lyon has begun in...
Crafted with care
Jade Jungwirth
After the catastrophic fire that tore through Harcourt and its surrounds, a group of local crafters came together to make hand-knitted and crochet...