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New lease of life

The quiet hamlet of Taradale is once again abuzz with life following the recent reopening of the town's service station and post office. Community members...

On the roundabout

A major landscaping project has transformed the large Harcourt roundabout on the Midland Highway making it safer and more presentable as a gateway to...

Unique restoration scores industry accolade

A Castlemaine business has won a major award for its restoration of what is widely regarded as the most important historic racing car in...

Local promotion, global connections!

An innovative project has seen the local creation of 130 bags to be used at an international radio conference, promoting local radio station MAINfm...

Film shooting in Castlemaine

Castlemaine is set to feature as the backdrop of a short film being created by a group of students, staring the talented Castlemaine actor...

Myths and legends

There's the local woman who used to serve tea to kangaroos - or so Maldon folklore has it. Then there's the legendary visit paid by...

Partnership a win for all

A new partnership is set to create an opportunity for 30 local indigenous people to undertake training in rail infrastructure at the Victorian Goldfields...

Hot rod read

Castlemaine's Rocket Rod is an icon in the world of hot rodding and now the story of his life has been comprehensively documented by...
Macedon House has fallen into a state of disrepair, says Heritage Victoria.

Repair order for neglected site

Urgent repair orders have been issued for heritage-listed Macedon House in Gisborne. Heritage Victoria served the notice late last month stating, "owners had allowed the...
Cloud9 cheese and wine producers Alan and Susan Deeble, and daughter Jacquie, welcome a new fund for small producers.

Small producers on cloud nine

Artisanal producers are expected to find some relief in a $2 million agriculture and premium food state government fund designed to help grow the...
"Fighting tooth and nail" for Romsey and District Fire Brigade's Headquarters - (from left) Ron Cole, David Needham, Noel Smithwick, Ralph Hermann and Peter Brooks.

Heat over CFA sale move

Local firies are fighting to halt the shock sale of the Romsey Group Headquarters. Group officer Ralph Hermann said the bombshell news had left brigade...
Maldon's Bev Phillips with one of the town's pre-European living treasures - a Eucalyptus melliodora, or yellow box, estimated to be 530 years old.

Living treasures

At a carefully estimated 530 years of age the mighty yellow box tree standing at Maldon's Bill Woodfull Reserve was there well before Captain...

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