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Bold new mural for The Mill

Courage is contagious asserts the new mural, freshly completed this week on a prominent wall at The Mill, Castlemaine.Splashed in musk pink on the...

Buda yarn bombed for traditional arts fair

They're a mysterious lot the Bendigo Yarn Bombers.Not disclosing their identity is part of the mystique behind their super colourful yarn based bomb "attacks"...

Race the Train returns

Bike riders are bracing to take on the train in a contest of stamina against steam as the unique Race the Train event makes...

She Shares luncheon

Local women with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer are invited the next Pink Hope ‘She Shares’ event to be held at the picturesque...

75 and going strong! Harcourt fireys celebrate

Things have changed a fair bit since the earliest days of the Harcourt fire brigade. Back then 75 years ago people unlucky enough to be...
Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards, Mayor Bronwen Machin and Tara at the opening of the new play space.

Play space captures the imagination

Did you catch our story about the opening of the new play space in Victory Park? The new play space has certainly got a...

HALT goes national

Local suicide prevention group HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies) took their message to Canberra recently staging one of their renowned 'Save Your Bacon' brekkie...
Peter Gray with some of the works.

Birds and flowers

Shades of Gray unveiled its highly anticipated annual spring exhibition Birds and Flowers last Saturday, November 2. The exhibition runs for nine days culminating this Sunday...

Solar savings

When Castlemaine Secondary College (CSC) won a 20.625kw full installed solar system valued at $26,000 from Origin Energy in 2018, the school made the...

It’s Show Time …

Castlemaine show gets cracking this evening with a street parade and wood chop part of the opening schedule - plus a fireworks display, weather...

Council vote paves way for permaculture farm

A council decision has paved the way for a new permaculture farm and associated new house to be established at Harcourt North.But it was...

KiT Van Unveiled

An innovative new mental health wellbeing initiative - the Keep in Touch (KiT) Van, co-designed with young people, is being rolling out across the...

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