A love of land and life
Over the past 50 years well known Castlemaine artist Brian Nunan has travelled the Australian outback on and off for months at a time.The...
Climate call loud at council meeting
Calls for greater action to address climate change were front and centre at this week's Mount Alexander Shire Council meeting.There was a packed public...
Downsizers forced out
Castlemaine residents hoping to retire and downsize are being forced to leave the community they love due to a lack of retirement living options...
Muckin’ about at Mucklefest
Historic Muckleford Railway Station sets the scene for this weekend's Mucklefest Vintage Machinery Rally.The annual festival has been running for over a decade now...
Tackling the … Shitbox Rally
How far can you go in a car worth under $1000?Quite a distance if seems - as one local family seems about to prove.Elphinstone...
Don’t seal our street: locals petition council
While railing against unsealed rural roads is a common complaint in many regional areas, plenty of residents in Castlemaine's unsealed Butterworth Street 'hood have...
On song
Regular customers at Harcourt's Goldfields Track Cafe often get more than a caffeine fix when they drop in for a coffee.Behind the coffee machine...
Decision a ‘cop out’?
Mount Alexander Shire Council has narrowly voted in favour of issuing planning approval for a controversial telecommunications tower to be installed at Wesley Hill,...
Recycled threads claim the catwalk
Recycled, upcycled, reclaimed and repurposed fashions hit the catwalk in Castlemaine this Sunday as the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group holds its inaugural fundraising fashion...
Grumpies set for show & shine
While their degree of grumpiness is subject to some debate, there's no disputing the Guildford Grumpies' enthusiasm for a good cause.Since forming six years...
‘Too good to go’: residents oppose tree removal plan
A proposal to remove two mature gum trees at Castlemaine's Camp Reserve oval as part of the reserve's new draft master plan is...
CSC works underway
Works have commenced on the final stages of the Castlemaine Secondary College redevelopment. Did you catch the story on the planned works in last...