My Elphinstone with Gary Pollard
Jade Jungwirth
For more than half a century, Elphinstone farmer and CFA volunteer Gary Pollard has lived with one ear tuned to the CFA listening...
My Castlemaine with Val Dwyer – Part Two
Part One of our chat with Val about her family's move from Edinburgh to Castlemaine featured in the Mail last Friday May 8.
After their...
My Castlemaine with Val Dwyer – Part One
Val has shared how her Scottish family of six - the Alexanders - found their way from Edinburgh to Castlemaine.Val, who now lives in...
My Campbells Creek with Kerrie Adamson
Jade Jungwirth
Kerrie, who has worked at the Castlemaine Post Office for the past 26 years, is a familiar face to many. Following her husband's...
My Barkers Creek with Rod George – Part 2
Jade Jungwirth
Part One of our chat with Rod appeared in the Mail on April 17, 2026.
Rod also worked on projects examining driver behaviour, measuring...
My Barkers Creek with Rod George – Part 1
Jade Jungwirth
Rod's retirement looks a bit different from that of most people. A collector of gramophones (including a 1901 Edison Gramophone) and radios, his...
My Barkers Creek with Malcolm Robins
Jade Jungwirth
Men of Malcolm’s ilk are few and far between these days. As his generation returns to the earth, their legacies will become that...
My Castlemaine with Phee Broadway – Part Two
The first instalment of Phee's interview was published in the Mail last Friday March 27.
In 1965, Phee's husband, George, got a job at Castlemaine...
My Castlemaine with Phee Broadway – Part One
Born between the end of WW1 and the beginning of WW2, Phee was brought up with her younger sister on a dairy farm at...
My Castlemaine with Jennifer Howe – Part Two
This is the second instalment of Jenny's two-part interview. Part one was published last week on Friday March 13.
Jade Jungwirth
After 10 years as the...
My Castlemaine with Jennifer Howe – Part One
Jenny's parents met in the Air Force in their early 20s. After complications with their firstborn son, they were told they could only have...
My Castlemaine with Margaret Seedsman – Part Two
This is the second installment of Margaret's two-part interview. The first installment was published in last week's Mail on February 27.
Jade JungwirthThe family returned...