Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Continence Nurse, Annie McMurray. Continence and Wellbeing in focus at Maldon Men’s Shed Dhelkaya Health is proud to partner once again with the Maldon Men’s Shed for an open and important conversation about men’s health. On Wednesday 20 August, Continence Nurse Annie McMurray, will visit the shed to deliver a presentation focused on Bladder and…
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Hannah Creevey with her award. Local student and young leader Hannah Creevey was recognised in the Junior Show Ambassador Award Competition last week. She attained the position of Runner Up, representing the Midlands Group & Maldon Show. Hannah, who is currently completing year 12 and is a long-term member of Maldon Pony Club, has a…
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Bakery piano finds a new home. The public piano that was placed outside Maldon Bakery by Maine Piano Guerrillas as part of Castlemaine Fringe has found a new home with a young enthusiast. It was rolled away and onto a trailer by the new owner’s proud dad, some kind helpers and Rebecca from the bakery…
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Doggo of the Week is Toffee. TT: So just to recap what you said before you tried to eat my hand and my phone, you are a Mountain Dog. Toffee: I’m a Bernese Baby and I flew here from Sydney at Easter. I can fly! TT: You will go flying if you don’t untangle your…
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Nuggetty Mine. By the 1860s, industrial quartz mining had begun to replace the endeavours of individual diggers, and it was a dangerous enterprise. The combination of explosives, steam-driven machinery and lax safety procedures resulted in many workplace accidents and sometimes deaths. These are a few of the mining accidents that occurred in the Maldon area…
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Pam Lyons from Maldon Folk Festival was not on the show. Nothing to report. But, as King Lear says, nothing will come of nothing (tell that to the big bang theorists), so we’d better try. Last week Ann and EC did NOT interview Pam Lyons about this year’s folk festival; here’s a picture of Pam…
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Fiona and Ian at the Maldon Golden Movies afternoon tea. Local movie group Maldon Golden Movies launched its upcoming program at an afternoon tea on Sunday 13 July. MGM’s Season Two 2025 features films from across the globe and a mix of styles, the result of a selection process that included a vote by members.…
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Some mulled wine ingredients. The coldest, darkest nights of winter are the perfect time to really spice things up (…literally, that is! This is a family newspaper). The addition of spice adds extra dimension and depth to so many warming drinks that are best enjoyed with a lap rug, by lamplight. In Europe, spiced cider—…
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THOW Group. As the housing crisis hits our community hard, the appeal of the Tiny Home on Wheels (THOW) has risen. The My Home Network Tiny Homes On Wheels working group have developed a confidential survey tinyurl.com/39z94pt5 to better understand: the number of THOWs currently being lived in or being built in our Shire the…
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V for Victory on Preece’s Hill. You may have glimpsed it while driving past the south-east end of Mount Tarrengower: the giant white V on a slope known as Preece’s Hill or Victory Hill. It’s best viewed on foot so if you (and your dog) are feeling energetic, take a walk up Parkins Reef Road…
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