Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Glenn, a mummy, the Invisible Man and Lord Bottomly Peter at MAAW Op Shop. For people who enjoy Halloween, today is the spookiest day of the year! Mount Alexander Animal Welfare (MAAW) Op Shop is celebrating with a frightful window display that is a terror to behold. It’s thanks to the creative and crafty efforts…
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Local greyhounds and sighthounds get together every week to stretch, sniff and socialise. Participating in the Great Global Greyhound Walk with a stroll around the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens. There was a worldwide celebration of greyhounds and other sighthounds on Sunday 28 September, designed to highlight and encourage greyhound adoption and rehoming. A friendly group of…
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Photo by Yvette Newton. An eagle-eyed reader has noticed a crimson couple testing the Maldon Post Office mailbox as a potential site for a new nest. It seems to be the season for real-estate browsing amongst these cheeky birds, who won’t hesitate to rip into a weak weather-board when you’re not looking. There’s a story…
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Member for Bendigo West The Hon Maree Edwards MP with the Mount Alexander Animal Welfare team. Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards MP visited Mount Alexander Animal Welfare on Friday 29 August as the clinic received $70,000 in funding as part of the State Government’s Animal Welfare Fund Grants program, allowing the organisation to expand…
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Jess is our Doggo of the Week. 22 August, 2025. TT: Jess, would you like to be the Doggo of the Week? Jess: Oh yes, everyone who knows me will love that. TT: Who do you know? Jess: Basically everyone, very quickly. I’m very sociable and very loveable. TT: I usually ask the same questions…
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Touki sizes up the challenge—another closed door to conquer. Readers who follow Doggo of the Week may remember Touki the cat, a cat who regularly masquerades as a dog – so much so that he scored an interview as Doggo of the Week. His most recent impersonation was as a locksmith! Touki loves challenges and…
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Paris is Doggo of the week. TT: You’re probably the most worldly doggo I have met, Paris. Paris: Is it the name? Or the Eiffel Tower costume that makes you think that? Because it’s just a cardboard replica. TT: You clearly have an affinity for the City of Lights. Paris: Well no, you see, I…
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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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Teddy is our Doggo of the Week. TT: Thanks for smiling so well for the camera, Teddy. Teddy: They are all my own teeth, not bad for a 10-year-old Maltese-Shih Tzu. TT: That’s true. Teddy: I do have a metal pin in my leg. TT: Oh my gosh, what happened? Teddy: I got run over…
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Zen is our Doggo of the Week. Zen: Can’t really stop and chat, heaps to do. TT: Can you tell me about yourself? Zen: Well I’m Zen and I’m a year old. Will this take long? TT: It’ll just take a minute. What sort of dog are you? Zen: Have a look at my back,…
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