Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Don’t forget to check out Farmer Phil’s stall this Sunday. Maldon Market celebrates its 12th birthday on Sunday 9 November at 1 Church Street, 9am to 1.30 pm. Run by the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre (MNC), the market began in 2013 after local growers, makers and community members shaped a vision for a monthly ‘Hand Made…
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Submit upcycled artworks now. Entries for the popular Central Goldfields Art Gallery Community Arts Exhibition 2025 are due next week. Works can be delivered to the Gallery between 10am and 4pm from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 November. Artists are being encouraged to have an upcycled/recycled element or theme to their work. Entrants from Central…
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Former IMT colleague Mike Smythe. Today Ann and Nancy will be talking to our former colleague Mike Smythe, who was one of the original members of the IMT team and former proprietor of the popular Book Wolf. We plan to discuss life ‘over the Rainbow’, and the Folk Festival he has come back to enjoy.…
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The Gordon Gypsies. The Kangaroo Hotel, 89 High Street, Maldon, has a full program across the Maldon Folk Festival weekend. Thursday 30 October – Open from 4pm. Friday 31 October – Open from 4pm. The food van ‘Wraps & More’ will be there from 6 pm. Saturday 1 November – Open from 11am, with the…
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The Watchers – Unique State – Carolyn Vickers. As I walked towards Carolyn Vickers’ studio last week, to find out all about the latest exhibition in the MANet Art Gallery, nature was all around, with frog noises from the pond and a blue wren sitting on a tree. Nature lovers will enjoy the next exhibition…
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People of all ages enjoying Maldon Folk Festival. With the 50th Maldon Folk Festival unrolling across town this weekend, it’s time for everyone to acknowledge that — unless you’ve just returned from a hermitage or ascetic retreat — your music contains a little bit of Folk. Everything leads back to it. Folk music is a…
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Steve May and James Reyne. Have you started work on your Archibald Prize entry for 2026? Shelbourne artist Steve May has, and it is a reminder that residents of Australia or New Zealand (during the eligibility period) are eligible to enter Australia’s most famous and prestigious portrait competition. Steve, whose background is in automotive painting,…
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Mark Blythe of Maldon Events. Organiser of Maldon Swap Meet Mark Blythe announced via social media on Friday 24 October that he was cancelling the November event and was seeking a new venue for the future. However, new developments suggest that there may be a way for the November Swap Meet to proceed. Mark’s initial…
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Tables set in Main Street for last year’s Maldon Twilight Dinner. The famous, fabulous Maldon Twilight Dinner will take place on Saturday 17 January and tickets are now on sale. The organisers describe the dinner as: “A spectacular evening of fabulous local food, and wonderful entertainment, filled with laughter and dancing.” If that were not…
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Chilean Needle Grass. Botanical Name: Nassella neesiana Weed Classification: Chilean Needle Grass is a Weed of National Significance throughout Australia and declared a Restricted noxious weed throughout Victoria. Where did it Come From: Introduced into Australia from South America, probably in the 1930s, the earliest Victorian record was in Northcote in 1934. What Does it…
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