Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Photo of a battery. The State Government is offering funding to local councils and registered charities to establish convenient battery drop off locations, to keep batteries out of household bins. Acting Minister for Environment Gayle Tierney announced on Monday 14 July that $1.7 million in funding is available through the Circular Economy Hazardous Waste Fund…
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Deb Pach, Alistar Robertson, Barry Murfett, Kaz Neilson and Frankie Nugent developed the video. A new video demonstrating energy efficiency and techniques to make homes more comfortable and cost effective has been created by My Home Network (MHN) Tenants Rights Working Group and the West End Resilience (WER) Energy Group; it was launched by Dhelkaya…
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First, let me say that I am not a farmer and I am not a greenie. Although I am an avid bird watcher and lover of nature, but I have to respond to the comment of no Kangaroos in Central Victoria. I walk seven days a week for two hours plus, in a 20-kilometre radius…
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The Beehive Chimney is a hop and a step from Maldon’s Main Street. News of proposed repair works for Maldon’s Beehive Chimney has local folk chattering, so Parks Victoria met with representatives of local groups at the site last Thursday 26 June to answer lingering and pressing queries. With the help of Parks Victoria Statewide…
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Monash Uni students helping the Cactus Warriors by digging out Wheel Cactus. Photo courtesy Lee Mead. Last weekend an enthusiastic group of Monash University students made their annual field trip to Maldon to help win our war against Wheel Cactus. The weather gods were happy, turning on the sunshine, and everybody had a fun and…
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I read with horror an article published on the ABC News website, dated Friday 13 June 2025 headlined with ‘Kangaroo control streamlined for Victorian farmers facing drought’. I live in central Victoria where I have experienced and photographed, since the beginning of COVID, the wildlife slaughter that has been occurring on our major freeways and…
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Barrie spears yet another wheel cactus with applause from Ian Grenda (left) and Lee Mead (right). Last Sunday the cactus warriors gathered to show their enormous appreciation to Nuggetty farmer Barrie McKnight for his significant contributions to the control of Wheel Cactus and presented him with a Life Membership of the Tarrangower Cactus Control Group.Barrie…
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Kangaroos are causing safety issues for drivers and damage to farms. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad is calling for urgent action to address kangaroo numbers, which she says are causing safety issues for drivers and damage to farms. Ms Broad is calling for a better kangaroo management strategy. “Aerial and ground surveys…
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Spiny Rush Spiny Rush Common Name: Spiny Rush Botanical Name: Juncus acutus Weed Classification: Spiny Rush is a declared Noxious Weed and classified as Regionally Controlled in our North Central region, hence must be controlled. Where did it Come From: It’s not known how Spiny Rush was introduced into Australia, but it has a wide…
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Small-flowered grevillea Grevillea micrantha. Various local environmental groups including Friends of Maldon Historic Reserve; Maldon Urban Landcare Group; Muckleford Landcare; Muckleford Forest Friends; Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forest and Castlemaine Field Naturalists have been consulting with Fire Forestry Management (FFM) staff since 2022 in regard to the planned burn near the Railway Track in the…
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