Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Left: In the soon-to-be-upgraded Golf Club Kitchen: Glyn Milner, Bob Briggs, Maureen McQuillan, Amanda Fedorowicz, Bruce Ackland, Andrew Fedorowicz, John Crofts, Sally Dear, Kerryn Healy, Maree Edwards MP. Right: Celebrating the grant to improve the walking paths at Tarrangower Village. Two community organisations in Maldon celebrated on Friday 23 May after the recent news that…
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Ellen in her magical Maldon Lolly Shop. #15 of a series: Ellen Gladman, Maldon Lolly Shop and BNB. So, how’s business? “Last year… April 24… 2024. It was the settlement of buying the business. Nervous? Yes, because not long afterwards we had a big public holiday, the King’s Birthday. It was the long weekend… it…
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Porcupine Village’s planning application is open for public submissions until 10 June 2025. An application to the Victorian Planning Minister by Porcupine Village is available for perusal and comment. It includes a detailed accessibility review, architectural and site plans and a ‘Materials and Finishes Schedule’ which illustrates what roofs, sheds and posts (for example) will…
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Many local residents attended a March community meeting in Baringhup to express concerns about the levy. The proposed State Government levy at the centre of a recent community meeting in Baringhup has been passed by the Victorian Parliament. The bill relating to the Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund was debated late into the night on…
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Premier Jacinta Allan and Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards MP surprised travellers at Castlemaine Station with an announcement about free travel for seniors. Premier Jacinta Allan joined Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards MP for a train ride from Bendigo to Castlemaine on Saturday 17 May to announce free weekend travel for seniors. A…
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Riders on a sealed road. Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail Inc. (CMRT) has appointed Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture (FFLA), in collaboration with a team of specialised subconsultants, to lead the pre-construction phase of the Castlemaine to Maryborough Rail Trail project. The CMRT says it undertook a thorough and rigorous tender and evaluation process which included assessing…
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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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Resilient Lismore Resilient Lismore is coming to our region to share lessons and knowledge it has gained through extensive experience helping with natural disaster relief and recovery. Mount Alexander Shire Council (MASC) has arranged free sessions in Newstead, Campbells Creek and Castlemaine, open to all community members, from Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 May.Based in…
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Volunteers at the protest with Gaelle Broad MP. Angry CFA volunteers took their fire tankers to Premier Jacinta Allan’s Bendigo office on Friday 9 May to protest about Labor’s proposed emergency services tax. Fire trucks and farm vehicles also blocked traffic on Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge and brought Spring Street to a standstill outside Parliament…
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Regional train service increase Train at Castlemaine Station The State Government announced on Monday 12 May that there will be an increase in the number of carriages on trains running on the Bendigo Line, with weekend trains containing six cars. It says that a new timetable is currently being developed to include additional carriages during…
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