Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Option 1: The Gathering. Option 2: Harmony Journey. Voting closes this Sunday 26 October, as Powercor seeks community responses to two proposed designs for the Maldon Community Battery. Both designs have been created by Daikota Nelson, a Dja Dja Wurrung artist, after consultations between Powercor, DJAARA and Mount Alexander Shire Council (MASC) in relation to…
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Join a Maldon Playground working group. Mount Alexander Shire Council is seeking six to eight local people to join the Maldon Play Space Working Group, helping to shape the future of a playground in central Maldon. Council has allocated $40,000 to develop a concept plan to improve the play area in Maldon Gardens, a beautiful…
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Get involved in new Newstead mural. Mount Alexander Shire Council announced on 17 October that a new mural will be created in Newstead at the public toilet block on Panmure Street. Council is calling on residents to nominate a treasured local story to be painted into a permanent feature of the town. Council says it…
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Castlemaine Festival Executive Director Martin Paton, Merryn Tinkler Council’s Manager of Economy & Culture, Maree Edwards MP, Castlemaine Festival Chair Gary McClure, Castlemaine Festival Artistic Director Linda Sproul in the refurbished Goods Shed. The Goods Shed is looking good. The Castlemaine Goods Shed is gleaming after the completion of a multi-million renovation that improves its…
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An aerial view of the current Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant. Coliban Water announced on Tuesday 7 October that it has received state approval for the business case to construct a new plant at the current site of the Castlemaine Water Reclamation Plant. This follows Development License Approval from the Environment Protection Authority in April this…
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Explaining the Vic Emergency app. Captain Doug Richardson. Newstead CFA ran a Fire Ready Session on Sunday 4 October. There was a sausage sizzle and all the trucks were there, looking amazing like fire engines do, but the real purpose was to hear Doug Richardson, the Brigade Captain, speak about the things you should be…
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Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail. Mount Alexander Shire Council is inviting community feedback on the Castlemaine-Maryborough Rail Trail draft design. The proposed 61km trail will follow the disused rail corridor between Castlemaine and Maryborough, passing through Campbells Creek, Guildford, Strangways, Newstead, Moolort and Carisbrook. The current phase of the multi-stage project includes detailed design work for…
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Cactus Warriors Lee Mead and Helen Evans. Photo Rob Leeson. It’s a shocking and striking image, isn’t it: a dense forest of invasive Wheel Cactus that only the brave few attempt to battle. It’s also very sad to realise that this is the reality in our region and the ‘brave few’ — under the umbrella…
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Restoration of the Maldon Beehive Chimney will start soon. The next step in the restoration of Maldon’s Beehive Chimney is commencing this week. A shed and scaffolding materials were delivered to the site on Thursday 25 September in readiness for the project. Scaffolding was planned to be installed on Tuesday 30 September. Parks Victoria said:…
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Maree Edwards MP, Michael Beaumont, Gary and Ann Leung with Kin Chong during the ceremonial ribbon-cutting to rebrand Maldon Pharmacy. It was a colourful and musical affair on the Maldon Main Street footpath on Monday 29 September, as Maldon Pharmacy celebrated its rebranding to become a Terry White Chemmart. Local customers, State Member for Bendigo…
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