Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Newstead CFA fire ready presentation. Newstead CFA will hold an information session to help locals prepare for the upcoming fire season. Head along to Newstead Fire Station from 10am on Saturday 4 October to hear an informative presentation about preparing your property for a hot summer… and hang around for a free sausage sizzle. There…
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Speakers at the Bendigo Rally spoke about the importance of farmers and CFA volunteers. Protesters turned out in CFA trucks and firefighting gear with signs calling for an end to the new ESVF. Dozens of fire trucks and hundreds of people gathered at Weeroona Oval in Bendigo on Sunday 14 September to protest against the…
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Casey Cain on the job. Maldon is blessed with verandahs over footpaths and deep historic drains, but both can be a hazard for the absent-minded! Casey Cain was on the job to quickly repair a High Street verandah pole that had been damaged in a minor prang last week.
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Rally against ESVF. A group calling itself the CFA Volunteers Group is organising a rally in Bendigo this weekend, protesting against the Emergency Services Volunteer Fund (ESVF). It is gathering those who share concerns about the levy to show support and hear from community leaders at Weeroma Oval in Bendigo between 11am and 1pm on…
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Nature has been responsible for some changes in Maldon in the past week, with trees toppling in prominent places. A towering willow on Grey Street that was a favourite for ducks and cranes has fallen into the pond, while the historic cottage on the Castlemaine-Maldon Road narrowly escaped a fallen eucalypt. Keep an eye overhead…
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A kangaroo suffering from pneumonia came to a Maldon resident’s back door asking for help and is now recovering at East Trentham Wildlife Shelter – helped along by a young resident joey. Sometimes, opportunities to help wildlife practically wave at us from the roadside. A deceased marsupial for instance, may be harbouring a frightened joey…
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David cuts up a fallen gum outside Loddon House Holiday Park, Baringhup The last weekend of winter saw some extraordinarily gusty wind, with the Bureau of Meterology recording wind speeds of between 20 and 30 knots on Friday 29 August (compared, for example, to Sunday 31 August when the highest recorded was 15 knots). A…
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What a great photo bomb! The best thing about living in Maldon is the people, obvious I suppose, but moving about town with a simple g’day, a wave or a smile is a pleasure which is hard to define. Most of us are on first-name terms with the local shopkeepers; it’s a bit like being…
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The wildlife landbridge overpass in Compton Road, Brisbane is one of the most studied in the world. It is a true success story with kangaroos and wallabies using it even before its official opening. There was a full house at the launch of Mount Alexander Wildlife Watch incorporated Sunday 31 August. Local Councillors Rosalie Hastwell,…
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Maldon Post Office. Australia Post has, from Tuesday 26 August, temporarily suspended some postal services to the United States and its overseas territories, including Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and the U.S Minor Outlying Islands. It states that the move is due to changes to import tariffs for postal items sent…
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