Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
New Aus Post parcel centre in Castlemaine. Australia Post has opened a brand-new, purpose-built delivery hub in Castlemaine, designed to ready regional Victoria ahead of the busy holiday season. Replacing the former delivery site, the new facility is designed to boost parcel processing capability and improve service for the local community. Australia Post says the…
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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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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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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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Webinar shares tips for boosting winter growth. Agriculture Victoria (AgVic) is holding a webinar on Monday 11 August at 12pm for livestock farmers focused on using urea to boost pasture growth this winter and spring. Urea use has proven to be a successful option to boost winter growth, helping farmers to grow more grass, which…
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View across Carisbrook. Owners of a property earmarked for a proposed broiler farm are facing Central Goldfields Shire Council (CGSC) and objectors at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). It relates to a planning application for 705 Baringhup Road, Carisbrook to develop and use the land for a six shed broiler farm. The Government…
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Jay’s excellent new freezers. Shop local, dudes! Maldon’s IGA supermarket is undergoing an upgrade and the owner wants to assure shoppers that the goal is an improved shopping experience. The changes will also reveal and highlight the heritage features of the 1859 building, in addition to structural reinforcements and repairs. Having operated Maldon’s IGA for…
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Toddlers and dams a dangerous mix. National Farm Safety Week is marked as Sunday 20 to Sunday 26 July by Farmsafe Australia, with a particular focus this year on farm water safety amidst horrifying statistics. Parents and carers are being urged to take immediate steps to reduce the risk of childhood drownings on farms, as…
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The Nationals at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show. The 25th Annual Australian Sheep and Wool Show took place in Bendigo over the weekend of Friday 18 to Sunday 20 July, bringing together sheep breeders and fibre enthusiasts in a huge event at Prince of Wales Showground. Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said she…
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Free adaptive farming workshops. Agriculture Victoria invites Farmers from livestock and grain businesses to attend a two-day adaptive farming workshops in western and northern Victoria this winter. Consultant Dr Kate Burke will present the ‘In good times and bad: adaptive skills for your farming future’ workshops funded through the Farm Business Resilience (FBR) program which…
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