Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards. ‘Business supporting business’ best describes the Central Goldfields Village Business Expo held on Friday 9 May in Carisbrook. Small and micro-business owners came from far and wide to showcase and network with other businesses. It was a great opportunity to ‘think outside the box’ and brainstorm with other attendees.Local, state…
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Graeme and Barb welcome Daniel and Gifty to Maldon as the new owners of Maldon Newsagency. We trust that the Maldon community will embrace you in the same manner in which we were welcomed back in February 1997. After moving to Maldon in 1989 for employment opportunities, our faith in this wonderful community has never…
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Indonesia’s school milk program may offer export opportunities for Australian dairy. Australia’s dairy sector may be the beneficiary of a new school milk program being implemented in Indonesia. Food and agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank says the program, which is currently being rolled out across 400,000 schools in Indonesia, is part of the recently-elected Indonesian government’s…
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Livestock producers are urged to consider containment areas to protect pasture during dry conditions. Agriculture Victoria (AV) is encouraging livestock producers to consider effective stock containment strategies to help maintain core herd or flock numbers and support pasture recovery. AV’s Land Management Extension Officer Kerri Goschnick said dry seasonal conditions and limited rainfall continue to…
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Newsagency news: end of an era. Maldon Newsagency has had a change of hands for the first time in nearly 28 years. Tireless local couple Barb and Graeme Ford have sold the business and are looking forward to the next phase of their lives. “We will very much miss the contact with people, through their…
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Lindsay Callaway President of VAA. Lindsay Callaway President of VAA. Lindsay Callaway President of VAA. Warral Maldon’s owner, Lindsay Callaway, has been elected President of the Victorian Apiarists Association (VAA), the state’s peak body for beekeepers. Lindsay is a fifth-generation apiarist and the managing director of Warral Maldon, a beekeeping business founded by his great-great-grandfather,…
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Village Expo heads to Maryborough. After two successful events in Maldon last year, Village Business will run its next Village Expo in Maryborough on Friday 9 May. Coordinated as a joint initiative of the Committee for Maryborough and Village Business, it will be an opportunity for business, government and industry leaders in Maryborough and surrounding…
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Adam Sewell at his Joyce’s Creek farm last month. “Things are tight, we’re about to start lambing. We’ve had 18 mils of rain since the photo was taken and it all disappeared. There’s still good time for a break yet, I think it will rain soon and history shows that it will.” Photo courtesy Rob…
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I want to write something about Maldon that worries and upsets me. My husband and I came to Maldon about 40 years ago. We loved everything about it. It grabbed both of us ― as it does to so many who come here. I was so taken with the place that I purchased a tearoom…
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Alternative Farming Expo in Seymour. The Seymour Alternative Farming Expo promises an adrenaline-fuelled, educational, and entertaining experience only 90 minutes away. Attendees can interact with experts or take part in hands-on sessions across a variety of displays. Drone demonstrations will showcase the latest in aerial innovation and demonstrate how drones are revolutionising agriculture and surveying.…
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