Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Taradale Festival picnic and stage area. The Taradale Mineral Springs Festival will be held on…
Oil painting by Liadaan. Where else would you hold an art auction for the Red…
Leo and Michael, helping BlazeAid build fences for fire-affected properties. If you’re still keen to…
Fire inquiry seeks submissions. Residents affected by the 2026 summer fires in Victoria are invited…
Jeanette Teague as Lady William of Applefest and John Teague as King Jonathan of Applefest…
Photo provided by Powercor. Electricity company Powercor announced on Monday 7 April that it had chosen a location for a community battery in Maldon. Powercor says the battery will help locally generated electricity to be consumed locally. The company said the 100kW/290kWh battery will be located on Adair Street, near the corner of Warnock Street…
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Vehicle-lovers should not miss Autopia! It is an event featuring muscle cars, street cars, hot rods, custom bikes and lots of food and entertainment. It takes place on Sunday 13 April from 9am to 3pm at Autoplex, 35 Etty Street, Castlemaine. Admission: $5 adults and kids are free. Autopia.
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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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Electioneering. Candidates have been on the campaign trail in the Bendigo electorate, revealing their plans and proposals. On Wednesday 2 April, Nationals candidate for Bendigo Andrew Lethlean and Liberal candidate for Bendigo Matt Evans joined Hon. Kevin Hogan MP, Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism and Nationals Member for Page, to announce that an elected…
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World Health Day This week we are focusing on the Health and Wellbeing section of the library, to celebrate World Health Day (7 April). Given that locals seem to be a fairly healthy bunch, people are still interested in their health and wellbeing and are keen to live healthier lives, both mentally and physically. So…
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Louise Kilgour and Brian Smith with their striking 1927 Model-T Ford. Spotted in Maldon on Saturday 29 March: this gloriously coloured Model-T Ford, on its way to participate in the Florence Thomson Tour, which celebrates “the pioneering spirit and contribution of women to Australian motoring.” It’s a tour for female drivers in classic cars; this…
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Photo courtesy Rob Leeson. It has been through the hoops, weathered every challenge that the century could roll at it and come out the other side to celebrate its one hundredth birthday; congratulations to Maldon Croquet Club! The club held a party on Tuesday 1 April under a stupendous autumn blue sky, with a gathering…
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Geoff Hocking in his studio. Geoff Hocking will be exhibiting a selection of his landscape paintings in the MANet Art Gallery from Friday 4 April until Friday 9 May. The Exhibition will be opened on Sunday 6 April at 2 pm. The exhibition ‘A Reconstructed Landscape’, features new work in which Geoff imagines a landscape…
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April is shaping up to be a busy month at the Newstead Arts Hub, featuring the launch of the thought-provoking Rudderless exhibition and a hands-on traditional straw plaiting workshop. The Hub also continues its popular weekly Art Hang sessions and invites community members to consider membership. Exhibition: Rudderless Opening this weekend, Rudderless is an experimental…
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The next Malmsbury Brocante Marché, modelled on the much-loved tradition of a French brocante (a vintage market), takes place on Sunday 6 April from 9am to 4pm at 69 Mollison Street, Malmsbury. It promises a diverse range of products, many sourced from across Europe, offered by experienced vintage dealers and an ‘immersive French atmosphere’ to…
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