Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The Railway Hotel dates back to the mid-1800s and is one of the few surviving hotels from the bustling gold boom era. It is located at 65 Gingell Street, Castlemaine, a short 20-minute drive from Maldon. The hotel is adjacent to the historic working railway station, which services the Melbourne to Bendigo line and the…
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Maldon’s Twilight Dinner is tomorrow night (Saturday 18 January) and the town is looking forward to a shimmering, shiny, wondrous event with a golden theme.
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Rakaia (foreground) and Nicole (background) managing the spinning Wheel and prizes. Set under the canopy of sprawling old oak trees, the Taradale Mineral Springs Festival was a lovely place to pull up a picnic rug or hay bale, listen to all-day music and enjoy a variety of tempting food and beverages. With a ring of…
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Winners: L – R Helen Curran, Lalong Mounaratz, Ian Boswell and Adrian Millman. Tomato growers of Maldon gathered last Monday evening for the Inaugural Tomato-Growing Competition. With 26 entries, it was a tough call for the judges. Their decisions were finally made and the winners announced. Flo Patterson took out the ‘Ugliest’ and the ‘Most…
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