Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The Maldon community is being invited to help select the final artwork for the town’s new community battery, which will help support greater levels of rooftop solar. Electricity distributor Powercor is installing the Maldon community battery on Adair Street, opposite the Maldon Hospital. The battery is designed to soak up excess rooftop solar and supply…
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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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Ambulance Victoria is reminding everyone to keep an eye out for snakes in all weather, after treating 129 suspected snakebites this summer. From 1 December 2024 to 18 February 2025, paramedics have responded to 28 incidents in Hume, 24 in Loddon Mallee, 16 in Barwon South West, 33 in Metro, 21 in Gippsland and seven…
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Dr Janice Simpson, President of Castlemaine–Maryborough Rail Trail Inc, addressing a group of walkers near the proposed trail site in March. Work has commenced on the pre-construction phase of the Castlemaine–Maryborough Rail Trail, with community and stakeholder consultation to begin in late October, the organisation behind it has announced. Castlemaine–Maryborough Rail Trail Inc. (CMRT) plans…
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