September school holidays September school holidays are almost here. Our library and youth teams have organised some free, fun activities for school-aged children. There will be African drumming lessons, craft sessions, and kite-making workshops. It’s the perfect chance for children to get creative, learn new skills, and enjoy hands-on experiences with friends. Celebrated African drummer, […]

Three artists will open their exhibitions at Stockroom in Kyneton on Saturday, September 26 from 4pm. The exhibitions will run to November 1. Mark Rodda will present Abstraction + Watercolour = Good Times!!, Ella Rizzi will present Distance and Steph Wallace will present Grief is like Glitter. Mark Rodda, Nebula 24P Mark Rodda’s Abstraction + […]

The Swiss Italian Festa Landscape Prize is back again this year. Celebrating the beauty and character of the Central Victorian Highlands through the eyes of the region’s talented local artists. Whether you’re a painter, sculptor or photographer, you are invited to capture the landscape that makes the region so special. The artwork must represent a […]

Bruce Rolfe knows and loves his sheep. While gently tending to a little one struggling with scours, he tells me it’s been a big year for triplets, with 17 sets born on Oberon Suffolk Stud so far this season. Twins are common, triplets less so, and as sheep only have two teats Bruce says adoption […]

Creswick Post Office has been named the winner of Australia Post’s Our AP Way LPO of the Year award. An Australia Post spokesperson said it was a real testament to the amazing service that Casey Preston, pictured right, and the team have brought to the Creswick community over the years – “delivering mail and providing […]

In 1930 hopes for the Hepburn golf course were so high that a professional was hired to develop the second nine holes and make further improvements to the course. Funds from the sale of three blocks were used to fund the redesign of the course. Sam Bennetts had been recommended by Commonwealth Golf Club (originally […]

Children have an important role to play in caring for the local environment. When children take part in environmental projects in their local community, they learn that even small actions can make a big difference. Learning to be an engaged and active citizen is an embodied and intentional focus in the curriculum at the Daylesford […]

Rejoice, Shaun the Sheep is back, in The Beast of Mossy Bottom. Rated as an excellent family film, packed with great visual gags and terrific throwaway references, the story of heroic sheep in Mossy Bottom is a delight. Consider, a hairdressing salon in the wool country called Barber Black Sheep. With amazingly different facial features […]

It feels like the world is closing in from all quarters, and I don’t think it’s just me. There’s a collective unease out there, a low-grade hum of anxiety that seems to be getting louder as we all shuffle a little closer to what is possibly the next ELE. Extinction Level Event, for those not […]

Dream of wind We live in a house full of breezes. We blow in with the dust and the leaves. The grass in the yard bends down, uncut, unloved, turning brown. A dark cloud looms, sends a gust with some dust, blows flotsam across the floor from the door, slams the gate, then it moves […]

Hello, I am Pirate and I am one-year-old with lots of energy & enthusiasm. I am always up for the next adventure, whether it’s playing in the backyard, going for a walk, or curling up for a cuddle after a busy day. I am friendly, curious and incredibly smart. I do need a home with […]

By Donna Kelly I have known for some time now there’s a state election in the wind – because of the endless emails from every party under the sun. Well, mostly Labor, the Libs and one or two from Family First. Labor is lucky. Being in power they can try to disguise their election propaganda […]