SATURDAY & SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7 & 8, 2026 The Creswick Garden Club Inc is proud to present CRESWICK GARDEN LOVERS’ WEEKEND Now in its 11th year and organised by the Creswick Garden Club, the Creswick Garden Lovers’ Weekend on November 7 and 8 is eagerly anticipated by gardeners from around the region. Many are returning […]

Explore stunning private gardens during the Castlemaine and District Festival of Gardens from Saturday, October 24 to Tuesday, November 3. A curated selection of 19 gardens will open their gates to the public for ten days up to, and including, Melbourne Cup Day. Whether you’re an avid gardener or simply enjoy nature’s beauty, these serene […]

Hepburn Shire Council has an independent review of the 10-year Long Term Financial Plan underway with the second part of the review taking a detailed approach to developing fresh key financial sustainability assumptions to underpin a revised Long Term Financial Plan. However, Cr Brian Hood said the LTFP, first developed in 2024, was used when […]

PASTURE RAISED LOCAL SPRING LAMB Spring lamb is here, and it is at its very best – fantastic eating. This lamb has been reared on grass its whole life and is incredibly tender and full of flavour. LEG OF LAMB $30.99/kg BONED LAMB LEG $36.99/kg LAMB SHOULDER $30.99/kg BONED SHOULDER $35.99/kg The Spring Lamb Cutlets, […]

A recent article on the Hepburn Wildlife Shelter’s Facebook page describes the fate of several wombats hand-reared by an unknown person who released them into another wombat’s territory. These wombats have been attacked and severely injured by the wombat whose territory they were released into and are now in the care of the Hepburn Wildlife […]

Council’s path forward Council received reports about its financial position, unpaid rates and charges, and an independent expert review of its long-term financial plan. A second phase of the Review in November will examine opportunities for revising the long-term financial plan. Council’s cash flow has been significantly affected by unpaid and overdue rates, as well […]

The cakes will be decorated, the scones freshly baked and the competition fierce when the Lyonville Bake Off returns on Sunday, October 25 from 10.30am to 2.30pm – with entry just a gold coin donation. This year, visitors will not only be able to admire Lyonville’s finest baking. For the first time, they will also […]

As Remembrance Day draws closer next month, Natalie Poole brings us a story on just one of our many brave service people from over the years. Trentham’s George Maidment Dight was born on May 5, 1872 in Fitzroy to Charles Pollard Dight and Margaret Ethel Dodd. He was one of 11 children. He married Elizabeth […]

Gold was discovered in the area now covered by Lake Daylesford in 1851, and within a year the town had been surveyed and settled. By 1859, around 3400 diggers were working the local fields. The alluvial gold ran out, the railway arrived in 1880, and Daylesford reinvented itself as a fashionable spa resort. By 1899 […]

Have you ever wondered what’s behind Hepburn’s neatly manicured Mooltan hedge? I set out to answer that very question and within the picturesque grounds of the grand old guest house found a refreshingly grounded woman with a formidable political portfolio and a bit of friendly advice. Jenny Beacham wants you to step out from behind […]

Well here I am again penning another article for you, the reader, to enjoy…   This time I’ll be showcasing five plant species that shine in the latter part of September into October here in the Central Highlands of Victoria. 1. Malus x floribunda (Japanese flowering crabapple) is one of many iconic blossom trees (of […]

Here’s the thing nobody tells you about building a house. The walls and the slab are the quick bit. It’s everything before them that gets you: the snail’s-paced planning and the slow haemorrhaging of money that makes death by a thousand cuts sound like a lazy afternoon on the beach. So here we are. Walls […]