The Liberal Party has endorsed local farmer, small business owner, volunteer and mother of four Megan Read as its candidate for Ripon at the Victorian election on November 28. Born in Creswick, raised in Ballarat and now farming near Beaufort with her husband Warwick, Megan has spent her life living, working and volunteering across the […]

The 2025 Active Living Census results have revealed Loddon Campaspe residents are moving more and smoking less than Victorian benchmarks, but many are reporting food insecurity, poorer health, lower life satisfaction and risky drinking. More than 8000 residents took part in the Census which collected data on six local government areas: the City of Greater […]

A new alliance of foster carers, community service organisations and the Foster Care Association of Victoria is warning that without urgent action, more vulnerable Victorian children will miss out on the safety, stability and belonging that only family-based care can provide. With more than 40 foster carers actively involved, the Alliance is co-chaired by a […]

A new Youth Prevention and Recovery Care centre is now open in Newington. The free service offers specialist, around-the-clock care for young people aged 16 to 25 years. The voluntary, referral-based service is designed to feel like a home away from home – enabling young people to access the mental health care they need, while […]

Comedy For A Cause will be held at the Lyonville Hall on Saturday, August 1 with doors open from 6.30pm and the show starting at 7pm. The hall fundraiser features world-class comedians from across Australia in an adults-only event. Tickets are $30. Link: www.comedyforacause.net

Throughout August, the streets of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs will come alive with spontaneous art, literary intervention and interactive moments in the lead up to Words in Winter from August 26 to 30. Through the festival’s Around the Town program, art is stepping out of traditional venues and directly into public spaces, turning everyday streets […]

Daylesford Dialysis – delivering more than treatment For Daylesford resident Peter Smith, the dialysis team at Daylesford Health is more than a group of healthcare professionals. They are family. For the past six years, Peter, a resident at Lumeah Lodge, has attended dialysis treatment at Daylesford Hospital three days a week, spending four hours at […]

Lise Heymer is an experience designer who spent more than two decades creating digital experiences before turning her focus to physical places, with a single mission – helping people gain clarity before making significant decisions about place. Based in Coomoora, she recently founded Heymer Design Studio, a place-based design practice. “One service that I’m creating […]

After she turned 90 last year, Eileen Quinlan decided it was time to move on her own terms – and chose Hepburn House. And she loves it. Formerly Eileen Egan, it’s not far from her first home of Eganstown, named after John Egan her great-grandfather. Eileen grew up on a farm there – where two […]

Sports Central and FedUni WestVic Academy of Sport have launched the Central Highlands Coaches Collective. The launch was held at Federation University’s Mount Helen Campus on July 22 with the collective bringing together 95 current and aspiring coaches and leaders from the Central Highlands region. Keynote speakers at the event included Hannah Every-Hall OLY, GM […]

When Komatsu’s Nigel Howard found out that his friend and mentor, forest industry icon Col McCulloch had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, it didn’t take him long to realise that being frustrated couldn’t help. The best thing he could do was to get on his bike and do something useful. Next month, Nigel will […]

The heritage-listed Media Arts Studio (Old Courthouse) at Federation University’s Arts Academy Ballarat is the setting for a Month of Sundays Season 2. In 2026, the program highlights the beauty and diversity of the human voice, from the sublime solo soprano of Kate MacFarlane to the emotive, soaring singing of Gelareh Pour (ZÖJ) and The […]