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Jet ski hoon behaviour will be targeted as part of a wider operation with the projection of increased boating activity this summer, Victoria Police say.

The CFA is boosting its driver training capability across Victoria thanks to 10 new driver training trucks along with additional driving educators.

Hydroponics, a means of growing plants without soil, has long been  recognised as a means of producing food in areas where traditional  agriculture is unsuitable. Its also a fascinating and rewarding hobby.

The CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is calling on the community to track their farts, to help scientists better understand the frequency and characteristics of one of the leading gut health symptoms experienced by Australians. 

The Hepburn Shire Council is inviting everyone to get along to this Saturday's official opening of Djuwang Baring, the new 60-kilometre Djuwang Baring mountain bike trail network.

We picked up the ship in Los Angeles on November 7 for a 17-night voyage,  down the west coast of south America through the Panama Canal and eventually onto Florida - where there is a bit of concern about a hurricane visiting the port at the same time we dock.

The state government says it’s supprting more regional businesses to attract the workers they need, with another round of the Regional Worker Accommodation Fund now open. 

I am sitting in an information centre in Puerto Rico - trying to finish The Local - after finding the promised  high speed internet on our cruise is not so high speed.  

Trentham ambos have celebrated the official opening of the town's upgraded ambulance station in recent days.

Mick Thomas' Roving Commission, the hard-working band led by ARIA award winning singer songwriter and former Weddings Parties Anything main man Mick Thomas, is headed our way as part of their All you Christmases tour.

The Hepburn Shire Council has received a $92,949 Circular Economy Organics Council Fund grant from the state government.

The large-scale sculptures that Jannie Alday make are sophisticated works of beauty as much as they are fully functional one-offs, designed to appeal to the connoisseur. Middle-eastern architecture is among the influences that ignited this talented creative’s  passion for simple elegant form and fluidity of line. Alday deploys traditional fabrication methods, welding and rendering, alongside modern technology to make sculptures that are sensual, tactile and alluring. Right now she is preparing to celebrate the launch of her new Newlyn studio.

It was a highly anticipated occasion for Heathcote Fire Brigade and VICSES members in recent days, as members gathered to announce the acquisition of land for a new shared emergency services hub.

The 155th Kingston Agricultural Show happens Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1 and will be held among the elm trees and in front of the heritage listed grandstand.  

Richard Herr, otherwise known as Ritchie Rich, is a Daylesford icon. There is no doubt about that. Many people are familiar with his sartorial excess as part of his many  appearances in the yearly Chill Out parade. Others know him as the best dressed Santa in town.

Fundraising for the new Rex Cinema has kicked off, fittingly enough, with a film.

Sage Roadknight 19, is a singer from the Macedon Ranges creating in her  own words, ‘futuristic folk music’.

Set for tomorrow, this year's Daylesford Show will have its first ever Gypsy Cob class competitions in the Horse Section. 

From California, Jeff Glorfeld pops his head up above the parapet and  surveys the wreckage.

Victoria Police is urging the community to lock home and vehicle doors this summer, as new police intelligence reveals aggravated burglaries and car thefts have increased as the weather starts to heat up.

After a long period of closure, retired sportsperson Chris Anstey re-opened the refurbished Trentham Hotel last January. 

Daylesford turned on the sunshine for the Barefoot Bowls "Fun"draiser at the Daylesford Bowling Club on Sunday, November 10.

The scars are still there. Not only mentally from the cruel abuse Richard “Tommy” Campion and his sister suffered in a home after being abandoned when young but also on his back from beatings. 

Drivers are being warned to take careful heed of the new reduced speed limits that have been implemented on several major Ballarat area roads.