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Keep an eye out and you may just spot him hiking along the chilly, muddy Hepburn Shire roads this week.

THE world is a strange place. Even after most of the earth has been explored, mapped and explained there is always something weird which can rattle our peace of mind.

Fans of strings music will be well pleased to see that Ballarat-based Klemantyne Ensemble, have a few performances in the Daylesford-Ballarat region on their agenda.

Victoria’s fire services are calling on households to develop or review their Home Fire Escape Plans.

Combining virtuosic piano playing with a whiskey-smooth voice, Damon Smith and his trio are headed to The Palais, Hepburn.

It may be brrrisk out but in The Palais, Hepburn things will likely be pretty cosy as the venue hosts this month's Words in Winter Gala with special guest Jon Faine.

Hailing from small town Heathcote and a darling of the thriving Bendigo music scene, folk artist Mariah McCarthy is one of Central Victoria’s most talented musos.

CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan recently led by example, donating blood, in support of the 2023 Lifeblood Emergency Services Blood Drive.

Five new trams recently arrived on the Gold Coast as construction continues on QLD's $1.2 billion Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3 expansion, the Federal Infrastructure minister and Member for Ballarat Catherine King says.

The Geelong Convention and Exhibition Centre precinct development is a step closer, with the announcement last week of the preferred bidder to build the much-anticipated project and the unveiling of proposed designs, the Federal Infrastructure Minister and Member for Ballarat says.

Jan Hull has been striving towards captaincy within CFA for over 30 years, and now as Sutton Grange and Myrtle Creek’s first woman to become Captain, she is ready to put her promising ambitions into action.

More than one hundred Dandenong and Knox volunteer firefighters and CFA staff members have recently been honoured with National Emergency Medals for their efforts in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire crisis.

Sustainability, conservation and restoration practitioners from Melbourne and Yarra Valley regions recently gathered for a recent workshop facilitated by Greening Australia at Haining Farm to explore practical and innovative approaches to managing landscapes for future climates.

Greening Australia and its nature-based solutions business, Canopy, have responded to rising demand for high-integrity carbon projects from corporate Australia with a reforestation carbon aggregation, which will see over 2.26 million native biodiverse plants established across 1,228 hectares in 2023 – that’s almost three times the size of Melbourne’s CBD.

Coming up Friday September 1 at The Palais, Hepburn, the music students of Daylesford College will be showcasing their musical skills and talents to friends, family and the local community.

Queensland's Coomera Connector project is full steam ahead with the arrival of a unique piece of construction equipment onsite on the Coomera River – a 48-metre-long piling barge named the Maeve Anne - the Federal Transport Minister and Member for Ballarat says.

CFA firefighters responded to a house fire in the Grandview Estate in Truganina at around 2pm on Friday 14 July 2023.

A hot fire training Gas Pad has been dedicated to the late Mick Daws to honour his service to CFA both as a volunteer and staff member.

Major works have started on the METRONET New Midland Station project, northeast of Perth, to deliver a state-of-the-art train station and meet community needs, the Federal Transport Minister and Member for Ballarat says.

The small township of Newmerella, 5 kilometres from Orbost, escaped the East Gippsland fires in 2019 because of good preparation, the vigilance of its brigade, and a lucky wind change.

Tenzin’s message is uplifting and his joyfulness is infectious. Acknowledged as one of the world's finest Tibetan musicians, Tenzin Choegyal’s cantering rhythms, soaring vocals and exquisite flute solos have enchanted audiences around the globe and next month they'll enchant plenty of local music lovers at The Palais, Hepburn.

Australia and the United Kingdom have highlighted shared ambitions for decarbonising aviation the federal transport minister, MP for Ballarat, Catherine King says.

Federal transprt minister, MP for Ballarat Catherine King has highlighted joint efforts between Australia and Singapore to decarbonise shipping technology.