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How does someone go from having just two bee hives to having 80? Don’t ask Clunes’ Graeme Grigson because he doesn’t know how it happened.

Hymn and Her Ensemble will perform at Yandoit Cultural, the old church in the bush at Uniting Church Road, on Saturday, May 20 from 4pm.

BACKED by a scholarship from the Daylesford Foundation, Hepburn resident 19-year-old Lucinda Lowe had the stress removed from her travel equation as she tackled a double diploma course last year.

Fancy a wild pine mushroom risotto? A crisp dandelion and wild brassica salad? Or an elderberry cocktail perhaps?

Daylesford, Creswick and Western brass bands will present Soundtrack of the Globe in Daylesford on Saturday, May 20.

HEPBURN Springs artist Lisa Gervasoni is renowned for her imposing abstract landscape works. As a child she was fascinated with geographical and street maps. Her passion for cartography persisted into adulthood informing her preoccupation with land and the many layers of value it holds. Today this abiding interest informs both her professional work as a strategic and town planner and the creation of her imposing art works, some of which are about to feature in her new exhibition, Reimagining our Cultural Landscapes, held from today, May 11 to June 25, at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

The Mount Players' second production for 2023 is Buried Child written by Sam Shepard. It was first presented in 1978 and won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama, launching Shepard to national fame as a playwright.

ABC Statewide Drive presenter Nicole Chvastek is on leave but will return in six weeks, ABC spokesperson John Woodward has told The Local.

Kyneton will show its support for the LGBTIQA+ community next week as it raises the rainbow flag to mark International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on Wednesday, May 17.

DAYLESFORD'S Beth Whiting is heading to Hungary next month to take part in the World Kettlebell Sport Federation championships.

The owner of Daylesford Victory Vapes says the federal government decision to crack down on the sale of vapes will put him and his wife out of the family business they’ve run for a decade.

The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) team has recently launched a new online course to help developers, builders and plumbers save water, energy and lower the cost of their client’s utility bills.

Playing live at The Palais, Hepburn Springs this Friday evening, May 12, Sally Ford and the Idiomatics sing of life, love and lived experience.

This year, Bendigo Library will again host a Welcome to Country and Smoking ceremony by Elders from the Dja Dja Wurrung. To be followed by two movie screenings and various craft activities.

Central Highlands Water (CHW) has donated 100% of funds raised through the sale of Choose Tap reusable stainless-steel bottles to its Community Water Bottle Partner, Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative (BADAC).

Young families in Hepburn Shire and surrounds are being invited to join in the fun of National Simultaneous Storytime - Australia's biggest storytelling session this month with events set for multiple branches of the Goldfields Libraries group.

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). It celebrates LGBTQIAA+ people globally and raises awareness for the work still needed to combat discrimination.

Local farmers, vignerons and other primary producers are being encouraged to attend the upcoming Climate Outlook Session, taking place in the next few days.

Sheep farmers and graziers in the Hepburn Shire are being invited to attend this month's free Agriculture Victoria seminar on worm management and biosecurity for your sheep flock with sheep vet Dr Monica Dickson.

Birchip Cropping Group's (BCG’s) main research site this year will be at Kinnabulla, 25km north west of Birchip on Kinnabulla West Road.

Agriculture Victoria and RSPCA Victoria are inviting all Hepburn Shire cattle producers and others state-wide to participate in a free webinar to help keep the cattle they care for healthy, productive, and profitable.

Daylesford area locals who enjoy an occasional rigorous game of squash or shooting a few hoops are set to benefit from a new agreement smashed out recently.

A task undertaken by Agriculture Victoria’s animal health and welfare staff is conducting audits of food outlets to determine how they dispose of their food wastes. This can include visits to pubs, restaurants, supermarkets, bakeries and so on.