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The 2023 Victorian Landcare Grants and the 2023 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants are now open to volunteers and kids care for the state’s precious environment and biodiversity

A new group which aims to support people dealing with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, stress or any feelings of sadness or despair is being held each week in Kyneton.

In case you missed it - here are now 21 Priority Primary Care Centres in Victoria, including Ballarat which opened in December.

Pushing my own barrow here, I am chuffed to announce that Ross Gillett will launch Watch, my new poetry collection, at Radius Arts, 76 Main Road, Hepburn Springs on Saturday, May 6, from 3pm-5pm.

Work is expected to start soon on the upgrade of Daylesford Hospital’s operating theatre.

A FEW things. First up, well done to Beck Lewis who, despite having breast cancer, is spending her downtime from treatments encouraging others to get checked.

JUST back from visiting my dad in NZ. Left on Saturday, back on Wednesday. Long enough.

Macedon Ranges is the coldest wine-growing region on mainland Australia. It has an average altitude of 500m and a degree of continentality, which means the summer days are warm to hot, but the evenings are cool, this helps retain the natural acidity in the grapes.

Hi there, I am Yoshi. I am a 13-year-old boy, black and tan, German Shepherd cross Kelpie.

Community Bank Maldon & District chairman Ross Eggleton visited the Cairn Curran Sailing Club on Saturday to meet members and see the club’s newly installed shade sail.

FLOWERS are good for the soul. So says Lyonville’s Janae Paquin-Bowden. And she should know.

Ceridwen McCooey and Darcy King, above, will return to Yandoit Cultural, the old church in the bush - for a concert on Saturday, May 6 from 6pm.

THE Harry & Peggy Maddicks Golf Day, held on April 14, raised just under $14,000 for medical equipment and facility upgrades at Daylesford Health.

TRENTHAM'S Morag Turner hails originally from Lanarkshire, Scotland and it was her love of art that led to her completing a degree in textile design which then led to her moving to Australia. Today she’s inspired by the landscape and natural beauty she sees around her. But this well-established local artist is equally at home turning her talent to life drawing and portraiture, and to realism or abstractionism.

BESTSELLING author Tim Winton is coming to the region with a message of hope: good information and organisation can stop destruction of our world.

Two months after it was scheduled for activation the new public EV charge station at Creswick remains yet to be activated.

BECK Lewis has breast cancer, but she doesn’t want your sympathy. She wants you to check your boobs. And that’s you blokes as well.

The rain pelted down but the staunch team of volunteers were not to be beaten as they sloshed about, collecting for this month’s Good Friday Appeal on the main street of Daylesford.

ABC Radio has “temporarily” replaced weekday regional program Statewide Drive with Melbourne Drive.

THE 5000 Club's newly elected president, Sandy Breen, says she has big shoes to fill.

Trentham is working up a hearty appetite ahead of Spudfest coming up fast on Saturday May 6.

The Victorian Vegetable Innovation Days (VicVID) will be held tomorrow, Thursday 27 and Friday 28 April.

Combining the earthiness of folk, the lament of country and the authenticity of stories that you just know are true, The Distant South have been sweating it out in some of Victoria’s best venues over the last 2 years - honing their sound and their songs to the delight of a growing audience.

Farmers throughout the Hepburn Shire area and across Victoria are being encouraged to complete a series of free online training modules to help them protect their animals from diseases and biosecurity threats.