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Warning to look out for blue-green algae in farm water supplies

01-12-2022

Recent flooding events combined with warmer weather conditions has produced favourable conditions for blue-green algae to thrive in farm water supplies and standing flood water.

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B&B Woes

30-11-2022

We have recently had need to search out a letter in The Local (Issue 256, June 20, 2022) submitted by Dave McLachlan detailing his life now he is surrounded by bed and breakfast businesses.

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Legally blind – but you wouldn’t know it: public events to promote awareness

30-11-2022

The Hepburn Shire Council is hosting three events to celebrate International Day of People with Disability in partnership with its Disability Advisory Committee.

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Rex sale attracting plenty of interest

30-11-2022

The campaign to sell The Rex in Daylesford has "generated strong interest thus far", according to real estate company Fitzroys' senior manager Lewis Waddell.

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Your say

30-11-2022

Our rural property suffered flood damage to two of our dams in the recent floods/storms. One of these dams has been an ongoing restoration project for us since the massive floods of 2011.

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Glen, about the house

29-11-2022

My all-time favourite rose rosa mutabilis has finally reached maturity as a small tree and with its first full crop of ever-changing coloured, butterfly-like blooms.

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Horoscopes with Jennifer Hart – November 21-December 5

30-11-2022

Aries: If your mental health has seen better days, hopefully those better days are here...

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Just sayin’… By Donna Kelly

29-11-2022

DECEMBER 5 is/was International Volunteer Day. The is/was is because it depends what day you are reading this.

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Thanking those valued volunteers – you know who you are…

28-11-2022

International Volunteer Day on December 5 allows us to celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding contribution and commitment of Central Highlands Rural Health volunteers.

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A message from the mayor

28-11-2022

I am honoured to have been elected Mayor of Hepburn Shire Council by my colleagues.

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social enterprise shifts the menu to nutrition-rich eats

28-11-2022

FORGET the days when school lunch meant a pallid pastry followed by a fizzy saccharine chaser and a stomach ache.

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Pick me! Pick

28-11-2022

Well hello there. I’m Colin and I am a five-year-old (desexed)dude with a classic black and white rig.

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Flock together with Birds of a Feather

27-11-2022

LONG time LGBTIQA+ activist Rodney Croome will be special guest at next month’s Birds of a Feather lunch event in Kyneton.

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Keele’s work in exhibition at Radius Gallery

27-11-2022

Artist Keele Breen is holding a new exhibition at Radius Gallery in Hepburn Springs.

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Ruth leading lady in Ageing DisGracefully

27-11-2022

RUTH Irving has come a long way. Raised on a farm at Mollongghip, she is now gracing the front cover of Hepburn House's latest calendar albeit disGracefully!

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Tickets now on sale for ChillOut Festival 23

27-11-2022

TICKETS are now on sale to more than 50 LGBTQIA+ shows, parties, social and sporting events that will celebrate queer country pride across Daylesford and Hepburn Springs over the Labour Day long weekend from March 9 - 13, 2023.

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Tonia says ‘I do’ to challenges and projects

26-11-2022

TONIA Todman, well-known television personality, queen of craft and author feels very lucky with the opportunities she has been given over a long career

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Last ‘toot’ in January for RARD’s 20 years

26-11-2022

RURAL Australians for Refugees Daylesford – the group perhaps best known for its “toots for refugees” vigil at the top roundabout in Daylesford every Friday from 5pm - is finishing up in January after20 years of supporting refugees detained around Australia and beyond.

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Daylesford Show: It only needs you and the heavens

26-11-2022

After a two-year break and a ton of work by a very small but very dedicated committee the Daylesford Show is scheduled to return today, November 26 at the Daylesford Showgrounds in Victoria Park.

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Daylesford being explored for gold mine

26-11-2022

A MINING company granted an exploratory license for gold mining in May this year, has identified the Daylesford region as “highly prospective but well underexplored in terms of the modern exploration environment”.

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Daylesford Community Op Shop: Giving back

25-11-2022

DAYLESFORD Community Op Shop team leader Sharon Michels is proud to say that every cent raised from sales at the Mink Street shop goes back into the community.

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Hepburn Wildlife Shelter needs you…

25-11-2022

The Hepburn Wildlife Shelter is extending a big thankyou to all of "the wonderful volunteers who have worked, and continue to work, with such commitment and passion to help the local wildlife" ahead of a special volunteer recruitment afternoon in Daylesford.

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Service with a smile …

25-11-2022

The hand-written blackboard menu of Daylesford's 5000 Club reads like an upmarket cafe.

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Something for everyone at Twilight Night

25-11-2022

Trentham Twilight Night happens tonight Friday, November 25 with businesses and market stalls ready to help shoppers get their Christmas list sorted.

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