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The Variety Bash is Australia's longest running and most iconic charity motoring event - and a team from Trentham and the Macedon Ranges are among those taking up the challenge.

The Hepburn Swiss Italian Festa is a community festival which celebrates the enduring contribution of Swiss Italian migrants who came to the Hepburn Springs/Daylesford region during the 1850s gold rush.

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An amendment to the Victorian Planning Provisions will make it easier to establish micro-abattoirs.

A Pillowcase Workshop, for children aged 8 to 10, will be held in Trentham on Saturday, September 13 from 9.30am to 10.30am.

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale opened over the weekend.

Water security in Daylesford and nearby towns is being boosted with a new pipeline delivering up to 300 million litres of additional water per year nearing completion.

Birdie’s Tree is an award-winning set of storybooks and resources created by the Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health to help children and families going through natural disasters and disruptive events.

It's Leo to the rescue Jeff Glorfeld wants to tell a shaggy-dog tale.

Internationally renowned landscape designer and sustainability advocate Jamie Durie will hold free workshops on preparing properties for the challenges of drought and the upcoming fire season.

RACV Goldfields Resort was recently honoured with the Victorian Accommodation Awards for Excellence for Resort Style Accommodation of the Year.

Hepburn Region Blue Light has come to an end.

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Clunes Hit & Giggle Pickleball has celebrated its first year of fun and fitness.

When the late Betty Rea, a former shire president and councillor, bequeathed a parcel of land in Raglan Street, Daylesford, her wording was that “it be bequeathed to the mayor, councillors and citizens of the Shire of Daylesford for the use and benefit of the citizens of Daylesford and for it to be named Rea-Lands Park”.

Cate Graceson was living in her car with her dog in March, 2023. She was 70 years old.

Shannon’s Bridge, Creswick's volunteer-driven charity, which supports people with end-of-life issues including the delivery of hospital equipment to their homes, has been thrown a lifeline by Hino Australia. With their truck vandalised beyond repair, the volunteers at Shannon’s Bridge were being forced to use their own cars to deliver hospital equipment to homes around Victoria and New South Wales.

Little or virtually no under-age drinking happens in Daylesford. That is the conclusion of “discreet surveillance” by private investigators hundreds of times late last year and early this year. Two undercover agents were contracted by the liquor giant Endeavour Group as part of its effort to get a licence for Dan Murphy’s.

All.Can Australia is calling on Australians to back a newly launched national survey to bring the lived experiences of people impacted by cancer to the forefront of national cancer care decision-making.

The state government is helping Victorians cut the cost of living by providing real energy bill relief to Victorians in need, with another Power Saving Bonus available now.

Please join us to hear about the extraordinary story of the Chelsea Australian Garden created by Landscape Designer Phillip Johnson, Horticulturalist Wes Fleming and the Trailfinders Team. It was designed in 2013 and was the first Australian entry to win Gold and Best in Show at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London. 

The state government’s investment in new Free TAFE short courses is making it easier and faster for plumbers to get the licences they need to join Victoria’s construction workforce.

The state government is delivering new accommodation so more healthcare workers will soon be able to call the Mallee home, with construction underway on three new units for staff at Kerang District Health.

Geelong’s next generation of construction workers are getting job-ready, connecting with employers, and prepared to start their apprenticeships with confidence—thanks to support from the state government.