January 6th, 2025Locals who enriched the year that was …

From Olympians to town criers, the people of the Central Highlands make the place in which we live rich indeed. The Local had the pleasure of meeting quite a few of them throughout 2024, the year that was. Here are just a few...

From Olympians to town criers, the people of the Central Highlands make the place in which we live rich indeed.

The Local had the pleasure of meeting quite a few of them throughout 2024, the year that was. Here are just a few…

**_{Bullarto’s Nadine Jade produced a video about Daylesford artist and musician Monty Osewald. Her goal is to direct a short at the St Kilda Film Festival.}**

**_{Coomoora’s Patrice O’Shea received an Order of Australia Medal in the General Division in the King’s Birthday Honours list.}**

**_{Creswick’s Philip Greenbank, official town crier for Hepburn Shire since 2015, took part in an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.}**

**_{Fern Hill’s Lauretta Hanson headed to the Paris 2024 Olympics. The road cyclist competed alongside Grace Brown and Ruby Roseman-Gannon.}**

**_{The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever sees participants around the world recreate the music video for musician Kate Bush’s 1978 song Wuthering Heights.}**

**_{The event’s inspiration is Shambush’s The Ultimate Kate Bush Experience, which took place in 2013 in Brighton, United Kingdom, as part of Brighton Fringe.}**

**_{And thanks to Spade to Blade’s Gary Thomas, centre, and the Hepburn Dancers, this event was also held at the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens in Daylesford – led by dancer Tuesday Telford Perkins.}**

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Just briefly…

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January 6th, 2025Locals who enriched the year that was …

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