January 13th, 2026New Year’s Day Parade Images: George Weiss

A recent article on the Hepburn Wildlife Shelter's Facebook page describes the fate of several wombats hand-reared by an unknown person who released them into another wombat’s territory.

The cakes will be decorated, the scones freshly baked and the competition fierce when the Lyonville Bake Off returns on Sunday, October 25 from 10.30am to 2.30pm - with entry just a gold coin donation.

As Remembrance Day draws closer next month, Natalie Poole brings us a story on just one of our many brave service people from over the years. Trentham’s George Maidment Dight was born on May 5, 1872 in Fitzroy to Charles Pollard Dight and Margaret Ethel Dodd. He was one of 11 children.

Have you ever wondered what’s behind Hepburn’s neatly manicured Mooltan hedge?