Natasha Morgan was approached last year by Murdoch Books and this year, The Productive Garden Companion, the book she had hoped to find her entire life, was created. She chatted to Kyle Barnes. Kyle: How did it all come about? Natasha: They had seen one of my posts on Instagram and out of the blue […]
Daylesford-based designer and creative practitioner Ty Symonds has been elected as a non-executive director on the board of Craft Victoria, one of Australia’s leading organisations for contemporary craft and making practice. The appointment was confirmed at Craft Victoria’s AGM last week. Ty, who lives and works in Daylesford, brings more than two decades of experience […]
Hepburn Shire Council’s Community Awards have recognised the valuable contribution of community members and volunteers in the shire. The awards were presented during Volunteer Week. Citizen of the Year went to Daylesford’s Frank Page, Event of the Year went to to art event Radical Fields and was accepted by Glenlyon’s Ryan Kennedy and the Hepburn […]
Colour dominates the life of the phenomenal Prue Acton. Her eyes sparkle when she talks about it. From the age of 15 she learnt life drawing for four years, yet nothing about colour, before becoming the golden girl of Australian fashion. “Colours are my alert system,” she says. “Not sound, vocal, or feel. Just colour.” […]
Late Night Radio will offer up smooth & elegant jazz with a trio featuring Jack Pantazis on guitar (plays regularly at Paris Cat), Ben Gibbons on upright bass and Cherie Bridges on vocals at Daylesford Spirit in Vincent Street on Friday, May 29 from 7.30pm. There are cocktails and a full bar with grazing boards […]
A Winter Meditation “For the poor wren, the most diminutive of birds, will fight, her young ones in the nest, against the owl.” Lady Macduff. Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Diminutive wrens flitting from ground to tree On freezing cold mornings, in furious southerlies Along with the thorn-bills and red fire-tail finches You tiniest of birds in these […]
Award-winning Castlemaine artist Rob McHaffie will be the featured artist when the 37th Annual Rotary Castlemaine Art Show opens at Castlemaine Town Hall for King’s Birthday weekend, June 5-8. “Castlemaine Rotary is delighted to have an artist of the stature and accomplishments of Rob McHaffie as our featured artist for our 37th Art Show,” Rotary […]
An evening of jazz vocals and guitar with Michelle Nicolle – Australia’s finest jazz singer – accompanied by Hugh Stuckey, a musician not be missed, at the Bullarto Hall on Saturday, May 16. Local support act this time around is The Dusty Millers. The bar will be open and the heaters will be on! Doors […]
