Kyle Barnes caught up with an old mate, artist and sparky extraordinaire Gary Miles, who with his wife Jen, has recently opened an eclectic shop in Creswick called Imperial Lighting. Kyle chatted with Gary and used the opportunity to roll out every lighting and electrical reference and pun he could think of. Apologies in advance. […]

Founded in 2010, the Clunes Ceramic Award is a major, national, acquisitive and biennial award presented in Clunes. An initiative of Creative Clunes, the award was established in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ballarat and Castlemaine Art Museum. The major award of $10,000 is provided by the Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation. As the award […]

Cafs is calling for more foster carers to open their doors and hearts. To mark Foster Care Week in September, Child and Family Services is encouraging people across Ballarat and the Central Highlands region to consider whether they could provide the safety, stability and sense of belonging that a child needs. Cafs Home Based Care […]

Brendan Hehir was running The Blackwood Times when the storm of June 2021 decimated the region, so, naturally he started reporting on it. Taking photos, getting stories from affected community members. But after a while, like others, he realised it was bigger than one paper, bigger than a few news reports. “About two months later, […]

CONFIRMED AS ATTENDING: Martha Haylett MP LABOR Jo Armstrong NATIONALS Megan Read LIBERALS Donna Buxton ONE NATION Tim Drylie GREENS WESTERN VIC. CANDIDATES Sarah Mansfield GREENS Bev McArthur MP LIBERALS www.kingstonanddistrictpoweralliance.org Community event hosted by Kingston & District Power Alliance DOORS OPEN: 2:15pm DEBATE: 2.45 to 4:30pm SUNDAY 4TH OCT. NEWLYN FOOTY CLUB STATE ELECTION […]

Lyster Opera presents Don Giovanni – The Charmer, the Scoundrel and Mozart’s Masterpiece at the Creswick Town Hall on Saturday, October 24  In its 10th year of bringing opera to regional Victoria, Lyster Opera has gained a well-deserved reputation of delighting communities of small country towns with exceptional productions of well-known and, perhaps, less well-known […]

These Year 10 students had busily spent a term crafting and editing their pieces. Coupled with feedback from Amanda de Clifford, the head of English at Daylesford College, these young writers were also coached in performance and public speaking by Rebecca Lister – an award-winning playwright, M.C. and co-artistic Director of the arts company Anvil […]

Three artists will open their exhibitions at Stockroom in Kyneton on Saturday, September 26 from 4pm. The exhibitions will run to November 1. Mark Rodda will present Abstraction + Watercolour = Good Times!!, Ella Rizzi will present Distance and Steph Wallace will present Grief is like Glitter. Mark Rodda, Nebula 24P Mark Rodda’s Abstraction + […]