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Adoption fee: $10
MAAW Source No. BRI00938
Come and meet me at MAAWs in Castlemaine. Ph: 5472 5277.
August 14th, 2025Cr Hewitt asks: ‘Can we sell bequeathed park?’
A Hepburn Shire Council decision to ask for community feedback on selling seven of its properties around the shire, three for affordable housing, has been overshadowed by a request that CEO Bradley Thomas also look into the possibility of selling Rea Lands Park in Raglan Street, Daylesford.
Rea Lands, now a public park and food garden, was bequeathed to the people of Daylesford by former Shire President and Councillor Betty Rea.
At the July council meeting, Cr Lesley Hewitt moved a motion saying she wanted an investigation into whether the land could be sold.
“I am aware that there are a number of projects in Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and surrounds that will require co-contributions by council and this is potentially an opportunity to get that funding. So I would like to see whether or not that’s possible.”
Cr Hewitt later told The Local the land had been left by Betty Rea for the community benefit of the people of Daylesford.

“Mrs Rea, it’s clear from our understanding of the sort of person that she was, that community was at the heart of everything she did. And then the question is, what’s community benefit? And is its current usage, a community benefit?
“It’s just looking at it (and) getting more information to try to make what would be the best use of that land in line with Betty Rea’s wishes, because that’s important and I would be certainly respecting that.”
Just two of those, and there are many more voicing their protest on social media, who would be disappointed to see the site turn into housing are Robert Burrowes and Anita McKone, pictured above, and Anita, below.
The couple moved to the region in 2012 and, without their own garden, signed up to help out the Daylesford Community Food Gardeners a year later – an organisation given a lease for the land by the council in 2012.

“The public park as gifted by ex-mayor Betty Rea was still in its original form of a very large grassed area with a small number of large trees, including the two impressive pines, and the picnic table and seat, before the Gardeners took over development and management in 2011,” Anita said.
“Patrick Jones has organised many working bees at Rea Lands involving members of the Daylesford Community Food Gardeners. Since December 2013, Robert and myself have contributed between 200 and 400 hours of voluntary labour every year until now, 2025, as well as over a thousand dollars of plants, tools, trellising and organic inputs.
“Some hundreds of dollars and many practical inputs, such as rail sleepers for edging garden beds, mulch, compost and plants, have been donated by others in the community. Permaculture founder David Holmgren gave expert advice in the early years.
“The garden now boasts over 50 more trees, three hedges, a large variety of bushes, ground covers and flowers, as well as a small vegetable plot. Many of the fruit trees are just coming into their capacity for fruiting well, including the two avocados we planted in 2015 (and nursed over the winter for the first couple of years).
“There is also a lovely native Bunya pine that is now several metres tall and will eventually grow to match the Norfolk Island pine nearby. The Bunya pine holds deep cultural, spiritual, and ecological significance for many First Nations peoples.
“One of the valued features of the garden is that it is eclectic, because we have been achieving a number of different goals – it is not only a community organic food source, but a public park where visitors come to wander and enjoy – so adequate shade, colour and overall shape of the garden beds have been of concern.
“Because it is a voluntary working organic food garden, as well as a public park, Rea Lands has a somewhat ‘wild’ look about it at times. Many people who visit the garden say that this is what they like about it.
“I see Rea Lands as a significant and successful addition to the mosaic of Daylesford gardens, that also has key environmental and food sustainability aspects and heritage value. It deserves to be retained in public hands for the ongoing benefit of the community as a whole.”
Robert said depending on season and weather, people came to the park to meditate, walk their dog, pick up some gardening advice, have their kid’s birthday party or even hold an Easter egg hunt.
“And it’s got a couple of huge pine trees and a big gum tree and we’ve planted more which will take 30 years to grow. We won’t be here to see it but hopefully plenty of people in the future will.
“That was the plan. That’s why it’s a bit disappointing. You don’t plant trees to have them bulldozed down. And we thought it was generous of Betty, pictured below at a fundraiser, to give it to the community and allow it to be dedicated for the community’s benefit.
“It was a generous gift, and we like to think we’re using it in a way that she’d be happy about. It’s in her name, so that’s a nice memorial to her contribution.”
Words: Donna Kelly | Top: Debora Mermadeit | Middle & Bottom: Contributed
June 7th, 2025A bit about Noel’s Great Uncle Thomas…
Words and main image: Eve Lamb
Reading a story in The Local back in April, Blackwood resident Noel Ewer’s attention was quietly captured as he realised it was about his own Great Uncle Thomas.

The story that ran in the April 7 edition reported a tree planting ceremony held back in March in Daylesford’s Avenue of Honour on Daylesford-Malmsbury Road.
The tree being planted was to honour the memory of Private Thomas Alfred Chaplain, Noel’s great uncle who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War One.
Born in 1882, the young Thomas had attended Daylesford State School and later worked as a miner but in May 1915 as WWI raged he enlisted, joining the 26th Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force.
The 26th Battalion was a unit raised from Queensland and Tasmania, part of the 7th Brigade and Thomas became among the first Australians to provide reinforcements at Gallipoli, landing there in early September 1915.

Thomas and his battalion endured the brutal conditions of the peninsula – steep terrain, relentless enemy fire, disease and hunger as they played a key role in holding the line at the infamous Lone Pine and Russell’s Top, where trenches were so close that battles were fought not just with bullets, but with grenades and bayonets.
Sadly, it was in these conditions that Thomas fell ill with dysentery, a fate that claimed many young men in the trenches of Gallipoli. He was evacuated to a hospital ship, but succumbed to his illness on the 8th of November 1915.
Thomas was buried at sea, far from his Daylesford home, yet forever remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial in Turkey (Turkiye).
Now aged 82, his great nephew Noel says the story in The Local caught his eye for obvious reasons.Noel’s mother, Marion Ewer (nee Chaplain) was Thomas’s niece.
“My grandfather Robert was Thomas’s elder brother,” says Noel.
“I’m 82 now and as far as I know I’m the last of my mother’s family, probably the last of the Chaplain line. I’m not aware of any others.”
Noel has a photos of his maternal grandfather, Robert (Thomas’ brother) and of his own mother Marion (Thomas’ niece), but unfortunately no photos of Thomas himself. He values the information he has been able to amass about his Great Uncle Thomas and says he wouldn’t have known anything about the recent Avenue tree planting in Thomas’ honour had he not read the recent article.
“I was quite pleased to see it,” says Noel who’s been living in Blackwood for about 35 years now.
“We had been to the RSL in Dayleford a couple of years back and they showed us a history book done by local school kids that records all the Daylesford soldiers that went to World War I, including Thomas, and I had been told a little bit of the history. I knew his name was on the war memorial.
“My (maternal) grandfather Robert, his elder brother, worked as a bullock driver and there was also another older brother called William who was also a bullock driver but he never married.”
Suffice to say, visiting the historic Daylesford Avenue of Honour now offers added cause for a little quiet reflection for Noel as he remembers his Great Uncle Thomas and watches the tree that’s been planted in his memory slowly grow with the years.
June 6th, 2025Debut book celebrates Aussie way of life
Words & Image: Eve Lamb
There must be a fair few familes with a resident “Grumps”.
Newly released at Daylesford’s Paradise Books shop in recent days, Kate Foulds’ debut book, Grumps and the green fishing rod, pays homage to a special Grumps in her life; her dad.

The new children’s book that’s been accepted for release at the National Library Bookshop in Canberra, also captures many precious aspects of the local area and celebrates being out in nature and the Aussie way of life.
It features unfiltered coloured photographs by one of Kate’s former colleagues from her days as a journalist with the Bendigo Advertiser newspaper, Tania Tanti. There are also beautiful nature photos by Daylesford’s Darryl Kirby included as well.
Kate says seeing her first ever book released locally and stocked at Daylesford’s Paradise Books is both “exciting” and “humbling”.
“I think it’s so important to capture some of these oral stories that form the fabric of who we are as Australians,” she says.
“I’ve had a number of people contact me saying ‘we’ve got a ‘Grumps’. So they’re really relating which is great.”
Kate says the book was largely inspired by her own treasured childhood days just getting out and being in nature with her dad who is a keen general fisherman and a skilled fly fisherman.
The book carries the stories of four generations and includes a glossary of some classic Aussie terms.
Kate is a Central Victorian short fiction and memoir writer who grew up on the family farm in Musk before becoming a regional newspaper journalist.
Her short fiction, Grandma’s Gift, was published in the anthology, Mother – Memories, Moments & Stories and her flash fiction was shortlisted for the inaugural Minds Shine Bright Writing Confidence Competition 2022.
In 1994 Kate gained a graduate cadetship at Kyneton’s Midland Express office and was a journalist at the Bendigo Advertiser between 1997 and 1999.
As a police and court reporter at the Advertiser, Kate wrote a news story judged a first-place winner at the 2000 Crime Stoppers International Conference in Canada – topping nominations from around the globe including London, New York, Miami and Vancouver.
Kate has already started work on another book project capturing more of the area’s rich local oral history.
“It’s a long term project and will be a much bigger book,” she says.
June 5th, 2025‘Kindness is key to being free’: New crew at Live4Life Hepburn launch
Live4Life Hepburn introduced members of the 2025 crew with a launch at Daylesford College last month.

The event was planned and MCd by the year 9 and 10 members of the Live4Life Crew and attended by representatives from Hepburn Shire Council, Central Highlands Rural Health, neighbourhood centres, Community Bank Daylesford District, the Daylesford Foundation and Daylesford RSL.
Twenty crew members welcomed staff, Partnership Group members and more than 80 year 8 students and outlined key mental health messages, introduced their 2025 theme of “Kindness is key to being free” and their mascot Dave the Daylesford wombat.
Dave does not judge but offers a listening ear and kindness, inviting those to share what troubles them and offer support.
The award-winning Live4Life’s groundbreaking, peer-led, evidence-based, community impact model spans both suicide prevention and mental health/wellbeing education.
Live4Life is the only program of its kind designed specifically for rural and regional areas. College principal Stephen MacPhail said he was proud of the students who put their hands up to be Mental Health Ambassadors as part of the Live4Life Crew.
“Their willingness to step forward, show leadership, and support the wellbeing of their peers speaks volumes about the kind of young people they are becoming. They are a real credit to the school.”
Mr MacPhail also did a shout-out to last year’s crew who had been great role models. More than a hundred year 8 and year 9/10 students from the college will take part in the Live4Life program this year.
The theme was devised by the members of the 2025 crew to express the importance of kindness as an essential part of starting a conversation about mental health.
The annual prevalence of mental ill health in young people aged 16 – 24 years has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past 15 years and 75 per cent of people with mental ill health have their first episode during adolescence.
Suicide is the leading cause of death in young Australians and the suicide rate is more than 50 per cent higher in rural and regional communities.
Live4Life is an award-winning prevention model centered on young people themselves. It protects young lives before a crisis occurs. Young people are at the centre of the Live4Life program.
In 2024, across all Live4Life communities, over 8960 young people received evidence-based mental health education, improving their mental health literacy and ability to offer and seek help, while reducing stigma through the annual program of events and activities.
The total number of young people living in rural and regional communities who have received evidence-based mental health education since the Live4Life program began in 2010 is now 29,991.
In 2024, 297 young people joined the Live4Life Crew and were trained and mentored to support their peers as Mental Health Ambassadors.
In total, over 1470 young people have joined Live4Life Crew. Live4Life Hepburn is generously supported by Community Bank Daylesford District and the Daylesford Foundation.
Words & image: Contributed
June 4th, 2025Worldwide CrossFit 2025
The CrossFit Open brings athletes of all levels together for a three-week global competition; after this only 2 per cent of competitors from each age group advance to the semi-finals.

This year four members of the Daylesford CrossFit team reached this impressive milestone, pictured above from left, Leah Willian, Jason Dash, Leigh Hawker and Stewart Roche.
Over the course of three gruelling days, these athletes tackled five heavy-hitting workouts, pushing themselves to the limit, and showcasing their dedication.
All four athletes are over 60 years of age, proving that age is no barrier.
Lachlan Hawker, owner and head coach of Daylesford CrossFit, said CrossFit was for everyone.
“We have athletes ranging from teenagers to legends in their 80s.”
Words & image: Contributed
June 3rd, 2025Bossa, ballads and swing with Late Night Radio at Bar Bamford
Daylesford’s Bar Bamford plays host host to an evening of smooth, stylish jazz on Saturday evening June 21 with Late Night Radio.

Getting under way from 8.30pm Late Night Radio features vocalist Cherie Bridges, Jack Pantazis on guitar and Ben Gibbons on upright bass.
This gig in the Daylesford Hotel’s intimate Bar Bamford venue will be free to attend and offers a chance to immerse yourself in a playful mix of swing, bossa, and ballads that promise to transport the listener to another time.
Late Night Radio
Saturday 21 June | 8:30pm – 10:15pm
Bar Bamford – Daylesford Hotel
FREE ENTRY
Words: Eve Lamb. Image: File
June 2nd, 2025Daylesford’s Bar Bamford hosts Swing Time

Jai and Barbarella are the dynamic duo behind Swing Time, bringing their own twist to everything from 1920s jazz to modern pop hits.
With a splash of ragtime, a touch of soul, and a whole lot of personality, they’ll keep you guessing – “Wait… is that Beyoncé as a jazz number?”
From sweet serenades to foot-stomping swing, their playful setlist gets audiences smiling, swaying, and maybe even shimmying in their seats.
This talented duo are performing at the Daylesford Hotel’s Bar Bamford this Saturday evening, and entry to catch their gig in this intimate local venue is free.
Swing Time
Saturday 7 June | 8:30pm – 10:15pm
Bar Bamford – Daylesford Hotel
FREE ENTRY
May 24th, 2025Kirsty: Beating the odds – one day at a time
In 2014, Kirsty Plews was living in Melbourne. She was married, pregnant with her second child, completing her psychology degree and raising a toddler. At 36 she was busy but had her life mapped out.

The day she went into hospital to have her second child, her world fell apart.
Kirsty suffered several inexplicable seizures prior to giving birth and two days later she woke from an induced coma with no memory, a newborn baby and the news she had brain cancer.
Nothing could have prepared her for the life-shattering news that forced her on a path of determination and survival.
“The diagnosis was a devastating shock and I knew it was life limiting. I had just finished a degree in psychology and understood how statistics work so I told myself I’m going to be an outlier…the one that the stats don’t apply to,” she said.
Sharing Kirsty’s story has been years in the making. We first met in 2020 while swimming in Lake Daylesford with our kids. We often spoke about sharing her story in The Local as a way to raise awareness and for Kirsty to thank the loyal friends, school communities and charities, including the Good Grub Club and The Daylesford Foundation.
Kirsty especially wanted to thank those involved in fundraising that helped her and her children to visit Scotland and see her family. Importantly, Kirsty wanted to share her story this month to help raise awareness about brain cancer through the global campaign Go Grey in May.
When she lived in Melbourne, Kirsty loved visiting Daylesford but never expected to make it her home. Then again, she had always planned to return home to Scotland following a trip around the world 21 years ago.
Although she had a strong support network in Melbourne, family connections, a stable medical routine and an active life, Kirsty and her family made the move.
“We would occasionally drive to Daylesford for mini-breaks and in 2016 after seeing a house by chance, we put in an offer and made the move early in 2017.”
Looking back, that first year turned out to be one of the toughest and saddest times of Kirsty’s life. Two friends died of brain cancer, her step-mum died days before her brother’s wedding in Scotland, her marriage broke down and by October she was a single mum living in a new town with no family support.
“It was supposed to be a fresh start. It wasn’t. I felt isolated and had to start my journey all over again. New doctors, new friends and a new town. It wasn’t the start I’d imagined.”
Some days, Kirsty said she just made it through minute by minute, hour by hour. With incredible support from friends she made in Daylesford, and online through a brain cancer Facebook page she set up when she was first diagnosed, she was able to keep moving forward. But accepting help was hard.
“I was raised in a family that made sure others were okay so it was difficult for me to drop my guard and ask for help. Thanks to medical support from my wonderful Professor Kate Drummond through to occupational therapists, the local community and the most amazing friends I have made, I was able to navigate my way through.”
Anyone who knows Kirsty knows that, along with her razor-sharp wit delivered with her distinctive Scottish brogue, she possesses an astounding determination and will to be that outlier and beat the odds.
“Brain cancer wasn’t really highlighted in the media and I knew little about it. But all the while I knew I had to beat the odds, even if I didn’t know what those odds were.”
In 2015 when (TV and radio personality) Carrie Bickmore wore a beanie at the Logie Awards in memory of her late husband and to raise awareness, I was relieved that brain cancer would be better understood and supported.
Initially, Kirsty was told that she would have to undergo the first surgery one month after her diagnosis and a possible second surgery in the future. When she did have the second surgery she was diagnosed with PTSD.
“When I was told I had an acquired brain injury, I didn’t know who I was anymore.
“I was trying to put on a brave face but was internally falling apart. My nerves were on high alert and I had to learn basic skills again like cooking and interacting with people,” she said.
Her bi-annual magnetic resonance imaging scans and numerous appointments are taxing and she knows a third brain operation is possible. But as time has progressed, new medical opportunities have opened up, improving the odds just a little bit more each time.
“There is new gene targeted therapy and my surgeon said I’m a suitable candidate for the therapy. It’s all about hope and belief.”
And while she continues her medical fight, Kirsty isn’t wasting a single moment, still focused on giving back to the community that has supported her through her battle.
Kirsty coaches the local Under 9’s soccer team, something she never imagined doing but that has helped her reintegrate into the community and allowed the kids to continue to play.
She will soon complete her Certificate 3 in crisis counselling and continues to raise awareness for brain cancer that affects thousands around the world with little media focus compared to other life-threatening diseases.
Among all her astounding achievements, Kirsty said her greatest honour was receiving the Dave Endacott Medal awarded by the Daylesford and Hepburn United Soccer Club.
A small but fitting recognition for someone who has already given so much to our community and continues to inspire through her goodness and strength.
And despite her tiredness and health restrictions, Kirsty has never once given up on life and lives daily with courage and the strength that inspires those in her life.
She uses humour to get through the tough times and her love of her children, family and community is nothing short of inspirational.
“It was a difficult beginning here in Daylesford but I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”
Donate
Go Grey in May is an international brain cancer awareness campaign raising funds for vital research and to support those living with brain cancer. Kirsty is highlighting the cause through her social media presence by completing a cycling challenge and hopes people support the campaign.
For Kirsty, that means we could be a little closer to finding a cure. Scan the QR Code to find out more or donate. Peace of Mind is the only organisation of its kind in Australia to help brain cancer patients with one-on-one personal, financial and practical support.
The foundation has been there for Kirsty through her brain cancer journey. To donate go to challengebraincancer.gofundraise.com.au/page/TourdeForce
Words & image: Narelle Groenhout
May 17th, 2025Community dinners to thank local volunteers
The Hepburn Shire Council is preparing to celebrate the contribution of local volunteers with two special free community dinners.

National Volunteers Week (19-25 May) is fast approaching and to celebrate the contributions of local volunteers and community groups, the council is inviting residents to join one of the volunteer week dinners as a thank you for the difference volunteers make to the wider community.
The upcoming dinners are set for Daylesford on Monday 19 May, and Creswick on Wednesday 21 May.

It’s a chance to attend, connect with others and celebrate with free tickets here: https://hepburn.eventbrite.com.au.
This event is alos being made possible with the support of the Victorian state government.

May 17th, 2025Youth mental health program launches locally at Daylesford college
The successful youth mental health awareness program, Live4Life this month had its local launch at Daylesford College with some spots still available to join community mental health training sessions taking place as part of the wider program.

On Friday 9 May, Hepburn Shire Council mayor, Cr Don Henderson, deputy mayor, Cr Leslie Hewitt, Cr Tony Clark and Cr Pat Hockey and a number of council officers attended the Live4Life launch at Daylesford College
The program, which also operates more widely, including in the neighbouring City of Ballarat Shire, supports youth mental health awareness and focuses on providing peer support, training and advocacy for young residents.
The council plays a key role is raising community awareness, building connections outside the school and offering community training.
There are still spots available in upcoming mental health training sessions:
Monday 23 June in Creswick
Monday 7 July in Trentham
Book your spot via Google Forms
https://ow.ly/aIEy50VRtaX
The Hepburn Shire Council said was was proud to partner with the Live4Life program.
May 11th, 2025Hymns of Hope to ring out in Daylesford
The community is invited to Daylesford’s Christ Church on Saturday, May 17 at 2pm for a chance to join in singing some favourite Hymns of Hope.

Organists Beverley Phillips and John Tungyep from the Royal Society of Church Music, Central Victoria will play the retuned historic Fincham organ.
Master of Ceremonies for the Hymns will be Fay Magee, who is also from the Royal Society of Church Music, Central Victoria.
Twelve hymns have been selected, with the help of the current congregation at Christ Church Daylesford, and each express a theme of faith and hope from the Together in Song Hymn book.
There will also be some interspersed poetry reflections upon the theme of Hope.
Afternoon tea will be served in the heritage-listed, recently refurbished W.E. Stanbridge Hall next door from 3.30pm. Singers from the Solomon Islands, who are staying in Castlemaine, will sing during afternoon tea.
People attending from other parishes are invited to bring a plate of biscuits or cake and leave it at the hall before the hymn program begins. (Please label for safety reasons re nuts or gluten-free.)
Grace Provan from Christ Church is coordinating the afternoon tea arrangements on the day.
The event is free but a voluntary donation toward maintenance of the organ will be greatly appreciated.
Words & Image: Contributed
May 11th, 2025Art, Music, Words exhibition now showing, Daylesford
The exhibition Intersections: Art, Music, Words is currently on display at the Daylesford Regional Visitor Information Centre from May 8 to June 19.

Vanessa Craven (daylesfordARTS), pictured, is an artist with many strings to her bow. She paints in acrylic, oils and mixed media, ink and pencil, is a nature photographer and a talented musician who plays with her bands Lunar Dust and Lake Mist as well as solo.
Vanessa is also a writer and poet. She won the Bendigo Sustainability Festival ‘Poe-Tree’ award 2025, and has two published books, a children’s book, Birds in my Tree: the Magic of Birds and the Joy of Singing and a poetry book, Under the Mop Top Tree.
She has also published poems and short stories in five anthologies with the Moorabool Writers Craft including in 2023, Mists of Moorabool. She has produced and recorded three music CDs Filtered Light, Forbidden Dance and Homebrew.
Her music has won awards with the Australian Songwriting Association.
Daylesford Regional Visitor Information Centre is open daily from 10am to 4pm at 98 Vincent Street, Daylesford.
Image: Kyle Barnes
May 9th, 2025Songs of beauty and creation in concert
Dowland Songs of Beauty and Creation will be performed at Daylesford’s Stanbridge Hall on Saturday, May 10 from 2.30pm.

The concert will feature Rosemary Hodgson, lute, Kate Macfarlane, soprano, Christopher Roache, alto and tenor, Timothy Reynolds, tenor and Matthew Champion, bass. John Dowland is an English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist.
The concert will feature a range of voices singing Dowland’s melancholic songs.
Rosemary Hodgson maintains a vibrant career as Australia’s virtuoso lutenist. Specialising in the performance of historic guitars and lutes, she regularly engages in major festivals, recordings, and concert series throughout Australia and abroad.
Soprano Kate Macfarlane has earned a reputation as a dynamic and versatile singer on both the operatic and concert platforms.
She holds a Masters degree in Baroque vocal performance from the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Germany, where she studied under renowned counter-tenor Kai Wessel.
Kyneton-based tenor and counter-tenor, Christopher Roache works as a choral director, classroom music teacher, freelance singer and singing teacher.
Christopher performed as a tenor soloist in the 2022 Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival performance of three of J.S. Bach’s Cantatas and is a member of the eight-part vocal group, the Melbourne Octet, where he sings both tenor and alto.
Performed with The Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, The Bach Akademie Stuttgart, Timothy Reynolds has worked in Europe and across Australia. Overseas he has Opera Holland Park, Philharmonischer Chor Esslingen, at the Edinburgh Fringe, and understudied several roles at Oper Stuttgart.
Matthew Champion has performed widely in Australia and the UK, including with OzOpera, Chamber Made Opera, Past Echoes, Palestrina Project, Buxtehude Consort, and the Choir of Newman College.
He was the director of the Queen’s College Choir at the University of Melbourne, and since his return to Australia, directed the newly formed polyphony ensemble Cantus temporum.
Link: www.trybooking.com/eventlist/christchurchconcerts
May 8th, 2025Contemporary soul artist to play Bar Bamford
Rising force in contemporary soul music Oscar LaDell is headed to Bar Bamford, Daylesford Hotel this month for a free evening gig.

With a foundation in blues and a globally influenced perspective, Oscar crafts emotionally rich songs that blend timeless traditions with modern themes.
From heartfelt storytelling to powerful arrangements, Oscar’s music is a testament to his deep connection with the craft, solidifying him as one of today’s most compelling new voices.
He is set to bring his talents to Bar Bamford on Saturday, May 17 from 8.30pm.

Oscar LaDell
Saturday 17 May | 8:30pm – 10:15pm
Bar Bamford – Daylesford Hotel

