A brand new monthly growers and makers market will open this Sunday 10th November in Maldon with nearly 60 stalls of food and craft, 2 live music acts and donkey rides for kids. Market co-ordinator at the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre, Alex Fisher, said that stall holders have been specially selected… Read more…
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Over a ten day period the people of Hepburn Springs and Daylesford show off to their neighbours and the wider community of Victoria, their pride in the strong links to the Swiss and Italian settlers of the district in the 1850′s. The first Swiss/Italian Festa was staged in 1993 as… Read more…
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Written by Alla Wolf-Tasker and Andrew Stone. Alla Wolf-Tasker is an industry legend and doyenne of the iconic Lake House Daylesford. As patron of the kitchen and garden program at the Daylesford Primary School – a program that teaches children to grow and cook healthy food, is a role that gives… Read more…
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It’s Friday, the end of the week – if it’s been a good one, you need to celebrate, if not so good, you need some TLC and it’s easy to do both this weekend in and around the towns of Central Victoria – whether you live here or are visiting…. Read more…
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You’ve been thinking about that move to the country for a long time, unclear as to how it will happen – this property may be the answer. Set in the Macedon Ranges near Malmsbury, only an easy one-hour drive from Melbourne, this beautiful and secluded property offers 70 picturesque acres,… Read more…
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Rarely does a business offer as much as this delightful shop in one of Victoria’s charming villages. Selling a range of the highest quality certified organic products and fresh fruit and vegetables this is more than a solid business opportunity – it is a lifestyle choice. Established over six years… Read more…
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by Katherine Fay Spring has certainly sprung but for many, especially around these cooler parts, our kitchen gardens are yet to burst into a veritable feast of veg. Our brassicas are bolting, but that first baby broad bean is still as small as a tic tac and too tiny to… Read more…
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They’ve made it to 40 years! From Friday 1st to Monday 4th November, the town of Maldon plays host to one of the most respected and legendary events on Victoria’s music calendar. The countless volunteers who since 1973 have worked tirelessly to pull this festival together are the unsung heroes. … Read more…
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Nick Dattner is a very tall, courteous, rather garrulous man, with an insatiable curiosity for life. We met one rainy Friday in his new venture The New, NewNorthern in Castlemaine. Because he wanted a project to work on, Nick bought the old New Northern Hotel three years ago, and set… Read more…
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Hopefully you’ll have your diary, iPhone, iPad or wherever you note things you need to remember all ready for this. Bendigo in Spring has something happening to please just about everyone. We were going to list this in our “heads up” section, but there is so much on offer,… Read more…
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Celebrating 175 years of settlement of Smeaton. A weekend of activities including tours of Anderson’s Mill with its impressive working water wheel, vintage trucks and cars, re-enactment of a delivery of local produce by teamster Bruce Hill and his team of Clydesdales and wagon travelling from Clunes to Smeaton, chainsaw… Read more…
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From: http://mumbrella.com.au/schweppes-campaign-creates-a-pub-with-no-beer-168922 Slim Dusty might have sung about a pub with no beer but a stunt for Schweppes tests what happens when the owners switch off the beer taps off in a 100-year-old Australian pub. The campaign features locals who aren’t initially impressed to learn that they have to go to cocktails. Created… Read more…
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This is your chance to share a rare intimate afternoon with the ever charming Joe Camilleri and his friends Claude Carranze and Mark Gray at The Old Hepburn Hotel – Sunday 21st July from 3pm. Straight off the back of two sell out shows at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre with friends… Read more…
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It has taken a long time and it happened in stages, but The Cosmopolitan Hotel, Trentham’s much loved “corner pub” has finally been fully restored and re-opened. After the devastating fire that almost destroyed the hotel several years ago, it lay in ruins until purchased by Rod Hughes who set… Read more…
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By Nardia Baxter-Keene of Goldfields Farmhouse Cheese It’s been about seven and half years since I last made a stretched curd cheese and I had a hankering to get my hand in again. To be honest, it’s been seven and a half year since I successfully made a stretched curd… Read more…
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Sufferers of celiac disease and who are gluten intolerant have found eating out and buying gluten free products problematic for a long time. Now there is light at the end of the tunnel. Terry Hunter opened the doors to the New Freedom Bakery in Bendigo in May producing breads, rolls,… Read more…
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