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In Australia’s first notable town
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Maldon Newsagency, Castlemaine Newsagency, Newstead Country Store and Baringhup General Store.
Tarrangower Times
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Established in 1858.
The Tarrangower Times community newspaper reports on news and events in Maldon (Australia’s first notable town), Newstead, Baringhup, Castlemaine, Walmer, Muckleford and surrounding areas.
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Maldon’s Great Teddy Bear Adventure
Nancy Whittaker. Tomorrow will be the start of The Great Teddy Bear Adventure (GTBA) in Maldon, from 10am - 4pm. Main Street and High Street will be awash with about 35 delightful Teddy Bear window displays, while according to Felicity Howard the Progress Hall will resemble an enchanted forest. It will be filled with live music, storytelling, and a teddy bear parade with prizes!
Good prospects
In this historically gold-rich region, with its fascinating and varied natural surroundings, recreational prospecting seems like a fantastic activity for the whole family, doesn’t it?
Behind the scenes: The volunteers who keep Maldon football and netball running
With both Maldon’s football and netball teams enjoying a bye last weekend, it offers a rare chance to look beyond the scoreboard and shine a light on the enormous amount of work that goes into getting teams onto the field each Saturday. Much of it is done quietly, without fuss, by volunteers whose names rarely appear in print.
Maldon and Castlemaine strike a golden chord
Maldon will become part of a rare regional musical journey on Saturday 11 July, when the Keys of Gold Classical Music Festival brings one of its most atmospheric concerts to Holy Trinity Church. The afternoon concert, Celestial Sounds, will be performed from 4pm to 5pm and features acclaimed cellist Yelian He with internationally celebrated organist Thomas Heywood.
A cut for community cricket
Newstead Cricket Club’s latest fundraiser involves a clever combination of resources, skills and time, all working together to support the community club. Committee member Adam Sewell says that locals have teamed up to create some highly desirable prizes for an upcoming online raffle: firewood.
Dogs to the rescue
Some of us, in the aftermath of the Covid crisis, were subjected to a deep dive into the music tastes of preteens, which included a song about the lockdown experience called 'I'm Good?' by the Hilltop Hoods ... It's a neat echo of the experience of many people whose canine family member joined them through an adoption program or from the pound, shelter or foster system.
Compost invention
It seems that compost is a subject that is exercising the minds of many across the shire, and Maldon resident Oliver Messenger is one of them. He has invented a composting system that has been granted an Australian patent with an international patent in the works.
Angie’s scorched earth ceramics
Nancy Whittaker. Angie Robinson has work on permanent display in the MANet Art Gallery. I needed to find out more about her beautiful ceramic pots ... to find out exactly what saggar firing was after seeing her beautiful pots...
