Some wonderful local artists will be showing their work in Macedon Ranges Art Trail’s 10th exhibition, Crescendo, on Saturday and Sunday. Art Trail manager Nadine Hartnett gives us a preview.
This week in the Macedon Ranges (August 2-8)
An email guide to what’s on in the region. This week: Woodend Winter Arts Festival, a fruit tree pruning workshop, memoir writing and family history workshops, Woodend Farmers’ Market, and more…
To health and happiness
The Commercial Hotel in Lancefield was commandeered for use by the health services during the Spanish flu of 1919. The first two patients didn’t need admitting, though – they were the hotel’s licensees.
This week in the Macedon Ranges (July 26-August 1)
An email guide to what’s on in the region. This week: Music in Macedon, Carlsruhe and Malmsbury, managing after the storm, Gisborne Healers Market, and more…
Lead your horse to water
Bills horse troughs were mostly built in the 1930s and were dotted across Victoria and NSW. In total, more than 500 were installed in Australia and overseas. Today they stand modestly in many of our villages.
This week in the Macedon Ranges (July 19-25)
An email guide to what’s on in the region. This week: Lancefield markets, Stephen Ryan’s garden, music, comedy, a Christmas in July lunch, and more…