This week in the Macedon Ranges (April 14-20)

Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, April 14, to Sunday, April 20.

🚂 Steamrail Victoria’s steam train to the Bendigo Easter Festival will pass through the Macedon Ranges on Sunday. The train is due to leave Melbourne at 8am and depart Bendigo at 4.40pm.

🍂 In this week’s smartphone photography article, Tiffany Warner shares some advice for capturing autumn trees. See her photo and tips below the event guide.

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Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:

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Tuesday, April 15

Nature Immersive Forest Walk: Join Parks Victoria volunteers for a meditative walk in Macedon Regional Park. Participants will be guided through sensory and mindfulness activities designed to calm the mind and connect them to the nature around them. McGregor’s Picnic Ground, Cameron Dr, Mount Macedon. 10am-11am. Free.

Entertainment Circus Latino: Clowns, aerial acts, hand balancing, jugglers, and fire and hoops. Performers from South America and Australia. Gisborne Steam Park, 10 Webb Cr, New Gisborne. 3pm-4.40pm. $20-$50.

Wednesday, April 16

Singing Woodend Warblers: Community choir. Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend. 7pm. $12 (first session free).

Quiz Trivia Night: General knowledge quiz. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 7pm. Free.

Thursday, April 17

Friday, April 18

Garden Camelot Open Garden: First public opening in the estate’s 139 years. The gardens were originally designed by William Sangster, Melbourne’s leading designer of the time. Camelot, 847 Mount Macedon Rd, Mount Macedon. 10am-4pm. Group (4 adults) $60, Adult $20, Child (under 12) free.

Garden Duneira Open Garden: Enjoy the visual splendour of the historic hill-station garden. Duneira, 1 Officer Ln, Mount Macedon. 10am-4pm. Adult $17, Child (under 16) free.

Garden Viewfield Open Garden: Majestic trees with brilliant autumn colour, stunning views, a fruit forest, a children’s fairy garden, perennial gardens and a sparkling stream through shady fern glades. Viewfield, 651 Mount Macedon Rd, Mount Macedon. 10am-4pm. Adult $15, Child free.

Saturday, April 19

Exercise Parkruns: 5km fun runs/walks in Gisborne (Dixon Field), Lancefield (Lancefield Park) and Woodend (Campaspe Dr). All abilities welcome. 8am. Free.

Market Riddells Creek Farmers’ and Makers’ Markets: Memorial Dr, Riddells Creek. 9am-1pm.

Market Trentham Farmers’ Market: Town Square, High St, Trentham. 9am-1pm.

Market Glenlyon Village Market: Shire Hall, Barkly St, Glenlyon. 9am-1pm.

Garden Duneira Open Garden: Enjoy the visual splendour of the historic hill-station garden. Duneira, 1 Officer Ln, Mount Macedon. 10am-4pm. Adult $17, Child (under 16) free.

Community Blackwood Woodchop and Easter Carnival: Woodchopping competition, gumboot throwing, tug-of-war, pet show, treasure hunt, market stalls, face painting, games, races and live music. Street parade at 11am. Blackwood Recreation Reserve, Recreation Reserve Rd, Blackwood. 10am-6pm. Adult $20 ($15 earlybird), Senior $15, Child (under 16) free.

Community Easter Fun Day: Face painting, crafts, sausage sizzle, music, and an Easter egg hunt. St Paul’s Anglican Church, Main St, Romsey. 11am-1pm. Free.

Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.

Music Nathan Gabriel: Live music in the bar. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 6.30pm-10pm.

Ghost Hunt Bluestone Theatre Ghost Tour: The theatre, built in 1859, was once the Congregational Church. But who is Esther the theatre ghost? Is she the organ player? And who are the other spirits that mill on the stage and greet you at the door? Bluestone Theatre, 28 Hutton St, Kyneton. 8pm-10pm. $52.

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Sunday, April 20

Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St, Daylesford. 8am-3pm.

Market Malmsbury Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Mollison St, Malmsbury. 9am-1pm.

Garden Duneira Open Garden: Enjoy the visual splendour of the historic hill-station garden. Duneira, 1 Officer Ln, Mount Macedon. 10am-4pm. Adult $17, Child (under 16) free.

Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.

Beekeeping Woodend Bee-Friendly Society: Monthly meeting. Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm.

Singing Rainbow Voices Community Choir: LGBTQIA+ and allies choir. For anyone aged 13 and over. Kyneton Community House Good Food Hub, 35 High St, Kyneton. 4pm-6pm.

Exhibitions

Kyneton The Old Auction House: Exhibitions: Cathy Mackay and Larissa Taylor, Cozy Comfort (group). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.

Kyneton Art on Piper: Exhibitions: Autumn Delight, Tru Dowling and Sharon Greenaway. Every day 10am-4pm.

Kyneton Stockroom: Exhibitions: Hayley Arjona, Laetitia Olivier-Gargano, Matt Butterworth. Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Kyneton Cusack & Cusack: Fri-Sun 10am-3pm.

Kyneton Kyneton Museum: Exhibition: Good Sports, Leisure and Recreation in the Macedon Ranges. Fri-Sun. 11am-4pm.

Kyneton Kyneton Ridge Artspace: Exhibition: Andrew Tate. Fri-Sun 11am-5pm.

Kyneton Trio Art Studio & Gallery: Exhibition: Words in Art (group). Sat-Mon 10am-4pm. Exhibition opens April 20, 2pm-5pm.

Mount Macedon The Gallery: Exhibition: The Gallery Mt Macedon Art Prize. Fri-Tues 10am-4pm.

Newham Hanging Rock Winery: Exhibition: Art in the Vines (sculptures). Every day 10am-5pm.

Riddells Creek Dromkeen: Exhibition: The Wonder of Nature. Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Trentham Trentham District Story: Outdoor display telling the story of Trentham from its earliest Indigenous inhabitants to the present day. Open every day in the grounds of the Old Police Station, 3-5 Camp St, Trentham.

Trentham Little Gallery: Thu-Mon 10am-4pm.

Trentham Trentham Easter Art and Craft Show: Hundreds of exhibits. The Mechanics Trentham, 66 High St, Trentham. Fri-Sun 10am-4pm. Family $10, Individual $5.

Woodend The Back Shed Gallery: 33 Urquhart St, Woodend. Tues-Sun 10am-5pm.

Coming up

Anzac Day Mt Macedon Dawn Service: Access via bus only, including shuttle buses from Tony Clarke Reserve in Macedon. Memorial Cross, Mt Macedon. Service starts at 6am. April 25.

Community Malmsbury Village Fayre: Live music, children’s activities, food vans and craft stalls. Malmsbury Botanic Gardens, Ellesmere Pl, Malmsbury. 10am-3pm. April 27.

Have a great week!

Richard

P.S. I’ve tried my best to ensure accuracy, but please follow the links above to confirm details before attending events.

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MT MACEDON MAPLES

Professional photographer Tiffany Warner explains how to capture vibrant autumn colour.

📍 Top of the Range, Mt Macedon

Autumn is the ideal time to visit the gorgeous Canadian Maples on top of Mt Macedon. The vibrant red foliage set against a backdrop of green creates a photographer’s dream. The trees are planted in a circle, allowing them to be captured from multiple angles.

In this image, I have balanced the composition using the rule of thirds horizontally. I also used the path as a leading line to give the viewer a sense of walking through the tree-lined avenue. It doesn’t matter that the full height and width of the trees isn’t captured -there is often more impact and colour when you move in closer to your subject.

💡 Tip: Try combining the rule of thirds with leading lines in the same image.

Happy snapping!

Tiffany

📷 In addition to portrait and commercial work, Tiffany Warner runs short courses on smartphone photography for social media. See more of her images on Instagram.

🧒 The school holidays are here! Click here for a guide to children’s activities.

In the news

🔥 MACEDON RANGES: Fire restrictions will end on April 22. “It is still dry in many areas, so any private burn-offs should have someone monitoring it at all times, with enough water and resources on hand to effectively contain and extinguish it,” CFA acting Assistant Chief Fire Officer Michael Hembrow said.

🎖️ MALMSBURY: The heritage-listed Malmsbury War Memorial Gates, erected in 1922, will be restored with a grant from the state government. The work will include regilding the soldiers’ names.

🚀 KYNETON: An exploding rocket started a fire that quickly burned through five hectares at Kyneton on March 30. A group of Monash University students were conducting an experiment with rocket engines when the grassfire took hold.

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