Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for the week of Monday, August 23, to Sunday, August 29.
As an essential food service, Lancefield Farmers’ Market should be going ahead on Saturday (High St & Park St, Lancefield; 9am-1pm). But with other events and activities unable to take place, I’ve switched the focus to local businesses. Details of lockdown offerings are below.
If you run a business in the Macedon Ranges and have been forced to change your hours or service options, please let me know and I’ll include you in the list.
Finally, my thanks go to Sue Worthington, of the Trentham & Districts Historical Society, for this week’s local history feature, which takes us to 1857. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Support local businesses: Hours, services, offers
[Auctions] Steve Graham Auctioneer (Woodend): Online auctions. Click and collect or free local contactless delivery.
[Books] Aesop’s Attic Bookshop (Kyneton): Click and collect. Follow the link to view the catalogue. 20% off all new titles. Phone 5422 6059 to get the discount.
[Books] New Leaves (Woodend): Click and collect. Phone Woody on 0417 441413.
[Books] Red Door Books (Lancefield): Click and collect.
[Books] Squishy Minnie Bookstore (Kyneton): Click and collect Thu-Sat, 10am to 2pm. Kyneton deliveries (free): Thu-Sat. Macedon Ranges deliveries ($5): Fri. Zoom storytime 9am on Wednesdays. Bookclubs and screenwriting class also on Zoom.
[Chemist] Woodend Pharmacy: Local delivery and kerbside pick-up. Phone: 5427 2410
[Clothes] Cuttings Lifestyle (Woodend): Click and collect, 10am-1pm daily. Free shipping during lockdown. Enter a draw to win a $100 voucher by placing an online order during lockdown.
[Clothes] Frankie & Mae (Trentham): Online store. Orders sent daily.
[Crafts] Heat-pressed by Helen (Romsey): Order via Facebook and phone 0409 959104.
[Drink] Holgate Brewhouse (Woodend): Taproom open for beer, wine and gin. Phone 5427 2510.
[Exercise] Equilibrium Pilates (Lancefield): Online support during lockdown. Contact Kirsty for information.
[Florist] Flowers in a Vase (Woodend): Phone and online orders. Half-price delivery during lockdown. Phone: 5427 4554.
[Food & Drink] Baringo Food & Wine Co (New Gisborne): Open 8am-2pm daily for takeaway.
[Food] Bourkies Bakehouse (Woodend): Open Sun 8.30am-3pm, Mon-Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 7.30am-3pm.
[Food] Cosmopolitan Hotel (Trentham): Takeaway. Wed-Sun, 5pm-7.30pm.
[Food & Drink] Cosy Corner Cafe (Woodend): Takeaway. Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm.
[Food] Duck Duck Goose and Larder (Kyneton): Takeaway coffee, food, pizza, wine and beer. 50% off selected items today (Sun).
[Food] Fook Shing (Kyneton): Takeaway 5pm-7.30pm today (Sun). Order by 7pm. Also Fri-Sat. Phone 5422 6560.
[Food & Drink] Fox in the Chamber (Woodend): Mon-Fri 7am-12pm, Sat-Sun 8am-12pm. Text ahead to grab-and-go: 0456 778664.
[Food & Drink] Gisborne Collective: Takeaway and delivery. Full menu, specials, cakes and drinks. Phone 9036 4200.
[Food] Gisborne Golf Club: Takeaway orders from 4pm. Pick-up and delivery 5pm-8pm. Tues-Sat.
[Food] Home Grown on Piper (Kyneton): Takeaway.
[Food] Kuzu Izakaya (Woodend): Takeaway. Phone 4417 7804.
[Food] Lancefield Providore: Shop open. Local deliveries. Order online or phone 5429 1969.
[Food & Drink] Maison Maloa (Woodend): Takeaway coffee and meals. Phone 5427 1608.
[Food] Mountain View Garlic (Woodend): Open from 10am, Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun.
[Food & Drink] Mount Macedon Winery: Takeaway. Plus local cheese and charcuterie box with bottle of wine $60. Phone 5427 4172.
[Food & Drink] Newham General Store: Takeaway. Phone 5427 0766.
[Food] Riddells Creek Hotel: Takeaway and delivery (Riddells Creek, Gisborne, New Gisborne, Monegeetta). Orders from 4pm Tues-Sat.
[Food] Romsey Indian Restaurant: Online orders. Takeaway and delivery.
[Food & Drink] The Flying Pigeon (Gisborne): Takeaway Wed-Sat, 5.30pm-8pm. $10 cocktails. Order from 5pm.
[Food & Drink] The Milko (Woodend): Takeaway Mon-Tue 8am-4pm, Wed-Sun 10am-4pm.
[Food] The Stables (Malmsbury): Takeaway lunch and dinner. Today (Sun), 12pm-7pm. Phone Gina on 0419 575150.
[Food & Drink] The Victoria Hotel (Woodend): Takeaway and bottleshop pick-up. Phone 5427 2721.
[Garden] Macedon Nursery and Garden Supplies: Call and collect or local delivery. Open Mon-Sat 9am-3pm, Sun 10am-2pm.
[Garden] Woodend Nursery: Click and collect 10am-2pm every day. Check social media for offers. Request veggies, seedlings, seeds and garden essentials at the gate. Must call 0400 939656 before you arrive. Garden design and landscaping available for Macedon Ranges clients.
[Home & Garden] Woodend General: Click and collect, 10am-12pm every day from Monday. Orders shipped Australia-wide.
[Kids] Lynn’s Dolls Clothes (Romsey): Contact via Facebook page (click link).
[Kitchen] Mort & Pestle (Woodend): Online orders, click and collect, or phone 5427 4500.
[Pets] Woodend Veterinary Centre: Contactless protocols. Phone 5427 920.
[Wine] Hanging Rock Winery: Free local delivery. Sign up to the Wine Club newsletter for 10% off all wine. Estate-grown, grass-fed, two-year-old Speckle Park beef, plus other local produce, available for pick-up. Phone 5427 0542.
[Wine] Mount Towrong Vineyard (Mount Macedon): Takeaway available. Phone 0488 155088.
[Wine] Saranta (Rochford): 2021 wine range just released. Free local delivery.
[Wine] Woodend Wine Store: Order online or phone 5427 2228.
Warm wishes,
Richard
P.S. I’ve tried my best to ensure accuracy, but please follow the links above to confirm details before buying, ordering, or attending.
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What’s in a name?
THEN & NOW
With thanks to Trentham & Districts Historical Society
Trentham first appears in government records in 1857 when Assistant Surveyor John Wrigglesworth surveyed a new parish to the south of Tylden.
Tylden, then the larger of the two settlements, was named after Brigadier-General William Tylden (1790-1854), who died in the Crimean War (1853-56). Being named around the same time, it was thought “Trentham” also honoured a Crimea veteran, but no information has been found to support this.
A more recent assumption is that we were named after the English village of Trentham, in Staffordshire, on the River Trent. Our Trentham is also built on the Trent (creek!). But which was named first, creek or village, is also hidden in the mists of time.
The “why” of the village location is more easily accounted for: its proximity to the Daylesford-Woodend Rd junction, its situation between two creeks (Trent and Stony) and, most importantly, its halfway position between Tylden and Blackwood – the rest stop for diggers flocking to the Blackwood goldfields.
Sue Worthington, curator of Trentham & Districts Historical Society.
📘 Early History of the Trentham District, by G. W. Trewhella (updated 2017 by Ina Bertrand), can be purchased from Trentham & Districts Historical Society for $10 (plus postage). A package of the historical society’s publications is available for $55 from Trentham Post Office or via email.
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