Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, February 24, to Sunday, March 2.
🎶 Former You Am I frontman Tim Rogers will perform at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham on March 13. He will be joined by guitarist Kathleen Halloran. Click here for ticket details.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Tuesday, February 25
Community Chatty Café: Enjoy a cuppa and a natter. Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 10am-11am.
Wednesday, February 26
Environment Sanatorium Eco-Trail Walk: Join Parks Victoria volunteers on a 3km moderate-level walk. Learn about plants and animals as well as the history of the Macedon Regional Park. Days Picnic Ground, Lions Head Rd, Mount Macedon. 9.30am-11.30am. Free.
Game Canasta Club: Join a friendly group to play the card game Canasta. Beginners welcome. Macedon & Mount Macedon Community House, 47 Victoria St, Macedon. 2pm-5pm.
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, February 27
Art & Food Paint, Wine & Dine: A fun evening of painting, wine, and food. Hotel Trentham, High St, Trentham. 5pm-9pm. $85.
Friday, February 28
Music Live Music at Gindu: With Pete Walsh. Gindu, High St, Woodend. 6pm-9pm.
Music The Mods & Thunderchief: Rock music. Mount Macedon Hotel, Mount Macedon Rd, Mount Macedon. From 7pm.
Ghost Hunt Kyneton Auctions Paranormal Investigation: Discover the spirits who haunt an auction house in the heart of Kyneton. Plus optional psychic medium reading. Kyneton Auctions, 51-53 High St, Kyneton. 8pm-9.30pm. $35.
Dancing Old Time Dancing: Dancing to live band. Plus supper. Lancefield Mechanics Institute, Cnr High St & The Crescent, Lancefield. 8pm-11.30pm. $8.
Saturday, March 1
Exercise Parkruns: 5km fun runs/walks in Gisborne (Dixon Field), Lancefield (Lancefield Park) and Woodend (Campaspe Dr). All abilities welcome. 8am. Free.
Community Woodend Whole Town Garage Sale: Maps $5 from Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 8am-1pm.
Community Trentham Whole Town Garage Sale: Maps $5 from Trentham Neighbourhood Centre, 56 High St, Trentham. 8am-2pm.
Market Woodend Farmers’ Market: Cnr High St & Forest St, Woodend. 9am-1pm.
Market Woodend Lions Sunday Market: Rear of Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 9am-1pm.
Community Woodend Repair Cafe: Enjoy a cuppa while your broken household items are being mended. The Undercroft, Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend (enter via the community garden near the skate park). 9am-1pm. Free.
Community Romsey Primary School Fair: Food trucks, stalls, animal farm, pony rides, and more. Romsey Primary School, Station St, Romsey. 10am-3pm.
Gardening Tuberous Begonia and Fuchsia Show: Hundreds of nursery-grown tuberous begonias. White House Nursery, 691 Ashbourne Rd, Ashbourne. 10am-4pm.
Community Lancefield/Macedon Ranges Relay for Life: First held in 2003, the annual walk/run has raised more than $1 million for Cancer Council Victoria. Lancefield Park, Chauncey St, Lancefield. 11am-9pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
Comedy 2025 Variety Bash Fundraiser: Comedy with Marty Fields, plus live auction. Fundraiser for Variety, the children’s charity. Paramoor Winery, 439 Three Chain Rd, Carlsruhe. 6pm-11pm. $175.
Comedy Comedy Night at Woodend Cricket Club: An evening of laughter with The Nelson Twins, Billy Stiles and The Suburban Footballer (Tom Siegert). Plus dinner. Gilbert Gordon Oval, Davy St, Woodend. 7pm-11pm. $70.
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Sunday, March 2
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St, Daylesford. 8am-3pm.
Market Gisborne Olde Time Market: Aitken St/Hamilton St, Gisborne. 9am-2pm.
Gardening Tuberous Begonia and Fuchsia Show: Hundreds of nursery-grown tuberous begonias. White House Nursery, 691 Ashbourne Rd, Ashbourne. 10am-4pm.
Food & Music Big Tree Sunday Session: Live music, pizza, gin. Big Tree Distillery, 307 Hennerbergs Rd, Newham. 11am-5pm. $40.
Food & Music Music in the Vines: Live music from Toodocs Music. Glen Erin at Lancefield, 200 Rochford Rd, Lancefield. 12pm-4pm.
Music Summer Tunes: Live music in the beer garden. Covers of songs by artists including The Eagles, Dire Straits, Neil Diamond, and The Doobie Brothers as well as classic Aussie rock songs. Baringo Food & Wine Co, 283 Station Rd, New Gisborne. 1pm-4pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
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: Daniel Butterworth, Florescence (group). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper: Exhibitions: Recycle Repurpose Reart, Donna Crebbin. Every day 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom: Exhibitions: Rhett D’Costa; Carly Fisher, Juan Ford, James Guerts, Desmond Lazaro, Nick Mangan, Michael Vale, Lisa Waup; Kris Coad. Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Exhibitions open Sat 4pm-6pm.
Kyneton Cusack & Cusack: Fri-Sun 10am-3pm.
Kyneton Kyneton Museum: Exhibition: Nurses, Medicine and Caring. Fri-Sun. 11am-4pm.
Kyneton Kyneton Ridge Artspace: Exhibition: Callan Skimin. Fri-Sun 11am-5pm.
Mount Macedon The Gallery: Exhibition: Summer. Fri-Tues 10am-4pm.
Newham Hanging Rock Winery: Exhibition: Art in the Vines (sculptures). Every day 10am-5pm.
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.
Woodend The Back Shed Gallery: 33 Urquhart St, Woodend. Tues-Sun 10am-5pm.
Coming up
Food RedBeard Bakery Bread Workshop: Learn how to make your own sourdough starter culture and how to knead, shape, proof and bake classic sourdough loaves. RedBeard Bakery, Wolff Ln, Trentham. 9.30am-4pm. $330. March 9.
Gardening Mount Macedon & District Horticultural Society’s Autumn Flower and Produce Show: Categories include roses, hydrangeas, dahlias, perennials, pot plants, fruit and vegetables, and floral art. Plus Devonshire tea. Mount Macedon Horticultural Hall, 583 Mount Macedon Rd, Mount Macedon. March 15-16.
Market French Vintage Market: A French-themed brocante. Goods sourced from France and across Europe. Plus second-hand household items. Madame Vintage, 69 Mollison St, Malmsbury. 9am-4pm. April 6.
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.
🛍️ Love a good garage sale? Then you’re in luck, because several towns in the Macedon Ranges will be hosting whole-town garage sales soon. Click here to find out when and where these garage sales will be taking place.
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PAST TIMES
With thanks to Romsey & Lancefield Districts Historical Society. The society meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Lancefield Courthouse, in Main Rd, Lancefield.
The first condensed milk in Australia was produced in Romsey on September 4, 1882, at a new two-storey corrugated iron factory built by the Melbourne Milk Supply Company.
Cheese and butter plants would be added later on the nine-acre site, which was adjacent to the Romsey-Lancefield railway.
Romsey Butter Factory operated until 1960, when the machinery was moved to Kilmore. The large double-storey building was dismantled in the early 1980s and the remaining buildings burnt down later that decade.
Several TV movies and series featured scenes filmed at the butter factory: A Descant for Gossips (1983), Street Hero (1984), My Brother Tom (1986), and The Flying Doctors.
✍️ Fay Woodhouse, author of Romsey: An Historical Guide.
In the news
🚗 WOODEND: Liberal Northern Victoria MP Wendy Lovell has called for the Victorian government to prioritise upgrading the “dangerous” intersection of Urquhart Street and High Street.
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