Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, February 28, to Sunday, March 6.
🎭 Are you an Abba fan? If so, then why not take a chance on Kyneton Theatre Company’s latest production, Mamma Mia! It opens at the Bluestone Theatre in Kyneton on Friday night. As one theatre curtain rises, another one falls. This weekend the rom-com Love Song, by the Mount Players, reaches the end of its run.
🏃 Two community events to get behind this weekend. Lancefield/Macedon Ranges Relay for Life, which has raised $1.04 million for Cancer Council Victoria since 2003, makes a welcome return on Saturday, having been unable to take place since February 2020. And if you’re in Woodend on Sunday, don’t miss Woodend-Hesket NFC’s Hawks Day Out, an afternoon of family entertainment.
🛍️ As noted here a couple of weeks ago, four local whole-town garage sales are due to take place over the next six weeks. Trentham is first up, on Saturday (8am-2pm). Meanwhile, registrations for Kyneton’s whole-town garage sale close a week on Wednesday (March 9). Click here for details of the whole-town garage sales in Trentham, Kyneton, Lancefield and Woodend.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Tuesday, March 1
Sustainability Solar and Battery Storage Information Meeting: Learn about how solar-power systems and battery storage work, and find out about potential savings and pitfalls. Gisborne. 6pm-7.30pm.
Wednesday, March 2
Singing Woodend Warblers: Community choir rehearsal. Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend. 7.30pm. $12.
Thursday, March 3
Drink Pups and Pints: Catch up with friends and bring your dog along too. In an enclosed area where dogs can be off-leash. Woodend. 5pm-8pm.
Friday, March 4
Dance A Taste of Ireland: Starring dancers from the West End’s Lord of the Dance, Riverdance, and Gaelforce Dance alongside Irish Dancing world champions. Kyneton. 8pm. Full $74.90, Concession $69.90, Groups 10+$64.90, Child $59.90, VIP $89.90.
Theatre Love Song: The Mount Players present a romantic comedy about an oddball and his mysterious new love. Macedon. Until March 6. 8pm-10pm. Adult $30, Concession $25.
Theatre Mamma Mia!: Kyneton Theatre Company presents the hit musical based around the songs of Abba. Opening night. Kyneton. 8pm-10.30pm. Adult $35, Concession $28, Under-16 $25.
Music Karaoke Night: Gisborne. 8.30pm.
Saturday, March 5
Exercise Campaspe Parkrun: 5km fun run along the Five Mile Creek path. Campaspe Park, Campaspe Dr, Woodend. 8am. Free (registration required).
Community Trentham Whole Town Garage Sale: Maps $3 from Trentham Neighbourhood Centre, 56 High St. 8am-2pm.
Market Woodend Farmers’ Market: Cnr High St & Forest St. 9am-1pm.
Music Blues, Brews and Bites: Blues music with Charlie Bedford. DV Cider, 39 Darraweit Valley Rd, Darraweit Guim. 12pm-5pm.
Community Lancefield/Macedon Ranges Relay for Life: First held at Lancefield Park in 2003, the annual walk/run has raised $1.04 million for Cancer Council Victoria. Lancefield Park, Chauncey St. 12pm-10pm.
Theatre Mamma Mia!: Kyneton Theatre Company presents the hit musical based around the songs of Abba. Bluestone Theatre, Hutton St, Kyneton. Until March 27. 2pm-5pm and 8pm-10.30pm. Adult $35, Concession $28, Under-16 $25.
Beer Brewery Tour: Learn how the beer is brewed at Holgate Brewhouse. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Theatre Love Song: The Mount Players present a romantic comedy about an oddball and his mysterious new love. Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St, Macedon. Until March 6. 8pm-10pm. Adult $30, Concession $25.
Music Body Type: Garage pop band from Sydney. Major Tom’s, 57 Piper St, Kyneton. 8.30pm-11pm. $15.
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Sunday, March 6
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
Market Gisborne Olde Time Market: Aitken St/Hamilton St. 9am-2pm.
Community Hawks Day Out: Live music from Jess Mangan, Darcy Nolan and Yeah Nah. Local gin, wine and beer. Pizza and Mexican food trucks. Face painting, jumping castle and animal farm. Cnr High St & Forest St, Woodend. 12pm-6pm. Adult $25, Children $10, Family $65.
Theatre Love Song: The Mount Players present a romantic comedy about an oddball and his mysterious new love. Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St, Macedon. Until March 6. 2pm-4pm. Adult $30, Concession $25.
Theatre Mamma Mia!: Kyneton Theatre Company presents the hit musical based around the songs of Abba. Bluestone Theatre, Hutton St, Kyneton. Until March 27. Sun 2pm- 5pm. Adult $35, Concession $28, Under-16 $25.
Music Foggy Notion: Six piece rock-n-roll country band. Macedon Railway Hotel, Smith St, Macedon. 2.30pm. $15.
Beer Brewery Tour: Learn how the beer is brewed at Holgate Brewhouse. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Music Juliarna Clark: Jazz classics with Juliarna. Features Nigel Maclean (violin) and Sam Lemann (guitar). Newham Mechanics Institute, Rochford Rd. 3pm-5pm. $32.
Exhibitions
Kyneton Imaginarium: Kitty Calvert’s sculptures reflect her love of vintage and her desire to recycle and reuse discarded treasures. Until February 28. Mon 9am-5pm.
Kyneton Gold Rush: Five artists explore the colour gold, its meaning and its inherent value. Until March 7. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper Artists: Showcasing work by local artists. Every day 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom Artists: Elynor Smithwick, Madeleine Lesjak-Atton, Anthea Kemp, Michael McCafferty. Until March 13. Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
Kyneton Dictionary of Animism: Amber Cronin playfully uses text-based sculptural objects. Until March 13. Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
Lancefield Community Art Gallery: Paintings, sculptures, glass jewellery by local artists. 34a High St, Lancefield. Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-2pm, Sun 10am-1pm.
Mount Macedon Japanese Traditional and Modern: Anna Konecny and Yukimi Breaden. Fri-Tues 10am-4pm.
Newham Art in the Vines – AV4: Sculptures by 26 acclaimed artists. Until April 25. Every day 10am-5pm.
Trentham Little Gallery Members: Artwork by Rose Wilson, Helen Cottle, Kim Haughie, Ri Van Veen, Larissa Gray, Llael McDonald, Frances Harkin, Liz Archer, Ruby Wilson-Peirce, Sam Bloomfield. Thu-Mon 10am-4pm.
Coming up
Art Woodend Lions Art Show: 47th annual art show. Prizes in five categories. Competition open to the public. Woodend. March 12-14.
Games Discovery Day: Family fun event organised by Woodend Hanging Rock Petanque Club. Have a go at petanque. Plus pony rides, animal farm, music, food, coffee, wine, beer and gin. Woodend. March 13.
Music Romsey Roll: Performances from five young local artists and bands. Plus food trucks. Romsey. March 19.
Music The Seekers Story with Athol Guy: Athol Guy presents The Seekers’ Diamond Jubilee Preview, including his mini-documentary 60 Years and 100 Million Albums, with unique footage from the group’s last concert (at London’s Royal Albert Hall). Macedon. March 19-20.
Music Macedon Ranges Music Festival: Featuring Ash Grunwald, The Seven Ups, Baby Velvet, MDRN Love, Taylor Sheridan, Georgia State Line, Busted Chops, Romanie and Hannah Cooper. Hanging Rock Reserve. March 26.
Cheese Introduction to Cheese-making: Learn to make bocconcini, mozzarella and halloumi with Craig Castree. Kyneton. March 31.
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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Between the rods in a hard place
Then & Now
With thanks to Trentham & District Historical Society.
Trentham’s police complex is thought to have had only a single cell until 1879, when a rod-and-slab portable double cell arrived from Kyneton.
Such cells were brought out on ships from England as ballast during the gold rush and assembled on site. Metal rods made up the whole frame, including the roof and the floor.
There are three single cells of this type in Victoria – at Mansfield, Moonambel and Chewton – but only one other double cell is known to exist in Australia (it is in WA).
The limitations of Trentham’s single cell were recorded in February 1879 by the Kyneton Guardian:
“On Monday afternoon a disturbance occurred at the hotel and store of Mr W. Dashwood, at Loddon crossing, on the Daylesford and Carlsruhe Railway works.
“The navvies rushed the shanty, rolling out casks of beer, drinking and helping themselves to the store goods.
“Constables Hogan and Gordon came on the scene from Trentham, and seventeen arrests were made.
“The Trentham lockup is only eight feet by ten, and as the men were all packed in there on Monday night they were rather warm and had not sufficient room to sit down.”
It was time, the newspaper suggested, for Trentham to have a second lock-up.
✍️ Sue Worthington, curator of Trentham & District Historical Society.
🎙️ Listen to a podcast about Trentham Police Station, from a series by Trentham & District Historical Society called Archive Treasures.
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