Happy New Year! Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, January 3, to Sunday, January 9.
🍷 The Summertime Fling wine festival is about to begin. From January 8-30, cellar doors across the Macedon Ranges will be hosting wine-tastings and food events. Check out the listings below for what’s on this Saturday and Sunday, or click here for the full list of events.
🎭 Tickets for the Mount Players’ latest production, Love Song, are due to go on sale today (Sunday). Written by John Kolvenbach, Love Song is a romantic comedy about an oddball called Beane and his mysterious new love. The play runs from February 18 to March 6 at Mountview Theatre in Macedon. Click here for more info and to buy tickets.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Saturday, January 8
Exercise Campaspe Parkrun: 5km fun run along the Five Mile Creek path. Every Saturday. Campaspe Park, Campaspe Dr, Woodend. 8am. Free (registration required).
Market Kyneton Farmers’ & Makers’ Market: St Paul’s Park, Piper St, Kyneton. 8.30am-1pm.
Market Kyneton Community Market: Bric-a-brac, art, clothes, plants, food and local produce. Ebden St & Yaldwyn St West, Kyneton. 8.30am-1pm.
Kids Tie Dyed Socks: Have fun with colour and create a unique and groovy pair of socks. For ages 5-10. Gisborne Library, Hamilton St. 10am-11am. Free.
Drink Gin-blending Masterclass: Learn about distillation and how recipes are created. Animus Distillery, 89a Piper St, Kyneton. 10am-1pm. $185.
🍷 Wine Pinot and Penne Puttanesca Special: Summertime Fling event. Kyneton Ridge Estate, 517 Blackhill Rd, Kyneton. 12pm-3pm. $25.
🍷 Wine Pinot, Pizza and Petanque: Summertime Fling event. Cleveland Winery, 55 Shannons Rd, Lancefield. 12pm-3pm.
🍷 Wine Hunter-Gatherer and Friends: Join Hunter-Gatherer Winery and five other wineries not normally open to the public for an afternoon of wine tasting, food and music. Summertime Fling event. Hunter-Gatherer Winery, 362 Pipers Creek-Pastoria Rd, Pipers Creek. 12pm-5pm. $20.
Music Summer Sessions: Music from The Amy Tie Duo and Sherri Parry at DV Cider House. Plus food truck and ice-cream van. DV Cider, 39 Darraweit Valley Rd, Darraweit Guim. 12pm-5pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: Learn how the beer is brewed at Holgate Brewhouse. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Music Pollyman: George Carroll Wilson’s solo project delivers a powerful blend of rock ‘n’ roll and the soulful side of pop. Major Tom’s, 57 Piper St, Kyneton. 8.30pm-11pm. $15.
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Sunday, January 9
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
🍷 Food & Drink Bubbles Brunch: Summertime Fling event. Parkside Winery Estate, 308 Parks Rd, Lancefield. 11am-2pm. $35.
Music The Martini Set: Swing music from its roots in the 1930s to contemporary Indigo Swing. Wood-fired pizzas. Hedge Farm, 124 Three Chain Rd, Carlsruhe. From 12pm. $25.
🍷 Music Jazz Deuce: Enjoy the smooth music of the Bendigo duo. Summertime Fling event. Kyneton Ridge Estate, 517 Blackhill Rd, Kyneton. 12pm-3pm. $25.
🍷 Wine Pinot, Pizza and Petanque: Summertime Fling event. Cleveland Winery, 55 Shannons Rd, Lancefield. 12pm-3pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: Learn how the beer is brewed at Holgate Brewhouse. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Exhibitions
Kyneton Mornington Peninsula Matriarchy: An eclectic selection of works united by the theme of exploring what it is to be woman. Kyneton. Ends January 3. Mon 9am-5pm.
Kyneton A Biodiversity Crisis – Animals and Plants of the Macedon Ranges: Interactive exhibition. Contains taxidermy. Fri-Sun 11am-4pm. Adult $5.10, Concession/student $3.10, Child under 5 free, Family $10.20.
Kyneton Becc Orszag, Jason Waterhouse, Honor Freeman: Until January 9. Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
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. Every day 10am-4pm.
School holidays
Kids Electronic Music Adventure: Local musician Aimee Chapman shows children how to collect and manipulate sounds using iPad apps. Kyneton. January 12-14.
Kids Tie Dyed Socks: Have fun with colour and create a unique and groovy pair of socks just for you. For ages 5-10. Gisborne: January 8. Romsey: January 14. Kyneton: January 14. Woodend: January 20.
Kids Sharpie Shoes: Create cool and colourful shoes. For ages 10-15. Romsey: January 14. Kyneton: January 14. Woodend: January 20. Gisborne: January 22.
Kids Movie Matinee – Sing: Animated musical comedy. A hustling theatre impresario tries to save his theatre by holding a singing competition. Gisborne. January 19.
Kids The T-Rex Tea Party: Interactive theatre about a cheeky dinosaur. For ages 4-8. Woodend. January 21.
Coming up
Gardening Gardening in a Changing Climate (online): Trentham-based garden designer and author Simon Rickard presents the first of three masterclasses. This one looks at the early-summer garden. January 20.
Nature Hanging Rock Night Walk: A rare opportunity to experience Hanging Rock after dark. See gliders, wallabies, native birds, bats, possums, koalas and many other animals. Hanging Rock. January 21.
Festival The Gathering of the Goddesses: For women of all ages and from all walks of life. Art and craft workshops, dance, music, food stalls, markets, street theatre and a children’s festival. Riddells Creek. February 24-27.
Opera Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Family-friendly production by the Australian Contemporary Opera Company in the magnificent grounds of Bolobek. Two performances. Macedon. March 12.
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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Lead your horse to water
PAST TIMES
With thanks to Trentham & District Historical Society
They were the petrol stations of their day.
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 still stand modestly in many of our towns.
Trentham proudly boasts two – one in Market St, outside Aterics Cafe Bar, and the other on the edge of the town square, near the corner of High St and Cosmo Rd.
The troughs were the legacy of George and Annis Bills, who came to Australia from England in the 1870s. The couple shared a passion for animal welfare. After George’s death in Melbourne in 1927, money from their estate funded the construction and installation of troughs “wherever they are desirable for the relief of horses and other dumb animals”.
The standard design featured a large concrete trough for horses, a small one for dogs, and a chrome drinking fountain for people. However, World War II and the increasing popularity of the motor car brought their production to an end.
In addition to the examples in Trentham, you can see Bills troughs in Kyneton (cnr Piper St and Wedge St), Lancefield (jct Melbourne Rd and High St), Malmsbury (Mollison St), Mt Macedon (cnr Douglas Rd and Mt Macedon Rd) and Woodend (jct High St and Urquhart St).
✍️ Sue Worthington, curator of Trentham & District Historical Society.
📍 Location information: Bills Horse Troughs
📘 Take a Walk Around Trentham: A Guide to the Points of Historical Interest in the Township of Trentham, edited by Ina Bertrand (2006). Available for $5 (plus postage) from Trentham & District Historical Society.
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