Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, July 1, to Sunday, July 7.
🏃 Entries for the Mt Macedon Trail Run on October 6 are now open. Runners can choose to tackle 10km, 21km, 30km, 42km or 50km.
🙌 The school holidays are here. If you’re looking for activities for your children, check out this school holiday guide.
📷 In this week’s smartphone photography tip, Tiffany Warner explains how you can harness sunrays to create stunning images. Scroll down below the event guide.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Wednesday, July 3
Quiz Pub Trivia: Put your knowledge to the test. The Lancefield Hotel, High St, Lancefield. From 7pm.
Quiz Trivia Night: General knowledge quiz. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 7pm. Free.
Friday, July 5
Quiz Friday Night Pub Trivia: Topical and fun questions plus some games. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 7pm. Free.
Film Luku Ngärra – The Law of the Land: Award-winning documentary that tells the extraordinary story of Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, an initiated clan leader within the Yolŋu Nation, and his 45-year fight for the political and spiritual freedom of his people. Mechanics Institute, Mollison St, Kyneton. 7pm-9.30pm. Free.
Music Bad Bangs: A fusion of garage rock, punk, country, and psych influences. Major Tom’s, 57 Piper Street, Kyneton. 8.30pm-11pm. $15.
Saturday, July 6
Exercise Parkruns: 5km fun runs/walks in Gisborne (Dixon Field), Lancefield (Lancefield Park) and Woodend (Campaspe Dr). All abilities welcome. 8am. Free.
Market Woodend Farmers’ Market: Cnr High St & Forest St. 9am-1pm.
Community Woodend Repair Cafe: Enjoy a cuppa while your broken household items are being mended. The Undercroft, Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St (enter via the community garden near the skate park). 9am-1pm. Free.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
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Sunday, July 7
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
Nature Mushroom Walk: Join Jeremy Hegge to learn how to identify mushrooms and about the vital roles fungi play in ecosystems. Macedon area. 9am-12pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. $84.50.
Home Malmsburied Treasure Sale: Malmsbury Bakery will be hosting a sale of antiques, furniture, homewares, kitchen equipment and more. Malmsbury Bakery courtyard, 77a Mollison St, Malmsbury. 9am-1pm.
Market Gisborne Olde Time Market: Aitken St/Hamilton St. 9am-2pm.
Film The Last Daughter: Brenda Matthews embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about her past as a member of the Stolen Generations and reconcile her white foster family with her Aboriginal family. Kyneton Mechanics Institute, Mollison St, Kyneton. 1pm-3.30pm. Free.
Crafts Winter Crafternoon: Bring along a project or something that needs mending. For knitters, sewers, crocheters, weavers and creators of all kinds. Malmsbury Town Hall, Mollison St. 1pm-4pm. $8.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
Ghost Hunt Lancefield Mechanics Institute Paranormal Investigation: Who is the stage spirit who likes to hear singing? And what’s special about the number four? Mechanics Institute, The Crescent, Lancefield. 8pm-10pm. $35.
Exhibitions
Kyneton The Old Auction House: Exhibition: Clear Cut (group), Decay (group). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom: Exhibitions: Guillaume Dillee, David Doyle. Mon, Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper: Exhibition: Christmas in July (group). Wed-Mon 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Cusack & Cusack: Fri-Sun 10am-3pm.
Kyneton Nurses, Medicine and Caring: Explores themes such as nurses’ training, nurses at war, uniforms, local medical identities, bush nursing and shire hospitals. Includes a collection from the old Kyneton Hospital. Fri-Sun. 11am-4pm.
Kyneton Kyneton Ridge Artspace: Exhibition: Wall Works (ceramics). Sat & Sun 11am-5pm.
Mount Macedon The Gallery: Fri-Tues 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: Fri-Mon 10am-4pm.
Woodend The Back Shed Gallery: 33 Urquhart St, Woodend. Tues-Sun 10am-5pm.
Coming up
Comedy Comedy Night: An evening of laughter with Bendigo’s Cody Jones, Jim Hallawell and Josh Wosley, Castlemaine’s Patti Fawcett, Kyneton’s Sean Press and MC Poppa Rozaia. Shamrock Hotel, Mollison St, Kyneton. 8pm-10.30pm. $10. July 12.
Fashion Art to Wear Parade: Artists from across Victoria will showcase their original clothes, jewellery and accessories. Presented by The Gallery Mt Macedon. Jubilee Hall, Smith St, Macedon. 1pm-3pm. $30. July 13.
Theatre Garage Girls: Part history, part farce, part whodunnit, Garage Girls shines a light on the short but eventful life of Alice Anderson, Australia’s first female garage owner. Kyneton Town Hall, Mollison St, Kyneton. 7pm-8.10pm. Full $37, Concession $32, Student $32, Child (under 15) $25. July 26.
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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🧒 The school holidays are here. Click here for a guide to the children’s activities that will be taking place over the next two weeks.
Snap it with your phone
SUNRAYS
Professional photographer Tiffany Warner shares a tip to make your photos sparkle.
You must get up early to capture beautiful sunrays. On this particular morning, the lingering fog made the image even prettier.
You might need to drive around to find the right spot, or you may already know the perfect location. It works well if you can find a forest canopy or a bushy tree-lined street with a small gap, like in my example.
Look for branches that partially hide the sun so you can see the defined rays. In this image, you can see a large branch blocking part of the sun. Lean your phone camera toward the sun, ensuring you still include everything you want in the frame, and take your photo.
As the sun moves, your images will change, so you will need to move your phone too. Keep trying until you are happy with your photo.
💡 Tip: Get up early to find spots where the sun’s rays shine through.
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.
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