Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, July 15, to Sunday, July 21.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Wednesday, July 17
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. $10 (first session free).
Quiz Trivia Night: General knowledge quiz. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 7pm. Free.
Quiz Pub Trivia: Put your knowledge to the test. The Lancefield Hotel, High St, Lancefield. 7pm-11pm.
Saturday, July 20
Exercise Parkruns: 5km fun runs/walks in Gisborne (Dixon Field), Lancefield (Lancefield Park) and Woodend (Campaspe Dr). All abilities welcome. 8am. Free.
Market Riddells Creek Farmers’ and Makers’ Markets: Memorial Dr, Riddells Creek. 9am-1pm.
Market Trentham Farmers’ Market: Town Square, High St, Trentham. 9am-1pm.
Market Glenlyon Village Market: Shire Hall, Barkly St, Glenlyon. 9am-1pm.
Gardening Seasonality and Timing – Environmental Gardening Influences: Timing is critical to successful gardening. This workshop provides you with the knowledge to plan your planting, watering, pruning and pest control. Leaf, Root & Fruit, 21 Dettmanns Ln, Kyneton. 10am-3pm. $100.
Craft A Curious Circle – Intro to Card Making: Create things in a friendly and inclusive setting. Romsey Library, Main St. 1pm-4pm. Free.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
Music Beyond the Lanny: Enjoy an array of DJs throughout the night. Organised by Lancefield Football Netball Club. Lancefield Park, Laurie Green Pavilion, Chauncey St, Lancefield. 6pm-1am. $35 (online), $40 (on the day).
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Sunday, July 21
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
Market Malmsbury Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Malmsbury cricket ground, Ellesmere Pl. 9am-1pm.
Music & History The Irish Harp in Australia: Dr Frances Thiele, historian and collector of 19th century Irish and English harps, will discuss how the harp and other musical instruments can add to our understanding of the social and cultural life of the first white settlers in Victoria. Plus lunch of home-made soup, sandwiches and slices. Organised by Romsey & Lancefield Districts Historical Society. Lancefield Mechancis’ Institute Annex, Cnr The Crescent & High St, Lancefield. 12pm-3pm. $30.
Fashion Women’s Clothing Swap: Bring along up to eight garments to swap, including shoes and accessories. Raffle and afternoon tea. The Mechanics Trentham, 66 High St, Trentham. 1pm-3pm. Gold coin donation.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
Beekeeping Woodend Bee-Friendly Society: Monthly meeting. Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm.
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.
Ghost Hunt Victoria Hotel Paranormal Investigation and Dinner: Meet spirits Gwendolyn, Isabella, the two-up players, and Wild George drinking at the bar. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 7.30pm-9.30pm. $65.
Exhibitions
Kyneton The Old Auction House: Exhibition: Clear Cut (group). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom: Exhibitions: Hilary Jackman, Kristina Tsoulis-Reay. Mon, Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Exhibitions official opening Sat 4pm-6pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper: Exhibition: Christmas in July. 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: Peter Fifer. Sat & Sun 11am-5pm.
Mount Macedon The Gallery: Exhibition: Art to Wear. 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.
Coming up
Music Flinders Quartet: One of Australia’s most loved chamber music ensembles. Hill House Music, 290 Pearsons Rd, East Trentham. 2pm-4.30pm. $50. July 28.
Comedy Welcome To Us!: After a sell-out season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Paul Canlan and Rexine Perry will embark on a regional tour with this comedy drama about modern relationships. Newham Mechanics Institute, 1292 Rochford Rd, Newham. 8pm-9pm. $32. August 9.
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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Flock to the rock
PAST TIMES
With thanks to Woodend & District Heritage Society. The society meets on Wednesdays at the old courthouse in Forest St, Woodend.
Until European settlement, Hanging Rock was hidden in the landscape by trees and undergrowth. From 1839 until the land was surveyed in the 1850s, it was part of the run that Edward Dryden leased from the government for £10 a year. Dryden named it Newham Station after his home in England and locals referred to it as Dryden’s Rock.
From the time of settlement, people from the surrounding district enjoyed this wonder. They picnicked in the grounds and on the rock, rode their horses to the summit, held sports meetings and gave unusual rock formations special names.
A gap between the rocks on the southwest was named McDonald’s Lookout after a bushranger of that name, and an opening in a rock on the west side was known as Morgan’s Lookout after a feared outlaw.
There is nothing to prove that these notorious men ever climbed Hanging Rock but, of course, there is nothing to prove that they didn’t.
📘 From Sylvia Boxshall’s book Beyond the Black Forest, which describes the early settlement of Woodend and the surrounding district. Published 2017, Woodend & District Heritage Society. $27.50.
In the news
🚴♀️ FERN HILL, ROMSEY: Cyclist Lauretta Hanson, from Fern Hill, and archer Patrick French, from Romsey, will represent Australia in Paris next month. Hanson will be part of the women’s road cycling team at the Olympic Games and French will compete in the Paralympics.
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