This week’s Your Macedon Ranges is like one of those magazines at the newsagent’s that comes with a bonus issue.
School holidays are here – and if you’re looking for things to do over the next fortnight, you’ll find a round-up of kids’ activities in a special edition. Just click the link below:
Click here for details of school holiday activities.
Shows will go on
The Macedon Railway Hotel is well-known for its weekend gigs. So it’s a huge relief that the shows will go on despite a fire there last Tuesday night. The CFA and first-responders contained the fire to the living quarters. Thankfully, no one was hurt. “Their unbelievable effort has no doubt saved our venue from what could have been a catastrophic outcome,” the hotel posted on Facebook. The gigs this Friday and Saturday are due to go ahead.
SCREEN TIME
Finally, the Macedon Ranges will feature twice on TV this week. First up is Channel 9’s Postcards at 5.30pm today (Sunday). Then on Friday, Michael McCoy returns to our screens with a new series of Dream Gardens – and this week’s episode features a garden in his home town of Woodend (ABC1, 8pm).
Here are the events and activities happening this week in the Macedon Ranges:
Monday, June 28
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
Tuesday, June 29
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
[Quiz] Team Trivia: Topical and fun questions plus some games. Telegraph Hotel, Hamilton St, Gisborne. 7pm-9pm. Free.
Wednesday, June 30
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
[Games] Jurassic Arcade: Play Atari, Sega, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation 1 games. For ages 12-25. Woodend Community Centre, Forest St, Woodend. 1pm-4pm. Free.
Thursday, July 1
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
[Youth] Future Creations: Launch of Future Creations, a zine created by young people in the Macedon Ranges, followed at 2pm by a zine and badge workshop led by Kelly Robson. Kyneton Library, Baynton St, Kyneton. 1pm-3pm. Free.
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Friday, July 2
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
[Quiz] Pub Trivia Night: Hosted by Col Cameron. Winning team receives $50 pub voucher. Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 6.30pm-10.30pm. Free.
[Music] Ash Grunwald: Blues musician performs songs from his nine studio albums and his new collection, Push The Blues Away. Macedon Railway Hotel, Smith St, Macedon. 7pm. $45.
[Music] Karaoke Night: Telegraph Hotel, Hamilton St, Gisborne. 8.30pm.
Saturday, July 3
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
[Market] Woodend Farmers’ Market: Cnr High St & Forest St. 9am-1pm.
[Art] Cyanotypes – Printing Plants and Textures: Learn about this early photographic printing process with Dianne Longley. Agave Print Studio, 9 Bowen St, Trentham. 10am-5pm. $250.
[Wellbeing] Winter Forest Walk with Horses: Join Rachael Gibson, from Heart of the Horse, for a 5km small-group walk with four horses and two dogs to Belltopper Hill, part of the Fryers Ridge State Forest. Drummond North. 11am-2.30pm. $65.
[Food & Drink] Truffle and Wine Pairing: Four gourment truffle meal tasters and four wines. Double Oaks Estate, Ashworths Rd, Lancefield. Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-5pm. $65.
[Story & Drawing] Migaloo the White Whale – Mark Wilson: Award-winning author and illustrator Mark Wilson will read his beautiful picture book Migaloo the White Whale and teach the children how to draw a whale. Dromkeen, 1012 Kilmore Rd, Riddells Creek. 2pm.
[Beer] Brewery Tour: Learn how the beer is brewed at Holgate Brewhouse. Every Saturday and Sunday. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
[Exhibition] Every Artist Ever: Stockroom Kyneton’s 10-year (+1) anniversary show. Featuring more than 150 Stockroom artists. Stockroom Kyneton, 98 Piper St, Kyneton. Opening 4.30pm.
[Music] Keep the Circle Unbroken: Features an incredible line-up of Australian musicians stretching across generations. Macedon Railway Hotel, Smith St, Macedon. 7pm-11pm. $50.
Sunday, July 4
[Sculpture] Art in the Vines – the Renaissance: An exhibition featuring work by 25 acclaimed artists. Hanging Rock Winery, Jim Rd, Newham. Daily until October 15. 10am-5pm. Free.
[Market] Gisborne Healers and Well-being Market: A selection of energy and vibrational healers along with psychic readers and providers of spiritual-based products. Gisborne Mechanics Institute Hall, Hamilton St, Gisborne. 10am-3.30pm. Free.
[Exhibition] Every Artist Ever: Stockroom Kyneton’s 10-year (+1) anniversary show. Featuring more than 150 Stockroom artists. Stockroom Kyneton, 98 Piper St, Kyneton. Until August 8. 11am-4pm.
[Food] Pizza and Pooches: Every dog has his day and at Cleveland Winery that day is Sunday. Cleveland Winery, Shannons Rd, Lancefield. Every Sunday. 12pm-3pm.
[Food & Drink] Truffle and Wine Pairing: Four gourment truffle meal tasters and four wines. Double Oaks Estate, Ashworths Rd, Lancefield. Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-5pm. $65.
[Music] Casey Withoos: Jazz classics from the American Songbook. Wood-fired pizzas, and local wine and craft beer. Hedge Farm, 124 Three Chain Rd, Carlsruhe. From 12pm-6pm. $18.
[Food] Cheese-making Workshop: Learn how to make artisan rennet-curd cheese, two methods for ricotta, and how to preserve olives. Run by Chambéry Cheese. Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 12.30pm-4pm. $120. (1 spot left for July 4. Other dates: August 1 & 21.)
[Beer] Brewery Tour: Learn how the beer is brewed at Holgate Brewhouse. Every Saturday and Sunday. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Coming up
[Arts] Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Includes events originally scheduled for the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Venues across Woodend. July 10-11, August 7-8.
[Open Garden] Tugurium: A winter chance to see the garden of former ABC Gardening Australia presenter Stephen Ryan. 8-10 Centenary Ave, Macedon. July 24-25.
[Paranormal] Psychic Medium “Crossing Over” Lunch: Join host Dolly, from Kyneton Paranormal, and psychic medium Bec for a group show and Q&A. Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. July 25.
[Music] Kate Ceberano: ARIA-award-winning singer with one of the great voices of her generation. Macedon Railway Hotel, Smith St, Macedon. August 1.
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.
The mystery of the missing stone
PAST TIMES
With thanks to Woodend & District Heritage Society. The society meets every Wednesday, 10am-4pm, at the Old Courthouse in Forest St, Woodend.
Woodend’s Five Mile Creek bridge was once “narrow and dangerous”. After it was widened in 1958, however, the Woodend Star reckoned motorists had “no excuse whatever should collisions occur”.
The painstaking task of widening the 96-year-old bluestone bridge was carried out by workmen from the Country Roads Board.
Under the auspices of Bill Golding, a foreman renowned for his work on the Shamrock bridge between Carlsruhe and Kyneton, the bridge wall on the golf-course side was taken down and all the stones were numbered. An extra section of roadway, reinforced with concrete, was constructed and the bridge wall was rebuilt.
The work took six months. It was completed ahead of schedule and below the estimated cost of £9,000.
Every stone, except for one, was carefully put back in its original spot. The missing stone was rumoured to have been souvenired as “a valued portion of a unique bridge achievement”.
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