Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, October 3, to Sunday, October 9.
🤹♂️ Roll up, roll up! Circus acts will be coming to Woodend this weekend. Joel Salom, International Man of Circus – described as a “skilfully inept acrobat” and an “artfully off-colour juggler” – will be performing for children on Saturday and Sunday. And The Hee Ha Cabaret, a mixture of comedy, circus acts and acrobatics, will be putting on a show for adults on Saturday evening. The performances have been made possible by Melbourne Fringe as part of a pilot program to bring the festival to regional areas.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
Click the links for more info 👇
Tuesday, October 4
Garden Tour A Spring Day on the Mount: Visit four beautiful gardens on Mt Macedon: Duneira, Cameron Lodge, Shepherd’s Bush, Viewfield. Lunch at Duneira’s stables. Mount Macedon. 9.30am-3pm. $192.50.
Podcasting Macedon Ranges Audio Makers’ Network: A group for podcasters and anyone who enjoys playing with sound and recording equipment. Woodend Community Centre, Cnr High St & Forest St. 10am-12pm.
Nature World Habitat Day – Hollow ID Walk: Join bushland reserves officer Martin Roberts for a walk and talk at Mount Gisborne Reserve. Learn about hollows and the role they play for animals such as possums, gliders and birds. 198 Mount Gisborne Rd, Gisborne. 10am-1pm. Free.
Wednesday, October 5
Singing Woodend Warblers: Community choir. Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend. 7.30pm. $12.
Thursday, October 6
Quiz Trivia Night: General knowledge quiz. Gisborne Golf Club, Daly St. 7pm. Free.
Friday, October 7
Talk Birds of a Feather Lunch – Danielle Laidley: The former AFL player and coach will talk at the LGBTIQA+ lunch about knowing you don’t fit the body you were born into, and the fear of being outed. Kyneton Bowling Club, Mollison St.
Music Millar Jukes & The Muscle: Gnarly, psych-flecked, bluesy garage rock. Macedon Railway Hotel, Smith St, Macedon. 6pm-11pm. $20.
Quiz Friday Night Pub Trivia: Topical and fun questions plus some games. Woodend. 6.30pm-10.30pm. Free.
Saturday, October 8
Exercise Campaspe Parkrun: 5km fun run along the Five Mile Creek path. Campaspe Park, Campaspe Dr, Woodend. 8am. Free (registration required).
Exercise Lancefield Parkrun: 5km fun run around Lancefield Park. Lancefield Park, Chauncey St, Lancefield. 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.
Garden Tour A Spring Day on the Mount: Visit four beautiful gardens on Mt Macedon: Duneira, Cameron Lodge, Shepherd’s Bush, Viewfield. Lunch at Duneira’s stables. Mount Macedon. 9.30am-3pm. $192.50.
Music Live Music and Wine Tasting: With gourmet grazing box and roast chicken baguette. Double Oaks Estate, 104 Ashworths Rd, Lancefield. 12pm-4pm. $15-$45.
Food & Music Songs and Cider: Music from Nick Charles. DV Cider, 39 Darraweit Valley Rd, Darraweit Guim. 2pm-5pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Kids Joel Salom, International Man of Circus: An action-packed 45 minutes of comedy, circus and mayhem. Melbourne Fringe event. Woodend Library, Cnr High St & Forest St. 4pm. Full $24, Concession $22, Group 4+ $20, Mob $18.
Circus The Hee Ha Cabaret: Top-notch comedy, jaw-dropping circus and internationally acclaimed acrobatics. Melbourne Fringe event. Woodend Library, Cnr High St & Forest St. 7pm. Full $30, Concession $28, Group 6+ $25, Mob $22.
Music Rhyece O’Neill: Songwriter, poet and novelist who has performed in pubs, bars and festivals across Australia and in Europe. Major Tom’s, Piper St, Kyneton. 7pm-12am. $20.
Never miss a thing in the Macedon Ranges
Get this newsletter every Sunday
“New to the newsletter and it’s brilliant. So much happening in our region I wouldn’t otherwise know about.”
“So much information … excellent resource for the community. WELL DONE. We’ve forwarded it on!”
Sunday, October 9
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Kids Joel Salom, International Man of Circus: An action-packed 45 minutes of comedy, circus and mayhem. Melbourne Fringe event. Woodend Library, Cnr High St & Forest St. 4pm. Full $24, Concession $22, Group 4+ $20, Mob $18.
Exhibitions
Online Magnificent Macedon Ranges: Photographs inspired by local people and scenery. Macedon Ranges Photographic Society online exhibition.
Kyneton The Old Auction House Artists: Exhibitions: Linda Dunstan and Woodend Art Group printmakers. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom Artists: Wed-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper Artists: Showcasing work by local artists. Exhibitions: Six-sided Stories (window), Macedon Ranges, Black and White Meets Circles. Wed-Mon 10am-4pm.
Lancefield Community Art Gallery: Paintings, sculptures, glass jewellery by local artists. 34a High St, Lancefield. Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-3pm, Sun 10am-1pm.
Mount Macedon Inked: Jo Hoyne uses drawings to explore the use of skin as art. Fri-Tues 10am-4pm.
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
Festival Rocktoberfest: Dust off the lederhosen and join the Rock & Ranges team for a night of fun and Festivus. Enjoy a two-course German meal and live entertainment. Woodend. October 15.
Comedy Comedy Night: Featuring Tom Gleeson, Geraldine Hickey and Nath Valvo. Food trucks and bar. Romsey. October 15.
Community Lancefield Show: Tractor pull, woodchop, dog agility, horse events, cattle, sheep and poultry, market stalls, rides, food and wine. Lancefield. October 16.
Nature Regenerating the Ranges Festival: An event to acknowledge the community’s resilience after the June 2021 storm. Woodend. October 16.
Ghost Hunt Blackwood Hotel Paranormal Investigation and Dinner: The pub has a rich history of ghost stories. Hosted by Kyneton Paranormal. Blackwood. October 19.
Music Lior and Domini – Animal in Hiding: The first release from a collaboration between acclaimed singer-songwriter Lior and emerging artist Domini Forster. Kyneton. October 21.
Nature Hanging Rock Night Walk: Experience Hanging Rock after dark on a ranger-guided walk. See gliders, wallabies, native birds, bats, possums, koalas and many other animals. Hanging Rock Reserve. October 28.
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.
How am I doing?
Your Macedon Ranges is researched, written, and edited by me alone. Compiling it takes me 10+ hours each week. I love doing it, and the response has been incredible. I’m very grateful for your kind words.
If you find value in the newsletter, I’d so appreciate you subsidising my coffee habit … it helps with the collating and the writing!
In the news
🚗 WOODEND/MACEDON: Draft designs for safety improvements to Black Forest Drive have been published. A community consultation period runs until October 31. The work is expected to start early next year and be completed in 2024.
🚧 GISBORNE/WOODEND: Gisborne and Woodend primary schools are among more than 100 schools in Victoria that will be upgraded as part of a state government maintenance blitz.
Enjoyed this newsletter?
Get it emailed to you every Sunday – and never miss a thing.
“I am so happy to be able to receive your emails and keep up to date with what’s going on in the area as well as learning a bit of local history!”