Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The Australian alternative Easter emblem, the bilby, is iconic but at risk. Bilbies once occupied much of arid and semi-arid Australia but have disappeared from about three quarters of their historic range. Today they are found only in parts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, and Queensland, so researchers undertake surveys of remote habitats as…
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Nominations for the 2025 Bob Hawke Landcare Award opened last week, and for the first time in its history the criteria have been expanded to include groups and organisations to be eligible for the $30,000 prize.
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Bathurst Burr Photo courtesy of Weeds Australia website. Common Name: Bathurst BurrBotanical Name: Xanthium spinosumWeed Classification: Bathurst Burr was first declared a noxious weed in Victoria back in 1856. It is a Regionally Controlled weed in the North Central Catchment (our region) and must be controlled on private and public land to prevent further spread.Where…
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It remains reasonably quiet for our local firefighters but Bruce Clements 1st Lieutenant (Acting Captain) of Maldon Fire Brigade reports that they have been called out for a “couple of small ones” and they were not ordinary. A shed fire in Castlemaine, for example, required the Maldon team for backup, but not because it was…
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