Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
Vintage Engine Rally. The Maldon Vintage Machinery & Museum was open across the Easter weekend, providing an interesting detour and a chance to have a closer look at the myriad vehicles that populated the parades. It was also home-base to the intriguing steam-engine that bopped and bustled around town at various times. With all sorts…
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I’m a little disappointed in the fact there seems to have been no responses to the proposal to extend the railway platform at Maldon. The fact that the existing platform is a little over five metres at its widest point and the proposal is for an eight-metre-wide extension is hard to understand, particularly as the…
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Secrets of the Shire: Anzac Circle on Anzac Hill. Anzac Circle is a ring-shaped, commemorative walking track, sitting on Anzac Hill like a wonky crown. The Circle is a bushy, birdy walk of only a few minutes with a clear but stony path. Through the trees you might catch a glimpse, to the east, of…
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Here’s a great story that ends in Maldon: Newstead resident Chris Simmins rescued a grotty-looking object from a skip in Campbells Creek, took it home, cleaned it up and discovered that he’d found a treasure.
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