Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
All Brittish Rally. All Brittish Rally. Last Saturday was the 47th All British Rally featuring the ride to Main Street Maldon. I met my wife Robyn through a mutual interest in old motorcycles and her late father Merv Cooper was one of the founder members of the BSA owners club who organise the rally. So…
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Flinders Greentree with Spinny. Rosie Annear Mt Alexander Shire Mayor with Christine Fitzgerald. On ANZAC day, away from the mainstream services in Maldon, there was another, more personal event which I was privileged to attend. It was on the site of the old Nuggety School and Memorial Cairn, just outside Maldon, off the Shelbourne Road.…
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Democracy, Sausage. How to vote The big day has arrived: Election Day. You’ve brushed up on the processes of parliament and voting, perused the candidates, you know which ballot paper is which and you’ve arrived at the polling place. If it’s your local polling place you’ll be able to stroll in; if you are visiting…
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Lisa Chesters. Matt Evans. Andrew Lethlean. As tomorrow’s election looms, candidates for the local seat of Bendigo have been making their final election announcements and pledges. The following announcements have been sent to the Tarrangower Times in time to print. On Tuesday 22 April, The Nationals Candidate for Bendigo Andrew Lethlean and the Liberal Candidate…
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I was on holiday in regional Victoria when duck season opened this year. After a pleasant lunch at a Maldon Bakery, I drove to Cairn Curran. I was curious, aware the local community want it off limits to duck hunters. There were few shooters and fewer ducks that afternoon. But I was intrigued by the…
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Here’s a photo I took at the British Bikes in Maldon on Saturday. “Anyone fancy a pie?” “Crikey yeah,” said the vintage blokes with their vintage bikes. June Huxley A vintage appetite.
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Cork Talk: The Secret Life of a Barrel. Cork Talk: The Secret Life of a Barrel. Cork Talk: The Secret Life of a Barrel. If you were around Panacea Estate this week, you would have noticed us transition the wine that was tasted and blends chosen and discussed in last week’s article being transitioned to…
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A great 3-shot win to Adrian Palmer. Last Saturday golfers returned to competition play after the Easter weekend activities of the Hole-in-one event, which had been eagerly contested by several hundred enthusiasts with close to 7,000 golf balls being hit. One golfer who was very happy was Chris Hickey, a visitor for the weekend from…
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Bruce, Geoff and Sandy focus on the game while Mick focuses on his warm-up routine. Living with nature is usually a good featureBut not with every creature Nature turned on a lovely Autumn day for petanque on Sunday, although it turned a bit cool towards the end of play. However, we have experienced a couple…
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Janet Purcell, Neil Buck, Kevin WE REMEMBER Moschetti, Ben Sellars, Gillian Jacobs and Rob Harris at the Maldon RSL gathering the ANZAC Day service. Photo courtesy Rob Leeson. ANZAC Day in a small town still feels personal, over a century after the events at Gallipoli. We just need to look around to see how a…
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