”State of the Nation”
Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine
Thursday 1st May
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Tickets $15.00
Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/EHAG
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Churches and settlement of Yandoit, Franklinford and Clydesdale
When: SATURDAY MAY 10th, 1.45pm for 2pm start
Where: meet at the YANDOIT UNITING CHURCH
Afternoon tea at 4.00 followed by optional visit to several local churches between 4.30 to 5.30pm.
See the May 2014 Chronicle for details
Dare to be square! … at the Guildford Music Hall on 17 May 2014 from 7.30pm, when APPALACHIAN HEAVEN STRING BAND will be playing and calling square dances!
We want to encourage locals to use the website in a more interactive way. John Ross has set up our yandoit.net website with lots of options for information exchange. There’s also the possibility of changing the name to be more inclusive of Franklinford and Clydesdale which would require registering a new domain name. We will be calling a meeting of those interested in the website in the near future. Please contact John if you’re interested.
24-27 March 2014 in Bendigo.
Of interest to farmers, horticulturalists, ag scientists etc.
”You are invited to attend ‘Soil Change Matters’ an international workshop concerned with the scientific investigation of changes in soil and their effect on critical soil functions and ecosystem services.
The workshop is hosted by the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries, and supported by Soil Science Australia and the following Working Groups of the International Union of Soil Sciences – Global Soil Change, Soil Monitoring, Proximal Soil Sensing, and Digital Soil Mapping.
The workshop is designed to bring together practitioners in policy, science and management to address the questions –
• What is changing in soil?
• Why does it matter (impact, extent, critical thresholds, system collapse) or does it? Who cares and who pays?
• How do we measure change and are we monitoring important changes?
• How fast are changes occurring and expected to occur?
• Should anything be done about these changes – science understanding, technical ability to measure and monitor change, policies for intervention or prevention.”
Franklinford Brigade are much more handsome than these guys…
(from the Qld and NSW Firefighters Calendar, https://www.facebook.com/FirefightersCalendarQLDandNSW)
This summary has been compiled from various sources by John Ross, in response to a thread on the Castlemaine Bushfire Help FaceBook group page.
It provides advice and links about managing animals in a bushfire. Continue reading
Shameless self-promotion!
Well I put the website together, so occasionally I get to indulge!
This is my hot new band with Doug Owen (vocals, guitar), Sean Hanrahan (lead guitar), Martin Myles (drums) and myself on electric upright bass.
Come early for dinner and stay for the show. $10 cover.
Bridge Hotel, 21 Walker St Castlemaine (near the botanic gardens)
Present: June Smith, Stephen O’Connor, Roni Nettleton, Claire Collie and Benoit Oury, Adele Cammeraat and Kerrie Moore, Terry Willaims, Cheryl and George Teng, Ross Sartori, John Ross, Greg Pridmore, Steve Catterall, Cathy Westcott, Leslie McGilvray, Mary Grant, Alan Straub, Steph … Continue reading
The hot weather decimated the remains of the crop. The next generation won’t be ready for a month or so.
Facebook groups for bushfire information sharing:
Castlemaine:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/504594886306492/
Daylesford:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/286331024825528/
It’s on again from 24th to 27th January at various venues around Newstead.
See http://www.newsteadlive.com/
Tickets: Weekend $95 ($90 on line). Children under 13 free.
Youth under 18 $20 if accompanied by an adult .. buy at the festival.
Day ticket Sat, Sun $50…buy at the festival
Day ticket Monday, evening ticket Fri, Sat, Sun, $30..buy at the festival.
This map shows current outages, with a clickable brief explanation:
http://m.powercor.com.au/outage-map
I have added the link to the Emergency section in the sidebar (right).
See this page for transfer station opening hours and fees: http://www.hepburn.vic.gov.au/page/Page.asp?Page_Id=170&h=1
Note that the following items are recycled free of charge:
- Batteries (dry cell or lead-acid)
- Fluorescent lamps
- Oil
- Paint
- Paper (non-commercial quantities)
- Bottles
- Steel
- Car bodies
Get picked up from anywhere (where possible) along the route (Yandoit/Franklinford/Clydesdale) in or out of Daylesford. The bus leaves Daylesford after 9am and returns at 10.30am. It leaves Daylesford at 1pm and returns before 2.30pm.
Bookings are ESSENTIAL – call 1300 44 35 34 before NOON the day before.
Child seats (0-7 years) and a hoist are available on request.
Well attended by an enthusiastic crowd of about 80 people, the second Yandoit history event comprised a tour of a few of our iconic stone houses, established by the Swiss-Italian early settlers of this area. (Click on an image for a big slideshow).
The Hepburn Springs Swiss and Italian Festa will run from Wednesday 30th October to Sunday 3rd November.
If you are interested in coming to the second Yandoit history in story event on the theme of Yandoit Hills stone houses and vineyards please keep late afternoon /early evening of Saturday November 23rd free.
This will be a local community event and another edition of the Chronicle, coming soon, will provide details.