Acknowledgement to Country
The Wombat Post is produced on the traditional lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung clans. We also acknowledge the neighbouring traditional custodians of the Kulin Nation and pay our respects to all Aboriginal peoples, their culture and lore. We acknowledge that First Nations Peoples have been telling their stories from these lands for many thousands of years.
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Victoria Park Lighting Upgrade Boosts Local Sport in Daylesford
The Daylesford Football Netball Club has received a major boost with the completion of new LED lighting at Victoria Park, enhancing opportunities for training, competition, and community participation.
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Anzac Day: A Time to Remember Those Who Served and Those Who Remained at Home
A sign outside the Daylesford Railway Station commemorates local men who served in the armed forces in World War I and the local women who served as nurses at the warfront. The nearby Daylesford Avenue of Honour is one of many that were planted as monuments to local people who died in World War I .
Living Well
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O Sweet Woods: A Musical Celebration of Love, Nature and Melancholy
The next in the 2025 Christ Church Concert series features the hauntingly beautiful music of John Dowland, one of the English Renaissance's most expressive composers. O Sweet Woods, a concert inspired by Dowland’s deeply emotional works, promises a captivating afternoon of song and lute, performed by some of Australia’s finest early music artists.
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Featured Posts
Anzac Day 2025: Photos from Around the Shire
Thanks to our contributors for these photos of Anzac Day services around the Shire. For those of you who couldn’t be there, these offer a sense of the commemorations both large and small.
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Councillor Column – Lesley Hewitt
ANZAC Day 2025, a time to commemorate those men and women who have served in our defence forces, to think about how their service and sacrifice has contributed to the Australia we live in today and to reflect on what our own contribution to our communities and the nation should be.
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Federal Election 2025: Candidate Statements on Local Issues
In the lead-up to the federal election, The Wombat Post invited all candidates for the seat of Ballarat to respond to three key questions concerning issues of vital importance to residents of Hepburn Shire and rural and regional Australians more broadly. Topics included local government sustainability, access to health and social services, and the specific benefits each candidate believed their election would bring to our community.
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Beautiful Daylesford, Goodbye!
Regular contributor to The Wombat Post, Indre Kisonas, is leaving Daylesford to travel around the Big Paddock. She says her heartfelt good byes to a town that she truly loves.
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