Tim Bach

Sale of The Rex – A Message from the Mayor

This message from Mayor, Cr Tim Drylie, addresses the decision on the sale of the Rex which Council will make at it’s meeting on July 19. Cr Drylie acknowledges the division and uncertainty in the community surrounding this decision and provides assurance that community facilities planned for the Hub will be delivered.

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The Forgotten Fishponds on the Plains

As part of NAIDOC Week, local historian and geologist Honorary Professor Barry Golding, led a Great Dividing Trail Association guided walk to the site of the original, ill-fated Loddon Aboriginal Protectorate at Neereman, on the Loddon River north of Baringhup.

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Daylesford and Hepburn – Older and Less Godly

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has partially released data from the 2021 census. The data shows that the population of Daylesford and Hepburn (postcodes 2460 and 3461) has increased and become older since the last census in 2016. It also shows that the population of the area has become less religious.

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