The hospitality revival is continuing in Hepburn Springs with the latest opening being Café Lotte on the main road this week. Formerly the site of Frank & Connie’s, locals have missed having a venue at this space and are excited about the venue being re-opened.
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Hidden away on Spring Creek in the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve is the unique Hepburn Pool built in the early 1930s by the Zelman family, who ran the Bellinzona Guest House. It was of Olympic size and hosted many swimming competitions including the Victorian Swimming Championships.
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Daylesford audiences are in for a musical treat on Saturday, July 5, when early music specialists Unholy Rackett join forces with Ensemble 642 for a unique concert of rarely heard 17th-century repertoire. The performance will highlight the curtal, a family of instruments unfamiliar to most modern ears, and the Renaissance ancestor of the bassoon.
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The Victorian Government has announced increased funding in the 2025/26 Budget to support families experiencing cost-of-living pressures, with a focus on helping children participate in school activities and organised sport.
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Central Highlands Water will introduce Stage 2 water restrictions across the Hepburn region, including Daylesford, Hepburn, Hepburn Springs and surrounding areas starting from Tuesday 1 July 2025. Extremely dry conditions have resulted in the lowest soil moisture deficit on record in the Daylesford and Hepburn region and water storages have fallen to 30% capacity.
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