Council will expand community access to its four libraries beyond opening hours by allowing library members to upgrade their membership to access library buildings outside regular opening hours. However, as part of Hepburn Shire Council’s budget savings measures, staffed hours of operation will be reduced at Trentham and Clunes libraries.
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Hot weather and windy conditions earlier this week fanned a bushfire between Dean and Creswick which required about 250 Forest Fire Management and CFA personnel to bring it under control worked.
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Federation University Honourary Professor Barry Golding launched his new book, Six Peaks Speak, Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country, at the Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre last week in front of a diverse crowd of about 100. The book tells the stories of six significant volcanic peaks in the Central Victorian goldfields.
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Indre Kisonas found a sponge graveyard during a walk on a beach getaway and was amazed by their variety and their biology.
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The Daylesford Community Childcare Centre has launched an initiative to raise funds for Joe’s Kitchen Garden, an inspiring project aimed at teaching children the invaluable skills of growing and cooking their own vegetables.
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