There are some great creative courses in painting and photography for parents and children over the school holidays. And don’t forget to enrol in the Grant Writing Training Session on Tuesday, January 21. Note that The DNC will be closed from Friday December 20, 2024, until Monday, January 13, 2025.
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Highland Cattle, Rough Collies and the return of the Highland Heavy Games (hammer thrown, caber tossing and weight over bar) along with the regular competitions for Pipe Bands and Scottish Highland Dancers, all made for an outstandingly successful 73rd Daylesford Highland Gathering on 7th December 2024.
Read MoreA fund raising evening for the Daylesford Cinema Group was a big success with over $1000 raised.
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Hepburn Shire Council is deeply concerned about some recent acts of antisocial behaviour around the Shire. Council encourages anyone who is affected by these recent incidents to reach out to medical professionals for support.
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A serious accident at Wills Square near the corner of Camp St and Howe St, Daylesford, caused traffic disruptions earlier this week but did not result in serious injury. A better traffic management strategy is urgently needed for the intersection.
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Daylesford RDA (Riding for Disabled) celebrated 30 years of operation at Boomerang Ranch on 29th November 2024. Current riders demonstrated their riding skills to over sixty former riders and volunteers, friends and family members and community supporters.
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At the beginning of what has been predicted to be a highly dangerous fire season, Hepburn Shire Council has announced that the Neighbourhood Safer Place at the Hepburn Recreation Reserve has been decommissioned. Residents in the Hepburn and Hepburn Springs areas should reconsider their Bushfire Plans urgently.
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Hepburn Shire Council’s Grants Specialist, Jarrod Hodgson, will be hosting a grant writing seminar at the DNC that will help to set the foundations from which your organisation can be ready to apply for any grant efficiently and effectively. It will give you the confidence and tools to apply strategies which will give you the best chance of writing a successful application to a variety of funding bodies.
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Daylesford Rotary has four members taking turns to lead the Club during 2024-25. Usually a Rotary President takes on this important role for a year but this year three past Presidents and one other member agreed to share the responsibilities.
Read MoreThe DNC has installed raised garden beds for a Community Garden, but they need a plumber to help them move some taps to make watering easier.
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Award winning journalist at The Australian newspaper, Cameron Stewart, was the guest speaker at the Wombat Post AGM held earlier this week.
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CFA dignitaries, including CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan and board member Rosemary Martin, presented the distinguished Unit Citation for Service to the Daylesford, Hepburn, Franklinford, and Musk Fire Brigades during a commemoration service marking the first anniversary of the Daylesford Royal Hotel tragedy.
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