Midland Express

Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander shires news, events and sport published every Tuesday.
Sister paper to the Castlemaine Mail.
Central Victoria, Australia

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Maxine (Max) Clohsey has retired from her position as admin clerk at the Kyneton Police Station after 39 years.
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Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary founder and director, Pam Ahern, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List, in recognition of her service to animals.
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Local fire brigades have lost their longstanding fire equipment maintenance contract with Macedon Ranges Shire Council, which provided a valuable source of income for their work.
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The Woodend Winter Arts Festival is just days away, ready to transform Woodend into a vibrant hub of music, ideas and creativity over the King’s Birthday long weekend.
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The Castlemaine Jazz Festival returns this King’s Birthday weekend and once again promises an incredible lineup with more than 40 bands and performers set to feature across six local venues.
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A Woodend mountain biker has expressed frustration after being shuffled between three state government agencies while trying to report illegal rubbish dumping in the Wombat State Forest.
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Macedon Ranges Shire Council has called out the state government’s haste in its four-week consultation on a development planned to change the face of Clarkefield.
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94.9MainFM’s highly anticipated and much-loved community event, the MAIN Game, returns for its seventh year on Sunday June 7 (King’s Birthday long weekend).
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The newly opened Campaspe Mill Gallery will launch its exhibition program with Landscape by the Painter, a new collection of works by Kyneton artist Daniel Butterworth.
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Castlemaine creative Scott Rossiter is inviting people to slow down, sit together, and share the stories behind the objects they hold dear with Adult Show and Tell.
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Macedon sporting clubs have called for upgrades to Tony Clarke Reserve to keep pace with surging participation.
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Residents in Batters Lane at Kyneton have questioned the efficacy of intersection safety improvements on their road after a two-car collision sent four people to hospital last Tuesday morning.
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The Bendigo League’s senior football and netball teams scored convincing victories in the big interleague bonanza against Ovens and Murray on Saturday.
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Iconic Australian duo Vika and Linda are headed to Kyneton’s Town Hall and Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal to promote the release of their ninth studio album – their most personal and revealing body of work to date.
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A collaborative effort between Mount Alexander Shire Council, Dhelkaya Health, The Salvation Army Castlemaine and other agencies has enabled the Salvos to host a mobile shower truck in Castlemaine.
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Two local skatepark designers have questioned Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s decision to award the redevelopment contract for Kyneton Skatepark to a large Melbourne-based firm.
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Castlemaine artist Ned Middleton is a bit of a music buff, and while Tim Rogers’ band the Hard-Ons isn’t really his cup of tea, Ned was happy to have the chance to paint the legendary rock star for an entry into the Archibald Prize.
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A 2300-home development will change the face of Clarkefield if approved and now the Victorian Government has opened consultation.
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This month, the walls of The Old Auction House in Kyneton will once again come alive with colour, courage and creativity as Queerthentic: LGBTQIA+ Regional Art Prize returns for its fourth year.
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A 20-year-old Mildura man is facing serious criminal charges after leading police on a chase that ended in a crash on the Calder Freeway at Kyneton last Friday night.
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