The Wombat Post

01/11/2024

High housing supply is driving price reductions in regional Victoria according to a report by Domain.com. The report shows that median housing prices across regional Victoria have dropped about 1.4 percent over the past year. Prices in Hepburn shire are down six percent on last year, the 9th largest...

01/11/2024

A record 377 art works have been hung in the 2024 Daylesford Rotary Art Show which is underway over this Cup Day long weekend. About 200 people attended the opening on Thursday evening at Stanbridge Hall. The Art Show is open throughout the Cup Day weekend.

01/11/2024

On Tuesday 5 November 2024, the community of Daylesford will come together to honour the memory of the lives lost and forever changed in the tragic accident last year. The commemoration will take place outside the Royal Hotel Daylesford at 9:00 am.

01/11/2024

Council Officers have now completed updates to the six Future Hepburn strategy documents and these are now available on Council’s website. Council’s strategic planning officers are now working closely with regional department officers to progress the strategy and to seek funding opportunities.

01/11/2024

Are you someone who learnt French years ago and would like to refresh your skills? Or perhaps you’d simply like to refine your understanding of the French language? DNC has a new course starting on 18th November! And there's more on offer at the DNC.

01/11/2024

Bushwalking Victoria is celebrating it's 90th year by promoting bushwalking through it affiliated clubs across the state. The Great Dividing Trail Association is offering three local walks specifically geared for locals to experience walks close to home that feature some of the iconic forests and wa...

01/11/2024

The fire danger season is fast approaching and residents are strongly advised to be prepared. Take action now to prepare your household and property.

01/11/2024

Jodie Goldring The Mollongghip Poetry Slam has become one of those iconic local events. Mark Grant, a former local who lived next to the Mollongghip Hall, dreamt up the Poetry Slam 19 years ago. Like many similar events, it started small with participants reciting poetry for half an hour, singing so...

01/11/2024

Anthony Sawrey Radical Fields is an arts and cultural organisation that works with artists and community to explore the “serious play” of artistic processes. As of October we have begun our seasonal program featuring free creative workshops and community art activations. November welcomes artist...

01/11/2024

"Paint for the love of it and forget about any prize winning because it has nothing whatsoever to do with art." Petrus Spronk offers words of wisdom to artists and audience alike at the opening of the Daylesford Rotary Art Show.

01/11/2024

Four former mayors of Hepburn Shire are leading on first preferences at the completion of counting Group A votes in the 2024 Council election. Don Henderson (2079 first preference votes), Brian Hood (1315), Lesley Hewitt (878) and Tim Drylie (732) are leading the count.

25/10/2024

Musk Regenerative Community Farmlet: Information Session Are you interested in being part of a new project to grow free food for community members? The vision: A farm that provides free food and connection for co-operative members and the community, in line with regenerative principles. Key principl...

25/10/2024

There is activity in the local housing market with properties sales apparently responding to realistic pricing. The number of houses for sale in postcodes 3460 and 3461 has dropped by 10% over the past six months.

25/10/2024

Indre Kisonas gives us a lesson in interior design about the importance of using light colours to enlarge spaces and brighten the mood.

25/10/2024

The Daylesford Community Facilities project team has been given the green light to develop designs to locate the library and community multipurpose facilities at the Daylesford Town Hall site, ahead of a proposed community engagement. A new location for the cramped and antiquated Daylesford Library....

25/10/2024

Two Daylesford artists, Pam Gleeson and Nadia Kliendanze, have opened an exhibition of their landscape paintings at The Old Auction House in Kyneton.

25/10/2024

The new Sexual and Reproductive Health Hub at Kyneton Health has been given additional funding to open a Women's Health Clinic. The clinic will substantially increase the free services available to the community.

25/10/2024

The state government is offering another round of sport vouchers to assist eligible families with the costs of sports memberships, registration fees, uniforms and equipment to ensure that more children get the opportunity to participate in community sports. Member for Macedon, Mary-Anne Thomas today...

25/10/2024

Many Victorians have taken advantage of advantage of solar incentives from the state government through the Solar Homes program. In the Macedon electorate, 4480 solar panel, hot water, and solar battery systems installed since the program began in 2018. Across Victoria, there have been almost 8,000....

25/10/2024

A new cohousing project designed by and for older women is another step closer to being built in regional Victoria after Mount Alexander Shire Council granted a permit for the development. The project is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.

25/10/2024

The 2024 Swiss Italian Festa will take place across Hepburn and Daylesford from Thursday 24th October until Sunday 26rd October 2022. A highlight of the Festa is the traditional Street Parade starting at 10.30am Saturday, October 25th along Main Road, Hepburn Springs to Hepburn Springs Mineral Reser...

18/10/2024

https://thewombatpost.com.au/tennis-season-is-just-ahead-new-players-welcome/

A raft of volunteers and committee members at the Daylesford Lawn Tennis Club are bust preparing the courts for the opening of the tennis season at the end of October. There are programs for young and old and players of all abilities.

18/10/2024

https://thewombatpost.com.au/maddicks-estate-gifts-250k-to-daylesford-health/

Daylesford Health will benefit from a gift of $250,000 from the estate of the late Maddicks siblings announced earlier this week. The gift brings the total donation to Daylesford Health from the Maddicks estate to $528,000.