Lifestyle
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Sunbury show a winner
Pretty ponies, scream-inducing rides and shiny Thunderbirds were high on the list of popular features of Saturday’s Sunbury Agricultural Show. Tributes marking the 100th anniversary…
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Rave reviews for Bluestone Theatre renovations
Major refurbishments to Kyneton’s Bluestone Theatre represent an exciting new era for arts in the town, Friends group president Alan Stone says. The theatre, a…
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Clydesdales a highlight of Sunbury Show
Diggers Rest’s Joan Ford and her graceful Clydesdales will feature at Saturday’s Sunbury Agricultural Show. As well as equestrian, sheep, goat and poultry competitions, this…
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Work of student artists in full bloom
Consumerism, science, nature and the way we see ourselves are explored in a new Sunbury exhibition featuring works by three visual artists. Sunbury’s Maddi Seyman…
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Peter Pan show a whole school affair
The magical tale of Peter Pan, with a sprinkling of pixie dust and artistic licence, is coming to Riddells Creek Primary School. All 312 pupils,…
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Hilux still lifts above its weight
The Toyota Hilux DC SR5 is more truck than car. It’s big, has a grungy diesel sound, bounces around when empty and turns like the…
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Sunbury artist’s work bound for Rome
Two works by a Sunbury painter are on their way to Italy for a special exhibition celebrating Australian art and culture. Debra Vivarini-Lorenzi, who has…
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Drawing on Red Hill’s elegance
It was years since I had been down to Red Hill and I was a little concerned the building boom that has transformed the Mornington…
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Ford Australia’s post-build transformation underway
The changing of the guard at Ford Australia has begun with production of the right-hand-drive Mustang at Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan as part…
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Couple shares journey of constant renovation
A husband and wife team who have painstakingly restored some of the area’s most historic properties, including Rupertswood, and Mount Macedon’s Karori, are offering a…
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Macedon holiday fun to scarecrow about
Children such as Tajh, 10, Marli, 6, and Saxon, 10, can learn how to keep pesky birds away as part of a new school holiday…
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Macedon garden lovers’ bonanza
Rare plants and hard-to-find gardening books will be on sale during a major garden lovers’ fair at one of Mount Macedon’s most famous estates later…













