News
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Tourism funding boost
Daylesford and Macedon Ranges’ hard done by tourism sector has received a boost with $100,000 in funding announced to deliver a marketing campaign. The campaign,…
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Young legal minds honoured
Hume council’s best and brightest young legal minds have been recognised by the Victorian Bar for their academic excellence. Fourteen recipients from schools including Salesian…
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Police seek witnesses after stabbing on Sunbury-bound train
Police are seeking witnesses to a stabbing on a Sunbury-bound train last week. It is alleged a man travelling on a train between Footscray and…
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Coaches replacing trains as major power outage limits V/Line services across the state
Coaches are being organised to replace V/Line trains across the state, as a major power outage in the CBD has severely limited the regional train…
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Ranges towns are hot property
The average time that properties in Woodend and Gisborne spent on the market was cut by more than two weeks in the year to May,…
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High suicide rate cause for concern
Advocates have voiced their concerns at the state of mental health in the Macedon Ranges, as they struggle to identify the cause of the abnormally…
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Grant help make memoir a reality
An author in the Macedon Ranges has received a prestigious grant that will help fly her north to write the first ever memoir of a…
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Jobless rate on the rise
Unemployment is on the rise in Sunbury and the Macedon Ranges as Hume records the highest jobless rate in the state. National Skills Commission data…
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Inspired by nature
For photographer Tiffany Warner, there’s no place like the Macedon Ranges to hone her craft. “My family and I left the Macedon Ranges for Queensland…
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Rare plants on show
A garden containing rare and unusual plants in Macedon is opening to the public later this month. Stephen Ryan will accept guests to his Tugurium…
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Kids say thanks
A group of kids in the Macedon Ranges have come together to raise funds for the State Emergency Service’s (SES) Gisborne unit. Children from the…
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Bridging the knowledge gap
Macedon Ranges Further Education Centre (MRFEC) is now accepting enrolments for their next semester. Based in Gisborne, MRFEC provides courses tailored to assist adult learners…













