Fresh from the farm
Macedon Ranges produce will be sold at the Riddells Creek Farmers Market this Saturday. Children’s author Bianca Ross will share readings throughout the day. The market is at Riddells Creek Primary School from 9am-1pm.
Personal development
Former lawyer Kate Lawrence will hold a series of workshops in Riddells Creek from this Saturday. The first workshop, What is Success? is at Riddells Creek Neighbourhood House from 2-4pm.
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Picture this
Farmers, their land and produce will be captured for a new Macedon Ranges Agribusiness Forum photography competition. Short-listed photos will be exhibited at the forum launch on June 26. The winning photographer will receive a produce hamper valued at $200.
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Make a splash
Love graffiti? Got talent? Enter Hume council’s ‘‘Write Signal’’ competition. Twenty young artists aged 14-25 will be chosen for the project, which will transform traffic signal boxes on poles around the municipality. There will also be an exhibition of selected short-listed works at local youth centres. Entries close June 27.
Let’s dance
An all-abilities disco will be held in Broadmeadows on June 27. A hip-hop
DJ will keep people on the dance floor through the night. The alcohol and smoke-free event, for people aged
18 and older, is at the Broadmeadows Leisure Centre from 7.30-10.30pm.
Cost: $12 ($5 for carers).
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Perfect pitch
Schools and youth groups can “green up” their sports fields or reinvigorate an outdoor learning area thanks to Landcare Australia’s Perfect Pitch of Green grants program. Junior Landcare and Turf Australia have launched the new in-kind grants program ahead of next month’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Applications close July 1.
