Saturday November 1st at Yandoit Recreational reserve
Commencing 5pm
Bonfire lit at 7pm.
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John Ross
Camp Reserve, Castlemaine.
Start: Sat 18th Oct. 8 a.m.
End: Sun 19th Oct. 5:30 p.m.
The two day Sheep Dog Trials is a showcase of Australia’s top working sheep dogs. They compete for the highest score to be eligible for the National Title. Food and refreshments available. Adults $4, children free.
Entries close Monday
Phone: 0413 339 058 | Email: debbiehamilton@gcom.net.au | Website:http://www.castlemaineshow.com.au/#dogs
CHOPPED 2014 – October 3rd – 5th
3 Days of Dirt Drags, Hot Rods, Customs, Bobbers, 25+ Bands, Tiki & Cocktail & Craft Beer Bars, Choppers, Vintage Speedway and More…
Chopped is drag racing where it started in the dirt! A throw back in time to a 1950s/60s HopUp Carnival! Hundreds of cars and bikes rattled by the sounds of 25+ bands belting the roots of rock music to thousands of Rockers, Petrol Heads, Hipsters & Greasers
Head to head two-lane Dirt Drags with Pre 65 style Hot Rods, Customs, Bobbers & Choppers. Full throttle Vintage Speedway sliding and colliding. American infused island drinking in tiki’s, palms and bamboo.
”This is ‘Chopped’ the only festival of it’s kind in the world.”
Please restrict your contributions to items that can be completely consumed by fire and will not produce toxic fumes.
What you have done is very irresponsible. Use your tip tickets. Now go and pick it up and do the right thing. If anyone sees you picking it up, just say, “Oh, I realised it wouldn’t burn, so I thought I should just take it down the tip”. Then you will be a hero.
It’s not quite Guildford Folk Club week – the date for the next Folk music night is Wednesday October 15th. I’ll send another reminder next week!
However, I want to encourage you to make the short and easy trip out to Guildford for some of the other great music which new publican Allan is putting on at the Guildford Hotel. The food I hear is delicious, and they have some great wines and beers for sale.
THIS WEEKEND:
Tonight, Friday 3rd October: The iconic BRODERICK SMITH sings old favourites and new songs from 7.30pm.
Tomorrow, Saturday 4th October: Delightful songstress and pianist MAGGIE JACKSON will make you smile and sooth your soul – also from 7.30pm
Sunday 5th October: Spend a pleasant lunchtime and afternoon listening to the songs of one of our own folk club and ukulele divas, JUDY WARREN.
Also on Sunday afternoon/evening is the last-for-the-year NEWSTEAD VOCAL NOSH. It’s in the Newstead Community Centre – arrive at 5.45pm so the singing can get started right on time at 6pm. Adult entry still $15, or $12 concession, or $5 for children (includes a healthy meal). Leader will be Fay White, taking you through some of the year’s most popular songs. No experience necessary. Please phone or email to make catering easier: Kerrie: 5470 5645 or kerriep@mmnet.com.au
Thanks to Jeanette Gillespie for the info.
”Our local, Loddon River Powerful Owls have raised two youngsters again this season. Last year was a mystery – the birds were about but no young were seen. We are so lucky to have this incredible predator breeding successfully so close to town. The possums must be running scared at the moment!”
See photos at Geoff Park’s Natural Newstead blog: http://geoffpark.wordpress.com/
The village of Guildford welcomes musicians, dancers and listeners once again for the Banjo Jamboree.
Concerts, Dances and impromptu jam sessions.
A celebration of country, bluegrass, cajun and other music.
Artists include:
The New Holland Honeyeaters (Tas), the Duck Downpickers, Nine Mile Creek, Appalachian Heaven, Jan Wositzky, Kissin’ Cousins, the Inglorious Banjos Orchestra, Moosejaw Rifle Club, Pennyweight, Tequila Mockingbirds, Fat Chance, the Snowy Mountain Ramblers, Gut Bucket Jug Band, High Times String Band, the Willie Wagtails, and the Scrimshaw Four.
September 19th to 21st
Details:
http://banjojamboree.org/intro.php
1pm Sunday September 21st at Yandoit Hall.
Representatives from Hepburn Wind, Mt Alexander Solar Homes and Hepburn Re-localisation Network will attend to share information and answer questions.
The Castlemaine environment Shop will bring a variety of “show and tell” products.
I have a couple of desktop computers here (box only, no monitor), which I will make available for free extended loan. So if your computer dies, or gets infected with something disgusting, you can have one of these until you get it fixed or replaced. They are not quite state-of-the-art, but more than adequate for net-surfing, email, word processing (with Libre-Office), etc.. Use your own monitor, keyboard and mouse if you can, otherwise I might be able to supply.
It’s not the brief of yandoit.net to advertise for Aldi, but this may be of interest to wildlife-lovers. Aldi is offering a motion-sensing wildlife camera with infra-red LED lighting for night use – might just catch that elusive phascogale: $129 on special from 10th September.
An old mate from Uni, Dr. Neil Barr, made it onto this list of “Ten Great Books About Agriculture” with his book on the transformation of farming communities.
Excerpt from a review in the Rural Society Journal:
“In this book, Neil Barr, Senior Social Researcher, Department of Primary Industries, Bendigo, critically examines Australian farming, with particular focus on the family farm. Having grown up in a family who tried to make a living in horticultural farming, he has first-hand experience of what farming families are going through: his book, as he states in his preface, ‘is a result of thirty years pondering over the joy, despair and paradoxes of farming life’. The family and personal successes and tragedies he chronicles are explained by social circumstances (wars, financial crises) yet are embedded in nature (drought, dust storms, floods). The combination of personal experiences (social issues) and objective reality (statistical data, figures, graphs, maps) makes The House on the Hill special. Easy to read – and of interest to people who live on the land or who plan a future in agriculture – it was written to help improve the sustainable management of land, water and vegetation. Yet it is of value for academics and students with an interest in Australian agriculture, in farming families, geography, demography, or the environment.”
It can be purchased from Booktopia, or can be found in many libraries.
Fundraising Gig for Wombat Forestcare
Sunday, 31st August 4 – 6.30pm at the Old Hepburn Hotel. $10 entry.
Join us for some great live music.
The line up will include a DSC student band, a video piece (a musical), the Safari Suits, who will be celebrating their 30th Big Year, and Scurvy, an ’alt-country’ four piece made up of former Daylesford lads.
Churches and settlement of Yandoit, Franklinford and Clydesdale
When: SATURDAY MAY 10th, 1.45pm for 2pm start
Where: meet at the YANDOIT UNITING CHURCH
Afternoon tea at 4.00 followed by optional visit to several local churches between 4.30 to 5.30pm.
See the May 2014 Chronicle for details