July 16, 2024
Creswick’s getting a new do
SOMETHING very exciting is happening in Creswick. It's no longer a small town that people drive through to get from Ballarat to Daylesford. It's now...
July 30, 2023
Everyone loved Simmy
SIMON McDonald was a well-loved and well-known Creswick character who, for all his life from 1906 to 1968, lived on the family property at...
July 2, 2023
New headline act in Creswick
MARSHMALLOW is the next headline business to make a welcome presence in Creswick. Owner and hair stylist Casey Leneghan said she could not be happier...
June 25, 2023
Heaps of art comes to Creswick
CRESWICK Neighbourhood Centre recently hosted a children’s art exhibition, the results of a creative five-week HeapsART program run by talented local artist and teacher...
June 19, 2023
Warm night for shortest day
THE winter solstice has been celebrated for thousands of years, and the Friends of Park Lake in Creswick will continue the tradition on later...
May 31, 2023
When kindness is never too much to bear
WHO hasn’t owned a teddy bear, some new, some much-loved and looking very bare-like. Scruffy and well-worn, each held closely with secrets shared by...
May 30, 2023
Second-hand book shop on the move
IS holding a second-hand book as mesmerising to a book lover as the excitement of the smell of a new book, or the sound...
May 21, 2023
Landscapes launch new exhibit space
RACHEL Turner’s exhibition Saplings on at the Creswick’s Tin Can Collective is a celebration of the landscape of the Dja Dja Wurrung Country where...
May 13, 2023
Nothing could be finer than the sound of singing
MORE than one-hundred and fifty voices from four choirs came together to warm their spirits and exercise their voices in what the organisers hope...
April 16, 2023
Making music at Morrisons
AS the mist came up the Moorabool River valley with the rain dripping from the trees, you could have been mistaken for believing you...
March 26, 2023
Day passes are the go at CresfFest
THE Ballarat community will be thrilled to know that in response to popular demand the team behind CresFest 2023 is offering day tickets over...
March 20, 2023
Creswick, the cultural centre in the middle
BETWEEN Daylesford and Ballarat lies the small town of Creswick, nestled in the confluence of three creeks, surrounded by historic goldfields and native forests. It...
March 19, 2023
Gardening legend visits for club’s 25th
GARDEN lovers, horticulturalists and landscapers will be familiar with the name John Patrick, for he is loved and known by many of them. Leaving England...
March 12, 2023
Reluctant satirist ready to talk it out
SO much of life is about timing and for writer, composer, musician and performer Casey Bennetto. In fact, timing is one of the most important...
March 7, 2023
Courthouse Conversations come to CresFest
THE Creswick Courthouse will be in session during CresFest 2023, hosting incredible musicians, activists, writers, and performers in conversation with equally remarkable presenters. Courthouse Conversations...
February 19, 2023
CresFest on opening night is the place to be!
CRESFEST 2023 is only six weeks away and punters who know a bargain are busily purchasing early bird tickets for what is going to...
February 4, 2023
CresFest lifts the lid of its final headline acts
WITH CresFest2023 less than two months away, event director Judy Turner has announced the final line-up of extraordinary diverse and multicultural musicians performing at...
January 23, 2023
CresFest needs you!
NEIL Adam, CresFest 2023 volunteer coordinator, is putting a call out for additional helper for CresFest 2023. “Last year we attracted over 100 volunteers,” she...
December 16, 2022
Half-a-century of links on the links
IT was an evening full of wonderful stories, yarns and memories when members of Creswick Golf Club gathered recently to recognise major milestones. Eight members...
December 13, 2022
Park friends dream big
THE Friends of Park Lake maybe a small group of volunteers in Creswick, but they certainly know how to have big dreams. Park Lake was...
December 12, 2022
CresFest’s call out to host an artist
EVERYONE has heard of ‘How to Host a Murder! Well, now CresFest 2023 is giving people the opportunity to play how to host an...
December 3, 2022
Local Lions back cancer research
SINCE its establishment in 1998 the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute has relied on the generosity of service clubs, community groups, bequests, fundraising events,...
November 29, 2022
Ensemble goes organic at Botanica
THERE’S a corner of Ballarat, in the heart of an industrial site, that is gaining a reputation as a creative and artisan space. Red brick...
November 28, 2022
Pooch’s day out on the printed page
THERE is probably no better introduction to a life of loving books than to have a book read to you as a young child,...
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