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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,...

November 25, 2022

Symphony orchestra strikes up French Connections

THE Ballarat Symphony Orchestra’s final concert for the year, French Connections, will surely delight Francophiles whose love of all things French extends from the...