Maryborough Advertiser

Hospitality, accommodation ready to reopen

The further easing of coronavirus restrictions in Victoria this week has been welcomed by many, but few have welcomed the changes as much as the hospitality and accommodation industries. Victoria entered Step Three restrictions on its roadmap to...

Riley Upton

18 Sep 2020

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COVID-19

BREAKING: Pyrenees Shire records new COVID-19 case

The Pyrenees Shire has recorded a new case of COVID-19, the latest Department of Health and Human Services data has confirmed. The shire was COVID-free during the first months of the pandemic, recording its first case on August 2. The Pyrenees now...

Christie Harrison

26 Aug 2020
Local

Emergency services respond to Carisbrook crash

A man aged in his 70s escaped serious injury this week when his vehicle left the road and struck a tree in Carisbrook. Police, ambulance, CFA and SES crews attended the single-car crash which occurred at around midday on Wednesday. Maryborough...

Christie Harrison

11 Sep 2020
Local

Two men fined for illegally collecting firewood

Two men have been fined $661 each for illegal firewood collection from Timor State Forest north of Maryborough. Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) senior forest and fire operations officer Tim Wishart said the men were fined for cutting and...

Maryborough Advertiser

25 Aug 2020
Cricket

The Advertiser reveals the MDCA’s most prolific bowlers of the past decade

Many wickets have fallen during The Maryborough District Cricket Association’s (MDCA) last decade of play, but one Colts Phelans product stands out among the rest for consistency. In the last 10 years of local cricket, there has been a mountain of...

Ashlyne McInnes

28 Aug 2020

News

Goldfields World Heritage bid garners more support

A UK-based World Heritage expert has backed the Central Victorian Goldfields UNESCO World Heritage bid, describing the landscape as the best surviving example of the 19th century gold rush. Thirteen councils across the central Victorian Goldfields...

Riley Upton

18 Sep 2020

COVID-19

Regional Sport Victoria calls for clarification as to when and what sport can start

The communal afternoon tea traditionally enjoyed by country cricketers, tennis players and lawn bowlers alike is out the window due to COVID restrictions, as are the crowds of loyal supporters but the biggest question for local sporting clubs...

Ashlyne McInnes

18 Sep 2020

Breaking

BREAKING: Regional Victoria to move to Step Three of COVID roadmap at 11.59 pm Wednesday

Regional Victoria will move to Step Three of its roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions from 11.59 pm tomorrow night (September 16) just two days after moving to Step Two. Premier Daniel Andrews announced today that the trigger points needed to move...

Christie Harrison

15 Sep 2020

Goldfields World Heritage bid garners more support

Riley Upton

18 Sep 2020

COVID-19

Hospitality, accommodation ready to reopen

Riley Upton

18 Sep 2020

Local

Group on the hunt for local ghost stories

If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, your first instinct might be to call Ghostbusters, but the team at Paranormal Adventures Australia is hoping that Central Goldfields residents will instead drop them a line ahead of their trip to...

Ashlyne McInnes

18 Sep 2020

Elections

Youngest person to announce candidacy to run in Maryborough Ward

The Central Goldfields Shire’s Maryborough Ward has another candidate for the upcoming local government elections with Candice Anketell announcing her candidacy recently. Ms Anketell works at True Foods and said participating in the local LEAD...

Christie Harrison

18 Sep 2020

State Government

Schools prepare for fire season with new funding

A handful of local schools have received funding from the State Government to clear vegetation and undertake maintenance ahead of the upcoming bushfire season. Member for Western Victoria Jaala Pulford announced the more than $9 million in funding...

Riley Upton

18 Sep 2020

Sport

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Football

Ramsey re-signs with the Roos for season 2021

While Newstead was the first Maryborough Castlemaine District FNL (MCDFNL) club to opt- out of season 2020, the Roos have wasted no time in preparing for 2021, re-signing senior football coach Mark Ramsey. Ramsey first took on the side in 2018 after...

Ashlyne McInnes

18 Sep 2020

Community

Harcourt FNC mourns the loss of club and MCDFNL stalwart Barry Johansen

The Harcourt FNC and indeed the wider Maryborough Castle- maine District FNL community lost one of its most dedicated stalwarts last month, with the passing of former Lions president Barry Johansen. A Harcourt boy born and bred, Barry passed on...

Ashlyne McInnes

15 Sep 2020

Cricket

Creswick opts out of MDCA for season 2020/21

The Creswick Imperial Knights have left the round table of the Maryborough District Cricket Association (MDCA) for the second time in a decade, opting to unite with their junior sides in the Ballarat Cricket Association for 2020/21. The Knights are...

Ashlyne McInnes

15 Sep 2020

Sport

Major racing events likely to run without crowds

Horse racing is an industry that has seemingly weathered the COVID-19 storm however the biggest events on the calendar, the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup, look likely to be run and won without an audience this year. Victoria has already...

Maryborough Advertiser

15 Sep 2020

COVID-19

The right call, Broad reflects on cancelled MCDFNL season

On what would have been the eve of the 2020 Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League (MCDFNL) grand final, league president Stephen Broad weighs in on the strangest year in football and netball history. If this year was like every...

Editor

11 Sep 2020

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Video

WATCH: Local resident tearing it up at the Bagshot Motorsport Complex in a 1975 Toyota Corolla TE37

Bendigo Car Club is the local Club for kids and adults to enjoy Khanacross, Autocross and off road driving. Kids and learner drivers can benefit from skills training and adults can have fun driving around the track like this!

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01 Sep 2020