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Turns out the kids hanging out in the Community House garden are pretty good artists.Youth worker, musician, Londoner an...
11/09/2026

Turns out the kids hanging out in the Community House garden are pretty good artists.
Youth worker, musician, Londoner and skateboarder Kyan Laslett O’Brien has been working with them for a couple of years now. The crew is set to unveil their latest venture. The Generations exhibition is a collab with senior artists and will raise funds for Community House.

Read about Kyan and the artists in this week’s Nugget.

https://thenugget.beehiiv.com/p/the-art-of-showing-up-with-kyan

Wheee Feathery Festival kicks off this weekend with a guided bird walk, plant sale, nature journaling and property tour....
04/09/2026

Wheee Feathery Festival kicks off this weekend with a guided bird walk, plant sale, nature journaling and property tour. All free! I can’t wait for tonight’s Dolly Tribute at Shedshaker. So many local legends will be coming together to bring her music to life. Wild Otter Club is on at Boomtown, raising funds for Fringe. Forest Creek Folk will be uniting us in song at All In Sing. Love Shack is throwing a springtime celebration with DJs. Bring it on! xx

🐦 Spend five minutes with Jane Rusden and you’ll start noticing birds everywhere. Read her story in this week’s Nugget a...
04/09/2026

🐦 Spend five minutes with Jane Rusden and you’ll start noticing birds everywhere. Read her story in this week’s Nugget and get pumped for Feathery Festival. Link to story in comments. xx

Oooh the sun is shining on our soggy patch of Central Vic. What a glorious almost-spring weekend ahead. May it be filled...
28/08/2026

Oooh the sun is shining on our soggy patch of Central Vic. What a glorious almost-spring weekend ahead. May it be filled with live music, bread from the new community bakery at Lot 19 and w**e from the talented Gilles Lapalus, who took a big hit in the January fires.

After decades of life on the road, rock icon Tim Rogers has landed in a Castlemaine play about people waiting for someth...
28/08/2026

After decades of life on the road, rock icon Tim Rogers has landed in a Castlemaine play about people waiting for something to happen. He says it’s eerily similar to life in a touring band. Read his story in this week’s Nugget.
📸: Penny Ryan

21/08/2026

Super cut of seven Hot Moves crews. Thank you for your high concepts, bangers, costumes and sick moves: Rural Hot Bi***es, Pizza Night, Clockwork Queens, Shop Oppers, Toxic Positivity, Tindered Spirits, Main Character Energy.

You Am I legend Tim Rogers joins his fellow Waiting For Godot cast members in a rock fundraiser for The Ravens Theatre C...
21/08/2026

You Am I legend Tim Rogers joins his fellow Waiting For Godot cast members in a rock fundraiser for The Ravens Theatre Company Friday night at the Bridge. There is a working bee at Nalderun Saturday that includes morning tea and a bush tucker farm tour. The Artist Market is happening Sunday, and Band Without Borders are at the Goods Shed. Enjoy! xx

17/08/2026

Hello, caller. Thanks for holding. How many McDonald’s and indoor pool references can you count? Jane Fondu x The Castlemaniacs kept it tres topical.

16/08/2026

The Dance Moms took us to Vegas for the best party of the year.

16/08/2026

The Fisters had a real adventure at the Daylesford White Lotus. All the points for executing the f**k out of this narrative. My group considered a White Lotus theme last year. V glad we left it to the pros. And Brad, if you’re out there, please let us know your thoughts.

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