Wine: Oak or Amphora?
In a first of his wine columns for The Wombat Post, Clive Hartley compares wines aged in oak with those aged in a clay amphora.
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Author: Tim Bach
Men’s Health Week – Staying Fit Through a Daylesford Winter
This is International Men’s Health Week (June 12-18), a week which is celebrated in June each year to highlight the importance of men’s health and to promote and support the health and wellbeing of men and boys in our communities.
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Council Releases Draft Affordable Housing Policy
Hepburn Shire Council has released its draft Affordable Housing Strategy and Action Plan which aims to help address the many challenges of meeting housing needs in the Shire. You can read the draft report and comment on the Participate Hepburn website.
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Local Older Women Building the Future of Senior Housing
After years of searching for a suitable site within the town, Daylesford-based WINC — Older Women in Cohousing Inc — has bought land in Castlemaine to build its unique mixed-tenure cohousing community for older women. Since settling on the 5-acre property in March 2023, around 40 WINC members have been working with a range of development professionals to create the sustainable, low impact village-like setting of around 32 small homes.
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Councillor Column – Lesley Hewitt
Lesley Hewitt writes about the Draft Council Budget and the Draft Affordable Housing Strategy and encourages your input.
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