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Byron Bay’s market has cooled.

Sea-change and tree-change towns with deepest property price discounts

Sellers who expect boom-time prices are finding they need to cut back their expectations to meet the market.

  • Tawar Razaghi

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Bar Midlands only uses Victorian produce.
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Bar Midland

Come for the ethics, stay for the hospitality.

The menu is inspired by southern France and northern Italy.
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Boomtown Cellar Bar

History-steeped space where wine is made and small plates rule.

‘Patti Smith type lady in the Castlemaine Botanic Gardens’ 2024, oil on linen.

Meet the artist capturing what it really means to be a Melburnian

In his biggest exhibition yet, Rob McHaffie captures the quiet spirit of the everyday – and the title of each work is a short story of its own.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Peter Dunn and his 20 month old daughter Eleanora on the Dunn’s North Blackwood spud farming family farm in Central Victoria. They’ll be part of the Trentham Spudfest, a festival celebrating all things potato.

Goodbye music festivals, hello food festivals? Where to plan your next regional road trip

From community-led harvests, to cheese and bread workshops with Australia’s best, regional food festivals have a lot to offer – and they’re booming. Here’s our pick of five to visit this autumn.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Castlemaine Festival

Victoria’s oldest festival under a cloud as administrators appointed

The Castlemaine State Festival traditionally attracts up to 50,000 visitors, but its future is uncertain after significant losses at last year’s event.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
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Temperance House, where Ali Currey-Voumard has a summer kitchen residency.

Is this regional town now up there with nearby Daylesford in the quality dining stakes?

There’s a top chef serving farmhouse French food in heritage digs, another cooking affordable public bar dishes in a cosy space on the main street, and a much-needed pub in a picturesque small town nearby.

  • Emma Breheny
The landmark gothic church in Castlemaine is expected to sell for more than $2.7 million.

Heritage-listed Castlemaine church to be reborn

The historic church is likely to find a new purpose, with zoning allowing numerous uses, including conversion to residential, short-stay accommodation, childcare, commercial, a community centre or a place of assembly or worship.

  • Nicole Lindsay
Artist Stevens Vaughn whose bronze throne will feature in the Lorne Biennale.

Giant throne without pier heading for Lorne

Artist Stevens Vaughn’s ‘Throne of Potentiality’ rises higher than 4 metres with more than enough room to fit two adults sitting comfortably.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Glenn Stratton was placed in an unenviable position by his father, Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth said.

‘I can’t do it myself’: Son sentenced for aiding ailing father’s suicide

Colin Stratton, 80, begged his son to shoot him to end his chronic pain soon after being told paperwork for assisting dying could take weeks.

  • Erin Pearson

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