MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE Community Services Directory 2012/2013

This directory was compiled by the Mount Alexander Community Information Centre with the support of Mount Alexander Shire Council. Council acknowledges the valuable work undertaken by this organisation in compiling the directory.

To obtain further information regarding this directory, or to update your organisation’s details, please contact: Mount Alexander Community Information Centre Telephone: 5472 2688 Email: [email protected]

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Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Services Directory Table Of Contents

ACCOMMODATION ...... 1 Emergency Accommodation ...... 1 Holiday ...... 1 Hostels ...... 1 Nursing Homes ...... 1 Public Housing ...... 1 Tenancy ...... 2

AGED AND DISABILITY SERVICES ...... 2 Aids and Appliances ...... 3 Intellectual Disabilities ...... 3 Home Services ...... 3 Learning Difficulties ...... 4 Psychiatric Disabilities ...... 4 Physical Disabilities ...... 4 Senior Citizen's Centres ...... 5 Rehabilitation ...... 5 Respite Services ...... 5

ANIMAL WELFARE ...... 6 Animal Welfare Groups ...... 6

ANIMALS ...... 7 Dingos ...... 7 Dogs ...... 7 Horses ...... 7 Pony Clubs ...... 7 Pigeons ...... 7

ANTIQUES AND SECONDHAND GOODS ...... 7 Opportunity Shops ...... 7

ARTS AND CRAFTS ...... 8 Dancing ...... 8 Drama ...... 8 Drawing ...... 8 Embroidery ...... 8 Film ...... 8 Hobbies ...... 8 Instruction ...... 9 Music and Singing ...... 9 Painting ...... 9 Photography ...... 9 Quilting ...... 9 Spinning and Weaving ...... 9 Woodwork ...... 10

COMMUNICATIONS ...... 10 Computers ...... 10 Fax Transmissions ...... 10 Languages ...... 10 Media Newsletters ...... 10 Postal Communications ...... 11 Radio ...... 12 Telephone Services ...... 12

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ...... 12 Associations ...... 12 Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Services Directory

Clubs ...... 13 Community Centres ...... 13 Community Development ...... 14 Co-operatives ...... 15 Community Service Groups ...... 15 Volunteers ...... 16

COUNSELLING SERVICES ...... 17 Alcohol and Drugs ...... 17 Crime Victims ...... 18 Crisis Counselling ...... 18 Financial Counselling ...... 19 Gambling ...... 19 Grief Counselling ...... 19 Legal Advice ...... 19 Marriage Counselling ...... 20 Mediation ...... 21

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ...... 21 Businesses and Services ...... 21 Consumer Protection ...... 22 Markets ...... 24 Tourism ...... 24

EDUCATION ...... 25 Adult Education ...... 25 Health Education ...... 25 State Primary Schools ...... 26 Independent Primary Schools ...... 26 State Secondary Schools ...... 27 Technical and Further Education ...... 27

EMERGENCY AND DISASTER SERVICES ...... 27 Ambulance ...... 27 Emergency Housing ...... 27 Emergency Services ...... 27 Material Aid ...... 27 Fire Brigades ...... 28 First Aid ...... 29 Police Stations ...... 29 Public Safety ...... 29

EMPLOYMENT ...... 30 Disabled ...... 30 Job Creation ...... 30 Job Training ...... 30 Sheltered Workshop ...... 30 Vocational Guidance ...... 31

ENTERTAINMENT VENUES ...... 31 Art Galleries ...... 31 Cinemas ...... 31 Exhibition Facilities ...... 31 Festivals and Events ...... 31 Museums ...... 32 Showgrounds ...... 32 Theatres ...... 32

ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION ...... 33 Historic Building Preservation ...... 33 Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Services Directory

Land Conservation ...... 33 Pollution Control ...... 34 Recycling Services ...... 35 Waste Disposal ...... 35 Water Conservation ...... 35 Wildlife Conservation ...... 35

FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ...... 36 After School Care ...... 36 Foster Care ...... 36 Family Support Services ...... 36 Maternal and Child Health ...... 37 Nursing Mothers ...... 37 Play Groups ...... 37 Pre-School Centres ...... 38 School Holiday Program ...... 38

FUNERALS ...... 38 Bereaved ...... 38 Cemeteries ...... 38 Civil Celebrants ...... 39 Grief Counselling ...... 39

GARDENING ...... 39 Clubs ...... 40 Horticulture ...... 40 Noxious Weed Control ...... 40 Parks and Gardens ...... 40 Tree Conservation ...... 40

HEALTH SERVICES ...... 40 Complementary Health ...... 40 Dental Services ...... 41 Dietitian ...... 41 Disability Aids ...... 41 Alternative Health ...... 41 Emergency Medical Treatment ...... 41 First Aid ...... 42 Hearing Impaired ...... 42 Hospitals ...... 42 Immunisation ...... 43 Nursing ...... 43 Occupational Therapist ...... 43 Physiotherapy ...... 43 Podiatry ...... 43 Rehabilitation ...... 43 Speech Therapy ...... 44 Support Groups ...... 44 Visually Impaired ...... 46 Birth ...... 46 Community Health Centres ...... 46

LIBRARY SERVICES ...... 47 Books ...... 47 Internet Access ...... 47 Toy Library ...... 47

LOCAL HISTORY ...... 47 Genealogy ...... 47 Historical Sites ...... 48 Historical Societies ...... 48 Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Services Directory

Museums ...... 49

PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS ...... 49 Alternative Lifestyles ...... 49 Churches (Christian) ...... 49 Civil Celebrants ...... 50

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ...... 50 Camping Grounds ...... 50 Conference Facilities and Halls for Hire ...... 51 Parks and Gardens ...... 52 Reserves ...... 53 Show Grounds ...... 55 Sports Facilities ...... 55

RECREATION AND SPORTS ...... 55 Angling ...... 55 Athletics ...... 55 Archery ...... 55 Badminton ...... 56 Basketball ...... 56 Billiards ...... 56 Bowling Clubs (Indoor) ...... 56 Bowling Clubs (Lawn) ...... 56 Cricket Clubs ...... 56 Croquet ...... 57 Cycling ...... 57 Darts ...... 57 Football Clubs ...... 57 Golf Clubs ...... 58 Martial Arts ...... 58 Netball ...... 58 Sailing ...... 59 Shooting ...... 59 Soccer ...... 59 Swimming ...... 59 Table Tennis ...... 59 Tai Chi ...... 59 Tennis Clubs ...... 59 Trotting ...... 60 Yoga ...... 60

SUPPORT SERVICES ...... 60 Companionship ...... 60 Counselling ...... 61 Day Care ...... 61 Home Services ...... 61 Mediation ...... 62 Mutual Support ...... 62 Support Groups ...... 63

TRANSPORT ...... 64 Ambulances ...... 64 Charter Services ...... 64 Drivers ...... 65 Motor Vehicles ...... 65 Public Transport ...... 65 Taxis ...... 65

YOUTH ...... 65 Clubs ...... 65 Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Services Directory

Girl Guides ...... 66 Scouts ...... 66 Support Programs ...... 66 Youth Worker ...... 67

Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Services Directory

ACCOMMODATION Holiday Jessie Bowe House-Maldon Hospital Emergency Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre and Accomodation Location: Accommodation Chapel Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Booking Service Telephone: Castlemaine and District Location: (03) 5475 2000 Accommodation and Resource Castlemaine Market Building, 44 Mostyn Email: Group (CADARG) Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Postal: Contacts: Location: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Nurse Manager Uniting Church Parish Community Centre, Telephone: 12 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5471 1795 Reception Nursing Homes Postal: 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking PO Box 246, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Commonwealth Respite and service Telephone: (03) 5471 1727 Promotions Carelink Centres (03) 5472 4299 (03) 5471 1746 FAX Email: Location: Email: [email protected] 48 Queen St, VIC 3550 [email protected] Telephone: Castlemaine Police Station Internet: 1800 052 222 Free Call www.maldoncastlemaine.com 1800 555 677 TTY callers dial this number Location: then ask for 1800 052 222 50 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Central Goldfields Visitor 1800 059 059 Emergency Respite Support Telephone: Information Centre (Maryborough) AH (03) 5472 2099 General - Email: Castlemaine Location: [email protected] (03) 5472 2821 Criminal Cnr Alma and Nolan Streets, Maryborough Internet: Investigations VIC 3465 www.commcarelink.health.gov.au 000 For EMERGENCY CALLS otherwise Telephone: Contacts: use above numbers (03) 5460 4511 1800 333 000 Anonymous Drug Email: Loddon Mallee Region Senior Information Information Line/Crime Stoppers [email protected] Officer - Joan Louerso Internet: Mount View Nursing Home- Emergency Accommodation and www.centralgoldfields.net.au Support Enterprise (EASE) Maldon Hospital Maldon Visitor Information Centre Postal: Location: Location: PO Box 958, Bendigo VIC 3552 Chapel Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Telephone: 93 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: Telephone: 1800 884 038 Freecall Director of Nursing - Jan Hutchinson (03) 5430 3000 Office (03) 5475 2569 (03) 5475 2000 (03) 5443 4844 FAX 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking service Nursing Homes - High Care Units 1800 015 188 24 hour Hotline Castlemaine Health Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Location: Contacts: Internet: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Police www.maldoncastlemaine.com.au Postal: 000 Provide afterhours emergency Contacts: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 service Co-ordinator - David Jones Telephone: Hostels (03) 5471 1555 Enquiries Haven Home Safe Contacts: Location: Hostel - Low Care Units Thompson House 10-16 Forest Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Castlemaine Health (03) 5471 1593 Nurse Unit Manager Postal: Ellery House PO Box 212, Bendigo VIC 3552 Location: (03) 5471 1651 Nurse Unit Manager Telephone: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5444 9000 All Enquiries Postal: Public Housing PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 001 084 Freecall - LMHS Community Advocacy and Rights Centre - Connections program Telephone: (03) 5443 2758 FAX (03) 5471 1555 Switchboard Bendigo Internet: (03) 5470 6453 Penhall House Location: www.haven.org.au (03) 5471 1586 Spencely House 29 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3552 (03) 5471 1588 Renshaw House Postal: Email: PO Box 432, Bendigo VIC 3552 [email protected] Telephone: [email protected] (03) 5444 4364 BH Contacts: (03) 5441 1033 FAX Hostels Manager 1800 639 121 Callers outside Bendigo (03) 5471 1688

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Brigade Avenue Units Internet: Common Equity Rental Housing www.macll.org.au Co-Operatives (CERC) Forest Location: Brigade Avenue, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Panmure Street Units Creek Telephone: Location: Location: 1800 645 329 Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Common Equity Housing Ltd Level 1, 112 (03) 5434 5555 Telephone: Balmain St, Cremorne VIC 3121 Crawford Close 1800 645 329 Telephone: (03) 5434 5555 1800 353 669 Head Office for Location: Information 25 Forest Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Tarrengower Village Inc. (03) 9208 0800 Telephone: Location: 1800 635 936 FAX 1800 645 329 Chapel Street South, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5472 4442 Forest Creek CERC, (03) 5434 5555 Postal: Workspace, Halford Street Castlemaine Internet: Elderly Persons Housing PO Box 61, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: www.cehl.com.au Castlemaine (Human Services Secretary - Michael Grimes Consumer Affairs VIC - Dept Of, Housing Service) (03) 5475 1643 Loddon/Mallee Location: President - John Fitten 74-78 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 5475 1358 Location: Telephone: Warnock Street Units Consumer Affairs Vic - Bendigo Office 60 (03) 5434 5555 BH Mitchell Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 5434 5900 FAX Location: Telephone: 1800 136 012 AH ONLY Emergency Warnock Street, Maldon VIC 3463 1300 558 181 Telephone advice Maintenance Telephone: (03) 5444 2038 1800 645 329 Business hours 1800 645 329 Email: 13 1172 Maintenance Call Centre (03) 5434 5555 [email protected] Internet: Gingell Street Units Wintringham Housing www.consumer.vic.gov.au Location: Location: Contacts: Gingell Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Cnr. Hargraves and Lyttleton Sts, Visits CADARG Fortnightly-Thurs 10.00 - Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 11.30 (not school Holidays) 1800 645 329 Postal: Haven Home Safe (03) 5434 5555 8 Ararat Rd, Beaufort VIC 3373 Email: Location: Halloran Homes [email protected] 10-16 Forest Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Location: Postal: Lyttleton Street, Catholic Church, 78 Tenancy PO Box 212, Bendigo VIC 3552 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Advocacy and Rights Centre - Telephone: (03) 5444 9000 All Enquiries Haven Home Safe Bendigo 1800 001 084 Freecall - LMHS Community Connections program Location: Location: (03) 5443 2758 FAX 10-16 Forest Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 29 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3552 Internet: Postal: Postal: www.haven.org.au PO Box 212, Bendigo VIC 3552 PO Box 432, Bendigo VIC 3552 Telephone: Telephone: Homelessness Advocacy Service (03) 5444 9000 All Enquiries (03) 5444 4364 BH (HAS) 1800 001 084 Freecall - LMHS Community (03) 5441 1033 FAX Connections program 1800 639 121 Callers outside Bendigo Location: (03) 5443 2758 FAX Castlemaine and District 2 Stanley Street, Collingwood VIC 3066 Internet: Telephone: www.haven.org.au Accommodation and Resource 1800 066 256 9am-5pm Monday to Friday Group (CADARG) (03) 419 8529 BH Lesterville Centre (03) 9867 3788 Oncalls Location: Internet: Location: Uniting Church Parish Community Centre, www.chp.org.au 30 William St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 12 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Postal: 1800 645 329 PO Box 246, Castlemaine VIC 3450 AGED AND (03) 5434 5555 Telephone: DISABILITY SERVICES Mount Alexander Community (03) 5472 4299 Land Ltd. Email: AGED CARE INFORMATION LINE 1800 [email protected] 500 853 freecall Location: 13A Yeats Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 45, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Telephone: (03) 5472 3412 BH - Janet

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Telephone: Aids and Appliances National Diabetes Services 1800 783 783 Disability Information and Scheme (NDSS) Continence Service - Community Support 1800 022 149 TTY Rehabilitation Castlemaine Health Location: Community Health Centre (CHIRP), 13 (03) 5434 5555 Reception Location: Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5434 5890 FAX Mt Alexander Hospital, Cornish Street, Telephone: Email: Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5479 1000 [email protected] Postal: Contacts: Internet: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Diabetes Nurse Educators www.disability.vic.gov.au Telephone: Down Syndrome Association of (03) 5471 1568 Opal Health And Mobile Inc Equipment Hire - Castlemaine Location: Location: Health High St/Bay St, Golden Square VIC Telephone: 219 Napier Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065 Location: (03) 5441 4333 BH Telephone: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 9486 9600 Postal: Safety Link Personal Response (03) 9486 9601 FAX PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Service 1300 658 873 Free Call Internet: Telephone: Location: (03) 5471 1568 Enquiries www.downsyndromevictoria.org.au 16 Eastwood Street, Ballarat VIC 3350 Contacts: Internet: Postal: www.castlemainehealth.org.au Windarring - David Silvagni Safety Link, PO Box 179 W, Ballarat West (03) 5472 1599 Contacts: VIC 3350 Allied Health Services 317 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Windarring - Di Nancarrow (03) 5471 1568 BH 1800 813 617 FREECALL for all incoming http://www.castlemainehealth.org.au (03) 5422 7001 calls 67 Baynton Street, VIC 3444 Hearing Services Voucher System (03) 5331 7572 FAX - Office of Hearing Services Email: Out and Out Club (Part of [email protected] Castlemaine Health Adult Day Telephone: Internet: Service) 1800 500 726 client services, hotline www.safetylink.org.au 1800 500 496 TTY Location: Email: Syringe Disposal Helpline Harcourt Leisure Centre, Mills Road, [email protected] Telephone: Harcourt VIC 3453 Internet: 1800 552 355 Postal: www.health.gov.au/hear PO Box 50 c/o Castlemaine Health, VitalCall - Personal Emergency Castlemaine VIC 3450 Hearing Services, Office of Response Service Telephone: (Department of Health and Ageing (03) 5471 1498 (Commonwealth Govt) Telephone: Contacts: 1300 360 808 Co-ordinator - Virginia Harkin Location: Internet: (03) 5471 1498 Office of Hearing (Dept of Health and www.vitalcall.com.au Ageing), Canberra ACT Victorian Advocacy League for Postal: Intellectual Disabilities Individuals with Disability Inc. Mail Drop Point 113, GPO Box 9848, Alzheimers Australia Vic (VALID) Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone: Location: Location: (03) 9665 8070 98-104 Riversdale Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 235 Napier Street, Fitzroy South VIC 3065 1800 555 013 Postal: Telephone: Email: Locked Bag 3001, Hawthorn VIC 3122 (03) 9416 4003 [email protected] Telephone: (03) 9416 0850 FAX Internet: (03) 9815 7800 1800 655 570 Free Call www.health.gov.au/hear 1800 100 500 National Dementia Helpline Email: (03) 9815 7801 FAX [email protected] Mobility Centre, Melbourne Email: Internet: Location: [email protected] www.valid.org.au Level1 Car Park,Federation Square, Cnr Internet: Flinders and Russell, Melbourne VIC 3000 www.alzheimers.org.au Home Services Telephone: Disability Services Loddon Mallee Aged Care - Information Line (03) 9650 6499 (03) 9650 9491 FAX Region (DHS) Telephone: 1800 735 266 Free Call Location: 1800 500 853 freecall 1800 735 266 TTY 74-78 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 1800 550 552 Aged care complaints Email: Postal: information scheme (National) 1800 700 600 Aged Care Advocacy Metro [email protected] PO Box 513, Bendigo VIC 3552 Internet: 1300 309 337 Residential Care Rights www.melbournemobilitycentre.com.au

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Internet: Contacts: www.health.gov.au & Psychiatric Disabilities Castlemaine Psychiatric Service www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au Aged Persons Mental Health (03) 5472 4122 Community Services - Mount 141 Cornish St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Service PO Box 82, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Alexander Shire Council Location: St Luke's-Recovery Focussed Location: Anne Caudle Campus (Bendigo Health Mental Health+PHAMS-Personal Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford Care) 100-104 Barnard St, Bendigo VIC Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 3550 Helpers+Mentors Scheme Postal: Telephone: Location: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5454 7604 Office BH Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street, Telephone: (03) 5454 7615 Emergency Triage Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5471 1700 BH 03 5471 1766 (03) 5457 7620 FAX Postal: (03) 5471 1726 FAX 1300 363 788 Regional Triage PO Box 23, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Internet: Telephone: Intake and Assessment Officer www.bendigohealth.org.au/ (03) 5470 6266 (03) 5471 1766 Call for all services Bendigo Psychiatric Campus (03) 5470 5119 FAX listed Contacts: Service Support Officers: Home, Personal, (Part of Bendigo Health Care Mental Health Worker Respite Care Services Group) District Nurses - Castlemaine Location: Physical Disabilities Health Alexander Bayne Centre, Bayne Street, Disability Access Volunteer Bendigo VIC 3550 Network (MASDAG) Location: Telephone: Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, 1300 363 788 Psychiatric Emergencies (24 Contacts: Castlemaine VIC 3450 hour service) Lorraine Le Plastrier Postal: (03) 5472 4122 Castlemaine (03) 5472 5216 PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Psychiatric Service - 141 Cornish St PO Box 762, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: (03) 5472 4122 Child & Adolescent (03) 5471 1695 FAX Mental Health, Castlemaine Disability Services Loddon Mallee (03) 5471 1495 District Nursing (03) 5454 7642 Alexander Bayne Region (DHS) Service Office Centre Reception Location: 0418 141 832 Mobile (03) 5454 7604 Aged Persons 74-78 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Contacts: Mental Health Service Reception Postal: Nurse Unit Manager Contacts: PO Box 513, Bendigo VIC 3552 (03) 5471 1694 Castlemaine Community Mental Health Telephone: Email: [email protected] (03) 5472 4122 1800 783 783 Disability Information and 141 Cornish St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 District Nursing - Maldon Hospital Support PO Box 82, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 1800 022 149 TTY Chapel Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Castlemaine Mental Health Carers (03) 5434 5555 Reception Telephone: Support Group (03) 5434 5890 FAX (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries Email: Location: [email protected] Learning Difficulties Venue: Ray Bradfield Room, Victory Park, Internet: (1st Monday of Month 1pm), Castlemaine www.disability.vic.gov.au Early Childhood Intervention VIC 3450 Disability Support Service, St Program, Mt Alexander and Contacts: Secretary - Matt Jones Luke's Anglicare Central Goldfields (03) 5470 5403 Location: Location: Community Mental Health Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street Venue: Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, Services (Castlemaine) Castlemaine, Castlemaine Vic 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: Location: (03) 5421 2000 Kyneton (03) 5471 1630 Program Centre Bendigo Health Care Group, Psychiatric (03) 5471 1555 Hospital Reception Services Division, Cnr Condon and Crook Mobility Centre, Melbourne Reading Writing Hotline Streets, Bendigo VIC 3551 Location: Postal: Level1 Car Park,Federation Square, Cnr Location: PO Box 78, Strathdale VIC 3550 Flinders and Russell, Melbourne VIC 3000 Level 1 / The Muse, cnr Harris and MaryAnn Telephone: Telephone: Streets, Ultimo NSW 2007 1300 363 788 24 Hrs - for psychiatric (03) 9650 6499 Postal: emergency (03) 9650 9491 FAX PO Box 707, Ultimo NSW 2007 (03) 5440 6500 Community Mental 1800 735 266 Free Call Telephone: Health Bendigo 1800 735 266 TTY 1300 655 506 freecall -will take message (03) 5472 4122 Castlemaine Email: (02) 9637 1583 FAX Psychiatric Service [email protected] (03) 5421 2100 Kyneton Internet: Internet: www.melbournemobilitycentre.com.au www.bendigohealth.org.au/Rural- ACMHS.shtml

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Out and Out Club (Part of Contacts: Telephone: Secretary - Gordon Guest (03) 5421 2000 Kyneton Castlemaine Health Adult Day (03) 5472 2082 Club Rooms (03) 5422 6057 FAX Service) (03) 5472 1815 HOME (03) 5470 6266 Castlemaine Office - Location: Workspace 1 Halford Street, Castlemaine Chewton Senior Citizens 3450 Harcourt Leisure Centre, Mills Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 Location: Respite Services Postal: Chewton Community Centre - PO Box 50 c/o Castlemaine Health, Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 Advent Care Bendigo Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Telephone: c/- Dot Pollard, 76A Gingell St, Castlemaine Location: (03) 5471 1498 VIC 3450 392 High St, Golden Square VIC 3555 Contacts: Contacts: Telephone: Co-ordinator - Virginia Harkin Secretary - Dot Pollard (03) 5443 7999 (03) 5471 1498 (03) 5472 3297 President - Joe Alford Carer Support and Respite Co- Rural Disability Access Project (03) 5470 5563 ordination Centres Loddon Mallee Officer Maldon Senior Citizens Location: Location: 100 Barnard Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Location: Mount Alexander Shire Offices, 25 Lyttleton Postal: 2 Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 126, Bendigo VIC 3550 Postal: Postal: Contacts: PO Box 339, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Carers Support and Respite Service Contacts: Telephone: Castlemaine - Damian Hendrickson Secretary - Norma Horrigan (03) 5471 1700 (03) 5470 6204 (03) 5475 2423 Contacts: 1800 068 978 56 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Rural Access Officer Metcalfe Unit, Castlemaine Health, Cornish President - Margaret McKnight (03) 5471 1766 Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 2440 PO Box 9220., Castlemaine VIC 3450 Traveller's Aid Australia (The) Metcalfe and District Senior Respite Centre Loddon Mallee 1800 068 978 Free Call Location: Citizens Inc (03) 5454 7719 Southern Cross Station, Flinders Street , Melbourne VIC 3000, Head Office - City Location: Carer Support Services Loddon Village, Level 3,225 Bourke St Melbourne, Metcalfe Shire Hall, Metcalfe-Kyneton Road, Mallee (CSS) Melbourne VIC 3000 Metcalfe VIC 3448 Telephone: Postal: Location: (03) 9654 2600 Head Office PO Box 56, Metcalfe VIC 3448 Castlemaine Health, (Metcalfe Hostel), (03) 9610 2030 Flinders Street Contacts: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Station Secretary - Dorothy Smith Postal: (03) 9654 1926 FAX (03) 5423 2635 PO Box 922, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 9670 2072 Southern Cross 30 Cascades Road, Metcalfe VIC 3448 Telephone: Station 1800 059 059 Commonwealth Carers (03) 9654 7690 Disability Access Rehabilitation Respite Centre Service (TADAS) Community Rehabilitation Centre - 1800 068 978 Freecall 24 hour service (03) 5470 6305 Central Goldfields Email: Castlemaine Health [email protected] Head Office Shire Internet: Location: (03) 5470 5403 for service within Mt www.travellersaid.org Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Alexander Shire Postal: Contacts: Senior Citizen's Centres PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mental Health Carer Resource Worker - Carer Support Services Campbells Creek Senior Citizens Telephone: (03) 5471 1555 Enquiries 1800 068 978 Club (03) 5471 1568 For allied health (03) 5442 7860 Location: appointments Carers Victoria Campbells Creek Community Centre, Email: Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 [email protected] Location: Contacts: Contacts: 1/37 Albert Street, Footscray VIC 3011 Contact - Beryl Paull Manager Postal: (03) 5472 1950 (03) 5471 1574 PO Box 2204, Footscray VIC 3011 Email: Telephone: Castlemaine Senior Citizens [email protected] 1800 242 636 Free Call Centre Inc (03) 9396 9500 St Luke's Disability Support Email: Location: Service [email protected] Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Location: Telephone: www.carersvic.com.au (03) 5472 2082 Senior Citizens 1 Victoria Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 Centre Postal: PO Box 137, Kyneton VIC 3444

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Commonwealth Respite and Telephone: Planned Respite Service, St (03) 5471 1700 (Answering machine Carelink Centres Luke's will provide emergency after hours number) Location: Location: 0429 438 780 48 Queen St, Bendigo VIC 3550 32 Forest St, Bendigo VIC 3552 Animal Welfare Groups Telephone: Postal: 1800 052 222 Free Call PO Box 315, Bendigo VIC 3552 Primary Industries, Department of 1800 555 677 TTY callers dial this number Telephone: (DPI) then ask for 1800 052 222 (03) 5448 1100 Bendigo 1800 059 059 Emergency Respite Support (03) 5480 1120 Echuca Location: AH (03) 5421 2000 Kyneton 1 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Email: (03) 5470 6266 Castlemaine Telephone: [email protected] Email: (03) 9658 4000 General Line Internet: [email protected] 13 6186 Customer Service Centre www.commcarelink.health.gov.au Internet: 8.00am - 8.00pm Mon-Fri Community Services - Mount www.stlukes.org.au 1800 675 888 Disease Watch Contacts: Hotline,livestock disease & farm animal Alexander Shire Council St Luke's Bendigo welfare (03) 9217 4246 Chief Veterinary Location: Seniors Information Victoria Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford Officer Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: (03) 9210 9379 Chemical Info Service Postal: 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 13 3474 Fisheries Offence Reporting PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Line (13 FISH) Telephone: 1300 135 090 Free Call - Seniors 1800 675 888 To report an emergency (03) 5471 1700 BH 03 5471 1766 Information Line animal disease (03) 5471 1726 FAX 1300 368 821 Elder Abuse Hotline Email: (03) 9650 9112 FAX [email protected] EARS (Emergency After-Hours Email: Internet: Respite Service) [email protected] www.dpi.vic.gov.au Information on diseases, nutrition and general management Location: Internet: www.cotavic.org.au of animals 81 Cowper Street, Footscray VIC 3011 Contacts: Telephone: St Luke's Disability Support Castlemaine Office 1800 727 280 Service (03) 5470 4000 Sustainability and (03) 9687 7066 WIN Melbourne Environment Dept. Internet: Location: (03) 5470 4013 FAX www.annecto.org.au 1 Victoria Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Family Relief/Respite Service - Bendigo Office PO Box 137, Kyneton VIC 3444 (03) 5430 4444 Castlemaine Health Telephone: (03) 5430 4487 Regional Animal Location: (03) 5421 2000 Kyneton Health Officer Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5422 6057 FAX www.dpi.vic.gov.au Postal: (03) 5470 6266 Castlemaine Office - Cnr Midland Highway and Taylor Street, PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Workspace 1 Halford Street, Castlemaine Epsom VIC 3551 Telephone: 3450 Animal Health and Welfare North West (03) 5471 1468 Enquiries St Luke's-Recovery Focussed Victoria. 1800 675 888 To report an Contacts: Mental Health+PHAMS-Personal Residential Aged Care Management emergency animal disease, contract Helpers+Mentors Scheme (03) 5471 1467 RSPCA Shelter and Pound, Email: [email protected] Location: Castlemaine Health and Ageing Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Commonwealth Department of Postal: Langslow Street (near Castlemaine Landfill), Location: PO Box 23, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Level 7/8/9, 595 Collins Street, Melbourne Telephone: Telephone: VIC 3000 (03) 5470 6266 (03) 5472 5277 Animal Shelter and Postal: (03) 5470 5119 FAX Pound G P O Box 9848, Melbourne VIC 3001 Contacts: (03) 5471 1700 Shire Ranger Mt Telephone: Mental Health Worker Alexander Shire AH number will be supplied (03) 9665 8888 Aged Care Email: Melbourne Office ANIMAL WELFARE [email protected] 1800 020 103 General Enquiries Contacts: 1800 500 853 Aged care info line Mount Alexander Shire Ranger Shelter and Pound, Manager - Geoff Hall 1800 500 726 Office of Hearing Services Wildlife Shelter (WRES) 1800 550 552 Aged Care Complaints Location: 1800 700 600 Aged Care Advocacy Line Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford Telephone: Internet: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 0427 301 401 24 hour Mobile www.agedrights.asn.au Aged care Postal: Internet: advocacy online PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.wildlifevictoria.org.au www.health.gov.au www.wres.org.au

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Wildlife Victoria Debbie Hamilton Telephone: 0413 339 058 Mobile (03) 5472 4647 Location: (03) 5472 1548 BH Suite 3, 288 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC Camp Reserve, Forest Street, Pony Clubs 3065 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: PO Box 65, Castlemaine VIC Castlemaine Pony Club 1300 094 535 Location: 1300 094 535 24 hour Rescue number Horses Venue - Wattle Flat Reserve, Richards 13000 WILDLIFE Guildford Saddle Club and Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Postal: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au Recreation Reserve PO Box 563, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Contacts: ANIMALS 127 Eagles Rd, Harcourt VIC 3453 President - Craig Arrowsmith Contacts: (03) 5470 6609 Dingos Secretary - Margaret Tarr Maldon Pony Club (03) 5474 3291 Dingo Conservation Centre (03) 5444 7227 BH Location: [email protected] Racecourse Reserve, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: President - Jessica Darling Contacts: Barwon Heads VIC 3227 (03) 5472 4647 JUlie Robbins Telephone: (03) 5448 8385 (03) 5254 2484 For information Baringhup Trail Riders Inc 0407 327 055 Dogs Contacts: Chantelle Pigeons Bendigo Obedience Dog Club (03) 5475 2209 Homing Pigeon (Contacts) Sharon Cook Location: 0417 368 048 Contacts: Finn Street Reserve, Bendigo VIC 3550 Australian Trail Horse Riders Association Alan Lord Telephone: (ATHRA) (03) 5422 6289 (03) 5447 8214 Heather www.athra.com.au 11 Elizabeth Avenue, Kyneton VIC 3444 (03) 5442 6374 Club House Castlemaine and District Adult Castlemaine and District Kennel ANTIQUES AND Riders Club Club Postal: SECONDHAND GOODS Contacts: PO Box 298, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Vice- President - Carol Hobday Contacts: Opportunity Shops (03) 5468 1719 President - W.J Quirk 2 Tweedale Street, Dunolly VIC 3472 0417 166 015 Mobile Liberty Christian Life Centre Opportunity Shop Dog and Cat Registration Central Highlands Pleasure Telephone: Harness Club Location: (03) 5471 1700 Customer Service 36 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Team Location: Telephone: Contacts: Huntly VIC 3551 (03) 5470 6233 Opp Shop: Mount Alexander Shire Offices Contacts: Contacts: (03) 5471 1700 Secretary - Laraine Blume Co-ordinator - Paul Jenkins (03) 5435 3193 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Opportunity Shop RTC Newstead PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 81 Ramon Pde, Ravenswood VIC 3551 Clydesdale Foal and Goat Show Location: Dog and Cat Registration Maldon Rural Transaction Centre, 45 Lyons Street, area Location: Newstead VIC 3462 Castlemaine and District Agricultural Location: Telephone: Society, 11 Forest Street, Castlemaine VIC Maldon Community Bank, 93 High Street, (03) 5476 2360 3450 Maldon VIC 3463 Email: Postal: Telephone: [email protected] PO Box 65, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 1747 Information and Contacts: RSPCA Opportunity Shop Registration available Debbie Hamilton Location: Sheep Dog Trials (03) 5472 1548 BH 86 Forest Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 0413 339 058 Mobile Location: Telephone: Camp Reserve, Forest Street, (03) 5472 4898 Castlemaine and District Agricultural Castlemaine VIC 3450 Society, 11 Forest Street, Castlemaine VIC PO Box 65, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Salvation Army Thrift Shop 3450 Postal: Guildford Saddle Club Location: 310 Barker Street, (Opposite the Northern PO Box 65, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Contacts: Hotel), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Reserve Road, Guildford VIC 3451 Telephone: Postal: (03) 5470 5636 BH C/- Post Office, Guildford VIC 3451

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Contacts: Manager - Judy Perry Drama Film St Vincent De Paul Society- Barking Owl Theatre Films At Fryerstown Castlemaine - Assistance Centre Postal: Location: Location: PO Box 142, Guildford VIC 3451 Venue: Mechanics Hall, (Burke and Wills 16 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Hall), Castlemaine Street, Fryerstown VIC Telephone: [email protected] 3451 (03) 5472 6091 Contacts: Telephone: (03) 5472 4950 FAX Catherine Ryan (03) 5473 4581 (03) 5473 4407 Contacts: ARTS AND CRAFTS Ken Ballinger Castlemaine Theatre Company Inc (03) 5473 4581 Dancing Location: Email:[email protected] Chewton Community Centre, Pyrenees Blue Light Disco Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 Hobbies Postal: Bendigo Prospectors Club Location: PO Box 12, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Police Station, Lyttleton Street, Contacts: Postal: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Kate Stones P.O.Box 2497, Bendigo MC Vic 3554 Telephone: 0431 998 707 Contacts: (03) 5472 2099 Secretary - Barbara Allen Phee Broadway Theatre - Gold Country Bootscooters/Line (03) 5473 3423 Castlemaine Dancers Castlemaine Model Railroaders Location: Inc Location: Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue: Big Tin Shed, Fryerstown VIC 3451 Postal: Contacts: Postal: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Kevin Bush 52 Castlemaine Street, Fryerstown VIC 3451 Email: (03) 5470 5146 Contacts: [email protected] PO Box 23, Chewton VIC 3451 Instructor - Barbara Mills Contacts: Creative Living Support Group (03) 5473 4590 Theatre Manager (Thursday) Newstead Fire Brigade Family (03) 5471 1700 Dance The Fringe Thing Inc Location: Venue: Senior Citizens Hall, Mechanics Location: Email: Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue - Newstead Community Centre, [email protected] Contacts: Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Contacts: Secretary - Roma Rowland Telephone: Jo Bodno (03) 5472 2383 (03) 5476 2382 enquiries (03) 5472 3522 45 Duke Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Secretary - Newstead Fire Brigade Auxiliary - Drawing Maldon Garden, Floral Art and Maureen Heagney Craft Club (03) 5476 2382 Castlemaine Creative Artists Location: President - Newstead Fire Brigade Auxiliary - Location: Folk Festival Office, 40-42 High Street, Liz Sardone Venue: Castlemaine Golf Club, Pyrenees Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5476 2743 highway, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Scottish Country Dancing Contacts: PO Box 226, Maldon VIC 3463 Leonie Auhl Contacts: Location: (03) 5474 3086 Secretary - Margaret Dimsey Venues: Daylesford & Uniting Church Hall, (03) 5475 2787 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Embroidery Contacts: Model Aircraft Secretary/Leader - Les Morrow Embroiderers Guild Victoria Location: (03) 5472 2042 (Castlemaine Branch) 4 Camp Crescent, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue- Coliban Park Sheep Station, Postal: Metcalfe VIC 3448 West End Dance Group - Castlemaine Branch, PO Box 156, Contacts: Ballroom Dancing Castlemaine VIC 3450 Public Officer - Geoff Anthony Contacts: 0416 063 599 Location: Treasurer - Denise Pentreath 35 McBean Avenue, Macedon VIC 3440 West End Hall, View Street, Castlemaine (03) 5472 2406 VIC 3450 Contact for Saturday Group - Brenda Envall Mount Alexander Vintage Engine Contacts: (03) 5474 2638 Club George Forster Venue: Westend Hall, Castlemaine VIC Postal: (03) 5472 1506 3450 Young Embroiderers - Lenore Bull PO Box 71, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5422 1209 Contacts: Secretary - Graham Mason (03) 5476 2481

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Instruction Maldon Brass Band Painting Machine Knitting Advice Location: Castlemaine Creative Artists Venue: Maldon Community Centre Hall, Contacts: Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Carmel Berry Contacts: Venue: Castlemaine Golf Club, Pyrenees (03) 5474 2888 Dennis Cox highway, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Lot 2, Elys Lane, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 5472 1339 Contacts: (03) 5422 1488 WK Leonie Auhl Music and Singing 0409 258 963 (03) 5474 3086 Castlemaine Community House 65 Princess Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Photography Location: Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, Mood Swing Ensemble Castlemaine Camera Club Inc Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Location: Postal: 15 Campbell Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Venue: Salvation Army Hall Kennedy St., P O 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: 0447 905 519 Postal: (03) 5472 4842 Contacts: P. O. Box 583, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Musician/Tutor piano, piano accordian, Telephone: [email protected] vocals - Russell James (03) 5472 1075 Internet: (03) 5476 2253 www.cch.org.au 15 Campbell Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Quilting Castlemaine Highland Pipe Band Pianola Roll Club Goldfields Quilters Inc Inc (CHPB) Location: Location: Location: 15 Gaffney Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue: Lesterville Community Rooms, Venue: Pipe Band Hall, Botanic Gardens, Contacts: William Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Bev McLean Postal: Postal: (03) 5472 2253 PO Box 851, Castlemaine VIC 3450 The Secretary, PO Box 173, Castlemaine Contacts: VIC 3450 Singing Groups, Castlemaine Heather Shill Contacts: Community House (03) 5472 3335 Pipe Major - Pipe Major Ian Wilson Location: Maldon Village Quilters (03) 5472 2592 Castlemaine Community House, 27 Lyttleton Location: Castlemaine Singers (Women's St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue: Folk Festival Office, High Street, Group) Telephone: (03) 5472 4842 Phone/FAX Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Email: Contacts: Anglican Church Hall, 8 Mostyn Street, [email protected] Cecilia O'Byrne Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: (03) 5475 2550 Contacts: www.cch.org.au 74 Main Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Judy Ewing (03) 5472 2390 Thompson's Foundry Band Spinning and Weaving [email protected] Location: Maldon Spinning 58 Parker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 The Band Hall, 461 Barkers Street, Location: Central Victorian Womens Choir Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Venue, Folk Festival Hall, High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 (Performing as Women of Note) (03) 5470 6885 Contacts: Location: Email: Cecilia O'Byrne [email protected] Venue: YWCA, 20 Townsend Street, (03) 5475 2550 Bendigo VIC 3550 Vocal Nosh Newstead 74 Main Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Postal: PO Box 161, Golden Square VIC 3555 Location: Newstead Spinners Inc Contacts: Newstead Community Centre, Newstead Location: President - Margaret Fitzgibbon VIC 3462 Venue: Newstead Community Centre, Lyons (03) 5439 5316 Contacts: Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Faye White Postal: Guildford Folk Group (03) 5461 5471 'Grapevine Music' C/- Newstead PO, Newstead VIC 3462 [email protected] Location: Contacts: Venue: Guildford Family Hotel, Midland Wendy Ashton (03) 5476 2240 Suzie Smith Highway, Guildford VIC 3451 (03) 5476 2616 Postal: Enquiries and Bookings - Kerrie C/O Post Office, Guildford VIC 3451 (03) 5470 5645 Contacts: [email protected] Guildford Family Hotel (03) 5473 4215

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Woodwork Fax Transmissions Translating and Interpreting Service - (TIS)- (All Victoria) Woodwork for Women Campbells Creek Post Office Postal: Location: Location: GPO Box 241, Melbourne VIC 3001 Lot 19, The Shed, Langslow Street, 139 Main Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: 13 1450 Telephone Interpreting (24 Telephone: (03) 5472 2332 FAX transmission Hour Service) (03) 5475 2896 available 1300 655 082 Interpreting Bookings On Site 0447 699 491 1300 654 151 FAX Contacts: Castlemaine Copy Centre Email: Instructor - Susan Orchard Location: [email protected] 38 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: COMMUNICATIONS Postal: www.immi.gov.au/tis PO Box 468, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Computers Telephone: Media Newsletters (03) 5472 2767 Castlemaine Community House (03) 5472 2666 FAX ABC Television Location: Contacts: Location: Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, Manager - Mandy Fennessy 8 Gordon St, Elsternwick VIC 3185 Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Telephone: Postal: Castlemaine Post Office (03) 9524 2222 P O 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 627 854 TTY - TELEPHONE Telephone: Location: TYPEWRITER FOR THE DEAF (03) 5472 4842 202 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 9626 1662 FAX Email: Telephone: 1300 139 994 Reception Advice Line 13 1318 Customer Service [email protected] Australian Communications and Internet: (03) 5472 3258 FAX + transmission Media Authority (ACMA) www.cch.org.au Elphinstone Post Office Central Victorian MacIntosh Users Postal: Location: PO Box 78, Belconnen ACT 2616 Postal: Doveton Street, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Telephone: Central Victorian, Macintosh Users Inc, 123 Telephone: (03) 9963 6800 Central office - Peelers Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 5473 3200 Melbourne switchboard Internet: (03) 5473 3588 FAX + transmission 1800 226 667 Broadcasting Enquiries www.cvmu.net Harcourt Post Office 1300 850 115 Licensing & Interference Contacts: Enquiries President - Bruce Carruthers Location: Email: (03) 5472 3900 22 High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 [email protected] for priority [email protected] Telephone: assistance (03) 5474 2200 FAX transmission Internet: Continuing Education Inc - available www.acma.gov.au Castlemaine and District Maldon Post Office Chewton Chat Location: 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Location: Postal: 95 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Chewton Domain Society, Town Hall, PO Box 343, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Chewton VIC 3451 Telephone: (03) 5475 2203 FAX transmission Postal: (03) 5472 3299 BH available PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 Telephone: (03) 5472 3926 FAX Newstead Post Office Email: (03) 5472 2892 [email protected] Location: Internet: 41 Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 www.chewton.net Cyber Safety Hotline Telephone: Contacts: Telephone: (03) 5476 2203 FAX transmission Editor - John Ellis (03) 5472 2892 1800 880 176 8.00am - 10.00pm, seven available [email protected] days/week (03) 5476 2396 FAX http://www.chewton.net Newstead Internet Cafe Languages Elfa Info-Community Newsletter Location: Italian Group for Learning Elphinstone and Faraday Rural Transaction Centre. 45 Lyons Street, Location: Newstead VIC 3462 Contacts: Telephone: Albion Hotel, 152 Duke Street, Castlemaine Joint Editors - Gill Maskell Beth Mellick VIC 3450 (03) 5476 2360 (03) 5473 3200 Telephone: Internet: (03) 5473 3588 FAX (03) 5472 1292 www.newstead.vic.au [email protected] Contacts: Contacts: Martin Kyle Tutor - Michael Sellaroli [email protected]

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Elliot Midland Newspapers Shire News Postal Communications (Midland Express/Castlemaine Location: Australia Post Mail) Mount Alexander Shire Council, 25 Lyttleton Location: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 29 Templeton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: 321 Exhibition St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Postal: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: PO Box 227, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: 13 1318 General Enquiries/customer Telephone: (03) 5471 1700 service centre (03) 5472 1788 Castlemaine office (03) 5471 1749 FAX 13 1118 Sales and Business Enquires (03) 5422 1488 Kyneton office Email: 13 1317 Postcodes, Opening Hours & (03) 5472 4504 FAX - Castlemaine [email protected] Locations (03) 5422 3173 Kyneton Fax Internet: Internet: Email: www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au www.auspost.com.au [email protected] Editorial Contacts: Campbells Creek Post Office [email protected] Features Communications Officer (part time) [email protected] Advertising (03) 5471 1810 Phone Location: [email protected] Classified [email protected] 139 Main Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 [email protected] www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Telephone: Contacts: Taradale Talk (03) 5472 2332 FAX transmission General Manager available (03) 5422 1488 Location: Castlemaine Post Office 3 Market Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 Taradale Post Office and Ampol Service PO Box 153, Kyneton VIC Station, High Street, Taradale VIC 3447 Location: Postal: 202 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Friends of the ABC C/- Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Telephone: Location: Contacts: 13 1318 Customer Service 195 Bank Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Marg Moody (03) 5472 3258 FAX + transmission (03) 5423 2421 Telephone: Chewton Post Office (03) 9682 0073 Editor - Julie Henchman (03) 9682 0074 FAX (03) 5423 2215 Location: Internet: [email protected] Main Road, Chewton VIC 3451 www.fabc.org.au/vic Tarrangower Times Telephone: (03) 5472 1315 FAX (transmission Harcourt Valley News Location: available) 4/93 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Elphinstone Post Office VIC Postal: Internet: PO Box 18, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: www.harcourt.vic.au Community Website Telephone: Doveton Street, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Contacts: 0419 355 087 Advertising Telephone: Advertising and Website Content - Garry (03) 5475 2106 FAX (03) 5473 3200 Holmes Email: (03) 5473 3588 FAX + transmission 0418 525 696 Mobile [email protected] [email protected] Internet: Guildford Post Office www.thetimes.com.au Malmsbury Mail Location: Contacts: Templeton Street, Guildford VIC 3451 Postal: Co Editor - Viv Markham Telephone: PO Box 116, Malmsbury VIC 3446 (03) 5475 2256 (03) 5473 4202 FAX + transmission Telephone: The Guildford Globe (03) 5423 2088 Harcourt Post Office Postal: Newstead Echo Location: Post Office Box 952, Guildford VIC 3451 22 High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Location: Telephone: Telephone: Rural Transaction Centre (RTC), Lyons St, (03) 5473 4124 (03) 5474 2200 FAX transmission Newstead VIC 3462 0419 991 140 available Postal: Email: Committee, C/- Post Office, Newstead VIC [email protected] Maldon Post Office Internet: 3462 Location: www.guildfordglobe.com Telephone: 95 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5476 2437 Wots On Castlemaine Telephone: Email: (03) 5475 2203 FAX transmission [email protected] For Postal: available contributions to the newsletter PO Box 1111, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Telephone: Newstead Post Office 0405 146 105 www.newsteadecho.orgnewstead Location: Email: Contacts: 41 Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 [email protected] Janette Trudgeon Telephone: Internet: (03) 5476 2437 (03) 5476 2203 FAX transmission www.wotsoncastlemaine.com.au (03) 5476 2360 Rural Transaction available Centre (03) 5476 2396 FAX [email protected]

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Email: Radio [email protected] Chewton Domain Society Inc (People and Places Exhibition) Australian Broadcasting [email protected] Help Desk Internet: Corporation, ABC Central Victoria Location: www.aceinfo.net.au & Town Hall, Pyrenees Hwy, Chewton VIC Location: www.relayservice.com.au 3451 278 Napier Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Australian Communications and Postal: Telephone: Media Authority (ACMA) PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 5440 1711 Telephone: (03) 5440 1730 Newsroom Postal: (03) 5470 6131 Town Hall (03) 5440 1799 FAX PO Box 78, Belconnen ACT 2616 Contacts: 1300 813 911 Talkback Telephone: Secretary - Bettie Exon Internet: (03) 9963 6800 Central office - (03) 5472 3892 www.abc.net.au/centralvic Melbourne switchboard www.chewton.net Castlemaine District Radio Inc 1800 226 667 Broadcasting Enquiries PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 1300 850 115 Licensing & Interference Membership Sec. - Edna Preece (WMAFM) Enquiries 150 Main Road (opposite Town Hall), Location: Email: Chewton VIC 3451 Old Castlemaine Goal, Bowden Street, [email protected] for priority PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 Castlemaine VIC 3450 assistance President - Helen McGeachin Telephone: Internet: (03) 5472 3990 1800 226 667 Australian Communications www.acma.gov.au Country Women's Association Authority Telstra Country Wide (TCW) (03) 5472 4376 Castlemaine Studio (CWA) Sutton Grange/Metcalfe 0409 333 513 Mobile Location: Branch Email: Central Victoria, 384 Hargreaves Street, Postal: [email protected] Bendigo VIC 3550 PO Box 56, Metcalfe VIC 3448 Internet: Telephone: Contacts: www.wmafm.com 1800 687 829 Free Call -TCW President - Mavis Collison Email: Radio KLFM (03) 5474 8230 [email protected] Secretary - Dorothy Smith Location: Telstra Disability Services (03) 5423 2635 Coach Street, Golden Square VIC 3555 30 Cascades Road, Malmsbury VIC 3446 Postal: Telephone: PO Box 2997, Bendigo VIC 3550 1800 068 424 Voice - General enquiries Country Womens Association Telephone: (including locations of TTY Public Phones) (CWA) - Castlemaine Branch (03) 5444 1377 1800 808 981 TTY (03) 5444 1355 Studio 1800 814 777 FAX Location: (03) 5444 1388 FAX Email: Venue -Ray Bradfield Room (1st Email: [email protected] Wednesday Monthly), Victory Park, [email protected] Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: COMMUNITY Postal: www.klfm.com.au PO Box 19, Castlemaine VIC 3450 ORGANISATIONS Telephone: rph Print Radio - Bendigo 88.7 FM (03) 5470 6497 Location: Associations Country Womens Association Community Services, Vision Australia (CWA) Central Victoria Group Centre, 92 - 100 Mc Ivor Road, Bendigo VIC Australia Day Committee (Victoria) Contacts: 3550 Postal: State Vice President - Sandra Webb Telephone: 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne VIC 3000 1300 847 466 Bendigo office enquiries (03) 5423 2880 Telephone: 0407 191 049 Email: (03) 9651 5174 BH www.visionaustralia.org.au [email protected] Internet: Fairburn Park, 1873 Calder Highway, Telephone Services www.australiaday.vic.gov.au Taradale VIC 3447 Castlemaine District Sub-branch Australian Communication Country Womens Association Vietnam Veteran's Assoc. Exchange Limited (ACE) - Nat'l (CWA) Harcourt Branch Relay Service Postal: Location: 1A Myring Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Venue: Harcourt Leisure Centre, Harcourt Internet: VIC 3453 295 Logan Road, Stones Corner Qld 4120 www.castlemainevietvets.com Postal: Postal: Contacts: PO Box 48, Harcourt VIC 3453 PO Box 473, Stones Corner Qld 4120 Secretary - Bob Miller Telephone: Contacts: (03) 5472 4146 Secretary - Ayron Teed 13 3677 To make a relay call [email protected] TTY/Voice (03) 5474 2415 1800 555 660 Help Desk 1300 555 727 Speak and listen 106 Emergency TTY 1800 555 727 Emergency Speak and listen

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Country Womens Association Taradale Progress Association Mount Alexander Vintage Engine (CWA) Newstead Branch Inc (Ladies Committee) Club Postal: Location: Postal: PO Box 71, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Newstead Community Hall, Newstead VIC C/- Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Contacts: 3462 Contacts: Secretary - Graham Mason Telephone: Secretary - Margaret Moody (03) 5476 2481 (03) 5345 6386 (03) 5423 2421 Elphinstone Community President - Michele Robinson Retired Active Women (RAW) (03) 5423 2389 Association Location: Tilleys Tea Rooms - "George Clarke Location: Clubs Arcade" Barkers St., Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue: Elphinstone Hall, Meeting Times Bingo (Campbells Creek Bowling Contacts: Announced in Newsletter VIC Convenor - Betty Renn Contacts: Club) (03) 5470 5950 Chairperson Gary Pollard Location: 4/12 Saint Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5473 3241 Main Road (Eyes Down 7.30 pm Mondays), 0418 624 710 Mobile Campbells Creek VIC Rotary Club - Castlemaine Post Office, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Telephone: Location: (03) 5472 1934 Friends of the Miners' Cottages Venue: Cumberland Hotel, 191 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Castlemaine Field Naturalists Postal: 215 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Club Inc (CFNC) PO Box 145, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Postal: Contacts: (03) 5470 6298 PO Box 324, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Secretary - Peter Harris Email: Contacts: (03) 5472 2922 [email protected] Secretary - George Broadway President - Phillip Hallam Friends of the Mount Alexander (03) 5472 2513 (03) 5470 5512 Diggings (FOMAD) [email protected] Newsletter Editor - Noel Young View Club Castlemaine Postal: (03) 5472 1345 Location: P O Box 125, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 703, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue:Chewton Community Hall, Pyrenees Telephone: Castlemaine Legacy Laurel Club Highway, Chewton, (4th Tuesday Monthly At (03) 5470 5572 David Bannear 6.30pm) Vic (03) 5470 6332 Doug McConville Location: Postal: Internet: RSL Club Rooms, 32 Mostyn Street, PO Box 433, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.castlemaine.net.au/~fomad Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Telephone: Metcalfe Community Association President - Barbara Thorne (03) 5472 1208 RSL (03) 5470 5208 Postal: Contacts: C/- Post Office, Metcalfe VIC 3448 President - Barbara Templar Community Centres Contacts: 0411 172 165 Mobile Bendigo Neighbourhood House Secretary - Fiona Clapham Maldon Petanque Club (03) 5423 2682 AH Location: Location: Old Castlemaine Schoolboys 21 Neale Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Penny School, Church Street, Maldon VIC Telephone: Association (Established 1912) 3463 (03) 5441 2515 Contacts: Telephone: (03) 5442 8996 FAX Secretary - Peter Thompson (03) 5472 1506 Membership Forms Email: (03) 5472 2202 Annual Reunion 2nd Contacts: [email protected] Saturday October Secretary - George Forster Internet: 123 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 1506 www.bnh.net.au Pioneers and Old Residents Mount Alexander Probus Club Inc. Campbells Creek Community Association Location: Centre (CCC) Venue: Campbells Creek Community Location: Location: Centre, 3rd Wednesday of month, 206-208 Barker St, Faulder Watson Hall, Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Postal: Contacts: Secretary - Rev Paul Jenkins PO Box 860, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Secretary - Wilson Bunton (03) 5472 4660 Contacts: (03) 5472 3186 President - Bev Mc Lean Castlemaine Community House [email protected] (03) 5472 2253 21 Monathan Street, Castlemaine VIC Location: Treasurer - Brenda Envall 3450 Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, (03) 5474 2638 PO Box 325, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 President - Graeme Barry Postal: (03) 5472 3768 P O 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Treasurer - Barry Sheen (03) 5470 5642 PO Box 56, Campbells Creek VIC 3451

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Telephone: Contacts: Mount Alexander Shire (03) 5472 4842 Secretary Committee of Management - Ros Councillors Email: Morris [email protected] 0400 542 447 Postal: Internet: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.cch.org.au Newstead Community Centre Contacts: (NCC) Chewton Community Centre Hall Calder Ward - Cr Tim Barber Location: 0466 004 629 [email protected] Location: Lyons St, Newstead VIC 3462 Coliban Ward - Cr Christine Henderson Pyrenees Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 Postal: 0466 004 628 Postal: PO Box 180, Newstead VIC 3462 [email protected] C/- Chewton Post Office, Chewton VIC 3451 Contacts: Tarrengower Ward/Mayor - Janet Cropley Contacts: Hall Booking - Newstead R.T.C. 0466 004 627 Hall Booking Officer - Dorothy Pollard (03) 5476 2360 (03) 5472 3297 [email protected] 76a Gingell Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 South Muckleford Community Loddon Ward - Cr. Michael Redden Centre 0466 004 630 Harcourt Leisure Centre [email protected] Location: Location: Castlemaine Ward - Cr. Tracey Cross Binghams Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 117 Symes Rd., South Muckleford VIC 3462 0429 137 085 Postal: Telephone: [email protected] PO Box 25, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 5472 2032 Castlemaine Ward - Cr Bronwen Machin 0478 317 859 Contacts: Community Development [email protected] Secretary - George Milford Castlemaine Ward - Cr Gary Rewell (03) 5474 2426 Baringhup Community Committee (03) 5472 1242 Bookings - John Jenkin 0418 507 473 Mobile (03) 5474 2226 Location: Baringhup Hall, Burke Street, Baringhup VIC [email protected] Harcourt North Community Hall 3463 Mount Alexander Sustainability Contacts: Location: Group (MASG) Cnr McIvor and Chaplins Road, Harcourt Secretary - Viv Markham VIC 3453 0419 355 087 Location: Postal: Hall Hire - Jackie Brown George Clarke Building, 203 - 205 Barker (03) 5475 2547 506 North Harcourt Road, North Harcourt Streert, Castlemaine VIC 3450 415 Waterson Road, Baringhup Vic 3463 VIC 3453 Postal: Contacts: Friends of Lolotoe (Timor-Leste) PO Box 1043, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Treasurer - Janice Douglass Telephone: (03) 5439 6438 Postal: (03) 5470 6978 PO Box 955, Kyneton VIC 3444 Email: Maldon Neighbourhood Centre Telephone: [email protected] Location: (03) 5423 4199 Internet: Email: Cnr Church and Edwards St, Maldon VIC www.masg.org.au 3463 [email protected] Contacts: Telephone: Getting Around Project Admin Manager - Kerry Bourke (03) 5475 2093 Taradale Community Forum (03) 5475 2093 FAX Location: Email: Can be contacted through the Mount Postal: [email protected] Alexander Shire office, Town Hall, Littleton Taradale Community Forum, C/- PO, Street, (Wednesdays & Thursdays), Taradale VIC 3447 Mount Alexander Community Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Information Centre Inc. (CIC) Contacts: President - Jenny Owen Transport Connections Co-ordinator - Sue (03) 5423 2636 Location: Moses [email protected] Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker St, 0458 019 768 Mobile Secretary - Gay Buchanan Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5471 1877 BH (03) 5423 2636 Postal: c/- PO, Taradale VIC 3447 PO Box 239, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Guildford Progress Association Telephone: Location: Taradale Progress Association (03) 5472 2688 Guildford Public Hall, Guildford VIC 3451 Inc (Ladies Committee) Email: Postal: [email protected] Postal: PO Box 923, Guildford VIC 3451 C/- Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Muckleford Community Centre Telephone: Contacts: (03) 5473 4172 Location: Secretary - Margaret Moody (03) 5423 2421 Walmer Muckleford Road, Muckleford VIC President - Michele Robinson 3451 (03) 5423 2389 Postal: 418 Maldon Road, Muckleford VIC 3451

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Walking and Wheeling Action Email: Telephone: Group [email protected] (03) 5470 6266 Internet: Contacts: Email: www.newstead.vic.au Co-ordinator - Secretary - Ann Piggott [email protected] Contacts: PO Box 801, Kyneton VIC 3444 Workspace Maldon Chairperson - Michael Redden 0466 004 630 Castlemaine Health (Adult Day Location: Family Day Care - Ayesha MacEwen Service) Former Shire Offices, 3 High Street, Maldon (03) 5472 3665 Location: VIC 3463 Leisure Centre, Mills Rd, Harcourt VIC 3453 Email: Community Service Groups Postal: [email protected] PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Assistance Centre, St Vincent De Telephone: www.workspaceaustralia.com Paul (03) 5471 1498 Enquiries Contacts: Location: Head Office - Workspace Australia Ltd 16 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Community Information Victoria (03) 5446 1558 For all queries and Telephone: Inc (CIVic) info (03) 5470 6091 Assistance Centre (03) 5446 2289 FAX Location: (03) 5472 4419 Office and Op Shop [email protected] Suite 209 Level 2, 343 Little Collins Street, http://www.workspaceaustralia.com Australians for Native Title and Melbourne VIC 3000 12 Hall Street, Eaglehawk VIC 3556 Reconcilliation (Vic) Inc (ANTaR) Telephone: (03) 9672 2000 Main Number - Xtreme Inc. Location: Administration. Location: 67 Brunswick St, (Brotherhood of St (03) 9672 2099 FAX Youth & Performing Arts (In the Castlemaine Laurence Building), Fitzroy VIC 3065 Email: Community), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: [email protected] Email: C/- Brotherhood of St Laurence, 67 Internet: [email protected] Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065 www.civ.org.au Telephone: Internet: Foodbank Australia www.xtremeinc.com.au (03) 9419 3613 BH (03) 9417 2691 FAX Location: Co-operatives 1800 640 501 National Native Title Tribunal 4/2 Somerville Road, Yarraville VIC 3013 PO Box 9973 Melbourne Telephone: Bendigo and District Aboriginal Email: (03) 9362 8314 Co-Operative [email protected] 0400 688 103 Internet: Location: Internet: www.antarvictoria.org.au www.foodbankvictoria.org.au 13 - 15 Forest Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 www.nntt.gov.au National Native title Telephone: Tribunal Friends of Castlemaine Botanical (03) 5442 4947 BH Contacts: Gardens Inc. (03) 5442 4941 FAX Castlemaine Branch - Vic and Felicity Say Email: (03) 5472 1841 AH Postal: [email protected] 2 Gainsborough Street, Castlemaine VIC PO Box 391, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: 3450 Contacts: CEO - Joanne Badke Secretary - Trish Addis Castlemaine Ambulance Auxiliary (03) 5470 5817 Common Equity Rental Housing Co-Operatives (CERC) Forest Location: Friends of Castlemaine State 4 Halford St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Festival Creek Contacts: Location: Station Officer - Tony Walsh Postal: Common Equity Housing Ltd Level 1, 112 (03) 5472 1414 BH 40 Berkely Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Balmain St, Cremorne VIC 3121 Castlemaine District Sub-branch Telephone: (03) 5472 2813 1800 353 669 Melbourne Head Office for Vietnam Veteran's Assoc. 0417 319 162 Information Postal: Email: (03) 9208 0800 1A Myring Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] 1800 635 936 FAX Internet: Contacts: (03) 5472 4442 Forest Creek CERC, www.castlemainevietvets.com Secretary - Val Victor Gordon Workspace, Halford Street Castlemaine Contacts: Friends of Chirp Internet: Secretary - Bob Miller www.cehl.com.au (03) 5472 4146 Location: [email protected] Castlemaine District Community Health Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) Centre (CHIRP), 13 Mostyn Street, Location: Castlemaine Friends of St Luke's Castlemaine VIC 3450 Old Shire Offices, 45 Lyons Street, Location: Telephone: Newstead VIC 3462 St Luke's Anglicare -Castlemaine, (03) 5479 1000 Telephone: Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street, Contacts: (03) 5476 2360 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contact - Dot Pollard (03) 5472 3297 76a Gingell Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450

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Friends of Save the Children Mount Alexander No Interest Returned Servicemen's League (RSL) - Maldon Sub Branch Location: Loan Scheme (N.I.L.S) Location: Save the Children Aust., Level 6 250 Location: Victoria Pde, East Melbourne VIC 3002 Venue : behind Athenaeum Library, 57 High C/- Community House, Faulder Watson Hall, Postal: Street, Maldon VIC 3463 206 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 2802, Fitzroy VIC 3065 Postal: Telephone: PO Box 142, Maldon VIC 3463 P O Box 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: (03) 9882 5211 Telephone: President - Jim Thompson (03) 5472 4842 Legacy Group - Castlemaine (03) 5475 2288 Email: Postal: [email protected] Rotary Club - Castlemaine PO Box 144, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Mount Alexander Volunteer Location: Chairman - Brian Medbury Network Venue: Cumberland Hotel, 191 Barker (03) 5472 3174 Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Secretary - George Milford Location: Postal: (03) 5474 2426 AH Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, PO Box 145, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Lions Club Castlemaine Postal: Secretary - Peter Harris C/- PO Box 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: (03) 5472 2922 Telephone: Venue: Club Rooms, Kennedy Street, President - Phillip Hallam (03) 5472 4842 Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5470 5512 Email: Postal: [email protected] St Vincent De Paul Society- The Secretary, PO Box 189, Castlemaine Castlemaine - Assistance Centre VIC 3450 Primary Care Partnership (CVHA) Contacts: Location: Postal: Secretary - Debbie Hamilton 16 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 687, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 1548 Telephone: Telephone: 0413 339 058 (03) 5472 6091 (03) 5472 5333 (03) 5472 4950 FAX Lions Club Harcourt and District (03) 5472 5461 FAX Location: Email: Vietnam Veterans, Castlemaine Venue: Harcourt Scout Hall, Harcourt VIC [email protected] Sub-branch Internet: 3453 Location: Postal: www.cvha.com.au Contacts: 36 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 100, Harcourt VIC 3453 Postal: Contacts: Executive Officer - David Burns 1A Myring Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 President - Jenny Jenyns Red Cross Castlemaine Contacts: (03) 5474 2619 Location: Contact - Allen Lane Lions Club Maldon West End Community Hall, Cnr Woodman (03) 5472 3115 Location: and View Streets, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Volunteers Venue: Club Rooms, Fountain Street, Postal: Maldon VIC 3463 RSD 181 or 22 Blakely Road, Castlemaine Australian Red Cross Blood Postal: Vic 3450 Service (Bendigo Service) PO Box 44, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: Contacts: Secretary - Joy Lovelace Location: Treasurer - Jenny Fitzpatrick (03) 5472 2600 Donormobile Caravan visits - Camp (03) 5475 2262 122 Blakely Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Reserve Gingell Street, Castlemaine VIC President - Judy Cobb 3450 Mount Alexander Community (03) 5472 5118 Telephone: Enterprise 218 Main Road, Chewton VIC 3451 13 1495 Blood Service-Donor Enquiries and Appointments. Dates and Postal: Returned and Services League times will be listed in the local press 32 Hall Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (RSL) Castlemaine Sub Branch Telephone: Bendigo Volunteer Resource Location: (03) 5472 4024 Centre (BENVOL) Victorian Branch Headquarters, Anzac Email: House, 4 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Location: [email protected] Telephone: 5 Allans Walk, Bendigo VIC 3550 Mount Alexander Human Services (03) 9655 5555 Headquarters Postal: Network (03) 5472 1208 Castlemaine sub PO Box 374, Bendigo (mail centre) VIC 3552 branch Phone/FAX - 36 Mostyn St Telephone: Location: Contacts: (03) 5441 1404 Venue - Ray Bradfield Room, Victory Park, Castlemaine Branch - Ernie Plumridge Email: Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 4651 [email protected] Telephone: Internet: (03) 5471 1700 www.bgovolunteers.org.au

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Castlemaine Health (Adult Day Location: Rural Transaction Centre, 45 Lyons Street, COUNSELLING Service) Newstead VIC 3462 Location: Telephone: SERVICES Leisure Centre, Mills Rd, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 5476 2360 Postal: Email: Alcohol and Drugs PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Al-Anon Family Groups Telephone: Red Cross Castlemaine (03) 5471 1498 Enquiries Location: Location: Venue - Guide Hall cnr Kennedy and Forest Castlemaine Visitor Information West End Community Hall, Cnr Woodman Centre and Accomodation Streets, (Meeting Wed 10:30), Castlemaine and View Streets, Castlemaine VIC 3450 VIC 3450 Booking Service Postal: Internet: RSD 181 or 22 Blakely Road, Castlemaine Location: www.alanon.alateen.org/australia Vic 3450 Contacts: Castlemaine Market Building, 44 Mostyn Contacts: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Headquarters Secretary - Joy Lovelace (03) 9642 3330 Postal: (03) 5472 2600 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www:al-anon-alateen.org/australia 122 Blakely Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 GPO Box 5458, Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: President - Judy Cobb (03) 5471 1795 Reception (03) 5472 5118 Alcoholics Anonymous 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking 218 Main Road, Chewton VIC 3451 (Castlemaine) service (03) 5471 1727 Promotions RSPCA Shelter and Pound, Location: (03) 5471 1746 FAX Castlemaine Uniting Church Hall, 12 Lyttleton Street, Email: Thursdays 8.00 pm, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Location: Postal: Internet: Langslow Street (near Castlemaine Landfill), PO Box 146, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.maldoncastlemaine.com Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Telephone: Court Network - Information, AA Victoria Central Office (03) 5472 5277 Animal Shelter and (03) 9429 1833 Support and Referral Service Pound http://www.aavic.com.au (03) 5471 1700 Shire Ranger Mt 36 Church Street, Richmond VIC 3121 Location: Alexander Shire AH number will be supplied Ground Floor 565 Lonsdale St, Melbourne Email: Bendigo Community Health VIC 3000 [email protected] Service (Alcohol and Drug Telephone: Contacts: Services) (03) 9603 7433 BH Shelter and Pound, Manager - Geoff Hall 1800 681 614 Free Call Location: (03) 9670 8804 FAX Volunteering Victoria Inc 171 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo, Helm Email: Location: Street, Kangaroo Flat & 3 Seymoure St., [email protected] Level 2, 491 King Street, West Melbourne Eaglehawk, Bendigo VIC 3550 Mount Alexander Community VIC 3003 Telephone: Information Centre Inc. (CIC) Telephone: (03) 5430 0500 Kangaroo Flat (03) 8327 8500 1800 636 514 Needle Exchange: Tue-Sat. Location: Email: 7:30pm - 10:30pm Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker St, [email protected] Community Health Centre Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Postal: www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au (CHIRP) - Alcohol and Drug PO Box 239, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Counselling Telephone: Willing Workers On Organic Location: (03) 5472 2688 Farms (WWOOF) 13 Mostyn St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Location: Telephone: [email protected] Buchan VIC 3885 (03) 5479 1000 Mount Alexander Volunteer Telephone: Contacts: Network (03) 5155 0218 Reception or Withdrawal Nurse (Detox) (03) 5155 0342 FAX Location: Email: Direct Line (Alcohol and Drug Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, [email protected] Counselling and Referral Line) Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Telephone: Postal: wwoof.com.au 1800 888 236 24 hour/7days per week C/- PO Box 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Counselling & Referral Telephone: Friends of the Earth Book Shop (03) 8413 8413 Turning Point (03) 5472 4842 (03) 9417 4564 Email: Email: 312 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC 3066 [email protected] [email protected] Backpackers World Travel Internet: (03) 9639 9686 www.turningpoint.org.au Opportunity Shop RTC Newstead 450 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Outdoor Travel (03) 9670 7252 1/361 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

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Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Bendigo Community Health Kids Help Line Australia Ltd Service -Counselling Svcs. - Location: Women's Health Clinic Location: Narcotics Anonymous, St Kilda. VIC 3182 Suite 9, Lang Business Centre, Black Street, Postal: Location: Milton QLD 4064 GPO Box 2470, Melbourne VIC 3001 St. Lukes, 47 High Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Postal: Telephone: Telephone: PO Box 2000, Milton QLD 4064 (03) 9525 2833 Statewide 1800 819 817 Statewide (8am - 11pm) Telephone: 1300 652 820 National (03) 5448 1000 St. Lukes 1800 551 800 freecall (24 hours) Email: 1800 244 323 St. Lukes Regional Helpline Counsellors [email protected] Internet: (07) 3369 1588 Office Internet: www.stlukes.org.au (07) 3367 1266 FAX www.vicnet.net.au/navic Email: Contacts: Domestic Violence Resource [email protected] Bendigo Centre Victoria (DVRCV) Internet: Salvation Army Centre 61-75 Mundy Location: www.kidshelp.com.au Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Castlemaine Branch Narcotics Anonymous - 292 Wellington Street., Collingwood VIC Lifeline 3066 Kath and Sinclair Telephone: Postal: 0412 580 621 Kath (03) 9486 9744 FAX P.O. Box 1164, Bendigo VIC 3552 0412 928 985 Sinclair Telephone: St Mary's Hall (upstairs)Cnr (03) 9322 3555 Womens Domestic Violence Crisis Service ( 24 Hrs Crisis 13 1114 Lifeline 24 Hour Service Hargraves/Lyttleton St,,, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5443 1330 Bendigo Admin Office 3450 line) 1800 015 188 Free Call Statewide (24hrs, Email: Pharmacotherapy Advocacy 7 days) [email protected] Mediation and Support (PAMS) Email: Internet: [email protected] www.lifeline.org.au Location: Internet: National Disability Abuse and 128 Peel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 www.dvrcv.org.au Postal: Neglect Hotline Emergency Accommodation and PO Box 12720, Abeckett Street Vic 8006 Postal: Telephone: Support Enterprise (EASE) Locked Bag 2705, Strawberry Hills NSW 1800 443 844 Free Call Postal: 2012 (03) 9329 1500 Harm Reduction Telephone: Victoria PO Box 958, Bendigo VIC 3552 1800 880 052 Free Call Email: Telephone: 1800 301 130 TTY [email protected] 1800 884 038 Freecall (03) 5430 3000 Office 1800 555 677 National Relay Service Youth Substance Abuse Service (03) 5443 4844 FAX (02) 9318 1372 FAX (YSAS) Bendigo 1800 015 188 24 hour Hotline 13 1450 Tele Interpreter Service Email: Email: Location: [email protected] enquiries@disabilityhotline .org 39 Garsed Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Internet: Postal: Crisis Counselling www.disabilityhotline.org P.O Box 1058, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 Telephone: Centre Against Sexual Assault Social Worker - Castlemaine 1800 014 446 Referral Line Free Call 24 Loddon Campaspe (CASALC) Health Hrs Postal: Location: (03) 5444 2969 Mon-Fri BH PO Box 764, Bendigo VIC 3552 Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Telephone: Postal: www.ysas.org.au Head Office 1800 806 292 24hr crisis line incl. PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: weekends and public holidays Contacts: YSAS Head Office (03) 5441 0430 Social Worker (03) 9415 8881 (03) 5441 0429 FAX (03) 5471 1564 (03) 9415 8882 FAX Email: www.ysas.org.au St Lukes - Gamblers Help [email protected] Level 1 - 13 Johnson Street, Fitzroy Vic Internet: 3065 Location: www.casa.org.au 1 Halford St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Crime Victims Child Protection Services - Postal: PO Box 23, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Human Services Department Of Telephone: Location: (03) 5470 6266 Castlemaine Regional Office - Loddon Mallee 74-78 1800 244 323 Free Call Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 0448 576 023 Mobile Telephone: Suicide Helpline Victoria 13 1278 24 hour service (03) 5434 5555 Regional Office Postal: Bendigo PO Box 2335, Footscray VIC 3011 1800 675 598 Free Call BH

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Telephone: Telephone: 1300 651 251 Victorian Commission for (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries, Internet: Gambling Regulation (03) 5475 2029 FAX www.suicidehelpline.org.au Location: Email: Financial Counselling Level 5, 35 Spring St, Melbourne VIC 3000 [email protected] Postal: SIDS and Kids Victoria Centrelink PO Box 1988, Melbourne VIC 3001 Telephone: Location: Location: (03) 9651 3333 General Enquiries 1227 Malvern Rd, Malvern VIC 3144 Cnr St Andrews Ave & Lyttleton Tce, (03) 9651 3777 FAX Telephone: Bendigo VIC 3550 Internet: (03) 9822 9611 Melbourne Office 24 Postal: www.vcgr.vic.gov.au hour service P O Box 220, Bendigo VIC 3552 (03) 9822 2995 FAX Telephone: Grief Counselling 1800 240 400 Freecall 24 hour (03) 5430 5899 Bendigo Office 1300 308 307 will connect to regional office 1800 050 004 Customer Relations Bendigo Community Health cost of local call 13 2300 Financial Information Service Service -Counselling Svcs. - Email: (FIS) Women's Health Clinic [email protected] 13 2850 Call Centre Internet: Internet: Location: www.sidsandkids.org www.centrelink.gov.au St. Lukes, 47 High Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Contacts: Telephone: Legal Advice Castlemaine office 1800 819 817 Statewide (8am - 11pm) Contact Free Legal Information Services (03) 5472 4299 (03) 5448 1000 St. Lukes 1800 677 402 CADARG, Uniting Church Community 1800 244 323 St. Lukes Regional Helpline Centre, 12 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine Internet: Australian Human Rights VIC 3450 www.stlukes.org.au Commission Money Help Bereavement Support Services Postal: Telephone: (Castlemaine) GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW Telephone: 1800 149 689 Contacts: (02) 9284 9600 133 Castlereigh. Internet: Pastoral Care Co-ordinator, Castlemaine Sydney .Race and Sex Discrimination, www. moneyhelp.org.au Health Commisssioners. St Luke's - Financial Counselling (03) 5471 1542 Danni Moore [email protected] 1300 656 419 Complaints Info Line Location: 1300 369 711 General enquiries and Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street, Compassionate Friends Victoria publications Castlemaine VIC 3450 Inc 1800 620 241 TTY Postal: Internet: Location: PO Box 23, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.humanrights.gov.au 173 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 Contacts: Postal: Child Support Legal Service Counsellor PO Box 171, Canterbury VIC 3126 1800 244 323 Location: Telephone: (03) 5448 1000 350 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 9888 4944 Grief Line [email protected] Telephone: 1800 641 091 Free Call www.stlukes.org.au 1800 677 402 Free Call (03) 9888 4900 FAX 47 High St, Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 9269 0408 Child Support Legal (03) 9888 4034 Office and Admin. PO Box 315, Bendigo VIC 3550 Service 0437 749 739 Castlemaine Group (03) 5441 1155 Visit Bendigo Office Gambling Email: monthly [email protected] Internet: Gamblers Help (Counselling u www.legalaid.vic.gov.au Service) Internet: www.compassionatefriendsvictoria.org.au Clerk of Courts Location: Contacts: Location: St. Lukes, 13-25 Helm St, Kangaroo Flat Castlemaine - Matthew Gildea Court House, Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3555 0437 749 739 Mobile VIC 3450 Telephone: Venue: Maternal and Child Health Centre, Telephone: 1800 244 323 Free Call - B.H. (Bendigo Lyttleton Street Castlemaine, Last Thursday (03) 5472 1081 Lyttleton Street - Area) of Month At 7.30pm, Castlemaine Wednesday and Friday 9.00 - 1800 156 789 24hr Toll Free Bendigo Group - Kathy Smith 4.00 pm Internet: (03) 5474 2364 (03) 5422 1832 Kyneton, www.problemgambling.vic.gov.au Meet 2nd Thursday of Month, South Mon,Tues,Thurs, 9.00 - 4.00pm Bendigo Progress Hall, Neal Street, St. Lukes - Personal Helpers & (03) 5440 4140 Bendigo Bendigo VIC 3550 Mentors Internet: Maldon Hospital www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au Location: 13 - 25 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 Location: Telephone: Chapel St, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5470 6266 0409 865 968

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Court Network - Information, (03) 5443 0550 Office of the Public Advocate Support and Referral Service (03) 5443 5178 FAX (Justice Department of Victoria) 1800 462 480 Free Call Location: Location: 1800 221 944 Intake Worker Ground Floor 565 Lonsdale St, Melbourne Email: 5th Floor, 436 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 [email protected] Telephone: VIC 3000 Telephone: Internet: (03) 9603 7433 BH www.riac.org.au 1800 681 614 Free Call (03) 9603 9500 (03) 9670 8804 FAX 1300 309 337 Free Call 24 hours State Trustees (Formerly Public Email: 1300 787 510 FAX Trustees) [email protected] (03) 9603 9529 TTY Email: Location: Family Court of Australia [email protected] 168 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Internet: Postal: Location: www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au GPO Box 1461, Melbourne VIC 3001 Commonwealth Law Courts 305 William St, www.justice.vic.gov.au Telephone: Melbourne VIC 3000 1300 138 672 Toll Free Telephone: Privacy Victoria (03) 9667 6444 BH 1300 352 000 After Hours Emergencies Internet: 1300 352 000 Phone Location: www.statetrustees.com.au 1800 750 321 Family Advice Hotline Level 11, 10-16 Queen Street, Melbourne (Freecall) VIC 3000 Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) (03) 8600 3750 FAX Postal: Email: PO Box 5057, Melbourne VIC 3001 Location: [email protected] Telephone: 350 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 www.familylawcourts.gov.au 1300 666 444 03 9269 0234 Telephone: Internet: 1300 666 445 FAX 1800 677 402 Free Call -Legal Information www.familycourt.gov.au Email: Line [email protected] Email: Federal Magistrates Court Internet: [email protected] Location: www.privacy.vic.gov.au [email protected]/.au Bendigo office Internet: Commonwealth Law Court, 305 William Public Interest Law Clearing www.legalaid.vic.gov.au Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 House (Coordinating Pro Bono Postal: Contacts: PO Box 9991, Melbourne VIC 3001 Legal Services) Bendigo Office, Legal Aid Victoria Telephone: 1800 254 500 Country callers Free Location: Call 1300 352 000 Assistance Line Level 17, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC (03) 5448 2333 Bendigo Office (03) 8600 3333 Sheriff 3000 Divorce Application Information Email: Postal: http://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au [email protected] PO Box 16013, Collins Street West Po VIC 424 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo VIC Internet: 8007 3550 www.fmc.gov.au Telephone: Victoria Legal Aid Online Justices of the Peace of Mount (03) 8636 4400 BH (03) 8636 4455 FAX Telephone: Alexander Shire Email: 1800 677 402 Legal advice Free Call [email protected] Location: (03) 9269 0120 Legal Information BH Internet: Justice of the Peace Registry, 7th Floor, 55 (03) 9269 0234 Melbourne Head www.pilch.org.au King Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Office Telephone: Public Notary (03) 5448 2333 Bendigo Office 1300 365 567 Provides list of JP's in local Internet: area Location: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au (03) 9603 9090 Honorary Justice 341 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Office Postal: Marriage Counselling Internet: PO Box 663, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.justice.vic.gov.au/justices Telephone: Centacare 0439 398 488 Location: Mount Alexander Community Email: Information Centre Inc. (CIC) 65 Baxter St, Bendigo VIC 3550 [email protected] Postal: Location: Regional Information and P O Box 255, Bendigo VIC 3552 Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker St, Advocacy Council Inc (RIAC) Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5443 9577 Reception Postal: Location: (03) 5441 7713 FAX PO Box 239, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Helen Jesser Centre,, 145 Crook Street, Email: Telephone: Bendigo VIC 3550 [email protected] (03) 5472 2688 Postal: Internet: Email: PO Box 2219, Bendigo Mail Centre Private www.centacare-sandhurst.org.au [email protected] Boxes VIC 3554 Telephone:

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Relationships Australia (Victoria) Email: Consumer Affairs VIC - [email protected] Location: Loddon/Mallee www.familylawcourts.gov.au 46 Princess St, Kew VIC 3101 Location: Internet: Telephone: Consumer Affairs Vic - Bendigo Office 60 www.familycourt.gov.au (03) 9261 8700 Kew head office Mitchell Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Reconciliation Victoria 1800 817 569 Distance Counselling Service Telephone: Email: 1300 558 181 Telephone advice Location: [email protected] (03) 5444 2038 Ross House 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne Contacts: Email: VIC 3000 Ballarat Office [email protected] Telephone: (03) 5227 9222 phone counselling by Internet: (03) 9662 1645 appointment www.consumer.vic.gov.au Email: 1800 817 569 To book phone [email protected] counselling session Dispute (Mediation) Settlement [email protected] Centre Victoria ECONOMIC http://www.relationshipsvictoria.com.au 116 Lydiard Street, Ballarat VIC 3350 Location: DEVELOPMENT Level 4/456 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC Mediation 3000 Postal: Businesses and Services Aged Care Complaints GPO Box 4113, Melbourne VIC 3001 Christian Business Men Australia Investigation Scheme Telephone: Contacts: Postal: (03) 9603 8370 Dispute Settlement Officer President - Terry Evans GPO Box 9848, In Your Capital City 1800 658 528 Free Call for Country callers (03) 5472 2582 BH Telephone: (03) 9603 8355 FAX (03) 5472 4005 AH 1800 550 552 Business hours 13 1450 Tele Interpreting Service Email : [email protected] (03) 9665 8877 FAX Email: C/- 2.1.3 Hair Design 225 Barker St, Email: [email protected] Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Internet: Internet: Good Shepherd Buying Service www.justice.vic.gov.au/disputes www.health.gov.au Location: Elders Rights Advocacy, Victoria Central Victorian Mediation 21 Budd Street - Central Administration, Services Location: Collingwood VIC 3066 Suite 4b, 4th Floor, 343 Little Collins St, Telephone: Location: Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 9495 9655 Free Service 341 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Number Mon - Fri 10am - 3.00pm Postal: (03) 9602 3066 (03) 9418 3000 Central PO Box 663, 1800 700 600 National Aged Care Administration Collingwood Telephone: Advocacy Line (03) 9416 2340 FAX 0439 398 488 Email: Email: (03) 5470 5855 [email protected] [email protected] Email: Internet: Internet: [email protected] www.vic.agedrights.asn.au www.goodshepvic.org.au/microfinance Consumer Affairs Vic - Bendigo Fair Work Australia Indigenous Economic Office Telephone: Development Unit Location: 1300 799 675 For information - workplace Location: 60 Mitchell Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 issues eg. unfair dismissals 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: Internet: Telephone: (03) 9627 6007 Headquarters www.fwa.gov.au 1300 799 526 Koori Business Network 1300 558 181 For cost of local call, will Fair Work Info Line, Australian (KBN) connect to local office Internet: (03) 5444 2038 Bendigo Office Government www.business.vic.gov.au KBN Email: Telephone: [email protected] Mainly Bulk Whole Foods 1300 131 394 Infoline Internet: Internet: Location: www.consumer.vic.gov.au www.workplaceauthority.gov.au 29A Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC www.scamwatch.gov.au 3450 Contacts: Family Court of Australia Telephone: Fortnightly Visiting Service Location: (03) 5470 5511 Bus Hrs (03) 5444 2038 Bendigo Regional (03) 5475 2183 Aft Hrs Office Commonwealth Law Courts 305 William St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Contacts: (03) 5472 4299 Castlemaine Proprietor - Josephine Bodno CADARG, 12 Lyttleton Street, Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 1300 352 000 After Hours Emergencies 1300 352 000 Phone 1800 750 321 Family Advice Hotline (Freecall) (03) 8600 3750 FAX

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Mount Alexander Business Internet: 1800 650 611 Information line Network www.business.vic.gov.au 1300 305 620 Recorded Information (ENGLISH) Postal: Workspace Australia 1800 898 888 Companion Card TTY 215 Barker Street (Soldier and Scholar Location: 13 3677 National Relay Service Bookshop), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Head Office- Eaglehawk Workspace Victoria 1300 555 727 Speech-to-Speech Relay Telephone: Ltd, 12 Hall Street, Eaglehawk VIC 3556 Service (03) 5470 6298 Telephone: Email: Contacts: (03) 5446 1558 Head Office [email protected] Secretary - Joyce Sanders (03) 5446 2289 FAX Internet: Mount Alexander No Interest Email: www.companioncard.org.au Loan Scheme (N.I.L.S) [email protected] Consumer Affairs Vic - Bendigo Internet: Location: www.workspaceaustralia.com Office C/- Community House, Faulder Watson Hall, Contacts: Location: 206 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Manager - Rebecca Dempsey 60 Mitchell Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Postal: Workspace Maldon Telephone: P O Box 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 9627 6007 Headquarters Telephone: Location: 1300 558 181 For cost of local call, will (03) 5472 4842 Former Shire Offices, 3 High Street, Maldon connect to local office Email: VIC 3463 (03) 5444 2038 Bendigo Office [email protected] Email: Email: Mount Alexander Shire Council, [email protected] [email protected] Internet: Internet: Economic Development www.workspaceaustralia.com www.consumer.vic.gov.au Location: Contacts: www.scamwatch.gov.au Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford St, Head Office - Workspace Australia Ltd Contacts: Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5446 1558 For all queries and Fortnightly Visiting Service Postal: info (03) 5444 2038 Bendigo Regional P.O.Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5446 2289 FAX Office Telephone: [email protected] (03) 5472 4299 Castlemaine (03) 5471 1700 http://www.workspaceaustralia.com CADARG, 12 Lyttleton Street, 12 Hall Street, Eaglehawk VIC 3556 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Small Business Answer Office Consumer Protection Consumer Affairs VIC - Telephone: Loddon/Mallee 13 2846 AusIndustry hotline (will Administrative Appeals Tribunal direct to local contact) (FEDERAL) (AAT) Location: Internet: Consumer Affairs Vic - Bendigo Office 60 www.ausindustry.gov.au Location: Mitchell Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 HWT Tower, 40 City Rd, Sth Melbourne VIC Telephone: Small Business Commissioner : Telephone: 1300 558 181 Telephone advice Office of (03) 9282 8444 BH (03) 5444 2038 1300 366 700 local fee call Email: Location: (03) 9282 8480 FAX [email protected] 5th Floor, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 1800 650 662 TTY FREECALL Internet: 3000 Internet: Telephone: www.consumer.vic.gov.au www.aat.gov.au 1800 136 034 Freecall regional callers Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) (03) 9651 7596 TTY Commonwealth Ombudsman (03) 9651 9316 Investigation Line Location: 13 2215 VIC. BUSINESS ENQUIRY Location: 113 Exhibition Street, Victorian Consumer LINE Level 10, 2 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC and Business Centr, Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 5442 4100 Bendigo Office 3000 Postal: Email: Postal: GPO Box 123A, Melbourne VIC 3001 [email protected] GPO Box 442, Canberra VIC 2601 Telephone: Internet: Telephone: 1300 558 181 Enquiries/Inforrmation Officer www.sbc.vic.gov.au 1300 362 072 Complaints for (03) 8684 6200 Enquiries Contacts: Commonwealth Departments, Defence and 1300 135 452 Business licensing Bendigo Office Tax 1300 558 181 Renting/Consumer Problem (03) 5442 4100 BH 0413 266 662 SMS 1300 558 181 Enquiries Mon-Fri 9 Am - (03) 5442 5452 FAX Email: 5pm will connect to local office 46 Edward St, Bendigo VIC 3550 [email protected] 1300 557 559 Building Advice & Internet: Conciliation Vic Victorian Business Centre www.ombudsman.gov.au 1300 558 181 Retirement Village Living Guide Location: Companion Card Victoria 1300 661 511 Indigenous Consumer Unit 46 Edward Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 1300 650 367 Liquor Licensing Victoria Telephone: Postal: 1300 737 030 Estate Agents Resolution 13 2215 Victorian Business Line GPO Box 4987, Melbourne VIC 3000 Service (EARS) (03) 5442 4100 BH - Bendigo Office Telephone: 1300 137 164 Residential Tenancies Bond Authority 13 1450 TIS (Translating and Interpreting Service) 1300 365 500 Trade Measurement

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Telephone: Inspectors 1300 780 808 Local Call - Mon/Fri BH Office of Police Integrity 13 3677 National Relay Service for (03) 9613 7344 TTY Location: the Deaf - Text Phone or modem users (03) 9613 7345 FAX Level 3 South Tower, 459 Collins Street, 1300 361 673 Business Registration Email: Melbourne VIC 3000 1300 558 181 Product Safety [email protected] Telephone: Email: Internet: 1800 818 387 Free Call [email protected] www.fos.org.au (03) 8635 6188 Main Switchboard Internet: Health Services Commissioner (03) 8635 6185 FAX www.consumer.vic.gov.au Email: (Health Complaints) Dental Practice Board of Victoria [email protected] Location: Internet: Location: 30th Floor, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne www.opi.vic.gov.au 13th Floor / 114 Albert Road, South VIC 3000 Melbourne VIC 3205 Ombudsman Victoria Telephone: Telephone: (03) 8601 5222 Admin Location: (03) 9694 9900 Office Hours (03) 8601 5219 FAX Level 3, South Tower, 459 Collins Street, (03) 9699 4711 FAX (03) 8601 5200 Complaints about Melbourne VIC 3000 Email: health services Telephone: [email protected] 1800 136 066 Free Call - outside Melbourne 1800 806 314 Free Call Internet: 1300 550 275 TTY (03) 9613 6222 www.dentprac.vic.gov.au Email: (03) 9614 0246 FAX Energy and Water Ombudsman [email protected] Email: (Victoria) Internet: [email protected] www.health.vic.gov.au/hsc Internet: Location: www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au Melbourne VIC 3000 Insurance Brokers Disputes Postal: Limited (IBD) Plumbing Industry Commission GPO Box 469, Melbourne VIC 3001 Location: Location: Telephone: Level 5, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 450 Burke Road, Camberwell VIC 3124 1800 500 509 enquiries and complaints 3004 Postal: freecall Telephone: PO Box 552, Camberwell VIC 3124 1800 500 549 Free fax 1300 780 808 Telephone: (03) 9649 7599 .Calls from restricted (03) 9620 0177 (03) 9880 6200 BH phone services ring 12550 and quote 9649 Email: 1800 015 129 freecall 7599 EWOV will accept reverse charges [email protected] (03) 9889 2244 FAX and the call cost Internet: (03) 5441 7830 46 Breen St. Bendigo 13 1450 Translating / interpreter www.ibdltd.com.au (03) 5442 7845 FAX Bendigo services Email: 13 3677 TTY Legal Services Commissioner [email protected] Email: Internet: Location: [email protected] www.pic.vic.gov.au Internet: Level 9, 330 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC www.ewov.com.au 3000 Primary Industries, Department of Telephone: (DPI) Estate Agents Resolution Service 1300 796 344 Direct line for Complaints (EARS) information Location: (03) 9679 8001 Admin 1 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Location: (03) 9679 8101 FAX Telephone: 452 Flinders Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Internet: (03) 9658 4000 General Line Telephone: www.lsc.vic.gov.au 13 6186 Customer Service Centre 1300 737 030 Cost of Local Call 8.00am - 8.00pm Mon-Fri Internet: Medicare Australia 1800 675 888 Disease Watch www.consumer.vic.gov.au Location: Hotline,livestock disease & farm animal Fair Work Australia Level 10/595 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 welfare Postal: (03) 9217 4246 Chief Veterinary Telephone: GPO Box 9822, Melbourne VIC 3001 Officer 1300 799 675 For information - workplace Telephone: (03) 9210 9379 Chemical Info Service issues eg. unfair dismissals 13 2011 Medicare Health Insurance 13 3474 Fisheries Offence Reporting Internet: Commission, Information Service (All Areas) Line (13 FISH) www.fwa.gov.au 1800 556 955 PBS Information Line 1800 675 888 To report an emergency animal disease Financial Ombudsman Service 1800 653 809 Australian childhood Immunisation Register Email: (FOS) 1800 777 203 Organ Donor Register [email protected] Internet: Location: 13 6150 Family Assistance Office www.dpi.vic.gov.au Information on Level 5, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 13 1202 Multi-lingual Telephone diseases, nutrition and general management 3000 Enquiries of animals Postal: 1800 810 586 TTY - Freecall Contacts: GPO Box 3, Melbourne VIC 3001 Internet: www.medicareaustralia.gov.au

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Castlemaine Visitor Information Castlemaine Office Guildford Regional Produce (03) 5470 4000 Sustainability and Market Centre and Accomodation Environment Dept. Booking Service (03) 5470 4013 FAX Location: Guildford Public Hall, Fryers Road, Guildford Location: Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Market Building, 44 Mostyn Bendigo Office VIC 3451 Contacts: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5430 4444 Postal: (03) 5430 4487 Regional Animal Pam Adams PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Health Officer (03) 5473 4084 Telephone: www.dpi.vic.gov.au Maldon Neighbourhood Centre (03) 5471 1795 Reception Cnr Midland Highway and Taylor Street, 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking Epsom VIC 3551 Market service Animal Health and Welfare North West Location: (03) 5471 1727 Promotions Victoria. Cnr Church and Edward Sts, Maldon VIC (03) 5471 1746 FAX 1800 675 888 To report an 3463 Email: emergency animal disease, contract Telephone: [email protected] Scams, Swindles, Rorts, Rip Offs - (03) 5475 2093 Internet: Email: www.maldoncastlemaine.com A consumers guide [email protected] Telephone: Internet: Central Goldfields Visitor 1300 795 995 Scam watch hotline www.maldonnc.org.au Information Centre (Maryborough) 1300 303 609 TTY Malmsbury Community Market Location: Internet: Cnr Alma and Nolan Streets, Maryborough www.scamwatch.gov.au Location: VIC 3465 Town Hall Complex, Old Calder Highway, Telephone: Telecommunications Industry Malmsbury VIC 3446 Ombudsman ( TIO ) Telephone: (03) 5460 4511 Email: Location: (03) 5423 2261 Jean or Christine (enquiries and stall bookings at Malmsbury [email protected] Level 3, 595 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC General Store and Post Office Office) Internet: 3000 www.centralgoldfields.net.au Postal: Wesley Hill (Castlemaine) District Walking Tracks PO Box 276, Collins Street West, Melbourne Community Market (Sat, 7am-1pm) VIC 8007 Location: Telephone: Location: Within , 1800 062 058 Free Call 149 Duke St, Cnr. Pyrenees Hwy & Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 630 614 Free FAX Vanheurek St, Wesley Hill VIC 3450 Contacts: 13 1450 Translator/Interpreter Postal: Mt Alexander Visitor Information Centre services PO Box 12, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 5471 1795 1800 675 692 TTY Free Call Telephone: 44 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: 0418 117 953 Market enquiries [email protected] Contacts: Forest Creek Historic Gold Internet: Manager - Bob Diggings Site www.tio.com.au 0418 117 953 Location: Markets Tourism Site: Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Artists Market Bendigo Visitor Information Contacts: Location: Location: Part of Castlemaine Diggings National Theatre Royal, Hargraves St, Castlemaine Old Bendigo Post Office, 51-67 Pall Mall, Heritage Park VIC 3450 Bendigo VIC 3550 13 1963 Parks Victoria Information Telephone: Postal: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au (03) 5472 2154 BH Bendigo Tourist Info Centre, Bendigo VIC Parks Victoria Information Centre 13 1963, (03) 5472 2154 Fax 3550 PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Telephone: Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre (03) 5471 1795 to book tours [email protected] Booking online (03) 5434 6060 (03) 5471 1746 FAX (03) 5444 4447 FAX Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Central Victoria Farmers Market Email: (Castlemaine) [email protected] Great Dividing Trail Association Location: Internet: GDTA Inc Mostyn Street (between Super Market and www.bendigotourism.com Postal: Visitor Information, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Great Dividing Trail Association, PO Box Contacts: 429, Daylesford VIC 3460 Co-ordinator - Sally Kaptein Internet: (03) 5470 6340 www.gdt.org.au [email protected] Contacts: Time 1st Sunday of Month 9am-1pm

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President - Alison Lanigan EDUCATION Council For Adult Education (CAE) (03) 5345 2958 Location: Dry Diggings Track (Daylesford - Adult Education 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 Castlemaine) Telephone: Leanganook Track (Castlemaine - Bendigo) Bendigo Regional Institute of (03) 9652 0611 Federation Track (Daylesford - Ballarat) (03) 9654 6759 FAX Lerderderg Track (Bacchus Marsh - TAFE (BRIT) - Castlemaine Internet: Daylesford) Campus www.cae.edu.au Harcourt Applefest Location: 63-65 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC Effective Writing Course & Location: 3450 Manuscript Assessment Parade - High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Postal: Location: Contacts: PO Box 850, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Gary Holmes Venue: 102 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine Telephone: VIC 3450 0418 525 696 Mobile (03) 5471 1901 Enquiries/enrolments http://www.harcourtapplefest.org.au Contacts: Regional Campus (Castlemaine) Tutor - Joan Webster Harcourt Valley Heritage and (03) 5470 6441 FAX (03) 5470 6772 Tourist Centre Inc (03) 5434 1555 136 McCrae Street 0438 706 772 Mobile Bendigo [email protected] Location: 1300 554 248 Course Information all ANA Hall, High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 campuses Maldon Neighbourhood Centre Postal: Email: Location: PO Box 56, Harcourt VIC 3453 [email protected] All courses Cnr Church and Edwards St, Maldon VIC Contacts: information 3463 [email protected] Secretary (Tourism) - Joan Lienhop Telephone: (03) 5474 2321 Castlemaine campus (03) 5475 2093 President (Heritage) - George Milford Internet: (03) 5475 2093 FAX (03) 5474 2426 www.britafe.vic.edu.au Email: Maldon Visitor Information Centre Castlemaine Community House [email protected] Location: Location: University of the Third Age (U3A) 93 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, Location: Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Uniting Church Parish Community Centre, (03) 5475 2569 Postal: 12 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking P O 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: service Telephone: PO Box 792, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: (03) 5472 4842 Telephone: [email protected] Email: (03) 5472 2249 Office, Uniting Internet: [email protected] Church Community Centre www.maldoncastlemaine.com.au Internet: Email: Contacts: www.cch.org.au [email protected] Co-ordinator - David Jones Continuing Education Bendigo Inc [email protected] Mount Alexander Diggings Internet: Location: www.u3acastlemaine.com Postal: "Lancewood", 22 McLaren Street, Bendigo Contacts: PO Box 125, Castlemaine VIC 3450 VIC 3550 U3A Office Contacts: Postal: (03) 5472 2249 Mon.1.30 -3.30; President - Friends of Mt Alexander PO Box 519, Bendigo VIC 3550 Tues 1.30 - 3.30; Wed 10 - 12 Diggings (FOMAD) - Doug McConville Telephone: Uniting Church Parish Community Centre, (03) 5470 6332 (03) 5430 2100 12 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Visitor Information Centre (03) 5442 7354 FAX (03) 5471 1795 Email: Victorian Training Group Market Building, Mostyn Street, [email protected] Location: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Level 2, 1 Halford Street, Castlemaine VIC Victorian Goldfields Railway www.cabendigo.com.au 3450 Continuing Education Inc - Location: Health Education 15 Hornsby Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Castlemaine and District Telephone: Location: Cancer Council of Victoria, The (03) 5470 6658 Timetable information 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Internet: Postal: 1 Rathdowne St, Carlton South VIC 3053 www.vgr.com.au PO Box 343, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 9635 5000 enquiries (03) 5472 3299 BH 13 1120 FREECALL CANCER (03) 5472 3926 FAX HELPLINE Email: (03) 9635 5270 FAX [email protected] 13 7848 QUIT LINE

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Email: Telephone: Email: [email protected] (03) 5472 1452 [email protected] Internet: (03) 5470 5052 FAX www.cancervic.org.au Email: Newstead Primary School Community Health Centre [email protected] Location: Internet: (CHIRP) - Health Education Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 www.castlemaineprimary.vic.edu.au Telephone: Contacts: Castlemaine Winters Flat Primary (03) 5476 2226 Phone Asthma Education (03) 5476 2655 FAX Diabetes Education - Diabetes Nurse School 0407 844 641 Mobile Educators Location: Email: (03) 5479 1000 Reception Roberts Avenue, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Qualification: Accredited NDSS Sub- Telephone: Redesdale Mia Mia Primary School Agency - Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 10am- (03) 5472 1522 12pm (03) 5472 3744 FAX Location: First Aid and CPR Training Email: 31 School Road, Redesdale VIC 3444 [email protected] Telephone: Location: Internet: (03) 5425 3155 Castlemaine District Community Health www.winters-flat-ps.vic.edu.au (03) 5425 3264 FAX Centre (CHIRP), 13 Mostyn Street, Email: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Chewton Primary School [email protected] Telephone: Location: EMAIL (03) 5479 1000 Hunter Street, Chewton VIC 3451 Contacts: Principal - Kathy Vella State Primary Schools Telephone: (03) 5472 2557 Taradale Primary School Baringhup Primary School (03) 5472 4543 Fax Email: Location: Location: [email protected] Calder Highway, Taradale VIC 3447 Mitchell Street, Baringhup VIC 3463 Internet: Telephone: Telephone: www.chewtonprimaryschool.webs.com (03) 5423 2247 (03) 5475 2574 (03) 5423 2620 FAX (03) 5475 2814 FAX Elphinstone Primary School No. Email: Email: 220 [email protected] [email protected] Internet: Location: www.taradaleps.vic.edu.au Campbells Creek/Guildford Wright Street, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Primary Schools Email: Yandoit Primary School [email protected] Location: Internet: Postal: Campbells Creek Primary School, Main Rd. www.elphinstoneps.vic.edu.au RMB 2430, Yandoit VIC 3461 Campbells Creek., Guildford Primary Telephone: School, Franklin st, Guildford., VIC Harcourt Valley Primary School (03) 5476 4286 (03) 5476 4416 FAX Telephone: Location: Email: (03) 5472 2180 Campbells Creek Wilkinson Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 [email protected] (03) 5470 5786 FAX Telephone: (03) 5473 4241 Guildford Annex (03) 5474 2266 (03) 5473 4272 FAX Yapeen Primary School (03) 5474 2267 Email: Email: Postal: [email protected] [email protected] RSD Yapeen via, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Internet: Telephone: Castlemaine North Primary School www.hvps.vic.edu.au (03) 5473 4255 (03) 5473 4571 FAX Location: Langley Primary School Email: Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Postal: Postal: RSD 38, Redesdale Road, Langley VIC 3444 PO Box 353, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Independent Primary Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5423 4125 Schools (03) 5472 1391 Email: Email: Castlemaine Steiner School and [email protected] [email protected] Internet: Kindergarten Castlemaine South Primary [email protected] Location: School Maldon Primary School Cnr Rilens Rd and Pyrenees Hwy, Muckleford VIC 3451 Location: Location: Postal: Cnr Mostyn and Urquhart Street, High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 473, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: Postal: (03) 5475 1484 (03) 5470 6235 PO Box 448, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 2807 Fax (03) 5470 6237 FAX

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Email: Internet: Telephone: [email protected] www.britafe.vic.edu.au 0419 582 790 Mobile - Duty Officer Internet: 13 2500 Flood/ Storm Emergency www.castlemainesteinerschool.com.au EMERGENCY AND Email: Olivet Christian College [email protected] DISASTER SERVICES Contacts: Location: Controller - Robert Pratt 89 Main Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Ambulance 0417 050 494 Mobile Telephone: (03) 5472 3817 Phone Ambulance Victoria Maldon Police Station (03) 5470 6871 FAX Telephone: Location: Email: 000 EMERGENCIES free call 24 hour Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463 [email protected] service Telephone: Internet: 1800 301 130 TTY (03) 5475 2210 Calls will be directed www.olivet.vic.edu.au 106 (emergency number for people with to Castlemaine if Maldon Station is St Marys Catholic Primary School communication impairment) unattended. (03) 5338 5000 Administration National Missing Persons Unit Location: (03) 5338 5211 FAX Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 248 859 First Aid Kits Telephone: Postal: Internet: 1800 000 634 Free Call PO Box 595, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.rav.vic.gov.au Email: Telephone: [email protected] (03) 5472 2270 BH Emergency Housing Internet: (03) 5470 5042 FAX www.afp.gov.au/national/missing Email: Castlemaine and District Contacts: [email protected] Accommodation and Resource Missing Persons Desk Group (CADARG) 1800 808 606 State Secondary Schools (03) 9865 2828 Location: Castlemaine Secondary College Police Complex, 412 St Kilda Road, Uniting Church Parish Community Centre, Melbourne VIC 3000 Location: 12 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Etty St Campus, Blakeley Road Campus, Postal: Newstead Police Station Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 246, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: Postal: Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 PO Box 57, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 4299 Telephone: Email: Telephone: (03) 5476 2250 (03) 5479 4222 Senior Campus [email protected] Telstra 000 Emergency Service (03) 5479 1111 Junior Campus Emergency Services (03) 5479 4230 Fax - Senior Campus Location: (03) 5479 1120 Fax - Junior Campus After Hours Medical Service - Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: [email protected] Central Highlands Victorian Bushfire Information Internet: Telephone: Line (CFA + DSE) www.csc.vic.edu.au 1300 557 512 Cost of local call 000 In an emergency Telephone: Technical and Further 1800 240 667 Castlemaine Police Station Internet: Education www.cfa.vic.gov.au Location: Bendigo Regional Institute of 50 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Worksafe Victoria TAFE (BRIT) - Castlemaine Telephone: Telephone: Campus (03) 5472 2099 General - Castlemaine (03) 5338 4444 Ballarat Location: (03) 5472 2821 Criminal (03) 5443 8866 Bendigo 63-65 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC Investigations 13 2360 Emergency Response 3450 000 For EMERGENCY CALLS otherwise Service (24 hr) Postal: use above numbers 1800 136 089 Information (Free call) PO Box 850, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 333 000 Anonymous Drug Internet: Telephone: Information Line/Crime Stoppers www.worksafe.vic.gov.au (03) 5471 1901 Enquiries/enrolments Contacts: Regional Campus (Castlemaine) Castlemaine Police Hotline Material Aid (03) 5470 6441 FAX (03) 5470 6166 Assistance Centre, St Vincent De (03) 5434 1555 136 McCrae Street Bendigo Castlemaine Victoria State Paul 1300 554 248 Course Information all Emergency Service (SES) Location: campuses Location: 16 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Telephone: [email protected] All courses Taylor Street (Unit Headquarters), Wesley Hill VIC 3450 (03) 5470 6091 Assistance Centre information (03) 5472 4419 Office and Op Shop [email protected] Postal: Castlemaine campus PO Box 876, Castlemaine VIC 3450

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Brotherhood of St Laurence Telephone: Brigade Support Officer (CFA) (03) 5430 2200 BH Bendigo Location: Telephone: 1800 735 202 Bendigo Freecall 67 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065 (03) 5430 2200 Bendigo CFA 1800 240 667 Victorian Bushfire /restriction Telephone: 0438 743 143 Brigade Support Officer Information Line (03) 9483 1183 Head Office Internet: 1800 668 511 Burnoff Notifications Administration. www.cfa.vic.gov.au (03) 9483 1366 Donations Elphinstone Fire Brigade (03) 9417 2691 FAX Campbells Creek Fire Brigade Location: Email: Location: Wright Street, Elphinstone VIC 3448 [email protected] General Enquiries Fire Alert Call 000 Postal: [email protected] Postal: PO Box 38, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Internet: PO Box 92, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Telephone: www.bsl.org.au Contacts: 000 Fire Alert Call Material Aid/Emergency Relief Secretary - Stuart Hand Contacts: 0437 128 646 Captain - Andy Chapman Providers, Mount Alexander Shire (03) 5473 3294 Location: Castlemaine Fire Brigade 0408 507 770 Mobile CHIRP 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC Location: Secretary Tracey Franze 3450 383 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5473 3271 Phone Telephone: Postal: Fryerstown Fire Brigade (03) 5479 1000 contact CHIRP for P.O Box 200, Castlemaine VIC 3450 necessary appointment Telephone: Telephone: 000 Fire Alert Call Salvation Army, Castlemaine (03) 5472 3982 Fire Station 1800 240 667 Fire Bans, Bush Fire Contacts: Corps Information Captain - Chris Athey Location: 000 Fire Alert Call (03) 5473 4322 AH Citadel, 47 Kennedy Street, (Near Railway Contacts: Guildford Rural Fire Brigade Station), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Secretary - Ian Franklin Telephone: (03) 5472 3146 Location: (03) 5470 5389 Castlemaine PO Box 200, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Fire Alert Call 000 Contacts: Captain - Bill Maltby Postal: Majors - Sean and Rachel Attard (03) 5472 2588 C/- Post Office, Guildford VIC 3451 www.salvationarmy.org.au Contacts: CFA - Bendigo Secretary - Brian Adams Seventh Day Adventist Location: (03) 5473 4084 Community Services North Central Area, Region 2, 45 Chapel Harcourt Rural Fire Brigade Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Postal: Postal: Location: PO Box 330, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 3, Bendigo VIC 3550 Fire Alert Call 000, Fire Station High Street, Contacts: Telephone: Harcourt VIC 3453 Material Aid - Marie Girvan 000 Fire Emergency Postal: (03) 5472 1884 1800 240 667 Bushfire info/Fire Restrictions 61 Coolstore Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 St Vincent De Paul Society- 1800 668 511 Burnoff Notification Contacts: Castlemaine - Assistance Centre (03) 5430 2200 Bendigo Gen Captain - Tyrone Rice Enquiries (03) 5479 1233 BH Location: 1800 735 202 Bendigo Free Call 0409 686 738 16 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Telephone: www.cfa.vic.gov.au Langley-Barfold Rural Fire (03) 5472 6091 Brigade (03) 5472 4950 FAX Chewton Fire Brigade Telephone: Fire Brigades Location: 000 Fire Alert Call Mount Street, Chewton VIC 3451 Contacts: Baringhup West Rural Fire Postal: Treasurer & Secretary - Craig Atkin Brigade PO Box 29, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 5423 4225 Telephone: 57 School road, Barfold VIC 3444 Location: 000 Fire Alert Call Baringhup West VIC 3463 Contacts: Lockwood Fire Brigade Telephone: Secretary - Gary Van Den Driesen Location: 000 Fire Alert Call (03) 5472 1620 AH Fire Alert Call 000 Contacts: 0409 959 095 Mobile Postal: Captain - Brendan McKnight Country Fire Authority PO Box 10, Lockwood South VIC 3551 (03) 5475 2899 AH Telephone: 0409 332 787 Location: 000 fire calls Secretary - Mary Baxter Country Fire Authority, North West Region, (03) 5447 0222 BH Region 2, 45 Chapel St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Maldon Fire Brigade (03) 5475 2128 Postal: Location: PO Box 3, Bendigo VIC 3552 Fire Alert Call 000

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Postal: Victoria Police, Sexual Offence PO Box 60, Maldon VIC 3463 First Aid Contacts: and Child Abuse Unit - Bendigo Secretary - Veil McKnight Poisons Information Centre Location: Metcalfe Fire Brigades Group Location: Bendigo VIC 3550 Austin Hospital, Telephone: Location: Telephone: (03) 5448 1420 Fire Alert Call 000 13 1126 (03) 5448 1421 FAX Contacts: Internet: Secretary - Ian Franklin www.austin.org.au/poisons Public Safety (03) 5472 3146 Castlemaine Victoria State PO Box 408, Castlemaine VIC 3450 St John Ambulance Australia - Castlemaine Branch (First Aid Emergency Service (SES) Newstead Fire Brigade Auxiliary Services/Classes) Location: Contacts: Taylor Street (Unit Headquarters), Wesley Location: Secretary - Joan Sartori Hill VIC 3450 VIC (03) 5476 2267 Postal: Telephone: 270 Guildford Road, Strangways VIC PO Box 876, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1300 360 455 3461 Telephone: Email: 0419 582 790 Mobile - Duty Officer Newstead Rural Fire Brigade [email protected] 13 2500 Flood/ Storm Emergency Contacts: Location: Email: Superintendant - Ken McDougall Fire Alert Call 000 [email protected] (03) 5474 2646 Bookings essential Contacts: 0409 038 725 Mobile Redesdale Rural Fire Brigade Controller - Robert Pratt 40 Bagshaw Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Location: 0417 050 494 Mobile Fire Alert Call 000 Police Stations Crime Stoppers Contacts: Station Castlemaine Police Station Telephone: (03) 5425 3248 Location: 1800 333 000 Freecall Crime Stoppers 50 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Sutton Grange/Myrtle Creek Rural www.vic.crimestoppers.com.au Fire Brigade Telephone: (03) 5472 2099 General - Dial 1100 Before You Dig Location: Castlemaine Fire Alert Call 000 (03) 5472 2821 Criminal Telephone: Contacts: Investigations 1100 All enquiries Secretary - Anne Marie Monda 000 For EMERGENCY CALLS otherwise Internet: (03) 5442 4710 BH use above numbers www.dialbeforeyoudig.com.au 0427 742 793 Mobile 1800 333 000 Anonymous Drug Life Saving Victoria Faraday/Sutton Grange Road, Faraday Information Line/Crime Stoppers VIC 3451 Contacts: Location: Castlemaine Police Hotline 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne VIC Taradale Rural Fire Brigade (03) 5470 6166 3207 Telephone: Location: Correctional Services - Prisons Fire Alert Call 000 (03) 9676 6900 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 9598 3388 Emergency (03) 5423 2747 Business calls (03) 5471 1211 Loddon Prison, community centre (24/7) Contacts: Matheson Road, Castlemaine Internet: Captain - Max Robinson (03) 5479 8200 Tarrengower www.lifesavingvictoria.com.au (03) 5423 2389 Prison,Barringhup Road, Maldon Natural Pest Control Victorian Bushfire Information Maldon Police Station Telephone: Line (CFA + DSE) Location: 1800 067 711 Free Call Telephone: Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5442 3013 Bendigo Contacts: 1800 240 667 Telephone: Internet: (03) 5475 2210 Calls will be directed David Odgers 0419 007 662 Mobile www.cfa.vic.gov.au to Castlemaine if Maldon Station is unattended. Walmer Rural Fire Brigade Prisons (Justice Dept) Newstead Police Station Location: Location: Head Office (Justice Department of), 121 Fire Alert Call 000 Location: Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5476 2250 (03) 5472 1211 Loddon Prison Matheson Street, Castlemaine (03) 5479 8200 Tarrengower Women's Prison, Baringhup Rd Maldon (03) 5440 6100 Community Corrections, 18 St Andrews Ave Bendigo (03) 5470 6783 Castlemaine office - Moyston Street

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Internet: www.justice.vic.gov.au. EMPLOYMENT Fair Work Australia Snake Catchers Telephone: Disabled 1300 799 675 For information - workplace Contacts: issues eg. unfair dismissals Available after 4.00 pm and weekends - Windarring Central Highlands Internet: Jason Lambie Association for People with www.fwa.gov.au (03) 5472 3239 0407 723 239 Disabilities Job Services Australia 12 Bull Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: DSE Hotline - Wild LIfe Controllers 67 Baynton Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 13 6268 Job Seekers 13 6186 Customer Service Centre - Contacts: 13 1715 Employers - Employment follow prompts Kyneton Office - Deputy Director - Dianne Helpline Victims Assistance and Nancarrow 1800 805 260 Customer Service Line. For Counselling Program (VACP) (03) 5422 7001 customer complaints or feedback. [email protected] Internet: Location: 67 Baynton Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 www.deewr.gov.au/jsa St Lukes - 47 High Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 PO Box 159, Kyneton VIC 3444 www.jobsearch.gov.au Telephone: Castlemaine Branch - Program Manager - 1800 244 323 Free Call Local Contact David Silvagni Worktrainers Ltd. 1800 000 055 (03) 5472 1599 Location: 317 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Victims of Crime Helpline 161 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Copy Centre - Mandy Telephone: Location: Fenntessy (03) 5472 2011 168 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy VIC 3065 (03) 5472 2666 (03) 5472 2025 FAX Telephone: (03) 5470 5106 FAX Internet: 1800 000 055 Victims of Crime HelpLine Email: [email protected] www.worktrainers.com.au (8.30am - 5.00pm Mon-Fri) 38 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Worktrainers Ltd. Sheltered Workshop www.victimsofcrime.com.au VSA on-line Location: Castlemaine Copy Centre Victoria Police, Sexual Offence 161 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: and Child Abuse Unit - Bendigo Telephone: 38 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 2011 Postal: Location: (03) 5472 2025 FAX Bendigo VIC 3550 PO Box 468, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Telephone: Telephone: www.worktrainers.com.au (03) 5448 1420 (03) 5472 2767 (03) 5448 1421 FAX (03) 5472 2666 FAX Job Creation Contacts: Whistle Blowers Grey Army Bendigo Manager - Mandy Fennessy [email protected] Telephone: Location: 1800 806 314 to discuss making a 26 Kennedy Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Windarring Central Highlands disclosure Telephone: Association for People with (03) 9613 6222 direct to Ombudsman 13 1198 Customer Hotline Disabilities Internet: Email: www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au [email protected] Location: www.justice.vic.gov.au/whistleblowers Internet: 67 Baynton Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 Worksafe Victoria.- Bendigo www.greyarmy.com.au Contacts: Kyneton Office - Deputy Director - Dianne Location: Job Training Nancarrow 104 Queen Street., ( Reg Office), Bendigo (03) 5422 7001 VIC 3550 Best Community Development : [email protected] Telephone: (Outreach Services) 67 Baynton Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 (03) 5443 8866 Bendigo Regional PO Box 159, Kyneton VIC 3444 Location: Office Castlemaine Branch - Program Manager - (03) 5441 3997 FAX Regular Visits To, Continuing Education, 30 David Silvagni 1800 136 089 Free Call Advisory Service - Templeton Street (Thurs, Friday), (03) 5472 1599 Worksafe and Workcover Castlemaine VIC 3450 317 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Postal: Castlemaine Copy Centre - Mandy www. worksafe.vic.gov.au 26-28 St Andrews Avenue, Bendigo VIC Fenntessy 3550 (03) 5472 2666 Telephone: (03) 5470 5106 FAX (03) 5430 2500 Email: [email protected] 1300 237 823 38 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Gift Shop GIFTS at WISP [email protected] (03) 5472 3877 Internet: www.bestcd.org.au

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Vocational Guidance Campbells Creek Community Town Hall - Reception Centre (CCC) (03) 5471 1700 Job Services Australia [email protected] Location: www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Telephone: Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 13 6268 Job Seekers Contacts: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 13 1715 Employers - Employment Secretary - Rev Paul Jenkins Helpline (03) 5472 4660 St Marys Catholic Church Hall 1800 805 260 Customer Service Line. For Castlemaine Presbyterian Church Location: customer complaints or feedback. Cnr Lyttleton and Hargraves Street, Internet: Hall Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.deewr.gov.au/jsa Location: Postal: www.jobsearch.gov.au 13 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 151, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Contacts: ENTERTAINMENT Secretary - Lin Mc Donald Secretary - Lesley Gleeson VENUES (03) 5472 1197 (03) 5472 4120 bookings 11 Merrifield Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Festivals and Events Art Galleries Castlemaine Senior Citizens Astronomy Nights - Michael Castlemaine Art Gallery and Clubrooms Hall Sweeney Historical Museum Location: Location: Location: Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 White Gum Road, Barkers Creek VIC 3451 14 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: Postal: (03) 5471 1700 Re Bookings 0400 667 395 By appointment PO Box 248, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Castlemaine and District Festival Telephone: Town Hall Reception (03) 5472 2292 (03) 5471 1700 of Gardens Inc (03) 5470 6184 FAX [email protected] Postal: Email: www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au PO Box 490, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Internet: Castlemaine Visitor Information (03) 5472 1108 www.castlemainegallery.com Email: Contacts: Centre and Accomodation [email protected] Director - Peter Perry Booking Service Internet: Cinemas Location: www.festivalofgardens.org Castlemaine Market Building, 44 Mostyn Contacts: Theatre Royal Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 President - Robyne Tresidder Postal: [email protected] Location: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine State Festival (CSF) Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5471 1795 Reception Location: (03) 5472 1196 for bookings 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking Rear of 27 Lyttleton Street, (Old School of (03) 5472 5359 Program Info service Mines Building), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: (03) 5471 1727 Promotions Postal: www.theatreroyal.info (03) 5471 1746 FAX PO Box 230, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Exhibition Facilities Email: Telephone: [email protected] (03) 5472 3733 BH Bendigo Visitor Information Internet: (03) 5472 4934 FAX www.maldoncastlemaine.com Email: Location: [email protected] Old Bendigo Post Office, 51-67 Pall Mall, Maldon Machinery Museum Internet: Bendigo VIC 3550 Location: www.castlemainefestival.com.au Postal: Vincents Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: Bendigo Tourist Info Centre, Bendigo VIC Postal: Festival Director - Martin Paten 3550 PO Box 2, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5472 3733 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5434 6060 Castlemaine Visitor Information (03) 5472 2202 (03) 5444 4447 FAX Centre and Accomodation Email: Email: [email protected] Booking Service [email protected] Internet: Ray Bradfield Room Location: www.bendigotourism.com Castlemaine Market Building, 44 Mostyn Location: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Victory Park, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Contacts: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone:

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Telephone: Postal: (03) 5471 1795 Reception 0421 643 478 Enquiries PO Box 2, Maldon VIC 3463 1800 171 888 Free accomm booking Email: Telephone: service [email protected] (03) 5472 2202 (03) 5471 1727 Promotions Internet: Email: (03) 5471 1746 FAX www.maldonfolkfestival.com [email protected] Email: Contacts: [email protected] Director/Performance administration - Pam Showgrounds Internet: Lyons www.maldoncastlemaine.com Castlemaine and District Mt Tarrangower Vintage and Agricultural Society Friends of Castlemaine State Historic Hill Climb Festival Location: Postal: 11 Forest St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 146, Golden Square VIC 3555 Postal: 40 Berkely Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 65, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Street Rod Carnival Telephone: (03) 5472 2813 Location: (03) 5472 1548 Office (open last two 0417 319 162 Venue: Western Oval, Forest Street, weeks in October) Email: Castlemaine VIC 3450 0413 339 058 Mobile [email protected] Postal: Email: Fryerstown Antique Fair Castlemaine Rods Inc., PO Box 107, [email protected] Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Location: Telephone: www.castlemaineshow.com.au Fryerstown Historic Hall, (Burke and Wills 0408 507 621 Contacts: Institute), Fryerstown VIC 3451 Debbie Hamilton Contacts: Taradale Mineral Springs Festival 0413 339 058 Mobile Secretary Hall Trustees - Pat Cubeta Postal: (03) 5472 1548 BH (03) 5473 4373 AH PO Box 39, (03) 5472 1284 BH Maldon and Baringhup Telephone: Agricultural Society Inc Guildford Music Hall (03) 5423 2350 Location: Location: Wots On Castlemaine Venue - Racecourse Reserve, Lewis Road, Guildford Family Hotel, Midland Highway, Postal: Maldon VIC 3463 Guildford VIC 3451 PO Box 1111, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Contacts: Telephone: www.maldonshow.org Hall Bookings - Guildford Family Hotel 0405 146 105 Contacts: (03) 5473 4215 Email: President - Heather White Harcourt Applefest [email protected] (03) 5475 1115 Internet: Location: www.wotsoncastlemaine.com.au Theatres Parade - High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Contacts: Museums Phee Broadway Theatre - Gary Holmes Castlemaine 0418 525 696 Mobile Chewton Domain Society Inc Location: http://www.harcourtapplefest.org.au (People and Places Exhibition) Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Maldon Campdraft Association Location: Postal: Town Hall, Pyrenees Hwy, Chewton VIC PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 3451 Email: Venue: Maldon Racecourse Reserve, Postal: [email protected] Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 Contacts: Contacts: Telephone: Theatre Manager Secretary - Trish James (03) 5470 6131 Town Hall (03) 5471 1700 (03) 5475 2707 Contacts: (04) 9963255 Mobile Theatre Royal 468 Almond Tree Road, Maldon VIC 3463 Secretary - Bettie Exon (03) 5472 3892 Location: Maldon Easter Fair www.chewton.net 30 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 Telephone: Postal: Membership Sec. - Edna Preece (03) 5472 1196 for bookings PO Box 63, Maldon VIC 3463 150 Main Road (opposite Town Hall), (03) 5472 5359 Program Info Contacts: Chewton VIC 3451 Internet: President - Peter Thompson PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 www.theatreroyal.info (03) 5472 2202 President - Helen McGeachin [email protected] (03) 5472 3990 PO Box 63, Maldon VIC 3463 Maldon Machinery Museum Maldon Folk Festival Location: Postal: Vincents Street, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 135, Maldon VIC 3463

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Email: Contacts: ENVIRONMENT AND [email protected] Environment Officer Contacts: (03) 5471 1700 CONSERVATION President - Christine Kilmartin [email protected] (03) 5472 1276 www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au PO Box 217, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Historic Building Firewood Collection Rules Preservation Project Co-Ordinator - Robin Haylett 0408 706 630 Mobile Contacts: Mount Alexander Shire Heritage Chewton Landcare Group Dept Sustainability and Environment Advisor (03) 5430 4666 Firewood Contacts: Management Hotline Location: President - Jackie McMaster (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office Mount Alexander Shire Council, 25 Lyttleton (03) 5470 6703 Fridays Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 http://www. dse.vic.gov.au Postal: Department of Sustainability and 37 Hargreaves Street, Castlemaine VIC PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Enviroment (DSE) 3451 Telephone: Mount Alexander Shire Offices Location: (03) 5471 1700 for appointments (03) 5471 1700 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne VIC Email: 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 3002 [email protected] Telephone: Internet: Friends of Box and Ironbark 13 1963 Customer Service Centre - Forests (FOBIF) www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Park Victoria Info Centre 8.00am - 8.00pm National Trust of Australia (Mount Mon - Fri Postal: Alexander Branch) (03) 5470 4000 Matheson Rd, PO Box 322, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Castlemaine Telephone: Postal: (03) 8636 2010 Title enquiries (03) 5470 5161 PO Box 957, Castlemaine VIC 3450 13 6186 DSE enquiry line Internet: Email: 1800 240 667 Bushfire Info Line www.fobif.org.au [email protected] Email: Contacts: [email protected] Friends of Campbells Creek President - David Cunningham Internet: Postal: [email protected] www.dse.vic.gov.au PO Box 88, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 39 Bull Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.dpi.vic.gov.au Dept. Primary Telephone: Secretary - Peter Brain Industries, 1 Spring St Melbourne 3000 (03) 5472 4699 [email protected] Contacts: 0408 724 699 Mobile Castlemaine Office (Fridays) Email: Land Conservation (03) 5470 4000 [email protected] (03) 5470 4013 FAX Baringhup Landcare Group Internet: Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.focc.org.au Telephone: Departmenty of Primary Industries Contacts: (03) 5475 1660 www.dpi.vic.gov.au Shona Cornwall Email: 1Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Friends of Kalimna Park [email protected] Elphinstone Land Management Barkers Creek Landcare and Association (ELMA) Postal: PO Box 464, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Wildlife Group Location: Contacts: Postal: C/- Post Office,, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Secretary - Geoff Hannon PO Box 220, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: (03) 5472 5343 President - Robyn Fearey Contacts: Friends of Vaughan Springs President - Daryl Colless (03) 5473 3348 0407 419 606 [email protected] Email: Contacts: Treasurer - Bill O'Reilly Bob Murphy Campaspe Valley Landcare Group (03) 5473 3221 0428 312 116 Location: [email protected] [email protected] Meeting Venue Barfold Hall BARFOLD, Environment Officer, Mount Post Office, Guildford VIC 3451 Contacts: Alexander Shire Golden Point Landcare Group President - Don Philip (03) 5423 4182 Location: Postal: PO Box 21, Redesdale VIC 3444 Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford c/- Chewton Post Office, Chewton VIC 3451 Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Castlemaine Landcare Group Postal: 0423 900 590 Jennifer Pryce Location: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Meeting Venue: Herons Gallery - Cnr Telephone: [email protected] (03) 5471 1700 Enviroment Officer Lyttleton and Hargreaves, Castlemaine VIC Green Corps 3450 Email: Postal: [email protected] PO Box 217, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au

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Guildford and Upper Loddon Email: Contacts: Landcare Group [email protected] Secretary - Lois Larkman (03) 5475 1528 Postal: Mount Alexander Shire Council, PO Box 137, Guildford VIC 3451 Enviromental Health Sutton Grange Landcare Group Email: Location: [email protected] Location: Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford St, Venue - Sutton Grange Hall, Sutton Grange Contacts: VIC 3448 President - Doug Hansford Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Telephone: (03) 5476 2315 (03) 5471 1700 Project Manager - Maurie Dynon PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5473 4457 Telephone: Taradale Landcare Group PO Box 47, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 (03) 5471 1700 Location: Harcourt Valley Landcare Group Muckleford Catchment Landcare Taradale VIC 3447 Inc. Contacts: Postal: Secretary - Paul Hampton C/- Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Postal: (03) 5474 2189 Telephone: PO Box 107, Harcourt VIC 3453 0408 566 909 Mobile 0427 315 963 Telephone: [email protected] Trust for Nature Victoria (03) 5440 1883 Judy Odgers PO Box 1006, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Location: Chairman - Trevor Mckay Newstead Landcare Group (NLG) Level 5, 379 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC (03) 5472 2170 Postal: 3000 Langley Landcare Group PO Box 157, Newstead VIC 3462 Telephone: Contacts: (03) 8631 5888 Postal: Secretary - Patrick Kavanagh (03) 9614 6999 FAX The Secretary, PO Box 1132, Kyneton VIC (03) 5476 2755 Internet: 3444 0437 663 345 Mobile www.trustfornature.org.au Love the Loddon RMB 2735, Strangways VIC 3461 Contacts: President - Frances Cincotta Local Representative - Tim Read Contacts: (03) 5476 2691 (03) 5472 1672 Landcare Coordinator - Mt Alexander Shire 0437 564 325 Mobile Council North Harcourt/Sedgwick (03) 5471 1700 Landcare Group Pollution Control Mt Alexander Shire Council, Postal: Mount Alexander Shire Council, Maldon Urban Landcare Group PO Box 94, Harcourt VIC 3453 Enviromental Health Telephone: Location: (03) 5439 6357 Location: Venue:Maldon Hospital Day Centre, Maldon Contacts: Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford St, VIC 3463 President - Stephen Lebner Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Postal: PO Box 211, Maldon VIC 3463 Nuggetty Land Protection Group PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Postal: Telephone: Secretary Marie Bell (03) 5471 1700 (03) 5475 1224 PO Box 174, Maldon VIC 3463 0411 111 150 Mobile Contacts: Noise Control/Pollution Control Brian Fitzgerald Mc Kenzies Hill Action and (03) 5475 2083 Location: Landcare Group 0412 324 893 Mobile Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Herald and Weekly Times Tower, 40 City Location: Ravenswood Valley Landcare Road, Southbank VIC 3006 69 Diamond Gully Rd, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Group (RVLCG) Telephone: Telephone: (03) 9695 2722 EPA - Entertainment (03) 5470 5556 Postal: Centre Email: P O Box 120, Lockwood South VIC 3551 1800 444 004 Pollution Watch Line Freecall [email protected] President Contacts: (03) 5438 1000 Bendigo Contacts: Wally Evans 1800 352 555 Litter Report Line Parks Victoria Castlemaine (DSE) (03) 5435 3860 1800 444 051 Smoky Vehicles Report Line (03) 5470 4000 For local information Sandon Werona Landcare Group (03) 5443 6555 FAX (03) 5470 4013 FAX Internet: 13 1963 24 hour service Contacts: www.epa.vic.gov.au www.parkweb.vic.gov.au C/- Landcare Coordinators Contacts: Matheson Rd, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5471 1700 Council Phone No. Mount Alexander Shire Offices PO Box101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Sandy Creek Catchment Landcare (03) 5471 1700 Noise and other local President - Jan Hall pollution problems Group Town Hall, 25 Lyttleton Street, Metcalfe Landcare Group Postal: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: 787 Maldon - Newstead Road, Maldon VIC PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 9, Metcalfe VIC 3448 3463

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Sustainability Victoria 13 1963 Customer Service Centre - Castlemaine Office (Fridays) Park Victoria Info Centre 8.00am - 8.00pm (03) 5470 4000 Location: Mon - Fri (03) 5470 4013 FAX Head Office, Level 28/50 Lonsdale Street, (03) 5470 4000 Matheson Rd, Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Melbourne, Melbourne VIC 3000 Castlemaine Castlemaine Departmenty of Primary Industries Telephone: (03) 8636 2010 Title enquiries www.dpi.vic.gov.au (03) 8626 8700 Head Office 13 6186 DSE enquiry line 1Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 9663 1007 FAX 1800 240 667 Bushfire Info Line 1300 363 744 Infoline Email: Friends of Box and Ironbark 1800 353 233 Recycling Infoline [email protected] Forests (FOBIF) Email: Internet: Postal: [email protected] www.dse.vic.gov.au PO Box 322, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: www.dpi.vic.gov.au Dept. Primary Telephone: www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au Industries, 1 Spring St Melbourne 3000 (03) 5470 5161 Contacts: Recycling Services Internet: Castlemaine Office (Fridays) www.fobif.org.au (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Resource Recovery (03) 5470 4013 FAX Kaweka Park Wildflower Reserve/ and Landfill Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Management Committee Location: Departmenty of Primary Industries Location: Sluicers Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.dpi.vic.gov.au Hargraves Street, Castemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: 1Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Postal: (03) 5470 5348 North Central Catchment PO Box 212, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mount Alexander Sustainability Management Authority (NCCMA) Contacts: Secretary - Rita Hills Group (MASG) Location: Location: 628-634 Midland Highway, Huntly VIC 3551 Licensed Wildlife Controller Telephone: George Clarke Building, 203 - 205 Barker (03) 5448 7124 Reception/Enquiries Telephone: Streert, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5447 2392 Postal: (03) 5448 7148 FAX Email: 0428 195 941 Mobile PO Box 1043, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Telephone: [email protected] Internet: George Moore (03) 5470 6978 www.nccma.vic.gov.au 217 McKenzie Street, Kangaroo Flat VIC Email: 3555 [email protected] Wildlife Conservation Internet: RSPCA Shelter and Pound, www.masg.org.au Albert Cox Wildlife Sanctuary Castlemaine Waste Disposal Location: Location: Bendigo/Sutton Grange Road, Sutton Langslow Street (near Castlemaine Landfill), Castlemaine Resource Recovery Grange VIC 3448 Castlemaine VIC 3450 and Landfill Contacts: Telephone: Matt Hunter (03) 5472 5277 Animal Shelter and Location: [email protected] Pound Sluicers Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 RSD 181 Faraday Road, Castlemaine (03) 5471 1700 Shire Ranger Mt Telephone: VIC 3450 Alexander Shire AH number will be supplied (03) 5470 5348 Email: Department of Sustainability and [email protected] Maldon Transfer Station Enviroment (DSE) Location: Threatened Species Network Location: Morris Street, Maldon VIC 3463 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne VIC Contacts: Contacts: 3002 Land for Wildlife - Peter Johnson Mount Alexander Shire Offices Telephone: (03) 5430 4444 Parks Victoria (03) 5471 1700 13 1963 Customer Service Centre - http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/landforwildlife (03) 5471 1749 FAX Park Victoria Info Centre 8.00am - 8.00pm 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Wildlife Shelter (WRES) Mon - Fri PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5470 4000 Matheson Rd, Telephone: Water Conservation Castlemaine Castlemaine 0427 301 401 24 hour Mobile (03) 8636 2010 Title enquiries Internet: Department of Sustainability and 13 6186 DSE enquiry line www.wildlifevictoria.org.au Enviroment (DSE) 1800 240 667 Bushfire Info Line www.wres.org.au Email: Wildlife Victoria Location: [email protected] 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne VIC Internet: Location: 3002 www.dse.vic.gov.au Suite 3, 288 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC Telephone: www.dpi.vic.gov.au Dept. Primary 3065 Industries, 1 Spring St Melbourne 3000 Telephone: Contacts: 1300 094 535 1300 094 535 24 hour Rescue number 13000 WILDLIFE

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Internet: Internet: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au www.csa.gov.au Emergency Accommodation and Support Enterprise (EASE) Centacare FAMILY AND Postal: CHILDREN'S Location: PO Box 958, Bendigo VIC 3552 65 Baxter St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Telephone: SERVICES Postal: 1800 884 038 Freecall P O Box 255, Bendigo VIC 3552 (03) 5430 3000 Office Telephone: (03) 5443 4844 FAX After School Care (03) 5443 9577 Reception 1800 015 188 24 hour Hotline Out of School Hours (03) 5441 7713 FAX Email: Email: [email protected] Location: [email protected] Wintersflat Primary School - 3 Roberts Internet: Family and Parentline Avenue, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.centacare-sandhurst.org.au Postal: Postal: Child Support Legal Service Locked Bag 2015, Boxhill VIC 3128 PO Box 512, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: Location: 13 2289 Help line Mon-Fri 8am-12 pm (03) 5472 3359 350 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 weekend 10 am-10 pm Email: Telephone: 13 6388 TTY [email protected] 1800 677 402 Free Call Internet: Internet: (03) 9269 0408 Child Support Legal www.parentline.vic.gov.au cosc.impulse.net.au Service Family Assistance Office (FAO) Foster Care (03) 5441 1155 Visit Bendigo Office monthly Location: Foster Care Recruitment Internet: Centrelink, ATO or Medicare offices, www.legalaid.vic.gov.au Bendigo VIC 3550 Location: Telephone: 5th Floor, 50 Market Street, Melbourne VIC Compassionate Friends Victoria 13 6150 8.00am -8.00pm Monday - 3000 Inc Friday Telephone: Location: Internet: 1800 013 088 24 hours Foster Line Hotline 173 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 www.familyassist.gov.au Email: Postal: [email protected] PO Box 171, Canterbury VIC 3126 Family Relationships Advice Line www.fosterabrighterfuture.com.au Internet: Telephone: Telephone: Family Support Services (03) 9888 4944 Grief Line 1800 050 321 Free Call - 8am-8pm Mon-Fri 1800 641 091 Free Call 10am-4pm - Saturdays Adoption Information Service (03) 9888 4900 FAX Internet: (FIND : Family Information (03) 9888 4034 Office and Admin. www.familyrelationships.gov.au 0437 749 739 Castlemaine Group Network Discovery) Email: Family Tracing Service - Salvation Location: [email protected] Army Missing Persons u Level 20/570 Burke st, Melbourne VIC 3000 Location: Telephone: Internet: 95 Railway Rd, Blackburn VIC 3130 www.compassionatefriendsvictoria.org.au 1300 769 926 Dept Human Services Telephone: Adoption Contacts: (03) 8878 4795 Mon - Fri 9 - 4 pm (03) 8608 5700 Services for former Castlemaine - Matthew Gildea wards 0437 749 739 Mobile Grandparents Victoria Inc (03) 8605 5760 FAX Venue: Maternal and Child Health Centre, Internet: Lyttleton Street Castlemaine, Last Thursday Location: www.dhs.vic.gov.au / of Month At 7.30pm, 14 Youlden Street, Kensington VIC 3031 www.cyf.vic.gov.au/find/home Bendigo Group - Kathy Smith Telephone: (03) 5474 2364 (03) 9372 2422 Australian Government Child Meet 2nd Thursday of Month, South Email: Support Agency (CSA) Bendigo Progress Hall, Neal Street, [email protected] Bendigo VIC 3550 Internet: Location: www.grandparents.com.au Regional Service Centre, 231 - 235 Lyttleton Early Childhood Intervention Tce, Bendigo VIC 3550 Program, Mt Alexander and Maternal and Child Health Centre, Postal: Central Goldfields Mount Alexander Shire PO Box 1166 Bendigo Central, Bendigo VIC 3552 Location: Location: Telephone: Venue: Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, 15 Lyttleton St. Maternal and Child Health 13 1272 National General enquiries Castlemaine VIC 3450 Centre, Castlemaine VIC 3450 number Telephone: Telephone: 13 2919 CSA Complaints (03) 5471 1630 Program Centre (03) 5472 1364 Mon-Fri 9 - 4.30 (03) 5430 5875 BH (03) 5471 1555 Hospital Reception Contacts: (03) 5430 5851 FAX Castlemaine Maternal and Child Health Centre (03) 5472 1364 Castlemaine Maternal and Child Health Line 13 2229 24 hour service

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Mount Alexander Family Support Postal: PO Box 23, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Play Groups Services (MAFS) Telephone: Campbells Creek Playgroup Location: (03) 5470 6266 Castlemaine Office Location: 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine District VANISH (inc) Community Health Centre (CHIRP), Venue - Campbells Creek Community Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Centre, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Telephone: 3rd Floor, 100 Franklin St, Melbourne VIC Contacts: (03) 5479 1000 3000 Sec. - Carli Springate (03) 5472 3221 FAX Postal: 0439 034 361 Email: PO Box 112, Carlton Sth VIC 3053 Castlemaine Steiner School [email protected] Telephone: Contacts: (03) 9328 8611 Playgroup Family Worker 1300 826 474 Location: Email: Noah's Ark Inc Cnr Rilens Road and Pyrenees Hwy, [email protected] Muckleford VIC 3451 Location: Internet: Postal: 13 Maple Street, Golden Square VIC 3555 www.vanish.org.au PO Box 473, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5434 4500 Maternal and Child Health (03) 5470 6235 (03) 5442 1079 FAX Maternal and Child Health Centre, Email: Elphinstone Playgroup Mount Alexander Shire [email protected] Location: www.noahsarkinc.org.au Location: Cnr Olivers Lane and Sutton Grange Road, Contacts: 15 Lyttleton St. Maternal and Child Health Elphinstone VIC 3448 Loddon Mallee Regional Manager Centre, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Parents Without Partners Telephone: Rebecca Paine (03) 5472 1364 Mon-Fri 9 - 4.30 (03) 5423 2354 Location: Contacts: 1 Feathertop Avenue, Lower Templestowe Castlemaine Maternal and Child Health Harcourt and District Playgroup VIC 3107 Centre Location: Telephone: (03) 5472 1364 Castlemaine Uniting Church Hall, Buckley Street, (03) 9852 1945 Maternal and Child Health Line Harcourt VIC 3453 1300 797 842 Country callers 13 2229 24 hour service Postal: (03) 9852 1570 FAX PO Box 62, Harcourt VIC 3453 Email: Nursing Mothers Music Playgroup with Norma [email protected] Australian Breastfeeding Internet: Lynch www.pwpvic.com Association (ABA) - Castlemaine and District Group Location: Scaffald (Supporting Children and M.A.S.C. Town Hall, Lyttleton Street, Families For All Levels of Postal: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Disabilities) PO Box 4000, Glen Iris VIC 3146 Postal: Telephone: PO Box 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 1800 686 686 Breastfeeding helpline Telephone: 145 Crook Street, Strathdale VIC 3550 (24hour 7days a week ) (03) 5472 4842 Postal: Internet: PO Box 2219, Bendigo Delivery Centre VIC www.breastfeeding.asn.au Newstead Playgroup (NPG) Birth - 3554 Contacts: 4 Years Telephone: Group Leader Castlemaine and District ABA Location: (03) 5442 7897 BH Group - Santha Traill Newstead Rural Transaction Centre, 45 (03) 5470 6450 Email: Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Group Leader Castlemaine and District ABA [email protected] Telephone: Group - Anita Bryce Internet: (03) 5476 2360 Mondays only www.riact.org.au (03) 5439 6376 Community Educator Castlemaine and Occasional Child Care - Maldon St Luke's - Youth Services District ABA Group - Kathryn Hall Neighbourhood Centre Location: (03) 5472 4198 Location: Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street, Breastfeeding Support Service Castlemaine VIC 3450 Neighbourhood Centre, Cnr Church and Postal: Location: Edwards Streets, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 23, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Bendigo Hospital, Maternity Services, Telephone: Telephone: Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 5475 2093 (03) 5470 6266 Telephone: Email: (03) 5440 1100 Bendigo (03) 5454 7284 BH [email protected] St Luke's Community Services Playgroup Victoria Location: Location: Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street, Head Office 346 Albert Street, Brunswick Castlemaine VIC 3450 VIC 3056

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Telephone: 1800 171 882 Will refer to local groups Child Care Access Hotline FUNERALS (03) 9380 6733 FAX Telephone: Email: 1800 670 305 Free Call Bereaved [email protected] 1800 639 327 TTY Internet: Bereavement Support Services www.playgroup.org.au Harcourt Preschool (Castlemaine) Taradale Playgroup Location: 28 Buckley Street, (Behind Uniting Church), Contacts: Location: Harcourt VIC 3453 Pastoral Care Co-ordinator, Castlemaine Taradale Primary School, Lyell Street, Telephone: Health Taradale VIC 3447 (03) 5474 2391 (03) 5471 1542 Danni Moore Postal: Contacts: [email protected] C/- Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Director - Lisa Gray Contacts: Compassionate Friends Victoria Margaret Barry Maldon Preschool Centre Inc 0417 547 270 Location: Location: Pre-School Centres 14/16 Camp Street, Maldon VIC 3463 173 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 Postal: Postal: Castlemaine Child Care Centre PO Box 444, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 171, Canterbury VIC 3126 Telephone: Telephone: Location: (03) 5475 2418 (03) 9888 4944 Grief Line 15-17 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC Contacts: 1800 641 091 Free Call 3450 Director - Ruth Munneke (03) 9888 4900 FAX Telephone: [email protected] (03) 9888 4034 Office and Admin. (03) 5472 3665 0437 749 739 Castlemaine Group Email: Newstead Preschool Preschool Email: [email protected] Association Inc. [email protected] u Castlemaine Kindergarten Location: Internet: Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Location: www.compassionatefriendsvictoria.org.au Postal: Berkeley Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: PO Box 111, Newstead VIC 3462 Postal: Castlemaine - Matthew Gildea Telephone: PO Box 715, Castlemaine VIC 3450 0437 749 739 Mobile Telephone: (03) 5476 2688 Phone Venue: Maternal and Child Health Centre, (03) 5472 1495 (03) 5476 2541 FAX for enquiries Lyttleton Street Castlemaine, Last Thursday (03) 5472 1595 FAX Mondays and Wednesdays of Month At 7.30pm, Email: Email: Bendigo Group - Kathy Smith [email protected] [email protected] (03) 5474 2364 Ray Street Children's Centre Meet 2nd Thursday of Month, South Castlemaine South Kindergarten Bendigo Progress Hall, Neal Street, Location: Location: Bendigo VIC 3550 9 Etty Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 54 Ray St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Telephone: Cemeteries (03) 5470 6080 Mon - Fri. 6.30am - PO Box 1241, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Baringhup Cemetery Telephone: 6.30pm (03) 5472 2432 School Holiday Program Location: Email: Off Weirs Road, Baringhup VIC 3463 [email protected]. Out of School Hours Contacts: au Alison Thomas Contacts: Location: (03) 5475 2862 President - Leonie Clifford Wintersflat Primary School - 3 Roberts Bakers Road, Baringhup VIC 3463 Avenue, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Steiner School and Postal: Castlemaine Cemetery Kindergarten PO Box 512, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: Location: Castlemaine General Cemetery, Cemetery (03) 5472 3359 Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Cnr Rilens Rd and Pyrenees Hwy, Email: Muckleford VIC 3451 Postal: [email protected] PO Box 1103, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Internet: PO Box 473, Castlemaine VIC 3450 cosc.impulse.net.au Chewton Cemetery Trust Telephone: (03) 5470 6235 Location: (03) 5470 6237 FAX Location - Sparks Road, Chewton VIC 3451 Email: Contacts: [email protected] President - Sally Morgan Internet: (03) 5472 1686 www.castlemainesteinerschool.com.au C/- Post Office, Chewton VIC 3451

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Elphinstone Cemetery Memorial Stones - Trevor D Contacts: Rhodes Memorials Funeral Directors - Thompson Family Location: Cemetery Road, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Location: Gayle L Ford (J.P.) (Civil Postal: 496 Woodbrook Road (extension of Celebrant) Richards Road - North end), Castlemaine 16 Wright Street, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Location: Contacts: VIC 3450 Kyneton VIC 3444 Telephone: Secretary - Cassandra Gunter Postal: (03) 5474 3240 (03) 5473 3363 PO Box 760, Kyneton VIC 3444 0418 510 769 Mobile Telephone: Franklinford - Yandoit Cemetery Email: (03) 5422 6814 Trust [email protected] Contacts: Location: Mount Alexander Funerals Proprietor - Trevor D Rhodes Cemetery Road, Franklinford VIC 3461 Location: Postal: Muckleford Cemetery Trust 12 Campbell Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 12 Morrison Drive, Yandoit VIC 3461 Telephone: Location: Contacts: (03) 5470 5951 Castlemaine Muckleford/Walmer Road, Muckleford VIC Secretary - Don Morrison (03) 5447 0929 240 High Street, 3451 (03) 5476 4245 Kangaroo Flat Contacts: Email: Fryerstown Cemetery Ian McQueen [email protected] (03) 5472 1462 Location: Contacts: 418 Maldon Road, Muckleford VIC 3451 Off Market Street, Fryerstown VIC 3451 Proprietors - Lyn and Brian Leidle Contacts: Newstead Cemetery Trust Pat Cubeta Sue Ingleton (Civil Celebrant) Location: (03) 5473 4373 Postal: Cemetery Road, Newstead VIC 3462 (03) 5472 1284 BH PO Box 266, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Castlemaine St, Fryerstown VIC 3451 Telephone: (03) 5476 2447 Guildford Cemetery Trust (03) 5472 2233 Sandon Cemetery 0404 098 920 Contacts: Mr Max Kay Location: Grief Counselling (03) 5473 4419 801 Creswick Road, Sandon VIC 3462 RSD Midland Highway, Yapeen VIC 3451 Contacts: Castlemaine District Community Secretary - Maureen Heagney Health (CDCH) - Grief Counselling Harcourt Cemetery (03) 5476 2382 872 Creswick Road, Sandon VIC 3462 Location: Location: 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Calder Highway, Harcourt VIC 3453 Sutton Grange Cemetery Telephone: Postal: Contacts: (03) 5479 1000 C/- 27 Twyford Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Email: Secretary - Ivan Collison Contacts: [email protected] Jan Hull (03) 5474 8230 286 Carnochan Road, Sutton Grange VIC Contacts: (03) 5474 2420 Receptionist (03) 5474 8288 AH 3448 Grief Counselling - Castlemaine Joyces Creek Cemetery Taradale Cemetery Trust Health Location: Contacts: Location: 290 Rodborough Rd, Joyces Creek VIC 3363 Olive Penno Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: (03) 5423 2280 Postal: 324 Rodborough Rd, Joyces Creek via "Glen Ellen", Davy Street, Taradale VIC PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Creswick VIC 3363 3447 Telephone: Contacts: Welshman's Reef Cemetery (03) 5471 1555 enquiries Lilian Skilbeck Contacts: (03) 5476 2450 Contacts: Di Reid Social Worker Maldon General Cemetery (03) 5476 2274 for information (03) 5471 1564 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Location: Pastoral Care Co-ordinator 80 Nuggetty Road, Maldon VIC 3463 Maldon/Newstead Road, Welshmans Reef VIC 3462 (03) 5471 1542 Postal: [email protected] PO Box 125, Maldon VIC 3463 Civil Celebrants Telephone: GARDENING (03) 5475 2531 Castlemaine and District Funeral 0408 599 173 On Call Parlors - Thompson Family Email: [email protected] Location: 123 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: (03) 5472 2202

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Clubs Horticulture HEALTH SERVICES Bendigo Native Plant Group Harcourt District Fruit Growers Location: Association Complementary Health Venue - Senior Citizens Club Rooms, Old Postal: Australasian College of High Street, Golden Square VIC 3555 PO Box 125, Harcourt VIC 3453 Postal: Dermatologists Contacts: PO Box 669, Bendigo VIC 3550 President - Trevor Peeler Telephone: Contacts: (03) 5474 3043 Shop 1300 361 821 National Office Secretary - Jan Waller 0407 834 533 Mobile Internet: (03) 5448 8082 www.dermcoll.asn.au Castlemaine and District Garden Noxious Weed Control Australian Red Cross Blood Club Inc Environment Officer, Mount Service (Bendigo Service) Location: Alexander Shire Location: Venue: Wesley Hill Hall, Duke St, 4th Location: Donormobile Caravan visits - Camp Tuesday At 7.30pm, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford Reserve Gingell Street, Castlemaine VIC Postal: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 3450 PO Box 758, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Telephone: Contacts: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 13 1495 Blood Service-Donor Secretary - Marion Cooke Telephone: Enquiries and Appointments. Dates and (03) 5473 4050 (03) 5471 1700 Enviroment Officer times will be listed in the local press [email protected] Email: Beyondblue (National Depression Garden Club - University of the [email protected] Initiative) Third Age (U3A) Internet: www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Location: Location: Contacts: 40 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Head Office : Uniting Church, Hall Lyttleton Environment Officer Postal: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5471 1700 PO Box 6100, Hawthorn West VIC 3122 Postal: [email protected] Telephone: PO Box 792, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au (03) 9810 6100 Contacts: (03) 9810 6111 FAX Convenor - Cath Polinelli Parks and Gardens 1300 224 636 Info Line (03) 5476 2402 Buda Historic Home and Gardens Email: PO Box 28, Newstead VIC 3462 [email protected] Inc Goldfields Bonsai Society Internet: Location: www.beyondblue.org.au Contacts: 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Breast Screen Victoria Trevor Wheeler Telephone: (03) 5476 2286 (03) 5472 1032 Phone/FAX Location: 18 Campbell Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Email: 31 Pelham St, Carlton South VIC 3053 Goldfields Roses and Gardens [email protected] Telephone: Internet: 13 2050 Appointments and Group Inc. www.budacastlemaine.org information (03) 9650 1411 Administration Telephone: Castlemaine and District Festival (03) 5470 5514 (MELB) of Gardens Inc (03) 5441 6850 Bendigo Regional Maldon Garden, Floral Art and Breastscreen Centre 375 Barnard Street Postal: Bendigo Craft Club PO Box 490, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5441 6852 FAX Telephone: Location: Internet: (03) 5472 1108 Folk Festival Office, 40-42 High Street, www.breastservices.Imha.com.au Bendigo Email: Maldon VIC 3463 www.breastscreen.org.au [email protected] Postal: Contacts: Internet: PO Box 226, Maldon VIC 3463 BreastScreen Victoria, Bendigo www.festivalofgardens.org Contacts: 375 Barnard Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Contacts: Secretary - Margaret Dimsey Breast Care Nurse Consultant (03) 5475 2787 President - Robyne Tresidder (03) 5441 6850 [email protected] Newstead and District Garden BreastScreen Victoria 375 Barnard Street, Tree Conservation Bendigo VIC 3550 Club Inc (NDGC) The Wig Library Location: Significant Tree Register 375 Barnard Street, Bendigo Office Newstead Community Centre, Newstead BreastScreen Victoria, Bendigo VIC 3550 VIC 3462 Contacts: Postal: Mt Alexander Shire Parks Service PO Box 28, Newstead VIC 3462 (03) 5471 1700 Town Hall Reception

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Central Victorian Health Alliance Dental Health Services Victoria (CVHA) Disability Aids Location: Location: Anne Caudle Centre (Bendigo Dental Health Services Victoria, Corporate Workspace Australia, Halford Street, Office-720 Swanston St.,, Carlton VIC 3053 Health Care Group) Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Postal: Location: (03) 9340 1000 Royal Dental Hospital 100-104 Barnard Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 PO Box 687, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 833 039 Free Call Telephone: Postal: 1300 360 054 Community dental Info PO Box 126, Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 5472 5333 service (03) 5472 5461 FAX Telephone: Internet: (03) 5454 6000 Email: www.dhsv.org.au [email protected] Internet: Internet: Dental Prosthetist (Mr W T Davies) www.bendigohealth.org.au www.cvha.com.au Location: Disability Access Volunteer HIV and Sexual Health Connect 92 Forest Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Network (MASDAG) Telephone: Line Contacts: (03) 5331 1802 BH Lorraine Le Plastrier Contacts: 0408 508 624 Mobile (03) 5472 5216 (CAN) Country Awareness Network (03) 5472 3111 Mondays after 1.00 PO Box 762, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5443 8355 Phone pm (03) 5443 8198 FAX Contacts: Alternative Health [email protected] Prosthetist W.T. Davies www.can.org.au Allergy Centre PO Box 1149, Bendigo VIC 3552 Denture Clinic Location: SANE Australia Location: 593 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham VIC 3132 Castlemaine and District Community Health Telephone: Telephone: Centre, (CHIRP), 13 Mostyn Street, 1800 187 263 Helpline (03) 9874 4144 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Internet: Telephone: www.allergycentre.com.au www.sane.org (03) 5479 1000 The Forge Yoga Centre Dietitian Emergency Medical Location: Treatment Community Health Centre 341 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 After Hours Medical Service - Postal: (CHIRP) - Dietitian Central Highlands PO Box 663, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: 0439 398 488 Telephone: 1300 557 512 Cost of local call Email: (03) 5479 1000 000 In an emergency [email protected] Dietitian - Castlemaine Health Castlemaine Health Dental Services Location: Location: Community Dental Services Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, Cornish St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Location: Telephone: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Bendigo Health Care Group, Ann Caudle (03) 5471 1458 enquiries Telephone: Campus, Lucan St, Bendigo VIC 3552 Contacts: (03) 5471 1555 Reception Telephone: Dietitian (03) 5471 1479 Admissions (03) 5454 7994 BH (03) 5471 1568 for appointment (03) 5471 1473 Acute Unit (03) 5454 7995 FAX Email: [email protected] (03) 5471 1471 Midwifery Internet: (03) 5471 1483 Pathology - Gribbles www.bendigohealth.org.au/dental.shtml Maldon Hospital Pathology Dentacare Location: (03) 5471 1495 Palliative Care Chapel St, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5472 4546 FAX Location: Telephone: Email: Level 2, 227 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries, [email protected] Telephone: (03) 5475 2029 FAX Internet: (03) 9654 6355 Email: www.mtalexhosp.vic.gov.au 1800 810 217 Free Call [email protected] Organ Donor Registry Dental Clinics Contacts: Director of Nursing - Jan Hutchinson Location: Location: Level 2, 19-21 Argyle Place South, Carlton Castlemaine VIC 3450 VIC 3053 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5472 3437 J. R. Jefferies. 54a 1800 777 203 National register Free calll Hargreaves Street, Castlemaine 1300 133 050 Organ donation Victoria (03) 5472 1377 D. Sims. 21 Lyttleton Internet: Street, Castlemaine. www.donatelife.gov.au

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First Aid Hearing Advisory Service: Better Hearing Australia (Vic) Inc Hospitals Ambulance Victoria Location: Bendigo Health Care Group Telephone: Head Office, 5 High Street, Prahran VIC Location: 000 EMERGENCIES free call 24 hour 3181 Bendigo Hospital Campus, Lucan Street, service Telephone: Bendigo VIC 3550 1800 301 130 TTY (03) 9510 1577 provides failitators Postal: 106 (emergency number for people with for groups PO Box 126, Bendigo VIC 3550 communication impairment) (03) 9510 3499 T.T.Y. Telephone: (03) 5338 5000 Administration (03) 9510 6076 FAX (03) 5454 6000 Main hospital (03) 5338 5211 FAX Email: number & Patient Enquiries 1800 248 859 First Aid Kits [email protected] 1300 363 788 Psychatric Emergency Only Internet: Internet: Internet: www.rav.vic.gov.au www.betterhearing.org.au www.bendigohealth.org.au First Aid and CPR Training Hearing Services Voucher System Castlemaine Health - Office of Hearing Services Location: Location: Castlemaine District Community Health Telephone: Cornish St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Centre (CHIRP), 13 Mostyn Street, 1800 500 726 client services, hotline Postal: Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 500 496 TTY PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Email: Telephone: (03) 5479 1000 [email protected] (03) 5471 1555 Reception Internet: (03) 5471 1479 Admissions Hearing Impaired www.health.gov.au/hear (03) 5471 1473 Acute Unit Australian Hearing Bendigo Office (03) 5471 1471 Midwifery Hearing Services, Office of (03) 5471 1483 Pathology - Gribbles Location: (Department of Health and Ageing Pathology 62 Queen Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 (Commonwealth Govt) (03) 5471 1495 Palliative Care Telephone: (03) 5472 4546 FAX 13 1797 Connects to Nearest Hearing Location: Email: Centre Office of Hearing (Dept of Health and [email protected] (03) 5445 1400 Ageing), Canberra ACT Internet: Internet: Postal: www.mtalexhosp.vic.gov.au www.hearing.com.au Mail Drop Point 113, GPO Box 9848, Contacts: Canberra ACT 2601 Community Support Co-Ordinator Audiologist (Visits Castlemaine CHIRP - Telephone: - Castlemaine Health Fridays) (03) 9665 8070 Location: 13 1797 For Appointment 1800 555 013 Email: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Community Health Centre [email protected] Postal: (CHIRP) Hearing Loss Internet: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Management www.health.gov.au/hear Telephone: (03) 5471 1565 Enquiries Location: Menieres Australia Contacts: 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Coordinator Telephone: Email - [email protected] Suite 4/18-28 Skye Road, Frankston VIC (03) 5479 1000 Receptionist 3199 Radiology Department (XRAY) - Deaf Access Victoria Telephone: Castlemaine Health (03) 9783 9233 Phone/TTY Location: Email: Location: Commonwealth Carelink Centre, 48 Queen [email protected] Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Internet: Postal: Postal: www.menieres.org.au PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 126, Bendigo VIC 3552 Telephone: Telephone: Telstra Disability Services (03) 5471 1482 enquiries 1300 650 175 Voice Telephone: (03) 5454 6445 Voice St John of God Hospital Bendigo 1800 068 424 Voice - General enquiries 1300 650 185 TTY (including locations of TTY Public Phones) Location: (03) 5441 1279 FAX 1800 808 981 TTY Lily St (Cnr Chum Street), Bendigo VIC 3550 Email: 1800 814 777 FAX Postal: [email protected] Email: P.O Box 478, Bendigo VIC 3552 Internet: [email protected] Telephone: www.deafaccessvic.com.au (03) 5434 3434 1800 640 240 Information (03) 5434 3455 FAX Email: [email protected]

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Internet: District Nurses - Castlemaine Telephone: www.sjog.org.au/bendigo Health (03) 5471 1568 Immunisation Location: Maldon Hospital Immunisation (School Entry Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, Location: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Immunisation Certificate) Chapel St, Maldon VIC 3463 Postal: Telephone: Telephone: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries, 1300 882 008 For more information Telephone: (03) 5475 2029 FAX 1800 653 809 Medicare Immunisation (03) 5471 1695 FAX Email: Register (children under 7 years (03) 5471 1495 District Nursing [email protected] Internet: Service Office Contacts: www.health.vic.gov.au/immunisation under 0418 141 832 Mobile Director of Nursing - Jan Hutchinson Frequently Asked Questions Contacts: Physiotherapy - by appointment www.medicareaustralia.gov.au Nurse Unit Manager (03) 5471 1694 Physiotherapy - Castlemaine Mount Alexander Shire - Email: [email protected] Health Children's Free Immunisation District Nursing - Maldon Hospital Location: Sessions Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Postal: Location: Chapel Street, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Maternal and Child Health Telephone: Telephone: Centre, 15 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries 3450 (03) 5471 1570 Enquiries Telephone: Nurse-on-call - Health Information Contacts: (03) 5472 1364 Maternal and Child Phoneline Physiotherapist Health Centre for appointments/information (03) 5471 1568 For Appointment (03) 5471 1700 Mount Alexander Telephone: Email: [email protected] Shire Offices 1300 606 024 24 hours/7 days 1300 366 356 Information Victoria for Podiatry Nursing written information Internet: Maldon Hospital Community Mental Health www.health.vic.gov.au/nurseoncall For Location: Services (Castlemaine) more information Chapel St, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Occupational Therapist Telephone: Bendigo Health Care Group, Psychiatric (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries, Services Division, Cnr Condon and Crook Occupational Therapy - (03) 5475 2029 FAX Streets, Bendigo VIC 3551 Castlemaine Health Email: Postal: [email protected] PO Box 78, Strathdale VIC 3550 Location: Contacts: Telephone: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Director of Nursing - Jan Hutchinson 1300 363 788 24 Hrs - for psychiatric Postal: Podiatry emergency PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Podiatrist - Castlemaine Health (03) 5440 6500 Community Mental Telephone: Health Bendigo (03) 5471 1568 enquiries Location: (03) 5472 4122 Castlemaine Contacts: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Psychiatric Service Occupational Therapy Department Postal: (03) 5421 2100 Kyneton Email: [email protected] PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Telephone: www.bendigohealth.org.au/Rural- Physiotherapy (03) 5471 1568 Appointments ACMHS.shtml Community Health Centre Contacts: Contacts: Podiatrist Castlemaine Psychiatric Service (CHIRP) - Physiotherapy/Group Email: (03) 5472 4122 Exercise [email protected] 141 Cornish St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: PO Box 82, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Rehabilitation 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Continence Service - Community Telephone: Bendigo CRS Australia Rehabilitation Castlemaine Health (03) 5479 1000 Contacts: Location: Location: Tai Chi Groups for Arthritis 5 Viewpoint, Bendigo VIC 3550 Mt Alexander Hospital, Cornish Street, Strength Training Groups Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5430 5350 Postal: Continence Service - Community 1800 277 277 PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Rehabilitation Castlemaine Health Community Rehabilitation Centre - Telephone: Location: Castlemaine Health (03) 5471 1568 Mt Alexander Hospital, Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Postal: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450

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Postal: Postal: Telephone: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Locked Bag 3001, Hawthorn VIC 3122 (03) 5454 8930 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5471 1555 Enquiries (03) 9815 7800 Cancer Council of Victoria, The (03) 5471 1568 For allied health 1800 100 500 National Dementia Helpline Location: appointments (03) 9815 7801 FAX 1 Rathdowne St, Carlton South VIC 3053 Email: Email: Telephone: [email protected] [email protected] (03) 9635 5000 enquiries Contacts: Internet: 13 1120 FREECALL CANCER Manager www.alzheimers.org.au HELPLINE (03) 5471 1574 Anti Cancer Council Helpline (03) 9635 5270 FAX Email: 13 7848 QUIT LINE [email protected] Location: Email: Rehabilitation - Castlemaine Anti Cancer Council of Victoria, 1 [email protected] Health Rathdowne Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Internet: Telephone: www.cancervic.org.au Location: (03) 9635 5000 Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 13 1120 Cancer Help Line Carers Victoria Postal: Email: Location: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Cancer Help Line [email protected] 1/37 Albert Street, Footscray VIC 3011 Telephone: Arthritis Foundation of Victoria Postal: (03) 5471 1595 Enquiries PO Box 2204, Footscray VIC 3011 Contacts: (incorporating Osteoporosis Telephone: Rehabilitation Unit - Ward Connolly Victoria) 1800 242 636 Free Call (03) 9396 9500 Location: Speech Therapy Email: 263-265 Kooyong Road, Elsternwick VIC [email protected] Speech Pathology Castlemaine 3185 Internet: Postal: Health www.carersvic.com.au PO Box 130, Caulfield South VIC 3162 Location: Telephone: Castlemaine and District HIV and Castlemaine Health, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 8531 8000 Hep C Support Group (CADHS) Postal: (03) 9530 0228 FAX PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 011 041 Free Call Location: Telephone: Email: Resource Centre, Country Awareness (03) 5471 1573 Enquiries [email protected] Network, 34 Myers St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Internet: Postal: Support Groups www.arthritisvic.org.au PO Box 1149, Bendigo VIC 3550 Abortion and Grief Helpline Telephone: Asthma Foundation of Victoria (03) 5443 8355 For Information Telephone: Location: Email: 1300 363 550 491 - 495 King Street, West Melbourne VIC [email protected] Internet: 3003 Internet: www.abortion grief.asn.au Telephone: www.can.org.au Aged Care Assessment Teams 1800 645 130 Free Call Commonwealth Respite and (03) 9326 7088 (ACAT) Email: Carelink Centres Telephone: [email protected] Location: 1800 500 853 Aged and Community Care Internet: 48 Queen St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Information Line will connect to local agency www.asthma.org.au Telephone: 1800 052 222 Commonwealth Carelink Bendigo Community Health 1800 052 222 Free Call Centre 1800 555 677 TTY callers dial this number Internet: Service (Alcohol and Drug then ask for 1800 052 222 www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au Services) 1800 059 059 Emergency Respite Support AH Alateen Family Group Location: Email: 171 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo, Helm [email protected] Telephone: Street, Kangaroo Flat & 3 Seymoure St., Internet: (03) 9642 3330 Will give details of Eaglehawk, Bendigo VIC 3550 local contacts Telephone: www.commcarelink.health.gov.au Internet: (03) 5430 0500 Kangaroo Flat www.alanon.alateen.org/australia Continence Foundation of 1800 636 514 Needle Exchange: Tue-Sat. Australia Ltd Contacts: 7:30pm - 10:30pm Alateen Contact - Michelle Location: 0438 705 797 Bendigo Community Palliative 293 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052 Alzheimers Australia Vic Care Services Telephone: Location: 1800 330 066 Freecall National Continence Location: Helpline 98-104 Riversdale Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 10 Mercy Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Postal: Internet: PO Box 126, Bendigo VIC 3550 www.continence.org.au

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Council On the Ageing Victoria Contacts: Email: Bendigo Group [email protected] (COTA Victoria) 1800 558 268 Free Call Internet: Location: 8 Olinda Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 www.strokefoundation.com.au Level 4 Block Arcade, 98 Elizabeth Street, Health and Ageing Pregnancy and Post Abortion Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: Commonwealth Department of Support Service (03) 9654 4443 Location: Telephone: (03) 9654 4456 FAX Level 7/8/9, 595 Collins Street, Melbourne (03) 5442 4644 Gianna Centre, 1300 135 090 Seniors Information Line - VIC 3000 Bendigo Office at 247 Flinders Lane Melbourne Postal: 0417 392 255 Mobile 1800 136 381 Freecall Country G P O Box 9848, Melbourne VIC 3001 1300 737 732 Email: Telephone: [email protected] (03) 9665 8888 Aged Care Pregnancy Support Services Internet: Melbourne Office Telephone: www.cotavic.org.au 1800 020 103 General Enquiries 1300 139 313 Country Awareness Network 1800 500 853 Aged care info line Internet: 1800 500 726 Office of Hearing Services www.pregnancysupport.com.au (Victoria) Inc (CAN) 1800 550 552 Aged Care Complaints Location: 1800 700 600 Aged Care Advocacy Line Prenancy Support Service 34 Myers Street, Bendigo VIC 3552 Internet: Location: Postal: www.agedrights.asn.au Aged care 41 Park Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 PO Box 1149, Bendigo VIC 3552 advocacy online Telephone: www.health.gov.au Telephone: (03) 9370 3933 (03) 5443 8355 Heart Support Australia (HSA) 1800 134 863 (03) 5443 8198 FAX (Castlemaine Group) Internet: 0418 836 006 Mobile www.carolinechisholmsociety.com.au. Email: Location: [email protected] Venue -West End Hall, View Street, Rural Disability Access Project Internet: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Officer www.can.org.au Postal: Location: Disability Support Service, St PO Box 121, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mount Alexander Shire Offices, 25 Lyttleton Telephone: Luke's Anglicare Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5470 5563 Castlemaine Branch Postal: Location: Contacts: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street President - Evan Walters Telephone: Castlemaine, Castlemaine Vic 3450 Menieres Australia (03) 5471 1700 Telephone: (03) 5421 2000 Kyneton Location: Social Worker - Castlemaine Suite 4/18-28 Skye Road, Frankston VIC Health Epilepsy Action Australia 3199 Telephone: Location: Postal: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 GPO Box 9878, Melbourne VIC 3001 (03) 9783 9233 Phone/TTY Email: Postal: Internet: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.epilepsy.org.au [email protected] Internet: Contacts: Gamma Line Telephone www.menieres.org.au Social Worker Counselling Service (03) 5471 1564 Motor Neurone Disease Assn. of Vision Australia - Seeing Eye Dog Location: Vic. Inc. The Franklin Centre, 1B Hamilton Street, Mobility & Orientation Mont Albert VIC 3127 Location: 265 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 Location: Telephone: 17 Barrett Street, Kensington VIC 3031 (03) 9899 0509 Postal: P.O.Box 23, Canterbury VIC 3126 Telephone: Internet: (03) 9381 6400 www.vicnet.net.au/abma Telephone: (03) 9830 2122 (03) 9381 6464 FAX GROW Victoria Mental Health (03) 9830 2228 FAX 1800 037 773 Free Call Email: Email: Location: [email protected] GROW Community Centre, 707 Glenhuntly [email protected] Internet: Internet: Road, Caulfield South VIC 3162 www.seda.org.au Telephone: www.mnd.asn.au (03) 9523 6877 FAX National Stroke Foundation (03) 9528 2977 1800 558 268 Free Call Location: Email: Level 7, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC [email protected] 3000 Internet: Telephone: grow.net.au (03) 9670 1000 1300 194 196 1800 787 653 Strokeline 000 Emergency

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(03) 5434 4300 Seymour street Visually Impaired Midwifery - Castlemaine Health Eaglehawk Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) Location: (03) 5430 0500 Kangaroo Flat 13-25 Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Helm Street Location: Postal: (03) 5441 9800 Health Promotions Ross House, Level 3, 247 - 251 Flinders PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Unit, Central Bendigo (47 High Street Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: (03) 5441 9800 'LINKS' Young Telephone: (03) 5471 1473 Enquiries Peoples, Health Service, Central Bendigo 1800 033 660 Free Call (03) 5471 1471 Midwifery/ Antenatal (47 High Street) (03) 9654 1400 classes 1800 620 542 Victims Assistance Program (03) 9650 3200 FAX Contacts: - Freecall (03) 9639 1728 TTY Nurse Unit Manager (03) 5434 4300 Family Planning & Email: (03) 5471 1462 Emergency Contraception [email protected] 1800 244 323 Advisory Services Team Internet: Post and Ante Natal Depression 1300 363 788 Youth Earlt Psychosis worker www.bca.org.au Association Inc (PANDA) Internet: www.bchs.com.au rph Print Radio - Bendigo 88.7 FM Location: 810 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy North VIC 3068 Bendigo Health Care Group Location: Telephone: Community Services, Vision Australia Location: 1300 726 306 Free Call Centre, 92 - 100 Mc Ivor Road, Bendigo VIC Bendigo Hospital Campus, Lucan Street, (03) 9481 3377 Administration 3550 Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 9482 6210 FAX Telephone: Postal: Email: 1300 847 466 Bendigo office enquiries PO Box 126, Bendigo VIC 3550 [email protected] Email: Telephone: Internet: www.visionaustralia.org.au (03) 5454 6000 Main hospital www.panda.org.au number & Patient Enquiries Vision Australia - Seeing Eye Dog Pregnancy and Post Abortion 1300 363 788 Psychatric Emergency Only Mobility & Orientation Support Service Internet: Location: www.bendigohealth.org.au Telephone: 17 Barrett Street, Kensington VIC 3031 (03) 5442 4644 Gianna Centre, Bendigo Regional Breastscreen Telephone: Bendigo Centre (03) 9381 6400 0417 392 255 Mobile (03) 9381 6464 FAX Location: 1300 737 732 1800 037 773 Free Call 375 Barnard Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Email: Pregnancy Support Services Postal: [email protected] PO Box 478, Bendigo VIC 3551 Internet: Telephone: Telephone: www.seda.org.au 1300 139 313 (03) 5441 6850 Bendigo Office & Internet: BreastScreen Buses bookings Vision Australia Foundation, www.pregnancysupport.com.au 13 2050 Appointments Loddon Mallee Prenancy Support Service (03) 5441 6852 FAX Email: Location: Location: [email protected] 92-100 McIvor Road, Bendigo VIC 3550 41 Park Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 Internet: Telephone: Telephone: www.breastservices.lmha.com.au 1300 847 466 Free Call (03) 9370 3933 (03) 9334 3260 TTY 1800 134 863 Castlemaine District Community Email: Internet: Health Centre (CHIRP) ruth.o'[email protected] www.carolinechisholmsociety.com.au. Location: Birth Community Health Centres 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Birthing Centre - Castlemaine Bendigo Community Health (03) 5479 1000 Health Services Inc (BCHS) Contacts: CEO (Chief Executive Officer) - Eileen Location: Location: Mt Alexander Hospital, Cornish Street, Brownless Flat 13-25 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat (gen [email protected] Castlemaine VIC 3450 inquiries), Postal: Postal: Medical Clinics PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 P O Box 169, Eaglehawk VIC 3556 Contacts: Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5471 1471 Maternity Ward (03) 5471 1555 Reception Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Telephone: 1300 737 732 Internet: www.pregnancycounselling.com. au

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Mostyn Street Clinic Goldfields Library Corporation Goldfields Library Corporation (03) 5472 1255 Location: Location: (03) 5472 2056 FAX Bendigo Library, 259 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Library, 259 Hargreaves Street, 11 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Bendigo VIC 3550 Bendigo VIC 3550 Lyttleton Street Medical Clinic Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5472 3233 (03) 5449 2700 (03) 5449 2700 64 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5441 2247 FAX (03) 5441 2247 FAX Botanical Gardens Health Clinic Email: Email: (03) 5472 1844 [email protected] [email protected] (03) 5470 6144 FAX Internet: Internet: 137 Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au 3450 General Practitioner - Dr Peter MacCallum Maldon Athenaeum Library Maldon Neighbourhood Centre (03) 5470 5151 11 Hall Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Location: Maldon Medical Clinic 97 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Cnr Church and Edwards St, Maldon VIC (03) 5475 2366 Postal: 3463 Chapel Street North, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 219, Maldon VIC 3463 Telephone: Contacts: (03) 5475 2093 National Diabetes Services President - Joy Leneaux-Gale (03) 5475 2093 FAX Scheme (NDSS) (03) 5475 1326 Email: PO Box 149, Maldon VIC 3463 [email protected] Location: Secretary - Liz Pollard Community Health Centre (CHIRP), 13 (03) 5475 2370 Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 151 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Telephone: Old Shire Offices, 45 Lyons Street, (03) 5479 1000 Newstead Community Library Newstead VIC 3462 Contacts: Location: Telephone: Diabetes Nurse Educators RTC (Rural Transaction Centre) Lyons (03) 5476 2360 St John of God Pathology Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Email: Telephone: [email protected] Location: (03) 5476 2360 Internet: 88 Forest Street (next door to RSPCA Contacts: www.newstead.vic.au shop), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Library Manager - Susan Redlande Telephone: (03) 5476 6263 Toy Library (03) 5470 5091 Manager - RTC - Susan Nichol Toy Library Castlemaine and LIBRARY SERVICES Vision Australia - Blindness and District Low Vision Services Location: Books Location: Venue :-, Maternal and Child Health Centre, CAE Book Groups 454 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong Vic 3144 15 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Postal: Location: (03) 9864 9222 Administration PO Box 384, Castlemaine VIC 3450 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 1300 847 466 Will connect to local centre Telephone: Email: LOCAL HISTORY (03) 9652 0611 General [email protected] Enquiries/Enrolments Internet: Genealogy 1800 601 111 Free Call www.visionaustralia.org (03) 9657 8155 FAX www.visionaustralia.org/shop Equipment Births Deaths and Marriages Email: Solutions service Registry. Victorian Communities, [email protected] Internet: Internet Access Dept of www.cae.edu.au Castlemaine Public Library Location: Castlemaine Public Library 595 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Location: Postal: Location: 212 Barker Street, (entrance - Mechanics P O Box 4332, Melbourne VIC 3001 212 Barker Street, (entrance - Mechanics Lane), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Lane), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: 1300 369 367 Information and enquiries Telephone: (03) 5472 1458 Phone Internet: (03) 5472 1458 Phone (03) 5472 4865 FAX www.bdm.vic.gov.au (03) 5472 4865 FAX Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Internet: Internet: www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au Contacts: Contacts: Librarian - Allison Katona Librarian - Allison Katona [email protected] [email protected]

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President - Friends of Mt Alexander Historical Sites Diggings (FOMAD) - Doug McConville Maldon Museum and Archive Association Inc Beehive Gold Mine (03) 5470 6332 Visitor Information Centre Location: Internet: (03) 5471 1795 Shire Gardens, Cnr Fountain and High www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Market Building, Mostyn Street, Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Buda Historic Home and Gardens Postal: Inc Mount Alexander Shire Heritage PO Box 235, Maldon VIC 3463 Advisor Telephone: Location: (03) 5475 1633 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Internet: Telephone: Mount Alexander Shire Council, 25 Lyttleton www.maldonmuseum.com.au (03) 5472 1032 Phone/FAX Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Email: Postal: Secretary - Elizabeth Allan [email protected] PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 2618 Enquiries Internet: Telephone: [email protected] www.budacastlemaine.org (03) 5471 1700 for appointments Email: Malmsbury Historical Society Faulder Watson Hall [email protected] Postal: Location: Internet: PO Box 113, Malmsbury VIC 3446 206-208 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Email: Contacts: [email protected] Secretary Pioneers and Old Residents - Historical Societies Internet: Wilson Burton Castlemaine Historical Society Inc home.vicnet.net.au/~malmhist (03) 5472 3186 Contacts: [email protected] Location: President & Editor - Ian Thomas Former Court House (1852), 7 Goldsmith Forest Creek Historic Gold (03) 5423 9188 Cres, Castlemaine, Castlemaine VIC 3450 0417 036 194 Mobile Diggings Site Postal: [email protected] Location: PO Box 655, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Secretary - Susan Walter Site: Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine VIC Telephone: (03) 5423 9383 3450 (03) 5470 6072 Operates Tuesdays Email: [email protected] Contacts: 9.00 am - 3.00pm Otherwise Message Bank National Trust of Australia (Mount Part of Castlemaine Diggings National Alexander Branch) Heritage Park Email: [email protected] 13 1963 Parks Victoria Information Postal: Internet: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au PO Box 957, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.castlemainehistoricalsociety.com Parks Victoria Information Centre 13 1963, Email: Contacts: PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Executive Officer and Archivist/Liaison - Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre Contacts: Alleyne Hockley (03) 5471 1795 to book tours President - David Cunningham (03) 5472 1425 Archivist/Liaison (03) 5471 1746 FAX [email protected] (03) 5470 6072 Executive Officer Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 39 Bull Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Research Officer - Marjorie Theobald Secretary - Peter Brain Herons Reef Gold Diggings (03) 5472 3082 [email protected] President - Ray Pattle Location: (03) 5473 4273 Fryers Road, Fryerstown VIC 3451 Newstead and District Historical Secretary - Warwick Anderson Contacts: Society (NDHS) (03) 5470 6072 Parks Victoria Location: 13 1963 General Parks Victoria Chewton Domain Society Inc Old Court House, Canrobert Street, Information Centre 24 hour service (People and Places Exhibition) Newstead VIC 3462 www.parkvic.vic.gov.au Postal: Location: Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 C/O Post Office, Newstead VIC 3462 Town Hall, Pyrenees Hwy, Chewton VIC Internet: Maldon Heritage Advisory 3451 Committee Postal: home.vicnet.au/~newdhs/ Contacts: PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 Contacts: Telephone: Secretary - Dawn Angliss Refer to Mount Alexander Shire Council (03) 5476 2006 (03) 5470 6131 Town Hall (03) 5471 1700 Treasurer - Janet Trudgeon Contacts: 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5476 2437 Secretary - Bettie Exon PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 President - Derek Reid (03) 5472 3892 (03) 5476 2274 Mount Alexander Diggings www.chewton.net PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 Postal: Membership Sec. - Edna Preece PO Box 125, Castlemaine VIC 3450 150 Main Road (opposite Town Hall), Contacts: Chewton VIC 3451 PO Box 85, Chewton VIC 3451 President - Helen McGeachin (03) 5472 3990

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Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Contacts: Association (Established 1912) PHILOSOPHIES AND Secretary - Gavin Alexander RELIGIONS (03) 5475 2338 Contacts: 4 Warnoc Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Secretary - Peter Thompson (03) 5472 2202 Annual Reunion 2nd Alternative Lifestyles Castlemaine Anglican Parish Saturday October Churches 123 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Corinella Mark Lodge No. 18 Postal: Taradale Historical Group Inc Location: PO Box 106, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Maldon Masonic Centre, High Street, Telephone: Location: Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5472 1137 Castlemaine Rectory Mechanics Institute, Taradale VIC 3447 Postal: Email: Postal: PO Box 292, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Historical Group, Taradale VIC 3447 Contacts: Contacts: Contacts: Secretary - Robert Brown Rector - Ken Parker Shirley Miller (03) 5470 5752 (03) 5472 1137 (03) 5473 3315 PO Box 292, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Anglican Parish Office 3447 Calder Highway, Taradale VIC 3447 Maldon Southern Cross Masonic (03) 5472 1137 Open weekdays Museums 10.00am - 2.00pm Lodge St John's Anglican Church Castlemaine Art Gallery and Location: Archers Road, Chewton VIC 3451 Historical Museum Masonic Centre High Street, Maldon VIC St Mary's Anglican Church. Elphinstone 3463 Christ Church, Castlemaine Location: Telephone: 8 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 14 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5470 5395 Postal: Castlemaine Assembly of God PO Box 248, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mount Alexander Sustainability (CAOG) Telephone: Group (MASG) Location: (03) 5472 2292 Venue - Campbells Creek Community (03) 5470 6184 FAX Location: Centre, Campbells Creek VIC Email: George Clarke Building, 203 - 205 Barker Postal: [email protected] Streert, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 570, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Postal: Email: www.castlemainegallery.com PO Box 1043, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Contacts: Telephone: Contacts: Director - Peter Perry (03) 5470 6978 Email: Pastor - Paul Jenkins Chewton Town Hall [email protected] (03) 5472 4660 Internet: Location: Castlemaine Presbyterian Church www.masg.org.au Main Road, Chewton VIC 3451 Location: Telephone: Churches (Christian) 11 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5470 6131 Only when hall Contacts: attended Aglow Castlemaine Secretary - Lin MacDonald (03) 5472 2189 venue for meetings, (03) 5472 1197 bookings essential Location: 11 Merrifield Street, Castlemaine VIC Email: Venue- Campbells Creek Community 3450 [email protected] Centre, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Contacts: Minister - Rev John Gething Harcourt Valley Heritage and President - Sandra Mitchell (03) 5472 1281 Tourist Centre Inc (03) 5472 5147 Catholic Churches,Mount 41 Carol Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Alexander Shire Baptist Church Castlemaine ANA Hall, High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Contacts: Postal: Location: *Saint Mary's Catholic Church -Castlemaine - PO Box 56, Harcourt VIC 3453 20 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Rev Carlton De Silva Contacts: Postal: (03) 5472 1900 Secretary (Tourism) - Joan Lienhop PO Box 569, Castlemaine VIC 3450 76 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5474 2321 Contacts: 3450 President (Heritage) - George Milford Rev Jack Blankley PO Box 151, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5474 2426 (03) 5472 1397 Manse *Saint Annes Catholic Church- Newstead - Brett McArdle Rev Carlton De Silva (03) 5473 4374 (03) 5472 1900 (03) 5476 2210 Pat McBean Baptist Church Maldon PO Box 151, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: *Saint Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church - Cnr Templeton and Edwards Streets, Sandon - Rev Carlton De Silva Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5472 1900 Email: (03) 5476 2382 Maureen Heagney [email protected] PO Box 151, Castlemaine VIC 3450 *Saint Brigids - Maldon - Rev Carlton De Silva (03) 5472 1900 PO Box 151, Castlemaine VIC 3450

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Church of Christ Castlemaine Contacts: Lutheran Church (Castlemaine) Don Morrison Location: Location: (03) 5476 4245 66 Blakely Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue: Seventh Day Adventist Church, Cnr 12 Morrison Drive, Yandoit VIC 3461 Telephone: Barker and Campbell Sts, Castlemaine VIC Uniting Church of Australia - (03) 5470 5381 Office 3450 Email: Contacts: Castlemaine Parish [email protected] Pastor - Fraser Pearce Location: Contacts: (03) 5441 5021 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Minister - Blair Davis Manse, 3 Walker Drive, Bendigo VIC Telephone: (03) 5470 5965 3550 (03) 5470 5702 Assoc. Minister - Julie Davis Email: (03) 5470 5965 Maldon Anglican Parish Churches [email protected] Full Gospel Church Castlemaine Email: Internet: [email protected] [email protected] Location: Contacts: Contacts: Venue, Senior Citizens Hall, Mechanics Fiona Gay Margaret Levecke Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 2221 For information re 37 Gaffney Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Parish Churches Uniting Church Newstead - Karyn Maloney Pastor - Roger Thurecht 7 Templeton Street, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5476 2234 (03) 5474 2285 *Holy Trinity Church Maldon Castlemaine and District Parish Office Greek Orthodox Church *Lanacoorie Anglican Church (03) 5472 1489 *All Saint Newstead Anglican Church Location: Panmure Street, Civil Celebrants 3 Marong Rd, Iron Bark Via, Bendigo VIC *Yandoit Anglican Church 3550 *Eastville Anglican Church Castlemaine Johanine Community Postal: Salvation Army, Castlemaine Location: PO Box 356, Bendigo VIC 3550 Venue: Phone for Details Telephone: Corps Postal: (03) 5441 6800 Bendigo Location: PO Box 412, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Holy Trinity Anglican Church Citadel, 47 Kennedy Street, (Near Railway Contacts: Station), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Pastor - Kenneth Killeen Maldon Telephone: (03) 5476 2022 Location: (03) 5470 5389 Castlemaine [email protected] "Fiona Gay" Mainstreet, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: Sue Ingleton (Civil Celebrant) Postal: Majors - Sean and Rachel Attard PO Box 128, Maldon VIC 3463 www.salvationarmy.org.au Postal: Email: Seventh-Day Adventist Church PO Box 266, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Telephone: Location: (03) 5472 2233 Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cnr Barker and Campbell Streets, 0404 098 920 Taradale Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Postal: RECREATIONAL Olive Penno PO Box 330, Castlemaine VIC 3450 FACILITIES (03) 5423 2280 Contacts: "Glen Ellen", Davy Street, Taradale VIC Marie Girvan 3447 (03) 5472 1884 Camping Grounds 7 Blakely Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Jehovahs Witness Bushwalking Victoria Uniting Church - Harcourt Location: Postal: Kingdom Hall, Bendigo VIC 3550 Location: PO Box 1007, Templestowe VIC 3106 Contacts: Buckley Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Telephone: Bendigo Central Congregation Contacts: (03) 8846 4131 (03) 5443 4135 Marie Twyford (03) 9846 7473 Fax Golden Square Congregation (03) 5474 2739 Email: (03) 5443 1429 [email protected] [email protected] P.O Box 1, Harcourt VIC 3453 Internet: Liberty Christian Life Centre Uniting Church - Maldon www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au Location: Great Dividing Trail Association Venue - Campbells Creek Community Location: Centre, Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek Fountain Street, Maldon VIC 3463 GDTA Inc Contacts: VIC 3451 Postal: Assistant Secretary/Treasurer - Dawn Waller Contacts: Great Dividing Trail Association, PO Box Pastor - Paul Jenkins (03) 5475 1044 [email protected] 429, Daylesford VIC 3460 (03) 5472 4660 Internet: 0409 333 965 Mobile Uniting Church - Yandoit www.gdt.org.au Email: [email protected] Contacts: PO Box 570, Castlemaine VIC 3450 President - Alison Lanigan (03) 5345 2958

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Parks Victoria (DSE) Castlemaine Presbyterian Church Elphinstone Recreation Hall (Administered By Elphinstone Postal: Hall Community Facility) PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: 13 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 13 1963 24 hour service General Contacts: Cnr Elphinstone and Sutton Grange Road, Parks Vic Information Centre Secretary - Lin Mc Donald Elphinstone VIC 3448 Internet: (03) 5472 1197 Contacts: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au 11 Merrifield Street, Castlemaine VIC Elphinstone Community Facilities- Secretary 3450 - Maree Priestley Conference Facilities and Hall bookings - C/- Elphinstone Post Office Halls for Hire Castlemaine Senior Citizens (03) 5473 3200 bookings Clubrooms Hall Barfold Hall Guildford Music Hall Location: Location: Location: Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Guildford Family Hotel, Midland Highway, 1909 Redesdale Road/Kyneton Road, Telephone: Guildford VIC 3451 Barfold VIC 3444 (03) 5471 1700 Re Bookings Contacts: Contacts: Contacts: Hall Bookings - Guildford Family Hotel Booking Officer - Elaine Murphy Town Hall Reception (03) 5473 4215 (03) 5423 4156 (03) 5471 1700 89 Morgans Rd, Barfold VIC 3444 [email protected] Guildford Public Hall Baringhup Community Committee www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Location: Cnr Fryers and Templeton Streets, Guildford Baringhup Hall, Burke Street, Baringhup VIC Chewton Community Centre Hall VIC 3451 Email: 3463 Location: [email protected] Hall Contacts: Pyrenees Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 Contacts: Hall Hire - Jackie Brown Postal: Chair Person - Greg Edward (03) 5475 2547 C/- Chewton Post Office, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 5473 4331 415 Waterson Road, Baringhup Vic 3463 Contacts: 0418 252 671 Mobile Hall Booking Officer - Dorothy Pollard Barkers Creek Hall and [email protected] (03) 5472 3297 Recreation Reserve Committee 76a Gingell Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Harcourt ANA Hall Postal: Chewton Town Hall Location: 17 Peelers Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 High Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Contacts: Location: Postal: Secretary - Margaret Grant Main Road, Chewton VIC 3451 PO Box 56, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 5474 2696 also for Hall Hire Telephone: Contacts: (03) 5470 6131 Only when hall Neil Chanter Campbells Creek Community attended (03) 5474 2618 Centre (CCC) (03) 5472 2189 venue for meetings, Location: bookings essential Harcourt Leisure Centre Email: Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Location: Contacts: [email protected] Contacts: Binghams Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 Secretary - Rev Paul Jenkins Postal: (03) 5472 4660 Secretary/Hall Bookings - Bettie Exon (03) 5472 3892 PO Box 25, Harcourt VIC 3453 Castlemaine Botanic Gardens Hall Contacts: Continuing Education Inc - Secretary - George Milford Location: Castlemaine and District (03) 5474 2426 Botanic Gardens, Downes Road, Bookings - John Jenkin Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: (03) 5474 2226 Contacts: 30 Templeton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mount Alexander Shire Offices Postal: Harcourt North Community Hall (03) 5471 1700 re bookings PO Box 343, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Cnr McIvor and Chaplins Road, Harcourt PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5472 3299 BH VIC 3453 (03) 5472 3926 FAX Postal: Castlemaine Goldfields Football Email: Club (Soccer) 506 North Harcourt Road, North Harcourt [email protected] VIC 3453 Postal: Contacts: PO Box 236, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Treasurer - Janice Douglass Telephone: (03) 5439 6438 (03) 5472 4024 Bookings for Hall - Suzanne Pickering Internet: (03) 5474 2229 www.castlemainesoccerclub.org

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Maldon Athenaeum Reserve Newstead Community Centre Wesley Hill Hall Committee of Management (NCC) Location: Postal: Location: 149 Duke St, Pyrenees Highway, Wesley P O Box 149, Maldon VIC 3463 Lyons St, Newstead VIC 3462 Hill, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Postal: Postal: (03) 5475 1326 PO Box 180, Newstead VIC 3462 PO Box 12, Chewton VIC 3451 Maldon Athenaeum Reserve Hall Contacts: Contacts: Hall Booking - Newstead R.T.C. Hall Hire Secretary - Lisa Sargeant Location: (03) 5476 2360 (03) 5473 4465 Mobile Behind the Athenaeum Library, High Street. (Used regularly by Maldon RSL), Maldon Ray Bradfield Room West End Hall and Recreation VIC 3463 Location: Reserve (West Castlemaine Contacts: Victory Park, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Progress Ass'n) President - Joy Leneaux-Gale Contacts: (03) 5475 1326 Town Hall - Reception Location: PO Box 149, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5471 1700 View Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Maldon Community Centre Hall [email protected] www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Secretary/Treasurer - George Forster Location: Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 1506 2 Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 4 McEwan Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 131, Maldon VIC 3463 Salvation Army, Castlemaine Parks and Gardens Contacts: Corps Bells Swamp Bridgewater Road Secretary - Margaret McKnight Location: (03) 5475 2440 Contacts: Citadel, 47 Kennedy Street, (Near Railway Parks Victoria Hall Bookings - Karen Smith Station), Castlemaine VIC 3450 0439 436 664 Mobile (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office Telephone: (03) 5470 4013 FAX Maldon Masonic Lodge Hall (03) 5470 5389 Castlemaine www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Contacts: Location: Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Majors - Sean and Rachel Attard PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 High Street (diagonally opposite Bowling www.salvationarmy.org.au Club), Maldon VIC 3463 Botanic Gardens Telephone: South Muckleford Community (03) 5470 5395 Centre Location: Cnr Walker Street & Downes Road, Mechanics Hall Fryerstown Location: Castlemaine VIC 3450 (Burke and Wills Hall) 117 Symes Rd., South Muckleford VIC 3462 Postal: Telephone: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: (03) 5472 2032 Contacts: Cnr Hall and Camp Streets, Fryerstown VIC St Marys Catholic Church Hall Mount Alexander Shire Council Offices 3451 (03) 5471 1700 Enquiries and Contacts: Location: Bookings Secretary - Pat Cubeta Cnr Lyttleton and Hargraves Street, (03) 5473 4373 AH Castlemaine VIC 3450 Friends of Kalimna Park (03) 5472 1284 BH Postal: Postal: Castlemaine Street, Fryerstown VIC PO Box 151, Castlemaine VIC 3450 3451 PO Box 464, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Contacts: Metcalfe Hall Committee Secretary - Lesley Gleeson Secretary - Geoff Hannon (03) 5472 4120 bookings (03) 5472 5343 Contacts: Ginge Wait Sutton Grange Hall Kaweka Park Wildflower Reserve/ (03) 5423 2635 for bookings Postal: Management Committee 30 Cascades Road, Metcalfe VIC 3448 14 Broad Street (cnr Faraday/Bendigo Location: Muckleford Community Centre Road), Sutton Grange VIC 3448 Hargraves Street, Castemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Location: Postal: Secretary - Matt Townrow PO Box 212, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Walmer Muckleford Road, Muckleford VIC (03) 5474 8111 3451 Contacts: Postal: Taradale Hall Secretary - Rita Hills 418 Maldon Road, Muckleford VIC 3451 Location: Maldon Shire Gardens Contacts: High Street, Taradale VIC 3447 Secretary Committee of Management - Ros Location: Postal: Morris Mount Alexander Shire Office, 25 Lyttleton Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 0400 542 447 Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Postal: Secretary - Margaret Moody PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5423 2421 Telephone: (03) 5471 1700 Reception Castlemaine

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Contacts: Contacts: Parks Superintendent Treasurer - Graham Fraser Graces Flat Reserve Committee Mount Alexander Shire Council, (03) 5470 5657 Postal: President - Noel Flanagan Parks and Gardens Department PO Box 30, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 5470 5532 Contacts: Location: Campbells Creek Recreation Mark London Mount Alexander Shire Council, Bull St, (03) 5472 3745 AH Depot, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Reserve 14 Mitchell Street, Chewton VIC 3451 Postal: Location: Guildford Saddle Club and P.O.Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Fryers Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Telephone: Contacts: Recreation Reserve (03) 5471 1700 President - Brad Cross Postal: (03) 5472 3912 127 Eagles Rd, Harcourt VIC 3453 Reserves Treasurer - Kerry Williams Contacts: Baringhup Sports Oval (03) 5472 5100 Secretary - Margaret Tarr 0418 572 866 Mobile (03) 5474 3291 Contacts: Main Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 (03) 5444 7227 BH Dale Farnsworth Secretary - Darren Cutlack [email protected] (03) 5475 2302 BH 0401 779 841 Mobile President - Jessica Darling Goulburn Murray Water, Cairn Curran (03) 5472 4647 VIC 3463 Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Harcourt Recreation Reserve Barkers Creek Hall and Recreation Reserve Committee Location: Postal: Castlemaine Office- Matheson St,, PO Box 25, Harcourt VIC 3453 Postal: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: 17 Peelers Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 Postal: Booking Officer - John Jenkin Contacts: P.O Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5474 2226 Secretary - Margaret Grant Internet: PO Box 25, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 5474 2696 also for Hall Hire www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Secretary - Norman Jenkin Contacts: (03) 5474 2753 Big Tree Park, Guildford Parks Victoria (03) 5474 2682 FAX Contacts: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au John Powell Reserve, Guildford Mount Alexander Shire Council Office Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, (03) 5471 1700 PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Sunken Oval Fryers Street, Guildford VIC 3451 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Contacts: Chairman of John Powell Committee of Bill Woodfull Recreation Reserve- Mount Alexander Shire Council Offices Management - Brian Adams Maldon (03) 5471 1700 (03) 5473 4084 Postal: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Lot 4 Davis Street, Guildford VIC 3451 PO Box 244, Maldon VIC 3463 Expedition Pass Reservoir Maldon Racecourse Recreation Contacts: Reserve Mount Alexander Shire Council Office Postal: (03) 5471 1700 Reception PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Cnr Bendigo and Lewis Roads, Maldon VIC President - Mandy Webb Part of Castlemaine Diggings National 3463 (03) 5475 1203 Heritage Park Contacts: 13 1963 Parks Vic Information Centre Secretary - Amanda Long Cairn Curran Picnic Ground www.parkweb.vic.gov.au (03) 5475 1173 Reserve PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Postal: Fryers Ridge Flora Reserve 69 Lewis Road, Maldon VIC 3463 Cairn Curran Reservoir, Via Maldon, Maldon Contacts: Maldon State Battery VIC 3463 Contacts: Parks Victoria Contacts: (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office Dale Farnsworth See Maldon Historic Reserve (03) 5470 4013 FAX (03) 5475 2302 (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Goulburn Murray Water, Cairn Curran Via, (03) 5470 4013 FAX Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Maldon VIC 3463 www.parkweb.vic.gov.au PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Camp Reserve Glenluce Mineral Springs Reserve PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Contacts: Metcalfe Flora Reserve Forrest street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Part of Castlemaine Diggings National Postal: Contacts: Heritage Park PO Box 898, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Parks Victoria - Castlemaine 13 1963 Parks Victoria Information Email: (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office Centre [email protected] (03) 5470 4013 FAX www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Internet: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au www.campreserve,com.au Matheson Rd, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450

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Metcalfe Recreation Reserve Postal: Taradale Mineral Springs PO Box 59, Newstead VIC 3462 Committee Contacts: Contacts: Representative - Jacinta Blaskett Secretary/Treasurer - Steve Walter Postal: (03) 5423 2647 Phone/FAX (03) 5476 2662 Michael Pettigrew, C/- Taradale Post Office, Contacts: Mount Alexander Regional Park North British Mine Michael Pettigrew Contacts: Contacts: (03) 5423 2282 Parks Victoria See Maldon Historic Reserve (Parks Taradale Mineral Springs Park (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office - Victoria) Matheson Rd www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Contacts: (03) 5470 4013 FAX Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Mount Alexander Shire Offices 13 1963 Parks Vic Information Line PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5471 1700 Town Hall for www.parkweb.vic.org.au Information Oak Forest Park Harcourt PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mount Tarrengower Contacts: Taradale Recreation Reserve Contacts: Ballarat District Manager,Hancocks See Maldon Historic Reserve (Parks Plantation Postal: Victoria) (03) 5339 0007 94 Davy Street, C/- Taradale Post Office, (03) 5470 4000 Castlemaine Office Taradale VIC 3447 (03) 5470 4013 FAX Parks Victoria (DSE) Contacts: 13 1963 Parks Vic Info Line Postal: Max Robinson http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5423 2389 Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Telephone: C/- Taradale Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Muckleford Recreation Reserve 13 1963 24 hour service General Parks Vic Information Centre Union Hill Lookout Location: Internet: Maldon Road, Muckleford VIC 3451 www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Contacts: Contacts: See Maldon Historic Reserve (Parks Secretary - John Murdoch Picnic Ground Reserve, Victoria) (03) 5472 2727 Baringhup www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Contacts: Newstead Memorial Park PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Cairn Curran Reservoir - Manager Dale Contacts: Farnsworth Vaughan Mineral Springs Department of Sustainability and (03) 5475 2302 Environment Goulburn Murray Water, Cairn Curran Contacts: (03) 5470 4000 BH VIC 3463 Part of Castlemaine Diggings National (03) 5470 4013 FAX Heritage Park 13 1963 Parks Vic Info Line South German Mine 13 1963 Parks Victoria Information Matheson Rd, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Line Contacts: PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.parkweb.vic.gov.au See Maldon Historic Reserve (Parks PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Newstead Racecourse and Victoria) Recreation Reserve (NRRRCM) www.parkweb.vic.gov.au Victory Park Castlemaine Parks Victoria Information Line 13 1963, Location: PO Box 101, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: McNabb Road, Newstead VIC 3462 Mount Alexander Shire Offices Postal: South Muckleford Recreation (03) 5471 1700 P O Box 55, Newstead VIC 3462 Reserve 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: [email protected] Department of Sustainabilty and Wattle Flat Reserve Contacts: Environment DSE President - Rob Sewell Postal: 13 1963 Parks Vic Info Line (03) 5476 2296 PO Box 759, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Matheson Rd, Castlemaine VIC 3450 0408 129 152 Telephone: Vice-President - Vanessa Boyack Sutton Grange Recreation (03) 5470 5890 BH - Stuart Jamieson (03) 5476 2270 Reserve Wesley Hill Recreation Reserve Newstead Recreation Reserve Postal: Location: Location: Jennings Hill Road, Sutton Grange VIC 3448 Mc Grath Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Contacts: Contacts: Contacts: Matt Davis Treasurer/Secretary - Chris Cole Secretary - Don Culvenor (03) 5474 8233 (03) 5472 4238 AH (03) 5476 2335 0409 029 412 Mobile (03) 5472 2277 WK 11 Codrington Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Jennings Hill Road, Sutton Grange VIC PO Box 719, Castlemaine VIC 3450 3448 Newstead Rotunda Park Location: Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462

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West End Hall and Recreation Castlemaine War Memorial Sports Fishing licence Information Reserve (West Castlemaine Stadium Progress Ass'n) Telephone: Location: 136186. Location: McGrath Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 View Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Primary Industries, Department of Contacts: PO Box 68, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (DPI) Secretary/Treasurer - George Forster Telephone: (03) 5472 1506 (03) 5472 2739 Location: 4 McEwan Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: 1 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: Manager - Geraldine Delmenico Western Oval Castlemaine (03) 5472 4996 (03) 9658 4000 General Line 13 6186 Customer Service Centre Contacts: 0447 027 045 Mobile 8.00am - 8.00pm Mon-Fri Mount Alexander Shire Council Chewton Swimming Pool 1800 675 888 Disease Watch (03) 5471 1700 Hotline,livestock disease & farm animal 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: welfare PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Pyrenees Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 9217 4246 Chief Veterinary Postal: Show Grounds Officer PO Box 113, Chewton VIC 3451 (03) 9210 9379 Chemical Info Service Castlemaine and District Telephone: 13 3474 Fisheries Offence Reporting 0418 306 900 outdoor/seasonal Agricultural Society Line (13 FISH) Email: 1800 675 888 To report an emergency Location: [email protected] animal disease 11 Forest St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Email: Postal: www.chewtonpool.com [email protected] PO Box 65, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Harcourt Swimming Pool Internet: Telephone: www.dpi.vic.gov.au Information on (03) 5472 1548 Office (open last two Location: diseases, nutrition and general management weeks in October) Bridge Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 of animals 0413 339 058 Mobile Telephone: Contacts: Email: (03) 5474 2484 outdoor/seasonal Castlemaine Office [email protected] Contacts: (03) 5470 4000 Sustainability and Internet: Mount Alexander Shire Council Environment Dept. www.castlemaineshow.com.au (03) 5471 1700 (03) 5470 4013 FAX Contacts: 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Matheson Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Debbie Hamilton PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Bendigo Office (03) 5430 4444 0413 339 058 Mobile Mount Alexander Shire Council, (03) 5472 1548 BH (03) 5430 4487 Regional Animal Recreation Department Health Officer Maldon and Baringhup Location: www.dpi.vic.gov.au Agricultural Society Inc Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford St, Cnr Midland Highway and Taylor Street, Epsom VIC 3551 Location: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Animal Health and Welfare North West Venue - Racecourse Reserve, Lewis Road, Postal: Victoria. Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 675 888 To report an Internet: Telephone: emergency animal disease, contract www.maldonshow.org (03) 5471 1700 Contacts: Newstead and District Swimming Athletics President - Heather White (03) 5475 1115 Pool Inc. Maldon Fire Brigade Running Location: Team Sports Facilities 6 Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Location: Telephone: Castlemaine Outdoor Swimming Maldon Fire Brigade, PO Box 60, Maldon (03) 5476 2200 outdoor/seasonal Pool VIC 3463 Contacts: Location: RECREATION AND Maldon Contact - Peter Thomson Lake Augusta Drive, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 2202 Telephone: SPORTS (03) 5472 1873 outdoor/seasonal Archery Contacts: Angling Mount Alexander Shire Council Offices Chewton Bowmen Inc (03) 5471 1700 Castlemaine Angling Club Location: 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Club House, 663 Pyrenees Hwy, (look for PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue: West End Hall, View Street, roadside sign "Chewton Archery Park", Castlemaine VIC 3450 Chewton VIC 3451 Postal: Postal: PO Box 575, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 281, Castlemaine VIC Contacts: Internet: President - Charlie Polinelli www.chewtonbowmen.com (03) 5472 1187

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Badminton Harcourt Carpet Bowls Club Newstead Bowling Club (Winter) Badminton Club Inc and Junior Postal: Location: Badminton -Castlemaine PO Box 77, Newstead VIC 3462 Venue: Harcourt Leisure Centre, Harcourt Telephone: Location: VIC 3453 (03) 5476 2508 Newstead Bowling Venue: Wesley Hill Stadium, McGrath Contacts: Club Rooms Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Vice President - Kevin Earl Postal: (03) 5470 5020 Cricket Clubs PO Box 399, Castlemaine VIC 3450 20 Freeman Street, Castlemaine VIC Contacts: 3450 Barkers Creek Cricket Club President - Graeme Jennings Bowling Clubs (Lawn) Postal: (03) 5470 5065 AH PO Box 325, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Basketball Campbells Creek Bowling Club - Contacts: Ladies Shane Renfree Castlemaine Cannons Basketball (03) 5472 1092 Location: 0416 859 342 Association Inc Venue: 137 Main Road, Campbells Creek Campbells Creek Colts Cricket Location: VIC 3451 Venue:, Castlemaine War Memorial Telephone: Club Stadium, Mc Grath Street, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5472 1934 Club Rooms Location: Email: 3450 Campbells Creek Recreations Reserve, Postal: [email protected] Contacts: Contacts: PO Box 659, Castlemaine VIC Secretary - Leigh Walker Contacts: Secretary - Gladys Hampson 0400 870 167 Secretary - Narelle Glennister (03) 5472 3764 Castlemaine and District Cricket (03) 5470 6023 Campbells Creek Bowling Club - 0438 7023 Assn Inc (CDCA) Umpires Men's Association Billiards Location: Contacts: Billiards Club - Castlemaine Venue: 137 Main Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Dick Mack Location: Telephone: (03) 5472 1159 Venue- Castlemaine Sports Stadium, (03) 5472 1934 Club Rooms [email protected] McGrath Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: PO Box 44, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Secretary - Eddy Farthing Castlemaine and District Cricket P. O. Box 68, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 1083 AH Association Inc Telephone: 51 Brown Sreet, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 3990 Postal: Castlemaine Bowling Club Inc PO Box 141, Castlemaine VIC Bowling Clubs (Indoor) Location: Telephone: Castlemaine and District Carpet Berkeley Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 1159 Postal: Email: Bowls Association PO Box 21, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Location: Telephone: Internet: Venue - St Mary's Hall, Cnr Lyttleton and (03) 5472 1235 Club Rooms cdca.cricketvictoria.com.au Hargreaves St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Castlemaine United Cricket Club Contacts: Treasurer - Jean Smith Secretary Carpet Bowls Association - Val (03) 5472 4326 Location: Penrose [email protected] Venue: Camp Reserve, Castlemaine VIC (03) 5472 3505 (also Sec. Winter 3450 Season Apr - Oct) Maldon Bowling Club Inc Contacts: PO Box 23, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Location: Clint Aldridge 0409 796 093 Elphinstone Carpet Bowls Club House, Cnr High and Parker Streets, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 549, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Association Postal: Elphinstone Cricket Club Location: PO Box 73, Maldon VIC 3463 Venue: Elphinstone Hall Telephone: Location: Postal: (03) 5475 2200 Venue: Oliver's Lane, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Contacts: C/- Post Office, Elphinstone VIC 3448 Maldon Petanque Club Contacts: President - Bryan Keillor-Reed Verley Druskat Location: 0429 035 877 (03) 5473 3333 Penny School, Church Street, Maldon VIC keillor-reed bryon [email protected] 3463 PO Box 381, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Guildford Cricket Club (03) 5472 1506 Membership Forms Contacts: Postal: Secretary - George Forster C/- Post Office, Guildford VIC 3451 (03) 5472 1506

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Telephone: (03) 5472 2617 Maldon Croquet Club Campbells Creek Junior Football Contacts: Postal: Club Secretary - Tenille Thomas PO Box 157, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: Harcourt Cricket Club Contacts: President - Rob Douglass Secretary - Bill Moore 0418 580 098 Mobile Postal: (03) 5475 2224 (03) 5470 6419 PO Box 58, Harcourt VIC 3453 100 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 P O Box 94, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Contacts: President - Lillian Long Lachlan Mika (03) 5475 2281 Castlemaine and District Junior 0437 762 981 Mobile Football League PO Box 58, Harcourt VIC 3453 Newstead Croquet Club Inc Postal: Wet Weather Contact Location: PO Box 79, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5447 7558 5 Hillier St, Newstead VIC 3462 Contacts: Contacts: Maldon Cricket Club President - Dale Burton Secretary - Valerie Lefel 0437 064 492 Mobile Location: (03) 5470 6639 Venue: Bill Woodfull Reserve, Maldon VIC Secretary - Jim Moran 3463 Cycling 0418 377 930 Mobile Postal: Castlemaine Football/Netball Club Cycling Club - Castlemaine PO Box 203, Maldon VIC 3463 Inc Telephone: Location: (03) 5475 2648 McGrath Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 450, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Muckleford Cricket Club Postal: PO Box 359, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Postal: Contacts: (03) 5472 1440 PO Box 626, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Events Co-ordinator - Shirley Amy Email: Contacts: (03) 5423 2833 [email protected] Secretary - Chris Edwards 0418 899 066 Internet: (03) 5470 5246 www.castlemaine.com Walks and Bicycling Advisory President - Chris Cole Harcourt Football/Netball Club 0418 142 977 Committee - Mt Alexander Postal: Location: Newstead Cricket Club PO Box 12, Harcourt VIC 3453 Mt Alexander Shire Council, 25 Lyttleton Contacts: Postal: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 5, Newstead VIC 3462 Postal: President - Scott Berry 0402 363 685 Mobile Telephone: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5476 2771 Telephone: Harcourt Junior Football Club North Castlemaine Cricket Club (03) 5471 1700 Email: Location: Location: [email protected] Harcourt Leisure Centre Binghams Road, Venue: Elsie Palmer Field, Wesley Hill VIC Internet: Harcourt VIC 3453 3450 www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au Contacts: Postal: President - Bruce Bickford PO Box 318, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Darts (03) 5474 3010 0417 766 294 Taradale Cricket Club Castlemaine Darts Maldon Football/Netball Club Inc Location: Location: (MNFC) Potts Road, Taradale VIC 3447 Venue: Red Hill Hotel, Pyrenees Hwy, Postal: Chewton VIC 3451 Location: C/- Taradale Post Office, Contacts: Venue: Bill Woodfull Reserve, Maldon VIC 3463 Taradale Junior Cricket Club 'Gadget' (03) 5472 2797 Phone for Postal: Location: information -dates,times.venues PO Box 223, Maldon VIC 3463 Venue: Taradale Cricket Ground VIC Contacts: Postal: Football Clubs Secretary - Barry Phillips (03) 5475 2132 C/O Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Campbells Creek Football/Netball Croquet Club Newstead Football/Netball Club Croquet Club -Castlemaine Location: Location: Venue: Fryers Road, Campbells Creek VIC Venue: Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Location: 3451 Postal: Berkeley Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 103, Newstead VIC 3462 Telephone: 199 Main Rd, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Contacts: (03) 5472 1235 Bowling Club Telephone: Secretary - Lorraine Richardson Contacts: (03) 5472 3438 Club Rooms (03) 5476 2538 President - Ian Campbell 0400 187 370 Mobile (03) 5472 3048 Secretary - Nigel Harland (03) 5474 8246

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Newstead Junior Football Club Telephone: Mount Alexander Golf Club Inc (03) 5472 1440 Location: Location: Email: Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Wimble St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] Contacts: Postal: Internet: Kylie Richardson PO Box 91, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.castlemaine.com (03) 5476 2029 Telephone: Harcourt Football/Netball Club 0428 762 029 Mobile (03) 5472 3969 Club House Newstead Youth Club Postal: Martial Arts PO Box 12, Harcourt VIC 3453 (Football/Netball) Karate Club Newstead and Contacts: Location: President - Scott Berry Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 District Youth Club 0402 363 685 Mobile Postal: Location: Harcourt Lions Junior Netball PO Box 103, Newstead VIC 3462 Venue :Community Centre, Newstead VIC Club Contacts: 3462 President - Lorraine Richardson Contacts: Contacts: (03) 5476 2538 Trainers - Jennifer and Barry Lacey Secretary - Jackie Browne-Kerr 0400 187 370 Mobile (03) 5476 2436 (03) 5474 2446 Wesley Hill Junior Football Club Kentokan Karate Maldon Cubs Netball Club Location: Location: Postal: Venue: Wesley Hill Oval, Wesley Hill VIC Wesley Hill Hall,149 Duke Street, Chewton PO Box 118, Maldon VIC 3463 3450 VIC 3451 Contacts: Contacts: Telephone: President - Karen Smith Des Heagney 0402 077 137 Mobile 0439 436 664 0401 148 912 Martial arts/Karate Maldon Football/Netball Club Inc West End Rovers and Junior (MNFC) Football Club Location: St Mary's Church Hall, Tuesday Nights, Location: Location: Contacts: Venue: Bill Woodfull Reserve, Maldon VIC Venue: Camp Reserve, Castlemaine VIC Jason Gray 3463 3450 (03) 5475 1111 Postal: Postal: PO Box 223, Maldon VIC 3463 13 Bull Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Victorian Central Zen Do Kai / Karate / Kickboxing Contacts: Contacts: Secretary - Barry Phillips Secretary - Jenny Penrose Telephone: (03) 5475 2132 (03) 5472 5250 (03) 5447 0427 Newstead Football/Netball Club Winters Flat Junior Football Club Contacts: Julie Connell Location: Location: (03) 5447 0427 Venue: Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Venue: Stadium Football Ground, 10 Goldhill Crt, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 Postal: Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 103, Newstead VIC 3462 Contacts: Netball Contacts: President - Helen Butcher Campbells Creek Football/Netball Secretary - Lorraine Richardson (03) 5470 6489 (03) 5476 2538 Club Golf Clubs 0400 187 370 Mobile Location: Newstead Youth Club Castlemaine Golf Club Inc Venue: Fryers Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 (Football/Netball) Location: Postal: Location: Castlemaine Golf Club Inc., Pyrenees 199 Main Rd, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Highway, Muckleford VIC 3451 Telephone: Postal: Postal: (03) 5472 3438 Club Rooms PO Box 103, Newstead VIC 3462 PO Box 147, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Telephone: Castlemaine and District Netball President - Lorraine Richardson (03) 5472 1682 Club House Assoc Inc (03) 5476 2538 Internet: 0400 187 370 Mobile www.castlemainegolf.com Location: Venue :Wesley Hill Sports Complex, Norwood Hill Netball Club Maldon Golf Club Inc Postal: Location: Location: PO Box 362, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Venue : Wesley Hill Netball Court, Golf Links Road, Maldon VIC 3463 Castlemaine Football/Netball Club Postal: Postal: Inc 78 Duke Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 50, Maldon VIC 3463 Contacts: Telephone: Postal: President - Kerran Plant (03) 5475 2005 Club House PO Box 450, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 4663 0427 724 663 Mobile

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Internet: Telephone: Sailing www.castlemainesoccerclub.org (03) 5475 2074 outdoor/seasonal Cairn Curran Sailing Club Contacts: Contacts: Contact for Information - Bill Burris Mount Alexander Shire Council Location: (03) 5473 4384 (03) 5471 1700 Venue: Club House, Cairn Curran Reservoir (Near Baringhup) Swimming Newstead and District Swimming Postal: Pool Inc. PO Box 126, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Amateur Swimming Location: Contacts: Club 6 Panmure Street, Newstead VIC 3462 Commodore - Michael Monk Postal: Telephone: (03) 5475 1906 PO Box 846, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5476 2200 outdoor/seasonal Shooting Email: [email protected] Table Tennis Castlemaine Gun Club Castlemaine Outdoor Swimming Castlemaine Table Tennis Assoc. Location: Pool Inc Club Rooms, Colles Road, Moonlight Flat, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Location: Postal: Lake Augusta Drive, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Table Tennis Pavillion, Camp Reserve, 8 Reckleben Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: (03) 5472 1873 outdoor/seasonal Postal: Secretary - Ellen Mitchell Contacts: PO Box 445, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5470 6486 Mount Alexander Shire Council Offices Contacts: (03) 5471 1700 Secretary - John Dowler Castlemaine Pistol Club 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 3944 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Tai Chi 186 Duke Street (Next to Castlemaine Auto Chewton Swimming Pool Electrics), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Community House Postal: Location: PO Box 761, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Pyrenees Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 Location: Postal: Faulder Watson Hall, 206 Barker Street, Regional Firearms Office PO Box 113, Chewton VIC 3451 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Location: Telephone: P O 386, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Police Station, 221-227 High Street, 0418 306 900 outdoor/seasonal Telephone: Bendigo VIC 3550 Email: (03) 5472 4842 Telephone: [email protected] Email: (03) 5448 1300 Internet: [email protected] (03) 5448 1306 Firearms officer www.chewtonpool.com Internet: Rifle Club - Castlemaine Harcourt Swimming Pool www.cch.org.au Location: Location: Tennis Clubs End of Tomkies Road, Castlemaine VIC Bridge Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 3450 Telephone: Campbells Creek Tennis Club Postal: (03) 5474 2484 outdoor/seasonal Contacts: PO Box 40, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Secretary - Peter Grant Contacts: Mount Alexander Shire Council (03) 5472 2251 Captain - Chris Jolme (03) 5471 1700 9 Bull Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 (03) 5474 2552 25 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine and District Tennis Walmer Gun Club Life Saving Victoria Association Inc Location: Club Rooms, Lewis Road, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Contacts: Postal: 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne VIC President - Margaret Grant 29 Church Street, Maldon VIC 3463 3207 (03) 5474 2696 Contacts: Telephone: 17 Peelers Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 (03) 9676 6900 Ellen Mitchell Castlemaine Lawn Tennis Club Inc (03) 5470 6486 (03) 9598 3388 Emergency 8 Reckleben Street, Castlemaine VIC community centre (24/7) Postal: 3450 Internet: PO Box 94, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.lifesavingvictoria.com.au Contacts: Soccer Maldon Swimming Pool Secretary - Joanne Rhone 0408 530 895 Castlemaine Goldfields Football Location: Club (Soccer) Hospital Street (Behind Primary School), Maldon VIC 3463 Postal: Postal: PO Box 236, Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 307, Maldon VIC 3463 Telephone: (03) 5472 4024

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Castlemaine Midweek Hardcourt Yapeen Tennis Club Castlemaine Social Network Ladies Tennis Contacts: (CASONE) Contacts: Secretary - Steven Stuchbree Telephone: President - Marion Landy (03) 5472 4993 (03) 5472 2954 (03) 5474 3206 Gainsborough Street, Castlemaine VIC Email: 0438 722 954 Mobile 3450 Mount Street, Chewton VIC 3451 [email protected] Harcourt North Tennis Club Trotting Chewton Senior Citizens Location: Campbells Creek Trotting Club Location: Harcourt North VIC 3453 Chewton Community Centre -Pyrenees Postal: Highway, Chewton VIC 3451 Telephone: 74 Fryers Road, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 (03) 5474 2196 Postal: Contacts: c/- Dot Pollard, 76A Gingell St, Castlemaine Contacts: Vice President - Brad Cross Secretary - Chris Lavender VIC 3450 (03) 5472 3912 Contacts: Harcourt Tennis Club 45 Fryers Road, Chewton VIC 3451 Secretary - Dot Pollard President - Kevin Ford (03) 5472 3297 Location: (03) 5472 2804 President - Joe Alford Venue - Harcourt Recreation Reserve, 2 Bald Hill Road, Campbells Creek VIC (03) 5470 5563 Harcourt VIC 3453 3451 Contacts: Creative Living Support Group Secretary - Sharon Blake Yoga (Thursday) (03) 5474 2680 Peelers Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 The Forge Yoga Centre Location: Venue: Senior Citizens Hall, Mechanics Maldon Tennis Club Location: 341 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Postal: Contacts: Secretary - Ann Fitzpatrick PO Box 663, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Secretary - Roma Rowland (03) 5475 1128 Telephone: (03) 5472 2383 45 Duke Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Metcalfe Tennis Club 0439 398 488 Email: FAB (Friends Alike of Bendigo) Location: [email protected] Malmsbury Road, Metcalfe VIC 3448 Location: Postal: SUPPORT SERVICES 34 Myers Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 PO Box 38, Metcalfe VIC 3448 Postal: PO Box 1149, Bendigo VIC 3552 Contacts: Companionship Secretary - Jacinta Blaskett Email: (03) 5423 2647 Campbells Creek Senior Citizens [email protected] Internet: Sutton Grange Tennis Club Club www.can.org.au Location: Location: Contacts: Faraday Road, Sutton Grange VIC 3448 Campbells Creek Community Centre, Convenor - Adam Wright Postal: Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek VIC 3451 (03) 5439 6505 221 Neale Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Contacts: 0418 836 006 [email protected] Contacts: Contact - Beryl Paull Secretary/Treasurer - Jan Hull (03) 5472 1950 Maldon Senior Citizens (03) 5474 8288 Castlemaine Health (Adult Day Location: Taradale Tennis Club Service) 2 Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463 Postal: Postal: Location: PO Box 339, Maldon VIC 3463 C/- Post Office, Taradale VIC 3447 Leisure Centre, Mills Rd, Harcourt VIC 3453 Contacts: Postal: Secretary - Norma Horrigan West End Tennis Club PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5475 2423 Telephone: Contacts: 56 High Street, Maldon VIC 3463 (03) 5471 1498 Enquiries Secretary - Joy Lovelace President - Margaret McKnight (03) 5472 2600 Castlemaine Senior Citizens (03) 5475 2440 122 Blakeley Road, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Centre Inc Metcalfe and District Senior Yandoit Tennis Club Location: Citizens Inc Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Contacts: Telephone: Metcalfe Shire Hall, Metcalfe-Kyneton Road, Secretary - Ross Sartori (03) 5472 2082 Senior Citizens Metcalfe VIC 3448 (03) 5476 4255 Centre Postal: 0427 764 255 Mobile Contacts: PO Box 56, Metcalfe VIC 3448 RMB 2410, Yandoit VIC 3461 Secretary - Gordon Guest Contacts: (03) 5472 2082 Club Rooms Secretary - Dorothy Smith (03) 5472 1815 HOME (03) 5423 2635 30 Cascades Road, Metcalfe VIC 3448

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Red Hill Hotel Social and Sporting Contacts: Postal: More Allied Health Services (MAHS) - PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Club Counselling (Needs GP Referral) Contacts: Location: Better Outcomes in Mental Health - Social Worker Main Road (Pyrenees Highway), Chewton Counselling (Needs GP Referral) (03) 5471 1564 VIC 3451 Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Telephone: Day Care Victoria (Gay Advisory Service) (03) 5472 2317 Red Hill Hotel Carer Allowance Salvation Army, Castlemaine Location: 6 Claremont Street, South Yarra VIC 3141 Telephone: Corps Telephone: 13 2717 Carer payments Internet: Location: (03) 9827 8544 www.centrelink.gov.au Citadel, 47 Kennedy Street, (Near Railway 1800 184 527 Free Call (callers ouside Station), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Melbourne) Castlemaine Mental Health Carers Telephone: Men's Referral Service Inc Support Group (03) 5470 5389 Castlemaine Contacts: Location: Location: Majors - Sean and Rachel Attard Abbotsford VIC 3067 Venue: Ray Bradfield Room, Victory Park, www.salvationarmy.org.au Postal: (1st Monday of Month 1pm), Castlemaine PO BOX 3022, Victoria Gardens, Richmond VIC 3450 Solitaire Group VIC 3121 Contacts: Contacts: Telephone: Secretary - Matt Jones Bev Straw (03) 9428 2899 Service Line 9 am- (03) 5470 5403 9pm w/days (03) 5472 2326 Community Services - Mount 1 Ray Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 1800 065 973 Free Call country callers (03) 9428 3536 Administration Alexander Shire Council Young at Heart Mount Alexander (03) 9428 7513 FAX Location: Day Club Internet: Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford www.mrs.org.au Location: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 RSL Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mensline Postal: Contacts: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Administrative Secretary - Helen Douglas Telephone: PO Box 33, North Melbourne VIC 3051 (03) 5472 5006 (03) 5471 1700 BH 03 5471 1766 Telephone: (03) 5471 1726 FAX Counselling 1300 789 978 Email: Home Services Action Centre for Young People [email protected] Internet: Community Services - Mount Location: www.menslineaus.org.au Alexander Shire Council Level 1, 92-94 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC Contacts: 3000 Location: Men's Health and Wellbeing Clinic Telephone: Mount Alexander Shire Council, Halford (03) 5434 4330 BH (03) 9660 4700 Action Centre Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.bchs.com.au (03) 9257 0100 Family Planning Vic Postal: Bendigo Community Health Seymour 1800 013 952 Freecall PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Internet: Telephone: PO Box 169, Eaglehawk VIC 3556 www.sexlife.net.au (03) 5471 1700 BH 03 5471 1766 National Disability Abuse and (03) 5471 1726 FAX Centre Against Sexual Assault Neglect Hotline Contacts: Loddon Campaspe (CASALC) Delivered Meals and Property Maintenance Postal: Postal: Co-ordinator Locked Bag 2705, Strawberry Hills NSW PO Box 764, Bendigo VIC 3552 2012 District Nurses - Castlemaine Telephone: Telephone: Health 1800 806 292 24hr crisis line incl. 1800 880 052 Free Call weekends and public holidays Location: 1800 301 130 TTY (03) 5441 0430 1800 555 677 National Relay Service Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, (03) 5441 0429 FAX (02) 9318 1372 FAX Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: 13 1450 Tele Interpreter Service Postal: [email protected] Email: PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: enquiries@disabilityhotline .org Telephone: www.casa.org.au Internet: (03) 5471 1695 FAX www.disabilityhotline.org (03) 5471 1495 District Nursing Community Health Centre Service Office (CHIRP) - General Counselling Social Worker - Castlemaine 0418 141 832 Mobile Location: Health District Nursing - Maldon Hospital 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Telephone: Location: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5479 1000 Chapel Street, Maldon VIC 3463

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Telephone: Headquarters (03) 5475 2000 Enquiries Credit Union Dispute Resolution (03) 9642 3330 Centre EARS (Emergency After-Hours www:al-anon-alateen.org/australia GPO Box 5458, Melbourne VIC 3000 Respite Service) Postal: GPO Box 3, Melbourne VIC 3001 Alcoholics Anonymous Location: Telephone: (Castlemaine) 81 Cowper Street, Footscray VIC 3011 1300 780 808 Telephone: Email: Location: 1800 727 280 [email protected] Uniting Church Hall, 12 Lyttleton Street, (03) 9687 7066 WIN Melbourne Internet: Thursdays 8.00 pm, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: www.fos.org.au Postal: www.annecto.org.au PO Box 146, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Dispute (Mediation) Settlement Mount Alexander Shire Council Contacts: Centre Victoria AA Victoria Central Office (Town Hall) (03) 9429 1833 Location: http://www.aavic.com.au Location: Level 4/456 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 36 Church Street, Richmond VIC 3121 Shire Offices, 25 Lyttleton Street, 3000 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Association of Relatives and Postal: GPO Box 4113, Melbourne VIC 3001 Friends of Emotionally Or PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 9603 8370 Dispute Settlement Mentally Ill (ARAFEMI) (03) 5471 1700 Reception/enquiries Officer Postal: (03) 5471 1749 FAX 1800 658 528 Free Call for Country callers PO Box 121, Golden Square VIC 3555 Email: (03) 9603 8355 FAX Telephone: [email protected] 13 1450 Tele Interpreting Service (03) 5435 3167 Internet: Email: Internet: www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au [email protected] www.arafemi.org.au Palliative Care Service - Internet: Contacts: www.justice.vic.gov.au/disputes Castlemaine Health Head Office Pharmacotherapy Advocacy (03) 9810 9314 Location: [email protected] Castlemaine Health, Cornish Street, Mediation and Support (PAMS) www.arafemi.org.au Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: 270 Auburn Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Telephone: 128 Peel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) (03) 5471 1495 Postal: Contacts: PO Box 12720, Abeckett Street Vic 8006 Location: Nurse Practioner - Cardiovascular Telephone: Ross House, Level 3, 247 - 251 Flinders (03) 5471 1694 Castlemaine 1800 443 844 Free Call Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000 Palliative Care Service (03) 9329 1500 Harm Reduction Telephone: Victoria 1800 033 660 Free Call Mediation Email: (03) 9654 1400 Aged Care Complaints [email protected] (03) 9650 3200 FAX (03) 9639 1728 TTY Investigation Scheme Victorian Advocacy League for Email: Postal: Individuals with Disability Inc. [email protected] GPO Box 9848, In Your Capital City (VALID) Internet: Telephone: www.bca.org.au Location: 1800 550 552 Business hours 235 Napier Street, Fitzroy South VIC 3065 Castlemaine and District HIV and (03) 9665 8877 FAX Telephone: Email: Hep C Support Group (CADHS) (03) 9416 4003 [email protected] (03) 9416 0850 FAX Location: Internet: 1800 655 570 Free Call Resource Centre, Country Awareness www.health.gov.au Email: Network, 34 Myers St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Central Victorian Mediation [email protected] Postal: PO Box 1149, Bendigo VIC 3550 Services Internet: www.valid.org.au Telephone: Location: (03) 5443 8355 For Information 341 Barker Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mutual Support Email: Postal: [email protected] PO Box 663, Al-Anon Family Groups Internet: Telephone: Location: www.can.org.au 0439 398 488 Venue - Guide Hall cnr Kennedy and Forest Castlemaine Legacy Laurel Club (03) 5470 5855 Streets, (Meeting Wed 10:30), Castlemaine Email: VIC 3450 Location: [email protected] Internet: RSL Club Rooms, 32 Mostyn Street, www.alanon.alateen.org/australia Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Telephone: (03) 5472 1208 RSL

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Diabetes Support and Information Internet: Telephone: www.dhs.vic.gov.au / (03) 5444 1871 Group www.cyf.vic.gov.au/find/home (03) 5444 1606 (03) 5444 1632 Fax Location: Alzheimers Australia Vic Community Health Centre, (CHIRP), 13 Email: Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: [email protected] Telephone: 98-104 Riversdale Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Christian Business Men Australia (03) 5479 1000 Meet Bi-Monthly At Postal: 6.30-8pm Locked Bag 3001, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Contacts: Email: Telephone: President - Terry Evans [email protected] (03) 9815 7800 (03) 5472 2582 BH 1800 100 500 National Dementia Helpline (03) 5472 4005 AH Disability Access Volunteer (03) 9815 7801 FAX Email : [email protected] Network (MASDAG) Email: C/- 2.1.3 Hair Design 225 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: [email protected] Lorraine Le Plastrier Internet: Disability Support Service, St www.alzheimers.org.au (03) 5472 5216 Luke's Anglicare PO Box 762, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Beyondblue (National Depression Location: Initiative) Parents Without Partners Workspace Australia, 1 Halford Street Location: Location: Castlemaine, Castlemaine Vic 3450 1 Feathertop Avenue, Lower Templestowe 40 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Telephone: VIC 3107 Postal: (03) 5421 2000 Kyneton Telephone: PO Box 6100, Hawthorn West VIC 3122 Down Syndrome Association of (03) 9852 1945 Telephone: 1300 797 842 Country callers (03) 9810 6100 Victoria Inc (03) 9852 1570 FAX (03) 9810 6111 FAX Location: Email: 1300 224 636 Info Line 219 Napier Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065 [email protected] Email: Telephone: Internet: [email protected] (03) 9486 9600 www.pwpvic.com Internet: (03) 9486 9601 FAX www.beyondblue.org.au Scaffald (Supporting Children and 1300 658 873 Free Call Carer Support Services Loddon Internet: Families For All Levels of www.downsyndromevictoria.org.au Disabilities) Mallee (CSS) Contacts: Location: Location: Windarring - David Silvagni (03) 5472 1599 145 Crook Street, Strathdale VIC 3550 Castlemaine Health, (Metcalfe Hostel), 317 Barker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Windarring - Di Nancarrow PO Box 2219, Bendigo Delivery Centre VIC Postal: (03) 5422 7001 3554 PO Box 922, Castlemaine VIC 3450 67 Baynton Street, Kyneton VIC 3444 Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5442 7897 BH 1800 059 059 Commonwealth Carers Friends & Tutors of the South Respite Centre Email: Sudanese of Castlemaine [email protected] 1800 068 978 Freecall 24 hour service Internet: (03) 5470 6305 Central Goldfields Location: www.riact.org.au Shire Community Network, c/- Plympton, 2 (03) 5470 5403 for service within Mt Gainsborough Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Support Groups Alexander Shire Email: Contacts: [email protected] Abortion and Grief Helpline Mental Health Carer Resource Worker - Contacts: Carer Support Services Telephone: Vic Say 1800 068 978 1300 363 550 (03) 5472 1841 (03) 5442 7860 Internet: Friends of Lolotoe (Timor-Leste) www.abortion grief.asn.au Castlemaine Mental Health Carers Support Group Postal: Adoption Information Service PO Box 955, Kyneton VIC 3444 (FIND : Family Information Location: Telephone: Network Discovery) Venue: Ray Bradfield Room, Victory Park, (03) 5423 4199 (1st Monday of Month 1pm), Castlemaine Email: Location: VIC 3450 [email protected] Level 20/570 Burke st, Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: Central Victorian Veterans GROW Victoria Mental Health 1300 769 926 Dept Human Services Support Centre (CVVSC) Location: Adoption Location: GROW Community Centre, 707 Glenhuntly (03) 8608 5700 Services for former Road, Caulfield South VIC 3162 wards Platform 2 Bendigo Railway Station, Telephone: (03) 8605 5760 FAX Bendigo VIC 3550 Postal: (03) 9523 6877 FAX PO Box 820 Bendigo Central, Bendigo VIC (03) 9528 2977 3552 1800 558 268 Free Call

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Email: Rural Australians for Refugees Vietnam Veterans, Castlemaine [email protected] Internet: Castlemaine (RARC) Sub-branch grow.net.au Postal: Location: Contacts: 5 George Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 36 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Bendigo Group Contacts: Postal: 1800 558 268 Free Call Ellen O'Gallagher 1A Myring Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 8 Olinda Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 (03) 5470 6867 Contacts: Heart Support Australia (HSA) Email: [email protected] Contact - Allen Lane Secretary - Chris Sartori (03) 5472 3115 (Castlemaine Group) (03) 5472 3930 Vision Australia Foundation, Location: SANE Australia Venue -West End Hall, View Street, Loddon Mallee Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: Location: Postal: 1800 187 263 Helpline 92-100 McIvor Road, Bendigo VIC 3550 PO Box 121, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Internet: Telephone: Telephone: www.sane.org 1300 847 466 Free Call (03) 5470 5563 Castlemaine Branch T.O.W.N. Club Castlemaine (Take (03) 9334 3260 TTY Contacts: Email: President - Evan Walters Off Weight Naturally) ruth.o'[email protected] Indigenous Economic Location: Womens Information Referral Campbells Creek Hall, Campbells Creek Development Unit VIC 3451 Exchange (WIRE) Location: Telephone: Location: 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 5472 2179 Contact - Carol Ground Floor Queen Victoria Women's Telephone: (03) 5472 3977 Contact - Barbara Centre, 210 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 1300 799 526 Koori Business Network Internet: 3000 (KBN) www.townclubs.com.au Telephone: Internet: VANISH (inc) 1300 134 130 for cost of local call www.business.vic.gov.au KBN (03) 9921 0870 Location: (03) 9921 0888 FAX Maine Connection 3rd Floor, 100 Franklin St, Melbourne VIC 13 3677 Interpreter Service, TTY Location: 3000 Email: Venue Is Lesterville Hall, William St,, Postal: [email protected] Castlemaine VIC 3450 PO Box 112, Carlton Sth VIC 3053 Internet: Telephone: Telephone: www.wire.org.au 0400 975 680 (03) 9328 8611 1300 826 474 TRANSPORT Motor Neurone Disease Assn. of Email: Vic. Inc. [email protected] Internet: Ambulances Location: www.vanish.org.au 265 Canterbury Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 24 Hour Emergency Service 000 Postal: Veterans' Affairs, Department of Ambulance Victoria P.O.Box 23, Canterbury VIC 3126 (DVA) Telephone: Telephone: (03) 9830 2122 Location: 000 EMERGENCIES free call 24 hour (03) 9830 2228 FAX Victorian Administration, 300 LaTrobe service Email: Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 1800 301 130 TTY [email protected] Postal: 106 (emergency number for people with Internet: GPO Box 87A, Melbourne VIC communication impairment) www.mnd.asn.au Telephone: (03) 5338 5000 Administration 1800 555 254 Free Call (03) 5338 5211 FAX Post and Ante Natal Depression 13 3254 General enquiries - connects 1800 248 859 First Aid Kits Association Inc (PANDA) to local state office Internet: 1300 551 918 (will connect to Ballarat or www.rav.vic.gov.au Location: Bendigo Office) 810 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy North VIC 3068 1300 550 450 Veterans Home Care Charter Services Telephone: 1800 801 945 veterans home maintenance Bendigo Airport Services 1300 726 306 Free Call helpline & HomeFront falls prevention (03) 9481 3377 Administration 1800 011 046 VVCS Veteran line, 24 hour Location: (03) 9482 6210 FAX counselling Pick-Up Point Castlemaine Taxi Rank, Email: Internet: Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 [email protected] www.dva.gov.au Postal: Internet: www.castlemainevietvets.com (Castlemaine 3 Abel Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 www.panda.org.au District Vietnam Veterans Sub-branch) Telephone: (03) 5444 3939 Phone for Bookings (essential) Email: [email protected]

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Internet: Internet: Email: www.bendigoairportservice.com.au www.racv.com.au [email protected] Head Office Contacts: Internet: Rob and Di Sloan Public Transport www.travellersaid.org (03) 5439 4044 Castlemaine Bus Lines V/ LINE RAIL & COACH Drivers Location: Location: Drink Driver License Course - 40 Forest St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Railway Station, Kennedy Reapplication + Assessment Telephone: Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5472 1455 Incl.Timetable Info. Telephone: Telephone: (03) 5472 4403 FAX (03) 5472 4205 Passenger Enquiries 1800 253 141 Email: Timetables Info. Contacts: [email protected] 13 6196 Information and Sales Castlemaine District Community Health Internet: (03) 9670 2873 Travellers' Aid Centre (CHIRP) www.castlemainebuslines.com.au Internet: (03) 5479 1000 for application forms www.vline.com.au 13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Countrylink-Rail/Coach Driver Assessment and Education Program Reservations Taxis 1800 253 141 Telephone: Castlemaine Taxis Transport- Castlemaine Health 13 2232 Rail & Coach Reservations, Train Arrival/Depart Info Postal: Location: (02) 8202 2000 Head Office 2 Bunker Street, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 (SYDNEY) Telephone: Postal: Internet: 13 1008 Taxi Bookings PO Box 50, Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.countrylink.info (03) 5447 4477 AlternativeTaxi Telephone: Bookings (03) 5471 1522 enquiries Getting Around Project (03) 5447 3557 BH - administration (03) 5447 9321 FAX Vic Roads Service Castlemaine Location: Can be contacted through the Mount Location: Alexander Shire office, Town Hall, Littleton YOUTH Town Hall, Lyttleton St., Castlemaine VIC Street, (Wednesdays & Thursdays), 3450 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Clubs Postal: Contacts: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Transport Connections Co-ordinator - Sue Castlemaine Assembly of God Telephone: Moses (CAOG) (03) 5471 1700 Licence photos, 0458 019 768 Mobile shooters photos, log books, learners tests (03) 5471 1877 BH Location: (Appt. req.) Venue - Campbells Creek Community Public Transport Ombudsman Centre, Campbells Creek VIC Motor Vehicles (PTO) Postal: PO Box 570, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Castlemaine Historic Vehicle Club Postal: Email: Inc PO Box 538, Collins Street West Vic 8007 [email protected] Telephone: Contacts: Location: (03) 8623 2111 Pastor - Paul Jenkins Venue: Community Centre, Elizabeth Street, (03) 8623 2100 FAX (03) 5472 4660 Campbells Creek VIC 3451 1800 466 865 Free Call Postal: 1800 809 623 TTY Castlemaine Blue Light Disco PO Box 43, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Committee Inc Contacts: [email protected] Secretary - K. White Internet: Location: (03) 5472 3793 www.ptovic.com.au C/- Castlemaine Police, 50 Lyttleton Street, President - Geoff Pollard Castlemaine VIC 3450 (03) 5474 2839 Traveller's Aid Australia (The) Telephone: (03) 5472 2099 Location: RACV Emergency Road Service 0437 315 982 Mobile Southern Cross Station, Flinders Street , Contacts: Location: Melbourne VIC 3000, Head Office - City Peter Lukaitis 422 Little Collins St., Melbourne, Melbourne Village, Level 3,225 Bourke St Melbourne, 0437 315 982 Mobile VIC 3000 Melbourne VIC 3000 Telephone: Telephone: Full Gospel Church Castlemaine (03) 9790 2190 Advisory Line: Legal (03) 9654 2600 Head Office and Technical Advice,Approved Repairers (03) 9610 2030 Flinders Street Location: 13 1111 Emergency Roadside Service Station Venue, Senior Citizens Hall, Mechanics (03) 5443 9622 RACV Shop 112 (03) 9654 1926 FAX Lane, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Mitchell Bendigo (03) 9670 2072 Southern Cross Contacts: 13 1955 Emergency Wheelchair Station Pastor - Roger Thurecht Breakdown Service (03) 9654 7690 Disability Access (03) 5474 2285 Email: Service (TADAS) [email protected]

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Newstead and District Youth Club Location: Venue - Harcourt Scout Hall, Eagles Road, Department of Inc. Harcourt VIC 3453 Education(Goldfields+Macedon Postal: Contacts: Ranges Network Student Support C/- Post Office, Newstead VIC 3462 Leader - Marie Dwyer Staff) Telephone: (03) 5474 2698 (03) 5476 2407 205 Eagles Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 Postal: PO Box 57, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Oasis Junior Youth Club - Maldon Scouts Contacts: Southern District Support Staff Location: Castlemaine Pioneer Scout Group (03) 5479 1404 Baptist Church, Cnr Templeton and Edward (03) 5479 1444 FAX Sts, Maldon VIC 3463 Location: Contacts: Scout Hall, Heather Drive, Castlemaine VIC Green Corps Gavin Alexander 3450 (03) 5475 2338 Postal: Contacts: 4 Warnoc Street, Maldon VIC 3463 PO Box 749, Castlemaine VIC 3450 DEEWR 13 6268 Job Services Australia Out and Out Club (Part of Scouts Australia www.deewr.gov.au Castlemaine Health Adult Day Location: Mt Alexander Shire - Castlemaine District Service) Victorian Branch HQ 152 Forster Rd, Mt Health Centre Waverley VIC (03) 5471 1700 Location: Telephone: Kids Help Line Australia Ltd Harcourt Leisure Centre, Mills Road, (03) 8543 9800 BH Harcourt VIC 3453 Email: Location: Postal: [email protected] Suite 9, Lang Business Centre, Black Street, PO Box 50 c/o Castlemaine Health, Internet: Milton QLD 4064 Castlemaine VIC 3450 www.vicscouts.asn.au Postal: Telephone: PO Box 2000, Milton QLD 4064 (03) 5471 1498 Support Programs Telephone: Contacts: 1800 551 800 freecall (24 hours) Co-ordinator - Virginia Harkin Alateen Family Group Counsellors (03) 5471 1498 Telephone: (07) 3369 1588 Office Victorian Blue Light Youth Camp (03) 9642 3330 Will give details of (07) 3367 1266 FAX local contacts Email: Location: Internet: [email protected] Phoenix St, Maldon VIC 3463 www.alanon.alateen.org/australia Internet: Postal: Contacts: www.kidshelp.com.au PO Box 127, Maldon VIC 3463 Alateen Contact - Michelle Liberty Christian Life Centre Telephone: 0438 705 797 (03) 5475 2033 Location: (03) 5475 2117 FAX Blue Light Disco Venue - Campbells Creek Community Email: Location: Centre, Elizabeth Street, Campbells Creek [email protected] Castlemaine Police Station, Lyttleton Street, VIC 3451 Contacts: Castlemaine VIC 3450 Contacts: Executive Manager - Mr Michael and Janet Telephone: Pastor - Paul Jenkins Williamson (03) 5472 2099 (03) 5472 4660 0409 333 965 Mobile Girl Guides Carer Support Services Loddon Email: [email protected] Castlemaine Guides Mallee (CSS) PO Box 570, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Location: Location: Xtreme Inc. Guide Hall, Cnr Kennedy and Forest Castlemaine Health, (Metcalfe Hostel), Location: Cornish Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Streets, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Youth & Performing Arts (In the Castlemaine Postal: Contacts: Community), Castlemaine VIC 3450 Leader - Julie Colley PO Box 922, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Email: Telephone: (03) 5473 3203 AH [email protected] PO Box 16, Elphinstone VIC 3448 1800 059 059 Commonwealth Carers Internet: Respite Centre www.xtremeinc.com.au Harcourt Arrow Guides 1800 068 978 Freecall 24 hour service (03) 5470 6305 Central Goldfields Location: Youth Substance Abuse Service Shire Venue- Harcourt Uniting Church Hall, (YSAS) Bendigo (03) 5470 5403 for service within Mt Buckley Street, Harcourt VIC 3453 Alexander Shire Location: Contacts: Contacts: 39 Garsed Street, Bendigo VIC 3550 Marie Dwyer Mental Health Carer Resource Worker - Postal: (03) 5473 2698 Carer Support Services P.O Box 1058, Kangaroo Flat VIC 3555 205 Eagles Road, Harcourt VIC 3453 1800 068 978 Telephone: Harcourt Mt Alexander Guides (03) 5442 7860 1800 014 446 Referral Line Free Call 24 Hrs (03) 5444 2969 Mon-Fri BH

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Email: www.ysas.org.au Head Office Contacts: YSAS Head Office (03) 9415 8881 (03) 9415 8882 FAX www.ysas.org.au Level 1 - 13 Johnson Street, Fitzroy Vic 3065 Youth Worker Mount Alexander Shire Yourth Worker Location: Halford Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Postal: PO Box 185, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: (03) 5471 1700 Email: [email protected]

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A-Z Index A ABC Television...... 10 B Abortion and Grief Helpline...... 44, 63 Badminton...... 56 ACCOMMODATION...... 1 Badminton Club Inc and Junior Badminton -Castlemaine... 56 Action Centre for Young People...... 61 Baptist Church Castlemaine...... 49 Administrative Appeals Tribunal (FEDERAL) (AAT)...... 22 Baptist Church Maldon...... 49 Adoption Information Service (FIND : Family Information Barfold Hall...... 51 Network Discovery)...... 36, 63 Baringhup Cemetery...... 38 Adult Education...... 25 Baringhup Community Committee...... 14, 51 Advent Care Bendigo...... 5 Baringhup Landcare Group...... 33 Advocacy and Rights Centre - Bendigo...... 1, 2 Baringhup Primary School...... 26 After Hours Medical Service - Central Highlands...... 27, 41 Baringhup Sports Oval...... 53 After School Care...... 36 Baringhup Trail Riders Inc...... 7 AGED AND DISABILITY SERVICES...... 2 Baringhup West Rural Fire Brigade...... 28 Aged Care - Information Line...... 3 Barkers Creek Cricket Club...... 56 Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACAT)...... 44 Barkers Creek Hall and Recreation Reserve Committee 51, 53 Aged Care Complaints Investigation Scheme...... 21, 62 Barkers Creek Landcare and Wildlife Group...... 33 Aged Persons Mental Health Service...... 4 Barking Owl Theatre...... 8 Aglow Castlemaine...... 49 Basketball...... 56 Aids and Appliances...... 3 Beehive Gold Mine...... 48 Al-Anon Family Groups...... 17, 62 Bells Swamp Bridgewater Road...... 52 Alateen Family Group...... 44, 66 Bendigo Airport Services...... 64 Albert Cox Wildlife Sanctuary...... 35 Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-Operative...... 15 Alcohol and Drugs...... 17 Bendigo Community Health Service (Alcohol and Drug Alcoholics Anonymous (Castlemaine)...... 17, 62 Services)...... 17, 44 Allergy Centre...... 41 Bendigo Community Health Service -Counselling Svcs. - Alternative Health...... 41 Women's Health Clinic...... 18, 19 Alternative Lifestyles...... 49 Bendigo Community Health Services Inc (BCHS)...... 46 Alzheimers Australia Vic...... 3, 44, 63 Bendigo Community Palliative Care Services...... 44 Ambulance...... 27 Bendigo CRS Australia...... 43 Ambulance Victoria...... 27, 42, 64 Bendigo Health Care Group...... 42, 46 Ambulances...... 64 Bendigo Native Plant Group...... 40 Angling...... 55 Bendigo Neighbourhood House...... 13 ANIMAL WELFARE...... 6 Bendigo Obedience Dog Club...... 7 Animal Welfare Groups...... 6 Bendigo Prospectors Club...... 8 ANIMALS...... 7 Bendigo Psychiatric Campus (Part of Bendigo Health Care Anne Caudle Centre (Bendigo Health Care Group)...... 41 Group)...... 4 Anti Cancer Council Helpline...... 44 Bendigo Regional Breastscreen Centre...... 46 ANTIQUES AND SECONDHAND GOODS...... 7 Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (BRIT) - Castlemaine Archery...... 55 Campus...... 25, 27 Art Galleries...... 31 Bendigo Visitor Information...... 24, 31 Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (incorporating Osteoporosis Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre (BENVOL)...... 16 Victoria)...... 44 Bereaved...... 38 ARTS AND CRAFTS...... 8 Bereavement Support Services (Castlemaine)...... 19, 38 Assistance Centre, St Vincent De Paul...... 15, 27 Best Community Development : (Outreach Services)...... 30 Association of Relatives and Friends of Emotionally Or Beyondblue (National Depression Initiative)...... 40, 63 Mentally Ill (ARAFEMI)...... 62 Big Tree Park, Guildford...... 53 Associations...... 12 Bill Woodfull Recreation Reserve-Maldon...... 53 Asthma Foundation of Victoria...... 44 Billiards...... 56 Astronomy Nights - Michael Sweeney...... 31 Billiards Club - Castlemaine...... 56 Athletics...... 55 Bingo (Campbells Creek Bowling Club)...... 13 Australasian College of Dermatologists...... 40 Birth...... 46 Australia Day Committee (Victoria)...... 12 Birthing Centre - Castlemaine Health...... 46 Australia Post...... 11 Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. Victorian Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) - Castlemaine Communities, Dept of...... 47 and District Group...... 37 Blind Citizens Australia (BCA)...... 46, 62 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Central Victoria 12 Blue Light Disco...... 8, 66 Australian Communication Exchange Limited (ACE) - Nat'l Books...... 47 Relay Service...... 12 Botanic Gardens...... 52 Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) 10, Bowling Clubs (Indoor)...... 56 12 Bowling Clubs (Lawn)...... 56 Australian Government Child Support Agency (CSA)...... 36 Breast Screen Victoria...... 40 Australian Hearing Bendigo Office...... 42 Breastfeeding Support Service...... 37 Australian Human Rights Commission...... 19 Brigade Avenue Units...... 2 Australian Red Cross Blood Service (Bendigo Service) 16, 40 Brigade Support Officer (CFA)...... 28 Australians for Native Title and Reconcilliation (Vic) Inc Brotherhood of St Laurence...... 28 (ANTaR)...... 15 A-Z Index

Buda Historic Home and Gardens Inc...... 40, 48 Castlemaine Darts...... 57 Bushwalking Victoria...... 50 Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park...... 53 Businesses and Services...... 21 Castlemaine District Community Health (CDCH) - Grief Counselling...... 39 Castlemaine District Community Health Centre (CHIRP).... 46 Castlemaine District Radio Inc (WMAFM)...... 12 C Castlemaine District Sub-branch Vietnam Veteran's Assoc. CAE Book Groups...... 47 12, 15 Cairn Curran Picnic Ground Reserve...... 53 Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club Inc (CFNC)...... 13 Cairn Curran Sailing Club...... 59 Castlemaine Fire Brigade...... 28 Camp Reserve...... 53 Castlemaine Football/Netball Club Inc...... 57, 58 Campaspe Valley Landcare Group...... 33 Castlemaine Friends of St Luke's...... 15 Campbells Creek Bowling Club - Ladies...... 56 Castlemaine Goldfields Football Club (Soccer)...... 51, 59 Campbells Creek Bowling Club - Men's...... 56 Castlemaine Golf Club Inc...... 58 Campbells Creek Colts Cricket Club...... 56 Castlemaine Guides...... 66 Campbells Creek Community Centre (CCC)...... 13, 31, 51 Castlemaine Gun Club...... 59 Campbells Creek Fire Brigade...... 28 Castlemaine Health...... 41, 42 Campbells Creek Football/Netball Club...... 57, 58 Castlemaine Health (Adult Day Service)...... 15, 17, 60 Campbells Creek Junior Football Club...... 57 Castlemaine Highland Pipe Band Inc (CHPB)...... 9 Campbells Creek Playgroup...... 37 Castlemaine Historic Vehicle Club Inc...... 65 Campbells Creek Post Office...... 10, 11 Castlemaine Historical Society Inc...... 48 Campbells Creek Recreation Reserve...... 53 Castlemaine Johanine Community...... 50 Campbells Creek Senior Citizens Club...... 5, 60 Castlemaine Kindergarten...... 38 Campbells Creek Tennis Club...... 59 Castlemaine Landcare Group...... 33 Campbells Creek Trotting Club...... 60 Castlemaine Lawn Tennis Club Inc...... 59 Campbells Creek/Guildford Primary Schools...... 26 Castlemaine Legacy Laurel Club...... 13, 62 Camping Grounds...... 50 Castlemaine Mental Health Carers Support Group... 4, 61, 63 Cancer Council of Victoria, The...... 25, 44 Castlemaine Midweek Hardcourt Ladies Tennis...... 60 Carer Allowance...... 61 Castlemaine Model Railroaders Inc...... 8 Carer Support and Respite Co-ordination Centres Loddon Castlemaine North Primary School...... 26 Mallee...... 5 Castlemaine Outdoor Swimming Pool...... 55, 59 Carer Support Services Loddon Mallee (CSS)...... 5, 63, 66 Castlemaine Pioneer Scout Group...... 66 Carers Victoria...... 5, 44 Castlemaine Pistol Club...... 59 Castlemaine Amateur Swimming Club...... 59 Castlemaine Police Station...... 1, 27, 29 Castlemaine Ambulance Auxiliary...... 15 Castlemaine Pony Club...... 7 Castlemaine and District Accommodation and Resource Castlemaine Post Office...... 10, 11 Group (CADARG)...... 1, 2, 27 Castlemaine Presbyterian Church...... 49 Castlemaine and District Adult Riders Club...... 7 Castlemaine Presbyterian Church Hall...... 31, 51 Castlemaine and District Agricultural Society...... 32, 55 Castlemaine Public Library...... 47 Castlemaine and District Carpet Bowls Association...... 56 Castlemaine Resource Recovery and Landfill...... 35 Castlemaine and District Cricket Assn Inc (CDCA) Umpires Castlemaine Secondary College...... 27 Association...... 56 Castlemaine Senior Citizens Centre Inc...... 5, 60 Castlemaine and District Cricket Association Inc...... 56 Castlemaine Senior Citizens Clubrooms Hall...... 31, 51 Castlemaine and District Festival of Gardens Inc...... 31, 40 Castlemaine Singers (Women's Group)...... 9 Castlemaine and District Funeral Parlors - Thompson Family Castlemaine Social Network (CASONE)...... 60 39 Castlemaine South Kindergarten...... 38 Castlemaine and District Garden Club Inc...... 40 Castlemaine South Primary School...... 26 Castlemaine and District HIV and Hep C Support Group Castlemaine State Festival (CSF)...... 31 (CADHS)...... 44, 62 Castlemaine Steiner School and Kindergarten...... 26, 38 Castlemaine and District Junior Football League...... 57 Castlemaine Steiner School Playgroup...... 37 Castlemaine and District Kennel Club...... 7 Castlemaine Sunken Oval...... 53 Castlemaine and District Netball Assoc Inc...... 58 Castlemaine Table Tennis Assoc. Inc...... 59 Castlemaine and District Tennis Association Inc...... 59 Castlemaine Taxis...... 65 Castlemaine Anglican Parish Churches...... 49 Castlemaine Theatre Company Inc...... 8 Castlemaine Angling Club...... 55 Castlemaine United Cricket Club...... 56 Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum...... 31, 49 Castlemaine Victoria State Emergency Service (SES). 27, 29 Castlemaine Artists Market...... 24 Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre and Accomodation Castlemaine Assembly of God (CAOG)...... 49, 65 Booking Service...... 1, 17, 24, 31 Castlemaine Blue Light Disco Committee Inc...... 65 Castlemaine War Memorial Sports Stadium...... 55 Castlemaine Botanic Gardens Hall...... 51 Castlemaine Winters Flat Primary School...... 26 Castlemaine Bowling Club Inc...... 56 Catholic Churches,Mount Alexander Shire...... 49 Castlemaine Bus Lines...... 65 Cemeteries...... 38 Castlemaine Camera Club Inc...... 9 Centacare...... 20, 36 Castlemaine Cannons Basketball Association Inc...... 56 Central Goldfields Visitor Information Centre (Maryborough) 1, Castlemaine Cemetery...... 38 24 Castlemaine Child Care Centre...... 38 Central Highlands Pleasure Harness Club...... 7 Castlemaine Community House...... 9, 13, 25, 59 Central Victoria Farmers Market (Castlemaine)...... 24 Castlemaine Copy Centre...... 10, 30 Central Victorian Health Alliance (CVHA)...... 41 Castlemaine Creative Artists...... 8, 9 Central Victorian MacIntosh Users...... 10 A-Z Index

Central Victorian Mediation Services...... 21, 62 Continence Foundation of Australia Ltd...... 44 Central Victorian Veterans Support Centre (CVVSC)...... 63 Continence Service - Community Rehabilitation Castlemaine Central Victorian Womens Choir (Performing as Women of Health...... 3, 43 Note)...... 9 Continuing Education Bendigo Inc...... 25 Centre Against Sexual Assault Loddon Campaspe (CASALC) Continuing Education Inc - Castlemaine and District 10, 25, 51 18, 61 Corinella Mark Lodge No. 18...... 49 Centrelink...... 19 Correctional Services - Prisons...... 29 CFA - Bendigo...... 28 Council For Adult Education (CAE)...... 25 Charter Services...... 64 Council On the Ageing Victoria (COTA Victoria)...... 45 Chewton Bowmen Inc...... 55 Counselling...... 61 Chewton Cemetery Trust...... 38 COUNSELLING SERVICES...... 17 Chewton Chat...... 10 Country Awareness Network (Victoria) Inc (CAN)...... 45 Chewton Community Centre Hall...... 14, 51 Country Fire Authority...... 28 Chewton Domain Society Inc (People and Places Exhibition) Country Women's Association (CWA) Sutton 12, 32, 48 Grange/Metcalfe Branch...... 12 Chewton Fire Brigade...... 28 Country Womens Association (CWA) - Castlemaine Branch12 Chewton Landcare Group...... 33 Country Womens Association (CWA) Central Victoria Group Chewton Post Office...... 11 12 Chewton Primary School...... 26 Country Womens Association (CWA) Harcourt Branch...... 12 Chewton Senior Citizens...... 5, 60 Country Womens Association (CWA) Newstead Branch.... 13 Chewton Swimming Pool...... 55, 59 Countrylink-Rail/Coach Reservations...... 65 Chewton Town Hall...... 49, 51 Court Network - Information, Support and Referral Service 17, Child Care Access Hotline...... 38 20 Child Protection Services - Human Services Department Of 18 Crawford Close...... 2 Child Support Legal Service...... 19, 36 Creative Living Support Group (Thursday)...... 8, 60 Christian Business Men Australia...... 21, 63 Credit Union Dispute Resolution Centre...... 62 Church of Christ Castlemaine...... 50 Cricket Clubs...... 56 Churches (Christian)...... 49 Crime Stoppers...... 29 Cinemas...... 31 Crime Victims...... 18 Civil Celebrants...... 39, 50 Crisis Counselling...... 18 Clerk of Courts...... 19 Crisis Pregnancy Counselling...... 46 Clubs...... 13, 40, 65 Croquet...... 57 Clydesdale Foal and Goat Show...... 7 Croquet Club -Castlemaine...... 57 Co-operatives...... 15 Cyber Safety Hotline...... 10 Common Equity Rental Housing Co-Operatives (CERC) Cycling...... 57 Forest Creek...... 2, 15 Cycling Club - Castlemaine...... 57 Commonwealth Ombudsman...... 22 Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres...... 1, 6, 44 COMMUNICATIONS...... 10 Community Centres...... 13 D Community Dental Services...... 41 Dancing...... 8 Community Development...... 14 Darts...... 57 Community Health Centre (CHIRP) - Alcohol and Drug Day Care...... 61 Counselling...... 17 Deaf Access Victoria...... 42 Community Health Centre (CHIRP) - Dietitian...... 41 Dentacare...... 41 Community Health Centre (CHIRP) - General Counselling. 61 Dental Clinics...... 41 Community Health Centre (CHIRP) - Health Education...... 26 Dental Health Services Victoria...... 41 Community Health Centre (CHIRP) - Physiotherapy/Group Dental Practice Board of Victoria...... 23 Exercise...... 43 Dental Prosthetist (Mr W T Davies)...... 41 Community Health Centre (CHIRP) Hearing Loss Dental Services...... 41 Management...... 42 Denture Clinic...... 41 Community Health Centres...... 46 Department of Education(Goldfields+Macedon Ranges Community Information Victoria Inc (CIVic)...... 15 Network Student Support Staff)...... 66 Community Mental Health Services (Castlemaine)...... 4, 43 Department of Sustainability and Enviroment (DSE).... 33, 35 COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS...... 12 Diabetes Support and Information Group...... 63 Community Rehabilitation Centre - Castlemaine Health. 5, 43 Dial 1100 Before You Dig...... 29 Community Service Groups...... 15 Dietitian...... 41 Community Services - Mount Alexander Shire Council 4, 6, 61 Dietitian - Castlemaine Health...... 41 Community Support Co-Ordinator - Castlemaine Health.... 42 Dingo Conservation Centre...... 7 Companion Card Victoria...... 22 Dingos...... 7 Companionship...... 60 Direct Line (Alcohol and Drug Counselling and Referral Line) Compassionate Friends Victoria Inc...... 19, 36, 38 17 Complementary Health...... 40 Disability Access Volunteer Network (MASDAG)...... 4, 41, 63 Computers...... 10 Disability Aids...... 41 Conference Facilities and Halls for Hire...... 51 Disability Services Loddon Mallee Region (DHS)...... 3, 4 Consumer Affairs Vic - Bendigo Office...... 21, 22 Disability Support Service, St Luke's Anglicare...... 4, 45, 63 Consumer Affairs VIC - Loddon/Mallee...... 2, 21, 22 Disabled...... 30 Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV)...... 22 Dispute (Mediation) Settlement Centre Victoria...... 21, 62 Consumer Protection...... 22 A-Z Index

District Nurses - Castlemaine Health...... 4, 43, 61 Family Court of Australia...... 20, 21 District Nursing - Maldon Hospital...... 4, 43, 61 Family Relationships Advice Line...... 36 District Walking Tracks...... 24 Family Relief/Respite Service - Castlemaine Health...... 6 Dog and Cat Registration...... 7 Family Support Services...... 36 Dog and Cat Registration Maldon area...... 7 Family Tracing Service - Salvation Army Missing Persons. 36 Dogs...... 7 Faulder Watson Hall...... 48 Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (DVRCV)..... 18 Fax Transmissions...... 10 Down Syndrome Association of Victoria Inc...... 3, 63 Federal Magistrates Court...... 20 Drama...... 8 Festivals and Events...... 31 Drawing...... 8 Film...... 8 Drink Driver License Course - Reapplication + Assessment 65 Films At Fryerstown...... 8 Drivers...... 65 Financial Counselling...... 19 Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)...... 23 Fire Brigades...... 28 Firewood Collection Rules...... 33 E First Aid...... 29, 42 Early Childhood Intervention Program, Mt Alexander and First Aid and CPR Training...... 26, 42 Central Goldfields...... 4, 36 Fishing licence Information...... 55 EARS (Emergency After-Hours Respite Service)...... 6, 62 Foodbank Australia...... 15 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...... 21 Football Clubs...... 57 EDUCATION...... 25 Forest Creek Historic Gold Diggings Site...... 24, 48 Effective Writing Course & Manuscript Assessment...... 25 Foster Care...... 36 Elderly Persons Housing Castlemaine (Human Services Dept Foster Care Recruitment...... 36 Of, Housing Service)...... 2 Franklinford - Yandoit Cemetery Trust...... 39 Elders Rights Advocacy, Victoria...... 21 Friends & Tutors of the South Sudanese of Castlemaine... 63 Elfa Info-Community Newsletter Elphinstone and Faraday. 10 Friends of Box and Ironbark Forests (FOBIF)...... 33, 35 Elliot Midland Newspapers (Midland Express/Castlemaine Friends of Campbells Creek...... 33 Mail)...... 11 Friends of Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Inc...... 15 Elphinstone Carpet Bowls Association...... 56 Friends of Castlemaine State Festival...... 15, 32 Elphinstone Cemetery...... 39 Friends of Chirp...... 15 Elphinstone Community Association...... 13 Friends of Kalimna Park...... 33, 52 Elphinstone Cricket Club...... 56 Friends of Lolotoe (Timor-Leste)...... 14, 63 Elphinstone Fire Brigade...... 28 Friends of Save the Children...... 16 Elphinstone Land Management Association (ELMA)...... 33 Friends of the ABC...... 11 Elphinstone Playgroup...... 37 Friends of the Miners' Cottages...... 13 Elphinstone Post Office...... 10, 11 Friends of the Mount Alexander Diggings (FOMAD)...... 13 Elphinstone Primary School No. 220...... 26 Friends of Vaughan Springs...... 33 Elphinstone Recreation Hall (Administered By Elphinstone Fryers Ridge Flora Reserve...... 53 Community Facility)...... 51 Fryerstown Antique Fair...... 32 Embroiderers Guild Victoria (Castlemaine Branch)...... 8 Fryerstown Cemetery...... 39 Embroidery...... 8 Fryerstown Fire Brigade...... 28 Emergency Accommodation...... 1 Full Gospel Church Castlemaine...... 50, 65 Emergency Accommodation and Support Enterprise (EASE) FUNERALS...... 38 1, 18, 36 EMERGENCY AND DISASTER SERVICES...... 27 Emergency Housing...... 27 Emergency Medical Treatment...... 41 G Emergency Services...... 27 Gamblers Help (Counselling Service)...... 19 EMPLOYMENT...... 30 Gambling...... 19 Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria)...... 23 Gamma Line Telephone Counselling Service...... 45 ENTERTAINMENT VENUES...... 31 Garden Club - University of the Third Age (U3A)...... 40 ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION...... 33 GARDENING...... 39 Environment Officer, Mount Alexander Shire...... 33, 40 Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Victoria (Gay Advisory Service) Epilepsy Action Australia...... 45 61 Equipment Hire - Castlemaine Health...... 3 Gayle L Ford (J.P.) (Civil Celebrant)...... 39 Estate Agents Resolution Service (EARS)...... 23 Genealogy...... 47 Exhibition Facilities...... 31 Getting Around Project...... 14, 65 Expedition Pass Reservoir...... 53 Gingell Street Units...... 2 Girl Guides...... 66 Glenluce Mineral Springs Reserve...... 53 Gold Country Bootscooters/Line Dancers...... 8 F Golden Point Landcare Group...... 33 FAB (Friends Alike of Bendigo)...... 60 Goldfields Bonsai Society...... 40 Fair Work Australia...... 21, 23, 30 Goldfields Library Corporation...... 47 Fair Work Info Line, Australian Government...... 21 Goldfields Quilters Inc...... 9 FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES...... 36 Goldfields Roses and Gardens Group Inc...... 40 Family and Parentline...... 36 Golf Clubs...... 58 Family Assistance Office (FAO)...... 36 Good Shepherd Buying Service...... 21 A-Z Index

Graces Flat Reserve Committee...... 53 Holiday...... 1 Grandparents Victoria Inc...... 36 Holy Trinity Anglican Church Maldon...... 50 Great Dividing Trail Association GDTA Inc...... 24, 50 Holy Trinity Anglican Church Taradale...... 50 Greek Orthodox Church...... 50 Home Services...... 3, 61 Green Corps...... 33, 66 Homelessness Advocacy Service (HAS)...... 2 Grey Army Bendigo...... 30 Homing Pigeon (Contacts)...... 7 Grief Counselling...... 19, 39 Horses...... 7 Grief Counselling - Castlemaine Health...... 39 Horticulture...... 40 GROW Victoria Mental Health...... 45, 63 Hospitals...... 42 Guildford and Upper Loddon Landcare Group...... 34 Hostel - Low Care Units Castlemaine Health...... 1 Guildford Cemetery Trust...... 39 Hostels...... 1 Guildford Cricket Club...... 56 Guildford Folk Group...... 9 Guildford Music Hall...... 32, 51 Guildford Post Office...... 11 I Guildford Progress Association...... 14 Immunisation...... 43 Guildford Public Hall...... 51 Immunisation (School Entry Immunisation Certificate)...... 43 Guildford Regional Produce Market...... 24 Independent Primary Schools...... 26 Guildford Rural Fire Brigade...... 28 Indigenous Economic Development Unit...... 21, 64 Guildford Saddle Club...... 7 Instruction...... 9 Guildford Saddle Club and Recreation Reserve...... 7, 53 Insurance Brokers Disputes Limited (IBD)...... 23 Intellectual Disabilities...... 3 Internet Access...... 47 H Italian Group for Learning...... 10 Halloran Homes...... 2 Harcourt ANA Hall...... 51 Harcourt and District Playgroup...... 37 J Harcourt Applefest...... 25, 32 Jehovahs Witness...... 50 Harcourt Arrow Guides...... 66 Jessie Bowe House-Maldon Hospital...... 1 Harcourt Carpet Bowls Club (Winter)...... 56 Job Creation...... 30 Harcourt Cemetery...... 39 Job Services Australia...... 30, 31 Harcourt Cricket Club...... 57 Job Training...... 30 Harcourt District Fruit Growers Association...... 40 John Powell Reserve, Guildford...... 53 Harcourt Football/Netball Club...... 57, 58 Joyces Creek Cemetery...... 39 Harcourt Junior Football Club...... 57 Justices of the Peace of Mount Alexander Shire...... 20 Harcourt Leisure Centre...... 14, 51 Harcourt Lions Junior Netball Club...... 58 Harcourt Mt Alexander Guides...... 66 Harcourt North Community Hall...... 14, 51 Harcourt North Tennis Club...... 60 K Harcourt Post Office...... 10, 11 Karate Club Newstead and District Youth Club...... 58 Harcourt Preschool...... 38 Kaweka Park Wildflower Reserve/ Management Committee Harcourt Recreation Reserve...... 53 35, 52 Harcourt Rural Fire Brigade...... 28 Kentokan Karate...... 58 Harcourt Swimming Pool...... 55, 59 Kids Help Line Australia Ltd...... 18, 66 Harcourt Tennis Club...... 60 Harcourt Valley Heritage and Tourist Centre Inc...... 25, 49 Harcourt Valley Landcare Group Inc...... 34 Harcourt Valley News...... 11 L Harcourt Valley Primary School...... 26 Land Conservation...... 33 Haven Home Safe...... 1, 2 Langley Landcare Group...... 34 Health and Ageing Commonwealth Department of...... 6, 45 Langley Primary School...... 26 Health Education...... 25 Langley-Barfold Rural Fire Brigade...... 28 HEALTH SERVICES...... 40 Languages...... 10 Health Services Commissioner (Health Complaints)...... 23 Learning Difficulties...... 4 Hearing Advisory Service: Better Hearing Australia (Vic) Inc42 Legacy Group - Castlemaine...... 16 Hearing Impaired...... 42 Legal Advice...... 19 Hearing Services Voucher System - Office of Hearing Legal Services Commissioner...... 23 Services...... 3, 42 Lesterville Centre...... 2 Hearing Services, Office of (Department of Health and Liberty Christian Life Centre...... 50, 66 Ageing (Commonwealth Govt)...... 3, 42 Liberty Christian Life Centre Opportunity Shop...... 7 Heart Support Australia (HSA) (Castlemaine Group).... 45, 64 LIBRARY SERVICES...... 47 Herons Reef Gold Diggings...... 48 Licensed Wildlife Controller...... 35 Historic Building Preservation...... 33 Life Saving Victoria...... 29, 59 Historical Sites...... 48 Lifeline...... 18 Historical Societies...... 48 Lions Club Castlemaine...... 16 HIV and Sexual Health Connect Line...... 41 Lions Club Harcourt and District...... 16 Hobbies...... 8 Lions Club Maldon...... 16 A-Z Index

LOCAL HISTORY...... 47 Mc Kenzies Hill Action and Landcare Group...... 34 Lockwood Fire Brigade...... 28 Mechanics Hall Fryerstown (Burke and Wills Hall)...... 52 Love the Loddon...... 34 Media Newsletters...... 10 Lutheran Church (Castlemaine)...... 50 Mediation...... 21, 62 Medical Clinics...... 46 Medicare Australia...... 23 Memorial Stones - Trevor D Rhodes Memorials...... 39 M Men's Referral Service Inc...... 61 Machine Knitting Advice...... 9 Menieres Australia...... 42, 45 Maine Connection...... 64 Mensline...... 61 Mainly Bulk Whole Foods...... 21 Metcalfe and District Senior Citizens Inc...... 5, 60 Maldon and Baringhup Agricultural Society Inc...... 32, 55 Metcalfe Community Association...... 13 Maldon Anglican Parish Churches...... 50 Metcalfe Fire Brigades Group...... 29 Maldon Athenaeum Library...... 47 Metcalfe Flora Reserve...... 53 Maldon Athenaeum Reserve Committee of Management... 52 Metcalfe Hall Committee...... 52 Maldon Athenaeum Reserve Hall...... 52 Metcalfe Landcare Group...... 34 Maldon Bowling Club Inc...... 56 Metcalfe Recreation Reserve...... 54 Maldon Brass Band...... 9 Metcalfe Tennis Club...... 60 Maldon Campdraft Association...... 32 Midwifery - Castlemaine Health...... 46 Maldon Community Centre Hall...... 52 Mobility Centre, Melbourne...... 3, 4 Maldon Cricket Club...... 57 Model Aircraft...... 8 Maldon Croquet Club...... 57 Money Help...... 19 Maldon Cubs Netball Club...... 58 Mood Swing Ensemble...... 9 Maldon Easter Fair...... 32 Motor Neurone Disease Assn. of Vic. Inc...... 45, 64 Maldon Fire Brigade...... 28 Motor Vehicles...... 65 Maldon Fire Brigade Running Team...... 55 Mount Alexander Business Network...... 22 Maldon Folk Festival...... 32 Mount Alexander Community Enterprise...... 16 Maldon Football/Netball Club Inc (MNFC)...... 57, 58 Mount Alexander Community Information Centre Inc. (CIC) Maldon Garden, Floral Art and Craft Club...... 8, 40 14, 17, 20 Maldon General Cemetery...... 39 Mount Alexander Community Land Ltd...... 2 Maldon Golf Club Inc...... 58 Mount Alexander Diggings...... 25, 48 Maldon Heritage Advisory Committee...... 48 Mount Alexander Family Support Services (MAFS)...... 37 Maldon Hospital...... 19, 41, 43 Mount Alexander Funerals...... 39 Maldon Machinery Museum...... 31, 32 Mount Alexander Golf Club Inc...... 58 Maldon Masonic Lodge Hall...... 52 Mount Alexander Human Services Network...... 16 Maldon Museum and Archive Association Inc...... 48 Mount Alexander No Interest Loan Scheme (N.I.L.S)... 16, 22 Maldon Neighbourhood Centre...... 14, 25, 47 Mount Alexander Probus Club Inc...... 13 Maldon Neighbourhood Centre Market...... 24 Mount Alexander Regional Park...... 54 Maldon Petanque Club...... 13, 56 Mount Alexander Shire - Children's Free Immunisation Maldon Police Station...... 27, 29 Sessions...... 43 Maldon Pony Club...... 7 Mount Alexander Shire Council (Town Hall)...... 62 Maldon Post Office...... 10, 11 Mount Alexander Shire Council, Economic Development... 22 Maldon Preschool Centre...... 38 Mount Alexander Shire Council, Enviromental Health...... 34 Maldon Primary School...... 26 Mount Alexander Shire Council, Parks and Gardens Maldon Racecourse Recreation Reserve...... 53 Department...... 53 Maldon Senior Citizens...... 5, 60 Mount Alexander Shire Council, Recreation Department.... 55 Maldon Shire Gardens...... 52 Mount Alexander Shire Councillors...... 14 Maldon Southern Cross Masonic Lodge...... 49 Mount Alexander Shire Heritage Advisor...... 33, 48 Maldon Spinning...... 9 Mount Alexander Shire Ranger...... 6 Maldon State Battery...... 53 Mount Alexander Shire Yourth Worker...... 67 Maldon Swimming Pool...... 59 Mount Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG)...... 14, 35, 49 Maldon Tennis Club...... 60 Mount Alexander Vintage Engine Club...... 8, 13 Maldon Transfer Station...... 35 Mount Alexander Volunteer Network...... 16, 17 Maldon Urban Landcare Group...... 34 Mount Tarrengower...... 54 Maldon Village Quilters...... 9 Mount View Nursing Home- Maldon Hospital...... 1 Maldon Visitor Information Centre...... 1, 25 Mt Tarrangower Vintage and Historic Hill Climb...... 32 Malmsbury Community Market...... 24 Muckleford Catchment Landcare...... 34 Malmsbury Historical Society...... 48 Muckleford Cemetery Trust...... 39 Malmsbury Mail...... 11 Muckleford Community Centre...... 14, 52 Markets...... 24 Muckleford Cricket Club...... 57 Marriage Counselling...... 20 Muckleford Recreation Reserve...... 54 Martial Arts...... 58 Museums...... 32, 49 Martial arts/Karate...... 58 Music and Singing...... 9 Material Aid...... 27 Music Playgroup with Norma Lynch...... 37 Material Aid/Emergency Relief Providers, Mount Alexander Mutual Support...... 62 Shire...... 28 Maternal and Child Health...... 37 Maternal and Child Health Centre, Mount Alexander Shire 36, 37 A-Z Index

Olivet Christian College...... 27 Ombudsman Victoria...... 23 N Opal Health And Mobile...... 3 Narcotics Anonymous (NA)...... 18 Opportunity Shop RTC Newstead...... 7, 17 National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)...... 3, 47 Opportunity Shops...... 7 National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline...... 18, 61 Organ Donor Registry...... 41 National Missing Persons Unit...... 27 Out and Out Club (Part of Castlemaine Health Adult Day National Stroke Foundation...... 45 Service)...... 3, 5, 66 National Trust of Australia (Mount Alexander Branch).. 33, 48 Out of School Hours...... 36, 38 Natural Pest Control...... 29 Netball...... 58 Newstead and District Garden Club Inc (NDGC)...... 40 Newstead and District Historical Society (NDHS)...... 48 P Newstead and District Swimming Pool Inc...... 55, 59 Painting...... 9 Newstead and District Youth Club Inc...... 66 Palliative Care Service - Castlemaine Health...... 62 Newstead Bowling Club...... 56 Panmure Street Units...... 2 Newstead Cemetery Trust...... 39 Parents Without Partners...... 37, 63 Newstead Community Centre (NCC)...... 14, 52 Parks and Gardens...... 40, 52 Newstead Community Library...... 47 Parks Victoria (DSE)...... 51, 54 Newstead Cricket Club...... 57 Pharmacotherapy Advocacy Mediation and Support (PAMS) Newstead Croquet Club Inc...... 57 18, 62 Newstead Echo...... 11 Phee Broadway Theatre -Castlemaine...... 8, 32 Newstead Fire Brigade Auxiliary...... 29 PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGIONS...... 49 Newstead Fire Brigade Family Dance...... 8 Photography...... 9 Newstead Football/Netball Club...... 57, 58 Physical Disabilities...... 4 Newstead Internet Cafe...... 10 Physiotherapy...... 43 Newstead Junior Football Club...... 58 Physiotherapy - Castlemaine Health...... 43 Newstead Landcare Group (NLG)...... 34 Pianola Roll Club...... 9 Newstead Memorial Park...... 54 Picnic Ground Reserve, Baringhup...... 54 Newstead Playgroup (NPG) Birth - 4 Years...... 37 Pigeons...... 7 Newstead Police Station...... 27, 29 Pioneers and Old Residents Association...... 13 Newstead Post Office...... 10, 11 Planned Respite Service, St Luke's...... 6 Newstead Preschool Preschool Association Inc...... 38 Play Groups...... 37 Newstead Primary School...... 26 Playgroup Victoria...... 37 Newstead Racecourse and Recreation Reserve (NRRRCM) Plumbing Industry Commission...... 23 54 Podiatrist - Castlemaine Health...... 43 Newstead Recreation Reserve...... 54 Podiatry...... 43 Newstead Rotunda Park...... 54 Poisons Information Centre...... 29 Newstead Rural Fire Brigade...... 29 Police Stations...... 29 Newstead Spinners Inc...... 9 Pollution Control...... 34 Newstead Youth Club (Football/Netball)...... 58 Pony Clubs...... 7 Noah's Ark Inc...... 37 Post and Ante Natal Depression Association Inc (PANDA) 46, Noise Control/Pollution Control...... 34 64 North British Mine...... 54 Postal Communications...... 11 North Castlemaine Cricket Club...... 57 Pre-School Centres...... 38 North Central Catchment Management Authority (NCCMA) 35 Pregnancy and Post Abortion Support Service...... 45, 46 North Harcourt/Sedgwick Landcare Group...... 34 Pregnancy Support Services...... 45, 46 Norwood Hill Netball Club...... 58 Prenancy Support Service...... 45, 46 Noxious Weed Control...... 40 Primary Care Partnership (CVHA)...... 16 Nuggetty Land Protection Group...... 34 Primary Industries, Department of (DPI)...... 6, 23, 55 Nurse-on-call - Health Information Phoneline...... 43 Prisons (Justice Dept)...... 29 Nursing...... 43 Privacy Victoria...... 20 Nursing Homes...... 1 Psychiatric Disabilities...... 4 Nursing Homes - High Care Units Castlemaine Health...... 1 Public Housing...... 1 Nursing Mothers...... 37 Public Interest Law Clearing House (Coordinating Pro Bono Legal Services)...... 20 Public Notary...... 20 Public Safety...... 29 O Public Transport...... 65 Oak Forest Park Harcourt...... 54 Public Transport Ombudsman (PTO)...... 65 Oasis Junior Youth Club - Maldon...... 66 Occasional Child Care - Maldon Neighbourhood Centre.... 37 Occupational Therapist...... 43 Occupational Therapy - Castlemaine Health...... 43 Q Office of Police Integrity...... 23 Quilting...... 9 Office of the Public Advocate (Justice Department of Victoria) 20 Old Castlemaine Schoolboys Association (Established 1912) 13, 49 A-Z Index

SIDS and Kids Victoria...... 19 Significant Tree Register...... 40 R Singing Groups, Castlemaine Community House...... 9 RACV Emergency Road Service...... 65 Small Business Answer Office...... 22 Radio...... 12 Small Business Commissioner : Office of...... 22 Radio KLFM...... 12 Snake Catchers...... 30 Radiology Department (XRAY) - Castlemaine Health...... 42 Soccer...... 59 Ravenswood Valley Landcare Group (RVLCG)...... 34 Social Worker - Castlemaine Health...... 18, 45, 61 Ray Bradfield Room...... 31, 52 Solitaire Group...... 61 Ray Street Children's Centre...... 38 South German Mine...... 54 Reading Writing Hotline...... 4 South Muckleford Community Centre...... 14, 52 Reconciliation Victoria...... 21 South Muckleford Recreation Reserve...... 54 RECREATION AND SPORTS...... 55 Speech Pathology Castlemaine Health...... 44 RECREATIONAL FACILITIES...... 50 Speech Therapy...... 44 Recycling Services...... 35 Spinning and Weaving...... 9 Red Cross Castlemaine...... 16, 17 Sports Facilities...... 55 Red Hill Hotel Social and Sporting Club...... 61 St John Ambulance Australia - Castlemaine Branch (First Aid Redesdale Mia Mia Primary School...... 26 Services/Classes)...... 29 Redesdale Rural Fire Brigade...... 29 St John of God Hospital Bendigo...... 42 Regional Firearms Office...... 59 St John of God Pathology...... 47 Regional Information and Advocacy Council Inc (RIAC)..... 20 St Luke's - Financial Counselling...... 19 Rehabilitation...... 5, 43 St Luke's - Youth Services...... 37 Rehabilitation - Castlemaine Health...... 44 St Luke's Community Services...... 37 Relationships Australia (Victoria)...... 21 St Luke's Disability Support Service...... 5, 6 Reserves...... 53 St Luke's-Recovery Focussed Mental Health+PHAMS- Respite Services...... 5 Personal Helpers+Mentors Scheme...... 4, 6 Retired Active Women (RAW)...... 13 St Lukes - Gamblers Help...... 18 Returned and Services League (RSL) Castlemaine Sub St Marys Catholic Church Hall...... 31, 52 Branch...... 16 St Marys Catholic Primary School...... 27 Returned Servicemen's League (RSL) - Maldon Sub Branch St Vincent De Paul Society-Castlemaine - Assistance Centre 16 8, 16, 28 Rifle Club - Castlemaine...... 59 St. Lukes - Personal Helpers & Mentors...... 19 Rotary Club - Castlemaine...... 13, 16 State Primary Schools...... 26 rph Print Radio - Bendigo 88.7 FM...... 12, 46 State Secondary Schools...... 27 RSPCA Opportunity Shop...... 7 State Trustees (Formerly Public Trustees)...... 20 RSPCA Shelter and Pound, Castlemaine...... 6, 17, 35 Street Rod Carnival...... 32 Rural Australians for Refugees Castlemaine (RARC)...... 64 Sue Ingleton (Civil Celebrant)...... 39, 50 Rural Disability Access Project Officer...... 5, 45 Suicide Helpline Victoria...... 18 Rural Transaction Centre (RTC)...... 15, 47 Support Groups...... 44, 63 Support Programs...... 66 SUPPORT SERVICES...... 60 Sustainability Victoria...... 35 S Sutton Grange Cemetery...... 39 Safety Link Personal Response Service...... 3 Sutton Grange Hall...... 52 Sailing...... 59 Sutton Grange Landcare Group...... 34 Salvation Army Thrift Shop...... 7 Sutton Grange Recreation Reserve...... 54 Salvation Army, Castlemaine Corps...... 28, 50, 52, 61 Sutton Grange Tennis Club...... 60 Sandon Cemetery...... 39 Sutton Grange/Myrtle Creek Rural Fire Brigade...... 29 Sandon Werona Landcare Group...... 34 Swimming...... 59 Sandy Creek Catchment Landcare Group...... 34 Syringe Disposal Helpline...... 3 SANE Australia...... 41, 64 Scaffald (Supporting Children and Families For All Levels of Disabilities)...... 37, 63 Scams, Swindles, Rorts, Rip Offs - A consumers guide..... 24 T School Holiday Program...... 38 T.O.W.N. Club Castlemaine (Take Off Weight Naturally)... 64 Scottish Country Dancing...... 8 Table Tennis...... 59 Scouts...... 66 Tai Chi...... 59 Scouts Australia...... 66 Taradale Cemetery Trust...... 39 Senior Citizen's Centres...... 5 Taradale Community Forum...... 14 Seniors Information Victoria...... 6 Taradale Cricket Club...... 57 Seventh Day Adventist Community Services...... 28 Taradale Hall...... 52 Seventh-Day Adventist Church...... 50 Taradale Historical Group Inc...... 49 Sheep Dog Trials...... 7 Taradale Junior Cricket Club...... 57 Sheltered Workshop...... 30 Taradale Landcare Group...... 34 Shire News...... 11 Taradale Mineral Springs Committee...... 54 Shooting...... 59 Taradale Mineral Springs Festival...... 32 Show Grounds...... 55 Taradale Mineral Springs Park...... 54 Showgrounds...... 32 Taradale Playgroup...... 38 A-Z Index

Taradale Primary School...... 26 Victory Park Castlemaine...... 54 Taradale Progress Association Inc (Ladies Committee) 13, 14 Vietnam Veterans, Castlemaine Sub-branch...... 16, 64 Taradale Recreation Reserve...... 54 View Club Castlemaine...... 13 Taradale Rural Fire Brigade...... 29 Vision Australia - Blindness and Low Vision Services...... 47 Taradale Talk...... 11 Vision Australia - Seeing Eye Dog Mobility & Orientation 45, Taradale Tennis Club...... 60 46 Tarrangower Times...... 11 Vision Australia Foundation, Loddon Mallee...... 46, 64 Tarrengower Village Inc...... 2 Visually Impaired...... 46 Taxis...... 65 VitalCall - Personal Emergency Response Service...... 3 Technical and Further Education...... 27 Vocal Nosh Newstead...... 9 Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman ( TIO )...... 24 Vocational Guidance...... 31 Telephone Services...... 12 Volunteering Victoria Inc...... 17 Telstra 000 Emergency Service...... 27 Volunteers...... 16 Telstra Country Wide (TCW)...... 12 Telstra Disability Services...... 12, 42 Tenancy...... 2 Tennis Clubs...... 59 W The Forge Yoga Centre...... 41, 60 Walking and Wheeling Action Group...... 15 The Fringe Thing Inc...... 8 Walks and Bicycling Advisory Committee - Mt Alexander... 57 The Guildford Globe...... 11 Walmer Gun Club...... 59 Theatre Royal...... 31, 32 Walmer Rural Fire Brigade...... 29 Theatres...... 32 Warnock Street Units...... 2 Thompson's Foundry Band...... 9 Waste Disposal...... 35 Threatened Species Network...... 35 Water Conservation...... 35 Tourism...... 24 Wattle Flat Reserve...... 54 Toy Library...... 47 Welshman's Reef Cemetery...... 39 Toy Library Castlemaine and District...... 47 Wesley Hill (Castlemaine) Community Market (Sat, 7am-1pm) Translating and Interpreting Service - (TIS)- (All Victoria)... 10 24 TRANSPORT...... 64 Wesley Hill Hall...... 52 Transport- Castlemaine Health...... 65 Wesley Hill Junior Football Club...... 58 Traveller's Aid Australia (The)...... 5, 65 Wesley Hill Recreation Reserve...... 54 Tree Conservation...... 40 West End Dance Group - Ballroom Dancing...... 8 Trotting...... 60 West End Hall and Recreation Reserve (West Castlemaine Trust for Nature Victoria...... 34 Progress Ass'n)...... 52, 55 West End Rovers and Junior Football Club...... 58 West End Tennis Club...... 60 Western Oval Castlemaine...... 55 U Whistle Blowers...... 30 Union Hill Lookout...... 54 Wildlife Conservation...... 35 Uniting Church - Harcourt...... 50 Wildlife Shelter (WRES)...... 6, 35 Uniting Church - Maldon...... 50 Wildlife Victoria...... 7, 35 Uniting Church - Yandoit...... 50 Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) ...... 17 Uniting Church of Australia - Castlemaine Parish...... 50 Windarring Central Highlands Association for People with University of the Third Age (U3A)...... 25 Disabilities...... 30 Winters Flat Junior Football Club...... 58 Wintringham Housing...... 2 Womens Information Referral Exchange (WIRE)...... 64 V Woodwork...... 10 V/ LINE RAIL & COACH...... 65 Woodwork for Women...... 10 VANISH (inc)...... 37, 64 Worksafe Victoria...... 27 Vaughan Mineral Springs...... 54 Worksafe Victoria.- Bendigo...... 30 Veterans' Affairs, Department of (DVA)...... 64 Workspace Australia...... 22 Vic Roads Service Castlemaine...... 65 Workspace Maldon...... 15, 22 Victims Assistance and Counselling Program (VACP)...... 30 Worktrainers Ltd...... 30 Victims of Crime Helpline...... 30 Wots On Castlemaine...... 11, 32 Victoria Legal Aid (VLA)...... 20 Victoria Legal Aid Online...... 20 Victoria Police, Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Unit - Bendigo...... 29, 30 X Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability Inc. Xtreme Inc...... 15, 66 (VALID)...... 3, 62 Victorian Blue Light Youth Camp...... 66 Victorian Bushfire Information Line (CFA + DSE)...... 27, 29 Victorian Business Centre...... 22 Y Victorian Central Zen Do Kai / Karate / Kickboxing...... 58 Yandoit Primary School...... 26 Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation...... 19 Yandoit Tennis Club...... 60 Victorian Goldfields Railway...... 25 Yapeen Primary School...... 26 Victorian Training Group...... 25 Yapeen Tennis Club...... 60 A-Z Index

Yoga...... 60 Young at Heart Mount Alexander Day Club...... 61 YOUTH...... 65 Youth Substance Abuse Service (YSAS) Bendigo...... 18, 66 Youth Worker...... 67