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Sunday 15 March 2026, 5 - 7 pm
The Old Gaol, 36-48 Bowden Street, Castlemaine
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to celebrate Autumn.
WHAT: Bring food to share and your own plates, drinks, cups, cutlery
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
If you are able, please bring food and drink to share. If you are unable to bring things to share, come anyway. We all give or share when and what we can, and that will be different for everyone.
Sunday 14 June 2026, 3 - 5 pm
West End Reserve and Playground, 37 View St Castlemaine
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to celebrate Winter.
WHAT: Bring a cuppa and food to share
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
If you are able, please bring food and drink to share. If you are unable to bring things to share, come anyway. We all give or share when and what we can, and that will be different for everyone.
Saturday 3 October, 10:30am - 1:30 pm
West End Reserve and Playground, 37 View St Castlemaine
Everyone is invited to our West End Fair!
Lots of activities and demonstrations from local community groups. There will be a bake sale, BBQ and coffee cart but feel free to bring a picnic.
Sunday 6 December 2026, 5 - 7 pm
West End Reserve and Playground, 37 View St Castlemaine
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to celebrate Summer!
WHAT: Bring a cuppa and food to share
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
If you are able, please bring food and drink to share. If you are unable to bring things to share, come anyway. We all give and share when and what we can and that will be different for everyone.
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Sunday 1 February 2026, 10 - 11 am
The Old Gaol, 36-48 Bowden Street, Castlemaine
It’s been a big time in our region with summer fun and sadly, summer fires which have been devastating for many people in our broader regional community.
Come along for a cuppa and connection. Please BYO cup and anything you’d like to share.
This Saturday 3-7pm
The Pink Palace, 25 Walker St Castlemaine
A community care yard sale. All proceeds go to Harcourt and bushfire relief.
Buy nice things. Do good.
Come for a cuppa, stay for a boogie.
Chats - Clothes - DJs - Cake Raffle - Face Painting
DJs: Jen Moore - Luqman - Zofemme
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to welcome Summer.
WHERE: West End Hall, corner of View and Woodman Streets
WHAT: Bring food to share and your own plates, drinks, cups, cutlery
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
We ask that everyone bring food and drink to share and your own dishes, drinks, cups and cutlery.
Electrification can save money and reduce emissions.
This West End Energy Group workshop will feature expert information about home batteries, including:
- who needs one?
- what are the benefits?
- what are the downsides?
- how to manage one?
- information about government rebates.
The West End Crafting Crew meets on the second Sunday of the month from 10am-12noon at the OCG Precinct (Old Castlemaine Gaol). It is a chance to connect over a cuppa and hobbies like stitching, knitting, crocheting, drawing - anything you can do sitting around a table. Everyone is welcome, just bring along a project you are working on.
Join this workshop to take native cuttings from Caroline's garden and learn how to propagate them in pots to grow in your own garden.
10am: garden tour and cuttings
11am: propagation workshop
Meet neighbours and make new friends.
The workshop will be postponed by a week in the event of significant rain.
The West End Crafting Crew meets on the second Sunday of the month from 10am-12noon at the OCG Precinct (Old Castlemaine Gaol). It is a chance to connect over a cuppa and hobbies like stitching, knitting, crocheting, drawing - anything you can do sitting around a table. Everyone is welcome, just bring along a project you are working on.
Everyone is invited to our very first West End Fair!
WHERE: West End Hall, corner of View and Woodman Streets
WHAT: Lots of activities and demonstrations from local community groups. There will be a bake sale, BBQ and coffee cart but feel free to bring a picnic.
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to celebrate Winter.
WHERE: Playground next to West End Hall, corner of View and Woodman Streets
WHAT: Bring a cuppa, chair and food to share
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
We ask that everyone bring whatever they need in terms of food/drink/chairs etc being aware that we will not have access to the hall.
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to celebrate Autumn..
WHERE: West End Hall, corner of View and Woodman Streets
WHAT: Bring food to share and your own plates, drinks, cups, cutlery
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
We ask that everyone bring food and drink to share and your own dishes, drinks, cups and cutlery.
Over two short 1 hour workshops explicitly focussed on our local area, the CFA will present interactive sessions designed to help you understand the risks and how to put your fire plan together.
The second session will be held on Tuesday 25 Feb at 7pm and will be completely different content so you are encouraged to attend both.
Over two short 1 hour workshops explicitly focussed on our local area, the CFA will present interactive sessions designed to help you understand the risks and how to put your fire plan together.
The second session will be held on Tuesday 25 Feb at 7pm and will be completely different content so you are encouraged to attend both.
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to welcome Summer.
WHERE: West End Hall, corner of View and Woodman Streets
WHAT: Bring food to share and your own plates, drinks, cups, cutlery
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
We ask that everyone bring food and drink to share and your own dishes, drinks, cups and cutlery.
Your neighbourhood YIMBY crew are hosting a Hot Compost Drop-In this Sunday arvo. If you’d like to see what we do with your donated kitchen scraps, or you’re curious about becoming a Yimby Composter yourself, come and see our Hot Compost! We now have EIGHT Yimby Composters in the West End and are aiming to support a few more, so we can help ensure no good scraps go to landfill from the West End! We’re looking for people keen to compost, people keen to do scrap bucket collection or both. Come see how it works and learn about all the support Yimby can offer you.Drop by between 3-5pm this Sunday 10th Nov to Ilka’s Hub, 7 Yandell St (NE corner of Bowden St) and meet your local West End YIMBY composters!
Why should we "get off gas"?
Topics for this two hour workshop will include:
What is a heat-pump?
Changing to electric cooking - ceramic or induction cooktop?
Heat pump hot water
Cooling and heating with electricity
All are welcome and afternoon tea will be provided. To register just email wer.energygroup@gmail.com
Everyone is invited to gather with your neighbours at the West End Hall to welcome Spring.
WHERE: West End Hall, corner of View and Woodman Streets
WHAT: Bring food to share and your own plates, drinks, cups, cutlery
In addition to sharing each other's company, we will use the gathering to update everyone about projects and activities members of the group are undertaking in our neighbourhood.
We ask that everyone bring food and drink to share and your own dishes, drinks, cups and cutlery.
