Events

Come and enjoy the presentation from Lindsay Callaway, owner of Warral Maldon. He is fifth generation beekeeper and been in the business for over 27years. Warral Maldon is run by an experienced team of dedicated staff in Maldon, Victoria, where 2,600+ hives produce over 150 tonnes of honey and 2,000kg of beeswax each year.!

WOW the year is flying ! Lets gather and have some fun. This week Castlemaine Rotary are gathering at The Taproom aka Shedshaker Brewing Company. We have been before and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Please RSVP so we can reserve the number of places needed.

Erect staging for Resonance Strings Orchestra concert, pull down stage and remove immediately after concert.

Our final opportunity to touch base and finalise arrangements before the Truck Show. Important for key volunteers to be available so that any wrinkles can be ironed out.

It is also our official visit from DG Peter Shepheard. Peter and PDG Michael Lapina visited the Truck Show last year, so Peter understands the magnitude of our endeavours. It's also his best opportunity to combine visits to a couple of further-flung clubs — Castlemaine and Rochester — and while the immediate proximity to Truck Show arrangements is not perfectly ideal, we call on members to take the opportunity to meet Peter and help him get to know our club a little better. 

300 or more gleaming, glistening trucks parked around the oval at Campbells Creek Recreation Reserve! Live music throughout the weekend! Food, drink and entertainment for the whole family! Children <16 free.

This is not some quaint regional version of a proper truck show, but one that truck show lovers should get to at least once. Our Truck of the Show for the last TWO years was recently awarded Best of the Best at the Brisbane Truck Show, competing against winning trucks from shows all across Australia.

Informal debrief on the weekend's Truck Show. What worked? What could be improved? What do we avoid for the future?

We will use our normal meeting room, but order meals from the hotel's menu.

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas

Come one, come all !!.

Castlemaine Rotary are celebrating Christmas and End Of Year in Traditional style. The Cumberland Hotel meal will be both Roast Turkey & Lamb with Roast Vegetables and trimmings with a choice of either Pavlova or Pudding for dessert. The set meal cost is $27 per person. Drinks at own cost. Wonderful opportunity to come together and celebrate with family and friends. Please fill in the extra details for your guests when you RSVP.

Provide 2 BBQ''s, cook & serve food that is provided. Supply & errect  gazeedo.

Hi All Michael Annear, head of infrastructure at Council has just asked if Rotary can do. BBQ tomorrow to start feeding at 11am so set up at 10am outside Town Hall. They are opening a recovery Centre for displaced residents and the 12 agencies that are helping with the fires. I said we will do it but is that ok? For about 300 people is best guess. I'm available to help. Any feedback?

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Welcome everyone, please note Castlemaine Rotary are having a special gathering next week.

To bring everyone together

To be informed by President Trevor about Castlemaine Rotary's involvement and the support from the regional Rotary Communities following the catastrophic events for the Harcourt Community on the Catastrophic Fire Day 9/1/26.

To Honour and Remember - we will raise a toast in tribute to Rotarian and friend Phillip Hay RIP

Rotarian John and Heather Clue are opening their hearts and home to allow us to come together next Wednesday (see address and cost details below). Food, tables, chairs, plates & cutlery will be supplied just BYO drinks and a glass per person. We will have EFTPOS access for paying the catering costs and allowing people to contribute to the fundraising if they wish. 

Menu will be BBQ lamb (with vegetarian options), boiled chats with salads and for dessert will be cakes and fruits. And the traditional Tea/Coffee afterwards.!

Please come, bring your partner/family, past members most welcome - it is a time to come together.

Annual event supporting the Australia Day celebrations. 

President Trevor has invited Michael Annear Director of Infrastructure and Development to speak at this meeting on Wednesday regarding the Harcourt Community Stage. This will be a big process for the Castlemaine Rotary Club. Please come and be part of this important opportunity and project.

Next week, Wednesday 4th February, Sage Siebler will be Castlemaine Rotary's guest and will talk about the most recent RYLA camp.

These are always memorable evenings. Be great to see everyone there.

Continuing the Youth theme, once again our club sponsored Year 10-11 students to attend the National Youth Science Forum. AJ Moon and Nate Loosmore will be telling us about their 9-day NYSF experience at the Australian National University, Canberra.

Brevity is the soul of wit. Rotary FFF for 18th Feb was booked for New China. That has been postponed. We are booked for Five Flags Hotel. All invited.

This week is Speaker Week and Castlemaine Rotary will welcome, thank and appreciate Tania Butterworth as she presents the recovery of the community following the Fire tragedy for Harcourt and surrounds that started January 9th 2026. The tragedy, the recovery, the volunteers, the logistics and the tremendous emotions are certainly complex and it has been amazing to read and acknowledge all the effort please come and share the evening with Tania.

Join us for dinner at the Cumberland and Club Night with President Trevor.

Rotary has committed to support Applefest on Saturday 7 March. We will have a rotary marquee where we can chat with members of the pubic and talk all things Rotary. The Applefest Committee is expecting to be inundated with lots of visitors and has secured some parcels of private land for additional parking. They are now seeking Rotarians to volunteer as parking attendants for a 1.5 hour shift in the morning and then afterwards invite you to enjoy the festivities and of course drop in to the Rotary Marquee.

Tasks: See Volunteer signup list for shifts

Marquee Setup: 8.30am – 9.30am

Marquee Welcome & Chat [please wear Rotary top / badge]  10.00am-11.30am

Parking First shift:  9.30 to 11.00am

9.15am meet at Cumberland Hotel to carpool to Harcourt. 9.30am report to Volunteer marquee corner High & Victoria Sts for instructions.

Parking Second shift: 10.45 to 12.00 or when park full

10.30am meet at Cumberland Hotel to carpool to Harcourt. 10.45 report to volunteer marque for instructions.

Not one but TWO youth speakers this Wednesday evening!  

Please come along and listen to two of our youth scholarship recipients and find out how their participation in the respective programs has impacted on them.

AJ Moon - NYSF [National Youth Science Forum]

Sage Siebler - RYLA [Rotary Youth Leadership Awards]

As always, please RSVP by 1pm on Tuesday and note if you have any guests, dietary requirements, or don't require a meal in the comments column.

Darcy and Emily Driscoll from the Goldfields Equine Centre have provided very popular entertainment for children at the Truck Show over the past two years. We love it when a young couple create a new business in our community and invite you to join us this coming Wednesday evening for a vocational visit to learn more about what they do. Guests of Rotarians welcome. Please register by 1pm on Tuesday so we can organise catering.

6.00pm  Tour and overview of the business [closed footwear recommended]

7.00pm  BBQ tea $20 [BYO drinks]

Please reach out to a fellow Rotarian if you would like to share a ride to the venue.

Rotarians and interested members of the community are invited to join us on a tour of the Donation-Distribution Centre for the Harcourt Fire Relief effort.

5.00 - 6.00pm at 7 Johnstone Street, Castlemaine [formerly Castlemaine Mitsibushi].

Volunteer coordinator, Tania Butterworth, will show us around and answer any questions.

You can read a summary about Tania and her talk at Rotary in February HERE

Afterwards we will gather at the Maurocco Bar for FFF pizza and fellowship 6.00-8.00pm.
NB: Please register for FFF for catering purposes via invitation email to members on 22 March or contact Kerry Anderson on 0418 553 719 to be included.

Our FFF Night this month is at the Maurocco Bar at the Private Midland Hotel. Drinks can be purchased at bar prices and we will order in a variety of pizzas and other treats from Big Jims to share. Cost $20. Family and friends welcome.

PLEASE NOTE:

Beforehand, there is an optional tour of the Fire Relief Donation-Distribution Centre, 7 Johnstone Street Castlemaine, 5.00-6.00pm. No need to book.

Cooking & serving free Hot Dogs at the State Fesival finish being held at the sunken oval.

Food donated by Don Smallgoods. We will have a donatiion container if people are so inclined.

Club Night ! This week we will have a visiting Rotarian, Gary Pinner, from Rotary Bendigo South. He will explain and discuss his research into establishing an Emergency Relief Network in Central Victoria. Some members may have heard about WERN and RIMERN or RAWCS ! please come along to find out what these acronyms stand for and how castlemaine Rotary might be able to be involved.

Welcome everyone. Every now and again we, as Rotarians, get to visit and experience some amazing places this week will be one of those times, fellow Castlemaine Rotarian Rod Hay has invited us all to see his boats, trophies, photos and much more. This will be our FFF evening! We will meet at Rod's place, PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY START TIME, have the grand tour and then head to The Five Flags Hotel (just down the road) for the evening meal. Sounds like an unusual but fun time. Rod is happy to have our family and friends, that might be interested in seeing this collection, join us. Please RSVP with the names.

This Wednesday, 22nd April, Rotary Castlemaine will welcome Harcourt local Michael Henry to be our special guest and speaker. Michael has many 'hats' and has donned a few more this year. Too many to list here. Many Rotarians would have heard of Michael from Henry of Harcourt, some may already know him well and so this is the opportunity for us all to meet him and hear his story. There may be a couple of surprises for those who attend.

Come and enjoy a convivial evening at Bendigo Trots. There is likely to be a bus available from the Cumberland (and returning to the Cumberland) ․ otherwise car pooling. Meals and bar are available at the venue for reasonable prices. You might even decide to have a little flutter or two on the neddies.

Provide BBQ lunch for 120 participants in fundraising car trail.

Venue. Muckleford Hall.

BBQ with salades, bread rolls, condiments, desert, fruit salade & slices. Tea & Coffee.

Lunch required over a hour and a half timeline.

Charge is $15 per head for a minimum of 120 people.

Good profit opportunity.

This Wednesday Rotary Castlemaine will welcome members of the Rochester Rotary to share our meeting and we will all be able to celebrate the induction of new member Jan Cook. A meeting that will reinforce the 'community' of Rotary from within and from our suurounding clubs. Jan will be presenting her "Behind The Badge" for us all to get to know her a little bit more - and over time we can all share with Jan a little bit about ourselves too. All members invited.