Nov 26, 2020 | vol 12: 2020/21 |
Hello Blackwood & visitors to our wee village What an amazingly unexpected year it has been! Who else is looking forward to 2021, mind you have you seen the meme going around? If you thought 2020 was bad, Mad Max is set in 2021! With restrictions easing & a...
Oct 3, 2020 | vol 12: 2020/21 |
COUNCIL ELECTIONS – on again They’re on again. The council elections! Have you considered how you will vote? The Woodlands Ward councillor is your voice to the Moorabool Shire. Make your vote count. Council elections will be held across Victoria during October...
Aug 2, 2020 | vol 12: 2020/21 |
Featuring: locals fight mining in Blackwood – cover & p3 new caravan park managers p4 the Times says thank-you p5 Blackwoodian adventures p6-8 Meet Peter p9 Community Updates p10-11 & a whole lot more including our usual contributors This issues...
May 30, 2020 | vol 12: 2020/21 |
BLACKWOOD, YOU ARE GROUSE. When the whole world upended, it felt that our little town had miraculously landed on top. “Where else would you rather be?” we kept asking each other, not quite believing our luck. Nature was turning it on for us, the weather was kind, the...
Mar 30, 2020 | vol 11: 2019/20 |
Welcome to a very different issue of the Blackwood Times. When we started thinking about this issue the corona virus was a mere squeak in the media. We discussed what to do, whether to publish & even whether to print. We committed to preparing the issue with the...
Feb 9, 2020 | vol 11: 2019/20 |
Welcome to a new year & the first issue of the Blackwood Times after we had to take a recess to find a new team. In January a public meeting was held, attended by a small but committed group of people who were keen to see new life breathed into our community...
Aug 4, 2019 | vol 11: 2019/20 |
Check out the new issue – put together by the new committee New team editorial: First of all, a big thank you to Brendan and Jinny for running such a great publication over the past years. The Blackwood Times has been an integral part of the web that has helped...
Jun 1, 2019 | vol 11: 2019/20 |
Final issue from Brendan & Jinny Hello & good-bye, A dozen years ago I took on the publication of the Blackwood Newsletter from Robina Brown when she had to hand it on for family reasons. This, my final Editor’s Thoughts, is bitter sweet. Well not so much...
Mar 30, 2019 | vol 10: 2018/19 |
How did it get to April already? Since last issue when I announced that we were giving up publishing The Blackwood Times after the June July ‘19 issue we have had many discussions with Blackwoodians who want to see the paper continue productionI want to thankyou all...
Feb 2, 2019 | vol 10: 2018/19 |
Happy New Year Blackwoodians! We have another jam-packed issue with lots of history, reading & photos from our very own paparazzi, Peter Donnelly & Brendan Hehir. As we move into 2019 Brendan & I have been making decisions about how to manage The Blackwood...
Dec 1, 2018 | vol 10: 2018/19 |
Jingle Jangle! Can you believe it’s time to jingle those bells again? It seems like no time at all since we celebrated the silly season & the ringing in of 2018. How do you celebrate Christmas? Do you have special rituals & traditions? My favourite part of...
Sep 30, 2018 | vol 10: 2018/19 |
Welcome to spring! There have been loads of AGM’s over the past month or so & a few more are in October, including your CERT team. Yep, here it comes, I know, you saw it coming …. I’m about to do a great big, enormous, plug to call out for anyone who would...
Aug 2, 2018 | vol 10: 2018/19 |
Winter issue of the Blackwood Times … INSIDE: CFA Fiskville Cup comes to Blackwood Landcare & Progress AGM’s (& p16) Big Idea Winner & Tennis Courts update Seniors Christmas in July dinner p3 Party Animals: p4, 5, 6, 7 We’re still looking for a...
Jun 2, 2018 | issues, news, vol 10: 2018/19 |
Happy 10th Birthday to the Blackwood Times … This time in 2008 we distributed the very first issue of the Blackwood News & later changed the masthead to ‘the Blackwood Times’. What a ride it’s been for Brendan & me. Every 2 months for the past 10 years...
Apr 7, 2018 | issues, vol 9: 2017/18 |
February / March issue ’18 Download your April May 2018 issue colour issue of the Times … (6.6mb). With 6 pages of photos, who do you recognise?. INSIDE: p2: Stallholders wanted for the Pubs 150th p3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14 Photos galore p6-7 Community Updates...