Dec 9, 2021 | issues, vol 14: 2021/22 |
Wishing all our readers a fant-abulous silly season Hello Blackwoodians, We are well & truly into the silly season as this issue comes out. Yes, it is very, very late but the team made an executive decision to publish late for the first time in its 14 year...
Oct 2, 2021 | issues, vol 14: 2021/22 |
My oh my, what a wacky year & a half we’ve had! Bushfires, COVID, lockdowns, cool climate cyclone & finally an earthquake! All-in-all it could be the making of a really bad movie! The great news is that, after a really horrid winter, spring has sprung....
Jul 31, 2021 | issues, vol 14: 2021/22 |
Here we are again Blackwood, Oh my, what a couple of months we’ve had! Early June saw our wee village in the midst of what has been called a Cool Climate Cyclone. We woke up to trees down in driveways & across roads, blocking our passage in & out of town &...
Jun 7, 2021 | issues, vol 14: 2021/22 |
Here we are again Blackwood, Happy 15th Birthday to us. Who knew back in 2008, when we took the Blackwood Newsletter over from Robina Brown, that we would still be slogging it out 15 years on. We are gearing up to hand the publication over to the community by getting...
Apr 2, 2021 | issues, vol 13: 2020/21 |
Hello again Blackwood, Did you know that The Blackwood TImes is produced by a handful of local volunteers? We are not photographers, journos or writers though. Our contribution is to compile your submissions bi-monthly into a paper for you & your visitors to...
Feb 4, 2021 | issues, vol 13: 2020/21 |
Welcome, welcome to 2021! What a pleasure it’s been to put this issue together with so many photos of Blackwood rising from lockdown & getting back to what it is good at – looking after our community & having fun! 2020 was a difficult time for the Times...
Nov 26, 2020 | issues, vol 13: 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 | issues, vol 13: 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 | issues, vol 13: 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 | issues, vol 13: 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 | issues, vol 12: 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 12: 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 | issues, vol 12: 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 | issues, vol 12: 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 | issues, vol 11: 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...
