Finalist “Best Community Content” 2015

Congratulations to all our wonderful contributors. We’ve just found out that The Blackwood Times was a finalist in the category of “Best Community Content”  in the 2015 Community Newspapers Association of Victoria awards. The judges comments...

Hard copy back issues

The first issue of Blackwood News (now The Blackwood Times) was published 8 years ago in June/July 2008. We have several hard-copies of almost every issue stored. If you’d like a back issue sent to you, please send an A4 stamped & self addressed envelope...

Blackwood newbies looking for rental!

Following is an email The Blackwood Times got from a Blackwoodian newbie yesterday… “We have recently bought ourselves a dream parcel of land in Blackwood and would like to rent a property within the town whilst planning and building our new home because...

Do you want a free ticket to the festival?

We are offering free weekend passes for volunteers who can offer some time to help with the festival. Areas we need help with: Set up and pack down of festival (on either Thursday, Friday, Sunday or Monday) General help at Festival HQ during festival (4 hour shifts...