Don’t procrastinate, renovate
YOU may have considered it while piling the shopping bags on top of a cramped and dated kitchen bench, or perhaps it crossed your...
Cooking with a deposit in mind
ONE of the quickest and most effective ways for two people to save for a deposit is to tighten your belts and live on...
Suburb by suburb snapshot: Wendouree
THE size of Wendouree is approximately 9.6 square kilometres and has 21 parks covering nearly 7.5 per cent of total area. The population of Wendouree...
Little cats sail with ferocity
THE Victorian Hobie Cat State Titles sailed into Ballarat over the long weekend, on two and one hulls. While racing was cancelled on Saturday due...
Eureka criterium champs decided
THE Eureka Cycling Club’s Oscar’s Hotel & Cafe 2019 Criterium Series concluded last Sunday. Thirty riders contested the four Eureka criterium championship events, on a...
Energy grants for agriculture
TIER Two and Tier Three on-farm energy grants are now open as part of Agriculture Victoria’s Energy Investment Plan. The grants program, which forms a...
FROM THE DESK OF Roland Rocchiccioli – March 13, 2019
One of my boarding school reports read: ‘He still has to learn not to argue with authority; and it is high-time he did!’ I DID...
Eagles classics will get you dancing
FOLLOWING the successful sold out dinner and performance by Babba at the Buninyong Golf Club in early February, The Eagles Story – Australia’s Premier...
Fibres at Fairbanks
SEE Ballarat Fibre and Textile Network’s latest exhibition, Choices at Fairbanks Eye Gallery until 30 March. This is the network’s largest exhibition, with 19 local...
Fed Uni appoints new chancellor
HER Excellency, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria has presided over the official appointment of Terry Moran AC, as Federation University Australia’s...
Cave Hill Creek takes gold
CAVE Hill Creek, a Beaufort tourist destination, won gold at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards last week. The venue took out the top prize in...
Women in Business feature 2019
Women driving change at hockingstuart
High achieving women across all departments with a focus on great client experience and ongoing business growth HOCKINGSTUART Ballarat fosters a culture of strong, industry leading...
EYES ON QUALITY CARE
Patient centred focus for OPSM Optometrist who’s building a life and career in Ballarat and setting a new standard in client care RAJINDER Uppal graduated from Optometry at...
Leading THE WAY
As a partner, CEO and Director of PRDnationwide Ballarat, Nicole Simpson knows how to be successful in business. WITH almost twenty years industry experience, PRDnationwide Ballarat CEO Nicole...
Working women WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN 2019?
The Holiday and Cruise Centre’s Nicole King is celebrating 14 years since opening her own travel business this week. OUR team at Holiday and Cruise Centre,...
SHINING A LIGHT on the Women of RAY WHITE BALLARAT
Highly valued female employees committed to a culture of self, and community, improvement that uplifts the business, and the city. RAY White Ballarat proudly recognise the...
TAKE A BOW with Curtain Call
Performing arts studio inspires a love of dance and theatre, supported by skill, knowledge and experience IN 2005, Curtain Call Performing Arts Studios was founded on...
HARCOURTS BALLARAT CHAMPIONS EXCELLENCE IN WOMEN
Real estate agency where over half the workforce are women is driving industry and community improvement HISTORICALLY, real estate has often been perceived as a man’s world and it hasn’t...
The art OF THE MEAL
Kate Davis, Plate Up Ballarat director, goes from retail to championing our region’s best produce and dining experiences. AFTER a successful career in retail, 10 years ago Kate...
FOSTERING GROWTH OF WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Commerce Ballarat: supporting female business leaders and entrepreneurs reach their goals COMMERCE Ballarat helps to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women because visibility...
MORE WOMEN in the WORKPLACE
JK’s top tips for making sure male dominated industries are a welcoming and safe place for female employees JK Personnel have been providing recruitment and labour...
FedUni to host war on waste dinner
IT’S time to head to your nearest op shop and get dressed for Federation University Australia’s War on Waste Dinner. In the spirit of environmental...
RAFFLE WINNERS DRIVE AWAY
FAYE Lidgett and Allan McKinnon drove away in brand new Mazda cars recently. They claimed 2nd prize, a Mazda 2, and 1st prize, a...