Suburb by suburb snapshot: Mount Helen
The size of Mount Helen is approximately 11.8 square kilometres and has two parks covering nearly 3.5 per cent of total area. The population of...
Name for new league announced
IT’S official, the Hotondo Homes Ballarat Miners and Selkirk Ballarat Rush finally know the name of the league they’ll be playing in this coming...
Town & District GOLF
BANNOCKBURN GOLF CLUB Saturday, 16 February - Par, Monthly Medal Monthly medal winner - Steve Malone, A Grade - 1st - S Malone +2,...
Amoore strong at nats
BALLARAT Basketball Association players on rep duty in Canberra have done well, with Georgia Amoore’s part of the Victorian Under-20 Women side that came...
Big league backing for new U9 comp
THE McDonald’s Ballarat Football Netball League has officially launched its Under 9s footy competition for the upcoming season. Partnering with AFL side the Western Bulldogs,...
Lilies stand tall at penultimate triples
BALLARAT Associated Fibrous Plasters sponsored the Midland Ladies Triples, played on 12 February, with 72 players participating. Lilies of the Valley, Nora Walters, Norma Day...
FROM THE DESK OF Roland Rocchiccioli – February 20, 2019
Honestly, I could not give a fat rat’s clacker what anyone thinks about me, personally; however, when it comes to my work, that is...
Encouraging business to host secondary school students
STRUCTURED Workplace Learning provides secondary students with the opportunity to integrate on-the-job work experience with their VET studies. Ballarat businesses, interested in learning of the...
LIONS CHAIR GOES TO TALBOT PLACE
BUNINYONG Mt Helen Lions Club have teamed up with Meridian Energy - Mt Mercer Wind Farm to donate a Lopital shower and toilet chair...
Little park a little safer
THE City of Ballarat is seeking feedback on safety improvements at Little Bridge Street Pocket Park. Following funding by the State Government via the Community...
How will Brown Hill be?
SUBMISSIONS are now open on the future of Brown Hill. The City of Ballarat is working with residents further develop a draft document that will...
Impact grants open
APPLICATIONS for round three of the City of Ballarat’s Community Impact Grants program for 2018-19 are now open. The grants are for local non-profit community...
Sports grant apps now open
SPORTING clubs are being encouraged by the Member for Wendouree Juliana Addison to take advantage of current VicHealth grants. The Active Club grants could provide...
Chinese New Year at Sovereign Hill
BY YVON DAVIS Sovereign Hill celebrated the Chinese New Year of the Pig, with a variety of activities, including a parade down Main street with...
Do the research when moving
MOVING to a new house is one of life’s more stressful tasks, made more painful if your valued furniture and possessions are damaged, delayed...
Agent Profile: PAUL McGOURLAY
Paul is part of the successful Ray White Ballarat residential sales team and has a great passion for real estate and providing top quality...
Rate cut on the cards
AFTER the Reserve Bank of Australia announced that it would keep the official cash rate on hold at a record-low of 1.5 per cent,...
RCH Good Friday Appeal Charity House Auction
THE 2019 Henley & Villawood Properties’ Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal’s Charity House Auction is just around the corner. Going under the hammer this...
Town by town snapshot: Creswick
The size of Creswick is approximately 49.6 square kilometres and has 23 parks covering nearly 33.8 per cent of total area. The population of Creswick...
GOLFER’S DREAM COMES TRUE
THE ultimate dream of a golfer is to obtain a hole in one. It happens rarely in one’s life and some golfers never obtain...
Cricketers come together to strike out stroke
FRIENDS of India Network played their annual Twenty20 cricket match in early-February. It was a closely contested game that saw the tables turn in the...
Joy on Mount Misery
FINE weather with a westerly breeze made for fantastic Eureka Cycling race conditions on Sunday, 10 February. Thirty-six riders assembled for a 45km handicap race...
Pair score rep duty
GEORGIA Amoore and Laura Taylor are off to Canberra as part of the Vic Country side competing at this week’s Australian Under-20 Championships. Played at...
Town & District GOLF – February 14, 2019
BANNOCKBURN GOLF CLUB Saturday, 9 February - Stableford 1st - M Doherty 39, 2nd - G Armstrong 37, 3rd - S Carty 36, 4th...