ANIMAL FREE FOOD FEAST
THE fourth Ballarat Vegan Festival returns to the city from 10 to 13 of January. Along with animal free food the event includes an art...
Agent Profile: JOSH TODD
Josh Todd heads up Ballarat’s Rural Division and has been an enthusiastic real estate professional since 1999. Specializing in broad-acre, lifestyle and township properties, an...
Swimming pool ownership increases – but is it worth the investment?
IN the 1990s, the swimming pool official overtook the piano as the status symbol of a household that was truly ‘keeping up with the Joneses.’ New research from Roy...
Town by town snapshot: Haddon
The size of Haddon is approximately 34.3 square kilometres and has one main park. The population of Haddon in 2011 was 1,369 people and by...
New home sales lift in November
AFTER a string of weak months, new home sales finished the year on a slightly more positive note with the HIA New Home Sales...
Agent Profile: ANDREW LEWIS
LONGERENONG Agricultural College was a great steppingstone out of his Ballarat home to the big wide world but 3 years later and Andrew Lewis...
Home loan demand bounces back
HOME loan demand rose in October, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics following two months of decline. The latest Housing Finance...
Suburb by suburb snapshot: Mount Clear
The size of Mount Clear is approximately 9.9sqm with nine parks covering nearly 9.4 per cent of total area. The population of Mount Clear in...
FROM THE DESK OF Roland Rocchiccioli – January 3, 2019
“If it’s gossip, I’m not interested,” my late mother, Beria, would say, her cornflower blue eyes flashing, intimidatingly. IN all the years I’ve worked in...
Agent Profile: LAURIE GILLETT
Laurie is a fully Licensed Estate Agent and a Founding Partner in Professionals Ballarat. In partnership with colleague Michael Edgar, Laurie is proud to be...
Victoria still tops the Housing Scorecard
THE strength of new home building in Victoria has once again kept it ahead of New South Wales as the number one state according...
Town by town snapshot: Inverleigh
The size of Inverleigh for ABS data collection purposes is approximately 211.7sqm and stretches from Lake Murdeduke in the south and half way to...
Triples roll on
THE monthly Pam Collins Triples Tournament was held at the Central Wendouree Bowling Club recently. A special Christmas afternoon tea was served to a capacity...
Two big signings for Miners
SANTA came early for the Ballarat Miners this year with two well-earned gifts on the same day. Sam Short will be back on deck for...
FROM THE DESK OF Roland Rocchiccioli
In my schooldays a week seemed like a month. I was a boarder, and the winter term – which in those days was twelve-weeks...
Geelong Tech – skilling for the future
Geelong is at the forefront of a return of technical schooling to Victoria with the recently opened Geelong Tech School. The school is part of The Gordon...
G21 region’s great balancing act
Living in one of Victoria’s most visited regions in close proximity to Melbourne can be both a blessing and a challenge. The G21 region welcomes visitors and new residents seeking to...
Drought Angels get over $3k
BALLARAT Agricultural and Pastoral Society has a made $3,234 donation to Drought Angels. BAPS raised the money during November’s Ballarat Show through an initiative within...
JINGLE BELLS
Ballarat Health Services staff choir and musicians sang Christmas carols in the Gardiner-Pittard foyer brightening the Christmas festivities. Musical director Patsy Catterson lead the choir...
Ray White Ballarat hands toys over to the Salvos
SINCE the first of December Ray White Ballarat staff have been busy collecting toys for those in need this Christmas as part of the...
Agent Profile: LISA EDEN-HORVAT
Lisa has been in real estate since 2003, starting off in Administration, Marketing Operations Manager and working her way through to Senior Property Manager...
TOP GONG Warralily wins prestigious Victorian development award
A LEADING local housing development in Geelong took out at two major awards at the 2018 Victorian Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Awards...
Suburb by suburb snapshot: Lucas
The size of Lucas is approximately 7.5 square kilometres and has two parks. The population of Lucas in 2011 was 645 people and by the...
Look Over the Farm Gate grants now open
LOOK Over the Farm Gate grants have opened for farmers and communities facing drought and dry conditions across central and eastern Gippsland and northern...