January 9, 2019
Stewart qualifies for Arnolds
FOUR athletes from the CB Strong Crew competed last Saturday at the North-East Strongest Man and Woman competition in Beechworth. The team had four athletes...
January 9, 2019
Beware the stink bug
AGRICULTURE Victoria is responding to a detection of brown marmorated stink bug in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is a...
January 9, 2019
F R O M T H E D E S K O F Roland Rocchiccioli – January 10, 2019
It has been suggested the impending world food shortage will require us to grow more of our own food; become a nation of back-yard gardeners. IT’S...
January 9, 2019
Financial support options available to FedUni students
SCHOLARSHIPS totalling $7 million are now available for students enrolling at Federation University Australia next year. Up to 50 types of scholarships are on offer...
January 9, 2019
NEW MURAL WELCOMES TRAIN TRAVELLERS
Ballarat East is home to a new large-scale mural, painted on the back of the Victoria Bowling Club. Created by artist, Casey Tosh –...
January 9, 2019
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...
January 9, 2019
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...
January 9, 2019
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...
January 9, 2019
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...
January 3, 2019
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...
January 3, 2019
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...
January 3, 2019
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...
January 3, 2019
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...
January 3, 2019
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
December 26, 2018
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...
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