May 8, 2019
Dealing with digital disruption
JAMES Stewart, Managing Partner of Ferrier Hodgson, is speaking at Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out on Wednesday, May 29. Mr Stewart’s presentation will illustrate how...
May 8, 2019
Feet and pedal power take kids to school
NATIONAL Walk Safely to School Day is an annual, national event when children are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. The community event,...
May 2, 2019
Sarah Henderson ready for next bout
SARAH Henderson is a self-confessed fearsome warrior for the people she represents. As the sitting Member for Corangamite she has just over 110,000 voters in...
May 2, 2019
Bowelscan focuses on over 40s
ALMOST every two hours one Australian dies from bowel cancer. The Government currently provides free screening for bowel cancer when Australians reach 50, 60 and...
May 1, 2019
These are mine and I earned them
MEMBERS of Australia’s defence forces play a proud part in Anzac Day Services. Active service personnel and veterans display their medals on their left side,...
May 1, 2019
New music launched in old church
SINGER-songwriters Claire Anne Taylor and Áine Tyrrell are holding a double album launch to celebrate their new releases. They are performing All the Words and...
May 1, 2019
At the end of the road
MICK Thomas’ newest ensemble Roving Commission is on the road with their latest full-length album Coldwater DFU. The tour winds up at the Cabaret Club...
May 1, 2019
Forrest Lump boasts the most roast
SHANE Scott and his brother-in-law Cameron Fordham got into barbeques around four years ago when they both bought Webers and started cooking roasts. Chloe Scott...
May 1, 2019
Botanical background for Inverleigh artist’s sculpture
CERAMISIST Ade Loe is opening her Art Rocks Gallery in Inverleigh for the upcoming Golden Plains Community Art Trail. Set high in the Inverleigh hills...
May 1, 2019
Wine maker CEO cheers on business
ELIZA Brown, CEO All Saints Estate describes making good mistakes as never believing people when they say you can’t do something. “When you do it...
May 1, 2019
Creswick Brass Band turns a corner
THERE is a right way and a wrong way for a marching brass band to turn a corner. Then there is the Creswick Brass Band...
May 1, 2019
Bowelscan focuses on over 40s
ALMOST every two hours one Australian dies from bowel cancer. The Government currently provides free screening for bowel cancer when Australians reach 50, 60 and...
April 25, 2019
New blood on Commerce Ballarat’s board
THREE vacant positions on the Board of Commerce Ballarat were filled at its recent Annual General Meeting. Ballarat business owners Alicia Linley, Susan Honeyman and...
April 25, 2019
What does Anzac Day mean?
ANZAC Day means different things to different people. It commemorates the landing of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli during WWI, it’s considered by some to symbolise...
April 25, 2019
Sell your trash to buy a truck
MAUDE CFA is holding its annual trash, treasure and craft market on Sunday, 5 May. Bron Warfe, Fundraising Sub-Committee Secretary, is putting out the call...
April 25, 2019
A new spin for old records
LYDIARD Furniture and Antiques is holding its third Wizards Annual Book Fair at Messenger Hall over the weekend of Saturday, 4 and Sunday, 5...
April 25, 2019
Spoilt for choice at Booktown
EACH May for the past 12 years Clunes morphs into Australia’s largest book shop. This year its heritage buildings will host celebrated authors and guest...
April 25, 2019
New blood on Commerce Ballarat’s board
THREE vacant positions on the Board of Commerce Ballarat were filled at its recent Annual General Meeting. Ballarat business owners Alicia Linley, Susan Honeyman and...
April 17, 2019
Sapper to lead Meredith commemoration
LIEUTENANT Justin Taskin is the third generation of his family to grow up in Meredith. He now serves an engineering officer in the army in...
April 17, 2019
Teeing off into the future
JOHN Dearden was having a hit in a paddock near where he lived in North Ballarat in 1919. Mr Dearden explained he was a golfer...
April 17, 2019
Wine and chocolate, two great tastes
CLYDE Park Vineyard will be hopping on Easter Sunday. For the kids there is an Easter egg hunt, a roaming Easter bunny to meet, face...
April 17, 2019
Aim to have fun
HOP on down to Wendouree Archery Club For something completely different this Easter. The club is holding its annual Easter novelty fun shoot at its...
April 17, 2019
Take the Arts Trail to Linton
ARTIST Pam Farey’s home and studio, Peacock Cottage, will be open for the Golden Plains Community Art Trail on the first weekend in May. The...
April 17, 2019
Sharing the start-up story
ONE of the aims of Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out 2019 is assisting businesses with localised support and access to tools and information that...
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