About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
March 20, 2020
Courage and community at camp
A BRAIN cancer retreat welcomed patients, carers and families at Log Cabin Camp for fun, friendship and adventure last weekend. An initiative of the Peace...
March 19, 2020
Rich cultural diversity makes city ‘wonderful’
HARMONY Fest is in full swing, celebrating and sharing everything vibrant about Ballarat’s cultural diversity until Friday, 27 March. Launched last Thursday with a flag...
March 19, 2020
Reconnecting with people and produce
A PLETHORA of plants are already thriving at the Lucas Community Garden, officially launched last Thursday. Open and easily accessible, planter boxes full of sunflowers,...
March 19, 2020
Joy for Jock at states
THE recent Athletics Victoria Track and Field Championships saw Ballarat’s Nyajima Jock win her two hundred metre sprint event. Against a skilled cohort of runners,...
March 17, 2020
Trail rides uncover new terrain and communities
NEW equine club, Golden Plains Trail Riders Inc is set to enjoy diverse country scenery in the Shire and beyond on horseback every second...
March 16, 2020
‘Our town’ inspires environmental photography
ROKEWOOD’S children will have their own exhibition moment during the Arts Trail period when the Memorial Hall hosts a family day on Sunday, 22...
March 14, 2020
Lives enriched by art and education
GROWING up in Gordon, Deanne Gilson lived near a clay mine and would create her own pots. The daughter of an artist, she was “obsessed...
March 13, 2020
‘Two idiots and a microphone’
THIS Friday, 13 March, Voice FM’s weekly program The Black Sheep celebrates thirty years on air. From 6pm to 8pm, the community radio show champions...
March 13, 2020
Workshops to nurture youths in creative business
REGIONAL Arts Victoria and the City of Ballarat Youth Services team have collaborated to support fresh visual, performing, musical and gaming talent as they...
March 12, 2020
Colourful floral fest draws big crowds
OVER sixty thousand people enjoyed the vibrant family atmosphere of the Ballarat Begonia Festival earlier this week, that brought four million dollars of economic...
March 12, 2020
Gay starts state comp with a win
THE first round of the Australian Motor Racing Series’ APRA/MRF State Championship was recently won by young competitor, Josh Gay. Arriving at Winton Motor Raceway...
March 12, 2020
African Association questions Spring Street
DELEGATES from the Ballarat African Association have visited State Parliament, speaking to government figures about improving inclusion and lived experiences for African and indigenous...
March 11, 2020
Supportive, social pony space open for visitors
TROT along to Smythesdale and District Pony Club on Sunday, 15 March from 10am to 3pm to discover their open day. Member, Sarah Hiller said...
March 10, 2020
Creative output, passions and processes presented at Arts Trail
YOU’RE invited to meet artists, explore their work and techniques, and engage with demonstrations during the Golden Plains Community Arts Trail on Saturday, 21...
March 7, 2020
Dreams REHL for two decades
ON 23 December, 1999 Paul Ballinger registered his business name, Real Estate Home Loans. Hitting the ground running in 2000, the born and bred Ballarat...
March 6, 2020
Explore government botanist’s work at BMI
THROUGHOUT the nineteenth century, Ferdinand von Mueller was Victoria’s State government botanist, a director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and founder of the National...
March 5, 2020
Festival flowering with family fun
THE iconic Ballarat Begonia Festival is ready to bloom this Labour Day long weekend, 7 to 9 March. With something for all ages, the free...
March 5, 2020
Sports hub open at uni
FEDERATION University’s new health and sports precinct was officially opened last Friday by Federal Minister for Education, Dan Tehan. Offering state of the art facilities...
March 5, 2020
Day of cricket raises $40k for hospital
AROUND forty thousand dollars was raised by the Friends of India Network last weekend across their Twenty 20 cricket match and gala dinner. Generating funds...
March 5, 2020
Magical and memorable Under the Moonlight
MOONDREAMZ’s charity ball, A Night Under the Moonlight generated seventeen thousand dollars, and counting, for the Royal Children’s Hospital neurological department. At The Lounge inside...
March 5, 2020
Young tapper given “fab-u-lous” artistic backing
BALLARAT Grammar’s Daisy Rogers is tapping into a new era of life treading the boards. A student of SKH Performing Arts, the young dancer was...
March 4, 2020
Ballarat’s Best raise $20k
EXACTLY twenty thousand dollars was raised earlier this year at the Ballarat’s Best for Bushfire Relief concert. More than 300 attendees were hosted at the...
March 4, 2020
Fair marks 50 years of admiration and investment
FROM a whole house worth of furniture to a brass button, there’ll be something in town to suit any type of collector this long...
March 3, 2020
Sculpture sheltered early
ALFRED Deakin Place’s temporary but controversial art installation, Monument #32 Helter Shelter has been removed from the outdoor area ahead of schedule. The provocative political...
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