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About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

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October 12, 2019

Designers of the future impress architect

SUSTAINABLE architect, Talina Edwards has gone back to her childhood this month. She’s the official judge of the Ballarat Children’s Art Award, and this year’s...

October 11, 2019

Ballarat greats to be honoured

THE achievements of more exceptional community members will be highlighted next year through the Zonta Club of Ballarat’s annual Great Women awards process. With...

October 10, 2019

Sporty senior receives top award

WALKING, playing basketball, netball, squash, ten pin bowling and dancing... There have been many strings to the racket of Margaret Potter’s life, and she added...

October 10, 2019

Warm, welcoming, calming home for hospice

WELL equipped to provide a better quality of life to those terminally ill, Ballarat Hospice Care has moved to a new home. Now in a...

October 10, 2019

Changing the game for girls

BMX Bandits introduced Shallan Pompe to bicycle motocross almost a decade ago, and it’s been her passion ever since. She’s one of 83 members in...

October 10, 2019

Bra cup creativity for cancer

ONE of your bras could help to support those experiencing the most common cancer among Australian women. This year, around 19,300 ladies will be diagnosed...

October 10, 2019

Sunshine warms the homeless

MP Juliana Addison’s office is home to a Sunshine Letterbox. An initiative of Emmaus Primary‘s Ailish Ryan (11), people can write letters to Ballarat’s homeless...

October 10, 2019

Christmas in a shoebox

OPERATION Christmas Child is accepting shoeboxes full of goodies until October 18, to be gifted to underprivileged children in war-torn Philippines. Locals can curate a...

October 10, 2019

Nurturing nature for 16 decades

ONE hundred and sixty new trees will be planted by the Ballarat Horticultural Society this coming year in celebration of a special milestone. The group...

October 9, 2019

There’s something about soccer

NINETEEN-year-old footballer, Lunorphare Folly has a life-long passion for the world game. His refugee family found a home in Ballarat in 2008, originally from Togo...

October 9, 2019

Walk and build healthy habits

IN celebration of VicHealth’s Walk to School month, the City of Ballarat will host an Active Travel workshop on 24 October at Alfredton Primary...

October 8, 2019

Seniors safe and savvy online

TECHNOLOGY will be become less terrifying for older members of the community during Get Online Week. Ballarat East Neighbourhood House and Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre are...

October 7, 2019

Lighting the night for leukaemia

BE bright in the darkest hour by joining Ballarat’s Light the Night walk, raising funds and awareness for the Leukaemia Foundation. Light the Night is...

October 7, 2019

Child’s play at Bannockburn bowls

PARENTS and babies will hit the green together next Thursday, 10 October from 10.30am to 12pm at Bannockburn Bowls Club. As part of Bowls Victoria’s...

October 4, 2019

Salon fundraises for McGrath nurses

EVERY quarter, the team at Hair and Beauty on Dana contribute to a charity. Recently speaking to Joylene Fletcher, a McGrath nurse at Ballarat Regional...

October 3, 2019

Fast racing and friendship for all

WITH children practicing from six-years-old, starting to race at seven and sometimes driving well beyond age 60, karting is a fast and inclusive sport. Based...

October 3, 2019

McGrath backs meaningful Run for a Cause

The Ballarat Foundation has recruited a new to sponsor for feature 10km event

A DISTANCE dream, the ten-kilometre event at this year’s Run...

October 3, 2019

A new look for Information Centre

THE Ballarat Information Centre relaunched this week at the Town Hall with a focus on local artists. Featuring work by indigenous creatives, the Pitcha Makin...

October 3, 2019

Eureka Cycling supports young rider

IESHA Humber has received Eureka Cycling’s latest Junior Female Cyclist Support Grant, three years into her racing career. Turning 16 in November, Humber is a...

October 3, 2019

Phone app to change parking experience

CELLOPARK, a mobile phone application, will be a big part of Ballarat’s new smarter parking infrastructure when it rolls out. An initiative of Smarter City...

October 3, 2019

A new club for the new generation

A NEW sports club could unite the youngest athletes of the Shire’s north. Last week, Golden Plains Shire Council hosted a forum at The Well...

October 2, 2019

Mindful making

BRAINS will be sharp while hands move repetitively on Friday, 4 October at the Bannockburn Library’s Neural Knitwork session for seniors. From 2pm to 4pm,...

October 2, 2019

Wozzles open Wearhouse for book sale

THREE-hundred-and-forty-eight years. That’s how much combined service the current volunteers of op-shop, Wozzles Wearhouse have given to Child and Family Services. This Saturday, 5 October...

October 2, 2019

Joyful patterns of the ordinary

AFTER fifteen years of collaboration, backyard beehives have inspired artists Margaret Delahunty Spencer and Mary van den Broek’s latest exhibition. Now showing at the newly...