About: Edwina Williams

Rower qualifies for Trans-Tasman regatta

WENDOUREE-Ballarat Rowing Club athlete Lucy Richardson has made the Under 21 Australian Rowing Team ahead of the Trans Tasman Regatta with New Zealand in...

St James school up for sustainability honour

SEBASTOPOL'S St James Parish Primary School has been named a finalist in two categories of the ResourceSmart awards for sustainability in schools. St James' students...

Lose yourself in desert style

A CITY of palm trees in southern California's Sonoran Desert has inspired an exhibition now on at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Lost in Palm...

Mothers’ grief not forgotten

A SHORT Mothers' Day service will be held at Alfredton's Garden of the Grieving Mother, adjacent to the Arch of Victory. To begin at 11am...

Tunes to take you back to the 60s

DID you love the musical performances of television variety shows in the 1960s? Known as Australia's modern kings of variety television, The Robertson Brothers are...

Stories of the lucky ones

AUTHOR Melinda Ham is coming to Ballarat to discuss her latest work. She will be in conversation with local journalist Dellaram Vreeland about stories of...

Comic shares the beauty of neurodiversity

STAND-up comedian, singer and podcaster Em Rusciano has announced she will perform in Ballarat as part of a fifteen-date national tour. Her new show, Outgrown,...

Scouts venture into four-day hikes

NINETEEN Ballarat Venturer Scouts have taken on challenging four-day adventures as part of the Queen's Scout Awards process. Ballarat District Venturer Scout leader Kirstyn Hall...

Tennis players make royal visit to UK

SIX Ballarat Tennis Club members will compete in the Real Tennis World Masters in England this month. Stuart Strange, John Faull, Wayne Spring, Ross Troon,...

First festival a marathon effort

OVER four thousand seven hundred runners, joggers, walkers and wheelchair athletes took part in the inaugural Ballarat Marathon festival last weekend. The two-day program included...

Author shares dark, wintry story

AS winters arrive in Ballarat, so do darker days, and local author Robbi Neal has applied this chilling atmosphere to her latest book. With Winter...

Royal sport a hit for 40 years

MEMBERS of Ballarat Tennis Club marked the group's fortieth anniversary with an on-court dinner last month. The royal tennis club was established on Larter Street,...

Help needed for new Buninyong newsletter

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to join the new Village Voice: Buninyong and District Community News production team.

After a hiatus of more than two years,...

Basketball stadium to turn pink

BALLARAT Basketball staff are hosting an inaugural Pink Luncheon early next month. To be held on Wednesday 8 May in the Selkirk Stadium lounge, the...

Primary school upgrades funded

FOUR schools in the Ballarat region are the latest beneficiaries of the Federal Government's Schools Upgrade Fund. Little Bendigo Primary School, Yuille Park Community College,...

Funds for preventing violence against women

CITY of Ballarat officers have been successful in their application for a grant to fund programs and campaigns that aim to prevent violence against...

The ultimate weekend of frisbee action

THE country's best ultimate frisbee players put on a show at Victoria Park in Ballarat last week. Ultimate Australia hosted the division one 2024 Australian...

Council to guide goldfields footy

NEW regional council members have been selected by AFL Victoria to support, promote, and develop community football clubs and competitions. Having expressed interest in contributing...

Make and create at The Pottage

A PAINT-YOUR-OWN pottery experience is opening in a little brick house in Redan. Led by ceramicist Shelby Sherritt, new business The Pottage is set to...

Runner’s decade-long dream made real

ANY broad attention on the annual Stawell Gift athletics carnival tends to land on the one-hundred-and-twenty-metre feature races. But did you know the Davies Family...

Help needed for new Buninyong newsletter

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to join the new Village Voice: Buninyong and District Community News production team. After a hiatus of more than two years,...

Get on your marks for the Ballarat Marathon

SERIOUS runners, casual joggers and walkers will be stretching and carb-loading tonight with the inaugural Ballarat Marathon festival only one sleep away. The mile and...

Anzac poppies pop up in Lucas

AN Anzac commemoration project at Lucas Town Centre has been sparking conversations about the sacrifices made by servicepeople. The Poppy Project returned to the shopping...

Mother’s Day tradition keeps running

GET your running or walking shoes on to benefit breast and ovarian cancer research as the Mother's Day Classic is returning on Sunday 12...