About: Edwina Williams

Scrunchie sales support key causes

IN 2020, seven-year-old Ruby decided to learn the skill of sewing to channel her creative energy in lockdown. Mastering scrunchie-making, Ruby was energised each time...

Growth goals for water polo club

A TWO-year-old sporting association, Ballarat Water Polo is making a splash at the Aquatic Centre each Monday night. Running skills development sessions over the coming...

Italian Film Fest ready to roll

WHETHER you fancy watching a comedic, romantic or dramatic movie this weekend, the 2021 Ballarat Italian Film Festival has something for you. Running this Friday,...

Fundraising ball for research

THE sold-out 2021 biannual Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute ball will have attendees dancing the night away in a glamorous style for an invaluable...

The stories behind the ceramics

CERAMICIST Ruby Pilven is inviting art-lovers and collectors to take a short drive out of Ballarat next weekend as she opens her Smythes Creek...

Science award open to experiments

THE Ballarat Tech School is inviting secondary students to engage with experimental ideas as entrants in the Peter Doherty Science Award. Curious minds across the...

Auditions ominous for BNT’s gothic play

BALLARAT National Theatre plans to stage their production of Children of the Black Skirt in 2021, but first, the company needs a cast. Ensemble audition...

Op Shop friends ready for customers

ONE of Sturt Street’s much-loved seven hundred-block shops is coming back to life with the support of passionate volunteers. Having closed 18 months ago due...

Full moon the star of night-time feast

On the evening of Friday, 20 August, a full moon will be visible, with Jupiter and Saturn nearby. To celebrate, the Ballarat Municipal Observatory and...

Tree-plantings are seed homecomings

FIVE-hundred trees and lower-storey shrubs will be planted in the Katy Ryans Road precinct of Woowookarung Regional Park this week. Friends of the Canadian Corridor’s...

Friends against ‘sanitised’ foreshore

FRIENDS of Lake Wendouree Natural Environment group will soon mark their third anniversary. Holding a small COVID-compliant meeting of members at a foreshore pavilion on...

Website a design Awwward nominee

STOKE Design Co is a global Awwwards nominee for their development of The Provincial Hotel’s website. Director of the firm Leigh Ericksen said he has...

Society supports a small business

DURING the state’s most recent lockdown, Sturt Street eatery Higher Society continued to trade, while still offering work to their full-time employees. Grateful to have...

Locations found for 100 car parks, 900 to go

AFTER years of land assessment and planning from Regional Development Victoria, some progress has been made on the Labor Party’s 2018 election commitment for...

Lights for street and student safety

RECENTLY installed pedestrian-operated traffic lights are now working at the intersection where Sturt, Russell and Morrison streets meet. In a busy location by Loreto College...

Careers Expo called off

THE Ballarat Careers Expo committee have cancelled this year’s event due to COVID-19 restrictions. It was originally set for Monday, 16 August, and to be...

All-abilities athletes score hoops clinics

FOR forty-five minutes a week, an All-Abilities Hoops clinic is set to welcome children with a disability to strengthen their basketball skills. Designed for young...

Move mindfully at Morrissey Memorial