fbpx

About: Edwina Williams

Profile
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

Posts by: Edwina Williams

April 24, 2021

Little shop offers a lot more than books

THAT Little Bookshop is Wayne Compton’s TARDIS; it looks small on the outside, but it’s bigger once you step in. Previously a pop-up, he took...

April 23, 2021

Arts service award for BLOC stalwart

BALLARAT Light Opera Company life member Carmel Flynn has been awarded the Ballarat Arts Foundation’s 2021 Denis Bateman Award for her long-term service to...

April 23, 2021

Golf Club in swing for over 125 years

THE Ballarat Golf Club celebrated their belated one-hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary recently, having postponed the event in 2020. President Lesa Gray said the Club was established in...

April 22, 2021

Anzac events back in-person

APPROACHING Anzac Day this Sunday, 25 April, Alan Douglass is “thrilled.” On behalf of the Midlands-Ballarat RSL Sports and Services Club, he’s helping to coordinate...

April 22, 2021

Cyclone appeal helping Timor-Leste friends

BALLARAT Ryder-Cheshire is asking the city to “step up and support our near neighbours.” Following Easter’s Cyclone Seroja, Timor-Leste has received catastrophic flooding and landslides,...

April 22, 2021

Life members honoured at opening

THE Sebastopol Bowling Club’s newly renovated facilities were officially launched last Wednesday and dedicated to life members for their passionate, long-term contributions to the...

April 22, 2021

New facilities open at Russell Square

RUSSELL Square’s AFL Local-compliant junior changerooms, and pavilion walkthrough and landscaping upgrades were officially opened last week. The changing facilities were the star of the...

April 22, 2021

Walking off the mental War once more

EMERGENCY and defence force servicepeople will stand supported by the public at this weekend’s Walking off the War Within event. The 20-kilometre walk is held...

April 22, 2021

Women’s baseball a home run

THE Alfredton Women’s Baseball Club have made history recently, playing in round one of the newly formed Western Victorian Women’s Baseball League. Alfredton’s Eagles played...

April 21, 2021

Jump on in at the pub jam

THE Railway Hotel Linton and their house band are inviting any musicians and an audience to join them on a late Sunday afternoon. On the...

April 21, 2021

A tranquil family outing in Enfield

WORKING in plant transport, Mick Stanley has seen his fair share of nurseries along Australia’s east coast. But with two-and-a-half-acres on his home block at...

April 20, 2021

Linton food-swap shares homegrown goodies

LINTON’S Emergency Relief Pantry has launched a more formal and ongoing food-swap initiative. During the supply shortages of the pandemic, many town residents decided to...

April 19, 2021

Arch Anzac service remembers boy soldiers

THIS year’s Anzac Day commemorative service at the Arch of Victory will spotlight the youngest Australian soldiers of World War One. Arch of Victory -...

April 18, 2021

New war novel blends fact and fiction

DOCTOR Tony Whitefield has released his second novel exploring the history between the Greek island of Limnos and Anzac soldiers. This “fictionalised non-fiction” book, George’s...

April 17, 2021

Good Vibration, sweet sensation

LOCAL radio presenter, Benjamin Ato Sam has just released his second Good Vibration African Cookbook. Formerly running a vegetarian restaurant in Ghana, Sam has taken...

April 16, 2021

Give and gain at businesswomen’s network

MARGI Cousins co-founded Ballarat Business Women in 2008 to close a gap, having seen a “room of grey suits” at each network event she...

April 16, 2021

Bowls fundraiser has plenty of heart

SIX thousand dollars’ worth of new cardiac equipment at Ballarat Health Services has been funded by a donation from the Ballarat District Bowls Division. Every...

April 16, 2021

Fineman Foto award a launch-pad

BALLARAT International Foto Biennale is accepting entries for their second Fineman New Photography Award until Friday, 23 April. The process spotlights photographic artists of the...

April 15, 2021

Gardens’ tall pine a top tree

BASED in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, the ponderosa pine is a finalist in the 2021 Victorian Tree of the Year awards. Registered with the National...

April 15, 2021

Crowd-sourcing the city’s best ideas

ONLINE customer feedback platform Suggest it is hoping to strike innovative gold in Ballarat over the next four weeks, launching their Ballarat’s Best Ideas...

April 15, 2021

Settle says bus stop should stay

ALTHOUGH it may be shortened, the four hundred-block Warrenheip Street bus stop in Buninyong will likely remain after the City’s streetscape redevelopment. Member for Buninyong...

April 15, 2021

Energy help for those in need

AS winter approaches, Uniting is encouraging those that will need help with their power bills to reach out for one-on-one support before their situation...

April 15, 2021

Teen cyclist taking elite titles on-track

FOLLOWING in the tyre tracks of her grandfather, sixteen-year-old cyclist Shannon Craggill is making her mark in the elite ranks of Australian women’s cycling. Jumping...

April 14, 2021

Ideas needed for Lethbridge road-naming

THE wider Lethbridge community is encouraged to share their feedback on a new proposed title for an old but unnamed road. After a resident requested...