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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April 30, 2021

Bills a BREAZE for groups on solar

FIVE additional community groups are being powered by solar, following panel and battery installations funded by the State’s Solar on Public Buildings Program. The Ballarat...

April 30, 2021

Change the story, change the world

THE third and latest episode of local podcast Gather was released earlier this month, exploring the world of myths and fairytales. Minerva’s Books and Ideas’...

April 30, 2021

Cast meets king of Queen musical

THE team behind Ballarat Lyric Theatre’s upcoming show We Will Rock You met the musical’s famous writer last week in Bendigo. Iconic British comedian Ben...

April 29, 2021

Courage, mateship and sacrifice

THE Ballarat community paid their respects to Australia and New Zealand’s fallen servicepeople and returned veterans on Anzac Day last Sunday. Around the city’s cenotaph,...

April 29, 2021

Get your steps up in the grass trees

WOOWOOKARUNG Regional Park’s Grass-tree Nature Trail has officially opened for the community to enjoy. The 1.8-kilometre bush track amongst the native grass trees takes approximately...

April 29, 2021

Hub tour inspires Youth Council

MEMBERS of the City of Ballarat Youth Council visited Ballarat East’s Barkly Square last week to celebrate the launch of the National Youth Week...

April 29, 2021

Jane Austen adaption awarded

BALLARAT National Theatre’s Pride and Prejudice podcast is an honouree in the Limited Series Podcast - Scripted Fiction category of the 2021 Webby Awards. The...

April 29, 2021

Meet you on the piste

OVER many years, petanque has been played across Ballarat at private facilities. But when Gordon Oliver and friends saw the game increase in popularity and...

April 28, 2021

Fifties fest back to Rock Ballarat

FEBRUARY’S ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown postponed Rock Ballarat, but its team is rebooting the rockabilly and rock-and-roll festival this weekend. From Friday, 30 to Sunday, 2 May...

April 28, 2021

Discover the north’s hidden arts gems

GOLDEN Plains Arts Inc members in the Shire’s north are opening their creative studios monthly to share their work and spaces with curious art-loving...

April 24, 2021

Magical dementia-friendly trail for park

PARKS Victoria have begun works to construct the country’s first-ever dementia-friendly forest and sensory trail at Woowookarung Regional Park. The one-kilometre compacted gravel trail is...

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 -...

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