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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March 2, 2021

Home-sweet-home for Linton’s birds

WITHIN a couple of months, you could be taking a map-guided walking tour of bird-friendly Linton. The Linton and District Progress Association’s garden group are...

February 27, 2021

Empowering women to thrive

AS a young woman in rural New Zealand, Shiree Pilkinton dreamed of becoming a journalist. With on-air aspirations, she nervously walked into an audition for...

February 26, 2021

A familiar face behind the Red Door

A NEW era’s begun at Buninyong’s Red Door Pizzeria with former owner, Trevor Whitworth passing on the pizza peel to Katrine Taylor. Also the operator...

February 26, 2021

Youthful painting is people’s choice

PAINTER Abbie Matthews has won the Ballarat Arts Foundation Eureka Award People’s Choice. Matthews entered her work, Lucy into the competition, and BAF exhibited all...

February 26, 2021

Lyric gets ready to Rock You

BALLARAT Lyric Theatre wants everyone to hear a little less ‘COVID blah blah’ and a lot more Radio Ga Ga in 2021. The performing arts...

February 26, 2021

Warriors shape-up for season launch

THE Woady Yaloak Warriors Football Netball Club hosted a junior come-and-try day last weekend at their new Smythesdale home ground. Offering an Aussie-rules football clinic...

February 25, 2021

CHW to build sewer of the century

ALMOST one-hundred years since the city’s original sewerage system was installed, Central Highlands Water is set to build a new pipeline for the future. On...

February 25, 2021

Eureka Mums expands operations

FAMILY support service Eureka Mums hope to open their larger Sebastopol premises in the coming weeks. Still at the same location, operations manager, Trinsa Lewis...

February 25, 2021

Upstart is back on

PREPARING the workforce’s next generation for innovation and critical thinking, the Upstart Challenge is returning in 2021 to engage and strengthen Ballarat’s school students. Encouraging...

February 24, 2021

Car club keeps on Morryin’

NEXT month, the Ballarat Morris Minor Club will celebrate their 40th birthday. Suited to people with a connection to a Morris Minor automobile, president Glen...

February 23, 2021

City’s chess scene returns for Open

GLOBAL participation in chess has grown since the release of Netflix series, The Queen’s Gambit. If the...

February 23, 2021

Keeping creativity in the family

RETURNING home to Ross Creek, textile designer and printmaker Monique Doust is motivated by the rural landscape. Taking every opportunity to enjoy a bushwalk on...

February 23, 2021

Share a love of reading at Book Chat

SEBASTOPOL Library’s First Thursday Book Chat is connecting diverse readers of varying ages and interests. Ballarat Libraries learning services officer Eloise Brown said the once-a-month...

February 20, 2021

Feel young again at mums’ football

INTRODUCTORY football program, GO Soccer Mums is engaging women of all ages in the fun and fitness of ‘the world game.’ Facilitator Nancy Kay said...

February 20, 2021

Chapter closes for community cafe

AFTER six-and-a-half years of hospitality in Lake Gardens, Sharon and Neville Monson have decided to close their business, Providore Cafe. Mrs Monson said she’s grateful...

February 18, 2021

Quad sculls make Head of the Lake history

THE Ballarat Associated Schools Head of the Lake regatta will bring the Lake Wendouree rowing course to youthful life this Friday. Damascus College, Phoenix College,...

February 18, 2021

Cheers to a bumper weekend

FOOTBALL and froths will have Ballarat buzzing this weekend. In one of the city’s biggest event-filled weekends since COVID-19 restrictions eased, Western United will play...

February 18, 2021

Shed and Vets shoulder-to-shoulder

THE Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia Ballarat Sub-Branch has found a new home at the Ballarat East Community Men’s Shed. The...

February 18, 2021

Making lemonade, and a difference

INSPIRED by a curiosity for lemonade stands in American movies, a group of young people have given Cafs’ homelessness services a financial boost. Andrew Sawitsch...

February 18, 2021

Potential and resilience within BHS rowers

AHEAD of tomorrow’s annual Head of the Lake regatta between secondary schools, Ballarat High School’s rowing club isn’t dwelling on the pandemic’s training interruptions. Participation...

February 18, 2021

Family-inspired club looking to grow

THE Woady Yaloak Warriors Football Netball Club are encouraging young families to join their community, hosting a come-and-try day this Sunday. Offering Auskick, NetSetGO, and...

February 16, 2021

Men’s Shed gets a power-up

THE community of Linton and District Men’s Shed expects to open their new purpose-built facility for action by mid-April. But before the team moves into...

February 15, 2021

Farmgate to open in Gordon

WHILE on a trip to Canberra, Susanna McPherson dropped into a farmgate store. Loving the way it operated, supporting the area’s food producers and getting...

February 14, 2021

Serving community and sharing knowledge

IN the 1950s, Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College student Helen Eyres could often be seen riding her bike from the Mair Street campus to Sturt...

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