About: Edwina Williams

Profile: Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.

Posts by: Edwina Williams

February 11, 2021

Student to present poem of remembrance

THIRTEEN-year-old Heidi Erwin will read a poem at this Sunday’s virtual seventeenth anniversary service for The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial. The young speaker was...

February 11, 2021

From happy snapper to Garage Hero

ON the eve of the 2021 Rock Ballarat festivities, an automotive award will be presented for the first time in the event’s history. If festivalgoers...

February 11, 2021

Para athletes power through RoadNats

BALLARAT-Sebastopol Cycling Club had a strong para-cycling presence at last weekend’s Australian Road National Championships in Buninyong. In Thursday’s time trials, Reece-Emerson Van Beek won...

February 10, 2021

Test your driving skills in a race car

IF you’re over the age of twelve, the Ballarat Light Car Club is inviting you to cut a few laps on their dirt track...

February 9, 2021

On top of the world in Golden Plains

JUST west of Linton, a hill-top tower is tall enough to make anyone feel like the king or queen of Golden Plains Shire. Seven hundred...

February 7, 2021

Connection for city’s creative writers

ALMOST five years ago Rebecca Fletcher was an arts student looking to join a local writers’ group. Discovering Ballarat Writers, she connected with likeminded people...

February 6, 2021

One-stop tipple shop – Eat Drink West

New tastes and old world charm A SPACE that takes inspiration from merchant spice traders, old-world ships and warehouses, Roy Hammond is the new kid...

February 6, 2021

Input on new Catchment strategy

CORANGAMITE Catchment Management Authority is facilitating an update of a key document. Known as the Regional Catchment Strategy, it aims to outline management goals and...

February 5, 2021

Grant boosts online veterans’ resources

SUPPORT and advocacy services are set to be more accessible to Ballarat’s five thousand veterans than they’ve ever been before. The Ballarat Veterans Assistance Centre...

February 4, 2021

City’s cycle-centric as RoadNats return

THE Federation University Road National Championships have launched, with time trials rolling through Buninyong and over the mountain yesterday. As club and all-abilities time trials...

February 4, 2021

Cleaning up to care for country

IN light of last week’s Survival Day Dawn Ceremony, Shani Cain reflected on January 26 and how her network could best pay their respects...

February 4, 2021

New chair for Committee

DAMIAN Ross has been announced as the Committee for Ballarat’s new chairperson. Having spent 20 years at Mars-Wrigley, he has held senior positions in operations...

February 4, 2021

Coffee cups celebrate cycling

GETTING into the spirit of this week’s Federation University Road National Championships, twenty-five hospitality venues will serve takeaway coffees in cycling-themed cups. Five local artists...

February 4, 2021

Movie Night connects families

THE free Buninyong Community Movie Night is back at De Soza Park this Saturday evening, screening Sonic the Hedgehog. An initiative of the RoadNats’ sponsors...

February 4, 2021

Discs fly in Ultimate comps

BALLARAT Ultimate experienced a busy two days of competition last weekend, hosting ultimate frisbee and disc golf tournaments across Ballarat. At Marty Busch Reserve and...

February 4, 2021

Oarsome racing back in a big way

BOAT trailers from across Victoria flocked to the shores of Lake Wendouree last weekend for the annual JG King Wendouree-Ballarat Regatta. Held over two days,...

February 2, 2021

Flag flies for faiths in harmony

BALLARAT Interfaith Network launched their celebrations of World Interfaith Harmony Week on Monday morning with a flag-raising ceremony at St Peter’s Anglican Church. As leaders...

February 2, 2021

Digital life for Linton’s painted poles

TREASURE hunt app, Geocaching has included two of Linton’s painted Sussex Street power poles in their map of locations to discover. The pole artworks by...

February 1, 2021

Stretch and strengthen with reformer Pilates

FROM next month, Wendouree’s OASIS Pilates Studio will facilitate a five-week reformer course for beginners. Director Dr Megan May said the sessions are ideal for...

January 31, 2021

Choir sings With One Voice

BALLARAT’s With One Voice choir is not only in-song after a pandemic break, but moving to a new home at Sturt Street’s City Oval...

January 31, 2021

Badminton back in Haddon

HADDON Badminton Club will smash into their 2021 season with a registration night next month. On Monday, 8 February from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, beginners, intermediate...

January 30, 2021

100 per cent milk – Eat Drink West

Inglenook dairy reaches major milestone BOTTLING their one-thousandth batch of milk this month, Inglenook Dairy is reflecting on their first ten years of business. Owner Rachael...

January 30, 2021

Iso Images recorded in BIFB book

A NEW coffee table book from the Ballarat International Foto Biennale features curated photographs from their #MassIsolationAUS archive. Motel Isolation, an image snapped last year...

January 29, 2021