Sports centre designer announced
VICTORIAN-based company City Collective has been announced as the principal design consultant for the Ballarat Sports and Events Centre upgrade. The project will include court...
Cycle Classic celebrates eighteen years
NEXT year will mark eighteen years of Ballarat Cycle Classic and organisers are gearing up to raise half a million dollars for the Fiona...
Mental health service opens at Stockland
FREE mental health support service Gidget House has opened at Stockland Wendouree. Gidget House provides help to parents experiencing perinatal depression and anxiety. The organisation previously...
New netball opportunity for coach at Buninyong
BUNINYONG Football Netball Club has appointed Katrina Daws as its new A grade netball coach. Daws and her family moved to Enfield two years ago,...
Inclusive space for garden-lovers
BALLARAT Community Garden has launched a new all-abilities garden on Dyte Parade. The space includes raised garden boxes which will be available to members with...
New CEO for Wildlife Park
ILAN Weill has been appointed as the Ballarat Wildlife Park's new CEO, bringing leadership experience and a fresh vision for the park centred around...
Campaign to embrace the unexpected
TOURISM Midwest Victoria's latest campaign, Brilliantly Unexpected, is showcasing Ballarat and surrounds in a new light. The campaign reveals unique experiences which set the region...
BGT celebrates graduates
NOT-for-profit organisation BGT Jobs and Training has celebrated the achievements of students at a graduation ceremony held at Barkly Square. The event held last week...
Powercor offers tree tips
POWERCOR staff are reminding Victorians to select the right type of tree and location for planting to protect the electricity network. Plants which grow too...
Water and wildlife comp returns
CENTRAL Highlands Water's water and native animal art competition will return next year as part of the Ballarat Begonia Festival. The organisation is looking for...
Awards to encourage student scientists
THIS year's Peter Doherty Science Awards will see teams of year seven to ten students put their inquiry skills to practical use. The awards, to...
Park to come alive at twilight
THE Voice's Arthur Hull will be in Ballarat later this month performing as part of the Ballarat Wildlife Park's Twilight Fridays event. On the evening...
One year of CDS
THIS month marks one year since the beginning of the Container Deposit Scheme with more than one billion containers returned by Victorians in the...
Blast off with cricket program
BALLARAT-Redan cricket club is looking for more young players to join the Cricket Blasters program. It is open to children aged 10 and under and...
Officer recognised for supporting survivors
SENIOR Sergeant Todd Sparkman has been given a family violence highly commended award for his work at the Centre for Family Violence. Mr Sparkman has...
New V/Line timetable to begin next month
A NEW V/Line timetable will take effect in December with three evening peak services extending to Bacchus Marsh instead of terminating at Melton. Minister for...
Recital to conclude concert series
THE final performance of this year's Piano for Pleasure concert series will be held at Christ the King Anglican Cathedral Synod Hall this Sunday. cert...
Milestone meal served up
THE State Government's School Breakfast Club initiative has served more than fifty million meals to Victorian students since 2016. Member for Eureka Michaela Settle celebrated...
Campaign to keep roadworkers safe
A NEW State Government awareness campaign is encouraging drivers to slow down and show respect when they see roadworkers. Research from the Traffic Management Association...
Pick to create, upgrade a park
VICTORIANS will soon be able to vote on where to spend more than thirty million dollars of grants allocated to green spaces in growing...
Remembering the Eureka Stockade
DECEMBER marks 170 years since the Eureka Stockade and Sovereign Hill is hosting two events to commemorate the occasion. On Friday 29 November, author, historian...
Two years of reviving rare arts, forgotten trades
AN open day will be held at the Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades to mark its second anniversary this month. Kicking off with...
Calls for gambling reform
FEDERATION University staff are calling for regulatory reform to address the impacts of gambling following the findings of the Lancet Commission report. The report indicates...
Nominations open for Australia Day awards
NOMINATIONS are now open for the City of Ballarat's Australia Day Community Awards which celebrate outstanding local achievers. There are three categories of awards including...