August 19, 2023
Ballarat boys bang the drum abroad
A FATHER-son snare-playing duo have been hitting the skins together as part of the world’s largest festival celebrating Celtic and traditional folk music. Ballarat’s Tim...
August 18, 2023
Flag flown for independence
THE colours of green and white were flown in front of Town Hall on Monday morning as part of an event celebrating Pakistani independence. The...
August 18, 2023
Triathlete more than flies the flag
A YOUNG Ballarat triathlete has returned home after undertaking his first overseas competition. Touching back down in Australia earlier this week, Oscar Wootton spent about...
August 18, 2023
Program a score for sporting mental health
SPORTS Central’s latest Tackle Your Feelings initiative is set to be seen out with football and netball matches between the Learmonth Lakies and Waubra...
August 16, 2023
Kites to take flight for tenth time
THE sky above Dean will soon be beset by all things flag when an annual event returns for its tenth-year next month. The Dean Kite...
August 15, 2023
Weekly playgroup to branch out
FOLLOWING its return at the start of the second school term after a more-than-two-year pause, the coordinators behind the Buninyong Community Playgroup are expanding...
August 14, 2023
Adult apprentice on tractor for award
WORKING with vehicles since he was three years old, Linton resident Aaron Roberts has tackled larger and larger vehicles in the year since. Moving from...
August 14, 2023
CWA members see arts success
FOR the next twelve months, one of the aggregate trophies from the Country Women’s Association of Victoria’s Creative Arts Exhibition will be displayed at...
August 13, 2023
New show draws on life’s changes
A VISUAL artist is reframing a decades’ worth of works as part of the latest exhibition at Creswick’s Tin Can Collective. Running until Sunday 27...
August 13, 2023
Having the drive to give time
NOW more than fifty years old, and housing seventeen trams as well as thousands of documents on the city’s formerly-used mode of public transport,...
August 11, 2023
Bulldogs host home semi final
WITH their next football game happening on home turf, members of the Ballarat Bulldogs Football Netball Club are calling on the community to cheer...
August 11, 2023
Jouster takes top title
A FULLTIME knight and key figure at Kryal Castle has ridden his way to the top spot in one of England’s most prestigious jousting...
August 10, 2023
Full voices across the ages
THE vocal harmonies of different generations will resound through the Cathedral Church of Christ the King later this month as part of a collaborative...
August 10, 2023
Company on cue for classics revue
ONE of Ballarat’s premier musical theatre companies for young people is showcasing their intermediate and senior students this weekend with a compilation of old...
August 10, 2023
Walker readies for second SA march
HAVING trekked nearly two-thousand kilometres for mental health non-profit Beyond Blue since last year, Alan Thorpe planted his feet at the Ballarat Vintage and...
August 9, 2023
Dark sounds on frosty fields
THE digitised sounds of electronica are set to oscillate the surrounds of Dean later this month as part of a brooding bill of dark...
August 9, 2023
Local cultural cuisine on national TV screens
BALLARAT’S food culture will soon be displayed on national television with local restaurants to appear in an upcoming series highlighting Australian’s characteristic cuisine. The city...
August 9, 2023
Blues sounds Ballarat bound
THE soulful twang of the United States’ south is set to reverberate throughout the region with the return of the Ballarat Blues Festival. Following a...
August 9, 2023
Show to celebrate storied items
THE relationship between storytelling, objects, people, and history will soon be explored as part of a community event at the Creswick Courthouse Theatre. Called Ordinary...
August 8, 2023
Callout for community support for cup
WITH Ballarat one of forty-one stops as part of the annual Melbourne Cup tour, staff at host stable Ajay Equestrian are asking the community...
August 7, 2023
Mounties to test trivia minds
MEMBERS of the Mount Clear Junior Football Netball Club are celebrating their community with a trivia night next week. Taking place at the Ballarat East...
August 5, 2023
Dance group takes interstate wins
STUDENTS and teachers at Studio Arc Dance School are doing cartwheels after taking home multiple wins at Backstage’s annual Mount Gambier Eisteddfod in South...
August 5, 2023
Family venture takes silver
A BURGEONING family business is tasting victory together after taking a silver win in the 2023 Melbourne Royal Australian Food Awards. The runner-up accolade in...
August 4, 2023
Young bowler in state program
A LOCAL fast bowler is putting his skills to the test as one of the thirty-nine cricketers taking part in Cricket Victoria’s Under 19s...
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