August 25, 2022
STEM challenges for local schools
STUDENTS from seven Ballarat schools took part in the annual Science and Engineering Challenge Day last week as part of a collaboration between the...
August 25, 2022
Funding to help boost Begonia Parade
APPLICATIONS are now open for funding support to help community groups participate in next year’s Begonia Festival Parade. As part of the financial backing, the...
August 25, 2022
Everything is looking Rosie!
LAKE Wendouree Football Netball Club’s Rosie Todd has added another accolade to her trophy cabinet. The A Grade netball co-captain is also on the roster...
August 23, 2022
School connecting past and present
FORMER Loreto College students are invited to the school’s Little Flower Church facility later this month to meet with current pupils and tour the...
August 22, 2022
Get together all about making connections
SET for Sunday, 28 August at the Elaine Mechanic’s Institute Hall, a community meeting is aiming to bring the town and wider district together. Event...
August 22, 2022
Friends host treed to know bushwalk
INTERESTED in knowing more about the trees in the Woowookarung regional park? The Friends of the Canadian Corridor are aiming to provide that knowledge with...
August 22, 2022
Green groups lead talks at library
GARDENING and sustainability will be at the forefront of Ballarat Libraries’ offerings on Saturday, 27 August which aims to showcase the region’s green thumb...
August 21, 2022
Gallery launches donation display
THE Art Gallery of Ballarat has put on show what’s being described as the most significant addition to the collection in over thirty years...
August 21, 2022
Wedding plans rescue old fire station
THE former Buninyong fire station next to town hall is set to take on a new life as a wedding and functions venue. Since acquiring...
August 21, 2022
Mall mural about crossing paths
A NEW mural is bringing some colour to Stockland Wendouree while serving as a celebration of the local community. The work, titled Wonderous Path, was...
August 20, 2022
Lions reviving collaborative concert
AN annual concert involving Ballarat schools is returning after a two-year gap and will bring three college bands together for a charitable cause. On Tuesday,...
August 19, 2022
Powerful backing for SoupBus
R&J Batteries is ringing in over a quarter of a century of the company by providing support for a local community initiative. The backing will...
August 18, 2022
Awards focus on city’s future
PEOPLE from across the region gathered last week at the Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts to celebrate the winners of the 2022 Ballarat Youth...
August 18, 2022
Sports program tackling mental health
WHEN North Ballarat went head-to-head with Melton South last Saturday in the Ballarat Football Netball League, there was more than just premiership points and...
August 18, 2022
Aunty Joy’s Comm Games celebration
AS the Birmingham Commonwealth Games came to an end last week at Alexander Stadium, the baton was passed to Australia in anticipation of its...
August 18, 2022
Flag flown for Pakistani freedom
MEMBERS of Ballarat’s Pakistani community gathered in Queen Victoria Square on Friday for a flag-raising ceremony in celebration of the nation’s independence day. The event...
August 18, 2022
Statewide fest gets local launch
A STATE Government and Midsumma Festival initiative is aiming to support LGBTIQA+ led events throughout Victoria for the next four summers. Minister for Water, Regional...
August 17, 2022
Satire a highway to the danger zone
NEARLY twenty years since its debut at New York’s Musical Theatre Festival, Top Gun: The Musical is set to premiere in Ballarat. The show is...
August 17, 2022
Restoration for LARP social space
OPERATORS of a popular Swordcraft fixture are appealing to the live action role playing, or LARPing, community to help raise funds for its revival. Since...
August 16, 2022
Quilters sew up cohesiveness
EVERY Monday evening at 6pm, a group of friendly threaders meet at Haddon Community Centre for quilting and conversation. The group has been meeting for...
August 16, 2022
Breakfast and a chat for local blokes
BROWN Hill Uniting Church is hosting a men’s breakfast later this month and the event includes a presentation by Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour...
August 14, 2022
How deep is your love, for the Bee Gees?
A TRIBUTE band for one of disco’s most iconic acts is celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary with a return tour to Australia. On Thursday, 25 August,...
August 14, 2022
Feeling the flow with first time show
UNICORN Lane’s latest offering is serving as the debut exhibition for emerging artist Min Chiang. Titled Water is the Driving Force of all Nature, the...
August 13, 2022
All about a safe trip home
AFTER losing her sister in a car crash in 2020, a local woman is doing her best to make sure other people don’t go...
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