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WHILE we’re in the thick of the Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea season, one event…
Rock on with REBEL REBEL
DAVID Bowie’s song Rebel Rebel has been covered by Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones…
Tigers seek to climb above the line
Ballan v Springbank BIG opportunity for the Tigers this weekend with victory against the…
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – June 13, 2019
Australians throw away nearly $10 billion in food waste each year; consequently, the average Australian…
Seminar to support stress management
THE Brown Hill Church will host a free stress management seminar next Friday, 21…
Possums reunite with help of council grant
THE Victorian Branch of the 161 Independent Reconnaissance Flight Association has received a Community…
Beauty and the Beast comes to Wendouree
BLOC Music Theatre Company is staging the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast…
Talking about periods shouldn’t be off-limits
FEMINIST author Karen Pickering and Australia’s most renowned menstrual educator Jane Bennett launched their…
Behind the cute koalas
TWENTY-three-year-old Shelby Sherritt understands the value of art therapy deeply. Following an appendix and…
Seeking students for Citizenship Awards
Order of Australia is a national acknowledgement of people who’ve made a major contribution…
Solar energy install a good fit for plastic recycler
REPLAS recycles plastic waste into over 200 sustainable products including bollards, decking, fending, fitness…
New sounds for the city
FOLLOWING over 12 months of discussions with the City of Ballarat event organisers of…
A WREN’S FIRST WREATH
NINETY-four-year-old Margaret Wood laid a wreath last Thursday at the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War…
Civic Hall hosts Kris Kristofferson
KRIS Kristofferson, the undisputed country music living legend, will be on stage at Civic…
Made of Ballarat is the new brand
NOEL Dempsey, CEO of Made of Ballart – formally Visit Ballarat, wants to change…
Can-do attitude and commitment
BARBARA Hughes’ service to the Ballarat community over many decades has been recognised in…
Past Grammar Headmaster acknowledged
SHE Oaks local, Stephen Higgs has received a Medal of the Order of Australia…
Service to community behind award
MARGARET Robinson has received a Medal of the Order of Australia, or OAM, for…
Sovereign Hill’s past CEO made Member of the Order
DOCTOR Jeremy Johnson has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for…
Skatepark tailwhiped into shape
SMYTHESDALE’S newest community asset, a revamped skatepark, was officially opened last week. The $250,000…
Calling all landscape artists to create historical document
ALL members of the wider community are invited to create artworks that depicts the…
Not at lot
Did the State Budget forget Golden Plains? GOLDEN Plains Shire Mayor, Cr Owen Sharkey…
A beautiful welcome to Ballarat
VISITORS to Ballarat who came by train on Saturday morning were greeted with a…
Model trains on track
THERE is something fascinating about watching model trains run on miniature tracks through meticulously…