	{"id":69178,"date":"2020-06-07T22:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=69178"},"modified":"2020-06-07T21:23:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T11:23:04","slug":"big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour &#8211; Queen&#8217;s Birthday honours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVELLING around Australia, you may have spotted BIG4 Holiday Parks.<\/p>\n<p>But you mightn\u2019t know the brand was born in Ballarat, founded by former police officer, Desmond Watts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-69180\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8887-for-web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Mr Watts\u2019 daughter, Annette Terrill said he always wanted his own tourist accommodation. Purchasing some land, he built the Welcome Stranger Holiday Park in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where his journey into tourism and parks started, and he\u2019s always had a huge passion for them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat grew when he got together with another three operators in Ballarat, and they started BIG4 in 1979. That was a marketing coop, so they\u2019d get together and market Ballarat&#8230;then that grew Australia wide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still the owner of BIG4 Ballarat Goldfields Holiday Park, Mr Watts has been on the company\u2019s board, was an honorary chair and is a life member.<\/p>\n<p>Part of VicParks since 1979, he also served on that board for seven years, receiving their Legend Award in 2009. Mr Watts has been a member of the Caravan Industry Association of Australia, and since 2007, a member of SA Parks.<\/p>\n<p>With Caravan and Camping NSW, he has been a member for 13 years, and is part of the Gumnut Eco Program. For excellence in the caravan industry, he received the Eric Hayman Award in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Watts was a member of Ballarat Tourism for two decades. All his collective work has assisted the growth of the national tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis roles helped other people within the industry and helped keep the industry together,\u201d Ms Terrill said.<\/p>\n<p>Also a former City of Ballarat councillor of the early 1980s, Mr Watts received a Medal of the Order of Australia in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/meet-this-years-queens-birthday-honourees\/\">this year\u2019s Queen\u2019s Birthday honour list<\/a> for his service to the tourism accommodation sector.<\/p>\n<p>When his family told him, he was \u201cgobsmacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was really surprised and humbled to be nominated for the award, he thought it was a great honour and couldn\u2019t believe it was actually happening to him,\u201d Ms Terrill said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a family we\u2019ve always been very proud of what mum and dad have done with their career, still actively involved in the park industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got third generation family members working in the industry, so it\u2019s come down the line, and it\u2019s great that mum and dad have been able to live their passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Watts and his wife, Margaret also own BIG4 Melbourne Holiday Park in Coburg and BIG4 Renmark Holiday Park in South Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVELLING around Australia, you may have spotted BIG4 Holiday Parks. But you mightn\u2019t know the brand was born in Ballarat, founded by former police officer, Desmond Watts. Mr Watts\u2019 daughter, Annette Terrill said he always wanted his own tourist accommodation. Purchasing some land, he built the Welcome Stranger Holiday Park in 1972. \u201cThat\u2019s where his [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":69179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-69178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour - Queen&#039;s Birthday honours - Ballarat Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour - Queen&#039;s Birthday honours - Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TRAVELLING around Australia, you may have spotted BIG4 Holiday Parks. But you mightn\u2019t know the brand was born in Ballarat, founded by former police officer, Desmond Watts. Mr Watts\u2019 daughter, Annette Terrill said he always wanted his own tourist accommodation. Purchasing some land, he built the Welcome Stranger Holiday Park in 1972. \u201cThat\u2019s where his [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ballarat Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-07T12:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Edwina Williams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Edwina Williams\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Edwina Williams\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1679afe19d0c5817f387b660e66f07e9\"},\"headline\":\"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour &#8211; Queen&#8217;s Birthday honours\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-07T12:00:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/\",\"name\":\"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour - Queen's Birthday honours - Ballarat Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-07T12:00:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Dedicated to tourism: Desmond Watts and his wife, Margaret own three BIG4 Holiday Parks across Victoria and South Australia, including BIG4 Ballarat Goldfields. Photo: CHIPPY RIVERA\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/news\\\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour &#8211; Queen&#8217;s Birthday honours\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ballarat Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/BALT.png\",\"width\":739,\"height\":98,\"caption\":\"Ballarat Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1679afe19d0c5817f387b660e66f07e9\",\"name\":\"Edwina Williams\",\"description\":\"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.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/emwilliamsjourno\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/ballarat\\\/author\\\/edwina\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour - Queen's Birthday honours - Ballarat Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour - Queen's Birthday honours - Ballarat Times","og_description":"TRAVELLING around Australia, you may have spotted BIG4 Holiday Parks. But you mightn\u2019t know the brand was born in Ballarat, founded by former police officer, Desmond Watts. Mr Watts\u2019 daughter, Annette Terrill said he always wanted his own tourist accommodation. Purchasing some land, he built the Welcome Stranger Holiday Park in 1972. \u201cThat\u2019s where his [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/","og_site_name":"Ballarat Times","article_published_time":"2020-06-07T12:00:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Edwina Williams","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Edwina Williams","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/"},"author":{"name":"Edwina Williams","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/1679afe19d0c5817f387b660e66f07e9"},"headline":"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour &#8211; Queen&#8217;s Birthday honours","datePublished":"2020-06-07T12:00:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/"},"wordCount":418,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/","name":"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour - Queen's Birthday honours - Ballarat Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-07T12:00:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/06\/A02I8884-e1591515688133.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Dedicated to tourism: Desmond Watts and his wife, Margaret own three BIG4 Holiday Parks across Victoria and South Australia, including BIG4 Ballarat Goldfields. Photo: CHIPPY RIVERA"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/big4-founder-receives-even-bigger-honour-queens-birthday-honours\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BIG4 founder receives even bigger honour &#8211; Queen&#8217;s Birthday honours"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","name":"Ballarat Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#organization","name":"Ballarat Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/BALT.png","width":739,"height":98,"caption":"Ballarat Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/#\/schema\/person\/1679afe19d0c5817f387b660e66f07e9","name":"Edwina Williams","description":"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.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emwilliamsjourno\/"],"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/author\/edwina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69178"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=69178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}