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November 1, 2018

Nominate a Ballarat achiever for an Australia Day Award

Peter Caligari OAM needs little introduction. The renowned Ballarat radio identity and campaigner for those less fortunate was this year recognised as the Australia Day...

November 1, 2018

Ballarat’s Big battery ready to power homes

THE first of two large scale batteries built to support Victoria’s energy grid has been unveiled in Ballarat. Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio last week...

November 1, 2018

Forum brings candidates and business together

COMMERCE Ballarat held a State Election Candidate Forum last week, the aim of which was to allow their members to hear from and question...

November 1, 2018

Local link to Flying Corps commemoration

THE Airforce Association will commemorate the one hundred years since the Armistice of WW1 at the Australian Flying Corps Memorial at RAAF Base Point...

November 1, 2018

Karova Lounge comedy club is back

AARON Gocs, Ballarat-based comedian originally from Melbourne, is bringing comedy back to the Karova Lounge. On Thursday 8 November the well-known music venue will morph...

November 1, 2018

Wendouree Rotary Club – 60 years young

Rotary Club of Wendouree celebrated its 60th anniversary at a special dinner, attended by approximately 80 members and guests, at Sovereign Hill’s New York...

November 1, 2018

Visit Ballarat appoints new chair of the Board

PAUL Armstrong was appointed chair of the Visit Ballarat Board of Directors last week at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting. Mr. Armstrong, left Ballarat about...

November 1, 2018

Unbridled art inspired by the trots

THE Ballarat and District Trotting Club, hosting the second heat of the Australasian Inter-Dominion Championship at Bray Raceway is running an art activation project...

November 1, 2018

Nurses to come together for 90 years of service

BALLARAT Base Hospital Trained Nurses League is celebrating its 90th Annual General Meeting and reunion dinner this weekend. First founded in 1928, the League has...

November 1, 2018

Connecting us with Western Victoria’s producers

EAT Drink West is the new buzz phrase around town, being touted as Western Victoria’s go-to source for all things produce related. Eat Drink...

November 1, 2018

King opens Ballarat Seniors Expo

FEDERAL member for Ballarat Catherine King recently opened the Ballarat Seniors Expo at Sebastapol’s Ingenia Gardens Sovereign retirement living facility. The two-day event, part of...

November 1, 2018

WRISC – Providing Family Violence Support in Ballarat for 30 years

WRISC Family Violence Support Service Inc will be gathering for their Annual General Meeting on Thursday,  15 November, hailing 30 years of Family Violence...

November 1, 2018

Hobson becomes Patron of Cathedral Music Foundation

THE Chair of Trustees of the newly-established Ballarat Anglican Cathedral Music Foundation, Andrew Greenwood, and The Dean, the Very Reverend Chris Chataway, recently announced...

November 1, 2018

The monument to lost musicians you drive past a lot

AT the bottom end of Sturt Street, on the corner of Camp Street, stands an Edwardian Bandstand that many of us would pass on...

November 1, 2018

FROM THE DESK OF Roland Rocchiccioli

I despair when I remember the many theatres I’ve worked, and how many are now gone! I STARTED out at the National Theatre at the...

November 1, 2018

Flat out making White Flat safe and inviting

WHITE Flat Recreation Reserve, the new home of women’s football in Ballarat recently received $187,760 state government funding thanks to a grant from the...

October 25, 2018

Hamlan fun day shows off future living

Hamlan Homes held a family fun day at its Lucas display home last Saturday and the focus was on futuristic tech living. Along with the...

October 25, 2018

REIV market snapshot- OCTOBER 25, 2018

A clearance rate of 50 per cent was recorded over the weekend compared to 55 per cent last week and 74 percent the same...

October 25, 2018

Agent Profile: LEIGH HUTCHINSON

Leigh Hutchinson has worked as a real estate agent for the past five years. He has been loyal to the company of Doepels and...

October 25, 2018

Spring property portfolio shows off South West Victoria and more

THE much-awaited annual Charles Stewart Spring Property Portfolio is out now offering 35 of the latest quality cropping, grazing, dairy, lifestyle investment and residential...

October 25, 2018

A new way of life for Over 50’s

A NEW community is forming in Lucas of retirees in an exciting new development. Lucas Lifestyle Estate is an uncomplicated and easy-going place that makes...

October 25, 2018

Will robots reboot retirement living?

ROBOTS and artificial intelligence, wearable technology and telehealth will help people stay in their homes for longer, says CoreLogic’s chief technology officer Greg Dickason, what...

October 25, 2018

Suburb by suburb snapshot: BALLARAT EAST

SUBURB PROFILE The size of Ballarat East is approximately 6 square kilometres with 24 parks covering nearly 12.7% of total area. The population of Ballarat East...

October 25, 2018

Central Victorian Livestock Exchange officially opens

Family ties: Danni and Sam Crilly,
daughters of Central Victorian Livestock
Exchange manager...