Dealing with digital disruption
JAMES Stewart, Managing Partner of Ferrier Hodgson, is speaking at Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out on Wednesday, May 29. Mr Stewart’s presentation will illustrate how...
Feet and pedal power take kids to school
NATIONAL Walk Safely to School Day is an annual, national event when children are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. The community event,...
Sarah Henderson ready for next bout
SARAH Henderson is a self-confessed fearsome warrior for the people she represents. As the sitting Member for Corangamite she has just over 110,000 voters in...
Bowelscan focuses on over 40s
ALMOST every two hours one Australian dies from bowel cancer. The Government currently provides free screening for bowel cancer when Australians reach 50, 60 and...
These are mine and I earned them
MEMBERS of Australia’s defence forces play a proud part in Anzac Day Services. Active service personnel and veterans display their medals on their left side,...
New music launched in old church
SINGER-songwriters Claire Anne Taylor and Áine Tyrrell are holding a double album launch to celebrate their new releases. They are performing All the Words and...
At the end of the road
MICK Thomas’ newest ensemble Roving Commission is on the road with their latest full-length album Coldwater DFU. The tour winds up at the Cabaret Club...
Forrest Lump boasts the most roast
SHANE Scott and his brother-in-law Cameron Fordham got into barbeques around four years ago when they both bought Webers and started cooking roasts. Chloe Scott...
Botanical background for Inverleigh artist’s sculpture
CERAMISIST Ade Loe is opening her Art Rocks Gallery in Inverleigh for the upcoming Golden Plains Community Art Trail. Set high in the Inverleigh hills...
Wine maker CEO cheers on business
ELIZA Brown, CEO All Saints Estate describes making good mistakes as never believing people when they say you can’t do something. “When you do it...
Creswick Brass Band turns a corner
THERE is a right way and a wrong way for a marching brass band to turn a corner. Then there is the Creswick Brass Band...
Bowelscan focuses on over 40s
ALMOST every two hours one Australian dies from bowel cancer. The Government currently provides free screening for bowel cancer when Australians reach 50, 60 and...
New blood on Commerce Ballarat’s board
THREE vacant positions on the Board of Commerce Ballarat were filled at its recent Annual General Meeting. Ballarat business owners Alicia Linley, Susan Honeyman and...
What does Anzac Day mean?
ANZAC Day means different things to different people. It commemorates the landing of Australian soldiers at Gallipoli during WWI, it’s considered by some to symbolise...
Sell your trash to buy a truck
MAUDE CFA is holding its annual trash, treasure and craft market on Sunday, 5 May. Bron Warfe, Fundraising Sub-Committee Secretary, is putting out the call...
A new spin for old records
LYDIARD Furniture and Antiques is holding its third Wizards Annual Book Fair at Messenger Hall over the weekend of Saturday, 4 and Sunday, 5...
Spoilt for choice at Booktown
EACH May for the past 12 years Clunes morphs into Australia’s largest book shop. This year its heritage buildings will host celebrated authors and guest...
New blood on Commerce Ballarat’s board
THREE vacant positions on the Board of Commerce Ballarat were filled at its recent Annual General Meeting. Ballarat business owners Alicia Linley, Susan Honeyman and...
Sapper to lead Meredith commemoration
LIEUTENANT Justin Taskin is the third generation of his family to grow up in Meredith. He now serves an engineering officer in the army in...
Teeing off into the future
JOHN Dearden was having a hit in a paddock near where he lived in North Ballarat in 1919. Mr Dearden explained he was a golfer...
Wine and chocolate, two great tastes
CLYDE Park Vineyard will be hopping on Easter Sunday. For the kids there is an Easter egg hunt, a roaming Easter bunny to meet, face...
Aim to have fun
HOP on down to Wendouree Archery Club For something completely different this Easter. The club is holding its annual Easter novelty fun shoot at its...
Take the Arts Trail to Linton
ARTIST Pam Farey’s home and studio, Peacock Cottage, will be open for the Golden Plains Community Art Trail on the first weekend in May. The...
Sharing the start-up story
ONE of the aims of Commerce Ballarat’s Business Day Out 2019 is assisting businesses with localised support and access to tools and information that...