February 6, 2019
How do you see the future of Lake Burrumbeet?
THE Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning has launched a process looking at how to manage Lake Burrumbeet’s shore. Known as the Lake Burrumbeet’s...
February 6, 2019
Ballarat’s refurbished Civic Hall officially re-opens in March
CIVIC Hall would be officially re-opened at 9am on Friday, 1 March. The announcement came following the acceptance of a refurbished Ballaarat coat of arms...
February 6, 2019
On ya bikes for a great cause
STEPHEN Byrne, director at BJT Legal, is a cyclist by nature and by choice. This is one of the reasons BJT Legal is a major...
February 6, 2019
Leadership forum takes Ballarat women on a journey of self discovery
AUSTRALIAN Women’s Leadership Forum is coming to Ballarat in March. This informative and exciting one-day event will provide women from Ballarat and surrounding districts with...
January 30, 2019
Late career graduates seize their day
WHEN VCE results and ATAR scores come out implacable hours are spent dissecting and discussing top scores of both students and schools while universities...
January 30, 2019
Lifeline Ballarat seeking volunteers
VOLUNTEERS from all organisations often say they offer their time and commitment in order to give back to the community – they want to...
January 30, 2019
G’day mate – city welcomes new citizens
GRAGANDEEP Kaur Mann came to Australia from India 10 years ago as a student. Last Saturday, after reciting her affirmation, collecting her certificate, a native...
January 30, 2019
Put 2019 Dunnstown Irish Festival in your diary
If you enjoyed the inaugural Dunnstown Irish Festival last year, you are in for a double dose of fun, frivolity, toe-tapping and jig dancing...
January 30, 2019
Royal Commission in Creswick
REGIONAL Victorians are disproportionately affected by poor mental health. Minister for Mental Health Martin Foley held a regional roundtable discussion last week in Creswick to...
January 25, 2019
Locals make Australia Day honours list
Des Hudson -
In order: Leading Senior Constable Des Hudson now holds a Medal...
January 23, 2019
Seamstress and spruiker launch Billboard Soapbox
SEAMSTRESS Heather Horrocks, otherwise known as an artist and one half of the Pike- Lettes, is a dab hand with the needle and thread...
January 23, 2019
Bikes in Back Space
BALLARAT Art Bikes is an initiative of the City of Ballarat that merges sport with the municipality’s Creative City Strategy. The artworks are made from...
January 23, 2019
Artistic flair and initiative are key to greatness
FORTY years ago, as Geraldine Roberts and her family drove up the highway to start a new life in Ballarat, she cried all the...
January 23, 2019
Planned book a memorial for Concert Band
TO celebrate the centenary of the Ballarat Memorial Concert Band, an e-book on the history group will be launched during Heritage Week in May...
January 23, 2019
People to power Ballarat North
THE driving force of more power in a group than an individual, is behind the recent formation by residents of the new Committee for...
January 23, 2019
Opportunity to hear business leader
CITY of Ballarat has scored a major coup in the world of business events. Cecilia Ambros, head of creative studios US for Amazon Advertising, will...
January 16, 2019
Partnership to help cancer research
THE ability for radiologists to compress images small enough to be transferred to an iPad or iPhone is a mutual area of technological interest...
January 16, 2019
Game set and match on resurfaced courts
OVER 800 people play tennis at Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre each week. They now know what local tennis pro Zoe Hives felt under foot, winning...
January 16, 2019
Game, set and match for Real Tennis championships
REAL tennis has been described as a ridiculous sport that is addictive, played with rackets that are bent and balls that aren’t round and...
January 16, 2019
Teamwork focus for orientation week at BHS
COLLABORATION was the key word for just over 70 new graduates who took part in a unique orientation week at Ballarat Health Services recently. Graduates...
January 16, 2019
What has the selfie done to photographic portraiture?
LUMINA Collective: Echoes exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat displays photographic work by eight Australian women – leaders in their craft – studying...
January 16, 2019
Returning Ballaarat’s coat of arms to past glory
IT was Barbara Cytowicz’s eagle eyed spotting of the Ballaraat coat of arms, originally hung in the foyer of Civic Hall, auction listing that...
January 16, 2019
School’s in, for the 1850s at Sovereign Hill
JANINE Baker has been appointed the first female principal of the school that sits in Sovereign Hill. The school actually consists of five costumed goldfields...
January 16, 2019
Battle of words and smells at CVLX
CONCERNS raised by Miners Rest residents regarding smells coming from the Central Victorian Livestock Exchange have resulted in a compliance order being issued by...
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