About: Edwina Williams

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Edwina is a journalist at the Ballarat Times News Group, and Golden Plains Times, based in Ballarat. She is a passionate art lover and photographer, who enjoys capturing the colour and life of the city in her own time. Edwina has worked as a social media management contractor, and has had previous news experience with the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, Victoria Votes for Channel 31, and Junction Journalism. Contact her at [email protected] Twitter - @edwinawilltweet Facebook - @edwinawilliamsjourno

Posts by: Edwina Williams

May 5, 2023

Share ideas for play space

PEOPLE in the north of Golden Plains Shire are being asked to share their thoughts on the new Smythesdale sub-regional play space concept designs. The...

May 5, 2023

Water polo club seeks new members

IF you enjoy swimming and would like to give a new sport a go, then Ballarat Water Polo could be the club for you. The...

May 3, 2023

Think pink this Mother’s Day

GET running or walking for breast cancer research when the Mother’s Day Classic returns on Sunday, 14 May. The local five or 10-kilometre fun runs,...

May 1, 2023

Back seeking the best ideas

PUT your thinking cap on, because Suggest it is again after the innovative thoughts of community members. For the third year, those behind the digital...

April 29, 2023

Course all about raising great kids

A FREE six-week parenting program is coming to Bannockburn Family Services Centre this May. Parents, carers or guardians of children aged from 12 months to...

April 29, 2023

Bulk buy plan about clean cars

IF you’ve been considering making the change to an electric car, you can get all your questions answered locally at a free community event. Ballarat...

April 28, 2023

Hopping into the 200 club

A HOPPER of more than twenty years, Troy Mellington will mark a major footy milestone at the Rokewood Recreation Reserve this weekend. Along the backline...

April 28, 2023

Silver for up-and-coming basketballer

A YOUNG Ballarat Miner has had some silver-medal success at the Australian Junior Basketball Championships. As part of the Victorian Country Under-18 Boys’ squad, Ned...

April 25, 2023

Outdoor stage ready for anything

BUNINYONG’S De Soza Park is now set up to cater for all-weather events. Automatic blinds, made by Bartlett, have been installed around the reserve’s stage...

April 24, 2023

Remembering them on Anzac Day

INVERLEIGH RSL members are set to be busier than ever this Anzac Day, staging a packed program of events to acknowledge and honour fallen...

April 23, 2023

Gifts galore ahead of Mothers’ Day

NOW in its ninth year, the Creators and Craft Market is back in the Golden Plains Shire this May. Close to 40 artistic stallholders are...

April 21, 2023

Head back in time at a slow trot

THE clip-clopping of Clydesdale hooves is set to be heard throughout Lake Wendouree’s gardens precinct this weekend. Australia’s oldest operating tram, horse tram number one,...

April 21, 2023

Comm Games prep for businesses

WITH the regional Victorian Commonwealth Games only three years away, the next Golden Plains Shire Northern Business Network event will focus on how local...

April 21, 2023

Vets to stage show of shuttles

HAVING hosted the event for more than forty years, Ballarat Badminton Association will run their annual Victorian Badminton Veterans Association tournament this weekend. Five hundred...

April 17, 2023

Addison to chair enviro committee

MEMBER for Wendouree Juliana Addison has been appointed chair of a Parliamentary Environment and Planning Committee. Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, and Department...

April 15, 2023

Fun night out for STEM learning

AN Autumn Night Festival is set to support the learning of Inverleigh Primary School students. School council members, including Kloe Woods, are hosting the Saturday...

April 14, 2023

Next business booklet on the way

BANNOCKBURN and District Chamber of Commerce’s third annual business directory is set to be released this winter, and advertising spaces are now available for...

April 14, 2023

Badminton ref is smashing it

IN the sports pages of any newspaper, athlete achievements are often the most prominent. But behind the scenes, volunteers, officials, and referees are playing a...

April 12, 2023

Group sews dignity for Nepalese women

BUNINYONG’S YAKS Sewing Group isn’t just crafting with fabric, they’re creating change. They’ve been making hygiene and menstrual packs for Nepalese women by sewing shields,...

April 12, 2023

Peer support group for survivors

MEETINGS for survivors of sexual abuse are coming to Ballarat. An initiative of Creswick’s Bloom Well-being and national organisation The Survivor Hub, the MeetUps program...

April 8, 2023

Collective pools support for DV services

A DECADE ago, Kylie Johanson and her two-year-old child fled their home, survivors of domestic violence. Although she had developed the courage to leave, Ms...

April 8, 2023

Cycling relay for good health

A NUMBER of Ballarat cyclists tackled the Murray to Moyne relay last weekend, riding five hundred and twenty kilometres in just over twenty-four hours...

April 6, 2023

Gym pushing to healthy new height

FACES in fitness are changing in Bannockburn. The Burnfit247 gym on High Street will now be run by Habitual Health’s Anna Furniss, who has been...

April 6, 2023

Statue of war doctor to be unveiled

REGIONAL Arts Victoria’s Women’s Public Art Program will bear fruit at Linton within the next two weeks. A bronze sculpture of Linton-born Dr Vera Scantlebury...