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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

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February 26, 2021

Eureka Mums expands operations

FAMILY support service Eureka Mums hope to open their larger Sebastopol premises in the coming weeks. Still at the same location, operations manager, Trinsa Lewis...

February 26, 2021

Upstart is back on

PREPARING the workforce’s next generation for innovation and critical thinking, the Upstart Challenge is returning in 2021 to engage and strengthen Ballarat’s school students. Encouraging...

February 25, 2021

Horses and carts a sight to see

GEELONG and District Carriage Drivers annual combined driving event will be held at Teesdale’s  Leighdale Equestrian Centre this weekend. GDCD vice-president Kirsty Blake said the...

February 24, 2021

Car club keeps on Morryin’

NEXT month, the Ballarat Morris Minor Club will celebrate their 40th birthday. Suited to people with a connection to a Morris Minor automobile, president Glen...

February 23, 2021

City’s chess scene returns for Open

GLOBAL participation in chess has grown since the release of Netflix series, The Queen’s Gambit. If the...

February 20, 2021

Feel young again at mums’ football

INTRODUCTORY football program, GO Soccer Mums is engaging women of all ages in the fun and fitness of ‘the world game.’ Facilitator Nancy Kay said...

February 19, 2021

Keeping creativity in the family

RETURNING home to Ross Creek, textile designer and printmaker Monique Doust is motivated by the rural landscape. Taking every opportunity to enjoy a bushwalk on...

February 18, 2021

Safety upgrade for Inverleigh level crossing

THE State Government is set to change signage at Inverleigh’s Fuller Road level crossing to improve road safety as part of the State-Wide Level...

February 18, 2021

Shed and Vets shoulder-to-shoulder

THE Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia Ballarat Sub-Branch has found a new home at the Ballarat East Community Men’s Shed. The...

February 18, 2021

Cheers to a bumper weekend

FOOTBALL and froths will have Ballarat buzzing this weekend. In one of the city’s biggest event-filled weekends since COVID-19 restrictions eased, Western United will play...

February 18, 2021

Family-inspired club looking to grow

THE Woady Yaloak Warriors Football Netball Club are encouraging young families to join their community, hosting a come-and-try day this Sunday. Offering Auskick, NetSetGO, and...

February 17, 2021

Gallery gifted art from personal collection

FORTY years ago Dr Graeme Williams OAM moved into a workers’ cottage in Melbourne and collected art to liven the space. With connections in the...

February 15, 2021

Farmgate to open in Gordon

WHILE on a trip to Canberra, Susanna McPherson dropped into a farmgate store. Loving the way it operated, supporting the area’s food producers and getting...

February 14, 2021

Serving community and sharing knowledge

IN the 1950s, Clarendon Presbyterian Ladies College student Helen Eyres could often be seen riding her bike from the Mair Street campus to Sturt...

February 14, 2021

From the river to the sea for FECRI

IN November of 2019, Jim Waight was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s follicular lymphoma. Undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy, the keen cyclist always looked forward to his...

February 11, 2021

Fiesta celebrates Shire’s artistic talent

VISUAL art, live tunes and poetry were presented harmoniously during last Sunday’s Smythesdale Arts and Music Fiesta. Held on the town green, in The Well...

February 11, 2021

Bringing the love back to Linton

LINTON’S community green spaces will soon be spruced by the Progress Association’s Gardening Group. Members including Mardi Reilly are aiming to get the town’s streetscape...

February 11, 2021

Student to present poem of remembrance

THIRTEEN-year-old Heidi Erwin will read a poem at this Sunday’s virtual seventeenth anniversary service for The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial. The young speaker was...

February 11, 2021

Men’s Shed gets a power-up

THE community of Linton and District Men’s Shed expects to open their new purpose-built facility for action by mid-April. But before the team moves into...

February 11, 2021

Para athletes power through RoadNats

BALLARAT-Sebastopol Cycling Club had a strong para-cycling presence at last weekend’s Australian Road National Championships in Buninyong. In Thursday’s time trials, Reece-Emerson Van Beek won...

February 7, 2021

Connection for city’s creative writers

ALMOST five years ago Rebecca Fletcher was an arts student looking to join a local writers’ group. Discovering Ballarat Writers, she connected with likeminded people...

February 6, 2021

One-stop tipple shop – Eat Drink West

New tastes and old world charm A SPACE that takes inspiration from merchant spice traders, old-world ships and warehouses, Roy Hammond is the new kid...

February 6, 2021

Fun and a friendly comp at Skate Park

SKATE, scoot or ride your BMX in the Shire’s free Bannockburn Skate Park clinic and competition this month. On Saturday, 20 February YMCA Action Sports...

February 6, 2021

Input on new Catchment strategy

CORANGAMITE Catchment Management Authority is facilitating an update of a key document. Known as the Regional Catchment Strategy, it aims to outline management goals and...

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