About: Edwina Williams

Mountains of fun

ST BRENDAN’S Primary, Dunnstown will host their twelfth annual Mountain of Fun Run, all to generate funding for ongoing support of their school community. On...

Release your inner child for the RCH

FORMER diesel mechanic, Tim Brayshaw launched the Moondreamz foundation to make the goals of children living with brain cancer a reality. Based in Ballarat and...

Don’t be late for tea at Trades Hall

A CONTEMPORARY one act play inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is coming to Trades Hall for three shows over Saturday, 22...

Museum enriched by donated collection

THE war medals and memorabilia of Ascot man, driver William Sanders Dougall have found a new home at the Ballarat Ranger Military Museum. The Will...

Solar systems and open spaces

Car boot connectedness

ROSS Creek – Smythes Creek Community Group is bringing their car boot sale back for a second year on Sunday, 23 February from 9am...

School’s urgent needs met

MEREDITH Primary School was granted ten thousand dollars this summer, having applied for financial assistance from the Federal government’s Local Schools Community Fund. Principal, Steven...

Party vibes at rockin’ debut festival

DANNY & the Juniors first sang, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay sixty-two years ago, and they were certainly onto something. The rockabilly and...

Lemons launch more than lemonade

IT’S a small stall, just about as local as they come, but it’s having a broad impact. Named Bits & Pieces, it was launched four...

Warriors create friendships and active lifestyles

AROUND fifty-five footballers and thirty netballers hit Haddon Recreation Reserve last weekend for Woady Yaloak Football Netball Club’s first junior ‘try out’ day. Assessing those...

Digital home for Ballarat WAGS stories

AN online memorial recognising six thousand RAAF trainees that went through the No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School in Ballarat from 1940 to 1945...

Wendouree hosts super stage show

A FAMILIAR, friendly face has brought a new group together to entertain the children of Ballarat. On Thursday, 20 February at the Wendouree Centre for...

Inspiring change for family homes

HOMEMAKERS of Golden Plains Shire could find the energising style advice they need at the Bannockburn Library. On Wednesday, 19 February from 6.30pm, interior designer...

Scotland comes to Vic Park

THE sound of pipes and drums will be heard in the city on Sunday, 23 February when the Ballarat Highland Gathering returns for another...

Communities together through cricket

A TWENTY 20 cricket match will be played at Ballarat Grammar on Saturday, 29 February to raise funds for the Ballarat Health Services emergency...

Ballarat as it was in “extraordinary” footage

BALLARAT cinema icon, Jack Anderson was a big hearted, spirited, generous man who didn’t like to take centre stage. This is something that artist, filmmaker...

Nurses recognised on anniversary

NURSES who served and died in wartime for Australia are to be commemorated at the Arch of Victory on Sunday, 16 February. At the 11am...

Socialisation and supplies at shower bus

A FORMER Littles school bus is still in operation in Ballarat, but for the last two and a half years it’s served another purpose...

Building bricks and understanding

FINE motor skill development, teamwork and problem solving is at the core of a weekly Bannockburn Library activity for seven to eleven-year-old children. The Let’s...

Live, shop, stay, use local

RESIDENTS who have recently moved into the Shire, and local businesses servicing them, will be linked for another year with the council’s New Residents...

Enterprise connects Kyra with collectors

VISUAL arts student, Kyra Drummond sold her first painting last year, exhibiting in Oxygen College’s Certificate III graduation show. As this work, Modern Woman went...

YESS to fire funds

HUNDREDS of dollars were raised for bushfire relief by St Pat’s Ballarat’s youth group on Sunday. By 3pm, the Youth Every Second Sunday team raised...

Live, shop, stay, use local in Golden Plains

RESIDENTS who have recently moved into Golden Plains Shire, and local businesses servicing them, will be linked for another year with the council’s New...

Remembering service to the nation

THE twelfth anniversary of the dedication of Ballarat’s National Servicemen’s Memorial was marked last Sunday. At 2.30pm veteran national servicemen, their families and friends gathered...