About: Edwina Williams

High’s club history inspires top crews

BALLARAT High School’s rowing leaders are ready to prove themselves, approaching Head of the Lake on...

Councillors to clash outside chambers

AN open BMX Victoria race meet at Ballarat Sebastopol Rush’s Marty Busch base will host an anticipated two-wheeled competition between a pair you mightn’t...

Parking meters removed from Eastwood carpark

THE five new parking meters in the Coles-Woolworths carpark between Little Bridge and Eastwood streets will be removed by the end of this week. City...

SpringFest grows bigger

BALLARAT Rotary Club’s SpringFest Market Sunday raised thirty-eight thousand dollars around Lake Wendouree last November. Events coordinator, Nicole Bartlett said the annual event attracted its...

Fresh voices seek RAW laugher

AS a child, Crystal-Rae Wright would dress up her brothers at home and perform plays to their parents. But that stage was very different to...

Clarity, purpose and control

Counsellor Jamie Brown is passionate about helping others be their best selves, and now he’s opening a practice in Ballarat.

BAF almost ready to fly

FOR its forty-fifth year, the Ballan Autumn Festival will launch off the ground with an especially super theme. On Sunday, 15 March, BAF will celebrate...

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...