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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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October 3, 2019

Fast racing and friendship for all

WITH children practicing from six-years-old, starting to race at seven and sometimes driving well beyond age 60, karting is a fast and inclusive sport. Based...

October 3, 2019

McGrath backs meaningful Run for a Cause

The Ballarat Foundation has recruited a new to sponsor for feature 10km event

A DISTANCE dream, the ten-kilometre event at this year’s Run...

October 3, 2019

A new look for Information Centre

THE Ballarat Information Centre relaunched this week at the Town Hall with a focus on local artists. Featuring work by indigenous creatives, the Pitcha Makin...

October 3, 2019

Eureka Cycling supports young rider

IESHA Humber has received Eureka Cycling’s latest Junior Female Cyclist Support Grant, three years into her racing career. Turning 16 in November, Humber is a...

October 3, 2019

Phone app to change parking experience

CELLOPARK, a mobile phone application, will be a big part of Ballarat’s new smarter parking infrastructure when it rolls out. An initiative of Smarter City...

October 3, 2019

A new club for the new generation

A NEW sports club could unite the youngest athletes of the Shire’s north. Last week, Golden Plains Shire Council hosted a forum at The Well...

October 2, 2019

Mindful making

BRAINS will be sharp while hands move repetitively on Friday, 4 October at the Bannockburn Library’s Neural Knitwork session for seniors. From 2pm to 4pm,...

October 2, 2019

Wozzles open Wearhouse for book sale

THREE-hundred-and-forty-eight years. That’s how much combined service the current volunteers of op-shop, Wozzles Wearhouse have given to Child and Family Services. This Saturday, 5 October...

October 2, 2019

Joyful patterns of the ordinary

AFTER fifteen years of collaboration, backyard beehives have inspired artists Margaret Delahunty Spencer and Mary van den Broek’s latest exhibition. Now showing at the newly...

October 2, 2019

Ballarat bravery in Passchendaele honoured

OCTOBER of nineteen-seventeen saw thirty-two Ballarat men killed at war in Passchendaele, Belgium. Each man will be recognised at an 11am service on Sunday, 13...

September 30, 2019

A friendly afternoon stroll

BALLARAT is invited to A Walk in the Park at Lake Wendouree this Saturday, 5 October to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s Victoria. The...

September 28, 2019

Air Force cadets offer life skills and comradery

THERE’S more to the Australian Air Force Cadets than a pathway to the military. Helping young people create new connections and learn life skills, the...

September 27, 2019

A new home for charity card shop

SPREADING Christmas cheer and support for 20 community organisations, the Ballarat Combined Charities Christmas Card Shop has moved. Reopening this Monday, 30 September, the...

September 27, 2019

From annoyance to action

BRIGHT and early every Sunday, there’s an hour of anti-pollution power generated somewhere around Ballarat. For now 21 weeks, the Sunday Sweep has united an...

September 26, 2019

Umpires rewarded

THE Ballarat Football Umpires Association held their Senior Awards presentation last week. At the City Oval Bowls Club, 115 people attended the ceremony which saw...

September 26, 2019

Rallying funds for cancer

REUNITING for a meaningful automotive adventure like no other, former tour operator Patrick Liston, and car salesman Terry Austin are hitting the road. As participants...

September 26, 2019

New beneficiaries for will trust

ON Track Foundation and the Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council’s Interkultura Football Tournament have received financial support from the Bert Wilson Trust. BRMC Chairman, Chez Dichiera...

September 26, 2019

Grants promote early play

SIX Ballarat playgroups will receive grants up to one-thousand dollars from the State government’s Great Start Community Playgroup Grants. Sharing a $50,000 pool with other...

September 26, 2019

Tech School up for Premier’s Award

WITH strong commitments to the environment, the Ballarat Tech School has made the finals of a Premier’s Sustainability Award. Nominated in the Education category, the...

September 25, 2019

Warm fuzzies at Teddy Hospital

THE Base Hospital foyer filled with curious young minds on Monday when health students united to provide Ballarat’s first Teddy Bear Hospital for children. Striving...

September 25, 2019

The magical music of Disney on stage

SPEND A Day with Disney in concert, when Ballarat Lyric Theatre brings the iconic songs to life on the Civic Hall Stage. Showcasing 20 local...

September 25, 2019

Have a cuppa, help a cassowary

IMAGINE a species where males incubate and raise their young, that can regenerate areas of land, and is charismatic. You can see two of these...

September 24, 2019

Tunes for Tommy

TOM Fraser was passionate about cars, their mechanics and his dog, Santa. He was a generous mate to those near and new, he had...

September 22, 2019

Rural women connect and celebrate

IN recognition of the International Day of Rural Women, Golden Plains Rural Women’s Network will connect ladies from across the shire at their Chicks’...

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