Young duo take on climate change fight
TWO Bannockburn children are on a crusade to stop climate change. Primary school students Amelia O’Brien and Finn Thomas are asking teachers and students across...
Giant wind farm build underway
CONSTRUCTION on Australia’s largest windfarm has started. Based around Rokewood, the first sod was turned on the Golden Plains Wind Farm last week. State Minister for...
Missed voters please explain
THOSE who failed to vote in last years State election will have the chance to explain why, with a failed to vote notice to...
Roll up with input on new skate bowl
A CONCEPT design for a new bowl section at the Bannockburn Skate Park has been developed as part of the next stage in space’s...
Fire season comes to an end
THE final fire restrictions in Victoria were lifted on Monday, marking the end of the fire season which was similar in call out and...
Local official an award finalist
A LOCAL athletics official is a finalist in the 2022 Victorian Sport Awards. Christine Christie who represents Ballarat Regional Athletics Centre and Wendouree Athletics Club...
Opera singers to raise funds for Foundation
VICTORIA Opera Emerging Artist Prize Winners will be putting on a show this Mother’s Day at Loreto’s Abbey Theatre. Alastair Cooper-Golec and Syrah Torii along...
Excellence: new co-op centre opens at uni
THE new Co-operative Centre for Excellence has been opened at Federation University’s SMB campus. The project is part of an effort by the State Government...
Effort seeks to help with positive change
A PROGRAM is looking for mentors to help women and non-binary people in Ballarat who are currently interacting with the legal system. Known as Women...
Local Anzac Day services
BALLARAT CENOTAPH DAWN SERVICE. 6am at Sturt Street followed by a gunfire breakfast at Ballarat RSL Midlands Golf Club. A transfer bus will be...
Movement on the menu
PILATES and cheese will be on the menu at the Meredith Hotel this May. The event run by Team McLean Fitness Club is designed to...
Feedback sought for water pricing plan
THE latest round of community input into drinking water pricing is underway with the Essential Services Commission seeking feedback from Central Highlands Water customers...
Get hooked on the art of fishing rod making
Have you every wanted to build your own fishing rod? Well, David Anderson and Ken Bradbrook will be helping people do just that at the...
Weaving from worlds away
A CHANCE to weave with one of Australia’s three accredited Saori teachers is set to happen in Ballarat. Focussing on the craft of Saori weaving,...
Saints to pick in Carlton Draft
AN AFL legend will be coming out of retirement to play a match for Carngham-Linton Football Club this season. Part of a promotion by a...
Appeal shines at Inverleigh
WET weather couldn’t dampen spirits at Inverleigh and Districts Good Friday Appeal, which raised more than twenty thousand dollars for the Royal Children’s Hospital. Despite...
Club recovers after oval vandalised
A COMMUNITY football oval is recovering after hoons left a trail of tire marks on the playing surface. Local junior football and netball players arrived...
Calls for change at intersection
RESIDENTS in the Bunkers Hill area are calling to lower the speed limit at a local intersection following multiple accidents and the death of...
New occupants revealed for BWEZ
MCALLUM Disability Services has been announced as one of two new businesses to take up land as part of the next expansion of the...
Get wild for a good cause this Easter
THE Ballarat Wildlife Park will be hosting an easter event with a difference this long weekend. Held over three days from Good Friday until Easter...
Junior netballers’ season confirmed
THE BFNL 9 & Under netball fixture has been released for the upcoming season. Nine clubs will be competing in the competition that gets on...
Fun for all ages in Inverleigh
WITH only one more sleep until Inverleigh’s Good Friday family fun day, excitement is building for organisers. The event will see a range of fun...
Faces behind the appeal
MALU Hunt, who received life changing surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital, will be one of many attendees at Inverleigh’s Good Friday Appeal tomorrow. Malu...
Aths club celebrates with familiar faces
DESPITE the rainy weather, Woady Yaloack Athletics Club held a barbecue last Friday to celebrate twenty-five years. Peter Luke, an Athletics Australia coach and official,...