Calls to declare park ‘National’
A spokesperson from Victorian National Parks Association has declared the Greater Glider endangered status makes protection of Wombat Forest more urgent. Ongoing habitat destruction has...
After debate, grants awarded
By Lachlan Ellis A series of Community Grant applications have been approved by Council, despite disagreement over moving funding between the categories. The ‘Community Grants Report...
Footy clubs band together
Two clubs across the Central Highlands Football League (CHFL), plus over 1000 football clubs across Victoria, have donned blue armbands for TAC Road Safety...
Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics
The 2022 Western Metro Region Cross-Country Carnival was held on Saturday at Lake Dewar, Myrniong. The Carnival was the qualifying event for the State...
Green thumbs welcome
By Carol Saffer The Grow West project is an ambitious landscape restoration program for 50,000 hectares of land between Bacchus Marsh and Ballan. Once a year,...
Op Shop on the move
By Carol Saffer They’ve been in town for five years at the same location, but plans are in place to now move around the corner. To...
Funding pumped into Gordon
By Lachlan Ellis With fire season on the horizon, thousands of dollars have been provided to help firefighters in Gordon access water faster, providing a...
A brighter future from donations
By Lachlan Ellis A local chicken shop is celebrating an incredible milestone this month, with more than 6000 meals now provided for struggling families in...
Patience as park nears completion
By Lachlan Ellis There’s a ‘changing of the guard’ at the Committee of Management, and upgrades at the Gordon Public Park are well underway –...
BOOM! Record number of babies
For the second consecutive year Moorabool is experiencing a baby boom, with 506 babies born over the past 12 months – the highest number...
Adelle hits high note
By Michael Howard (HRV) The plan may have been briskly thrown out the window but that didn’t stop Kerryn Manning and Adelle from storming home...
NAIDOC Week in Moorabool
By Lachlan Ellis Moorabool has come together to commemorate NAIDOC Week and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, with a number of workshops and...