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October 29, 2020

Two top honours await teen

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) A Ballan teenager has been named one of just four Victorian finalists for the Young Australian of the Year...

October 27, 2020

Truckies get behind MOvember

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) A group of local bloke’s ‘moustache’ you a question, what shape should they shave their facial hair? Sixteen men have...

October 26, 2020

Eye spy with my little eye

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Native Australian mammals have been spotted in Moorabool but many of these sightings are going unreported. There have been three...

October 26, 2020

Getting into stride

“It’s not about the money, it’s about the message” a local businessman has said when describing his ongoing involvement in an annual initiative. This week...

October 24, 2020

Sesquicentennial for past Shire

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) It will be 150 years since Bacchus Marsh was proclaimed a Shire next January, and Council is organising a...

October 23, 2020

Clogging the bog is costly

Sewer spills present a risk to the environment and cost a lot to fix and a local water authority has identified over 100 blockages...

October 22, 2020

Karate still kicking

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni It has been a tough year for sports clubs across Victoria, but the local Shindo Karate club has fought...

October 22, 2020

Green thumbs needed

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) You might think the beautiful roses at Maddingley Park are maintained by Council, but they’re actually kept tidy by...

October 20, 2020

The great Ice Age at Bacchus Marsh

By Roger Pierson (Geologist) Our planet looked very different some 285 million years ago than it does now. Back then, a huge land mass, Gondwana,...

October 20, 2020

Moo-ve over picasso

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Local primary school students participated in a ‘moo-vement’ that teaches today’s youth the ins-and-outs of the Australian dairy industry. Bacchus...

October 19, 2020

Drop the overheads

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) It was the second drop-in session for AusNet Services in Moorabool however, they didn’t think that meant people would...

October 18, 2020

That really is Art

By Michael Howard David Moran and Lochinvar Art took the best punches of Craig Cross and Luke McCarthy’s extraordinary New South Wales team and answered...