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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...