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Members behind regional arts group The BOP Arts Co-op are looking to continue their operations.
AN upcoming get together is signalling the revival of a regional arts group that has lay dormant since the pandemic. Members of The BOP Arts Co-op nonprofit are aiming to bring the group back with the return of their annual creative catchup. The group’s president and cofounder Samantha Thompson sa...
Dragan Simic's Hearts for Every Occasion is on show at the Old Butcher’s Shop Gallery until Sunday 28 January.
IN late-2022, when Dragan Simic needed urgent triple bypass surgery, suddenly his focus shifted to his heart. A professional visual artist, that fixation continued during his recovery, with his acrylic painting and collage work featuring many hearts. Those pieces are now on show at the Old Butcher.....
Roland looks at the war on drugs in modern-day Australia.
SOCIETY was awash with ‘Purple heart’ tablets – eaten like sweets, L*D, hashish, and ma*****na. Consequently, I was by circumstance part of the 1970s revolutionary vanguard which dismantled, even destroyed, our social and sexual mores. Stultifying heterosexism and blatant homophobia were overt...
Get your tickets to The BallaRat Pack's first production of the year!
SONG, dance, and teenage angst will soon be on show as part of the BallaRat Pack’s first production of the year. Running across three days at Mount Clear College’s Gay E. Gough Theatre, the company is set to put on Heathers: The Musical (High School Edition) from Thursday next week. The show’s...
Ben Oman has overcome adversity with his health to see podium success in the recent Federation University Road National Championships...
A KEEN bike rider since he was a child, Ben Oman hit a major cycling milestone earlier this month in Buninyong. Oman has overcome adversity with his health to see podium success in the recent Federation University Road National Championships. The para-athlete won silver in the transplant category of...
Petanque players from northern and western Victoria gathered at the Ballarat East Bowling Club as part of the first singles tournament to be held in the region...
PETANQUE players from about half a dozen northern and western Victorian teams gathered at the Ballarat East Bowling Club as part of the first singles tournament to be held in the region. Normally held in Melbourne, the competition was hosted by members of the Ballarat Petanque Club and saw 14 female...
Jake Lloyd will play the NBL1 South Season with the Ballarat Miners...
A KEY forward has signed on to return to the Ballarat Miners for 2024. For a second year, Jake Lloyd will play the NBL1 South Season with the team. “The people involved at the club made the decision even easier, and with a core group of us already coming back, along with some of the [...]Read More...
Ballarat Ultimate Inc are running an ultimate frisbee come-and-try session at their home field at Royal Park in Buninyong this Tuesday...
ARE you seeking school holiday family fun, or wanting to start the year by giving a non-traditional sport a go? Ballarat Ultimate members are running an ultimate frisbee come-and-try session at their home field at Royal Park in Buninyong this Tuesday 23 January. President of Ballarat Ultimate, Leah....
Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region women's team has claimed the Silver Cup on home greens in the State's Region Sides Championships...
THE Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region women’s team have gone through to win the Silver Cup in this year’s State’s Region Sides Championships. Played in Ballarat, on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January, the effort came after an impressive display of bowling. The win by Ballarat Highlands Women’s ...
Roller Skate Fit Club’s eight week program is restarting this Sunday in Delacombe...
GET rolling this summer by joining Roller Skate Fit Club’s eight-week program for adults. No experience is required to join the group which meets on Sundays at Doug Dean Reserve. “Roller Skate Fit Club came out of the Ballarat Roller Derby League as what we realised around 10 years ago was that ...
Melbourne Vixens and local netball players are getting ready for top-level pre-season netball action in Ballarat...
LAST week the Melbourne Vixens unveiled their Ballarat Blitz pre-season weekend schedule. The host team is set to take on the West Coast Fever at 5pm on Saturday 16 March and the reigning Suncorp Super Netball premiers Adelaide Thunderbirds, at 1pm on Sunday 17 March. The GIANTS will also take on th...
The site of a former service station in Black Hill may see new life as a food truck space...
A DEDICATED space for food trucks and vendors throughout the region is being proposed at the site of a decommissioned service station in Black Hill. With experience in hospitality prior to 15 years in commercial sectors, applicant and owner of the site Jimmy Neal said he first had the idea for a dev...
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This year’s event will also be followed by a community reflection and a healing day program of activities...
BALLARAT’s fifth annual survival day ceremony will be on next Friday at View Point, Lake Wendouree. Starting at 5.30am, this year’s event will also be followed by a community reflection and a healing day program of activities. Hosted by the City of Ballarat’s Koorie Engagement Action Group in ...
A Picnic in the Park will be on at Victoria Park this Australia Day, with free entertainment and activities...
PICNIC in the Park will be back for its third year next Friday near the inclusive play space in Victoria Park. The free event will run from 11.30am until 3.30pm and offers food vendors, market stalls, children’s activities and entertainment. There will be fun for the whole family with mini golf, f...
Members of the Ballarat community gathered last Saturday, which was a global day of action to show support for peace in the Middle East...
COMMUNITY members gathered at the Eureka Stockade Memorial Gardens last Saturday to call for action to support peace in the Middle East. The picnic aimed to encourage the community to speak against violence and to show support for the application made in the International Court of Justice by South A...
A seminar being held at the Art Gallery of Ballarat this weekend is all about combining art and business...
OWNER of the Imaginarium, Melinda Muscat, will be at the Art Gallery of Ballarat on Saturday leading a free seminar about art and business. The session will run for three hours and include information for artists on completing paperwork, applying for grants, liaising with galleries, running workshop...
Buddhist nun Kelsang Luma will be leading a talk about happiness at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute...
A PUBLIC talk with a focus on choosing happiness will be on at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute later this month. The event will be led by Buddhist nun Kelsang Luma and she will be talking about the art of meditation and how to lead a happy life no matter the circumstances. “It’s about using...
The restaurant will seat 26 guests and have an ever-changing menu...
SEASONAL and locally sourced food is set to be showcased at Babae, a new restaurant opening inside Hotel Vera later this month. The Sturt Street venue will be managed by chef Tim Foster as part of the newly formed Goldfields Hospitality Group. The restaurant will seat 26 guests and will have an ever...
The Golden Plains Arts Trail will showcase work by dozens of the region’s visual creatives...
A FIXTURE of Golden Plains Shire’s creative scene is set to return later this year. The Golden Plains Arts Trail, run each year by members of GP Arts, will showcase dozens of the region’s visual creatives with registrations to exhibit closing next Friday. The two-day event is set to take place o...
Ballarat and Western Victorian Taekwondo is turning 50 years old!
A FIXTURE of Ballarat’s martial arts community is having a milestone birthday later this year, with previous students and instructors invited to celebrate. Ballarat and Western Victorian Taekwondo is turning 50 years old this year and current members are preparing to acknowledge the anniversary wi...
No matter their background, everyone in the region is invited to register to attend the Multicultural Harvest Festival...
MODELLED on the Tamil tradition of Thai Pongal, a Multicultural Harvest Festival will return for the fourth year at Garibaldi Hall this month. Set for Sunday 28 January, the event is an initiative of Sri Lankan-Australian, Neil Para. It’s being held as a way to connect to the land, to show appreci...
Community Bank Buninyong is backing the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute's Twilight Talks series...
A PARTNERSHIP between Community Bank Buninyong and the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is aiming to make the centre the city’s main hub of cultural events. Over the next three years, the bank is set to provide $10,500 to the BMI to fund their Twilight Talks series. Organiser and historian Phil Ro...
MXW Pro Wrestling’s local Goodness Gracious show is coming to Ballarat this Saturday...
BALLARAT Neighbourhood Centre is set to be rocked next weekend with about twenty wrestlers to battle it out in the ring. MXW Pro Wrestling will return to the region on Saturday 20 January with the Goodness Gracious show, the company’s first show for 2024 and their first in Ballarat since Scrap to ...
Freya and Tom McGowan have been performing together since 2017.
FOR the past few years, a local father and daughter have been putting their familial bond and mutual love of music on display throughout town. Playing shows as Freya and Tom McGowan, the duo’s drive to perform together came about following the pandemic, but 13-year-old vocalist Freya said a passio...
Performing artists are invited to take part in this year's Be Hear Now live music program.
BALLARAT’S up and coming musicians are being encouraged to express interest in taking part in this year’s Be Hear Now program, with applications opening recently. Organised through the City of Ballarat as a way of bolstering the region’s live music scene, Be Hear Now is currently in its fourth...
The first round of the State Government’s regional activation grants program is now open.
The first round of the State Government’s regional activation grants program has opened with the effort seeking to help regional tourism boards, food and fibre groups, and regional bodies showcase local produce. Minister for Agriculture, Ros Spence, opened the current round of funding round last T...
Roland explores arguing and the use of tone in professional and social settings.
Increasingly, it is becoming more difficult to have a civil, vigorous conversation without becoming embroiled in accusations of disrespect, discrimination, racial vilification, and generally offending, the other party. ERRONEOUSLY, it is categorised as politically incorrect! Whatever happened to ...
A trial by the CFA has used drones to conduct a planned burn.
NEW technology which may speed up planned burns and improve safety for CFA volunteers has been trialled at Stoneleigh. Drones were recently used as part of a six-kilometre planned burn, with the trial branded a success by organisers. “It’s difficult to burn large areas in a short period of time ...
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