Recently an album of photographs has come to light at the City of Ballarat Library. Librarian Edith Fry dug a little deeper into it and found some great links with Ballarat East. The Front Cover of the album in the City of Ballarat Library Australiana Research room. Joseph Pendennis Roff, the photographer, was born in […]
And the hits keep coming on this theme… This development in York Street is called ‘New York’, I kid you not. What are developers thinking exactly? That Ballarat East has the services, population and infrastructure of New York, which is laughable. They go further ‘Upper East Side Living’. No sir, we are proudly Ballarat East! […]
This week I heard the term ‘developer discretion’ a lot of times. Mainly it was used by developers in an attempt to justify the reduction of a minimum 800m2 lot size in the new Neighbourhood Residential Zone. They argued that such a minimum ties their hands in doing something interesting and responsive on blocks. There […]
A great initiative from the City of Ballarat. The Exceptional Tree Register. I encourage all Easties to have a look around you and if you see an exceptional tree (and i know you will) please ensure you have it added to the register. http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/sh/exceptional-tree-register.aspx Here are some I saw on my walk today… Ballarat has […]
During the week the zoning panel met and took submissions. The Residential Zones Standing Advisory Committee – Ballarat Planning Scheme was convened to ensure that changes to zoning were in place by July this year. The City of Ballarat planners got together a proposal which included where they could produce evidence enough for proposing where […]
I know… any angle right? Lets celebrate those women who mean so much to us. There is so much going on in town with the Ballarat Heritage Weekend, don’t forget that our fabulous MADE provides such an important historical connection, both to the mid 19th century AND before and after… democracy has no time limit… […]
It seems people are lining up, literally, to help save this significant tree at Poverty Point. This significant tree is 5.5 metres (18ft) around – wow! It’s the big gum in the distance, directly above the new plantings. Read a resident’s letter about whats happening here! http://ballarateast.online/a-tree-at-poverty-point/
there’s a tree at risk of removal in the Poverty Point reserve…. we know because you told us! “Dear BE Net, This is by way of a distress signal from Poverty Point – it was part of the old Ballarat East, so please include this story! A few years ago a developer came and built […]
Dear Sir/Madam RE: BALLARAT STRATEGY CONSULTATION ‘TEN GAME CHANGING QUESTIONS’ Recently we sent you information on our ‘Ten Game Changing Questions’ consultation for the Ballarat Strategy. The submissions period has now commenced and I am writing to let you know about the ways you can get involved: Online Participate in our interactive online activity which […]
An invite from the city: (I’ve booked have you??) Dear Sir/Madam, RE: BALLARAT STRATEGY CONSULTATION PRE-BOOKING FOR ‘TEN GAME CHANGING QUESTIONS’ I am writing to inform you about the upcoming consultation for the Ballarat Strategy. Ballarat Imagine gave Council the community’s vision for Ballarat in 2040. The Ballarat Strategy is a key part of delivering […]