We have just added the following icons of Ballarat East to the Time Capsule of Ballarat. What else is needed to be added? Check it out here: http://timecapsuleballarat.com and add your own places and photos and memories. Ballarat East Town Hall (historic) Ballarat East Town Hall Gardens – under threat The Tammy Fence Arthur Kenny Avenue of […]
If you would like more information on the Imagine Ballarat East project, please go to www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/ImagineBallaratEast. Deakin University is working with the City of Ballarat to understand the wants and needs of the people in Ballarat East. The research is a follow up to the Ballarat Imagine survey that was undertaken in 2013 and which informed […]
Do you wonder what ever happened to the Exceptional Tree Register? http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/sh/trees-and-native-vegetation/exceptional-tree-register.aspx Great idea that got started, however its been closed since June 2014. We have a request into council to get some info on the register, when it will be open again, what trees are on it, how the public responded to it initially […]
Our long awaited Strategic Planning for the East has begun. Late last year a group of reps of the East, including BE Net discussed the boundaries of Ballarat East to kick start the process of gathering feedback about what is important to the East. While the East has been giving feedback informally for many years, […]
Hello Easties, have you missed us? The last 12 months have been very trying for me (Erin) personally, with the loss of both my gorgeous mum and my darling dad. Hence no posts, email troubles and the rise of the facebook page. It hasn’t stopped the over development of the East though! Now seems a […]
Does anyone knows the locations of these 2 poppet heads in the Ballarat East section of this old panorama. The first is a small one NNE of the fire station at about 1-2o’clock? Can you see it? The other is a much larger one like the replica they have at sovereign hill to the very […]
The Draft Ballarat Strategy is on exhibition until June 5th 2015. Have Your Say! Ballarat Imagine gave us the community’s vision for Ballarat in 2040. Ballarat will grow substantially by 2040 – this is unavoidable. We need to find ways to grow and achieve our vision at the same time. The ‘Draft’ Ballarat Strategy (April […]
Hi Friends, A big thankyou to all the Friends who attended the Open House on the Canadian Park last weekend. The Department recorded over 170 visitors to Earth Ed and were very pleased with the range and quality of the issues and wishes raised with DELWP and City of Ballarat Officers. The department has also […]
So Telstra are taking the City of Ballarat to VCAT to allow the development of a telecommunications tower in historic Eureka St, Ballarat East. There have been a lot of great ideas given to Telstra about ways to proceed that the community would agree with. Unfortunately they have chosen to ignore those. Locals are putting […]
St Paul’s Way – have your say – up until May 1st 2015 Proposed Residential and Commercial Development ‘Marvella Heights’ St Pauls Way, Bakery Hill: http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/pbs/city-strategy/planning-scheme-amendments/on-exhibition/amendment-c191-and-plp2014829-marvella-heights.aspx Amendment C191 to the Ballarat Planning Scheme proposes to: Rezone the land from Public Use Zone Schedule 5 (Education) to the Mixed Use Zone Rezone the road reserve to […]