Good Morning Ballarat East from the resident Kookaburras I heard the beautiful sound of our local kookaburras this morning. Perhaps it is a sign that Spring is just around the corner. The Laughing Kookaburra is native to eastern Australia and breeds in Spring. They nest in hollow trees with the hollows up to 2 feet […]
HOW TO READ A YELLOW SIGN ADVERTISING AN APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT. Yellow signs appear on the streets of our area to advertise that a developer wants to do something. You must read it, talk to you neighbours, ring the council, read the application. This is the only way we can stay informed. One […]
FIRST TREE PLANTING CEREMONY FOR THE AVENUE OF HONOUR, NEAR THE CALEDONIAN BRIDGE. (image at left Museum Victoria) Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour is justly famous, but did you know that there were (at last count) NINE Avenues in and around Ballarat including one at Sebastopol? 1. Lucas’s Ballarat Avenue of Honour 2. Ballarat North Avenue […]
Submissions for the Open Space Strategy close at 5pm Monday 2 July 2012. http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/about-council/communications-and-publications/media-releases/may-2012/feedback-welcomed-on-amendment-c141-–-ballarat-open-space-strategy.aspx The amendment also updates the Schedule to Clause 52.01 (Public Open Space Contribution and Subdivision) of the Ballarat Planning Scheme. The new schedule introduces a percentage for public open space contributions for all subdivisions including residential, commercial and industrial zoned land. […]
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED… WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE KNOW… Rediscovery of the Arthur Kenny Avenue of Honour. At 2.30pm on Friday August 3rd 2012 there will be an official ceremony at Fussell St, Mt Xavier. Followed by Afternoon tea at the Mt Xavier Golf Club. Warm clothes recommended for […]
It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of Neil Crouch. We send our sympathy and wishes to his dear wife Una Crouch who together with Neil were early settlers of ‘Fussell Street Hill’ and owned much of it. Una remembers when Fussell St was a dirt track that wound around tall […]
At our Community Meeting this year we had to print some stuff on paper, we used a few envelopes and had to use disposable cups for our tea… we felt pretty badly about that part of it, so we thought 15Trees. We were and continue to be very grateful that local company 15 Trees supported […]
Sounds so fabulous doesn’t it… but its not… Moonscaping is the name given to the usual illegal practice of cutting down trees, or razing buildings in the dead of night, or at the beginnings of public holidays, or just before the weekend starts. Generally a time when residents minds thoughts and actions are based around […]
What is Go Local Ballarat? smartlivingballarat.org.au/golocal/ Go Local Ballarat is about creating a more resilient community, in the face of significant challenges we face today – economic uncertainty, fragmentation of community, high rates of chronic diseases, health inequalities, climate change and other environmental issues. The goal is to build on existing programs and create a […]
Today well over 150 people marched from the Old Alexander’s Babies Home to the Old Orphanage in Victoria St… The Rally was to show support for Forgotten Australians and that any development on the site should take into account the cultural, historical and social significance of the existence of the Orphanage over 120 years (the […]