Ballarat Drag Racing club bids farewell to Ballarat Airport and other top stories

Ballarat Drag Racing club bids farewell to Ballarat Airport

Ballarat Drag Racing club bids farewell to Ballarat Airport | PHOTOS. Ballarat Drag Racing Club's last meet at the Ballarat Airport: Ashleigh Forrest (Ballarat). PHOTO: Kate Healy. Ballarat Drag Racing Club's last meet at the Ballarat Airport: Matthew ... >> view original

Rod Stewart drowned out 'horrendous' noise of Cyclone Pam: Ballarat dentist

The Ballarat dentist had been attending a Rotary volunteer meeting on the Pacific archipelago when they were warned a cyclone was on its way. Unlike many locals, he was fortunate enough to be barricaded in a secure concrete hotel and wait until the ... >> view original

Man who had sex with a horse 'needs help', says Ballarat judge

A naked man spotted having sex with a horse in broad daylight hid down behind the mare to avoid being identified, a court has heard. The 67-year-old, whose name was suppressed on Tuesday by Judge Lance Pilgrim at a County Court sitting in Ballarat, ... >> view original

Online petition backs traditional owners' calls to name new Ballarat suburb ...

On the basis that community members found it too hard to spell or pronounce, the Ballarat Council last year rejected a proposal to name a new suburb Mullawallah after a much respected Wadawurrung ancestor. Signatories to a new petition hope to reverse ... >> view original

Moving VicRoads office to Ballarat 'never ruled out' says Victorian Premier ...

The Victorian Premier has left the door open to moving the state's road authority to Ballarat. In March last year, the former Liberal government promised to move VicRoads from Kew to Ballarat's Civic Hall if it won the election. The plan has been on ... >> view original

Sunbury prepares for future in Ballarat Football League after resolving travel ...

“That was related to the amount of travel we had to do (and) we've only got four games scheduled at Ballarat now.” Ogilvie said Sunbury's members, several of whom voted in favour of a move to the RDFL, had been told the club would be staying put. >> view original

Ballarat rail jobs saved as Daniel Andrews orders new trains for Melbourne

Five new Metro trains will hit Melbourne's rail network from late next year after the Andrews government threw a lifeline to a Ballarat factory that was facing possible closure. The order will give some security for about 70 manufacturing jobs at the ... >> view original

Bangalore to Ballarat: Indian billionaire reminisces about Australian brewing days

The sign on the main road into Ballarat read 'Population: 60,106'. It was 1974, and a young Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw had come to study master brewing at the Ballarat School of Mines and Industry. "They'd almost got [the population] exactly to the last ... >> view original

Dogs unscathed in Ballarat

The playing group was unscathed following the weekend's match against Melbourne in Ballarat and the Club's Head Physiotherapist Chris Bell spoke to BulldogsTV to provide an injury update. “It was a really good result from the weekend, we actually got ... >> view original

Public warned of planned burns around Ballarat

Victoria's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning is carrying out planned burns around Ballarat and surrounding areas today. Ballan residents may see smoke, while burns in Allendale, Buninyong, Broomfield, Creswick, and Korweinguboora ... >> view original