Public Notices Thursday 24 June 2021

Tenders to be Advertised – 24/06/2021

      Tender documents can be obtained from www.eprocure.com.au/ballarat

COVID-19   

City of Ballarat Facilities 

For the latest information on which City of Ballarat services and facilities are open and which are closed, visit the City of Ballarat website: https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/whats-open-and-whats-closed 

Testing 

For a list of dedicated COVID-19 testing sites in Ballarat, visit www.bhs.org.au/news-and-events/covid-19-information/testing-for-covid-19/  

Vaccinations 

Ballarat’s COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic is located at the Mercure Hotel and Conference Centre, 613 Main Road Golden Point, with bookings and/or walk-ins available seven days a week.  

Bookings for the can be made by calling the Victorian Coronavirus Hotline on 1800 675 398. 

For the latest on restrictions across the state, visit https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covidsafe-settings 

Best ideas announced

A ‘Paint the City’ initiative, a bread delivery subscription service, and a cookbook of the city’s most popular dishes have been named Ballarat’s best ideas.    

The ideas were provided to businesses and organisations in the Ballarat’s Best Ideas competition, held between April 17 and May 14, 2021. 

The competition called for members of the community to share their positive ideas to support Ballarat businesses and organisations through the Suggest it platform. 

The three winning ideas, selected from hundreds submitted by the Ballarat community, are: 
•    Haymes Paint Shop Ballarat received the idea to run a campaign to ‘Paint the City’, working with local organisations to repaint Ballarat’s historical buildings on Sturt Street  
•    1816 Bakehouse received the suggestion of creating a bread subscription service where orders are delivered weekly 
•    Plate Up Ballarat received the idea to create a cookbook of Ballarat venues’ best dishes 

The recipients of the ideas were awarded $500 to help bring the ideas to life, while the idea givers also won $500 to spend at any member business of Commerce Ballarat.

The quirky but creative idea for Kryal Castle to hold a charity race to the top of Mt Warrenheip, with participants dressed as knights and squires, received an honourable mention.  

The competition was run by Suggest it, in partnership with Ballarat City Council and supported by Commerce Ballarat, Federation University, Runway HQ, Ballarat Regional Tourism and The Ballarat Times.  

Ballarat Winter Festival ice-rink traffic changes

With the commencement of the Ballarat Winter Festival this weekend there will be a couple of inner-city traffic changes to keep in mind. These include: 

• Armstrong Street South from Sturt Street to the rear of the Town Hall is temporarily closed for the ice-rink, including set-up and dismantle until 9pm on Saturday 24 July 2021. 
• Access to Bath Lane will remain.   
• The Ballarat Information Centre long vehicle / caravan parking at the rear (south) of the Town Hall will be temporarily relocated to the front of the Town Hall in Sturt Street.   
• The Taxi Rank outside Myer will be temporarily relocated to two angled quarter-hour car parks out the front of the Central Square Post Office and Armstrong Street South. 

For further information visit www.ballaratwinterfestival.com.au