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The Melbourne Renegades will return to Ballarat in WBBL|07 as part of a four-match WBBL festival unveiled today. The Renegades will be joined by the Melbourne Stars, Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers who will also play in the Ballarat festival. On Saturday November 13, the Renegades will take on defending champions Sydney Thunder before a cross-town derby against rivals the Melbourne Stars on Sunday November 14. The action-packed weeken...

  Live music lovers rejoice as Summer Sundays returns to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in January 2022.   The free Summer Sundays concerts will occur from 4-8pm on January 9, 16, 23 and 30 with an exceptional line-up of local, emerging, and big-name musical talent.   Ballarat Mayor, Cr Daniel Moloney said the...

The City of Ballarat is shaping up as one of Australia’s leading sports event destinations with an enviable national sporting calendar coming up for 2022 and into the future.   City of Ballarat Mayor, Councillor Daniel Moloney said an investment in relationship building with the Western Bulldogs, a heritage of Olympic Rowing, the new MARS Stadium and Council’s focus on impro...

NBL 3x3 Big Hustle to hit Ballarat 

City of Ballarat, a finalist in the Victorian Tourism Awards 

Specialised repair and maintenance works have commenced on the Ballarat Botanical Garden’s Statue of Spring.  The statue is carved from Carrara marble, with a pedestal of Sicilian marble and a base of local Victorian granite.  It is one of twelve marble statues gifted to the gardens by local stockbroker Thomas Stoddart who purchased them whilst travelling in Italy.  The collection was unveiled in the gardens on 24 May 1884...

Imaginative exhibitions add to Ballarat’s artistic calendar 

Restored Geelong Tram #2 gifted to Ballarat

Mars to continue naming rights of Ballarat stadium

Hundreds of hours of work each year go into managing the 100,000 trees across the City of Ballarat, many of which are more than 100 years old.  The City of Ballarat’s Tree Management Plan 2018-22 maps the diverse range of trees in terms of species, age, size and density, and outlines the essential role they play in our urban and rural neighbourhoods in providing economic, social and ecological benefits.  As October draws to a clos...