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Nominations for exceptional Ballarat trees have closed for 2023, with the community highlighting 12 trees to be considered for the formal list of significant trees in the municipality.  The Exceptional Tree Register, which helps to identify and promote exceptional trees on private and public land, currently lists 4298 exceptional trees. This includes individual trees, groups of trees and tree-lined avenues from across the municipality.This y...

All eyes from art galleries and museums around Australia will turn towards Ballarat this year after the city secured hosting rights for a major conference.The Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) will hold its annual conference in Ballarat for the first time in September.Up to 700 people are expected to attend the conference held by Australia's peak body for the museums and galleries sector.It is expected the event will contribute...

Visitors to this year’s Ballarat Begonia Festival are being encouraged to be a super sorter and put their waste in the right place.A special Sustainable Environment Ballarat stall at the festival, run by the City of Ballarat, will feature a fun, educational and interactive game that challenges participants to correctly sort their waste into the four waste streams – general waste, recycling, garden organics and glass.Placing items into the correct...

The award-winning Live4Life program - increasing mental health knowledge throughout Ballarat - will continue to grow in 2024.Returning for its second year, Live4Life is the only mental health education and youth suicide prevention model designed specifically for rural and regional communities.After first being introduced to Ballarat in 2023, the program saw more than 1200 students across eight schools undertake evidence-based teen mental health e...

Ballarat shone brilliantly during another dazzling Ballarat Begonia Festival at the weekend.Despite unseasonably hot conditions, more than 44,000 people are estimated to have attended the three-day festival.A full line-up of on-stage entertainment in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, a wide array of food and drink, countless family activities, the stunning Begonia display and of course the PowerFM Begonia Festival Parade were among the highlights t...

Are you ready to celebrate all the different cultures that make Ballarat such a brilliant and diverse city?Since launching in 2010 Harmony Fest has become Ballarat’s most vibrant celebration of cultural diversity, with the city about to come alive once again.The festival, to be celebrated from 15 - 27 March, will be headlined by the Harmony Day Flag Raising Ceremony and Harmony by the Lake, with more than 30 events to be held across two weeks. &n...

The City of Ballarat is developing a new Master Plan for the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, to guide how we continue to shape the gardens into the future.The Master Plan will focus on the main part of the Gardens and the North and South Reserves.The Master Plan is our community’s chance to take a big picture look at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens – what's working, what’s not working and what do we want them to look like in 20 years’ time.The City of...

Prepare to be amazed and captivated in Ballarat during May, with preparations now in full swing for the 2024 Ballarat Heritage Festival.Community faces brilliantly projected onto Sturt Street trees, night-time heritage tours, interactive exhibits, hands-on workshops and a vintage car show, are just some of the incredible events on offer as part of the festival this year.And of course, what would a Ballarat Heritage Festival be without Old Gaol To...

The Draft Ballarat Biodiversity Strategy – Healing Country Together has been released for community review and feedback.The draft strategy maps out a future for biodiversity across the municipality, outlining actions that will protect and strengthen Ballarat’s natural environment.  This strategy will help guide the management and protection of the region’s unique landscapes and species, and is the first co-designed strategy the City of Balla...

A Frisbee frenzy is coming to Victoria Park, with Ballarat preparing to once again host the Australian Ultimate Championships.The national championships will bring together the top 12 Women's and 12 Open clubs from across Australia and New Zealand to battle it out and be crowned the Australian Ultimate Champions for 2024.To be held from 19-22 April, the event is expected to bring more than 500 people to Ballarat for the event, including competito...