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City of Ballarat Deputy Mayor, Cr Peter Eddy (centre) alongside some of the 2024 Summer Sundays musical acts, Rhiannon Simpson, Jeremy Beggs and The Pearlies in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

Summer Sundays to light up Ballarat Botanical Gardens

There will be no such thing as the Sunday night blues in Ballarat this January, as the city prepares for Ballarat’s favourite free music festival to hit the stage once again.Summer Sundays, a four-week music series, returns in January 2024 and promises to provide the perfect ending to your weekends every Sunday across the month.Presented by the City of Ballarat, Summer Sundays will be a brilliant showcase of talent in 2024, including a great mixt...

Newly planted tree ferns at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery

Landscaping takes shape at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery

The first ferns have been planted at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery.The three metre high Cyathea australis, also known as Rough Tree Ferns, frame the exterior of the fernery which, once landscaping is completed, will showcase a gallery of Australian ferns.About 400 mostly exotic plants, including shrubs, perennials and Cordylines have also been planted around the outside of the fernery.A further 400 ferns will be planted inside the ferner...

Melbourne Vixens and Netball Victoria announcement - Mayor Des Hudson, Juliana Addison, Catherine King.

Vixens unveil ‘Ballarat Blitz’ pre-season details

The Melbourne Vixens have revealed the details of their blockbuster pre-season weekend, the Ballarat Blitz, set to take over the regional Victorian hub from 16-17 March.The Vixens will host reigning Suncorp Super Netball premiers the Adelaide Thunderbirds alongside GIANTS Netball and West Coast Fever at Ballarat’s Selkirk Stadium on Wadawurrung Country, with the support of the City of Ballarat and the Victorian Government.In their two pre-season ...

Cr Peter Eddy with children at Victoria Park receiving an ice cream

Picnic in the Park to headline Australia Day events in Ballarat

The City of Ballarat’s third annual Picnic in the Park event will lead the celebrations on the Australia Day public holiday, which will also include a traditional citizenship ceremony and Community Awards the previous night.

Road renewal

Road renewal projects deliver better roads for Ballarat

The City of Ballarat’s annual road renewal program is underway, delivering better roads for motorists.The $11 million road renewal program involves the reconstruction of roads at the end of their ‘useful life’.The City of Ballarat’s 2023-24 budget features an increased investment in roads infrastructure, with $36.3 million for capital road programs and maintenance, which includes $3 million in Federal Government funding.City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr...

Ballarat Marathon launch event

Ballarat Marathon to produce world-class running event

A world-class road running festival is coming to Ballarat thanks to the support from the City of Ballarat and presenting partner, Federation University Australia.The Ballarat Marathon, a festival of road running featuring a mile, 5km, 10km, half marathon and marathon, will be held the weekend of Saturday, 27 and Sunday, 28 April 2024.Online registration for the various walk, run and race options will open on Sunday, 27 August 2023.The Ballarat Ma...

Image of Town Hall with text on right hand side saying delivering a better Ballarat

Delivering a better Ballarat through capital works program

The City of Ballarat is in the midst of delivering a significant city-wide transformational capital works program, which invests heavily in community infrastructure. The $144 million program — with a further $60 million worth of projects in planning — is positioning Ballarat as a leading regional city and will leave a legacy in Ballarat for years to come. The program of work is included in the recently approved 2023/24 Budget and includ...

Craft Lab at the Ballarat Mining Exchange.

Ballarat to enhance Creative City reputation on the world stage

Ballarat’s reputation as a UNESCO Creative City will be further enhanced in Türkiyé later this year.At an ordinary Council meeting on Wednesday night, Ballarat City Council approved an officer’s recommendation to send two City of Ballarat delegates to Türkiyé to take part in the XV UNESCO Creative City Annual General Meeting in September.A Councillor and Officer will travel to Istanbul to represent the work of Ballarat as a UNESCO Creative City a...

In the foreground is a walkway into a pool and in the background is the pool.

The City of Ballarat to investigate transitioning BALC to renewable energy

City of Ballarat staff are working with global aquatic centre experts Beca to assess the potential of Ballarat Aquatic and Lifestyle Centre (BALC) to reduce energy demand and transition to 100 per cent renewable energy. More than 625,000 patrons use BALC services each year in a comfortable, climate-controlled atmosphere. The work involves using world-class computer modelling to understand how all forms of energy, such as electricity, ...

Terry O’Brien, Donna Thomas and Wayne De Klijn stand in front of the Ballarat Fernery

Landscaping set to begin at Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery

The Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery will soon become a gallery for Australian ferns, with landscaping set to get underway this week. AQL Landscape Design has been awarded the contract to deliver the landscaping, which will be completed in time for the 2024 Ballarat Begonia Festival.The works will create a new entrance to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens via Wendouree Parade, with the introduction of a fernery forecourt designed around the ...