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Rabbit, yabbies and trout on the menu
14 Mar 10 | BUNINYONG botanical gardens were transformed into a showcase of local produce yesterday, with Slow Food Ballarat's inaugural harvest lunch.
14 Mar 10 | CAFE BEST is encouraging Ballarat businesses to continue to provide employment for people with disabilities.
14 Mar 10 | BALLARAT had about 17,700 overnight visitors last year, about 600 down on the 2008. The figures, from Tourism Research Australia's International Visitor Survey, also revealed that regional Victoria had a 15.9 per cent increase in the expenditure of international overnight visitors - reaching $313 million.
14 Mar 10 | LEXTON is again riding on the sheep's back, after the world's finest bale of fleece was produced at Pyrenees Park.
14 Mar 10 | JEWELLERY and electrical goods valued at more than $20,000 were stolen from a Buninyong house during a daylight robbery on Saturday.
Mapping out our mineral springs
14 Mar 10 | VICTORIA has numerous mineral springs, but some remain virtually unknown to tourists and locals alike. A new book launched at Hepburn Springs on the weekend provides a guide to Victoria's Spa Country.
Smythesdale man killed in ute accident
14 Mar 10 | A 24-YEAR-OLD Smythesdale man was killed when his ute lost control in gravel and flipped end-over-end early yesterday morning.
Two men lucky to survive crash at Haddon
14 Mar 10 | TWO men are lucky to be alive after their car crashed into a tree at Haddon on Saturday night.
'Lazy' claim rocks police
14 Mar 10 | BALLARAT police are "devastated" by recent comments made by the Chief Commissioner which they see as attacking their commitment to the job, a senior detective said yesterday.
14 Mar 10 | A MOTORIST has died after crashing his ute at Smythesdale this morning.
14 Mar 10 | CENTRAL Highlands Water will charge almost $5 million to transmit about $1 million worth of water through its infrastructure to refill Lake Wendouree. That's the charge under CHW's water transmission policy.   | CommentsComments (37) | Bid to fill Lake Wendouree | Support grows to fill Lake ...
Support grows to fill Lake Wendouree
12 Mar 10 | SUPPORT is growing for a public campaign to raise funds for a water right to buy resources to refill Lake Wendouree.  | CommentsComments (53) | The sooner the better: council ... | Lake Wendouree: water costs ...
Ballarat's rise in crime not good enough, says police chief
12 Mar 10 | BALLARAT police will be summoned to Melbourne for a "please explain" following a sharp rise in crime rates last year, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said yesterday.   | CommentsComments (15) | Overland happy with city safety
12 Mar 10 | CONTRARY to public opinion, Ballarat remains a safe city at night, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said in a visit to the region yesterday. But addressing the perception the city is unsafe is as important to Victoria Police as protecting the community, he said.   | CommentsComments (6)
12 Mar 10 | CONTRARY to public opinion, Ballarat remains a safe city at night, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said in a visit to the region yesterday. But addressing the perception the city is unsafe is as important to Victoria Police as protecting the community, he said.
12 Mar 10 | NO CHANGE: Changes to the lockout times and the banning of shots after 1am, which was expected to be introduced this weekend, have been put back until at least next week.  | CommentsComments (1)
12 Mar 10 | CONFUSION surrounds the future of workers at Ballarat's saleyards. Private operator Regional Infrastructure will take over management of the livestock centre from the Ballarat City Council on May 1.
12 Mar 10 | CONTROLLED burns are expected to fire up again in the Ballarat district this weekend. The Department of Sustainability and Environment expects to take advantage of mild conditions to continue its autumn burns.
12 Mar 10 | BALLARAT is no longer Victoria's most waterwise place. The city came second to Sunbury and Macedon, according to the latest water-use figures, which showed Ballarat residents used 147 litres per person per day in 2009.  | CommentsComments (2)
11 Mar 10 | ARSENIC levels detected in the toenail clippings of children living in the Victorian Goldfields are not alarming, but suggest that we should not be too complacent, according to researchers.  | CommentsComments (1)
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