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Skate park needs new home
By Kate Taylor
The Ballan Recreation Reserve Masterplan has officially been adopted – but not without first making sure that there will be a skate...
Fizzling out fantastic plastic
By Carol Saffer
Australia disposes of four billion plastic bags, or more than 20,000 tonnes of plastic waste, each year according to Clean Up Australia.
Only...
Firewood season draws to close
It may be a rush to pick up your wood in the next few days, as Forest Fire Management Victoria has announced the Autumn...
CEO gives notice
By Kate Taylor
After eight years at the helm, Moorabool Shire Council CEO Rob Croxford has announced that he will retire before the end of...
Pollie gives a crap
By Carol Saffer
What sort of present do you take to a 150th birthday celebration?
State Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas took $500,000 to the residents...
Art in the dark
By Carol Saffer
Ballan businesses and shops on Inglis Street will turn their windows into showcases of light and colour from dusk to dark during...
‘Tree’mendous plantings
Responsible for the management and maintenance of over 18,000 urban and reserves trees, Moorabool Council has committed an ongoing $100,000 for the planting of...
Want to be a bird watcher?
By Helen Tatchell
The Wombat State Forest is home to many creatures, great and small, but it is one particular small creature that Monash University...
A backyard is all you need
By Carol Saffer
Australia currently generates 7.6 million tonnes of food waste every year.
With urban agriculture on the rise, one low cost way to divert...
Airport stoush
By Helen Tatchell
Rumours are flying on the airwaves that Moorabool Shire Council is considering selling the Bacchus Marsh aerodrome.
Is it fact or fiction? Both...
