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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...

Ballarat’s outstanding older residents have been officially recognised for their contributions to the city in a special ceremony.The City of Ballarat Seniors Awards were held at Ballarat Town Hall on Tuesday, providing a fitting conclusion to October’s Seniors Festival.The awards seek to recognise Ballarat’s ageing community members, aged 55 and over, and their commitment and contribution to our community.  City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Des Hud...

Sebastopol’s new skate park is set to come to life this weekend as it prepares to host its first ever official skating competition.Organised by the City of Ballarat Youth Services team, MR Power Park will host a YMCA Action Sports Skate Park Leagues event as part of the Western Victoria series on Saturday 4 November.The event will see competitions held for skaters, roller skaters, as well as BMX and scooter riders. There will be multiple junior a...

What does being outside mean to you?  This will be one of the key questions to answer to help develop Ballarat’s Open Space Strategy 2024.  The City of Ballarat is seeking feedback from the community on a number of topics related to open spaces, including what is their favourite open area in the city and why.The strategy will guide the improvement and development of public open spaces, parks, reserves and natural spaces across the city....

The City of Ballarat is helping residents clean up around their house and in their gardens this spring with Free Green Waste Week and Half Price Mattress Week.Between Saturday 11 November and Sunday 19 November, residents can drop off their domestic green waste free of charge at the City of Ballarat’s Transfer Station.As part of Half Price Mattress Week, from Saturday 25 November to Saturday 2 December, residents can dispose of an old mattress fo...

This week we launched consultation for the new Open Space Strategy.  Parks, reserves, playgrounds and trails are something that we all use in Ballarat regularly, so we are now asking what you like about your open spaces and how they could be improved or changed.  This strategy will guide the improvement and development of our public open spaces, parks, reserves and natural spaces across Ballarat.  Your feedback will help shape this...

Tender documents can be obtained from www.eprocure.com.au/ballarat         Tender No      Tender Description      Closes      2023/24-269     Waste Soil Removal and Disposal - Ring Road Reserve, Wendouree West     15/11/23 2pm     &nbs...

A significant milestone has been reached towards the development of the Continuous Voices Memorial – a place to acknowledge the truth, trauma and ongoing legacy suffered by victims of sexual abuse across the local region and the whole of Australia.The City of Ballarat is launching a national design competition to identify design professionals to lead collaborative teams to create the memorial, which will be located near Lake 2 in Victoria Park.Th...

More than 16,400 kilometres have been ridden in Ballarat as part of the month long Biketober initiative, with 472 kilograms of carbon emissions eliminated from the city.  In Ballarat, 176 riders including 45 new riders travelled 1702 trips across the month from 22 individual workplaces as part of the national bike challenge.  This brings the total kilometres travelled during 2023 in Ballarat on the ‘love to ride’ platform to an impressi...

The City of Ballarat’s new $5.7 million cell at the Ballarat Regional Landfill will begin taking the municipality’s household waste next week.Known as Cell 1 Stage 2, the cell (a large space dug at a landfill site where waste is compacted and layered within the ground) covers an area of 19,900m2 and will hold 325,000m3 of household waste. It is estimated it will reach capacity in three years.The existing and adjoining cell, known as Cell 1 Stage ...