Articles by Craig Wilson
Walking track receives strong support
A proposal from the Green Hill Lake Development Board to construct a walkway around the entire lake has received overwhelming support from the public.
Close to 30 people attended a public meeting last week where the proposal was discussed at length.
The board is seeking council support to apply for government funding for an all abilities walking track around the entire seven kilometres of the lake.
Unchanged committee for senior citizens
ARARAT Senior Citizens will have an unchanged committee for the next 12 months following the group’s Annual General Meeting last week.
Salvos appeal for warm clothes and blankets
ARARAT’s Salvos Store needs the local community to dig deep this winter
By donating warm clothes and blankets, local residents will be helping others and will earn a discount at Salvation Army stores.
The Salvos are encouraging the local community to dig deep into wardrobes and linen cupboards for warm items to donate to ensure their store is kept stocked with winter woollies during the colder months.
Art students explore climate change in new exhibition
ARARAT Gallery TAMA’s latest community-driven exhibition offers thought-provoking art that explores themes surrounding climate change.
A group of Year 9 Art Students from Marian College have created a series of relief sculptural works in response to how they have seen climate change affect their environment.
Torch relay coming to Ararat
IN 2023, one of Australia’s most respected institutions Legacy will celebrate 100 years, to be marked with a 50,000 kilometre torch relay.
The torch will travel through 100 locations, carried by approximately 1,500 Torch Bearers to mark the significant contribution Legacy has made to the widows and families of veterans.
The relay begins on Anzac Day, 25 April 2023, in Pozieres, France and will travel to London and then continue its tour throughout Australia.
Ararat has been chosen to host a leg of the relay on the 8th of September, 2023.
Renewed push to vaccinate
THERE is a renewed push for Ararat residents to get booster vaccination shots as new variants of COVID-19 run rampant in our local community. One in 20 Australians infected with COVID-19 during the Omicron wave is expected to still have symptoms three months later, but as vaccination rates rise the prevalence of long COVID among […]
Bin revolution : what you need to know
ARARAT Rural City residents will notice new purple and green bins starting to appear in their communities over the coming weeks as part of council’s new waste and recycling program, Revolution Ararat.
Revolution Ararat is council’s commitment to reducing the amount of waste delivered to landfill by introducing a new residential four-bin system collection that separates waste, recycling, organics, and glass, as part of Victoria’s waste reform.
Spanning over the next eight weeks, purple and green lid bins will be delivered to all residential properties under five hectares by council staff members.
Memorial walk returns to Ararat
A memorial walk will return to Ararat in September in memory of people who’ve died from suicide.
Ararat Suicide Prevention Awareness Group plans to hold its second memorial walk in the Alexandra Gardens, bringing together family and friends of people who’ve suicided.