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Sede Cafe’s Bishal Khanal travelled the country cooking in resorts before finding a home in Ararat
“He pulled out a $100 note and said, ‘Do you want a job?’”
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This woman lives in a castle, breeds baroque horses and carries a very big stick
Jouster Mieka Leitch said “it’s becoming cool to be a nerd”.
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Meet the French expat starting an escargot farm from scratch in West Vic
Starting with fewer than 1,000 snails, Beech Forest farmer Coralie Schaff hopes to prove the food has a future in the region.
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Weather whiplash sees farmers turning to native plantings for protection
“The wind is coming from the north, and you want to stop [it] from taking the moisture out of our soil.”
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This domestic violence survivor escaped. She had nowhere to go
“All my phone calls, he made me answer on speaker. He made me cut off my parents.”
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Mack’s Snacks owner Diane Coates hanging up the apron after more than 40 years
"It could be someone’s first date, it could be a marriage proposal, who knows what goes on in those booths.”
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Meet the Daylesford chef who trained at a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Osaka
“Cooking seemed like ... the perfect way to explore with flavours and have fun. And not have to do the dishes".
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This Ballarat entrepreneur is bridging cultural divides with accessible Middle Eastern cooking
Gilava Pour, founder of Exotic Bazaar, is helping bring Persian, Moroccan and Egyptian flavours to Australian supermarket shelves.
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Koroit cancer support foundation gets major fundraising boost
The Crystal Lee Foundation supports south-west Victorian families through hands-on family support and bereavement counselling. Soon it will host a one-day formal wear pop-up boutique to raise funds for families in need.
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Three generations of the same family have been running this Ballarat store since 1976
Campana’s has transitioned between supermarket, bottle shop and deli over the course of 50 years.
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How a former tourism executive turned a building with links to the Eureka Stockade into Black Hill's new community heart
“All people want is to sit around and enjoy a drink together and have genuine connection.”
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How a mouldy pumpkin started a food waste movement in West Vic
In Australia, almost 8 million tonnes of food is wasted every year. Rachel Yeo and her Happy Scraps kitchen is looking to change that, in Creswick and beyond.
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Meet the Ballarat woman leading the city’s Mother’s Day Classic five years into living with stage four breast cancer
Kate Treacy is turning her experience into a mission to raise funds and awareness for others facing the same fight.
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From Ghana to Ballarat: How Mishael and his son found their groove in West African drumming classes
“My grandma would say, ‘Don't go anywhere’, because she knew I would leave the food and go to the sound.”
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“We’re all only a couple of poor decisions away from it ourselves”: How Ballarat’s Soup Bus became a lifeline for people sleeping rough
The Soup Bus serves approximately 22,000 meals per year. Ballarat locals say the impact is deeply felt.
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Nomadic Outback teachers to spa country vignerons: The tale of Wombat Forest Wines
The challenges include European wasps that sting each other to try and get at the grapes.
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“Just go hard”: Hundo Milli’s hustle from hardship to hip hop
The Warrnambool rapper said “there were no real music classes” at his school, and “it wasn’t really taken seriously as a career path”.
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From wedding guests to owners: The Daylesford restaurant built on a love of place
Seasonal eating and living with Sault owner Jodi Flockhart.
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“Good for the spirit”: Inside Warrnambool’s end-of-life choir
A group of volunteer singers are looking for more to join them in singing at the bedsides of people who are seriously ill or dying.
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The regenerative farm that proved its philosophy off the paddock
Brooklands Free Range Farm is a success story in both sustainability and community spirit.
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“Your best photo is your next photo”: Inside an Apollo Bay snapper’s pursuit of the moment
Amber Noseda has built her craft on patience, persistence and a love for the coast she calls home.
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How Teghan Fraser's love for cooking took her on the journey of a lifetime
From 15 years in the navy to running a local business.
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WATCH: The 14-year-old Ballarat bagpiper blowing audiences away
Eden Johns has been piping since prep.
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