News & Updates

Karen Chatto Ballarat District Manager

2022 Region Manager

Karen Chatto welcomed as the latest Region Manager for Central Highlands Region

St Patricks Day 2022 Delacombe (1)

St Patrick’s Day

March 17 is St Patricks day so of course we need to get green.

Clean Up Australia Delacombe 2022 (5)

Clean Up Australia

Our Girl Guides recently helped tidy up Ballarat as part of the annual Clean Up Australia program.

Construction Destruction 2022 (7)

Ballista Waterbombs

Guides from several local units participated in the annual Construction Destruction event

Thinking Day 2022 RABBIT (11)

Ballarat Guiding event for Thinking Day

Guides from all across Ballarat have joined together to kick off celebrations for 100 years of Guiding as well as World Thinking Day.

Sebastopol Guides Spoonville 2022

Spoonville Mystery

The Sebastopol Spoonville has mysteriously returned !!!

11th Ballarat Guides BP Cakes

BP Awards for Ballarat

Congratulations to our Ballarat Guides who have completed the BP peak achievement award.

Delacombe Guides 2021 BeeKeeper 182443

The Bee Challenge

Ballarat Guides have taken on the challenge of learning about bees to acknowledge World Bee Day on
May 20th. The girls are learning about bees, honey making and what we can do to help the world-wide bee crisis.

Ruff Diamond Trefoils Queenscliff Lunch

Trefoil Activities

The Ruff Diamond Trefoils continue to meet on a monthly basis, participating in different activities each time. Queenscliff In March, several car loads of members travelled to Queenscliff for a…

Delacombe Guides Dancing

International Day of Dance

This week, some of our Guides acknowledged International Dance Day with a night of dancing. The Guides were treated to a neo-classical solo performance by volunteer Leader Zayda Vandenberg who…

Girl Guides Ballarat Canoeing 2021

Region Canoeing Activity

Eighty Girl Guides have enjoyed the opportunity to canoe on St George’s Lake.

Ruff Diamond Trefoils Thinking Day Dinner 2021

Trefoil Promise on Thinking Day

The Ruff Diamond Trefoils made Thinking Day 2021 an extra cause for celebration. As well as acknowledging World Thinking Day on February 22nd, the Ruff Diamonds used this special date…

Frisbee Golf Delcombe 4

Frisbee Golf

This term our Guides are spending as much time outdoors as possible. The 2020 covid-lockdown meant that many outdoor activities were cancelled or postponed, so we are determined to provide…

3 Generations Of Guides Emily Roberts

3 Guiding Generations

Guiding has been quite different in 2020 with most of our meetings held virtually via interactive Zoom sessions. It was during one of these Zoom sessions in June that 5…

Delacombe

Great timing for hikes

Just hours before it was announced that Guiding was once again to avoid face-to-face meetings, three local units had enjoyed separate hiking activities on a surprisingly glorious winter Sunday.  All…

Growling Grass Frog

Help our local Growling Grass Frogs

The frogs that live at our local Girl Guide campsite need your help. We have the opportunity to apply for some funding to help improve their environment. Your volunteer Leaders…

Angela After Greatest Shave

World’s Greatest Shave at Guides

Guide Leaders shaves her hair AT GUIDES !!!

Guiding In Your Pocket

Free Guide membership

Girl Guides Victoria have invested more than $1M into the community to support girls and women by providing complementary 12-month memberships to current and new members.

Girl Guides Ballarat Chalk Paintings

Ballarat Guide spreading rainbows

Maddy has provided service to her community by painting rainbows and displaying teddy bears.

GGTV Week 24

Virtual Guiding

Be Prepared – we’ve moved ONLINE.