Good Friday Appeal: Changing lives
SHAUNI Morrissey will be “forever grateful” to the support of the Portland community and to the people who donate each year to the Royal...
Harvest in full swing
“JACK said when he came through the vines he’s never come across so many happy workers.”
Those words by long-time grape picker Sally McMahon about...
It’s going to be a tee-riffic day
IN a few weeks’ time will be the annual Good Friday Royal Children’s Hospital Charity Golf Day open for absolutely everyone to get involved.
Friday...
Give so they may grow: Good Friday Appeal is back!
IAN Hamley is excited about the 2022 Good Friday Appeal coming up next week.
The veteran firefighter of 22 years says it’s the first time...
On the sculpture TRAILS again
THE sequel was indeed just as good as the original (with apologies for the football analogy in an arts story) when the second annual...
‘It was just good luck’
AS dairy farmers Jessa and Ben Laws are pretty used to what life throws at them – but when their worst fears came true...
Bigger farm trespass fines a long time coming
ed at curbing animal rights activists protesting or taking actions on private properties – a move welcomed by the Victorian Farmers Federation.
City street art meets landscape of wide open spaces
IT’S a long way from street art in London to landscapes in Mumbannar, but that is the artistic journey Jaemie O’Neill has taken.
And even that only partly describes it.
Budj Bim set to be tourism hot spot
IT was a proud day for the Gunditjmara community on Friday, when the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (GMTOAC) marked the completion of...
Progress on rail saga
IT has been a long battle to upgrade the Maroona-Portland rail line but advocates finally had something to cheer about this week – even...
Portland Probus celebrates 30 years
WHERE’S the knife?” is not a question you might normally expect to hear echoing around a crowd of respectable retired and semi-retired members of...
New out of school care
A NEW out of school service had been introduced to Bolwarra, providing an exciting place for students to wind down and socialise, while parents...
Arts at the forefront of Libraries After Dark
THE arts is the main focus over the next few weeks of the Libraries After Dark program at Glenelg Libraries with five sessions run...
