A home away from a far-off home
IT’D be fair to say Ana Paula Campos de Moura knows more about Portland than most Australians, despite having lived her entire life in...
Wind farm protest ramps up
CANBERRA could be the next stop for a group of locals against the proposed offshore wind farm zone planned for the waters off Portland...
Plant a tree this weekend
FAWTHROP Lagoon will be getting some attention from volunteers this coming Sunday, for National Tree Planting Day.
Local group South West Environmental Education (SWEE) last...
School holidays spent differently
SOME students spend their school holidays relaing, but one Portland Secondary College (PSC) student spent her holidays at the 43rd Professor Harry Messel International...
A crowning achievement
WINNING just one medal in an eisteddfod is quite an achievement.
Taking out a first, a second and a highly commended is remarkable. But taking...
Smelter could ramp up again, but that depends
HIGHER power prices might be bad news for most of us, and they seem to be the key to whether production will get back...
All go at Neighbourhood House
THE Portland Neighbourhood House location in the CBD is up and running – with plans to extend the range of services.
Now run by Kyeema...
The drive of a lifetime
GRAEME Tonkin, in his own words, is always up for an adventure – and his most recent one might have topped them all.
The Gorae...
A room with a view
WHILE most of the action at the Julia Street Creative Space takes place at ground level, look up a bit and there is now...
Schools come together for NAIDOC
NOT often does the entire student and teacher cohorts of every school in the Portland district converge on the one place, but last week...
First passenger train to Portland fashionably late
PORTLANDERS lined the Cape Nelson Road railway overpass over the weekend to watch the first passenger train into the city for decades; somewhat behind...
Hello possums
PORTLAND’S botanical heritage is under threat from an overpopulation of possums, which council workers say are being illegally released into the Portland Botanic Gardens.
Several...
Local karters take pole position
PORTLAND has proved once again to be up to speed both on and off the track, with a pair of local karters taking out...
