What’s on in the district
Probus
Active Retirees, looking for fun & friendship. Portland Men's Probus Club meets 10am, second Tuesday every month at Hanlon Park clubrooms. Enquiries: John Fisher...
Trees downed by wild winds
PORTLAND and surrounds have been hit by a surge of wild winter weather, with July’s bitterly cold temperatures joined by strong winds and heavy...
Poor rating again
GLENELG Shire Council has received another terrible rating in the annual Community Satisfaction Survey that was released at Tuesday night's monthly meeting.
In 2024 Glenelg...
Putting the meaning into Family Practice
PORTLAND Doctor Dalbir Singh celebrates a big achievement when he was named as a finalist in the Victorian Rural Health Awards.
Dr Singh has been...
Driver dodges serious injury as Ram brings down pole
A South Australian driver was lucky to walk away from a sole-vehicle crash last Friday that saw the late model Dodge Ram plough into...
Rotary lends a hand
The Rotary Club of Portland Bay recently had an early morning coffee and breakfast in the pavilion at the South Portland Cemetery.
They then inspected...
A Battle of the Jams
It was all rock and more roll at the Yacht Club on Friday, as the Battle of the Jams was live and delivering the...
SA Today expands with acquisition of iconic Lanyon newspapers
SA Today has continued its growth across regional Australia with the acquisition of five historic mastheads from the Lanyon family Mildura, marking a significant...
Getting constructive with cardboard
It was a full house, or in other words, a full library with kids constructing bookshelves, jetpacks and robots from cardboard.
Glenelg Libraries hosted a...
Bloomfield’s Bridge
As the Great South West Walk track runs north from Point Danger it occupies a narrow strip of land between a very ordinary road...
Tree planters want to branch out
ENVIRONMENTAL and land care groups across Portland have been busy across the region, with hundreds of native trees planted on local land by Portland...
Shelters for cows a hit during drought
TEN years ago, Simon Rea was the first Australian farmer to have a clear-roofed, deep-litter shelter installed for dairy, and today he is still...
Ready for another great festival
CROWDS will flock to Heywood for this month's Wood, Wine and Roses Festival on Saturday 28 February, with many other exciting attractions to keep...
