Record-breaking hailstorm lashes Portland as clean-up continues
THE worst hailstorm to hit Portland that many can remember might have been short and sharp, but its effects are going to last many...
Well-timed donations for Rotary art show
HAVING your largest fundraiser cancelled by coronavirus isn’t great when you rely on it to support community groups and worthy projects worldwide, but the...
Crowded with RVs
WITH New Year’s Eve passed, Portland has attracted many people and their caravans to a specific local spot.
As usual, Portland’s Henty Park RV Camping...
Narrawong kids learn their beach’s ways
THEY’VE come, they’ve seen, and they’ve learned a lot more about how to be safe at Narrawong beach.
That’s the upshot from the lifesaving education...
Holidaying close to home
NARRAWONG Island Holiday Park had been packed these past few weeks with Portland locals and people from other towns, travelling over to kick back...
Get those running shoes on…
IT’S all systems go for Narrawong’s largest community event on Sunday except for one thing – the organisers of Mouth2Mouth would dearly love to...
Where to for January 26?
WITH less than a month until January 26 rolls around, conversation is already swirling about what the date will mean in 2022 and into...
Of all the gin joints in the world…
WHEN Stuart Silvester was looking to ward off malaria in the jungles of Cambodia about 30 years ago, little could he have known that...
Violet’s brave shave
PORTLAND youngster Violet Burgess has raised more than $4500 for the Breast Cancer Foundation after shaving her head earlier this month.
A just nine-years-old, the...
Good times for traders
RETAIL trade across Portland has reached impressive heights this holiday season, after almost two years of restrictions putting pressure on the industry.
Tourists have flocked...
From Portland to Pipeline
FORMER Portlander Liam O’Brien is ready to surf the world stage, after earlier this month qualifying for the 2022 World Surf League Championship Tour.
Qualifying...
Pool issue remains stagnant
HEYWOOD residents will be waiting until the new year to enjoy the town’s pool, after a “mass shortage” of lifeguards has left the facility...
Touch match ups for Glenelg at state titles
LOCAL netballers competed for the Glenelg Region in the Netball Victoria State Titles across the March long weekend and were met with some tough...
