Summer break spent outdoors
WITH the summer holidays in action, campsites have become a popular spot for accommodation, where locals and tourists have gained a more outdoors experience.
Sawpit...
Breath of fresh air for Heywood Hotel
THE Heywood Hotel has been revitalised in recent months, with the venue reopening ahead of the festive season in December after a period of...
Kyeema counts storm cost
WHEN Bernie Stiles stepped into Kyeema Support Services chief executive Julie Amor’s shoes at 5pm last Thursday, she could scarcely have imagined what was...
Bring your harvest to the Show
YOU can’t have an agricultural show without a prize for the biggest pumpkin, and this year’s event at Tyrendarra is certainly not going to...
Kids vaccinations begin
SOME of Glenelg Shire’s youngest residents have been putting on their bravest faces as the coronavirus vaccination program is rolled out to their age...
A boat built to last
THE couta boat is one of the most important contributors to Portland’s fishing history, and one of its finest examples has been getting a...
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...
Works ongoing at Nelson cave
A NEW operator of Nelson’s Princess Margaret Rose Cave has been arranged as confirmed by Parks Victoria, but the scheduled timeline of reopening the...
