MACARTHUR Historical Society along with collaborators are pleased to be running the first Historic Country Courts Car Tour Weekend later this month for law and history enthusiasts that will be granted the opportunity to visit three historical courthouses in the region. Penshurst, Macarthur and Port Fairy courthouse museums will all collaborate and open their doors […]
IT was supposed to be a triumphant first home game of the Mininera and District Football League 2024 season for Glenthompson-Dunkeld at Dunkeld Recreation Reserve on Saturday, but Lismore-Derrinallum didn’t follow the script and broke the Rams’ hearts with a one-point victory, 12. 7 (79) to 12.8 (80).
SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) began resealing works in two sections on the Grange Burn walking track earlier last month. Works on section two have been completed and the trail has been opened between Portland Road and Griffin Street, while there has been plans to open section one (from the railway overpass through to the […]
CALLING her an ambassador for the environment feels like the understatement of the Millenium but that’s what Southern Grampians local, Suzan Muir, who is a current competitor on SBS’s ‘Alone Australia’, has been all about since childhood. If you haven’t already heard of her, you must be living under a rock. Which is ironic because […]
COME May 30, Brandt employee, John Deere salesman, Colin Stubbs will be retiring after working in the one job for over 50 years. “I’ve principally only ever had one job,” he said. “I left school (in 1974) and took that job and basically been in the role ever since. “I actually started at the original […]
FOLLOWING Southern Grampians Shire Council’s (SGSC) decision to close the Glenthompson War Memorial Swimming Pool, concerned Glenthompson community members have banded together to form a new group called the Glenthompson Pool Committee Inc. Vowed to fight Council’s decision they have lodged a complaint with the Victorian Ombudsman. In their submission they said, “Council decided to […]