THE alarming state of country roads looks set to continue to decline in condition as the lack of significant budget allocation for their maintenance takes increasing effect.

Hamilton Kangaroos celebrated success this season with Molly Sevior finishing equal first (alongside Lexie Dwyer from Port Fairy) on 28 votes in the 13-and-Under netball grade, while Kangaroos teammate, Maddox Ryan, finished fourth with 24 votes in a strong season for the blue and white side.

PORTLAND’S under-17 soccer players are ready for a shot at the title when they take on Warrnambool Wolves in the South West Victoria Football Association’s grand final on Sunday at Stawell’s North Park.

AFTER sighting a historical 1918 photograph of an old house published in The Spectator back in 2005, Ian Hunter suspected it might actually be the house in which he has lived for the last 40 years at 82 Coleraine Road.

THERE will be major mobile phone outages in the Portland North area next week as Telstra upgrades the School Rd base station to be able to handle 5G services.

WHEN I was returning from a holiday last week, our plane was delayed for six hours.

HAMILTON Kangaroos Football Netball Club has five teams competing in the Hampden Football Netball League finals today and tomorrow, with two of these teams fighting to keep their season alive, while the rest will be searching for direct entry into the season decider.

A SPECIAL guest will be attending the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Friends of Hamilton Botanic Gardens this coming week.

PREMIERSHIP glory awaits either Penshurst or Glenthompson-Dunkeld Under-16.5 footballers today when the teams meet in the Mininera and District Football League Grand Final at Mininera Recreation Reserve.

WITH the benefit of hindsight, it seems inevitable that these two teams would be the ones to juke it out for the 2023 South West District Football League premiership, as Cavendish and Coleraine will face off tomorrow at Hanlon Park for all the glory.