EARLIER in the month, Penshurst’s St Joseph’s Primary School basketball team ventured off on a road trip to Dandenong Basketball Stadium to represent our diocese in the Future Allstars Hooptime State Finals.

SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) is set to open round two of the 23/24 Community Partnership Grants program on Monday, January 29, 2024, with a series of workshops being held to assist the public in the application process.

THE Heywood and District Secondary College (HDSC) was shocked and delighted to discover they had won the title of best edible garden in the Victoria.

WITH 2023 coming to an end, the Hamilton Golf Club held its annual Christmas Ambrose event, a great field of 88 players took part, with handicap and non-handicap players having a go on Sunday.

FOUR local cricketers have enjoyed some time on the representative field, involved in the Cricket Victoria Country Cup, which was played at Monivae College Turf over the past two weeks.

JUST in time for the summer holidays, the Dunkeld Visitor Hub project has been completed, offering hikers and tourists an upgraded central location to begin their exploration of the region.

SATURDAY’S Portland Swimming Club meet, the first hosted in town since 2019, was a homecoming of sorts for one former resident, but one which meant even more than that.

A BRAND-NEW basketball ring has been installed at the Dunkeld tennis courts after young residents campaigned for it.

THE South West Academy of Sport (SWAS) held its presentation night in Warrnambool recently to celebrate sporting excellence across the region in 2023.

AFTER over 85 years serving Cavendish, the local Uniting Church closed its doors recently with a celebratory service held and many travelling from out of town to be part of the occasion.