ANNE Crooks might have just become Glenelg Shire’s newest centenarian, but she’s shares something in common with those one-quarter her age.

EVER-changing landscapes were strolled through, bush tucker discovered and extra friendships created during a recent 252km fundraising walk.

THE inaugural Nat Bell Memorial Buckle stayed in the south-west after Heywood’s Morgan McLean topped the times in the Junior Barrel Race, the event Nat competed in each year, at the Branxholme Rodeo on Saturday.

A PROPOSED onshore abalone farm has been described as “one of the world’s largest industrialised feed lots for sea creatures,” during a bid to overturn approvals for the project.

BEEF cow numbers across the country have continued to fall, with widespread culls due to the ongoing drought.

STOCK agents in the south-west have been inundated with requests for agistment for stock from up north and interstate.

WORKS to restore one of the Hamilton Botanic Gardens’ most significant features to its former glory are underway this week.

THE Portland Basketball Association hosted some heated grand finals on Saturday when the Country Basketball League’s South West Conference came to town.

“THE most horrific act of animal cruelty this area has seen in a long time.”

AFTER finishing second at last year’s Southern 80, Clancy Vaughan and his Arkham Asylum team is looking to go one better this year when they return to the Murray River on February seven.