n Grampians Shire interim chief executive, Tony Doyle spoke with The Spectator last week about what he expected to see during his three-month time in the job.

TALENTED winger, Nathan Rentsch, took out the Penshurst Football Netball Club senior best and fairest count with 29 votes coming home strong in the final round to hit the lead, while on the netball court, nothing could split coach, Sinaed Hasell, and goal-shooter, Rachael Mibus, who tied for the top honour.
Rentsch said after rising up through the juniors, it was a special experience to win a senior best and fairest at a club that meant so much to him.
“It was a great feeling and very humbling to win this award at such a great club that has a really good history with it, from playing juniors there, it means a lot,” he told The Spectator.

THE Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) has finalised its plans for the senior season with A grade set to take on a different look for the 2021-22 campaign.

YULONG Captain, now trained by Matt Cumani, was quickly on the board for his new ownership group with an easy win in Saturday’s Hamilton Cup.

116 Digby Road, Hamilton Price: $699,000.00. Contact Nic Cullinane at Southern Grampians Livestock and Real Estate, Thompson Street, Hamilton on 0409 711641 The home is initially approached along a long gravelled driveway bordered by flowering caesias and ending in a roundabout at the entrance to the under roof double garage.  A separate parking area is […]

THIS year’s Makers Market Hamilton Pop Up Shop has been cancelled over uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and after organisers were unable to secure an appropriately sized location in the town’s centre.

AS part of the 2021-22 State Government’s “regional road maintenance blitz”, many roads across south-west Victoria will be rebuilt and upgraded, starting with a $1.8 million rebuild on the Hamilton Highway.

A FIRE engulfed a weatherboard cottage house in Ardonachie St, Macarthur on Thursday evening in circumstances that police have deemed as “suspicious”, with a man in custody in relation to the incident.

THE iconic Bunyip Hotel in Cavendish has had to close its doors until dining restrictions were eased due to a ruling that declared a covered deck at the rear of the building was an indoor space.

VICTORIA’S regional unemployment rate is the lowest on record and lowest among the states, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics data released recently.