BEFORE the pandemic, one in five Australians experienced mental illness, but due to the uncertainty and instability around coronavirus (COVID-19), there is a potential for the number of people seeking support to rise.

A PROMISING netballer and a gifted athlete, Mikaylah Beavis was one of Hamilton’s most exciting prospects before she made the move to Ballarat for university.

DISTRESSED Dunkeld residents gathered at a meeting on Thursday after dozens of kangaroos were found around town, killed and disembowelled.

PALACE Martial Arts has returned from the Australian Taekwondo Victoria Autumn Poomsae Championships with five gold medals.

Published and unpublished pictures taken by Spectator photographers are available to purchase and can be viewed at the front office: 59 Gray Street, Hamilton.

Published and unpublished pictures taken by Spectator photographers are available to purchase and can be viewed at the front office: 59 Gray Street, Hamilton.

AFTER selling his first car, a green Ford Zephyr Mark II, more than 50 years ago, Hamilton’s Doug Ezard thought he would never see his beloved vehicle again. But that all changed recently, after an innocent conversation with his friend, Barry Raymond. “I was helping Barry on his boat and we were reminiscing about the […]

Published and unpublished pictures taken by Spectator photographers are available to purchase and can be viewed at the front office: 59 Gray Street, Hamilton.

BRANXHOLME-WALLACEDALE has finalised its netball coaching team for 2020, with Sonia McKay taking on the club’s top job as A grade coach.

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.