SATURDAY’S winter weather was perfect for the club’s second Bonanza Day, which was sponsored by generous club members who wish to remain anonymous, the greens were perfect, the sausages and soup delicious and the afternoon tea tables groaned under the weight of the sumptuous food.

DIVERSE and exciting career opportunities with Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) have once again been made available for Victorians with a passion for the great outdoors and interest in being paid to learn new skills while keeping Victorian communities safer.

RESIDENTS and visitors to Byaduk and Orford will now enjoy improved mobile coverage and connectivity, with the recent construction of a Telstra mobile base station.

SEVEN teams can still reach the finals of the Mininera and District Netball Association A grade competition with six rounds remaining in the 2024 season.

CELEBRATING the unyielding spirit of our First Nations communities and keeping the fires burning are this year’s themes for national NAIDOC week.

DESPITE some cold starts and the occasional wet day, the weather generally remains perfect for those of us who have not ventured north, but the cold days give us a chance to air the winter woollies and layer up without the waterproofs.

TODAY’S Southern Grampians Shire Council meeting to be held at council chambers in Market St is scheduled at 5.30pm and will include the following items:

WITH just over three weeks to Sheepvention, there’s still time to enter their shop window competition with no limit on creative ideas for businesses to impress the town with.

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) announced there will be a short-term closure of the Hamilton Skate Park today, Wednesday July 10 due to removal works.

DESPITE the Bottle Greens matching Ballarat for three quarters, it was the visitors who prevailed over the Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) in the Under-23 match by 31 points, 11.15 (81) to 7.8 (50) in the twilight interleague clash at Reid Oval on Saturday.