“IF you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life” is a well-worn saying, but it’s one that many of the winners at Saturday night’s Glenelg Shire Business and Tourism Awards swear by. And it was no better explained than by the winner of the top honour, business of the year, […]
THE Glenelg Shire Business and Tourism Awards Gala night is back. Since being relaunched with a new format and great fanfare in 2016, the last awards night was scheduled for 2021 but was pushed out to 2022 because of the pandemic. And so, finally, the event is to be held this Saturday, May 7 at […]
PORTLAND Kyokushin Karate Club competitors recently competed in the Victorian championships, bringing home three medals after some impressive performances.Seven members from the club competed in the tournament in both the contact and non-contact divisions.The championships welcomed more than 200 entries from across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia with some of the […]
THE Portland Powerhouse Motor and Car Museum is back running after being knocked around by the January storm that left many Portland and district buildings in shambles. Monday will be the first open day for the museum after five months of cleaning up and repairing the damage caused by extensive flooding. Located at the bottom […]
EMMA Watkins, better known as the recently retired yellow wiggle, has been the talk of the town this week, as news spread of her Tyrendarra wedding on Sunday. Though the couple live in Sydney, the groom, Oliver Brian, grew up in Woodford and has lots of family in the South West, and Longmeadow Estate was […]
IT was a dominant start from Portland’s most senior sides in round one of the South West Victoria Football Association with their three top teams earning victories on Sunday.Portland’s division one men’s side claimed their win against Warrnambool Rangers with a 3-0 score reflective of a solid first game performance.Dylan Murray has come into the […]
A PORTLAND sculptor’s tribute to ageing has taken out the People’s Choice Award at the Sculpture TRAILS exhibition. ‘Creases in Time’ is Rebecca Marriott’s interpretation of, as she puts it, “beauty in time-worn surfaces, finding strength in connection”. “What I stated to think about was the beauty that’s in aged things and in our culture […]
THE Heywood Golf Club’s annual Autumn Tournament is underway.On Tuesday the opening day of the tournament was held with a women’s and men’s stableford aggregate events.In the women’s event the winners were Ann Dickinson (17) 34pts and Beth Rundell (33) 31pts for a combined score of 65pts.The runners-up were Phyl Prescott (22) 32pts and Coral […]
PORTLAND Hockey Club’s under-18s kicked off their season on Saturday, taking on Technique in round one of the Warrnambool District Hockey Association.Portland travelled to Warrnambool with the young side showing their class early to claim a 4-0 victory.The under-18s were the only Portland side to take to the field on Saturday with the senior women’s […]
IT was a fantastic day last Saturday as fellow tractor owners of Heywood banded together for a morning trip to Hotspur Hall. The Heywood Tractor Trek group achieved around $2200 in funds for the Cancer in kids @ RCH (CIKA) with the help of caterers Christine and Andrew Duyvestyn. Heywood Tractor Trek member Simone Moriarty […]