This year’s edition of the Rotary Club of Portland Beats Cycle for Hope is done and dusted, with the charity ride to Cape Bridgewater going off without a hitch. “It was a really terrific day, and it was nice to see so many family groups taking part this time,” said event convenor Frank Farnesworth. “There […]

GROUPS in south west Victoria seeking funding for projects which help connect and grow their community can now apply for a 2022 grant from the South West Community Foundation (SWCF).

A HONDA generator 2.2, a wooden spinning wheel and painted vases, these are just some of the things that will be found at the annual Heywood Lions Club auction on Sunday March 27. Over the past few weeks, the Lions Club has received a good collection of farm machinery, household items and antique furniture. “So […]

WHEN Warrnambool heads to Melbourne tomorrow for the opening round of the Big V basketball season, they will be bolstered by a pair of Portland players.

THE Portland Golf Club’s annual club championships will be decided on Sunday.

FLYING Mascot, a racehorse with connections to Portland, earlier this week gained an invitation to race in the world’s richest 1600m race, the All-Star Mile, to be held at Flemington tomorrow.

PORTLAND Rotary are all set to go for this year’s Beats Cycle for Hope ride from Portland to Cape Bridgewater.

PORTLAND is providing the scenery for a new TV show, ‘Portland Charter Boat Wars’, which aired its first episode on 7mate on Wednesday night. The series revolves around six fishing charter companies from all along the west coast of Victoria, competing to get their customers to bring in the most cumulative centimetres of southern bluefin […]

TUCKED away off the Henty Highway, about midway between Heywood (12km away) and Portland (17km away), and after a short drive down a well-sealed, tree-lined road is an unassuming slice of paradise just waiting to be injected with new life.

THE Portland and District Cricket Association’s 2021-22 A grade season comes to a close tomorrow with Tyrendarra and Portland Colts battling it out in the grand final.