THE march to protest issues at Portland District Health will take place at 1pm today, as those issues hit the floor of the Victorian Parliament on Tuesday night. State Member for South-West Coast Roma Britnell – who is scheduled to be at the march – demanded the government release the ‘Towards a sustainable medical healthcare […]
AN exciting double feature weekend of racing is in the books for the South Coast Drag Racing Association. On Friday evening a strong crowd was gifted three hours of burnout competition as a part of Tyre Frying Friday. The winner when all was said and done was Portlander Braden Phillips, snatching his first Friday night […]
THE old Narrawong store’s fate has attracted a great deal of attention since it closed five years ago, and it took its first steps to a new future on Friday. Warrnambool-based electrician Darren Hunter, a former Narrawong resident, was the successful bidder at an auction on site, going to $380,000 to secure the property. About […]
THERE might be a few changes at Wood, Wine and Roses next Saturday, but there’s not going to much reduction in horsepower. One of the new events will be a street rod and custom car show, to be held in the north bank area of the Fitzroy River (south of the Heywood Recreation Reserve). It […]
VOLUNTEERS are becoming harder and harder to come by for many local organisations, as seen in recent editions of the Observer, but for the Friends of the Great South West Walk getting and keeping them has been a huge part of its success story. And the Friends know how to honour those volunteers, doing so […]
FLYING Mascot, a racehorse with connections to Portland, has narrowly missed out on gaining a place in the All-Star Mile, the world’s richest 1600m race. The three-week public voting period – used to determine 10 of the 15 starters in the race – closed on Sunday, and when the top 10 was revealed on Wednesday […]
IT’S the largest event to be held in Portland since, well, the last time it was held, and the foreshore certainly looks the place to be tomorrow. Classics by the Bay show ‘n’ shine has navigated the coronavirus pandemic pretty much unscathed and will be back again possibly bigger and better than ever. It is […]
PORTLAND Little Athletics Centre competitors have returned from the weekend’s regional titles with a haul of 34 medals and two new regional records. A team of 14 athletes headed to Ballarat for the two-day Little Athletics Victoria Western Country Regional Track and Field Carnival – one of seven regional carnivals held throughout the state over […]
THE Southern 500 Speedway was packed with the community around the Speedway Sedans Victoria circuit on Saturday night and when all was said and done, Kye Walters was crowned number one. The track in Heathmere hosted the 2022 SSA Victorian Modified Sedan Titles with 10 qualifying races taking place in the lead up to the […]
COUGARS have stormed into the Portland Touch Football Association division one grand final. Cougars proved too strong for Sore4days in Thursday night’s qualifying final at Henty Park, winning 11-5 They will now enjoy a week off before the grand final on February 24, awaiting the winner of this week’s preliminary final between Sore4days and Al […]