MANY Bupa Portland residents who opted to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations had them administered for the first time on Friday. The Commonwealth-managed vaccine rollout had been delivered to most aged care homes, with Bupa Portland among the last batch. A Bupa spokesperson couldn’t confirm how many people opted to receive the vaccination and then went […]

WE MAY not have felt it these past few days, but the grass is definitely greener in Victoria for four new Portland residents, including two particularly noticeable ones. Two white and two western grey kangaroos crossed into Victoria to join three white and three standard-coloured ‘roos at the Graham Husson Fauna Park on Bridgewater Rd […]

THE sacrifices of Heywood’s Indigenous war veterans might not have been properly recognised during their lifetimes, or for many years after, but they are now immortalised in stunning style. The much-anticipated war memorial mural at the Heywood water tower was completed yesterday, and it’s pretty hard to miss from anywhere in the town. An initiative […]

AUTHORITIES are looking at reducing the area off-limits due to the abalone virus in the coming weeks, as uncertainty remains about whether it is here to stay or not. The plans come as a remarkable hypothesis has emerged about how the virus flared up again, 11 years after it was last seen in the area. […]

ORGANISERS at the Portland District Karting Club are celebrating a job well done after hosting the Victorian Country Series over the weekend. The Victorian Country Series is contested by drivers from right across the state, with six rounds taking place from February until November. Competition in round three began on Saturday with practice runs and […]

PORTLAND’S hospital is so well-recognised as facility for procedures that some Warrnambool hospital surgeries are now being redirected here. Portland District Health is helping South West Healthcare ease its surgery backlog by making its theatre available. “COVID-19 has impacted on surgical services across the region,” PDH chief executive Chris Giles said. “The partnership will allow […]

PORTLAND might be booming as a place people want to come and live in, but business is not missing out either. There have been several new ventures, and moves in existing businesses, in the city in recent times, and they are conspicuous by their presence in the CBD, filling vacant buildings. In at least two […]

THE Australian National Blackball Championships have been a hit at the Hamilton Exhibition Conference Centre over the past week. Play began last Saturday and will conclude tomorrow and it’s an event that’s brought players from right across the country together to compete. Amongst the action has been Portland’s Chase Daley, representing Victoria. Victoria has entered […]

WHAT do custom timber cuts, a scrap metal facility, learning how to lay bricks, building furniture for pubs and a music studio have in common? Pretty soon, all going to plan, they’ll all be in the former Glenelg Warehouse on the corner of Browning and Learmonth Sts in Portland. Four local men have big plans […]

THE Portland Adult Riding Club hosted its second annual Dressage Day on Sunday, pulling over 50 riders from all over Victoria and parts of South Australia for a serious day of dressage. Dressage, for those unfamiliar, is an Olympic discipline of exhibition riding, sometimes described as ‘ballet on horseback’, where horse and rider are expected […]