THE BIG4 Narrawong Island Holiday Park has been busy over the Christmas and New Year period, welcoming families from near and far.

PORTLAND’S Nuns Beach will swarm with swimmers on Sunday as it plays host to the second leg of the annual Shipwreck Coast Swim Series.

THE Southern 500 Speedway closed out 2023 in style on Saturday, with their final night of competition headlined by the Modlite Victorian Titles and Portland’s leg of the F500 speedweek.

SEVENTEEN-year-old Charley Thorp is just weeks away from leaving for France, her new home until January 2025.

PORTLAND Memorial Bowling Club’s Leanne Evison is not someone to sing her own praises, but there’s only a handful of people in town who could claim to have had as much of an influence over the success of the sport in recent years.

FOR 41 years the family summer carnival has been coming to Portland, giving locals and visitors a fun way to kick off the end of year and start the new year.

LOCAL sailor Michael Doherty battled some tough conditions for the 2023 Sydney to Hobart yacht race with his boat Extasea eventually crossing the line at about 2.30am on Saturday morning.

IT is officially 2024, and as tradition, Portland celebrated New Year’s Eve in spectacular style.

THE Heywood Golf Club has not honoured all that many life members over its history, but Brad Koenig can now count himself among them as he was recently made their 11th inductee.

THE end of year trade was busy for Portland retailers in the lead up to Christmas with locals and visitors keeping shop staff hard at work.