PORTLAND exporters faced with the loss of Chinese markets are starting to find other markets to take up the slack. While the China-Australia trade standoff continues with no end seemingly in sight, locals in the timber and crayfishing industries have begun work on alternative destinations for their exports. The timber ban means no softwood (pine) […]
PORTLAND RSL Memorial Bowling Club hosted the South West Division play off for the State Triples on the weekend with both Portland clubs well represented across the two days. The weekend presented itself with fair to good conditions for the play offs and despite the 37mm of rain on the Saturday night, the green stood […]
IT’S almost the sound of Portland coming out of the coronavirus restrictions, and it’s back. The reassuring and familiar ‘ding’ of the Portland Cable Trams as they make their way along Bentinck St and other areas was heard again on Tuesday for the first time in four months. While the easing of restrictions has slowly […]
SHE used to fly an air-to-air refuelling Airbus, now zips around in one of the world’s most advanced pilot training aircraft, and was pleased to land in Portland on Wednesday. Flight Lieutenant Aimee Heal, 29, from the Royal Australian Air Force flew into Portland Airport for the day with her colleagues from the RAAF Roulettes […]
PATROLS at Cape Bridgewater are back on as of tomorrow with the Portland Surf Life Saving Club members returning to the beach. After some uncertainty regarding coronavirus restrictions the club is eager to get back on the sand with plenty of preparation leading into the season. Cape Bridgewater is the main patrolling beach throughout the […]
THE journey of Heywood’s Jamaine Jones through the Australian Football League will continue into 2021 with the West Coast Eagles retaining the 22-year-old for a second season. On Thursday morning, West Coast announced four contract renewals for the 2021 AFL season and Jones was one of two players offered a one-year rookie contract extension, the […]
PORTLAND’S preseason campaign kicked off in ideal conditions on Monday evening with the senior and under-18.5 footballers beginning their preparation for the 2021 Hampden Football League season. The 2020 Hampden was shaping up to be an exciting one for the Tigers after a heavy recruiting period. Jarrod Holt was introduced to the position of senior […]
HEYDARRA and Drumborg are cementing their position as dominant forces in the Surry District Tennis Association’s A grade competition after huge victories on Saturday. In round five of the competition the two teams were firing with Heydarra defeating Lawn Blue 6-48 to 0-20. The injection of Chris Johnson into the Heydarra side saw them dominate […]
WORK is about to begin on the region’s world-renowned tourist attraction after the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape infrastructure project received final sign off. The ambitious $12.3 million project to develop the World Heritage Listed area into a tourist attraction received the go-ahead from Aboriginal Affairs Victoria last week. “We’re 99.9 per cent ready to start,” […]
A YOUNG Portland family are facing a major challenge after their two-year-old was sent for cancer treatment in Melbourne, forcing them to leave their one-year-old twins at home. Shauni Morrissey and Tom Pender were told their daughter Annie had the blood cancer acute lymphoblastic leukaemia last Thursday, just four days after the cancer possibility was […]