THE Portland Yacht Club hosted a contingent of about 80 sailors from across Victoria and South Australia on the weekend as part of the Western Region Regatta 2023. A number of local and out of town competitors hit the water with the events kicking off on Friday night with the Port Fairy to Portland keelboat […]
THE Surry District Tennis Association hits round four of the competition tomorrow with teams settling into their line ups. Two of the top teams will go head-to-had at Lawn tomorrow with Lawn Purple taking on Lawn Yellow. Both sides have had impressive starts to their 2023-24 campaign with the experience of Lawn Purple proving tough […]
IT was a welcomed turnout at the Heywood Pony Club’s 50th anniversary celebrations on Sunday with past and current members reminiscing days since its inception in 1973. Around 140 people attended the event with plenty of action across the day including presentations and demonstrations from current riders. Amid many highlights was awarding 12 new life […]
A GROUP of keen shoppers gathered outside the Salvation Army Thrift Shop doors at 1.30pm Friday, waiting for it to open for the first time in six weeks. Now located at 56 Percy Street, Salvation Army volunteers have been packing, moving and unpacking for weeks, getting ready to open the new shop doors. Salvation Army […]
THE Friends of the Great South West Walk are this week celebrating four decades of the magnificent 260km circuit through the south-west landscape. President Jen Johns said it is a very special occasion for the community group, and particularly founding member Bill Golding, now in his 80s, who did much of the work to make […]
THE Upwelling Festival was a blast for the community, with something for everyone. On Saturday morning, the festival kicked off with a well-attended free breakfast and the Blessing of the Fleet, after the traditional ceremony was in some danger of being cancelled earlier in the year, but was saved by the Portland Mission to Seafarers […]