HEYWOOD Rural Health (HRH) has welcomed a new member to their team as director of clinical services. Following the retirement of Port Fairy resident and HRH past director of clinical services Glynis Dean, another Port Fairy resident Taneha Benson has stepped into the role. Ms Benson is currently working part time as she sees out […]
THE tourists are well and truly back – and spending – if the past week around Portland is anything to go by. Retailers, tourism operators and accommodation providers contacted by the Observer reported by and large excellent trade during Easter, with the spinoffs continuing during the school holidays. It is a continuation from last year’s […]
WHEN you’ve played in the backing band for Frank Sinatra or forged a career as one of Australia’s premier jazz singers, it’s hard to imagine you might be found in little old Portland. But that’s exactly where you will find Bill Harrower and Linda Cable, who were what might be described in modern parlance as […]
ALTHOUGH the whole district dug deep to support the Good Friday Appeal last week, some of the tinier towns in the area more than pulled their weight to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital. With a population that is less than one percent of Portland, Condah collected the most money of anywhere in the […]
