NARRAWONG author Maya Linnell has officially introduced her fifth and latest novel Kookaburra Cottage, about a sparkling romance between two wine enthusiasts in South Australia’s wine region. Growing up in the Limestone Coast South Australia, Ms Linnell thought it was time she wrote a story based in the area she’s most familiar with, combined with […]
ART can bring out different things in different people, but for Sandra Komes enjoyment would be top of the list. The Portlander only took up painting a couple of years ago and has been making every post a winner since. Ms Komes, who has a disability, had never really delved into the art world before, […]
AS World Environment Day is approaching, Portland Coastal Cliffs Inc are set to celebrate. This Saturday, starting from 9.30am a special community event will be held at Nuns Beach with the group extending an invitation to epopel to socialise, listen to music, make some art and maybe do a spot of weeding and planting. The […]
THE Victorian Budget has been met with a lukewarm reaction from local leaders, disappointed that priority projects are neglected, local issues overlooked or spending is going to areas it isn’t needed. The government last week announced a handful of local initiatives in the Budget – the $1.25 million upgrade of the Portland Gymnastics Club at […]
“NO risk, no reward” is a motto Jayne Miller has for her new job, and given her past it’s hard to argue with that. Ms Miller is Glenelg Shire Council’s new community services director, being appointed to the role last week. It’s a wide-ranging role which was previously filled by her new boss, council chief […]
IT all began on May 31, 1923 at Maryborough Hospital: the birth of Portland’s Arthur Neve. Mr Neve’s family lived near Maryborough, in the small town of Talbot, where he had an older sister and eventually a younger brother. Two years after his birth, the family moved to nearby Amherst where his grandfather owned a […]