AFTER the decapitation of his prized carved cypress tree ram that marked the entrance to his property along the highway, east of Narrawong, Peter ‘Splinter’ Bryant said the world just didn’t feel right. For 15 years the ram kept watch at the end of Mr Bryant and his wife Sandra’s driveway, a spectacle for visitors […]

PORTLAND’S Hampden league Open netballers served up a solid contest to North Warrnambool Eagles at Hanlon Park on Saturday but ultimately fell short, with the final score of their clash 53-42 the way of the Eagles.

FORMER Portland footballers Daniel Jackson and Ty Deans had the opportunity of a lifetime on the weekend, when their North Cairns outfit took on a Central Bulldogs side featuring none other than arguably the greatest player of all time in Gary Ablett Jr.

THE only local game of the Western Victoria Female Football League will be played at Hanlon Park on Sunday with Portland’s under-18 youth girls team taking the field against South Warrnambool.

THE helipad at Portland hospital is unlikely to be used again, with Ambulance Victoria confirming an alternative site is being investigated. That news comes as the Observer can reveal why the helipad was actually closed in December. So far the official line has been that a review late last year found that improvements were required […]

ROUND five of the South West District Football League’s 2023 season will be played tomorrow, and this year’s campaign is beginning to take shape.

WITH a number of players returning to the side this week Portland will look to challenge North Warrnambool in their Open clash in round five of the Hampden Netball League.

WHEN it comes to job satisfaction, it would be hard to beat what’s going on in a Portland business at present. Portland Precision Engineering is working on a series of lighthouse restorations, including the one on Cape Nelson Lighthouse detailed in the Observer in December, and it’s work that’s right up the business’s alley. The […]

IN a move which is set to have major implications at Portland Football Netball Club, senior football coach Jarrod Holt and club president Troy Bannam have both announced their decisions to step down from their positions at the end of the 2023 Hampden League season.

IF the rest of the South West District Football League wasn’t already on notice that Coleraine is on a mission in 2023, they certainly will be after the Maroons claimed an emphatic 62-point victory over Dartmoor in Dartmoor on Saturday.