IT’S 138 years old and can well and truly be said to be a local icon – now the Cape Nelson Lighthouse is getting some much-needed love and care.

IT’S been a rough couple of months for Portland’s South Coast Raceway, with the South Coast Drag Racing Association having been forced to cancel some of their marquee events due to the inclement weather the region experienced.

ANOTHER Norfolk Island Hibiscus, or itchy bomb tree, is set to be removed from a central Portland nature strip, with some residents concerned about the impact on the local koala population.

THE RSL Memorial Bowling Club’s Ladies Singles Championship not only produced an intriguing game between Kim Overall and Robyn McCabe but also produced a result that was one for the record books.

IT might be hard to compare it to recent Christmases past, but Portlanders don’t appear to be taking the Scrooge route to spending up during this year’s festive season.

YOUNG Portland cricketer Tighe Warburton finished up his journey with Western Waves’ under-16 representative team last week, with the team participating in a total of seven matches in the Youth Premier League across almost three weeks.

A BIG year of growth for the Portland Netball Association was capped off with some hard-fought grand finals on Monday to bring an end to the season.

SOME 36 crew members of the cattle transport ship Yangtze Fortune have been stuck, abandoned and unpaid by their employer, at anchor in Portland for nearly three months.

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD talent Rufus Punton is waiting to find out if his artwork will make it into the National Gallery Victoria exhibition, Top Arts 2023.

“I THINK a lot of other sports as options is why there aren’t a lot of girls playing cricket and sometimes they might think, ‘oh cricket that’s so boring’, but I think sports like basketball can be boring, so we’ve all got our thing. I think if other girls came and had a go, they’d realise it can be quite fun – I used to think cricket was boring but now I love it,” Macey Williamson.