VICTORIAN firefighters who have chosen not to receive their third COVID-19 vaccination will be unable to work after Fire Rescue Victoria declared their current mandate will stay.

NOT often does the entire student and teacher cohorts of every school in the Portland district converge on the one place, but last week they did to celebrate NAIDOC Week with the theme For our Elders. From preps to final year students, around 2000 children filled the Portland Foreshore on Friday morning and, for the […]

COLERAINE shearer, Russell ‘Rock’ Sypott, has been shearing for 50 years, a massive milestone that started in Queensland way back in 1973.

THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Board met last Friday to further reinforce the transformation of Victoria’s peak farming advocacy and lobby group to better deliver for members and Victorian farmers.

ALUMNI, philanthropic individuals, Baimbridge College staff, current and former teachers, with a common goal to see good students continue their education to Year 12 completion, gathered for the Baimbridge College Scholarship Fund annual general meeting (AGM) last Friday.

AS REGIONAL Victoria reels from the cancellation of the much-anticipated 2026 Commonwealth Games, host cities will need to be supported as many now find their future plans in doubt.

WHILE Kelpies are the obvious choice of breed for the farming areas that surround Hamilton, a recent release of statistics for dog registrations in Victoria has revealed a very different breed is the most popular in town.

PORTLANDERS lined the Cape Nelson Road railway overpass over the weekend to watch the first passenger train into the city for decades; somewhat behind schedule, but here. And despite the unforeseen delays leading to an ingloriously late start, Seymour Railway Heritage Centre Inc. (SRHC) John Crofts was delighted to see what he said were “wall […]

PORTLAND’S botanical heritage is under threat from an overpopulation of possums, which council workers say are being illegally released into the Portland Botanic Gardens. Several of the original trees planted in the 180-year-old gardens are under significant stress from the marsupials stripping leaves off them, while many other plants are also affected. Recently, Glenelg Shire […]

HAMILTON residents were treated to the rare sight of a passenger train on the local tracks last weekend, with many people braving the wintry conditions to see a special Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC) service visit the area.