BAYVIEW College students were treated to an immersive experience with a visit from the Bell Shakespeare Players.  The Players performed Macbeth The Rehearsal and Such Sweet Sorrow for students in years 7 - 10. The visit was timely for year 10 students enriching their understanding of their current study of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Macbeth. […]

PORTLAND North Primary School are calling all past students to join them in celebrating the school’s 150th birthday. It will be a two-day celebration on October 20 and 21 including an open day, a ceremony, fete, musical concert, activities, a student art exhibition, and historical photos to view. In the lead-up to the celebration the […]

WHEN Pieter and Michelle Badenhorst came to Australia from South Africa in 2002, they had no idea they would be running a successful boutique winery-come-brewery-come-distillery in a beautiful corner of Victoria’s Western District by 2023.

OPPORTUNITIES to forge a career in agriculture abound and are ever expanding and you don’t necessarily have to come from the land to work in the industry.

IT was back-to-back wins for Bree Cudmore, Colac, and her Kelpie, Lanach Moana, at the Victorian Farm Dog Championships.

THE Robert Martiensen: The Secret exhibition opening on Friday, August 11 at the Hamilton Gallery unveiled an extensive selection of Martiensen’s major works, never before shown to the public.

WHEN Nea Barclay decided to organise a fundraising ball for men’s mental health a couple of months ago, she was hoping that there would be some interest – but how much there has been has staggered her. So much so that when the initial 130 seats for the event at the Portland Golf Club on […]

A FORMER Hamilton and Cavendish resident has found himself in the middle of a frenzy of mainstream media interest during the week after he called for the return of some deeply personal items stolen from his home in Buninyong, south-east of Ballarat.

THE Dunkeld Writers Festival is back for 2023, starting Thursday, August 17 and running until Sunday, August 20, with 20 authors set to attend.

THE reopening of the southbound or outbound lane of Cox St this week has been welcomed by locals.