Legacy Fleece Show results
THE 74th Hamilton and District Legacy Fleece Show saw fleeces fill up the Function Room at the Hamilton Showgrounds last week.
Winners of class...
A week in paradise
The moment the Save the Date landed in the mailbox, I knew this wasn’t going to be just another wedding, it was going to...
Committee elected for U3A
The Hamilton U3A (University of the Third Age) has elected a new committee and re-elected president Alex Pederick said that 2026 has a lot...
A look back at the 1946 floods
THE RAAF Catalina flying boat flew low, its crew searching vainly for a little family perched on their farmhouse roof in the middle of...
Work starts this week for Cox St solar lights
WORKS along Cox Street will resume next week continuing development for the new solar street lighting.
Southern Grampians Shire Council crews from March 10...
Velvet offers a pile of possibilities
Pile weaves, woven silk and linen, which resemble velvet originated in approximately 2000 BCE in Egypt. Velvet was also detected hundreds of years ago...
Flying a kite for 24 hours
FLYING kites is a part of most childhoods growing up a phase that may last only a few weeks before it lands in a...
Edenhope to host Day of the Dackel
Dachshund fever is set to return when the much-loved Day of the Dackel trots back into Edenhope on Sunday 29 March - and the...
$10,000 fine follows waste fire
A FIRE in Portland’s Fitzgerald Street in late 2025 has seen a Horsham-based company slapped with a $10,000 fine from Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority...
Handy apps for the farm
If you take a drive around the Hamilton region, the traditions of the Western District are as strong as ever, but the tools of...
AgriFutures grants build skills
AGRIFUTURES Australia has opened applications for its new People and Capability Program, investing up to $200,000 to help industries address critical workforce shortages.
From chicken...
Firewood collection season begins
PEOPLE can collect free firewood for personal use from designated Forest Park firewood collection areas now till June 30 with collectors reminded that individual...
Tigers torch Pigeons to finish season in style
Tarrington survived a late scare to beat Pigeon Ponds by four wickets in the HDCA D grade competition and finish its season on a...
