31 Jan 09 | "It's about making sure there is something there for future generations to enjoy and giving something back to our environment."
The natural gas generator, to built on Scott Street, is designed to p...
31 Jan 09 | ALISTER Stannard cannot recall the score of last year's Melbourne Country Week practice match against South West Cricket.
"All I know is that we got smashed," the Warrnambool and District Cricket A...
31 Jan 09 | THERE are a few factors riding against him but Bill Wilde is hopeful that an 11-week spell will see Baughurst return to fine form.
The Warrnambool trainer conceded the seven-year-old gelding would ...
31 Jan 09 | BOOKAAR young gun Andrew Smith has arrived home from Sydney with a national title to his name.
The 16-year-old clay target specialist teamed up with two other Victorian juniors to take out the Inte...
31 Jan 09 | KURTIS Cross was looking forward to his first day at high school on Monday.
Instead, the 12-year-old will spend more than eight weeks sitting at home with both arms in plaster after being i...
31 Jan 09 | HOLIDAY fun turned into a nightmare for Branxholme's Colin Frawley when one of the region's biggest blue gum plantation fires ignited.
Mr Frawley, a sheep and cattle farmer, was holidaying at Cape ...
31 Jan 09 | THE first full shipment of south-west blue gum woodchips is leaving Portland, raising hopes the industry will stay afloat amid world economic turmoil.
Japan, Australia's largest woodchip export mar...
31 Jan 09 | THREE key members of a Warrnambool drug ring were yesterday remanded in custody and will be sentenced in 10 days.
Crown prosecutor Bob Johnson called for immediate jail terms for Benjamin Mark ...
31 Jan 09 | CAMPERDOWN footballer Scott Lucas is in career-best shape according to his Essendon Football Club teammate Henry Slattery.
After a three-month rehabilitation stint post knee surgery, Slattery said ...
31 Jan 09 | THOUSANDS of homes and businesses were left without power last night when a massive blackout hit many parts of the south-west.
Power was cut to parts of Warrnambool, Macarthur, Camperdown, Portland...
31 Jan 09 | SHELLEY Knoll-Miller has ridden her bike safely around Europe but the Allansford mother-of-two feels like her life is in the balance every time she rides into Warrnambool.
The keen cyclist had a n...
31 Jan 09 | WARRNAMBOOL'S record-breaking hot weather sent air-conditioner sales through the roof this week, with many retailers sold out of the highly sought-after item.
Water consumption also spiked as the c...
31 Jan 09 | TWO Warrnambool youths who used a pair of scissors to steal six Holden Commodores within two days have been stopped in their tracks.
The boys, aged 15 and 17, appeared this week in a Children's Co...
31 Jan 09 | IF you want to know what hectic is, ask Jamie Veal and his crew.
The Warrnambool sprintcar driver had a dramatic win in the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic C main, with most of the drama coming afte...
31 Jan 09 | WIL Pomorin blamed his captain-coach Mick Rantall for Wesley CBC's losing streak.
"Mick hardly ever wins the toss," he joked. "He did against Nirranda though."
After Rantall's success with the c...
31 Jan 09 | HUNDREDS of children from small country settlements last century would wave as the steam train service passed by.
There's a fair chance that the locomotive driver or engineer waving back w...
31 Jan 09 | LIKE strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, a glass of wine and a day of racing will be a winning combination at Panmure this weekend.
The town's quarter horse racing event will kick off toni...
31 Jan 09 | THE south-west has two representatives in the Victoria Country Cricket League (VCCL) under 21 side, with Kyle Humphrys and Clinton Place taking on their city counterparts tomorrow.
Humphrys, from R...
31 Jan 09 | THE long-awaited Port Fairy family services centre has blown its budget by $700,000 in less than two years, it emerged yesterday.
The increase to the project's total cost was revealed after the St...
31 Jan 09 | AT: You missed a huge weekend out at Premier Speedway last week. Cobden footballer Dale Robertson was BOG in the corporate box by a mile.
TA: Don't worry, I heard a few yarns about the speedway. O...
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