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On the ball: South Rovers' Tom Bowman looks to dish off a handball during a WDFNL match earlier this month. Picture: Anthony Brady

'You don't ever like to see your kids in a situation like this': Star ruckman in induced coma fighting superbug

Andrew Thomson

CONCERNED: Garvoc resident Sheryl Thomas isn't happy with state of Princes Highway works, which have been left incomplete due to winter weather. Picture: Morgan Hancock

'There are rows of potholes': Princes Highway works delayed by months

Jackson Graham

Deception offences down as overall crime rises in south-west

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Deception offences down as overall crime rises in south-west

Jessica Howard

Vandalism 'spree': Bin bandits cause $14,000 damage across city

Vandalism 'spree': Bin bandits cause $14,000 damage across city

Kyra Gillespie

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Two cranes dropped off the tram at the Terang RSL on Thursday. Picture: Rob Gunstone

Tram dropped off at Terang's RSL

Monique Patterson

Attempted court escapee back in custody after 140 days in jail

Attempted court escapee back in custody after 140 days in jail

Jessica Howard

OUT: Amy Wormald, who was best on court against Ballarat, will miss this weekend's tournament. Picture: Adam Trafford/Ballarat Courier

Trio to miss Hampden's search for Association champs glory

Sean Hardeman

Still talking: The home at 43 Murray Street in Warrnambool passed in at auction last weekend. There will be an interesting auction at Kirkstall on Friday.

Historic home passed in, attractive farm land set for auction

Andrew Thomson

Former south-west man on top of the world 11 years after heart attack at age 18

Wanted ex-bikie remanded in police custody overnight

'I swear I'm jinxed': First it was Phil's beloved hat, now his ute

Online quiz will not stop motorcyclists dying: MP

On the ball: South Rovers' Tom Bowman looks to dish off a handball during a WDFNL match earlier this month. Picture: Anthony Brady

'You don't ever like to see your kids in a situation like this': Star ruckman in induced coma fighting superbug

IMPROVING: Easton Wood is evovling as a leader according to Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge. Picture: Adam Trafford/Ballarat Courier

Bulldogs skipper approaching his newest milestone

RIGHT AREAS: A brace of winter-caught estuary perch ... find out how and where to target the bucket mouths in the colder times.

Fishing | How to chase estuary perch in winter

WINNING SMILE: Trainer Eric Musgrove was happy with Youl Dash For Cash's performance at Warrnambool on Thursday. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Lafferty Hurdle in jumps trainer's sights

WHAT A CATCH: Merv Hughes has moved from the international cricket stage to a keen angler and will be in Warrnambool to promote fishing in our local waterways. Merv is pictured fishing on the Glenelg in 2017.

Land a decent weekend, here's what's on around the south-west

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Bottom-age duo get the call up for their Rebels debuts

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Inspirational personalities on their way to the south-west

2hrs ago

'We saw children starving to the point where their hair would turn red': Hayley's small act for peace

2hrs ago

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Deception offences down as overall crime rises in south-west

16:30PM

'There are rows of potholes': Princes Highway works delayed by months

16:20PM

Lafferty Hurdle in jumps trainer's sights

16:06PM

MARCHING ON: Koroit and Greater Western Victoria Rebels footballer Clem Nagorcka will make his NAB League debut alongside Portland's Toby Jennings. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Bottom-age duo get the call up for their Rebels debuts

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WINNING SMILE: Trainer Eric Musgrove was happy with Youl Dash For Cash's performance at Warrnambool on Thursday. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Lafferty Hurdle in jumps trainer's sights

IMPROVING: Easton Wood is evovling as a leader according to Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge. Picture: Adam Trafford/Ballarat Courier

Bulldogs skipper approaching his newest milestone

RIGHT AREAS: A brace of winter-caught estuary perch ... find out how and where to target the bucket mouths in the colder times.

Fishing | How to chase estuary perch in winter

AT THE FRONT: Laini Johnson (captain), Jasmine Bowater (vice captain) and Hannah Meates (captain) will lead the club's first senior female football side. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Roosters name inaugural captains for senior women's side

Sean Hardeman

ON TARGET: North Warrnambool Rifle Club member Tim Free will compete for Australia in the United Kingdom next month. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Emerging shooter Free to test aim half a world away

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Leader: Nirranda centre Anna Archie is an important mentor in her team. Picture: Brian Allen

A round with Nirranda: rare insight into an A grade team

Brian Allen

To another level: Dennington's Zoe Fleming, Russells Creek's Rachel Hansen and Allansford's Sophie Bellman have all improved this season. Pictures: Gus McCubbing, Morgan Hancock

Warrnambool and District league coaches pick their big improvers

Brian Allen

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WHAT A CATCH: Merv Hughes has moved from the international cricket stage to a keen angler and will be in Warrnambool to promote fishing in our local waterways. Merv is pictured fishing on the Glenelg in 2017.

Land a decent weekend, here's what's on around the south-west

Rob Gunstone and Kimberley Price

Up and coming: The Warrnambool Symphony Orchestra training players are performing at Mozart Hall on Saturday. Picture: Michael Chambers

WSO ensemble showcase

Rob Gunstone

Brave: Cobden Football Netball Club president Chris Walsh slides down the South West Big Freeze slide in 2018. Picture: Morgan Hancock

What's on: Time to take the plunge

Rob Gunstone

Stan and Ollie.

Iconic duo to shine on big screen

Anthony Brady

STAR in the making: Port Fairy's Bohdi Malseed and his new dachshund puppy are
excited about the Dachshund Dash. Picture: Anthony Brady.

Port Fairy race set to attract huge audience

Anthony Brady

Summer extension for dog walkers to use beaches

Summer extension for dog walkers to use beaches

Anthony Brady

Stan and Ollie.

Iconic duo to shine on big screen

Gabby Steel.

Songs to raise funds for community project

Anthony Brady

READY: Koroit Lions Club member Blake Allen at the Koroit Theatre, which will be hosting the town's annual art show this weekend. Picture: Rob Gunstone

Artistic flair to shine at annual Koroit art show

Anthony Brady

SPOT THE WILDLIFE: The Leopard is one of Africa's "big five" along with lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes found in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.

Southern Africa's natural wonders

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LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

Join us on Northern Lights cruise

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Bathed in Light: A highlight of the 2019 Port Fairy Winter Weekends festival will be the inaugural illumination of historic buildings in Wishart Street.

Port Fairy Winter Weekends festival brings town alive

SPOT THE WILDLIFE: The Leopard is one of Africa's "big five" along with lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffaloes found in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.

Southern Africa's natural wonders

AWARENESS: All drivers should be aware of what is happening around them and be prepared to take action to avoid potential accidents.

Awareness is the key to safety

BIG SPLASH: The whale watching season has started along the Shipwreck Coast and will only get better over the winter months, so make sure to keep your eyes out for these gentle giants. Click on this image to open the e-mag edition of Winter Out & About. Photo: Bob McPherson

Come and explore the Winter Whale Trail | Winter Out & About magazine

A contemporary home with family functionality

A contemporary home with family functionality

The perfect tree changer to raise your family in

The perfect tree changer to raise your family in

House of the Week

A chance to invest in significant dairy acreage

A chance to invest in significant dairy acreage

On the Land

CONCERNED: Garvoc resident Sheryl Thomas isn't happy with state of Princes Highway works, which have been left incomplete due to winter weather. Picture: Morgan Hancock

'There are rows of potholes': Princes Highway works delayed by months

Jackson Graham

ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Liam Millard and his partner Debora Ferrarini in San Francisco. Picture: Supplied

Former south-west man on top of the world 11 years after heart attack at age 18

Monique Patterson

On the ball: South Rovers' Tom Bowman looks to dish off a handball during a WDFNL match earlier this month. Picture: Anthony Brady

'You don't ever like to see your kids in a situation like this': Star ruckman in induced coma fighting superbug

Andrew Thomson

CONCERNED: Garvoc resident Sheryl Thomas isn't happy with state of Princes Highway works, which have been left incomplete due to winter weather. Picture: Morgan Hancock

'There are rows of potholes': Princes Highway works delayed by months

Damp: It was raining heavily in Warrnambool at 7am. We're expecting a top of 12 degrees with Camperdown not expected to get to double figures.

Town set to shiver, top of just nine degrees

Andrew Thomson

OVERDUE: John Snaauw is relieved Victorians will have access to assisted dying from Wednesday. Picture: Christine Ansorge

'It's long overdue': Assisted dying helped ease my brother's suffering, says Warrnambool man

Monique Patterson

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Two cranes dropped off the tram at the Terang RSL on Thursday. Picture: Rob Gunstone

Tram dropped off at Terang's RSL

Liz Stevenson and Ron Martin with Shiloh the four-month-old Australian mini pig.

Meet the pig that graduated from puppy pre-school

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: A humpback whale breaches spectacularly in front of Dean Sorley's kayak in Fingal Bay last week. Picture: Dean Sorley

Imagine being in this kayak

WHEELIE BAD: Phil Hoye stands on his nature strip in between the marks left by thieves as they drove away in his ute. Picture: Morgan Hancock

'I swear I'm jinxed': First it was Phil's beloved hat, now his ute

AT THE FRONT: Laini Johnson (captain), Jasmine Bowater (vice captain) and Hannah Meates (captain) will lead the club's first senior female football side. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Roosters name inaugural captains for senior women's side

Sean Hardeman

ON TARGET: North Warrnambool Rifle Club member Tim Free will compete for Australia in the United Kingdom next month. Picture: Morgan Hancock

Emerging shooter Free to test aim half a world away

Justine McCullagh-Beasy

Leader: Nirranda centre Anna Archie is an important mentor in her team. Picture: Brian Allen

A round with Nirranda: rare insight into an A grade team

Brian Allen

To another level: Dennington's Zoe Fleming, Russells Creek's Rachel Hansen and Allansford's Sophie Bellman have all improved this season. Pictures: Gus McCubbing, Morgan Hancock

Warrnambool and District league coaches pick their big improvers

Brian Allen

Farewell: Blake Rudley-Castles keeps punters entertained outside The Loft during the Arockalypse gig - the venue's last before closing. Picture: Rob Gunstone

Letters: 'Goodbye to The Loft, Warrnambool is poorer with its demise'

Part of the Liebig Street renewal works in 2018

Letters: 'we don't need rate rises, we need a council that listens'

Fonterra announced it will shut down its Dennington base in November.

Letters: 'The parasitism by the supermarket controllers and buyers is now coming home to roost'

For those who should fill in the means testing forms - those who will pay less as a result - easier paperwork is welcome news.

Aged care assessment forms are getting easier

Noel Whittaker

A NATIONAL DISGRACE: Thousands of vulnerably elderly Australians are abused every year.

Financial, physical, psychological, sexual - how do we stop elder abuse?

Eileen Wood

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

Australian Conservatives leader Cory Bernardi might return to the Liberals after ending his party.

Bernardi to deregister political party

1hr ago

Labor's Peter Khalil says his party should pass the full tax plan if the government won't split it.

No negotiation on tax, crossbench told

1hr ago

A royal commission has heard evidence of concerns Nicola Gobbo was working as a double agent.

Worries 'Lawyer X' fed info to crime boss

1hr ago

Julie Bishop says families will be relieved four men have been charged over the MH17 tragedy.

Australia's MH17 effort continues: Dutton

1hr ago

THE PALS: In full costume, Peter Williams, 85, and Max Croot, 90, brought the house down with their rendition of 'The Pals' in the Open Instrumental Duet section.

There's no age limit to showstopping performances

Nicolette Pickard
1hr ago

Former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer is seeking variations to his bail conditions

Video of Mehajer arrest played in court

Luke Costin
1hr ago

The owners of units in Mascot Towers hope NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will attend their meeting.

Mascot Towers unsafe for another month

Hannah Higgins
2hrs ago

South Australia's snapper stocks have been severely depleted over the past five years.

South Australian snapper stocks plunge

2hrs ago

SELL-OFF: The south-west and western districts still selling off livestock as winter and slowing pasture growth kick in.

Livestock numbers shake out in south west areas

Alastair Dowie
1hr ago

SHEEP FOR SALE: David and Darcy Langford, K-Tank Station, via Broken Hill, NSW, at last week's Ouyen sheep market.

Tightening of supply now reaching slaughter figures

Jamie-Lee Oldfield
2hrs ago

RENEWABLE PUSH: TRY chairman Matt Grogan says Yackandandah has the chance to show what real community action on climate change looks like, as the town aims to become 100 per cent reliant on renewable energy by 2022.

Another Australian renewable energy first planned in small town

Shana Morgan

Lying down on the job? Just part of the entertainment at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival.

Inspiration for your next holiday

John Rozentals
50m ago

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

THE MAN: Richard Boyce and Cruise Express has injected some $3 million into the coffers of various rail-restoration societies.

Riding the rails - the slow and steady way

John Rozentals

OVERDUE: John Snaauw is relieved Victorians will have access to assisted dying from Wednesday. Picture: Christine Ansorge

'Assisted dying helped ease my brother's suffering'

Monique Patterson

To improve productivity, wellbeing and engagement, many companies are allowing employees to bring dogs to the office.

Harness puppy power in the office

For those who should fill in the means testing forms - those who will pay less as a result - easier paperwork is welcome news.

Aged care assessment forms are getting easier

Noel Whittaker