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Huw Cushing | FIREFIGHTERS planned to back-burn 4500 hectares yesterday in an attempt to control the Kentbruck –Portland-Nelson Rdfire before conditions worsen today. Heavy plumes of smoke are expected to blanket communities north and east of the fire following back-burning, reducing visibility on thePrinces Highwaybetween the Portland-Casterton Rd and Dartmoor. Containment lines have been re-established on Inkpot, Heath and Mt Deception roads in theLowe rGlenelg National Park, creating a 50-kilometre long perimeter on the eastern flank of the fire. The perimeter isolated roughly 4000 … Continue reading 0 Comments
Bill Meldrum | A POLE fire in Heywood on Tuesday night cut power supply to 900 properties for two hours. The fire damaged the top cross-bar of a pole on the corner of Edgar and Scott streets at the front of the Heywood … Continue reading 0 Comments
Steve Robertson | IF there’s someone you absolutely MUST challenge to a duel at dawn, the pistols you’ll need are going up for auction in Portland. Lot 174 in tomorrow’s massive auction of militaria is a matching case of brass barrel flintlock pistols … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | THE bushfire in the Lower Glenelg National Park has caused a “mass exodus”, hitting tourism in the area hard, according to Nelson Hotel owner Neil Shelton. Nelson Boat and Canoe Hire owner Chris Carson felt the impact of the fire … Continue reading 0 Comments
Danielle Grindlay | HAMILTON woke to an ominous smoke cloud Tuesday morning and misleading reports that the bushfire, north-west of Portland, had already razed houses, evacuated the town of Dartmoor and was due to double in size. Dartmoor residents gathered at a meeting, … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | A BIG crowd attended the first day of the Hamilton weaner sales as independent agents auctioned 4,000 Angus and Angus cross steers to buyers from South Australia, New South Wales, Gippsland and locally. Heavy cattle sold from $1.80 to $1.84 … Continue reading
Rex Martinich | ELECTIVE surgery is being scaled back at Western District and south-west Victorian health services in response to budget cuts. As the budget reductions, totalling $830,000, have been described as unprecedented by hospital administrators, coming in the middle of the financial … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | MORE than 400 firefighters are battling the Kentbruck blaze to protect communities north and east of the Glenelg River in the far south-west. The fire that had yesterday afternoon burnt out 7050 hectares was moving in a northerly direction at … Continue reading
Huw Cushing | DARTMOOR and district residents were told to decide whether they’d stay or leave their homes as the Kentbruck fire approached on Monday morning. Emergency services held a meeting in the Dartmoor Community Hall at 11am and said information issued about … Continue reading
Steve Robertson | FIREFIGHTERS from the Department of Sustainability and Environment and the Country Fire Authority are expected to strongly lobby their respective head offices inMelbourneto establish a large and reliable supply of aviation fuel inPortland, following a fuel shortage that developed atPortlandairport … Continue reading
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