8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (445+ words) Hannah McCarthy has taken out the Opal Aspirers Award at the recent Romance Writers of Australia annual conference in Darwin. The local community library services officer’s unpublished manuscript Meet Me at the River also placed second in the Emerald Award....

14+ hour, 19+ min ago   (404+ words) Surf Coast residents are being asked what makes their part of the region feel like home, with their memories and experiences to form the basis of a live community performance. The Voices from Home project is collecting written and recorded…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1230+ words) Dunnstown will look to banish a 27-year premiership drought when it clashes with Daylesford in this weekend’s Central Highlands league grand final at Mars Stadium. The Towners, who last won a grand final in 1999, earned the right to challenge the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (374+ words) DUMAWUL, the cultural tourism, education and creative arts enterprise of DJAARA (Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation), is proud to announce the return of Malamiya Mang Then & Now for 2026. The vibrant program of events celebrating Dja Dja Wurrung creativity and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (296+ words) Spring in Central Victoria brings a vibrant awakening, and nowhere is this transformation more brilliantly displayed than at the annual Australian Plant Society Bendigo Flower Show. Taking place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September from 9.30am to 4pm at Victory Christian College in…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (540+ words) Byron Bay Lennox Head Dolphins fought back from a half-time deficit to beat Tweed Heads Seagulls JRL 30–20 in the under-16s Group 18 Junior Rugby League grand final. The Dolphins trailed 14–6 at the break in Saturday’s decider at Piggabeen Sports Complex before…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (340+ words) The Victorian Whip Cracking Championships will run at the Royal Geelong Show in October. Whip crackers from across Australia will converge on Geelong this month for the first Victorian Whip Cracking Championships in three years. The championships will be held…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (332+ words) Drysdale Soccer Club is nearing a return to the Drysdale Sports Precinct, with its $14.5m redevelopment at Belchers Road approaching completion. The project will include a new multipurpose pavilion, a soccer pitch with LED lighting and players’ shelters. The pitch has…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (233+ words) OneFortyOne’s 2026 planting season has wrapped up, marking the start of the next generation of forests across the Green Triangle. Supported by favourable seasonal rainfall, the Glencoe Nursery dispatched almost 6.5million seedlings to forest growers across the region, including OneFortyOne’s own estate....

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (360+ words) Reading the ocean is second nature for Chloe Jones. The 26-year-old grew up with Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving Club, learning from an early age to spot rips, understand changing conditions and recognise when an apparently safe stretch of water…...