Spencer Park’s Peter Rogers asks if consumerism has taken over Easter.
Peter Rogers
Albany Speedway Club will hold its big Easter Showdown this weekend, featuring strong fields of late models and super sedans.
Cameron Newbold
Division two yacht Excitabull and skipper Geoff Oliver joined five other division two boats for a handicap start harbour course event.
Des Beeck
Gather around the fire with the family as a self-styled travelling troupe performs its show in the shadow of the Brig Amity this autumn.
Josiah McMeekin
Tour guide Jon Doust asks whether Albany is a tourist town or a holiday destination.
Jon Doust
A new Anglicare WA family and domestic violence initiative called Keeping Women Safe in Their Homes will tackle family and domestic violence in Katanning through collaboration, engagement and tailored support.
Daniel Rooney
Maiden galloper Warralea Lass will be out to cause an upset for Albany trainer Steve Wolfe in the $300,000 Drummond Golf WA Oaks (2400m) at Ascot on Saturday.
Back-to-back Albany Cup victories would be a cherry on top of a long career for local trainer Annette Crump who unleashes seven-year-old gelding Cousin Ivan in the $125,000 feature race on Sunday.
Harry Grigson
Some of the State’s best lawn bowlers will contest the Raine & Horne Invitational at Emu Point Sporting Club this weekend, with the popular event featuring boosted prize money.
Two of Albany Swim Club’s brightest young talents have brought home two medals and a swag of personal bests from the 2023-24 Junior State Championships held in Perth at the weekend.
A well-calculated run-chase from Manypeaks’ under-17 side secured the club’s second 2023-24 Albany and Districts Cricket Association premiership, storming to a seven-wicket victory over Collingwood Park.
A 19-year-old is facing several traffic charges after he allegedly drove recklessly near a speed camera and abused the operator on South Coast Highway on Sunday.
Open water swim star and three-time Albany Harbour Swim champion Max Coten will return to the city to defend his crown against more than 120 eager swimmers at the 2024 event this weekend.
Whale watchers in Bremer Bay were treated to an unusual spectacle of sperm whales deliberately defecating on orcas to avoid being eaten last Tuesday.
Georgia Campion
Denmark completed a fairytale first season in the Albany Basketball Association women’s A-grade competition, claiming grand final glory with a thrilling overtime win against title fancies the Barking Owls.
From Easter markets to Viking adventures and psychedelic blues, there’s something for everyone this week in the Great Southern.
An elderly couple in their 70s escaped serious injury after the caravan they were towing rolled on Lower Denmark Road in Lowlands on Wednesday morning.
Albany councillor Thomas Brough has again repeated his concerns that the plus in the LGBTQI+ acronym includes paedophiles at this month’s ordinary meeting, a month on from when he first made the claim.
Stuart McGuckin
Albany Pride urged the City of Albany and its council to do better at a council meeting this week, a month on from a councillor’s comments that left the community reeling in the midst of the Pride Festival.
A recent report by the Shire of Denmark on the 2023 Garage Sale Trail showed an impressive result for sustainability with 4415 locals participating in the trail at 126 garage sales around the Shire.
Fishers flocking to the water for this season’s much-awaited salmon run are urged to be cautious of currents and large marine predators.
The RAC rescue helicopter has been stood down after a single-vehicle rollover in Rocky Gully in the Shire of Plantagenet.
An agreement with LMS Energy will result in dramatically reduced greenhouse gas emissions at the Hanrahan Road Waste Facility.
The Y’s Play in the Park program has been running for roughly 15 years, providing a space of connection, fun and support for kids and parents in regional Australia.
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