Port Fairy, Australia News

SUBSTANTIAL showers have dampened a dry May, but the heavens may have opened a little too late for south-west pastures.

FINE weather and flat seas this week finally allowed Warrnambool to capitalise on the south-west's tuna fishing bonanza which local enthusiasts claim would provide a financial boost to the city's winter economy.

SOME fishermen may tell tall tales but Cranbourne South's Sean Reilly has 15 kilograms of aquatic evidence to back up his story.

SOCIAL media's effect on young minds will be explored when parenting expert Michael Grose visits Port Fairy next Thursday.

Port Fairy's Darcy Woolley was the overall district champion, Victorian Institute of Sport rider, Ararat's Tom Hamilton placed second, and Mount Gambier's Daniel Herrewyn placed third.

Detective Senior Constable Richard Hughes, of the Warrnambool crime investigation unit, said a jemmy bar was used to open a door to the pharmacy about 1.30am . "At least two men were identified jemming open the door.

FORDS are a more common sight than Ferraris in Portland's main street but that has not stopped the city being declared the south-west's most cashed-up location.

CUTTING state budget has largely spared the south-west with most Spring Street pledges set to be rolled out in the region next financial year.

A PORT Fairy woman has been told she must control her anger after assaulting a driver she believed had almost hit her young son.