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Russell Smith belts out a number during Sunday’s Stawell RSL Open Mic, which returned from its winter break to a packed house of enthusiastic music lovers.

Open mic returns with a bang

THE Stawell RSL was rocking recently as musicians from across the region took to the stage for the much-anticipated return of the popular Stawell RSL Open Mic.

4 November, 2026

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Smiles were everywhere as excited youngsters took to the skies on the flying swings at Saturday’s Stawell Agricultural Show. Despite gloomy weather forecasts, the worst of the conditions stayed away, allowing families to enjoy a fun-filled day of carnival rides, entertainment and traditional country show attractions at Laidlaw Park.

Stawell News

Stawell Show delivers a day of family fun

Melissa Milosevic and three spooky companions are getting ready to welcome hundreds of trick-or-treaters tonight. Free to Read

Stawell News

A spooktacular tradition

Narrapumelap Homestead is an impressive mansion located near Wickliffe.

Wickliffe News

Step back in time at two gothic mansions

sheep shearing demonstration showcases one of Australia’s oldest agricultural traditions, with the Stawell Agricultural Show returning to Laidlaw Park today, Saturday, October 24. Free to Read

Stawell News

Stawell Show set for today

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Months of preparation are coming together as performers rehearse for SPACi’s biggest production yet, Beauty and the Beast.

Stawell News

A beast of a production

A historic VR T-class locomotive pulls into Seppelt Great Western on Friday during a Spirited Rail Tours journey through western Victoria.

Great Western News

Heritage rail stopover at Seppelt

Michael Robotham entertained more than 30 people at Stawell Library with stories from his remarkable career spanning journalism, ghostwriting and bestselling crime fiction.

Stawell News

Crime writer proves a killer draw

Una Allender at last year's Pomonal Native Flower Show. Free to Read

Pomonal News

Native Flower Show returns this weekend

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Grampians Estate owners Tom and Sarah Guthrie among the barrels at their Mafeking production facility. This year marks both the centenary of Sir Arthur Streeton’s Land of the Golden Fleece and 25 years since the first vintage of the Guthries’ Streeton Reserve Shiraz.

Great Western News

100 years on canvas, 25 in the bottle

Stawell Orchid Society members Warren Nightingale, Shannon Begg, John Welsh and Anne Gardiner pictured ahead of the society’s Summer Show last year. The group is preparing to fill the Stawell Entertainment Centre with orchids again for its 28th Spring Show this weekend. Free to Read

Stawell News

Ready, set, bloom

Kellie Russell at work in her Stawell home studio, where her pastel wildlife drawings come to life amid what she describes as “dust” and “chaos”.

Stawell News

From tentative sketches to gallery walls

Halls Gap Primary School students, back from left, Nilah Earl, Dakota Pleming and Jack Smart, with Summer Wolter and Otis Boyd, took part in the mass choir at the 2026 Victorian State Schools Spectacular at John Cain Arena.

Halls Gap News

A spectacular experience

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