Southern Argus

Southern Districts seeks Country Championships glory

Southern Districts Women are striving to bring bragging rights and “a little bit of pride” back with them when they return from the THINK! Road Safety SA Country Football Championships this weekend. Around 250 of South Australia’s best male...

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Alexandrina Council passes its budget

Alexandrina Council adopted its budget on Monday night with some significant changes to its forecasted figures and operating initiatives. The draft 2025/26 Annual Community Plan proposed a 3.05 per cent average rate rise which will remain unchanged...

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Roosters take home the Cooney Cup

Strathalbyn’s Senior Colts defeated Langhorne Creek on Saturday to take home the ‘Cooney Cup’ for another consecutive year as part of the two clubs’ annual memorial game. The Strathalbyn and Langhorne Creek Football Clubs come together each...

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Local schools celebrate NAIDOC Week

Schools across the region recently celebrated NAIDOC Week with a range of activities, including learning from local cultural leaders. NAIDOC Week – which stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee – recognises and...

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Works kickstarted on first hospital buildings

Construction is now under way on the new Mount Barker Hospital. Some community services were moved off-site and former buildings demolished to make way for the new build earlier this year, but now construction has officially begun, starting with the...

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Strathalbyn

The cup that stops the nation tours Strathalbyn

The Melbourne Cup showed it’s worth its weight in gold while on a tour around Strathalbyn last Wednesday. Since 2003, the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour has clocked more than a million kilometres, visited 680-plus towns, and helped raise vital funds...

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Digital editions

Strathalbyn 185th - Special Feature

Strathalbyn 185th - The Southern Argus Special Feature

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01 May 2024

Sport

Goolwa competes in Wharf to Woolshed

Twenty Goolwa Rowing Club members participated in the annual Wharf to Woolshed Long Row at Renmark on Saturday, June 21. The row, which consisted of three stages, commenced at the Renmark Rowing Club and concluded 36kms upstream at the Woolshed...

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Sport

Southern Fleurieu boys and girls bring home a gold

Teams of young netballers came together from Monday to Wednesday last week for the annual SAPSASA State Netball Carnival at Netball SA Stadium. The days were filled with incredible netball, despite the downpour of rain that fell. The girls’...

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Pink ladies put on a show

A parade of pink adorned the Strathalbyn Football Club on Saturday for its Ladies Day. This year’s event had patrons dressed in pink to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation, along with a preloved clothes rack for people to peruse...

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Milang

Family’s fundraising taken up a gear

A Milang family will soon be turning off the ignition after completing their third Shitbox Rally, with an accumulative fundraising total that exceeds $65,5000 for the Cancer Council. Vanessa and Wes Oliver and their 23-year-old daughter Madi have...

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Alexandrina Council passes its budget

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Local schools celebrate NAIDOC Week

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Works kickstarted on first hospital buildings

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Strathalbyn

The cup that stops the nation tours Strathalbyn

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Community initiative turns into small business

The idea for Strathalbyn’s newest business Hills Meals started years ago, when a local cook Nicola Boss philanthropically donated home-cooked meals to vulnerable community members, particularly the elderly or people living alone. With a career...

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As the sun graces the picturesque landscapes of Strathalbyn, there’s an air of excitement and anticipation that can only mean one thing – the Strathalbyn Racing Club is racing again. Blessed with excellent weather, and with a simple formula of...

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04 Apr 2024

Pink ladies put on a show

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Police News

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KANGA-BOOM... Mt Compass named in the worst locations for kangaroo crashes...

Mount Compass has been named in the top five locations for kangaroo collisions in SA, sparking safety calls from local advocates. Car crashes with kangaroos continue to skyrocket in SA, with RAA Insurance receiving more than 2100 claims in the past...

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26 Jun 2025

Police News

CFS assist with cyclone efforts

Volunteers from Clayton Bay, Strathalbyn and Meadows Country Fire Service (CFS) brigades recently returned from a Queensland deployment where they assisted in the clean-up from rain, flooding and subsequent damage from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred...

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27 Mar 2025

Police News

New Hills Fleurieu officer in charge working towards community safety

The Hills Fleurieu’s newest top cop is dedicated to building strong relationships with the local community and making it a safe place for people to work, play and live. Superintendent Joanne Howard stepped into the role of Officer in Charge of the...

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27 Jun 2024

Police News

Police hunt for jewellery box owner

Mount Barker detectives are searching for the owner of a distinctive jewellery box. At about 4pm on Saturday, police stopped a Subaru travelling on the South Eastern Freeway, near Mount Barker, after it was clocked travelling at 146km/h in a 110km/h...

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20 Jun 2024

Council News

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Code amendment proposed, leases secured for Wharf Precinct

Community feedback is being sought for a proposed code amendment that aims to better reflect the newly upgraded Goolwa Wharf Precinct’s unique character, rich First Nation’s heritage, and its important role in the state’s riverboat and steam...

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26 Jun 2025

Strathalbyn Town Hall sustains minor water damage

Recent heavy rain caused minor water damage to the Strathalbyn Town Hall. The issue was caused by gutters overflowing due to a build-up of debris, which blocked the water flow, and has been addressed with minor repairs to the internal painting...

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26 Jun 2025

Macclesfield RV park application withdrawn

Mount Barker District Council has withdrawn its application for a proposed RV park at the Macclesfield oval after failing to gain support for the location. As previously reported in The Southern Argus, council proposed earlier this year to build...

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05 Dec 2024

A LOT OF MESS: Lot 10 Committee chooses preferred plan

An option for the contentious Lot 10 master plan with an estimated expenditure of $33 million that excludes the Harness Racing Club will be recommended to Alexandrina Council for endorsement by the Steering Group Committee. At last week’s Lot 10...

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05 Dec 2024

Rural

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Honey, check this out

An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...

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18 Apr 2024

Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather

A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...

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18 Jan 2024

Advancing women in agriculture

When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...

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Deirdre Graham

18 Jan 2024

A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare

Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...

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18 Jan 2024

Grape start to the growing season

Langhorne Creek grape growers are experiencing a strong start to the season and welcoming a promising forecast for the months ahead. Glenrowan Vineyards grower Dale Wenzel finds his vines look healthy so far and expects an ideal season. “The...

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19 Oct 2023

Young Finniss rider makes rodeo debut

Young Brody Kent might only be seven, but he has already made his debut in the rodeo scene as part of Wrangler Extreme Broncs Australia at Marrar. Speaking on the family farm at Finniss, where he lives with his dad Glen, mum Renae and brother...

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Deirdre Graham

28 Sep 2023

Farmers and their four-legged friends prepare for trial

Competitors and their furry companions will soon travel to Strathalbyn for the town’s first yard dog trial. The competition simulates the work often undertaken by a working sheep dog and many of the handlers are farmers themselves. Together, they...

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28 Sep 2023

Local Business

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Celebrating Women in Business

It’s the hard working women behind the local brands that drives community success! Read on to learn about some of the regions ambitious female business owners and their staff.

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07 Mar 2024