Clements headed to national championships
Langhorne Creek cricketer Adam Clements will head to the Margaret River region in WA in January for the 2026 Toyota Australian Cricket Country Championships.
Community News
Natalia at home at The Stable
Artist Natalia Jastrzeski is the latest artist-in-residence at The Stable in Macclesfield, using her time to explore a new interest in oils and bushlands.
Sport
Derek’s 33-year golfing commitment
When Derek Keane and his wife Gill moved to Strathalbyn in 1993, little did Mr Keane know it would start a 33-year commitment with the Strathalbyn Golf Club.
Clements headed to national championships
Langhorne Creek cricketer Adam Clements will head to the Margaret River region in WA in January for the 2026 Toyota Australian Cricket Country Championships.
Former Redbacks reunite at Tigerland
Former South Australian Redbacks and Glenelg cricketers Tom Plant and Cullen Bailey reunited on Saturday at Strathalbyn Oval for Langhorne Creek, playing together for the first time since Bailey’s retirement from Glenelg District Cricket Club at the end of the 2014/15 season.
Spike, set, gold: EFS dominate at Australian Volleyball Schools Cup
Eastern Fleurieu School (EFS) knocked the competition out of the park at the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup up in the Gold Coast.
Rural
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...
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...
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...
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...