Pageant’s long-awaited return
The Goolwa Christmas Pageant made its highly-anticipated return on the weekend, attracting huge crowds.
Community News
Bonkers in Bethlehem this Christmas
A local Strathalbyn Christian church group will open its doors on December 21 for an afternoon of family fun and a Christmas meal.
Sport
Goolwa rowers return to West Lakes
During November, 11 members of the Goolwa Rowing Club competed in two Rowing SA regattas at West Lakes.
Slip, slop and tee up for a good cause
Strathalbyn golfers have taken on the Cancer Council’s The Longest Day challenge to raise money and awareness for the cause.
Strathalbyn’s top 10 in Australia athletes
Three of Strathalbyn’s finest junior track and field athletes have finished in the top 10 in their events at this year’s School Sport Australia National Track and Field Games.
Changing of the guard for Strathalbyn Golf Club
The Strathalbyn Golf Club conducted its annual meeting and winter trophy presentation day last Sunday afternoon at the Terminus Hotel, with several changes made to the office bearers.
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...
