CFS halts Macclesfield fire
The Country Fire Service (CFS) halted the spread of a fire at Macclesfield earlier this week, saving nearby homes.
Sport
Olympic heroes drop into Strathalbyn
Olympians Jess Stenson and Chelsea Jaensch dropped by the Strathalbyn Little Athletics Club’s ‘Heroes’ event on Friday.
Strath storm home to claim under 18 title
Strathalbyn Storm’s Under 18 Girls Division One team had a successful Junior Country Championship beating Eastern Hills in the grand final 79 to 55.
Sailors scurry to annual race
Boaters are setting sail for one of Lake Alexandrina’s longest-running and most light-hearted traditions – the Clayton Bay Boat Club’s Rat Race Regatta.
Tigers under 16’s claim first AEHCA T20 title
Langhorne Creek Under 16s claimed their first AEHCA T20 premiership with a 10-run win over Onkaparinga in a tight grand final at Murray Road on Wednesday night.
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...
