Council votes to close West Creek Road
Alexandrina Council has voted to close a portion of West Creek Road in Langhorne Creek to vehicles, despite objections from local residents and a recommendation from its administration to keep it open.
Sport
Clean sweep for southern umpires
Southern Districts zone umpires collected three awards at the 2026 THINK! Road Safety SA Country Football Championships – believed to be the first time for the local panel members.
Tape on top
Strathalbyn’s rising superstar Marley Tape is getting back into her normal routine after the 2026 Marsh AFL National Championships Under 18 girls title came to an end, with South Australia taking home gold.
Sapphires claim bronze at World Cup
The Sapphires Under 17 women’s basketball team, complete with Strathalbyn’s own Daisy Hocking, has claimed a bronze medal at the FIBA Under 17 World Cup in Czechia.
Strathalbyn hosts karate grading tournament
Strathalbyn played host to a grading event for 90 budding karate experts recently, as part of the 33-year birthday celebrations of the National Karate Academies.
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...
