Macclesfield reviews its bushfire plan
A grass fire that threatened Macclesfield homes last week proved to be a timely reminder for residents to review their bushfire plans.
Sport
Perfect conditions on $5 Race Day
Strathalbyn Racing Club’s $5 Race Day delivered seven thrilling races under perfect racing conditions, with a pleasant sunny 25 degrees setting the scene for an outstanding midweek event.
Junior softballers descend on Anembo Park
Last weekend hundreds of young softballers descended on Anembo Park to take part in the Junior State Championships.
Sailors crowned national winners
Clayton Bay couple Gill Berry and Craig McPhee have claimed a national sailing championship exactly 50 years since their first major tournament together.
Olympic heroes drop into Strathalbyn
Olympians Jess Stenson and Chelsea Jaensch dropped by the Strathalbyn Little Athletics Club’s ‘Heroes’ event on Friday.
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...
