Another super Strathalbyn Show
A little over 6000 people flocked to the 156th Strathalbyn Show on Monday for a day filled with child-friendly activities and attractions.
Sport
Life membership for Strathalbyn netball stalwarts
Leah Bertholini and Lisa Smith both began their netball journeys at around the age of eight – Leah in Strathalbyn and Lisa in Kapunda.
Life membership for a Strathalbyn Strikers’ legend
Strathalbyn local Paul Kemmis was recently awarded a life membership of the Strathalbyn Strikers Soccer Club.
Rally roars through the Hills
The Adelaide Hills Rally zoomed through the region over the weekend, with the 22-stage race travelling through Strathalbyn, Mount Barker, Meadows and more.
Srathalbyn Panthers look to go one better this season
The Strathalbyn Panthers A grade women’s softball side is looking to take out this season’s premiership flag, and knock Hahndorf off top spot.
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...
