VIC verdict
The Strathalbyn Visitors Information Centre (VIC) is set to remain at the Station Masters Building under a new proposed partnership that would see the Strathalbyn Tourism Association (STA) take over its day-to-day management.
Sport
Jack to join elite UK soccer tour
A young Mount Barker soccer player has been given the chance of a lifetime to join an elite academy in the UK.
Bronze for Daisy
Strathalbyn basketball product Daisy Hocking has returned home with her bronze medal from the FIBA Under 17 World Cup.
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.
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...
