‘Please hear our voices’
Mount Compass residents have raised concerns about water quality, billing practices and pricing at a parliamentary inquiry into the town’s privately operated water supply.
Sport
Aquatic clubs celebrate season opening
Boaters recently celebrated the opening day of the season at the Goolwa Aquatic Club, with a traditional sail past, a display of speedboats and races by the vintage boats and Goolwa Sailing Club.
A spin above the rest
A Mount Barker cricketer is proving to be one to watch, with 12-year-old Ivy Raymond selected for the 12-and-under South Australian state team.
Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club’s season opening
The Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club recently celebrated its season opening.
Ben celebrates a hole-in-one
Strathalbyn’s Ben Clark has been a keen golfer since first picking up the golf sticks in Alice Springs at the age of about 15.
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...
