Community News

Bee keepers urged to bee-ware

Local beekeepers are being urged to keep a look out for Varroa Mite in a bid to keep the state free of the scourge. PIRSA has been conducting a series of free workshops for apiarists, including recently in Murray Bridge, to bring them up to speed on...

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Event unleashes world of trialling

Sache is the four-legged assistant on Kathy Brown’s Currency Creek property, who has a natural instinct to run and herd sheep by a mere command. While she has learned on the job, some of her specific skills are inherent, passed down her bloodline...

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Southern Country Shows Association celebrates its best

The Southern Country Shows Association celebrated its finest aggregate award winners in a recent ceremony at Strathalbyn. The association is made up of seven shows – Coonalpyn, Murray Bridge, Callington, Strathalbyn, Port Elliot, Yankalilla and...

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Milang

Family fundraises more than $50,000

A Milang family has raised more than $50,000 for the Cancer Council during their three years of participating in the Shitbox Rally. Vanessa and Wes Oliver, and their daughter Madi, have alternated turns in joining a fleet of ‘shitbox’ cars worth...

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Goolwa

Goolwa support group calls for more wildlife corridors

A Goolwa-based wildlife support group is calling for more wildlife corridors within and between housing developments as the Fleurieu and Hills region undergoes its development boom. Deanne Smith, who runs Alexandrina Wildlife Support Group, said...

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Basin maintenance takes a pause

Maintenance on a residential waterway in Mount Barker has been halted for further consultation following concerns sparked by local residents about the potential impacts to the natural ecosystem and wildlife. The wetland – located at Wilkinson...

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Strathalbyn

Dead trees scheduled for removal in Strathalbyn

Five dead trees, including one planted in the 1930s, will be removed and more pruned of dead wood in Strathalbyn’s Soldiers Memorial Gardens and Lions Park as part of maintenance works undertaken by Alexandrina Council. Acting on the...

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Southern Argus

‘Watch and act’ alert for poultry owners

Local poultry owners are being urged to closely monitor their flocks and report any signs of disease to authorities, following confirmation of an outbreak of H7N8 avian influenza at an egg farm in northern Victoria. Authorities have noted this...

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Langhorne Creek

Vintage kicks off at Langhorne Creek

Winemakers, grape growers and industry players in Langhorne Creek have officially started harvest season, marked by a breakfast that has been a long-running tradition for more than 20 years. However, not everyone was able to attend, as some were...

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Telstra cables cut in consecutive incidences in the Adelaide Hills

Consecutive Telstra outages caused by cut cables over the past month created a temporary downturn for local businesses and customers, and posed a hazard during high fire risk days. The first incident occurred on February 3, with an optic fibre cable...

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Giorgina McKay

Mural pays tribute to local heroes

The stories of local returned servicemen and women will forever be immortalised and remembered after a mural was painted at the RSL Macclesfield Sub-Branch. The new artwork is part of the town’s wider commemoration of the 80th anniversary of...

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Strathalbyn

‘Forest of the Fallen’ display erected at Memorial Gardens

A ‘Forest of the Fallen’ display was erected in Strathalbyn’s Soldier Memorial Gardens on the weekend, drawing mostly positive interactions between community members and the movement’s volunteers. Forest of the Fallen is part of a movement...

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Giorgina McKay