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Southern Argus

11 Oct 2023

Community News

HAPPY NEW YEAR... Countdown starts for the new year

Community members from across the region will once again collectively celebrate the start of 2025 with a spectacular fireworks display from the Hindmarsh Island bridge. A crowd of about 2500 people are expected to line the riverbanks in the lead up...

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Tara Nash

17 Dec 2024

Community News

Hindmarsh Island family stresses the importance of road safety during Christmas/New Year period

The Southern Argus journalist Giorgina McKay talked to Hindmarsh Island mother Veronica Karpinski and her daughter Theresa Dennis who is a road crash survivor. Theresa now lives with a permanent brain injury, and is cared by her mother and two...

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Giorgina McKay

17 Dec 2024

Community News

Nursery blossoming with growth

Clayton Bay Nursery and Environment Group is being supported through a community program in collecting seed, propagating and dispatching local provenance tree species for ecological restoration projects. The funding is from Foundation for National...

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Southern Argus

17 Dec 2024

Community News

Christmas on cherry farm

It is Christmas time at Kerrie’s Cherries at Yundi, with the cherry harvest now in full swing. Kerrie and Pete Arthur bought the small property back in 2013, knowing nothing about growing cherries. They are now slightly seasoned farmers of about...

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Deirdre Graham

17 Dec 2024

Strathalbyn

Strathalbyn resident connecting people this Christmas for lunch

Community members are reminded to not be lonely this Christmas, as a special lunch aims to bring people together. Strathalbyn’s Pam Garwood has been hosting community lunches for about 20 years and even had her former home built to accommodate 50...

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Tara Nash

17 Dec 2024

Goolwa

Safety calls for Goolwa Beach

After a problematic Christmas season on Goolwa Beach two years ago, a local security company increased their patrols last year resulting in a “much better” period. Two years ago, Great Southern Security reported an “out of control” season...

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Tara Nash

17 Dec 2024

Milang

Christmas thanks for Milang volunteers

The hard work and vital role volunteers at the Milang and District Community Association play in the town was celebrated with a Christmas function at the Milang Butter Factory last Friday. About 50 members of the group enjoyed a meal, music, and...

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Deirdre Graham

17 Dec 2024

Strathalbyn

Historic police station is sold

If the walls of Milang’s historic 1874 police station could talk, as well as telling the rich history of housing officers and criminals, they will now tell of the renovations made in recent years by Jodie Lutz and Manuel Quinquis. Located between...

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Tara Nash

17 Dec 2024

Strathalbyn

Tyndale DUX takes the next step

Tyndale Christian School’s Shana Bormann is looking forward to stepping into a fulfilling career she is passionate about after being named the DUX of the Strathalbyn campus with a top Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 96.45. Shan...

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Southern Argus

17 Dec 2024

Strathalbyn

Andrew takes out EFS DUX award

After a year of hard work Eastern Fleurieu School student Andrew Radaza has taken out the school’s 2024 DUX award with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) of 91.25. Andrew studied English (19.6), Math Methods (17.6), Chemistry (17)...

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Deirdre Graham

17 Dec 2024

Goolwa

Pageant ‘burned’ due to hot weather

Since the Goolwa pageant and concert were cancelled last Sunday due to hot weather, community members have shown an “outpouring” of interest in supporting future events. While the decision to cancel the festivities was “devastating”, Goolw...

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Tara Nash

17 Dec 2024

Strathalbyn

Strathalbyn celebrates Christmas by the Angas

Organisers of Christmas Where the Angas Flows find the annual parade keeps getting better every year, as local organisations creatively outdo themselves with their floats. First Strathalbyn Scout Group once again was crowned for having the best...

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Tara Nash

17 Dec 2024