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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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Sport

Strathalbyn Storm reps off to Nationals

One of Strathalbyn Storm’s biggest contingent of players, coaches and support staff will represent SA Country at the upcoming Under 18 Foot Locker National Championships in April. Cooper Clayfield and Kale Matthews-Hampton have been selected in...

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Sharing world cuisine one free meal at a time

A relative newcomer to Strathalbyn is sharing his passion for gourmet Filipino food and food security by cooking up free batches each week and distributing them across town for anyone keen to try them. Mark Jarder ran an Arab cuisine catering...

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Community News

‘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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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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New faces on the Strathalbyn Show committee

The Strathalbyn Agricultural Society has welcomed a new Secretary and Treasurer to its fold in the lead up to this year’s Strathalbyn Show in October. Secretary Mark Jarder replaces Deb Petersen, while Rihet Oosthuizen has taken over from Rod...

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13 Feb 2025

Diamond celebrations for Don and Coralie

Strathalbyn couple Don and Coralie Sheldon celebrated a major milestone last Thursday – 60 years as husband and wife. Mr and Mrs Sheldon met in Pinnaroo, South Australia, not long after Coralie moved to the town with her family from Nerrin Nerrin...

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13 Feb 2025

ONE LAST RIDE: A lifetime of restoring classic vehicles for Gilbert

Strathalbyn car buff Gilbert Haywood began restoring cars as a teenager in 1959, and now the near-85-year-old is working on his last one – a 1948 Triumph Razoredge. Mr Haywood left school after finishing grade 7 and spent much of his working life...

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06 Feb 2025

Cricket

Super support for Strathalbyn Strikers

The Strathalbyn Strikers Football Club is heading into the 2025 season with bumper numbers and an expectation that its A Grade men team will improve on its sixth-place finish in 2024. Club President Nick Brook said numbers were already “looking...

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06 Feb 2025

Sport

Strath basketballers up the ante for new stadium

The Strathalbyn Basketball Association is upping the ante with its push for a new multi-court stadium in the town. In recent weeks association members have been meeting with local members, Basketball SA officials, Shadow Federal Finance Minister...

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06 Feb 2025

Langhorne Creek

Former Creek pilot loops to a new world record

Former Langhorne Creek pilot Dave Scutchings APM has celebrated his best Australia Day yet by setting, with son Max, a world record for the most loops done in a glider. As previously reported in The Southern Argus, Superintendent Scutchings gave...

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30 Jan 2025

Community News

Four of Macclesfield’s best honoured with awards

Four Macclesfield RSL Sub-Branch members were honoured with Certificates of Achievements at Sunday’s Australia Day event in the town. John ‘Neil’ Wright, Nat Lemar, and joint nominees Bev and Clyde Slack were all bestowed the honour, accepting...

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