No fans for wind farm
By STEVE GRAY
DALVEEN residents hugged and cheered after Southern Downs Regional Council quashed a proposal for a wind farm in the district.
The residents celebrated...
Man surrenders
WARWICK POLICE
WARWICK police were surprised when a local man reported himself to PoliceLink, saying he was in possession of cannabis.
Police proceeded to Palmerin...
Rates: It doesn’t (just) add up
Comment By STEVE GRAY
TENTERFIELD Shire Council’s team of bureaucrats has been attending community meetings as they attempt to sell massive rate rises in the...
Call to cut water use
By STEVE GRAY
SOUTHERN Downs residents are being asked to ease up on their water use.
Consumption across the region is over the five year average...
The winner is…
SOMETIMES the man wins, sometimes the bull.
Rodeo and Show Society Vice-president Shane Roche said this year’s rodeo and campdraft “was on a par with...
Up, Up and Away
By STEVE GRAY
“IT’S a total punt that it’s going to work,” John Wagner said.
Some punt.
Mr Wagner was speaking of his family company’s 24/7 project...
Rangers remembered
By STEVE GRAY
Last week’s item on the Cunningham Rangers equestrian show brought memories flooding back for a pair of sprightly veterans ...
THEY may be...
Zonta paints town pink
STANTHORPE’S annual Pink Dinner drew a capacity crowd to hear guest speaker, Emeritus Professor Roger Willis give his perspective as a husband of a...
Quick go the shears
THEY called Jackie Howe the Bradman of the Boards, and like the Don’s cricket bats, Jackie’s shears are icons of Australian history.
A set of...
Phone rings for Ringneck
By STEVE GRAY
LAST week’s Free Times story about an Indian Ringneck Parrot in eucalypts on the banks of the Condamine in Warwick drew quite...
90 and raring to go
By STEVE GRAY
A 90th birthday can’t hold Pat Hurley back.
Mrs Hurley lives independently and continues to run beef cattle, still driving into Killarney where...
Police hunt for truckie
POLICE are seeking assistance from the public in relation to a fatal crash that occurred overnight between Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September...
Stay safe this snake season
As warmer weather sets in, Southern Downs residents are reminded to be on the lookout for snakes.
So far this snake season (September and October),...
