Drake shares bush verse
By JONATHON HOWARD
LEGENDARY Stanthorpe bush poet Jack Drake had an audience of about 100 people enthralled during the Poet’s Breakfast at the Golf Club...
Weed drones seek ‘n destroy
FARMERS across the Southern Downs could soon be enlisting advanced robotic drones to help tackle invasive weeds and increase yields.
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Help shape future care
A SERIES of workshops in Warwick and Stanthorpe will seek feedback from mental health sufferers and carers to help shape the way mental health...
Transplant offers new life
By JOYCE MARSH
WOODENBONG resident Darrin Willows feels like the luckiest man in the world after a kidney transplant recently saved his life.
Darrin had spent...
Alliance ready for battle
By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Queensland Local Government Reform Alliance seeking justice for local communities forced into amalgamation was formalised in Toowoomba this month.
Stanthorpe resident Bob...
Sonia’s making moves
SHE honed her skills as a news journalist before spending the past 20 years as public affairs manager for the Darling Downs Hospital and...
Scout help blaze new trail
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council celebrated a unique project to mark the best route to reach Browns Falls at Killarney.
Venturer Scout Scott See worked with...
Knitted nanna takes on gas
A CONTROVERSIAL knitted doll named Tara entered into this year’s Jumpers and Jazz in July Festival is making a very public stand against coal...
Quirky trees draw crowds
By JONATHON HOWARD
HUNDREDS of onlookers flocked to Warwick at the weekend to catch a glimpse of more than 110 trees decorated as part of...
Royal baby watch – we are amused
THERE’S nothing like a royal baby to expose the banality of the 24-hour news cycle.
Media street has been locked in a feeding frenzy for...
Police Report
By JONATHON HOWARD
Lucky escape
A CAR driven by a 20-year-old woman crashed into a home on Wallace St at about 2am on Saturday morning.
Warwick Police...
Tackling health, stress issues
THE Border Landcare Organic Group will tackle health management, stress and nutrition during a workshop this Saturday, 27 July.
Two local health practitioners will be...