Thanks on the banks
THERE was a riverside picnic with a twist in a bend in the Condamine River at Warwick.
The Condamine Alliance hosted the morning tea on...
Street “chaos” loses trade
By STEVE GRAY
FOR traders along Tenterfield’s main street, the Grinch that stole Christmas resides in the council chambers.
The council’s decision to dig up Rouse...
Mary’s annual visit
“I’m just brightening the place up,” says Mary Christmas.
“I do it every year. I never miss."
Mary was taking well deserved rest or three in...
Teen battles for life
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy remains in an induced coma in hospital after a shooting incident on the Granite Belt on Friday night.
The lad was hunting...
No forced marriages: Minister
By STEVE GRAY
TENTERFIELD Shire had the threat of amalgamation lifted a week after the threat was used as part of the campaign for higher...
Sculpting life into sandstone
By STEVE GRAY
SOME of these country blokes can turn their hand to anything.
Hugh Tindall is one.
At 87, Mr Tindall spends most of his days...
Red Cross milestone
WHEN the Red Cross calls for volunteers, it’s often in response to some cry for help, big or small, local, national, or international.
Not on...
Seat belts save lives
HOW would you like to slammed into a brick wall at 100 kilometres per hour? Or have it happen to a child?
That’s a great...
New recruits graduate
FOURTEEN Tenterfield High School students have completed the NSW Rural Fire Service secondary school cadet program.
RFS Superintendent Chris Wallbridge said the program was the...
Southern Downs Rifle Club
ON SUNDAY 8 December shooters were at the 400-yard range on a very hot day that had a few wind changes. The scores for...
Poetry in the streets
POETS, sharpen your quills, hone your images.
Tenterfield Shire Council is running a competition to find three original poems to go on new interpretative signs...
First of the Dungarees
By STEVE GRAY
WITH the approach of centenary commemorations for World War I, communities all across the nation will be delving into history to remember...
Turning point for Australia’s winter cropping season
The release of the August Bendigo Bank Agribusiness Monthly Commodity Update finds that widespread rain in late July marked a turning point for Australia’s...
