Jumpers and Jazz: What’s on this week
THIS week at the festival:
YARN BOMBED TREE JUMPER EXHIBITION:
Daily. More than 100 trees are artistically dressed with traditional textiles such as knitting, crochet, felting...
Wilds of winter
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
ALL the talk locally over the last week has been the possibility of snow in the Southern Downs region.
Last Friday there were...
No. 1 best seller
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
BELINDA Wheeler’s book, A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature has reached number one on the Amazon Australian and Oceanian Literary Criticism best...
Hendra season in full swing
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
IT IS the middle of Hendra season, and that means that every precaution needs to be taken.
Just last month two rural properties...
NAIDOC Week wraps up
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
NAIDOC celebrations for 2015 in the Southern Downs wrapped up on Sunday with an Elders luncheon and concert.
The event was held at...
Yangan hunts for treasure
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
The inaugural Yangan Treasure Hunt took place on Saturday with 14 cars.
The fundraising treasure hunt brought the small community together to raise...
Uber Markets brave weather
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
The Warwick Uber Markets was open again on Saturday although the weather wasn’t ideal for everyone.
The market is held at Leslie Park...
Farmers on superhighway
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
HUNDREDS of Telstra customers in areas surrounding Stanthorpe, including Mount Tully, can now connect to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Almost 1200 homes...
Warwick hub celebrates anniversary
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
Warwick’s Learning and Lifestyle hub celebrated its first anniversary on Monday.
The centre was opened one year ago to help teach people with...
Maroons flag unfurled
By CASEY O’CONNOR
WE MAROONS supporters will be basking in the glory of a record win in Origin for some time to come, but for...
Artists aplenty
ART is flourishing in the Southern Downs with the fourth annual Art At St Marks set to be the best yet with a record...
Cold front power surges
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
There were power outages in Stanthorpe on Monday as South West experienced surges in power usage with people desperately trying to stay...
Stanthorpe Chamber of Commerce president gets another term
Respected community engagement consultant, Michelle Feenan of Ridgemill Estate has been chosen to lead the Stanthorpe and Granite Belt Chamber of Commerce for the...
