Safer housing
HAVING raised concerns for several years about non-compliant backpacker-style accommodation on the Southern Downs, local planning compliance officers have been delighted to find some...
Campdraft off as big dry hits
By TANIA PHILLIPS
FOR the second year in a row weather has forced organiser to postpone Stanthorpe Campdraft but ironically, while last year it was...
Apples and grapes
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Apple and Grape Harvest Festival may date back to 1954 when it was known as the “Back to Stanthorpe Week” but...
New vintage for college
WINE glasses will be raised across the Granite Belt for CEO of the Queensland College of Wine Tourism John Neville as he prepares to...
Landholders urged to vote
A STRONG field of 28 candidates will stand for ratepayer election on the inaugural Northern Tablelands Local Land Services (LLS) board, which will service...
Youth of the Year
SIX students from Warwick schools vied for the title of Lions Youth of the Year on Wednesday, 19 March.
It is Warwick Lions Club 39th...
Diagnosis for mayor
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council mayor Peter Blundell will be back home in the next few days after ongoing test results revealed he has a...
Maps help case
MORE accurate flood mapping has allowed some residents to negotiate a better deal with insurance companies, according to Southern Downs Disaster Co-ordinator Peter See.
“Even...
Berry good deal for cashflow
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council handed over the keys of the former Applethorpe TAFE site to Red Hill Berries Pty Ltd owner Richard McGruddy last...
Station history turns page
A VISIT to historic Pikedale Station with a camera club years ago inspired Amiens woman Sandra McEwan to do a photography course.
Now a diploma...
Fresh excess for sale
STANTHORPE’S Whistle Stop community garden will open this Saturday, 1 March, to avoid a clash with the Apple and Grape Harvest festival on the...
Dam ‘disaster’
EMU Swamp Dam would be a social disaster for Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt, according to a fourth generation resident and affected landowner.
Rob Simcocks...
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Supplying various countries
Allora and District Days for Girls provides reusable feminine hygiene products through a worldwide organisation which supplies the kits (as they are known) to...
