Riders prepare to step up
By TANIA PHILLIPS
ORGANISERS are predicting the biggest ever Stanthorpe Campdraft with more than 180 individual riders from all over Northern NSW and Southern Queensland...
Queens of the Outback hit stage
LET the sequins fly free, the Queens of the Outback are coming to town.
Fresh from a two-year stint working as a choreographer at the...
Dan joins in harvest
By TANIA PHILLIPS
CURRUMBIN-based performer Dan Hannaford will fly straight in from the US to perform at this year’s Apple and Grape Festival in Stanthorpe.
The...
Great ball of fire
DALVEEN will be the Southern Downs hotspot the first weekend in May as the Dalveen Rural Fire Brigade host their annual Backburners’ Ball.
All...
Showcase of thrills, spills
IT will be all the fun of the fair at the 102nd Killarney Show this year with pig racing, woodchop, rodeo, team penning and...
Unwin triumphs in shooting
CONDITIONS were hot and humid for last Sunday Pistol and Rifle events at Inglewood SSA.
Hot and steamy proved ideal for Martin Unwin who was...
Gardens open their gates
TWO of the most beautiful gardens in the region will open their gates to the public next month as part of the Open Gardens...
’Funky’ town renewal
By STEVE GRAY
RENEW Warwick recently took its first tentative steps with a successful meeting attended by about 30 people.
Based on similar schemes in Adelaide,...
CEO in hot seat
By STEVE GRAY
PRESSURE is mounting on CEO of the Southern Downs Regional Council Andrew Roach, with four of nine councillors preparing to move against...
Celebrate the harvest
THIS time around the Apple and Grape Harvest Festival plans to get to the core of the matter.
The March 7-9 festival will introduce seasonal...
Fatal Five kill five
By STEVE GRAY
FIVE weeks, five fatals.
A 53-year-old man from the Brisbane suburb of Griffin died last Sunday after the motorcycle he was riding collided...
Festive teaser to entice
WAS that an early chill from a sou-westerly, or just the first whisperings of Jumpers and Jazz in July?
It is certainly time to start...