Tag: Column
Labour crisis remains one year after Jobs and Skills Summit
Australians are experiencing a triple whammy under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Whether it’s groceries, energy bills or your mortgage, cost-of-living pressures are higher under...
This week on the farm
I was working at the Endeavour Shop on Saturday when a customer wanted to buy a dozen mugs.
We do have a lot of mugs...
Gardening is best medicine
Quote for this week ..“Gardening is medicine for which you do not need to go to a doctor or have a prescription”.
How true...
The enthusiasm endures
Congratulations to all the entrants, winners and place getters in the Warwick Horticultural Society’s Spring Garden Competition that was judged last week. A big...
Stanthorpe in 1954
Key Stanthorpe events, 1954:
January 8
• Stanthorpe Show - Appeal To Orchardists, Make Fruit Display Worthy of District
January 12
• Flying Saucer - Object Seen...
Stanthorpe in 1953
Key Stanthorpe events, 1953:
January 20
• Town Band To Be Reformed
February 3
• Water Supply - Cost Now estimated at over a quarter of a million,...
Three… bird sightings in the region
This week we're taking a nature stroll through the Southern Downs and sighting three birds in the region.
1- Laughing Kookaburra
With a recognisable and distinctive...
This week on the farm
Friday dawns a glorious day and I won’t allow the fact that I got home from work yesterday to discover the cows had jumped...
Stanthorpe in 1952
Key Stanthorpe events, 1952:
January 15
• Flying Fox Menace Discussed by DSGC: “In view of the success of myxomatosis in the destruction of rabbits,...
Stanthorpe in 1951
Key Stanthorpe events, 1951:
February 1
• Show Put Back A Day: Official Opening now on Friday. Owing to widespread rain (866 points for January),...
Stanthorpe in 1950
January 17
• Water Supply Cost Up to £195,000, 49 per cent increase in original estimate: "Increases in the basis wage and in the cost...
Stanthorpe in 1949
Key Stanthorpe events, 1949:
January 11
• Improvements to Town Suggested: "At a meeting held last evening most sections of the community were well represented. Main...
Planting seeds for degrees: Warwick study hub vision
Warwick TAFE could play a pivotal role in transforming how Australia’s growing number of regional university study hubs operate, a federal senator has declared.
In...
