Tag: Column
Q&A with Glen Gibson
This week’s Q&A is with Stanthorpe identity Glen Gibson, Glen grew up at The Summit and returned to Stanthorpe after discharging from the Army...
This week on the farm
Arriving home just before dark after a long day due to having to make a trip to Stanthorpe after work making my total kilometres...
Australian Bird Flower
Growing up on five acres on the central coast of New South Wales I had an idyllic childhood...plenty of space and bush to explore,...
Flowers of the big smoke
Recently this country person has had to be in Sydney for a while. Not my favourite place to be but it is interesting to...
Friday on My Mind – Australians buy 56 clothing items a year
I know what you’re thinking – Crikey, someone’s buying my share! That was my immediate response to a new report from the Australian Fashion...
Nonna and Dan Dan’s new house
My grandparents (Nonna and Dan Dan) recently sold their property at Severnlea and are building a new house on our property at Kyoomba.
We’re really...
A short history of the Warwick and District Historical Society
A large attendance on 28 September 1966 at Scots College ensured that there was wide support for the formation of a Warwick and District...
Joy in the old jacarandas
The weekend before last I drove to the Gold Coast and took an unintended detour from Beaudesert out through some beautiful farming country.
I...
Boaty the snowman
Boaty ‘Snowman’ Boatfield has found another unique way to spend his winters in Stanthorpe. Born on the Granite Belt he left when he...
A turn at the wheel
Stanthorpe Pottery Club invites all to attend the opening of an Art and Pottery Exhibition featuring local artist Laurie Astill and local potters Carmello...
Clear your calendars
Bowl on in
Warwick Potters Soup Bowl Glazing Afternoon - Saturday 13 May, from 1pm
Join us to glaze soup bowls and fire up the...
Pleasing pop of pretty colour
No-one could help but notice the eye-catching displays of colourful petunias in the roundabouts in Palmerin Street. What wonderful, hardy and versatile flowers...
Kitty’s dressed for bowls
Once upon a time (Sunday), the Kiss The Kitty Fours Competition was played with bowlers using kitties (jacks) with woollen jumpers instead of the...
