Tag: News
Break-ins on the rise
Warwick police are reminding residents to lock up and secure their properties due to a rise in break-ins and car thefts in the area....
New item appears on TJ Byrnes statue
The statue of Thomas Byrnes in Warwick's CBD was once more sporting a new decoration earlier this week, continuing the now months-long tradition of...
Stanthorpe in 1878
Communication
There’s a timeline between 1872 and 1897 of the increased postal services and offices in the region.
This change was brought about by...
Stanthorpe in 1877
Stanthorpe’s great ‘tin rush’
Research librarian Christina Ealing-Godbold wrote a piece for the State Library of Queensland about the tin rush to Stanthorpe.
She wrote...
Orienteering event in Warwick
After a good roll up to their first event of the year held in Queens Park in Warwick on Sunday, the Bullecourt Boulder Bounders...
Livestock markets update
Livestock agent ROSS ELLIS of McDougall and Sons brings us an update on the local lamb and cattle markets from last week.
The sales continued...
Pets in need of rescue
Southern Downs Ark has experienced a decline in foster parent volunteers since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Southern Downs Ark administrator Kate Keefe said...
This week in Covid data
Reported cases of Covid-19 in the Southern Downs have increased by 121 in the last week, down from an increase of around 200 for...
Over 3000 doses administered at recent DDH vaccine clinics
More than 3000 doses of Covid-19 vaccination were administered at the recent Darling Downs Health (DDH) vaccine clinics in the Southern Downs.
A total of...
Editor’s Desk
I'm sitting at my desk and I can't think of anything I'm really annoyed about.
This might be a first. Like in my whole life.
I'm...
Letters to the editor
If only
Granite Belts water CEO L Taylor mentions, in a well-balanced article in Stanthorpe Today 9/12/21:
"Based on the dam's storage of 12,000 ML, the...
Regenerative Agriculture Day full steam ahead
Picots Farm is hosting a National Regenerative Agriculture Day event on Monday 14 February.
The day will run from 8.30am to 4pm, and Picots...
Sheep sales sees weather-driven surge
The conditions and the unfavourable weather have seen more stock come on to the market for the weekly sheep and lamb sale.
Growers and...
