Historian honoured
Warwick and Stanthorpe Today’s historian John Telfer recently received an exciting invitation from France, asking him to attend a memorial event honouring fallen WWII...
Top swimmers converge
Stanthorpe hosted swimming clubs from across southern Qld and northern NSW on Sunday at the Stanthorpe Open Swimming Carnival.
The 120 swimmers registered for...
Border residents voice challenges to new Qld commissioner
Border residents of a rural community in northern New South Wales have called in their neighbouring state’s first cross border commissioner to help fix...
Two men arrested over Stanthorpe tobacconist firebombings
Two men aged in their 20s have been arrested and charged in relation to last week’s double firebombing of a Stanthorpe tobacconist.
After more than...
Global judge elevates goats
The Stanthorpe Agricultural Show’s Boer Goat section took a major step forward this year, featuring a top-tier Souther African judge, Pierre Bouwer, and a...
On the blocks for state
A large contingent of young swimmers from the Southern Downs and Granite Belt will head to Brisbane this weekend for the 2025 Queensland Sprint...
Wine college must remain a training facility, co-founder says
While the state government begins its hunt for a new operator of Stanthorpe’s embattled wine college, the facility’s founding father Mike Hayes has delivered...
Tribute to show volunteers
During the opening of the 2025 Stanthorpe Agricultural Show, a long-standing associate of the Stanthorpe Agricultural Society, Mark Bryant delivered a heartfelt speech honouring...
Public submissions reveal support for Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival
More than 70 per cent of submissions received by the Southern Downs Regional Council during its Rabbits Eat Lettuce public consultation lent favourable support...
GALLERY: Faces of the 2025 Stanthorpe Show
The Stanthorpe Showgrounds were once again brought to life as punters converged to celebrate the 2025 Stanthorpe Show.
Held annually, the Stanthorpe Show serves to...
A real show-stopper!
Organiser in chief of the beloved Stanthorpe Show has given this year’s event the big thumbs up with attention swiftly shifted towards planning for...
Another year down for Stanthorpe Show with ‘special’ 150th on horizon
Organiser in chief of the beloved Stanthorpe Show has given this year’s event the big thumbs up with attention swiftly shifted towards planning for...
Nine days paddling across Australia’s roughest waters
Known for its rough waters, crossing the Bass Strait is no picnic.
Old tales of vessels disappearing across the notorious passage take on a whole...
