All the Cowboys Rugby League Action
There was plenty of action in Warwick at the weekend as the Cowboys played a home game in front of a big crowd. It...
News in brief
Mid-year call for Stanthorpe S150 event listings
Southern Downs Regional Council is calling on the community to continue registering their S150-themed events publicly on the...
Granite Belt’s thriving tourism scene
As soon as winter hits, the Granite Belt comes alive as tourists flock to see the breathtaking sites and locations the region has to...
Sebag Montefiore, Calm Downs, Stanthorpe
On Sunday afternoon of 28 April 1929, Cyril Edmund Sebag Montefiore went back to his room at
a Stanthorpe hotel and lay on the bed...
Horsepower month celebrates $10 000 partnership
Southern Downs Regional Council, in partnership with the Warwick Horse Trials Club Inc (WHT) has been successful in receiving a $10,000 grant from the...
Survey shows rise in rural debt
Total rural debt in Queensland has risen to $24.06 billion, an increase of 25.97 per cent since 2019 according to the 2021 Queensland Rural...
Learn about Zonta Club’s remarkable women
The Zonta Club of Stanthorpe's 150-year project, 'Remarkable Women of the Granite Belt', is well under-way.
The 12 women acknowledged, both past and present, have...
Three things to do this weekend
Leyburn Sprints
Leyburn Sprints is back, running on 20 and 21 August. From fast to slow, pre-50s classics to vintage caravans, and everything in between,...
Granite Belt Brewery avoids tax hike
Granite Belt Brewery in Stanthorpe has dodged the biggest alcohol excise tax increase in two decades at this stage, according to owner Geoff Davenport,...
Award-winning Stanthorpe journalist
Stanthorpe’s Ella Archibald-Binge has taken out the prestigious Mike Willesee Award at this year’s Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism held in Sydney on...
PREVIEW: 26th Leyburn Sprints ready to race with packed weekend
Packed with fabulous racers, gleaming show cars, a veritable village of quaint vintage caravans and a car that was once the fastest in Australia,...
Australia’s largest solar farm scores it’s first century
A major milestone has been reached on Australia’s largest solar farm under construction with the project now able to export more than 100MW of...
Students to pitch vision for Southern Downs youth
Up to 21 Year 10 students are set to end their tenure on the Southern Downs Youth Council by proposing ways to improve youth...
