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...
Water meter readings begin soon
Half-yearly water meter readings commence across the region on Monday 22 August.
Council’s water meter readers will be easily identifiable in SDRC-branded uniforms and it...
Funding helps to ensure the shows will go on
Queensland’s 129 local shows will continue to thrill, delight, captivate and connect communities across the state with the help of $2 million from the...
Wieambilla shootings ‘not a terrorist act’: coroner
Three conspiracy theorists had shared delusions but did not carry out a terrorist act when they ambushed police in an attack that killed six...
