Highway preachers visit
In 1991, Noel and Sharon Moody left their familiar shores of New Zealand for Australia on a mission and this week, the couple is...
Voluntary bin service viable
After Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) decided to make the kerbside waste expansion in rural areas voluntary in early July, 779 residents have since...
Rain pain for roads
While community concerns over the ongoing chronic deterioration of our regional roads is justifiable, Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Vic Pennisi believes it will...
Editor’s desk
After graduating from university last year, I made the move to the Southern Downs when I landed this journalist job at Warwick and Stanthorpe...
Texas festival will be a blast
Music fans will be treated to one of the best line-ups of country music artists in Texas this year.
The Western Downs Country Music Festival...
AGM a sweet success
The Apple and Grape Harvest Festival held its annual general meeting on 26 September, electing two new members to the committee.
Read more about the...
Vale Helen McMeniman
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou
Those words...
Quoll Society of Australia to host Granite Belt Quoll Info Night
Quolls will be the focus of an information night being organised in Stanthorpe on Wednesday 10 November by the Quoll Society of Australia Inc....
Stanthorpe’s street scene
Stanthorpe’s main streets were bustling as usual this week, filled with locals and visitors alike taking in all that our town has to offer.
Maryland...
Rental reforms set for October
With October fast approaching, so is the next stage of Queensland’s rental reforms as property owners are gearing up to implement these changes.
From 1...
Birralee choir records Stanthorpe Song to mark S150
Birralee singers from Brisbane visited Stanthorpe on Thursday 22 September, holding workshops with local kids.
After holding an afternoon concert at Civic Centre, community members...
Festival has a bright future
The Apple and Grape Harvest Festival Annual General Meeting was held on 26 September, with re-elected president Russell Wantling stating they have a “very...

















