Smoke from planned burn – Durikai State Forest
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) will conduct a staged planned burn within Durikai State Forest from 26 August 2022, as part of...
Stanthorpe 150 committee minutes confusion over purpose of group
The minutes of the Stanthorpe 150 Anniversary Celebration Advisory Committee (S150ACAC) were included in the agenda for this week's Ordinary Council Meeting, highlighting issues...
Stanthorpe commemorates Vietnam Veterans Day
18 August marked 56 years since the Battle of Long Tan and members of the Stanthorpe community, school students and the RSL Sub-Branch attended...
In Brief
Audition Time
Stanthorpe Little Theatre has two upcoming productions - “Santa’s Cookie Problem” and “Tooth” to be performed in December.
All experienced ( or non-experienced) and...
Letters to the editor
Crazy debt
With the Southern Downs Regional Council's approval of the upgrading of Stanthorpe Art Gallery and Library comes an absolute disregard for the struggling...
ARK animal of the week
Southern Downs ARK has a number of dogs and cats up for adoption.
This week we’re highlighting BENNY.
Age: 13 weeks
Adoption fee: $750
About
Please meet Benny...
All the fun at Leyburn Sprints
The Historic Leyburn Sprints occurred over the weekend and huge crowds from across the state (and even from across the border) turned up for...
Q&A with Desleigh Volpato
This week's Q&A is with Stanthorpe identity Desleigh Volpato. Many would know her from her role as President of the Zonta Club of Stanthorpe....
Palgrove win big at Ekka
Palgrove Pastroal Company has taken out the top prize in one of Australia’s most prestigious commercial cattle competitions for the fifth year running.
General Manager...
High school senior’s striving for success
Four Year 12 Stanthorpe State High School students were selected for the University of Queensland's (UQ) Young Achievers Program, which aims to support their...
This week on the farm
Saturday night was the first time we had turned the TV on for a while as it is generally too cold in the lounge...
Lovely purple Hardenbergia
As a small girl, I used to be doubled on the bar of my big brother's bike to school over a dirt road that...
How 12 years in the air force reshaped teen ‘larrikin’
Many in Warwick will know John Telfer for his catalogue of historical writings recounting the tales of brave local soldiers from the bush.
But behind...
