Experience the 2022 Stanthorpe Eco Expo
If you have ever thought about living closer to the earth, reducing your carbon footprint, growing food for yourself or your family, improving the...
Huge turn-out at Historic Leyburn Sprints
The 26th Historic Leyburn Sprints, commemorating the running of the 1949 Australian Grand Prix just outside the former goldrush village on the Southern Darling...
SDRC approves Stanthorpe Aerodrome land purchase
Southern Downs Regional Council approved the sale of another parcel of land at the Stanthorpe Aerodrome at the recent Ordinary Council Meeting.
Authority was delegated...
St Joseph’s welcomes special guests
St Joseph's School welcomed special guests on Tuesday 16 August
Doug Baird OAM and Major John Thurgar SC MBE OAM RFD, visited the school to...
New shed has the north covered
The brand-new Broadwater Amiens Rural Fire Service Shed was officially opened on Saturday 6 August after an almost two-decade campaign by the brigade and...
Levi fundraising to beat blood cancer
Stanthorpe boy Levi Fittock has raised over $3000 participating in the World’s Greatest Shave Fundraiser, with the proceeds going towards beating blood cancer.
12-year-old Levi...
Stanthorpe-based Model T Ford makes its film debut
Baz Luhrmann's latest film 'Elvis' made its Australian theatrical release in late June of this year, and transported viewers back in time to witness...
Community recycled water projects completed
Two Southern Downs community organisations have had their water security bolstered with works recently completed to connect their water supply to Warwick’s recycled network.
Funded...
More veggies (and good jobs) to sprout in the Southern Downs
From chillies and capsicums to cabbage and cucumbers, Wallaroo Produce Supplies in Severnlea will soon feed more mouths thanks to funding from the Queensland...
50 McNab jobs on offer in Darling Downs
McNab, one of Queensland’s largest privately owned companies, has announced a recruitment blitz seeking to employ up to 50 additional tradespeople and labourers across...
Keeping varroa mite out of Queensland
To ensure Queensland’s valuable honeybee industry and recreational beekeepers remain free from the threat of varroa mite, a new Movement Control Order means there...
Council in brief
SDRC approves fee waiver for Leyburn Sprints
Council resolved to approve the request received from the Historic Leyburn Sprints Inc. to waiver their application fee...
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...
