Riders battle for club pride
THE sound of thundering hooves echoed around the rolling foothills of Killarney on the weekend as competitors from all over Queensland and down into...
Hat from China, miner, deep sea diver
EAGER readers will gather in schools, libraries, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country to simultaneously read I Got...
Shop, sit and savour seasonal produce
THIS weekend, the Warwick Seasonal Feast markets kick-off in their new location, the Warwick Art Gallery garden courtyard.
The relocation to this bright and open-air...
Foretaste of university life
SOUTHERN Downs students were among more than 400 senior high schoolers who visited USQ Toowoomba on Friday.
Year 11 and 12 high school students from...
Tradition lives on at races
By TANIA PHILLIPS
A 122-YEAR tradition continued at the weekend with the Warwick Turf Club hosting the annual Picnic Races on from noon on Saturday.
Turf...
Democracy – best of the worst
By LAWRENCE SPRINGBORG
“DEMOCRACY is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time”.
This was...
Tradition off and running
By TANIA PHILLIPS
A 122-year tradition will continue this weekend at the Warwick Turf Club for the annual Picnic Races on from noon on Saturday.
Turf...
Remy’s on target
By JOYCE MARSH, WOODENBONG CORRESPONDENT.
WOODENBONG’S Remy Leonard has taken gold in the Australian Field Open Archer competition held as Sherbrooke, Victoria.
Competing against competitors...
Spotlight on seniors expo
PREPARATIONS are underway for this year’s Annual Southern Downs Seniors Leisure and Lifestyle Expo and registrations are now open for groups and organisations keen...
Students get taste of uni life
MORE than 400 senior high school students, including several representatives from the Southern Downs, will visit USQ Toowoomba on Friday 13 May for Student...
Police on trail of missing sheep
IT is hard to think of sheep rustlers in the modern age however that is just what the police may be looking for.
Queensland police...
Have a hit as club lights up
By TANIA PHILLIPS
LET there be light - and thanks to the Yangan and District Progress Association, sure there will be.
The progress association has handed...
