Council meeting crosses borders
A CROSS-border meeting of local governments, councillors and politicians has taken place in Wallangarra to discuss strategic ties between the Southern Downs and Tenterfield...
Cookbook fights cancer
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
NOVEMBER is lung cancer awareness month - the disease is one of the leading causes of death in Australia with 11,000 people...
Warwick welcomes new college
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
THE Southern Downs has officially welcomed a new college to the region.
Keystone College in Warwick has been in operation since June this...
The time of first contact
By ROBERT MACMAURICE
PROBABLY the first European person to meet a Kambuwal person (Gambuwal and other variations of spelling are also documented) was...
Election looms in ballot bungle backdrop
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
LOCAL government elections are inching closer by the day with confirmation this past week of the returning officer for the Southern Downs...
Backpackers welcomed, caution sounded
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council has held its first welcoming session for backpackers.
On Friday at the Stanthorpe Civic Centre, councillors, Stanthorpe police and...
Magic in Stanthorpe
THE Golden Grove Estate Winery in Ballandean hosted a day of music, food and fine wine on Saturday as a fund-raiser for local Stanthorpe...
Bike network for Downs
Council briefs
A CYCLE network could be coming to the Southern Downs as part of an initiative from the Queensland Department of Main Roads.
The Principal...
New exhibitions for gallery
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
THE Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery has welcomed two new exhibitions.
On Friday night the official opening was held for the photography-based ‘Treasures Past’...
Horror highway fatalities
AN accident on Saturday on the Cunningham Highway has resulted in the death of an elderly couple.
Police said the man and woman, both aged...
Warwick wins Australia Day
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
LESLIE Park in Warwick will take over from Glengallan Homestead as the main location for Warwick’s Australia Day celebrations next year.
The Southen...
Festival spirit shines
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
FOR all the death riding and speculation on the future of Jumpers and Jazz, one meeting has proved that the Southern Downs...
Warwick tobacconists raided as tougher laws considered for illicit traders
Public health officers seized roughly 33,500 illegal cigarettes from retailers in Warwick earlier this week as part of another round of tobacco raids across...
