Puppetry turned on its head
THE word ‘puppet’ makes you think of marionette strings and colourful felt animals with cartoon personalities propped by silly voices, a concept exclusively for...
Dead interesting
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE law that applies to the assets and income of a deceased person depends on which state or territory of Australia the...
Around the grounds
SOUTHERN CROSS BOWLS
TODAY, Thursday 23 July, will be our Cool Scarves and Silly Socks bowls day. This event is part of Jumpers 'n' Jazz...
Jumpers and Jazz: What’s on this week
THIS week at the festival:
YARN BOMBED TREE JUMPER EXHIBITION:
Daily. More than 100 trees are artistically dressed with traditional textiles such as knitting, crochet, felting...
Wilds of winter
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
ALL the talk locally over the last week has been the possibility of snow in the Southern Downs region.
Last Friday there were...
No. 1 best seller
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
BELINDA Wheeler’s book, A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature has reached number one on the Amazon Australian and Oceanian Literary Criticism best...
Hendra season in full swing
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
IT IS the middle of Hendra season, and that means that every precaution needs to be taken.
Just last month two rural properties...
NAIDOC Week wraps up
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
NAIDOC celebrations for 2015 in the Southern Downs wrapped up on Sunday with an Elders luncheon and concert.
The event was held at...
Yangan hunts for treasure
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
The inaugural Yangan Treasure Hunt took place on Saturday with 14 cars.
The fundraising treasure hunt brought the small community together to raise...
Uber Markets brave weather
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
The Warwick Uber Markets was open again on Saturday although the weather wasn’t ideal for everyone.
The market is held at Leslie Park...
Farmers on superhighway
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
HUNDREDS of Telstra customers in areas surrounding Stanthorpe, including Mount Tully, can now connect to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Almost 1200 homes...
Warwick hub celebrates anniversary
By DANE LILLINGSTONE
Warwick’s Learning and Lifestyle hub celebrated its first anniversary on Monday.
The centre was opened one year ago to help teach people with...
Sheep sales sees weather-driven surge
The conditions and the unfavourable weather have seen more stock come on to the market for the weekly sheep and lamb sale.
Growers and...
