Some spectacular sights
Well, as Slim Dusty once sang...“I’ve been and I’ve seen and I’ve done that!”
I have seen floods and wild storms and spectacular sunrises and...
Beans Beans are good for your heart
Southern Downs and Granite Belt residents can save money at the checkout and stretch meals further by adding heart healthy beans, chickpeas and lentils...
This week on the farm
How wonderful to wake up to a brilliant sunny blue sky after all the miserable grey days and showers of the last few months....
MUSTARD AND TARRAGON ROAST BEEF
• SERVES Six
• PREP TIME30 mins
• COOKING TIME60mins
INGREDIENTS
• SERVES6
1.2kg beef topside roast ¼ cup (60ml) olive oil 2 tbsp wholegrain...
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Mirrors are not only decorative, they also make rooms feel bigger and brighter by reflecting light and creating the illusion of depth.
As the saying...
This week on the farm
I was working at the Endeavour Shop on Saturday when a customer wanted to buy a dozen mugs.
We do have a lot of mugs...
Leone shines in 1961
In 1961 peaches were bringing in premium prices and a new high school principal arrived but the biggest news was about a local on...
Centenary show in 1959
January 2
• Stanthorpe Shire production statistics released
January 6
• Danger in damp hail rockets
• Heavy hail damage at Amiens
January 8
• Cost of living spiral continues
January...
Maren turns 105 in 1960
January 5
• Diesel fruit train loads increasing
Big saving to growers in freight rates
The diesel fruit train initiated by the Transport Minister (Mr. Gordon Chalk)...
Snow falls in 1958
January 9
• Bushfire Brigade formed at Applethorpe
January 14
• Wallangarra water shut off every night from 7:30pm to 5:30am
January 21
1957 declared record dry year
• Granny...
Fruit arrive on ice in 1957
January 1
• Fruit in iced wagon arrives in good condition
The special consignment of fruit forwarded in a new type of iced wagon to Townsville...
Hospital opens in 1956
February 23
• Texas flood victims in urgent need of fruit
February 28
• Plane bogged at Aerodrome
March 13
• Six sidings to be omitted from fruit train...
Southern Downs farmer takes on world’s longest horse race
Roughly 200 metres into the world’s longest horse race and a sudden realisation began to dawn on Kelly Dudley.
“I realised how unfit I was,”...
