Cradock celebrates in style
The small community of Cradock, north of Hawker, celebrated Australia Day in style. The town held a relaxed breakfast together, followed by raising the Australian flag...
Home to hero in minutes
IT'S three in the morning and you have to get up for work in four hours when you hear your phone vibrating loudly next to...
Arid Lands launches second book
A HANDFUL of selected guests gathered at Arid Lands Botanic Garden last week to celebrate the launch of the facility’s second publication.Plants of the...
New Ministers arrive in town
ONE thousand, two hundred and thirty-two kilometres is a long way to move for work, but that is exactly what the Johnson family did.Coming from a...
2015: Big year for awardees
Citizen of the Year - Lavene Ngatokorua (Nominees - Shelley Ellis, Tony Edmonds, Kylie McKerlie, Tony Russ, Ann Screen, Karyn Reid)JULY 2015: Davenport community leader Lavene Ngatokorua was honoured with the Premier's NAIDOC Award in...
Dedicated ‘Bluey’
COUNTRY Fire Service Region 4 Commander 'Bluey’ Devine was recently awarded one of the highest honours for firefighters after almost 30 years service. The Australian Fire...
Travel list: Make a visit to Wilpena
PORT Augusta and the Flinders Ranges are still proving a hit with tourists, claiming several positions in a new list of ‘South Australia’s 100 Things to do Before you...
Community support key to dump approval
A SPANISH town initially opposing a nuclear waste dump now happily incorporates the facility into its daily life, according to the federal government’s consultation group...
Quorn’s Citizen of the Year for 2016
AS A dedicated community member, and lifelong Quorn resident, Ian Rodgers is a worthy Citizen of the Year. Quorn Mayor Peter Slattery described Mr Rodgers as a quiet/ unassuming...
Former local speaking at UN
FORMER local Vicky Welgraven has been selected to represent the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA) at the United Nations Commission for the...