IF you are looking to get moving for a good cause, look no further than the Mid North Relay For Life, where participants are needed to raise funds and awareness for Cancer Council SA. The 19-hour event will be held at the Clare Oval on November 16 and 17, and involves walking around a track, […]
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Suicide Prevention Networks forum
The Premier’s Advocate for Suicide Prevention, Hon John Dawkins MLC, has announced the annual State-wide Suicide Prevention ‘Network of Networks’ forum will be held in Gawler on May 29. South Australia’s Suicide Prevention Networks play a critical role in bringing awareness and breaking down stigma around the issue of mental health and suicide which, sadly, […]
Drug bust at Port Wakefield
Police seized cannabis plants and dried cannabis following a search at Port Wakefield on Sunday. Port Wakefield police with the assistance of the Dog Operations Unit, searched a property and located four mature cannabis plants being grown outdoors along with a significant quantity of dried cannabis and drug paraphernalia. A 32-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman […]
Back on a familiar beat
BACK patrolling the streets of Port Wakefield and surrounds, is newly appointed Brevet Sergeant to the Port Wakefield police station, Charmaine Barlow. Charmaine is taking over from Brevet Sergeant Kimberley Bambery and is definitely not a stranger to this area, having already being posted in this exact spot until she left to work in metro […]
Green thumbs at garden festival
MANY people flocked to the Clare Showgrounds last Sunday where the 2019 SA Autumn Garden Festival was held. The large crowd enjoyed both the warm sunshine and a large array of stalls to please anyone with a green thumb. Over 60 exhibitors nestled under the Eucalyptus trees displayed their range of flowers, bulbs, succulents, shrubbery, […]
Would you like to learn how to conserve heritage?
The Jacka House Conservation Project developed from concept to idea through Goyder Regional Council’s recognition of Burra’s value as a heritage tourism mecca for South Australia, and the need to develop a skilled pool of building conservation professionals in Australia. Read the full story in our online edition: http://plainsproducer.realviewdigital.com
At long last, Lewcock’s bridge upgrade completed
After decades of lobbying, Lewcock’s bridge, officially known as the Clare-Hanson Road Bridge, and a nearby culvert, have finally been widened and upgraded, with works completed in late December. Member for Frome Geoff Brock was in Clare last week to see first-hand the completed works. Read the full story in our online edition: http://plainsproducer.realviewdigital.com
Bridge budgeted to link ‘extraterrestrial’ trail
“IT’S like planet Mars out there,” declared councillor Terry Williams at last week’s Wakefield Regional Council meeting. Cr Williams was referring to the remote, extraterrestrial landscape at the Wakefield River crossing near Port Wakefield, the planned location for a bridge to link the town with the Walk The Yorke trail. Read the full story […]
Award winning smile on Anne’s dial
Barbara ‘Anne’ Thompson fills her days by putting smiles on the faces of others. And because she volunteers much of her time to the community she loves, was the joint winner of the Playford Citizen of the Year, 2019. Read the full story in our online edition: http://plainsproducer.realviewdigital.com
Wind farm turbines on the rise
A last-minute bid by a multi-national energy company to vary the height of wind turbines at its proposed wind farm in South Australia has reinforced calls by SA-BEST for a moratorium on all future wind farms until current laws are reviewed. Read the full story in our online edition: http://plainsproducer.realviewdigital.com