WILMINGTON residents have a vital opportunity to help decide on the town’s main street upgrade, with each household issued a survey last week. Wilmington Progress Society distributed the surveys last Tuesday, with responses closing and being collated on Friday, March 22. The surveys include three different concepts for a revamp of Wilmington’s main street in […]
THE Clare Valley is set to bring together not only the region’s best and brightest producers, but also world renowned chefs who will take part in the ‘Legends of the Clare Valley’ event for this year’s Tasting Australia Festival. Pikes Winery and Slate Restaurant is set to be the location for this spectacular event, on […]
Long Plains local, Tracy Starr, was transformed into a walking, talking piece of art last Thursday, lending herself as a canvas for body paint artist, Wendy Fantasia – nee Verner, formerly of the Mallala/Two Wells area – to be photographed for charity So Brave’s 2020 Breast Cancer Fundraiser calendar. Each year, So Brave creates a […]
David Travers and Jeff Grosset from the Clare Valley Wine & Grape Association won the Premier’s Blockchain Innovation Challenge in Adelaide on Monday evening. The pair won $50,000 to develop their innovative idea which combines emerging QR code technology embedded in the wine bottle’s screwcap but also linked to a consumer-friendly blockchain ledger, to confirm […]
SA Water customers in Orroroo will soon taste the new high-quality drinking water supply coming to their taps, with the first water now flowing through a new 36 kilometre water pipeline to Peterborough connecting the town to SA Water’s River Murray network. The new pipeline will significantly improve the aesthetic quality of the township’s drinking […]
It was the end of an era at Dublin saleyards on Tuesday, with the last pig auction taking place. The withdrawal of a major supplier has ultimately led to the demise of the pig market there, however House of Lindner auctioneer, Rene Martucci, said it had been on the cards for some time, and with […]
LUMEAH Homes, the residential aged care facility at Snowtown, will be able to accommodate an extra four residents, on the back of $2.6 million funding for renovations announced by the State Government last week. The improvements will also include increased safety measures. Lumeah Homes is owned by Country Health SA (CHSA) and co-located on the […]
NEW tourist facilities will be built at Lochiel to accommodate growing tourist interest in the town’s neighbouring Lake Bumbunga. Federal Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey, announced a $236,380 grant from the Federal Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) to help fund the project, an amount matched by Wakefield Regional Council. Read the full story […]
Preparation works have begun on an upgrade of facilities and track at the Clare Motorcycle Club’s George Wade Memorial Off-road Park. The Clare Motorcycle Club Community Facility Upgrade is expected to boost junior development as well as female participation. The project has been made possible through a $50,000 Federal Government Sport Australia Community Sport Infrastructure […]
When Sam Waldhuter celebrated his birthday last week, his wish list was a little different than most nine-year-olds. He wished not for something for himself, but to help others by raising funds for the Backpacks 4 SA Kids charity for children in foster care, and it did not take long for his dream to come […]
