A berry special tradition returns
About 3000 visitors and community members are expected to turn out for one of the sweetest events on the Adelaide Hills calendar – the annual Macclesfield Strawberry Fete.
Community News
Open Garden season begins at Punkipot
It’s Open Garden season again and Strathabyn’s Punkipot will throw open its gates to visitors later this month.
Sport
Rocco in the running for Athlete of the Year
EFS student Rocco Kenyon has had a stellar year with his sport, and on November 20 will find out if he has been awarded the Primary Athlete of the Year award.
Colour Run success
About 550 Eastern Fleurieu R-6 campus students took part in this year’s Colour Run at the campus – turning white t-shirts into brightly coloured tops.
Former Echidna makes his international cricket debut
A former Wistow A grade cricketer has made his international debut – for Panama in the South American Men’s Championships (SAC).
Regatta returns to Milang
The Annual Milang Regatta is excitingly set to make a return to Lake Alexandrina town, igniting lots of fun on and off the water across the last weekend of November.
Rural
Honey, check this out
An avid gardener recently started a bee-rilliant new hobby, of beekeeping, to improve his crops, and has been reaping what he has sown. Goolwa’s Phil Sargent has planted about 200 native species with his brother on their Goolwa property over the...
Milang farmer’s hopes rained on due to unseasonably wet weather
A Milang farmer estimates the unseasonably wet summer has caused about 25 per cent of income loss for grain farmers in the region. His neighbour has recorded 150mm of rain since harvest started since the end of October, and as reported in this...
Advancing women in agriculture
When Currency Creek farmer Belle Baker was growing up, women weren’t always accepted as farmers. These days Ms Baker, with help from her partner Patrick O’Driscoll, is tailor-making courses to help women on the land fill gaps in their knowledge...
A healthy distance advised for livestock welfare
Hazards for livestock and the best methods to protect their health were the subject matters of a recent Milang Agricultural Bureau meeting. Many of the actions undertaken by governments in the early days of COVID parallel methods used by livestock...
