Tag: Meaningful Connections
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Saddleworth’s annual book event is back with a bang
Four years on from its first appearance at the Clare Show market, Saddleworth’s 2025 annual book event will assemble authors and readers in the region around the theme “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang!” Event organiser and author Portia Stanton-Noble says the focus is on the romance and crime genres because of how the two intertwine and…
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Mid-century Stirling masterpiece with a private botanical garden
For strategic consultant Miriam and her husband Joe Whitford, a health and safety manager, it was the mid-century aesthetics and the perfect location that drew them to 33 Garrod Crescent 13 years ago. “It was a fantastic location, but what we loved were all the mid-century features,” says Miriam. This includes the pitched ceilings with…
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Riverland oasis
“Gardening helps with my mental and physical health; it’s where I go to unwind, forget about the business of life and just be in the moment of what is around me — the sounds, the smells, the chatter of birds.” So says Michelle Dominic, president of the Riverland Rose and Garden Festival. But Michelle wasn’t…
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Ngarrindjeri role models celebrated at 2025 NAIDOC Week awards
Eleven outstanding Ngarrindjeri role models have been celebrated at an annual NAIDOC Week awards ceremony in Murray Bridge. More than 300 people walked together across the River Murray, over the old road bridge, and down the city’s main street to its council chambers on Monday morning. There music played, flags were raised and tributes were…
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Mowers roar at all-Australian racing championships
The ultimate clash of ride-on lawnmowers has hit full throttle at Tailem Bend over the weekend with the All-Australian Ride-On Mower Racing Championships at the Bend Motorsport Park. The event, run by the not-for-profit Australian Ride-On Lawn Mower Racing Association, brought together grassroots racers and enthusiasts for a high-octane, mud-splattered showdown – all in the…
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Robe homestead’s new custodians
When SALIFE arrives at Moorakyne, owner Margaret Ferguson is outside in her glorious garden, pottering among the brilliantly-coloured dahlias, sunflowers and artichoke flowers. She winds her way along the path made from reclaimed brick salvaged from the property to greet us. This is a garden Margaret has lovingly spent four years cultivating; transforming it from…
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Power FM celebrates a quarter century
Power FM has a long history of keeping South Australians company as they go about their days. Power FM launched on 12 May 2000 to listeners in the Murray Bridge area with the South Coast, Murraylands and Adelaide Hills licences expanding the station’s reach a few years later. This year, on their 25th birthday, the…
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Whyalla Maritime Museum welcomes rare naval sword
The Whyalla Maritime Museum has been donated a special piece of wartime history – a naval sword, belonging to former commander Neven Robinson Read of the HMAS Whyalla during 1944-45. The ceremonial sword was donated to the museum by Commander Read’s grandson George Read, who travelled with his family from his home in Victoria to…
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Local heroes transforming healthcare in regional South Australia
Sobia and Irfan say that when they landed in regional South Australia 20 years ago, the lack of adequate health care services for rural and remote communities was the first thing they noticed. To counter this problem, the couple have established six pharmacies in areas where there were previously none to bring essential healthcare closer…
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Dancing for community wellness
The River Rock Dance Club gathers each Monday evening at the historic Monash Memorial Hall for a night of dancing that begins with a dance lesson. President of the group, Roger Fielke, says moving to the music is a much-loved pastime for the 90 members of the group who are mostly over 50. “We have…