Tag: Regional Resilience
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The farm with flowers
Located on the eastern side of Eyre Peninsula, Cowell is a town little more than 100 kilometres from Whyalla – about halfway between Port Augusta and Port Lincoln. If you venture just a little further out, you’ll find Miltalie, complete with its population of about 150. One of those 150 people who call Miltalie home…
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Escape to the country
It was a baptism of fire, literally, when Andrew and Annette Comley began creating their stunning country holiday home in Woodside in the Adelaide Hills. The couple had always dreamed of a rural retreat, a place to escape the pace and stress of city life. Both Andrew and Annette have demanding jobs that require long…
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Council issues drought declaration as SA and federal governments lag behind
The drought hasn’t broken yet, but recent rainfall has at least given Tintinara farmer Jonathan Pietzsch something that has been in short supply lately: a tiny bit of hope. A greenish tinge has appeared in some paddocks around the Murraylands during the past week and a half, following falls of 20-30 millimetres on the King’s…
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‘Three days of hell’ raise more than $50k for domestic violence services
A Murray Bridge man who ran 324 kilometres in three days to raise funds for domestic violence services says he was “delirious” by the time he reached his destination. Kai Martin completed the unthinkably gruelling run from Clare back to his home town just after 3am on Monday. By the time he arrived, he had…
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Gonna help in times of need
The temperature is nudging the high 30s in the state’s Mid North, and while most have retreated to the comforts of their home air-conditioning, a group of local blokes has pulled up to a young family’s yard towing an unmissable yellow caravan. One by one, they jump out of their vehicles, grab some gardening tools,…
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The story behind Birdwood’s spectacular Bellosguardo garden
Regional From his back porch each evening, Peter Bellosguardo takes a moment to absorb his verdant three-hectare property in the hills behind Birdwood. The immaculate topiaries, espaliered fruit trees and stone-walled veggie garden are set against a panoramic vista of vineyards and pencil pines that evoke the Tuscan countryside. It is Peter’s masterpiece, 23 years…
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A view from above helps southern hairy-nosed wombats
Extending roughly 650km from southwest South Australia into Western Australia, the Nullabor Plain is home to the largest population of the southern hairy-nosed wombat. However, significant declines in the range and abundance of wombat populations across South Australia have been reported, with stressors like climate change and intense competition for resources disrupting numbers. Species like…
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Adelaide Hills residents desperately in search of a drop as water supplies dry up
Adelaide Hills residents have been forced to turn to their communities for help as unprecedented dry conditions across the state run water tanks and dams dry. Meadows local Leah Craig ran out of water in early February. When Craig noticed she was running low on water, she contacted her regular water supplier who gave her…
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Whyalla to get ‘vital’ upgrade of airport and new foreshore playground
Premier Peter Malinauksas said funding from the federal and state governments and council is the final piece of the puzzle that will make the upgrade a reality. “We are optimistic about Whyalla’s future and want to ensure this important regional centre can seize opportunities as major local infrastructure projects come online,” he said. The Albanese…
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SA dairy business to cease operations
Beston Global Food Company, which employs 159 staff and has dairy factories at Murray Bridge and Jervois, announced to the ASX on September 23 that it had appointed KPMG as its administrator. KPMG said it intended to continue trading while assessing trading and options for sale and/or recapitalisation. The administrators yesterday announced Beston and its…