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Tag: Regional Showcase 2023

  • Twenty stories of regional South Australia

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    Adnyamathanha language program takes huge strides The Leigh Creek Area School and Leigh Creek Community Progress Association are placing more bilingual signs along the Akurra Trail to the water’s edge of Arrunha Awi (Aroona Dam). Read the story and vote here   Barn owls join fight against Kangaroo Island pests Barn owls are being recruited…

  • Vote for your favourite regional SA story

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    South Australia’s regions offer a wellspring of stories that capture the leadership, innovation, successes, community spirit and resilience of these communities and their local industries. The South Australian Regional Showcase Awards aim to bring these stories to statewide, national and international audiences and celebrate the people behind them, with the awards supported by the Department…

  • The ‘Aussie house’ brightening Adelaide suburbia

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    Deb’s front yard is a true country experience, with tree stumps, a mouse crawling down the fence, a dog moulded from tin, a cowboy hat and steer horns made from an old TV stand. It’s not what you’d expect in the ‘burbs of Adelaide, so naturally Deb has had quite a few curious onlookers. “There…

  • Finalists announced for 2023 Ag Town of the Year

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    The hotly contested Agricultural Town of the Year award will be fought out by three of our state’s regional towns: Bordertown, Eudunda and Wudinna. Introduced in 2019, the Ag Town of the Year award recognises South Australian towns that are excelling in agricultural practices and, as a consequence, supporting vibrant and resilient communities. Primary Industries…

  • 2023 Ag Town finalists announced

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    The towns making the finals highlight the breadth of South Australia’s agricultural industries – from cereal and seed crops, to wine grapes and citrus, to sheep and cattle. Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister Clare Scriven welcomed today’s announcement of the finalists. “Our regions contribute $29 billion to the state’s economy each year and their…

  • Vote for the state’s 2023 Agricultural Town of the Year

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    Now in its fifth year, Ag Town highlights the significant contribution the agricultural sector and regional communities make to South Australia’s economy, and our world-class and innovative agricultural practices. With nominations now closed, it is up to the public to vote for their favourite from the 49 towns that made this year’s list. Voting is…

  • Nominations close this week for 2023 Ag Town of the Year

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    Now in its fifth year, the South Australian Agricultural Town of the Year Award aims to recognise and honour towns in South Australia that excel in agricultural practices and deliver a positive flow-on effect to their communities. The nomination process is open to everyone, and it is as easy as visiting the website www.agtown.com.au to…

  • Mypolonga celebrates AgTown of the Year win

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    President of the Mypolonga Progress Association Steve Hein said the town began preparing for the flood on the same weekend that it won the title at InDaily’s Regional Showcase Awards in November last year. “We were awarded on Friday night, and on Sunday we were in flood mode, so it was really that quick,” Hein…

  • Historic Port Lincoln museum celebrates 50 years

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    The cottage was constructed in 1866 for Joseph Bishop, son of Captain John Bishop, one of the first three ships captains to bring settlers to Port Lincoln in 1839. Museum Coordinator and member of the Port Lincoln History Group, Jackie Johnston, said that John Bishop decided to remain as a settler and bought up quite…

  • Landmark Mount Gambier attractions adopt dual names

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    Announced last week, the sites and names were chosen by the council alongside Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation and the Bunganditj Language Reclamation Committee over the past few years. Locations that have received a dual name include the Umpherston Sinkhole/Balumbul, Cave Garden/Thugi, Blue Lake/Warwar and Browne Lake/Kroweratwari. Bunganditj Language Coordinator at Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation, Tara Bonney, said…