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By Rosemary Miller.
At the WAB State Conference and AGM held at Kalangadoo in August State President Narelle Brooksby awarded Glenice Bourne and Claire Williams from Lochaber branch with their sixty year membership certificate and badge for remarkable continuous service to Lochaber branch. During their time Claire and Glenice have held many office positions in […]

By Wayne Hawthorne
Josh Pettman has moved from perhaps listening to trash pub talk to talking about trash, or rather the whole Enviro-Tec waste management system. Probus members heard from Josh as to what happens to our trash, recyclables, and green waste. Enviro Tec started in 2004 with Graham Chaplin and Robin Gerrike who ran […]

By Coonawarra Vignerons.
The Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations Wine Festival is here and visitors to the region are in for a real treat! There is barrel loads of fun to be had during October in South Australia’s premier Red wine Region,  with activities to delight and entertain at over 22 wineries across the region. The festival […]

By Adair Dunsford. With Spring in the air, the Naracoorte Art Gallery is supporting the local show this year with a targeted floral art workshop. Two designs from the Show catalogue will feature in an afternoon session with former florist, Lisa Caon on Saturday October 7. Participants will learn how to create a centrepiece arrangement […]

By Angela Burzacott. On Tuesday 1 st August the Lochaber WAB Group gathered in the comfortably equipped 4WD and Angling Club Rooms. The very experienced 4Wheel Driver Peter Flavel, entertained us by talking and screening slides, about one of the trips he and his wife Anne completed. Along with a small group of other 4WD […]

By Anne-Marie Williams. Registrations are now open for the 2023 Coonawarra Running Festival which will be held on Saturday, 11 th November, 2023. Offering something for everyone. The day will include a variety of events including 1km, 5km, 10km and 21km running races. The Wobbly Winery Walk event is for the less serious participants consisting […]

Opinion: Kim Radok, Credit Matters. Today, the business community is crying out for employees, yet there seems to be an almost universal campaign to ignore older workers in many businesses. By employing inexperienced and unprofessional employees rather than mature-aged workers, management is exposing their businesses to potentially many profit draining outcomes. The truth is however, generally, mature-aged workers bring many vital skills and experiences to the business. Furthermore, management has nothing to fear as these employees are mostly not interested in taking their jobs and unlike many younger employees, generally have better workplace ethics. There is an old saying, “… you cannot put an old head on young shoulders.” The same applies to your employees. True, younger employees are not burdened by past history, and are generally thinking differently about how a business may operate. In the day-to-day affairs of managing a business however, they lack the experience of older […]