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By Chris Oldfield.
DOES Naracoorte’s CBD need more car parking, and if so, at what cost?
Part of the former council’s $10m Town Centre Rejuvenation Plan included around 20 more car parks – by turning Ormerod St into a one way street with angle parking, and cutting into the Town Squares. In a push led […]
By Chris Oldfield
IN the shadow of darkness, sometimes thieves are lurking down side streets, back roads and farm paddocks, checking for unlocked cars, sheds, houses and gates to steal whatever they can. “It is a sign of the times, driven by the high cost of living as a result of high electricity prices,” according […]
By Ash Bennier.
Each year the Naracoorte High School English faculty run the Speak Off competition for Students from Years 7-10. Speak Off is a public speaking competition where students are given four topics to select from and then create a persuasive speech to present to their class. Teachers mark against the achievement standard and […]
By Tally Atwater.
Kybybolite 8.8-56 defeated South Gambier 1.3-9.
Kybybolite Women’s Football Club (KWFC) has begun their summer season impressively with the future of local female footy leading the way. In their first round of U16 female footy in the Limestone Coast Women’s football league, KWFC have kicked off with a win. The new U16s […]
By Chris Oldfield.
SOME of the criminal activity in the district is reported by SA Police on its website. According to the site, reports in recent months included the arrest of two men who triggered an alarm in June at a Blackwell Rd waste management business. The criminals aged 39 and 36 were charged for […]
14th September, 2023, By Ms Edwards, Principal.
Welcome: A big warm welcome to the Pearce family who have relocated back to their home town of Naracoorte after a 6 year adventure in Western Australia. Willa has joined Mrs Wilkin’s class in Room 14 and Ned has joined Mrs C and Mrs Hahn’s class in Room […]
Naracoorte stayer Hasta La War is set to continue his quest towards securing a spot in the 2023 Melbourne Cup by contesting a $500,000 qualifying race at Flemington this Saturday. The Sue Murphy-trained galloper is among nominations for the 2500m Bart Cummings, which carries Melbourne Cup ballot exemption. Hasta La War has raced twice since […]
By Michael Waters.
In the semi finals of A grade table tennis, Centaur advanced to the Grand Final with an emphatic 8-4 win over Pegasus. For Centaur, Alan Martyn took all before him and won 3 singles, although he was made to earn it by Kevin Addicott in a game that went all the way […]
By Tim Delany, MLA.
Cattle: LWB 27 – LWY 401 – LWC 200 – OAY 3.
Naracoorte agents offered a yarding of 627 cattle which represented a decrease of 462 head. Most of the regular buyers attended with not all operating fully and selective. Quality was overall from good to average with some plainer pens […]
By Zoe Williams and Sophie Matters.
Over the last 2 weeks the semi final and grand final have been played. The Tuesday night semi final was played by the Scorchers and the Beamers, the first game was played between Shane Sinclair and Brendan Preiss. The scores were 6-11, 11-5, 11-3 and 11-6, this game was […]
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 Max Clifford.
72 players went to Naracoorte to find the course in excellent condition with fast greens and good fairways. It was the Monfries & Porter trophy, a long standing tradition for our Vets. The first div was taken out by Darren Earl on a countback from Bill Mullan both having 37 points. Brian […]
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