By Chris Moyle.
Twilight is Back! Again sponsored by The Avenue Inn, twilight has returned on Friday evening with hit off from around 4.00 pm to play nine holes of golf in a very relaxed atmosphere. Although the weather conditions were not very Summery, we still had a good field of 19 in the competition […]
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Embedded plastics & illnesses
Your Say: Heather Heggie, Naracoorte.
Australia seems to be losing several ‘wars’ with invaders – cane toads, buffel grass, wild pigs, feral deer, and many other introduced species of flora and fauna. Buffel grass burns catastrophically hot and destroys everything in its path. Plastic has become embedded in our buildings and vehicles and packaging. Insurance […]
Cricket preview
The Millicent and Naracoorte Cricket Association’s senior season is set to get underway for 2023/24 this Saturday. Eight teams have nominated for this season, one less than last season with Footballers Furner Beachport unable to field a side. Of the Naracoorte-based teams entered, there are again two Naracoorte teams – Naracoorte Townies and Naracoorte Warriors […]
Coonawarra Running Festival
By Anne-Marie Williams
The second Coonawarra Running Festival is coming up quickly on 11 th November, 2023. The day will have something for everyone. Running or walking races for distances of 1km, 6km, 12km and for the very keen runners there is a 21km event. All participants receive a medal and prize money for the […]
Climate Change response
Your Say: Cliff Hignett, Naracoorte.
Phillip Cornish (NEWS 6-9-23) complained about our tendency to blame climate disasters on ‘man made climate change’ and not accept that climate comes in ‘cycles’. In fact, climate science is the study of climate cycles – and not just the yearly summer/winter cycle – caused by the tilt of earth […]
New season, new beginnings
By Jock McClure.
The cricket season kicks off this weekend and the Naracoorte/Penola U14’s team is ready for a big season. Major changes with the team includes seven players moving up to the U17’s, and seven new players make their debut in the U14’s. This year’s team will be a combined team of mixed Naracoorte […]
Fuel tax bite
By Nasik Swami.
Motorists in the South East are paying eye-watering fuel prices at bowsers as the end of the 22c per litre discount excise bites. Many drivers in the district this newspaper spoke to say they are paying record-high prices for their fuel when they can least afford it, and the surge is not […]
Naracoorte Rangers Baseball report
By Martin Wirper.
Games have begun again in the Mount Gambier and Districts Baseball League. After last season’s tough run in division 2 the Naracoorte seniors are now back in division 3. Our first game was away to Millicent on Saturday. Naracoorte batted first and secured two runs courtesy of Brady Fox and Ken Sisson. […]
Boost for community groups
By Nasik Swami.
A total of $7,500 will be distributed to various community groups as part of the Naracoorte-Lucindale Council’s Community Chest Program for 2023-2024. Revealing this, council manager for finance and corporate, Alex Edmonds, said they received seven applications requesting a total of $16,257, but only four were approved. The distribution of funds for […]
SE Veteran golf results
By Max Clifford
On a bright sunny day the field at Penola was 78 players including 4 Glenelg vets. The First div winner was Greg Sinclair, Robe with 38 points, from Kerry Scales, Heywood, 37 and Mark Pilmore, Mill, 34. Second Div was won by the local, Trev Williams with 38 points from John Kirby […]
Walk for cancer
By Nasik Swami.
It’s quite rare to see a human Lego-Man walking along the highway on a casual day. And if you do, you might wonder why. Meet Alex McIntyre, 36, and he is the South East’s Human Lego-Man with a purpose. Mr McIntyre promised his mother, Livvy Reiter, that he would walk the 100km […]
Lower South East Bowls Association
Midweek Pennant results round 2: 11th October 2023: By Heather Richards.
Division 1: Mt Gambier RSL Red 47/4 drew Mt Gambier Blue 47/4. Mt Gambier Red 62/8 defeated Mt Gambier RSL Blue 35/0. Naracoorte 55/6 defeated Millicent Red 43/2. Port MacDonnell Red 59/8 defeated Millicent Blue 39/0. Robe 50/8 defeated Port MacDonnell Blue 36/0. Friday […]
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