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Naracoorte Market Report 19/09/2023
By Tim Delany, MLA.
Cattle: LWB 13 – LWY 808 – LWC 259 – OAY 18.
Cattle numbers at Naracoorte were greater this week reaching 1,089 which represented an increase of 215 head. The quality of the trade run improved again with the yarding varying from very good to a average. Well presented cows continue […]
Coonawarra Tees off Cabernet Celebrations Festival with Golf Day
By Coonawarra Vignerons.
Wine lovers and golf enthusiasts are in for a treat with the return of the SAFM/TripleM Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations Golf Day at the end of this month. Kicking off the SA Labour Day long weekend – the first of five weekends of events in October, the Golf Day returns as a feature […]
Naracoorte Ladies Golf results: 20th September 2023
By Felicity Miles.
Helloworld Travel Naracoorte sponsored our stableford golf on Wednesday, generously supporting the winners and runner up ladies. Charlies mum Jenny Legoe presented the prizes, fresh home from her amazing Helloworld holiday to India. We had 20 in the field and the winner in the A Grade was Kim Trueman with a wonderful […]
Rate hardship
By Nasik Swami.
If you’re experiencing difficulties paying your council rates, the Tatiara District Council says help is available for you. Council chief executive officer Anne Champness said financial hardships and unemployment have topped the council’s list of reasons for rate arrears and nonpayment of rates. “We are very aware of the extra burden council […]
Save the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse
By Kingston SE Branch, National Trust of South Australia.
The Cape Jaffa Lighthouse is an iconic South Australian historic cast iron structure which sits proudly on the foreshore at Kingston SE, providing memorable insights into the lives of lighthouse keepers and their families who lived and worked in incredible conditions to provide a mantle of […]
Bridge Club results
By Bridging the Gap.
Winners N/S today were Libby Heyward and Sandra Haynes on a great percentage of 61.77 ahead of Sue Hood and Liz Ogilvie on 56.04 East West winners were Jill Perkins and Sars Crawford on 63.79 followed by Prue Ellis and Jenny Pridham on 59.90. Well done to them for playing those […]
CASTEC 2023 A GRADE PREMIERS
Final score: Border Districts 10.13 (73) def. Kingston 8.8 (56)
Naracoorte Bowling Club
By Beverley King.
Sunday 17th September was the opening of the 2023/2024 season for our club. The weather was kind to us with a lovely warm day with no wind, this encouraged forty one players to come and have a game. To open the day our Ladies Singles Champion L. Williams placed the mat and […]
Asking for 1000 homes
By Nasik Swami.
Naracoorte-Lucindale mayor Patrick Ross is ready to engage with the Country Cabinet when it holds its seventh meeting in Naracoorte next month. And Mr Ross says at the top of his list of things to be discussed with the Premier and his ministers will be the “region’s desperate need for an extra […]
Apsley Golf report
By Jane Fitzgerald.
Ladies: A cooler day today with wind and showers, so the ladies decided to play a 9-hole Stableford competition. There was a good field of players. Leanne Dolling had 15pts, Fiona Crawley had 16pts and Robynne Rainsford won on a count back with 16 pts. Well done girls. Once again it is […]
Talk with leaders
By Nasik Swami.
The state government’s next country cabinet is coming to the South East and will be held in Naracoorte next month. The News has confirmed that a community forum will be held in Naracoorte on October 26, followed by a meeting of the state cabinet in Bordertown the next day. The government’s seventh […]
Lucindale mens golf results
By Shawn Menz.
On Saturday we had excellent numbers again with 23 golfers hitting the course for the Naracoorte homemakers stableford round. The sunny spring day was absolutely perfect for golf with a slight easterly breeze keeping the balls straighter than usual. Playing off the red tees made the day a little more interesting, some […]
Big win for Lachie
By Nasik Swami
Lachie Neale is unstoppable.
Born in Naracoorte, the AFL superstar won his second Brownlow Medal in Brisbane on Monday night.
Known as the Lion King of AFL, the Brisbane co-captain has become the 16th player in VFL-AFL history to win the League’s biggest and most prestigious award multiple times.
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Naracoorte RSL Bowling Club Opening Day
By Linda Prentice.
Naracoorte RSL and District Bowling Club held its open day in beautiful conditions last Saturday. President Joe McGrath welcomed 24 players plus onlookers before the first roll of the kitty by Lindy Mark, and the first bowl by David O’Shaughnessy, the previous season’s champions. Geoff and Joan Hurn were surprised by an […]
Rural Road Safety Month
Your Say: Tony Pasin MP, Federal Member for Barker, Shadow Assistant Minister Infrastructure and Transport. September is Rural Road Safety Month, an Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) awareness campaign designed to highlight the additional risks that exist when driving on rural and remote roads. Despite fewer than a third of Australia’s population residing in major […]
Squash Spring Pennant: Round 3
By Jenny Dickenson.
After the first three rounds of the spring squash pennant Zeus is on top of the ladder only a point ahead of Hades and all other teams only a few points behind so it looks like being an interesting pennant. Peter and Ewen played the match of the night with only one […]
Response to receiving the referendum booklet
Your Say: Heather Gibbons, Robe. As a response to receiving the referendum booklet I thought I would look up The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA). It is run by a CEO and two deputy CEOs. So if NIAA gets $4.3 billion of taxpayers’ money every year, what are they doing with the money? This Executive […]
Warning signs evident in “Council Reforms”
Your Say: Ken Grundy. The News headline last issue predicted a “Shake-up for Councils”. Minister for Local Government, Mr Geoff Brock, announced a plan to transform Local Government due to public feeling that Councils could move more to regional authorities or State Government could take over Council duties. Whichever way you look at this it […]
Coonawarra Tees off Cabernet Celebrations Festival with Golf Day
By Coonawarra Vignerons.
Wine lovers and golf enthusiasts are in for a treat with the return of the SAFM/TripleM Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations Golf Day at the end of this month. Kicking off the SA Labour Day long weekend – the first of five weekends of events in October, the Golf Day returns as a feature […]
St Paul’s Anglican Church
By Cathy Cobbledick.
St Paul’s Anglican Church, Naracoorte is based at 2 Laurie Crescent. Our Church offers fellowship, compassion, and we want to share the love of God with everyone. Naracoorte’s service times are 10am every Sunday. Check The News for updated information for both Naracoorte & Lucindale churches and join our Facebook page “Naracoorte […]
Limestone Coast to host 9-day cycling tour
Limestone Coast to host 9-day cycling tour
By Naracoorte Lucindale Council Over 200 cyclists will take in the sights and sounds of the Limestone Coast from October 14–22 2023 as part of Bicycle SA’s Annual Tour. The 2023 event has sold in advance, indicating […]
Sunrise Christian School
Artist in Residence – Mundulla Mud: By Kate Gale.
At Sunrise Christian School Naracoorte we had Natalie Cardinal, from Mundulla Mud, join us as an Artist in Residence, to work with each class across the school. Students have made their own pinch pot creations and a beneficial insect that ties in with sustainability for a […]
Bridge Club results
By Bridging the Gap.
Winners N/S today were Libby Heyward and Sandra Haynes on a great percentage of 61.77 ahead of Sue Hood and Liz Ogilvie on 56.04 East West winners were Jill Perkins and Sars Crawford on 63.79 followed by Prue Ellis and Jenny Pridham on 59.90. Well done to them for playing those […]
CASTEC 2023 A GRADE PREMIERS
Final score: Border Districts 10.13 (73) def. Kingston 8.8 (56)
Kingston council’s 150th
By Chris Oldfield. AN SA Government Gazette dated Thursday, July 3, 1873 carries a headline: New District Council.
It is followed by a report stating that part of the Hundred of Lacepede is proclaimed under the then District Councils Act.
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