Yorke Peninsula Country Times

Battle to keep park home

A PORT Broughton caravan park resident is fighting to stay in their home after they were told their lease would not be renewed. The resident, who Yorke Peninsula Country Times has chosen not to name, has taken their case to the body that deals with...

Sarah Herrmann

Hope for Hugh

AT just four months old, Hugh Leech has been through more hardship than some people experience in their entire lives. Hugh was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare, life-threatening condition affecting one in 15,000 babies, and causes liver...

Jess Liddy

Eagle slayer myth hard to kill off

A TRIO of majestic wedge-tailed eagles rises out of the paddock stubble as our farm ute approaches. On the back of the ute, three sheepdogs crane their heads curiously. An investigation of the site from where the eagles emerged uncovers the remains...

Shaun Hollis

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Bute win for people power

BUTE residents have had a major win in the battle over the future of the town’s rest centre, with Barunga West Council voting to lease it to the local progress group. At the council’s meeting on Tuesday, April 9, all eight members of the council...

Brock steps down

INDEPENDENT MP Geoff Brock has resigned as minister for local government, regional roads and veterans’ affairs, but will continue to represent the electorate of Stuart. Mr Brock made the announcement in State Parliament last Thursday, April 11...

Michelle Daw

Native plants creating coastal resilience

MORE than 100 hectares of native species planted along Yorke Peninsula’s coastline are showing signs of revegetation success. The plantings are part of Northern and Yorke Landscape Board’s Djulda-wawa Badja (Narungga for resilient coast)...

Sarah Herrmann

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Staying active during the school holidays

Students looking to remain active during the school holidays can be part of a new program founded on northern Yorke Peninsula. Kadina Memorial School teachers Nick Hewett and Patrick Keane created HK Country Kids Play after noticing a lack of...

Will Hunter

Sport

Button set to be a part of history

Hannah Button (southern Yorke Peninsula) has been selected in the 30-player squad to represent the SANFLW in the historic inaugural encounter against the WAFLW in Perth on Saturday, May 4. To be coached by Button’s Adelaide 2019 premiership...

Sport

Hasting and Herbert in state squad

Central Yorke midfield bull Jett Hasting and Bute utility Kade Herbert are among nine Woodville-West Torrens footballers in the 38-player South Australian Under 18 squad. The team was announced last week, ahead of the 2024 AFL National...

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Copper Coast Garden Club AGM

PRESIDENT Denise Poole welcomed 40 or so garden enthusiasts to Copper Coast Garden Club’s annual general meeting at the Wallaroo Town Hall on Wednesday, March 27. Positions were declared vacant and Jill Saxby chaired the elections. The 2024-25...

Community

MMAC 2024 production is The Pajama Game

MAITLAND Music and Arts Club’s 2024 production is The Pajama Game, a musical comedy gem from the 1950s, to be staged Friday and Saturday, August 16-17. People aged over 16 interested in becoming involved, onstage or off, can attend a preliminary...

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Annette’s passion for rural education

ANNETTE Morphett says she has always had a deep affinity for rural schools and communities. The passionate educator has spent more than 20 years at Wallaroo’s St Mary MacKillop School where she has positively impacted the educational outcomes of...

Will Hunter

31 Oct 2023

Profiles

Bettering Bute for 50 years

A STALWART of the Bute community, Malcolm McDonald has clocked up 50 years as a Country Fire Service volunteer. He was presented his 50-year service medal a ceremony in Gawler in July. Mr McDonald joined the service in 1971 when it was knon as the...

Jess Liddy

10 Oct 2023

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Hydrogen: what the world demands

Advertising promotion WITH “exciting” works soon to be underway for the delivery of the state’s Hydrogen Jobs Plan, the regional town of Whyalla will be a landmark in the future of the world’s renewable energy. Having solar and wind energy...

09 Apr 2024

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YP’s Saltwater Classic extravaganza

Advertising Promotion STANSBURY and Port Vincent are poised to present the 2024 Yorke Peninsula Saltwater Classic with a spectacular display of wooden and classic boats from the past this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14. It will be the...