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JETTY FUNDING ANNOUNCED - Yorke Peninsula receives more than $4 million

SIX Yorke Peninsula jetties earmarked for repairs have been allocated a combined $4.18 million — the most of any region in the state — from the South Australian Government’s Jetties Renewal Program. Yorke Peninsula Council received $197,000...

Patrick Goldsmith

03 Apr 2024

News

New camp booking system almost here

A NEW booking system for Yorke Peninsula Council’s bush campgrounds is in the final stages of development, and will be rolled out at the start of the next financial year. The new system, developed with Bookeasy, will fix persistent problems with...

Patrick Goldsmith

03 Apr 2024

Entertainment

Time to Gather Round again

SOUTH Australia will revisit one 2023 phenomenon this weekend, when the entire Aussie Rules world descends on us for the second iteration of AFL Gather Round. Last year’s inaugural “festival of footy” was a smash hit which, if not for...

Patrick Goldsmith

03 Apr 2024

News

Council makes final road funding push

YORKE Peninsula Council will attempt to complete the long-sought-after works on North Coast Road, Point Turton, through the Special Local Roads Program, a joint venture between the federal, state and local governments. YPC has already been...

Patrick Goldsmith

19 Mar 2024

News

Trail upgrades provide smoother ride

YORKE Peninsula Council will embark on its first project to upgrade the popular Walk the Yorke trail since its launch in 2016. Council received a $31,700 grant from the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing’s 2023-24 Community Recreation and...

Patrick Goldsmith

13 Mar 2024

Community

Incredible figure for Yorketown’s donut king

YORKETOWN icon Colin Franke, known for making and selling the best donuts on Yorke Peninsula, has sold 300,000 of them for the town’s progress association. Following the closure of his former vendor Yorketown Lions Club in 2011, Mr Franke took his...

Patrick Goldsmith

13 Mar 2024