Rural News

RUSSELL and Jenny Jenner from Kalbar were named the winners of the Highest Individual Award for Fundraising at the Queensland Cancer Council annual awards ceremony…

A 40km cycle through the gravel backroads with the finish line set in a field of sunflowers … would it be possible? It’s a question…

CANUNGRA is home to myriad primary producers enticed by its beauty and inspired by the produce its fertile soil nurtures to perfection. When thinking produce,…

QUEENSLAND farmers are built different. Throw what you will at them … floods, fire, drought, hail – they simply regroup, rebuild and continue to get…

THE bride was late. The groom was unconcerned. He knew the reason. The hay trailer built by his grandfather and especially refurbished as the wedding…

A GRANT awarded to Boonah High School has given students more than just additional facilities, it has created a legacy. The works the grant enabled…

THE Australia Day awards based in the Fassifern will again be held in Kalbar on the morning of the National holiday on Thursday, January 26.…

KALBAR’S annual ‘big days out’ are booming. “All I can say is ‘wow, it was amazing!’,” says Fassifern Lions Club President Don Young, who with…

PLENTY of hay-riffic puns have been celebrated across the Fassifern as part of Kalbar Country Day festivities. For some it’s been a tad difficult but…

“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.” — Laurence…

ART installations are becoming a feature of the Outback landscape – from larger than life silo paintings to repurposed relics of the goldrush and pioneering…

PEOPLE collect all manner of things so it comes as no surprise there is a farmer in Mt Walker whose hobby is collecting tractors. While…