Rural News

CANOPY mounted sprinklers and ‘vegetation modification’ are two of the techniques to be used to improve co-existence between the community and flying foxes at roosts…

NOVEMBER 2024 will go on record as the wettest since 2010 for some areas of the Scenic Rim. In other areas where available records only…

Last week, readers would have learned that I am getting a crash course in all things rural at our new home and that while chickens…

MORE than 30 mature trees have been felled by Energex on a 500 metre stretch of road reserve at Carneys Creek, this month. The tree…

A SMALL colony of grey-headed flying foxes has returned to trees above the banks of the Teviot Brook. The colony has in recent years regularly…

BOONAH’s Runner Up Showgirl has won the West Moreton and Brisbane Valley Regional Showgirl title. “It was a very last minute thing,” says Maddie Kimber,…

JOHN Lennon and Otis Redding recorded two of the many versions of the classic soul song ‘Stand By Me’ and more recently, it was chosen…

THE Scenic Rim 2025 Australia Day Awards offer residents a chance to nominate people who volunteer their skills, time and energy in support of the…

NEW market access to Vietnam for plum growers has broadened the market for stone fruit growers. While peach and nectarine trade is already in place,…

IF YOU’RE seeing more snakes about that’s because the warmer than usual start to spring has woken them up. They’re also looking to partner up…

ANALYSIS by WENDY CREIGHTON IF there was a Significant Tree Register in South East Queensland, this tree would have to be eligible for entry. It…

BEAUDESERT’S Ella Bischoff, the South East Sub Chamber Showgirl entrant was selected as the runner-up in the Queensland Showgirl competition. The judging took place as…