Rural News
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Unravelling red tape make regions like Scenic Rim agritourism hot spots
RED tape is holding back agritourism opportunities in the Scenic Rim and other regions in Queensland according to the Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF). And if…
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Gerald’s passing
Gerald, Boonah’s Town Cat, passed away on Wednesday. Even this most stately and cossetted of felines could not defy the wearisome passing of time. He…
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Top Scratch-Its win to Boonah man
THE Boonah Newsagency has sold a top prize winning Instant Scratch-its for the first time in more than 20 years. And the win went to…
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Festival revival – from one valley to another
ARTS in the Olives was a festival which for ten years drew thousands of creatives and creatives at heart to an olive grove in the…
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Scenic Rim’s Australia Day Awards nominations a shout out for quiet achievers
A TOTAL of 27 individuals and community groups have been nominated for the Scenic Rim Australia Day Awards however one has asked for her name…
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Community groups receive COVID-19 assistance
TWELVE community groups have been allocated up to $1500 in the council’s latest round of COVID-19 Community Grants. A total of $16,600 funding was allocated…
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Old-growth fig ‘felled’ by a rotting fungus
AS the dense scrub covering the five acre block was felled, a shade tree was saved from the axe. The year was 1891, the locality…
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Aratula set for artisanal markets, in bid to go from transient town to travel destination
ARATULA will soon be home to an artisanal market selling homemade arts, crafts, food products and goods from antiques to relishes, plants to sourdough. At…
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The Beauty of Life – Wooftie
RETIRED language expert Professor Roly Sussex, from the University of Queensland, has conducted weekly talk-back radio programs on the English language for many years in…
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Distillery gets green light for daily 12 hour operations
A TAMBORINE Mountain business was given the go-ahead this month to extend its opening time by five hours. On November 29 last year, consultant town…
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Amazed by a stranger’s random act of kindness
IT’S NO secret that a small kindness can make a difference in a person’s life. The unexpected nature of the good deed by a stranger…
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A legacy of service to “a good place to live”
IF YOU happen to be out and about in Kalbar early in the morning, you may see a man doing one of those small public…












