Rural News

DONATIONS to the total of $3,000 were presented to Fassifern community groups on Saturday by the Boonah Country Markets Committee. The presentations are an annual…

The last time I visited the Surawskis on their Carney’s Creek property the air was filled with the choking smoke from the bushfires sweeping through…

TWENTY year rainfall records in places across the Scenic Rim have already been ‘washed away’ and more are expected to follow. The current record breakers,…

LIGHT Up Kalbar event organisers would no doubt have sighed with relief when the rainy days turned sunny and floodwaters receded last week ahead of…

More than 2,000 different species of fireflies, also known as lightning bugs, light up this world. None of them is actually a fly. All are…

THE Dreamcatchers, or to give them the correct name, the Mandalas, hanging on one of Boonah’s Jacarandas were crafted by a woman who moved to…

DREAMCATCHERS in a Jacaranda tree and newly ‘suited up’ trees and power poles all in Christmas colours – the Boonah CBD has been yarn bombed.…

THERE has been a major increase in call outs to the carers in the Scenic Rim Wildlife Rescue network in the last three months. “People…

BOONAH High’s Class of 2021 were presented to the community in the traditional Formal parade on Wednesday evening (November 17). Vehicles transporting more than 80…

YOUNG farmers, innovative farmers, and leaders in business and community will again be the centre of attention at the Australia Day breakfast and awards ceremony…

MORE than 50 people gathered at the Boonah War Memorial on Remembrance Day on Thursday to recognise the Fallen and those who served. Past and…

EIGHT groups will share in $144,500 in grants released as part of Scenic Rim Regional Council’s Covid recovery package. A further 17 groups will share…