Rural News

WHILE flooded crossings and record August falls were recorded in some parts of the state last week, the forecast deluge in the Scenic Rim resulted…

THERE will be lots of activity in the trees around Toby Slatter Park on the Dugandan Flat as Council staff install hollows for local wildlife.…

I have always had dreams of running livestock, but I come from a long line of journalists, a profession not exactly known for prowess in…

THERE are 49 members of the greater Eucalypt family found in the Scenic Rim. How do we know? Because it has been proven through research…

The Boonah Show’s Prime Beef section has a class of entries that are judged ‘on the hoof’ on the Friday morning and then in the…

A DELUGE from a slow moving storm system on Wednesday night pushed total rainfall so far this year to within ‘spitting distance’ of the annual…

THE potential discovery of a new plant species and the important role of private property owners in maintaining the Scenic Rim’s biodiversity were highlighted in…

A Council-sponsored wildlife survey of bushland at Tamborine has shown that wildlife are returning to areas devastated in the Christmas night tornado-like storm and subsequent…

BEAUDESERT State High School students interested in a career involving horses are a step further to fulfilling their dreams. In a first for the school,…

IN THE three months to the end of January, areas across the Scenic Rim have recorded more than two third’s the average annual rainfall, according…

A SLOW moving trough established within a very moist tropical airmass over South East Queensland, brought widespread heavy showers and thunderstorm activity to the Scenic…

STRATEGIC planning around responses to comprehensive disasters are on Cr Amanda Hay’s agenda as Tamborine Mountain moves from damage clean up to what is expected…