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Woman critical after car crash into Coochin creek bed
BOONAH-Rathdowney Road in Coochin is still closed to traffic following a single vehicle crash at 8.10am this morning. Police said a female motorist lost control…
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Boonah Hospital to be expanded, refurbished
QUEENSLAND Health Minister Tim Nicholls revealed there were plans underway to refurbish and expand Boonah Hospital during his tour of the facility, last week. Minister…
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Allandale brigade fighting fire for 50 years
IN 1972 a group of farmers in Allandale, a rural area outside Boonah, decided to start a bush fire brigade to protect the land they…
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Police piper plays out career cop’s retirement
POLICING careers don’t all start with graduation and end with retirement, but the now former Senior Constable Bill Warwick was in it for the long…
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Alpaca lot of love into bedside visits
ALPACAS are endearing but hardly what you’d expect to see wandering the wards of a hospital or retirement home. Yet this is what Mountview Alpaca…
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Berry bushes and the blueberry blues
THERE’S uneasy discontent connecting Australian producers and that’s ever-increasing input costs and shrinking profit margins. One producer under the pump is Otto Saeck, an orchardist…
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Captains log star dates celestial growing
SPACE travel has become somewhat mainstream, anyone with deep enough pockets can make their fantasy of being an astronaut come true. For now, the trips…
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A morning wedding, a garden reception
Story: WENDY CREIGHTON Photos: CAS MILLER INC.MILL PHOTOGRAPHY THE proposal comes first, the couple take time to enjoy being engaged and usually the next step is…
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On the Council planner’s desk – 14th May 2025
ARE you interested in what developments are in the planning stages in your neighbourhood? Each week, the Fassifern Guardian publishes articles on the known development…
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Eat Local Month opens with a plate full of flavours
SCENIC RIM Eat Local Month will again feature long lunches, degustations and dinners, workshops and masterclasses, opportunities to meet the producers and the Winter Harvest…
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Beaudesert gym build gets the nod from Council
THE Oakland Shopping Centre is expected to be ‘sporting’ a purpose-built gym in the future. Developer, Robinson Holdings has successfully applied to the Scenic Rim…
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Beer garden and brewery launched at historic hotel
NEW additions to Boonah’s 120-year-old Commercial Hotel, a craft brewery and a beer garden, opened to the public late last week. The brewery opened under…
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