Bushfires
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A sweep around the regions at $1 to $2 million properties
SWANFELS: A 16ha property on Swanfels Road hosts a two storey homestead, a ‘Settlers Cottage’ and a ‘Pole Treehouse’ and offers both a home and…
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Pictures tell the story of a lasting relationship
Story WENDY CREIGHTON Photos INC.MILL PHOTOGRAPHY THE marriage of Elisa Donnelly and Ammon Cooke proved the cynics wrong. They didn’t get married to prove to…
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The Beauty of Life – White Beech
There is no end to the delights of a scrub. (Rosa Praed (1902) quoted by Germaine Greer, in her book White Beech) IN THE early…
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Winners of the Scenic Rim Australia Day awards announced
KALBAR’S Wilson Neuendorf, Boonah’s Graham Stumer and Canungra’s Cameron Mansfield were named as the Scenic Rim’s Citizens of the Year on Sunday. And the Peak…
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Everything, a perfect fit
THEY met and became a couple. They drifted apart. They met again years later and became a couple. It’s a brief summary of the events which led to the marriage of…
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The Beauty of Life – Morning Sounds
SOMETIMES, the sounds we hear loudest in the night are not the sounds that are there, but those that should be, or used to be,…
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The Beauty of Life – Spider Woman
And there came a big spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away. LONG ago, when the Greek myths were being crafted,…
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A Romeo and Juliet proposal, rain and a sparkling exit
He was outside. She was inside. He called to her to join him. She didn’t come. He called again. She joined him all in a…
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A burger ring becomes a diamond ring
THERE is much more to this Dalby couple’s love story than the tale of the burger ring, but it’s a tale that will undoubtedly be…
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The Beauty of Life – The Federers
LIKE one of those generous roadside signs offering excess produce for free, a Pale-headed Rosella pegged its small back feather to wave to passing hikers.…
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20 year rainfall records topple across the Fassifern
A QUICK look at rainfall totals in the Fassifern catchments for May up to Monday morning this week indicate that any record fall during the…
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Region’s economy defies COVID
THE REGION’S economy has defied the impacts of COVID, bushfires, drought and floods to achieve a 4.5 per cent increase in Gross Regional Product for…












