Bushfires
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Covid delayed, country wedding for the nurse and the truck driver
HE WAS a long distance truck driver with his own business based in Sydney. She lived in Ipswich and had ambitions to become a nurse.…
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A merge of traditions, four weeks to plan: it was the perfect wedding
IT was a wedding designed to merge the traditions of two cultures. The only non-traditional aspect was the time it took to arrange. Four weeks…
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The Beauty of Life – Fleabane
THE fourth verse of the hymn ‘In the Cross of Christ I Glory’, written in 1825 by John Bowring, and popular in some churches during…
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Bushwalker crawls 700m before rescue on Mt Barney track
A BUSHWALKER dragged herself almost 700 metres in an attempt to return to the Lower Portals camping grounds after she broke her ankle near Mt…
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Council uses survey to rate ratepayer satisfaction
ARE you satisfied with Scenic Rim Regional Council services? That’s the basic question being asked in the online Customer Satisfaction Survey on Council’s website. However,…
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Mystery shooting range could be to blame for Binna Burra’s burning
SCENIC RIM – The fire which destroyed the iconic Binna Burra lodge in 2019 was more likely to have been ignited by a mystery shooting…
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Lost hiker winched to safety after Mt Barney fall
A hiker used a reflective blanket to wave down an emergency chopper crew after becoming lost on Mt Barney on Thursday. The experienced hiker, in…
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Security upgrade for Flinders Peak rural fire station
FLINDERS Peak Rural Fire Brigade was one of 35 organisations to win a grant from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). The announcement…
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Scenic Rim flooding causes multiple road closures
FALLS of 100mm to 120mm in the 24 hours to early Wednesday morning are consistent across the Fassifern. The Boonah Beaudesert Road near the Coulson…
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QFES ‘gathering evidence’ in controversial alleged assault of volunteer firie
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has moved to quell a conflagration of anger against the treatment of a volunteer who was allegedly assaulted while on…
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November the wettest in a decade so far, for many parts of the Scenic Rim
A WEEK of higher than average falls in the catchment, with particularly heavy rain on four out of the five weekdays, led to flood alerts…
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Rehabilitating injured and sick native birds is Ivan’s specialty
“IVAN is our bird man.” A simple statement with boundless depth when it comes to the care and treatment of injured wild birds. “Ivan is…
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