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The Dead Wombat | A bit of scuttlebut about Goondiwindi’s ‘flash cars’

Those flash new cars. You know the ones? The ones that have all the bells and whistles and could just about drive themselves. Well one Goondiwindi farmer...

Goondiwindi students in moving ceremony at Australian War Memorial

Goondiwindi State Primary Schools students took part in a moving ceremony at the Australian War Museum on Monday.The Last Post Ceremony to honour Lance Corporal...

Care Goondiwindi sets sights on $35K fundraising target for a new bus

Care Goondiwindi needs $35,000 to buy a community bus.So far it’s raised a little more than $ 21, 800.The purchase of a second hand bus will...

Here’s why Daffodil Day is so important

Why is Daffodil Day so important? Here’s just a few reasons.The new research, from CCQ’s Cancer Research Centre, found survival improvements over time for the...

Top bloke Len retires after 26 years

The Goondiwindi Visitor Information Centre farewelled a favourite after 26 years last week. Len Cleal OAM, volunteered at the Goondiwindi Visitors Centre from early 1990 until June...

Help sell Goondiwindi

The Goondiwindi Visitor Information Centre is looking for more volunteersIf you would like to learn more about becoming a volunteer with the Goondiwindi Visitor...

A chrysalis of change

In the 1950s, there was concern in some parts of the Australian countryside that, due to communist influence, there may be an invasion. On...

Time running out to have a say on worker taxation

Time is running out for farmers from throughout the state to have their say on the Federal Government’s ‘Backpacker Tax’ Review. Submissions are due Friday.QFF President Stuart Armitage...

Will releases new EP

Former Goondiwindi boy, singer-songwriter Will Day has been invited to open for The Hoodoo Gurus, The Baby Animals, Jon Stevens and The Black Sorrows.The concert...

Racing around the ridges

Heaven help Queensland Racing. We realise we continue to say it, but many of the decisions coming out of QLD Racing, if implemented, could cripple...

It’s the naked vets

Forget  the Full Monty, and take a gander at the Naked Vets. And don’t be surprised if you see a familiar face, if not now,...

A Gourmet feast for all food lovers

It’s going to be a Gourmet feast for food lovers.The annual Gourmet in Gundy will have everything from seafood to paella, and so much...

Senators support scrapping of biosecurity tax

The National Farmers’ Federation thanks the Senators who have stood up for farmers in Parliament, declaring their opposition to the senseless Biosecurity Protection Levy. Tasmanian...