Youth excel in Lions leadership platform
Well regarded as a platform to showcase leadership, knowledge and public speaking skills, this year’s Goondiwindi Lions Youth of the Year competition saw seven...
Texas preppies off to a flying start
Prep is a time of adventure, learning and new friendships and the wonderous schooling journey has started for eleven new students at Texas State...
Northern region panel chair Arthur Gearon presented Mark Congreve with the Seed of Light...
Mark Congreve’s decades of dedication to agricultural extension has been recognised, with the industry consultant being named the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)...
Volunteer firefighters honoured for Black Summer efforts
For a group of Southern Downs rural firefighters, recognition of their efforts during one of Australia’s worst ever fire seasons could never come too...
Housing and cost of living at the forefront
Housing affordability and homelessness are the two most pressing issues for the Maranoa community according to the 2025 Salvos Social Justice Stocktake report.
They were...
Record slaughter rates
Last year's lamb and sheep slaughter rates broke records according to the latest quarterly statistics on livestock slaughter and meat production from the Australian...
Women celebrating women
Last Friday night was all about the ladies and all about Bridget Jones, celebrating everything women for International Woman’s Day.
Over 150 women from...
Sip and Snap fun
The Goondiwindi Photography Club, alongside some very keen photographers came together for the first of two Sip and Snaps at the Goondiwindi Botanical Gardens...
Looking back at Dalby swimming pool
The Dalby Olympic Swimming Pool is a historically listed feature that still stands today.
It was constructed in 1936 and was the first Olympic-sized...
Update on Wambo Wind Farm
Wambo Wind Farm has completed a key milestone, completing the final concrete foundation pours.
The renewable energy generation project, near Jandowae, completed the final...
Terrific Texas breaking the cycle
The Texas and District Drought Support (TADDS) group has connected with The Unbreakable Farmer and Sober in the Country to bring Be The Ripple...
Littlest legends of the Border
Term one is already halfway complete and it's about time we celebrated the preppies who are starting their school journey this year.

















