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Changes to cavalcade for 2025

THE biennial Kernewek Lowender Copper Coast Cornish Festival is nearing, and events officer Emily Barber could not be more excited. Since taking on her role in October, Ms Barber has implemented some positive changes to the cavalcade of cars event...

Joanna Tucker

29 Jan 2025

News

Investing in health care to better the future

MAURICE Saint, of Parsons Beach, has been working tirelessly to form a health foundation with a team of like-minded individuals who share concerns over the state of health care on Yorke Peninsula. The Yorke Peninsula Health and Wellbeing Foundation...

Joanna Tucker

29 Jan 2025

News

Preserving history and art on Moonta Bay foreshore

FIFTEEN years ago, Copper Coast artists Julie Cheshire and Steve Hudson painted murals on Moonta Bay’s first aid building, near the jetty, to commemorate the 2010 Copper Sesquicentenary. The event marked 150 years since copper was discovered at...

Joanna Tucker

29 Jan 2025

Editorial

Urgent plea

MOONTA has been in the spotlight as of late, but not for positive developments, such as the addition of a new walking trail, having its historic mines area added to the World Heritage Tentative List or being crowned one of Australia’s top 10 most...

Joanna Tucker

21 Jan 2025

News

STOP SIGN

Council, State Government clash over Moonta roads TWO Intersections on Thrington Road near Moonta present grave safety risks and need to be upgraded. That is the shared concern of Copper Coast Council, the Northern Yorke Peninsula CFS Group and...

Joanna Tucker

21 Jan 2025

News

Lenny’s journey to break the stigma

Warning: This article contains references to suicide. AFTER the loss of his mate, Lenny Deacon has pledged to ride 16,000 kilometres around Australia on a recumbent bike, with his trusty kelpie, Lucky, to raise money for men’s mental health...

Joanna Tucker

21 Jan 2025