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Minlaton airstrip works set to take off

WORKS are about to begin on the more than $1 million upgrade of the Minlaton airstrip. Yorke Peninsula Council received $825,000 to upgrade the Minlaton airstrip from a gravel runway to sealed bitumen through the federal government’s Regional...

Sonny Coombs

16 Mar 2022

News

SYP boasts nation’s best

YORKE Peninsula tourism experiences have received national recognition. Point Turton Caravan Park took out top honours at the Grey Nomad Awards while the Southern Yorke Peninsula Water Tower Mural Trail was a runner-up in the Australian Street Art...

Sonny Coombs

08 Mar 2022

News

Germein nominated in international contest

SOUTH Australian indie pop/rock band Germein has been recognised in the International Songwriting Competition. The competition is an annual song contest which aims to provide the opportunity for aspiring and established songwriters to have their...

Sonny Coombs

08 Mar 2022

News

Ella’s ride for MND SA

ELLA Fleming is gearing up to cycle from Port Broughton to Melbourne, in honour of her uncle Phil Tod. The almost 900-kilometre ride will recreate a journey Ella’s uncle made before his battle with motor neurone disease. “My Uncle Phil rode to...

Sonny Coombs

08 Mar 2022

Entertainment

Problematic 2000s

FEELING nostalgic lately, I decided to look back to the early 2000s and revisit movies I thought were hilarious at the time. Rewatching some of those films, I learned an important lesson — some things are best left in the past! Twenty years...

Sonny Coombs

08 Mar 2022

News

Bulk billing at Wallaroo Hospital

WALLAROO Hospital patients will be able to access a range of bulk-billed primary healthcare services under a federal government initiative. Patients can now visit the Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service, Wallaroo, to access bulk-billed GP...

Sonny Coombs

01 Mar 2022