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Woman critical after car crash into Coochin creek bed

BOONAH-Rathdowney Road in Coochin is still closed to traffic following a single vehicle crash at 8.10am this morning. Police said a female motorist lost control of her car, veered off the road and into a dry creek bed. Multiple emergency response...

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Boonah Hospital to be expanded, refurbished

QUEENSLAND Health Minister Tim Nicholls revealed there were plans underway to refurbish and expand Boonah Hospital during his tour of the facility, last week.

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Allandale brigade fighting fire for 50 years

IN 1972 a group of farmers in Allandale, a rural area outside Boonah, decided to start a bush fire brigade to protect the land they farmed and the people who lived on it.

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Police piper plays out career cop’s retirement

POLICING careers don’t all start with graduation and end with retirement, but the now former Senior Constable Bill Warwick was in it for the long haul.

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Alpaca lot of love into bedside visits

ALPACAS are endearing but hardly what you’d expect to see wandering the wards of a hospital or retirement home.

Berry bushes and the blueberry blues

THERE’S uneasy discontent connecting Australian producers and that’s ever-increasing input costs and shrinking profit margins.

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Captains log star dates celestial growing

SPACE travel has become somewhat mainstream, anyone with deep enough pockets can make their fantasy of being an astronaut come true.

Eat Local Month opens with a plate full of flavours

SCENIC RIM Eat Local Month will again feature long lunches, degustations and dinners, workshops and masterclasses, opportunities to meet the producers and the Winter Harvest Festival in Kalbar.

Beer garden and brewery launched at historic hotel

NEW additions to Boonah’s 120-year-old Commercial Hotel, a craft brewery and a beer garden, opened to the public late last week.

LandCruiser 70 Series production hiatus

THE LandCruiser 70 Series might need AdBlue exhaust additive top-ups under new emissions rules.

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Boonah Hospital to be expanded, refurbished

QUEENSLAND Health Minister Tim Nicholls revealed there were plans underway to refurbish and expand Boonah Hospital during his tour of the facility, last week.

Fassifern Guardian

Allandale brigade fighting fire for 50 years

IN 1972 a group of farmers in Allandale, a rural area outside Boonah, decided to start a bush fire brigade to protect the land they farmed and the people who lived on it.

Fassifern Guardian

Police piper plays out career cop’s retirement

POLICING careers don’t all start with graduation and end with retirement, but the now former Senior Constable Bill Warwick was in it for the long haul.

Fassifern Guardian

Alpaca lot of love into bedside visits

ALPACAS are endearing but hardly what you’d expect to see wandering the wards of a hospital or retirement home.

Fassifern Guardian

Captains log star dates celestial growing

SPACE travel has become somewhat mainstream, anyone with deep enough pockets can make their fantasy of being an astronaut come true.

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LandCruiser 70 Series production hiatus

THE LandCruiser 70 Series might need AdBlue exhaust additive top-ups under new emissions rules.

Hyundai debuts next generation hybrid equipment

THE Hyundai Motor Group has revealed a next generation hybrid powertrain system.

First time on the market for Minto Crag pioneer property

FOR the Surawski family, selling ‘Mountain View’ – the Croftby cattle and cultivation property judged to be one of the best on the Teviot – was an emotionally charged decision.

Wendy Creighton

100 years of Aussie Fords

FORD AUSTRALIA was established on March 31, 1925, just as the reign of the Model T was ending.

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A morning wedding, a garden reception

THE proposal comes first, the couple take time to enjoy being engaged and usually the next step is setting a wedding date while factoring in the availability of the perfect place to exchange their vows.

Wendy Creighton

Eat Local Month opens with a plate full of flavours

SCENIC RIM Eat Local Month will again feature long lunches, degustations and dinners, workshops and masterclasses, opportunities to meet the producers and the Winter Harvest Festival in Kalbar.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: One Last Ride for Ethan Hunt

IN AN era dominated by reboots and spin-offs, few franchises have maintained the consistency, innovation, and adrenaline-pumping excitement that Mission: Impossible has delivered for nearly three decades.

CHASING THE SUNFLOWERS

The golden fields of sunflowers against a rugged mountain backdrop again welcomed the crowds to the highly successful three day Kalbar Sunflower Festival. Carissa the Bubble Fairy delighted the kids and was just one of many entertainments organised by Jenny Jenner and her team

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Ward brothers unite to help Bombers move ahead

THE result was far from what the Fassifern Bombers wanted welcoming two of the club’s most loyal brothers back. The Bombers suffered their first loss in this year’s Rugby League Ipswich (RLI) A-Grade season, going down 20-8 to the Ipswich Jets...

Kyesha’s Brumbies boost after state carnival win

EVER dependable Boonah Brumbies Senior women’s team goalkeeper Kyesha Schneider was thrilled to share in the West Zone’s latest state carnival success. Kyesha played in all five matches as the representative side topped the points table to win...

Fassifern Bombers three-peat female team success for club

THE Fassifern Bombers are celebrating another clean sweep of female footy victories after dominant performances in their latest South East Community competition matches. The Bombers women’s side made it three wins in a row after accounting for...

Fassifern Cobras kick on in ‘respectful’ community

HAVING just seen another successful Kalbar Sunflower Festival, resident Paul Holdway knows what a wonderful community he lives in. Although the annual festival creates a busy time attracting thousands of visitors, Paul appreciates the regular weekly...