Rural Life

Thirty year merger milestone event at Harrisville Hotel

A REUNION commemorating the 30 years that have passed since Moreton Shire Council merged and became part of Ipswich City Council will be held in March at Harrisville.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Tradie crushed in machinery accident

ANDREW Rachow is a young family man working hard to build a life for his wife and three small children.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Boonah bloodbiker helps save lives

A GROUP of motorbike riders are turning joy rides into lifesaving missions.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Women winched when weather worsened

TWO women in their 20s were winched off Mount Barney in the Scenic Rim Thursday last week by a LifeFlight aeromedical crew.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Rural Review

Harrisville poultry producer talks turkey

THE Joyce family have farmed poultry since 1945, more recently turkey, duck, quail and geese joined the chickens on their Harrisville farm.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Rural Review

Cottoning on, new technology at ‘commercial ready’ stage

GROUND breaking technological advancements in farming are changing what it means to be a producer.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Fassifern Guardian

No gap year for Boonah High dux Ruben

BOONAH State High School dux is Ruben Cadena who finished his year with an ATAR score of 97.7.

Lara Hart

19 Feb 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Home wreckers, native wildlife losers in race for more housing

URBAN development in the Scenic Rim and in the remaining bushland in neighbouring shires is having an increasingly major impact on native wildlife.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025

Fassifern Guardian

Mercy mission, Scenic Rim SES deploy to north QLD

THERE are Scenic Rim SES boots on the ground in flood ravaged north Queensland as crews fly in to support local teams and help affected communities.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025

Police

Sunrise quest misadventure for Mt Barney hiker

A YOUNG hiker missing for three days on Mount Barney climbed the mountain to take photographs.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025

Police

Family lose everything in brazen container theft

A SCENIC Rim family are dealing with the aftermath of a theft where valuable and sentimental items were stolen when their container was broken into.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025

Rural Review

New dairy chair kicking state goals

HARRISVILLE dairyman Paul Roderick has been appointed chair of Dairy Australia.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025

Rural Review

From inspired to inspiration, grant helps Megan advance

MEGAN Bowden became a producer four years ago after being inspired by a documentary. Now she’s the one offering the inspiration.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025

Rural Review

Victorian bird flu outbreak has poultry farmers on edge

DAYS after the government declared the nation free of H7 bird flu, a fresh outbreak of a volatile strain of the disease has torn through a farm in Victoria.

Lara Hart

12 Feb 2025