The Mount Barker Courier

Hills cider makers win at national awards

One of the Hills’ best-known cider brands has led the local region to success at the Australian Cider Awards. Presented at a ceremony in Melbourne last month, the Australian Cider Awards are the most coveted accolades in the cider-making industry...

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Fin Dunford

Students take robotics national

Hills Year 7 students will represent SA during the national robotics championship next month with a local business picking up the bill for their last-minute flights to Sydney. Mt Barker High School teacher Tim Rodgers formed a robotics club this...

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Scott Murphy

Call for help as hall future uncertain

The future of the Aldgate Memorial Hall is in question, as its management committee’s dwindling numbers threaten the 66-year-old institute’s future. Like other community-owned halls across the Hills, the Aldgate hall is a multi-use space that...

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Housing estates finally connected after crossing completed

Two Mt Barker housing estates have been linked after the construction of a level crossing along the Heysen Boulevard was completed. The $5m project connects the Bluestone and Minters Fields estates and opens up a route over the historic SteamRanger...

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Mt Barker ED fails to meet time targets

Less than 63% of patients who presented to the Mt Barker hospital emergency department were treated within “clinically acceptable timeframes” in 2023/24, according to Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN) data released under the...

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Traffic congestion causes CFS delays

A Hahndorf CFS veteran says regular traffic congestion on the town’s Main Street is causing problems for firefighters responding to incidents and that the brigade station should be relocated. Peter Trapp, who was an active CFS member for 35 years...

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Code Black: hospital staff raise safety concerns

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation of SA (ANMF SA) is calling for 24/7 security guards at the Mt Barker hospital, due to “escalating violence and aggression” faced by nurses. ANMF SA representatives visited Mt Barker hospital last...

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Stirling Hospital welcomes Greens proposal

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Housing estates finally connected after crossing completed

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Mt Barker ED fails to meet time targets

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Traffic congestion causes CFS delays

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Council & Politics

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Council and Politics

Council, public told to settle differences

Peramangk woman Courtney Hunter-Hebberman has told the Adelaide Hills Council and local residents to set aside their differences and “heal together”, as tensions continue over the council’s controversial January 26 events policy. Ms...

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Council and Politics

Former councillor John Kemp remembered

OBITUARY: John Kemp – February 9, 1954 – September 30, 2024 Former Adelaide Hills Councillor John Kemp has been remembered for his intelligence, wit, keen eye for detail and tireless dedication to his community and the natural environment. John...

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Council and Politics

Council culture probe

The Adelaide Hills Council has been rocked by allegations of “bullying” and a “culture of intimidation”, prompting the Australian Services Union (ASU) to refer it to the State’s work, health and safety regulator. SafeWork SA will...

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Police

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Grave robbers: plaques stolen from local cemeteries

The theft of headstone plaques from two northern Hills cemeteries has caused more than $13,000 of damage, with the families of those buried left to foot the bill. Brass plaques were stolen from four headstones, a memorial wall and garden area at...

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18 Sep 2024

Police

Boys injured in serious crash

A crash at Summertown has left two teenagers in hospital with serious injuries. Emergency services were called to Tregarthen Road, between Greenhill and Woods Hill roads, shortly after 11.30pm last Thursday night, September 5, after a red Volkswagen...

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11 Sep 2024

Police

Police catch ‘two for one’

Two men have lost their driver’s licences after they were reported by SA Police for drink driving in the same car at more than five times the legal blood alcohol limit, in what SAPOL is calling “two for the price of one”. At about 4.45pm on...

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11 Sep 2024

Police

Footy club frustrated by theft and vandalism

A local football club has been without power for more than a week after vandals ripped out wires from an electrical switchboard and the light towers around the oval, causing between $15,000 and $25,000 worth of damage. The Kersbrook Football Club...

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Fin Dunford

11 Sep 2024

Community

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Hills cider makers win at national awards

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Fin Dunford

Students take robotics national

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Scott Murphy

Call for help as hall future uncertain

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Hahndorf Band Festival a bittersweet occasion for organisers

Bands from all over the State gathered in Hahndorf on Saturday for the Hahndorf Band Festival, delivering a range of “very fine” performances for the crowd at the Pioneer Memorial Garden. It was bittersweet for the Hahndorf Town Band, which bid...

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Echunga opt for footy drop

Echunga Football Club will make a return to the Hills Football League (HFL) Country Division competition in season 2025. The move comes after members voted unanimously last Friday evening during the club’s annual general meeting. The southern...

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Duo call the shots

Woodside and Hahndorf are the only two undefeated teams after the completion of two rounds of Hills Bowling Association Division 1 matches. Previously unbeaten defending premier Lobethal met its first hurdle of the 2024-25 campaign when it was...

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Magpies grounded

An improved start by Hahndorf to the 2024-25 Alexandra and Eastern Hills A-grade cricket season received its first setback during Saturday’s Round 4 fixtures. The youthful Magpies side had leapt to the head of rankings following three successive...

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Panthers claw a win

Strathalbyn have finally overcome the presence of defending Hills Softball Association A-grade premier Hahndorf. Having suffered defeat at the hands of the Magpies in the past two grand finals, Strathalbyn’s Panthers gained a sense of revenge with...

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Decorated soccer season

Mt Barker United Soccer Club player Lachie Bennet proved to be a big winner during the recent Collegiate Soccer League (CSL) 2024 season presentations. Barker life member and stalwart Bennet was awarded both the best and fairest player and golden...

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Timely ton

It was a timely maiden century performance from Mt Lofty captain Jordan Neis-Beer during Saturday’s Hills Cricket Association Round 3 A-grade fixtures. Neis-Beer reached triple figures for the first time in his career, as he compiled 112 runs from...

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29 Oct 2024

Hills football stalwart passes

Tributes have been flooding in during the past week following the death of former Hills Football League (HFL) president Owen Lamshed. The longest-serving president over the current 57-year history of the HFL, Lamshed passed away on October 12, aged...

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Long innings

David Wescombe, affectionately known as ‘Wingers’, became the third Woodside Warriors player to reach the 400-game milestone in the Alexandra and Eastern Hills (A&EH) A-grade fixture against Nairne on October 12. He joins prestigious...

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Editorial

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Editorial

Safety emergency

Everyone has the right to feel safe in their workplace, so the fact that Mt Barker hospital staff are facing violence and aggression, with little security support, is alarming. Everyone who presents to hospital has an obligation to be respectful and...

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Editorial

Fumbling the ball

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Editorial

Cricket calamity

The decision by the Alexandra and Eastern Hills Cricket Association (AEHCA) to pull out of the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) should sound alarm bells for the Mt Barker Council. It’s clear that something needs to change in order to...

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