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04 Dec 2024

Winning artwork a response to climate catastrophe

The Heysen Prize for Landscape was awarded this year to a Normanville artist at the competition exhibition opening at the Hahndorf Academy on Saturday night. Gail Hocking’s video project Through a Looking Glass Darkly was one of 67 works on...

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Fin Dunford

27 Nov 2024

State win for horse trainer

A Hills horse trainer said building trust with a “sensitive” and “nervous” horse was key to winning a State competition held at Equitana, the largest horse expo in the southern hemisphere. Winning The Way of the Horse competition earlier...

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27 Nov 2024

Mt Barker’s ‘Christmas House’ to light up for the last time

For the last 25 years, a house on Hampden Road has been transformed into a colorful wonderland, bringing Christmas magic to Mt Barker. Known affectionately as the Christmas House, 26 Hampden Road is decorated every year with more than 60,000 lights...

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27 Nov 2024

Making Moo-vies

Two Oakbank School students have represented SA at a national Cows Create Careers competition after creating a video advertisement for MaxCare exploring calf rearing and working in the dairy industry. The video advertisement, created by Year 9...

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20 Nov 2024

Hills communities pause to remember

Residents from around the Hills came together on Monday to pay their respects to Australian soldiers who fought and died in conflicts around the world as part of Remembrance Day. Services were held throughout the region, including at Mt Barker...

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13 Nov 2024

Lenswood woman makes egg-cellent find

A Lenswood orchardist has farmed the region’s biggest egg, as determined by a local fodder store competition in honor of World Egg Day. Between October 11 and 31, Oakbank Chaff and Fodder hosted its fourth annual Big Egg Competition, receiving...

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13 Nov 2024

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

06 Nov 2024

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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06 Nov 2024

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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Joseph Moore

06 Nov 2024

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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30 Oct 2024

$35,000 worth of upgrades to benefit Mt Barker’s little athletes

A new state of the art long jump and shot put area has been developed for Mt Barker’s young athletes. The Mt Barker District Athletics Club and Cornerstone College have worked together over 18 months to design and build the new long jump and shot...

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