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04 Dec 2024

Forum to talk about ‘transport woes’

A community forum focusing on the “transport woes” in the Hills will be held next week, offering residents a chance to ask what some of the Mayo candidates for the upcoming Federal election will do to secure more investment in transport...

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04 Dec 2024

Council and Politics

Waste trial to divert landfill and cut costs

The Mt Barker Council will trial a new model of kerbside waste collection next year that would increase green waste collection in townships and introduce it in rural areas. Currently Mt Barker residents have their general waste (blue bin) collected...

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04 Dec 2024

Council and Politics

Summit board to be dissolved

The Mt Barker Council will disband the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) board and manage the $23m facility in-house, as Mayor David Leach pledges to get more “boots back on the ground”. At a meeting earlier this month councillors agreed...

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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

Sitting vacant - football oval vacant most of the time

The football oval and changerooms at the $23m Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) sat vacant for more than half of their available hours between April and June this year, with regular, casual and Mt Barker Council bookings taking up only 10% of...

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20 Nov 2024

Soccer fees ‘make life difficult’

The increasing cost of using the soccer pitches and clubrooms at the $23m Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) has “made life difficult” at times for the Mt Barker United Soccer Club, according to a former president. Ex-president and current...

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20 Nov 2024

Mt Barker farewells Gather Round

Mt Barker won’t host a Gather Round game in 2025 after the State Government confirmed that the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) had been dropped as a host venue in favor of the newly-redeveloped Barossa Park. The SSRP has hosted three games...

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13 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

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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06 Nov 2024

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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06 Nov 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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30 Oct 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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