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Second elephant set to arrive at Monarto

Burma the Asian elephant has settled into her new home at Monarto Safari Park and is set to be joined by another elephant in January. After 33 years at Auckland Zoo, Burma was transported from NZ to Monarto in November. The 42-year-old female...

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SA cherry growers avoid rain pain as wet weather impacts interstate crops

Hills producers say they’re still enjoying a high-quality crop, despite Victoria and NSW cherry growers reporting heavy crop losses due to recent rain. Heavy rain combined with high humidity has severely impacted cherries in parts of Victoria and...

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Dux to pursue engineering career

Oakbank School dux Henry Green has aspirations to become a civil engineer, after achieving an ATAR of 96.90. The son of Lenswood fruit growers Susie and Simon Green, Henry has spent the first few weeks of his school holidays packing cherries. But...

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Project inspires maths career

St Francis de Sales College Year 12 student and 2024 dux Gabe Cregan was one of 33 students in the State to be awarded with a Governor of SA Commendation recently. Gabe’s results across Specialist Mathematics, Mathematical Methods, Physics...

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Making a splash

The Adelaide Hills Council is looking to make a splash at Woodside in time for next summer, with construction on a new $750,000 splash park set to start in the coming months. A section of the Adelaide Hills War Memorial Swimming Centre will be...

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Joseph Moore

Opposition raises safety concerns two years after freeway report

The State Opposition wants answers about proposed safety measures on the freeway, two years on from the Freeway Heavy Vehicle Safety Review. The review, released in December 2022, shortlisted 16 proposals to improve safety on the freeway down-track...

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Weight for age

A Charleston man captained Australia to inaugural success at the World Powerlifting Congress championships last month. The event was held in Chicago, with the Australian team placing first in the world championships for the first time in its 38 year...

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Community still recovering from Cudlee Creek fire

With Friday marking the fifth anniversary of the Cudlee Creek bushfire, a Lobethal woman who lost her home in the fire says many are “still on a journey of recovery”. On December 20, 2019, a bushfire that ignited on a property at Cudlee Creek...

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Community still rallies, five years on

Five years on from the Cudlee Creek bushfire, a local council says impacted Hills communities are still on a path of recovery. On December 20, 2019, a bushfire that started on a property at Cudlee Creek tore through more than 23,000ha of the Hills...

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Police

Station hours slashed

The Mt Barker police station’s opening hours will be reduced from next week, but the Police Minister, Kavel MP Dan Cregan, is rejecting the State Opposition’s claim that Mt Barker is a “victim” of “hopeless under-resourcing”. Police...

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Joseph Moore

That’s just not cricket

A pre-season AFL showdown between Port Adelaide and the Crows has locked the local cricket association out of the Summit Sport and Recreation Park (SSRP) for the summer season, despite the association claiming it was in negotiations with the Mt...

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Louis Mayfield

Summit showdown: AFL teams head to Mt Barker

The State’s AFL clubs will clash at Mt Barker’s premier sporting ground for a preseason simulation game next year. The Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power will go head-to-head in a twilight contest at the Summit Sport and Recreation Park...

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Louis Mayfield