Floral art talent blossoms

June 5, 2009

Floral art

Anne Ashby proudly shows an unfinished floral art fabrication piece.

When Allendale dairyfarmer Anne Ashby branched into floral art, she never dreamed that her hobby could grow into an all consuming passion. Read more

Consultation promised on wind farm

May 21, 2009

The Allendale community will be given the opportunity to view plans for the proposed multi-million-dollar wind farm development before they are lodged with Grant District Council for consideration.

The development proposes 47 turbines each with a generating capacity of 1.5MW. Read more

SafeWork SA investigates farm death

January 27, 2009

SafeWork SA is investigating the death of a local man on Friday night at Eight Mile Creek, south of Mount Gambier.

The district community is grieving the loss of devoted family man and CFS volunteer Darren Neale, who died on Friday from a falling hay bale just one week into his new job. Read more

Allendale windfarm proposed

August 29, 2008

The South East region’s reputation as a leading provider of clean, green energy is likely to receive a further boost with the announcement of a potential windfarm near Allendale.

The proposed windfarm’s developer, Acciona Energy, provided a briefing to a Grant District Council last week. Read more