The devilishly smiling image of Jack O’Lantern is inseparable from Halloween, but what’s the story behind it? Martin Fone explains — and discovers that the festival many complain about as an American import has been this side of the Atlantic for centuries. Halloween, a corruption of All-Hallows’ Eve, is a glorious gallimaufry of pagan and Christian […]
Part 1 Mike Pearson is at the desk this week and we start off with a discussion with Ginger Rowsey, Senior Writer with Farm Progress about the low-water level struggles on the Mississippi River. Next, Mike talks markets with Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing, to continue the discussion of low river levels and the […]
Guest speakers included another breast cancer survivor Karen Sullivan, for many years a Dirranbandi local, who recently moved with her family to Goondiwindi, rural psychology provider Alex Donogue, and Karen Brown, a cancer care nurse from the St George Hospital. Click to check the original article.
A serious car accident occurred on the Carnarvon Highway just outside Roma today. Click to check the original article.
Emma Earnshaw checks into Retreat East and finds a new hotel that’s paving the way for more sustainable hospitality. Retreat east and you will find true soul, all thanks to the love and care that Dominic Richards has lavished on a once derelict dairy farm in Suffolk over the past 18 years. Having trained at […]
More than 3,000 different trees–in particular, the fine collections of oaks and maples–are put on a striking autumn show at Thenford Arboretum at Thenford House, Northamptonshire, the home of Lord and Lady Heseltine. Charles Quest-Ritson tells more, with photographs by Clive Nichols. Michael and Anne Heseltine bought Thenford House in 1976 and immediately set about […]
Will Fellows and Michael McLaughlin launch distillery near Roma. Click to check the original article.
There’s a lot of confidence in Australian startup businesses. Click to check the original article.
Oldest QCWA branch reborn after being on the brink of closure Click to check the original article.
The junior champion and reserve junior champion Simmental females were exhibited by the Bandeeka stud, Elgin. Sarsha Wetherell (left) paraded the champion, Bandeeka Saskia, which went on to be sashed the interbreed junior champion female while stud co-principal Loreen Kitchen paraded the reserve champion Bandeeka Sasha. Click to check the original article.
Racing communities in the Illawarra and western Queensland are mourning the death of top trainer Gwenda Markwell, who passed away on Friday. Click to check the original article.
Buyers braved the wet weather and were eager to secure the Babanginy/Bridge- town White genetics Click to check the original article.