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Exercise Rhino Run comes to Woodside

Australian Army personnel took to the streets of Woodside over the weekend as part of Exercise Rhino Run. Personnel from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment carried blank-loaded weapons and were accompanied by military vehicles as...

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Louis Mayfield

Wind and hail lashes the Hills

Gusty winds, heavy rains and hail battered the Hills last week, with wind gusts reaching 77.8km/h at Mt Lofty and 93km/h at Mt Crawford on Friday, August 29. The day prior, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast a “winter blast for the south-east”...

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Tipster on top: ‘risky’ strategy pays off

Lobethal man Tony Treloar has walked away with $3000 and The Courier Tipping Competition bragging rights after a series of risky tips paid off towards the end of the season. Mr Treloar entered the final round of the competition one point ahead, and...

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Fin Dunford

Back from the brink

Conservation work at Monarto Safari Park has helped bring the scimitar-horned oryx back from the brink of extinction. The native African animal was declared extinct in the wild in 2000, leading to a global conservation effort to save it, including...

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The Courier

Student visa process ‘erratic’

A Crafers West man has resorted to taking court action after his nephew was denied an Australian student visa in what he believes was an unjust administration error. Reinhard Struve lodged documents to initiate a remedy in the Federal Circuit and...

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Elisa Rose

Season makes a ‘dramatic turnaround’

Hills grain growers are reporting “a dramatic turnaround” in their season, following steady rains over the last two months. Many growers in the region were forced to seed into dry ground this year amid drought conditions and a delayed break in...

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Fin Dunford

The fruit of his labor

Brian Croser’s “lifelong waltz” with Australian wine has been anything but smooth, but the accomplished winemaker has embraced his passion to help shape the nation’s wine industry. Earlier this month, the Piccadilly viticulturist became the...

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Third time unlucky: Hahndorf accommodation venture placed into administration

The Lodge motel at Hahndorf has been placed into voluntary administration and has been listed for sale. Administrators Andrew Yeo and Lindsay Bainbridge from Pitcher Partners were appointed administrators on July 7. The three-star motel, which was...

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Ethan Long

Green light for new motel

A two-storey motel at Oakbank has been approved by the Adelaide Hills Council Assessment Panel (CAP), after the planning firm in charge of the project revised designs due to “a significant amount of community feedback”. According to planning...

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Fin Dunford

Elephantine journey

Preparations are underway to acclimatise an elephant before it makes a trip from Perth to Monarto Safari Park in late spring. The male Asian elephant named Putra Mas, which translates to ‘golden prince’, is undergoing crate training with his...

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Wine trail for Langhorne Creek

The Federal Government has granted more than $7m to help deliver a 2.8km walking, running and riding trail connecting Langhorne Creek’s cellar doors and tourist attractions. Dubbed the Langhorne Creek Discovery Trail, the project is being...

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Double win for double cream

Fresh Hills milk is part of the secret behind a Lobethal business’ double win at last week’s SA Dairy Awards. Tweedvale’s Pure Double Cream was named champion fresh product and also won the judges choice award at the 2025 SA Dairy Awards on...

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Elisa Rose