📷 Social Photos
Social photos: NAIDOC Week 2025 at Tailem Bend
See who has been seen out and about in the Murraylands this week.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
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🚨 Crime and Fire
Fundraising appeal launched after $300k fire at Monarto equine therapy centre
All animals are safe, but the fire has destroyed a house at the Lincoln Park Horse and Human Rehabilitation Centre.
Anglicans’ $90,000 investment keeps St John’s op shop open
The Murraylands parish of the Anglican Church has had a new roof put on the building that houses a much loved – and needed – thrift shop.
Tyre shop team turns pink for breast cancer fundraiser
Krystal Hatswell and her colleagues at Smedley Tyre Service, in Murray Bridge, have gone pink this June.
Bremer Valley agave distillers claim a South Australian first
A new kind of spirit, similar to tequila, is being produced by the Newell family at Callington.
🏗️ Growth
Murray Bridge needs better bus services, locals say
A review of public transport services in regional South Australia will wrap up this week, but the feedback from Murraylands residents is already clear.
📢 Sponsored
Don’t throw your bowel cancer screening kit in the bin – it might save your life
Murray Bridge Medical Centre’s Wendy Ziersch encourages you to take a simple test during Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.
🏘️ Housing
Coorong council invests in Kulde Road housing development
Ratepayers’ money will be used to buy and rezone a parcel of land at Tailem Bend, then sell it off for housing.
📷 Social Photos
Social photos: Murraylands Business Awards 2025
See who has been seen out and about in the Murraylands this week.
🚨 Crime and Fire
Do you recognise this man, seen at Palmer?
SA Police hope to have a chat with him.
Council issues drought declaration as SA and federal governments lag behind
In a first for local government, the Coorong council will offer relief to all its farms and agricultural businesses after formally declaring the district to be in drought.