By Jack McGuire While most are fixated on social media, reality TV or – the latest craze – Pokemon, Roxby Downs’ Travis Hague is hooked on using pixels to reveal the beauty and uniqueness of far north South Australia. Using colour, perspective, light, and time via the medium of photography and time-lapse videography, Travis introduces the viewer […]
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By Ian Williams Not too many people are listed online as one of their town’s visitor attractions. But then Talc Alf is a one-off – a quirky and engaging outback character who’s achieved near icon status. Talc Alf‘s home outside of Lyndhurst in South Australia’s far north is a regular stop for backpackers and tour buses.
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By Ian Williams Whoever came up with the expression ‘charity begins at home’ never met Roxby Downs’ Sam Secker. Sam (pictured far right with family in the main header photo) is a community-loving family woman with three children and a small business who just can’t help giving. A founding member of the hugely successful Roxby
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By Ian Williams Showcasing the outstanding food and wine of a place the size of the Eyre Peninsula is no easy task. For a start, it’s bigger than England and Wales combined and the producers are located in remote towns dotted all over the place. But when someone suggested the peninsula needed its own farmer’s
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By Ian Williams Not many artists have the distinction of their designs flown all around the world – repeatedly. But then very few have such skills as gifted Aboriginal artist, Susie Betts. For the past 30 years, Susie (pictured left in headline image with nephew and Adelaide Crows forward Eddie Betts and grandmother Veda) has
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By Ian Williams Bill McIntosh is a sheep farmer with many hats. Like a growing number of station owners in South Australia’s far north, he’s learnt to diversify as a buffer against the tough times. He branched out into the accommodation business with wife Jane 20 years ago using their spectacular Flinders Ranges’ Gum Creek Station
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By Alannah James Imagine standing in the heart of a lion’s den while up to 12 lions roam the grounds around you. This is exactly what Monarto Zoo plan to introduce in the next five years as part of their Master Plan. Instead of ‘shark cage’ diving, the zoo plans to deliver its own hair-raising
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By Jack McGuire On a Sunday afternoon at the Opal Hotel Andamooka in early 1986, Kevin Fahey, Tim McLeod and Zollie Ferenci founded a club that has become a powerhouse in local sport – The Roxby Districts Sporting Club (The Miners). With only a few months before the start of the 1986 Woomera and Districts Football
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By Ian Williams Like many people his age, 23-year-old electrician Robert Schmitz has just quit work for a 12 month break – but that’s where the comparison ends. Robert won’t be packing his rucksack for a dream world trip, instead he’ll be campaigning for the future of his beloved Whyalla. Two years ago he became
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By Andrew Spence A prestigious Calgary Stampede belt buckle will head to Australia thanks to the efforts of Naracoorte’s Ronnie Dix. The South Australian, who works for agribusiness company Elders Lucindale, has been named Rookie of the Year at the International Livestock Auctioneer Championship, beating a talented field of competitors from Canada, the United States and South
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