Successful national conference of SCOPE
What is SCOPE all about? SCOPE is an all Australian women’s community service club. Any women over the age of 18 from all walks of life make up the membership. Scope stands for Service Community Involvement Opportunity Education ... Members from New South Wales and Queensland attended the National Conference of Scope Club of Australia Inc held recently at Allora.
A work of art at Condamine
Well-known Allora artists, Malcolm and Kerry Nicholson of the Nicholson Art company have spent a few weeks in Condamine turning a big tin shed into a showpiece. Businessman Eric Liljegren of Condamine Seeds and Tyres organised Malcolm and Kerry to paint a mural based on his business but also to reflect on the rural community and district of Condamine.
Goat year for goat production
If you think you are beginning to see more goats in paddocks on the Downs you might be onto something as across the whole nation goat production is breaking new records. Goats arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 and spread with settlers throughout the country ... Australia has notched up a record year of goat production in 2023 as both domestic sales and exports reach new levels.
Is this a first for Allora?
Ellen and Graeme Allen first spoke to Mark Collins in March and delivery of their Tiny Home was made to Geitz Road last week. Built strictly to Council regulations and for Australian Conditions the home was 95 per cent complete before delivery with Bellinghams of Warwick responsible for the move to the site.
Regional uni study hub to be operational next year
Building modiï¬cations and ï¬t-out work will commence shortly on the Southern Downs regional university study hub, located at 163 Palmerin Street, Warwick ... When completed, the centre will include quality learning spaces, meeting rooms, technology and pastoral care ...
Story time bringing magic to Allora
Acclaimed children’s author Rory H. Mather is set to brighten up winter school holidays in Southern Downs Regional Libraries when he visits to take mums, dads and kids on an adventure through his captivating children’s books.
Candle vigil for domestic violence
On Sunday evening, June 9, the group known as ‘Allora Churches Together’ assembled at St. David’s Anglican Church for a candlelight vigil to acknowledge and support sufferers of domestic and family violence and to lament the environment that had permitted it to happen.
