Property offences at all-time high level
Local residents have unfortunately had to remain highly vigilant over the Christmas break as the chance of a thief breaking into a home looking to steal belongings and motor vehicles has been alarmingly high. Data that dates back to 2001 shows that in 2022 the Drayton Police Division ... had the most amount of unlawful entry offences on record. There were 234 unlawful offences recorded in 2022, comfortably surpassing the previous record of 161, set in 2021.
Cambooya now home to performing arts
Cambooya Hall is now the second venue to host classes by Kiyua, a not-for-profit organisation working with children and youth, building confidence and self-esteem through performing arts. Kiyua Kids come from all backgrounds and cultures and enjoy classes every Saturday during school term.
Our very own Christmas tradition
An insight into how Christmas in our region was celebrated in the past can be found in Steele Rudd’s On Our Selection, Chapter XXVI, which ends with this: “All night they danced—until the cocks crew—until the darkness gave way to the dawn—until the fowls left the roost and came round the door—until it was Christmas Day!”
Kialla recognised at national awards
Greenmount-based business Kialla Pure Foods has been awarded the Brand of the Year award at the 2022 Australian Organic Industry Awards ... Kialla’s flour mill is one of the last remaining in Australia which operates in the farmland where the grains are grown. “We’re proudly based in the heart of the Darling Downs, surrounded by the rich black alluvial soils that run through this region”: Quentin Kennedy.
Woodford Folk Festival takes it up a notch
The large number of Darling Downs locals who help make up the throng at Woodfordia for the annual Woodford Folk Festival will notice a touch of luxury has been added for a lucky few this year. Twenty luxury glamping tents with ensuite bathrooms and kitchens have been launched with the help of $1.2 million from the Queensland Government Growing Tourism Infrastructure fund.
Thoroughbred breeding season draws to a close on the Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is arguably the centre of the Queensland thoroughbred breeding industry with numerous large and small horse studs scattered around the region from Cambooya to Gladfield and from Warwick to Greenmount where rich soil is ideal for growing good horse pasture. The breeding season starts in August and continues through till December with the first foals born in August and mares begin to be served by stallions in September.
Rumble in the Downs
Greenmount resident Kat Wells recently snapped this action-packed photo of these two fierce kangaroos going blow-for-blow in a local paddock. She said this type of scene is a common occurrence, the Buck Joey getting boxing lessons from Dad. “He, the Joey, will be pushed out of the mob at the end of summer," she said. “The fights will start to get fair dinkum about the middle of January, till he gets the idea.
