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Team Guardian and Tribune top showing at state awards

THE teams from the Fassifern Guardian and sister newspaper, the Ipswich Tribune, took home some of the top gongs from the annual awards of the Queensland Country Press Association in a competition involving 61 non-daily newspapers.

Drew Creighton

11 Jun 2025

Music

RMCM brings Seattle’s indie scene to Aus

SEATTLE-BASED indie folk-rock band Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners played Brisbane’s The Triffid last Tuesday delivering their first performance in Australia for the tour.

Drew Creighton

05 Mar 2025

Rural Life

Hard Lessons: Chickens and ducks don’t mix, foxes even less so

Late at night the ducks were tormenting the chickens and plucking out their tail feathers. And I can tell you from first-hand experience, no rooster can puff his chest enough to look proud when he is lacking the plumage that covers his rear.

Drew Creighton

01 Nov 2024

Events

The big show in the big smoke

Like all country shows, the EKKA begins months in advance.

Drew Creighton

21 Aug 2024

Rural Life

Hard lessons: Never work with children or animals

I have always had dreams of running livestock, but I come from a long line of journalists, a profession not exactly known for prowess in the paddocks.

Drew Creighton

24 Jul 2024

Outdoors

Hunting a lyre

BIRDWATCHING is one of those hobbies that can infect you at any point in your life.

Drew Creighton

22 May 2024