Local News
20 Aug 10 | In 2008 Elliston District Council received $100,000 from the Australian Government; part of a one-off funding package of $250 million under the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, to stimulate economic activity across Australia.
20 Aug 10 | Players from the Koonibba Football Club will travel to Adelaide to feature in a curtain-raiser match to the Adelaide - Saint Kilda clash at AAMI Stadium on Saturday, August 28.
20 Aug 10 | The Elliston District Council is pleased to advise that Steve Woolley commenced as Deputy Chief Executive Officer on July 19.
20 Aug 10 | The state government’s $36 million redevelopment of Ceduna Hospital is continuing apace, with major earth works scheduled to begin at the ambulance bay next Tuesday.
20 Aug 10 | Talented young Koonibba footballer Kym LeBois represented South Australia at the 12 and under level in Perth recently at the Australian Football Championships.
20 Aug 10 | The District Council of Ceduna has announced a $15 million solar desalination plant for the area, the first of its kind in the world.
11 Aug 10 | The girls and boys from the Streaky Bay InStep Dance Group would like to inform the West Coast community of their upcoming 2010 performance piece ‘A Night at the Movies’.
11 Aug 10 | Anthony Rosenzxeig has been named captain of the Streaky Bay Country Fire Service brigade.
11 Aug 10 | The State Government and the South Australian Oyster Growers Association have agreed on new aquaculture licence fees for 2010 / 2011.
11 Aug 10 | The Emirates Melbourne Cup 2010 tour was a great success for Streaky Bay last week.
11 Aug 10 | Most of us enjoy a gamble.
11 Aug 10 | Ceduna artist Beaver Lennon has won his first major art prize - at just 22 years of age.
05 Aug 10 | August is shaping up to be a big month for dance enthusiasts in the Far West.
05 Aug 10 | South Australia’s aquaculture industry experienced spectacular jobs growth of 14.1 percent in 2008 / 2009.
05 Aug 10 | Time has flown for Annie Clements of Kimba.
She can’t believe she’s been helping her community as a volunteer ambulance officer for 20 years now.
05 Aug 10 | Students and staff of Oak Valley Anangu School, in collaboration with the Project Officer and Program Manager of the Alinytjara Wilurara Natural Resources Management Board, successfully planted an array of local native species in the school grounds for National Schools Tree Day on Thursday, July 29.
05 Aug 10 | The challenge of protecting precious wild species and habitats in an area that covers 1.2 million hectares of the West Coast has been taken on by five agencies and groups under the banner “WildEyre”.
05 Aug 10 | Streaky Bay is in the grip of Melbourne Cup fever just days out from the official visit of the 150th Emirates Melbourne Cup.
23 Jul 10 | The Australian Government Mobile Office will be rolling into more communities on the Eyre Peninsula next week, offering locals easy access to a wide range of payments and services.
23 Jul 10 | What looks like an attractive, hardy native plant is springing up in high profile areas in and around Ceduna and Thevenard, but unfortunately, it is an invasive weed from southern Africa that out-competes native shrubs and grasses and spreads rapidly.