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PIPPED OFF: Chinchilla Melon Festival cops Covid cancellation
THE iconic community and tourism festival which put Chinchilla on the map is the latest event to have been squashed by Covid restrictions. The Chinchilla Melon Festival organising committee announced the event, planned for February 2021 and expected to have attracted up to 20,000 attendees, has been cancelled. The biennial event will instead be heldContinue reading “PIPPED OFF: Chinchilla Melon Festival cops Covid cancellation”
Footy players get back in touch with cash prize comp
Four-a-side touch footy competition puts players in contention for cash prizes, while national coaching rep hold juniors clinic.
Polocrosse players back in the saddle at Tara
THE thunder of horse hooves was music to the ears of polocrosse players enjoying the state’s first carnival since March.
LISTEN: 2020 Walking Netball season runs its course
Chinchilla Lightning hosts Miles in the grand final to conclude another season of an increasingly popular women’s sport.
EXCLUSIVE: Coal seam gas water spills into farmland as Condamine River tributary Charleys Creek bubbles
SUBSURFACE water has been spurting from the ground and coal seam gas is bubbling in areas of the Condamine River catchment where it’s never been seen before.
COMMENT: Chinchilla’s first traffic light is a story fit for 2020
By HARRY CLARKE @harrytclarke 28 August 2020 The scenes unfolding on the Warrego Highway at Chinchilla this week would have Ludwig Leichhardt, the great German pioneer who charted the region in the 1830s, turning over in his far flung grave. Robert “Bushy” Johnston, the bearded and wheelchair-bound local legend who was forever parked at theContinue reading “COMMENT: Chinchilla’s first traffic light is a story fit for 2020”
Australia’s largest solar farm near Chinchilla to create 800 jobs
THE number of jobs expected to be created during construction of Australia’s largest solar farm has been significantly increased to as many as 800, the Caller can reveal. Construction of the 400MW so-called Western Downs Green Power Hub, being built 20km south east of Chinchilla, is slated to begin in October. Early surveying works atContinue reading “Australia’s largest solar farm near Chinchilla to create 800 jobs”
Cafe serves sides of everything you never knew you needed
Amelia’s Place is far from your average cafe. As well as fine food and coffee, the quirky Western Downs business offers a range of bizarre gifts and novelty items.
COVID downturn plays into sports store’s hands
A Western Downs sports store has recorded its busiest month of trade despite Coronavirus economic downturn.