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IN TIMES of disaster emergencies, the Qld Fire Department will now be able to deploy from RAAF base at Amberley. To make this possible, the…

Steam train journey to Bodiam Castle EXPLORE WITH ME Explore the United Kingdom with me. Over the next four weeks I will show you around…

OPINION AS we move from the busy winter sporting season into the summer months, it’s timely to thank the coaches, officials and players who served…

THE Rosewood Native Plant Sale and Enviro Day should be marked on every gardener’s calendar. But wait! The day’s entertainments, interactive displays and demonstrations offer…

A PLAN to excise two rural residential lots off a much larger property on Anthonys Road at Walloon has been proposed to the Ipswich City…

ALL the hallmarks of a highly successful street festival will again be in place for Kalbar Country Day 2025. While there’s an essence of deja…

AUSTRALIAN Country hockey representative Kelly McNamara missed the Marburg lifestyle so much she had to move back. Kelly, 25, was recently chosen in the national…

THE first local fire ban for the season was announced this week by the Queensland Fire Department. The ban on lighting fires came into force on…

THIS year’s Ipswich City Local Business Awards featured a business in Rosewood and one in Marburg on the winner’s list. Rosewood General Practice was announced…

RECENTLY appointed Rosewood Bowls Club treasurer Dave Aspden expects to be busy landscaping after recently moving into a new house at Walloon. However, Dave and…

I STARTED writing this column while sitting in a rental car at Stonehenge in the United Kingdom, last week. My daughter was too tired to…

THE Ipswich region is emerging as South East Queensland’s top spot for industrial development, with more future industrial land than Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Moreton…