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Peter the face of modern farming
17 May 12 | Peter Cooper always knew he wanted to be a farmer. “My dad, Phil, always farmed and my mother, Barb grew up on the Buttrose family farm at Stokes Bay, so I became comfortable with farming. I enjoyed helping out and inevitably wanted to do it myself.”
Fulfilling life is enough reward for this
17 May 12 | Michael Swayne says volunteering for the Country Fire Service makes him “Happy to live a fulfilled life. Knowing that I’ve done something successful to help our community makes it really worthwhile.”
17 May 12 | Eco-Action Kangaroo Island will continue to defend the environment in the HeliExperiences case.
17 May 12 | Kangaroo Island Fresh Seafoods will re-open its takeaway business this week after owners Tina Kleeven and Eddy Rademacher received overwhelming feedback
Flirting with history
17 May 12 | Fascination with the Island’s dark and dangerous history was recently demonstrated by community and media interest in the search for the graves of those who perished when the Loch Sloy was wrecked on the Island’s west coast in 1899.
17 May 12 | Kangaroo Island Mayor Jayne Bates has used her casting vote to prevent the council spending $20,000 on a “partnership building” training course for elected members.
17 May 12 | Islander photographer Sean McGowan has landed SA’s biggest photo journalism prize – named Best Photographer at the 2012 South Australian Media Awards.   | GALLERY: SEAN MCGOWAN'S WINNING PHOTOS
17 May 12 | Councillor Ken Liu has been found guilty of breaching the Kangaroo Island Council Code of Conduct in relation to the blog KI Polis.
11 May 12 | A new bid for an upgrade to the undersea power cable and electricity infrastructure on the island will focus on the needs of potential investors.
10 May 12 | Diabetes nurse educator Trish van der Linden, has used fun songs, stories and food to teach the preschool children at Kangaroo Island Children’s Services about eating a range of fruits and vegetables everyday.
10 May 12 | Speed limit changes will be considered by the Kangaroo Island Council this week.   | CommentsComments (1)
10 May 12 | After providing work experience for one student from Finland last year, the fame of Kangaroo Island Children’s Services has spread, and now we are fortunate to be forging bonds with another Finnish student, Sara Lax, who is studying Social Sciences.
CADETS END SEASON WITH A PANCAKE COOK-UP
10 May 12 | The Kingscote CFS cadets finished their first term of 2012 with a pancake night. Eleven of the 12 enthusiastic cadets cooked and served to their parents and other members of the brigade delicious pancakes with a variety of toppings.
MAN ON A MISSION
10 May 12 | With a Tidy Towns judge quietly roaming our streets on the look out for award winning gardens, people in Kingscote have an added incentive to design and maintain good looking, interesting gardens.
10 May 12 | Models strutted their stuff at the Kangaroo Island Health Service Auxiliary fundraiser on Friday night at Acacia Apartments for about 60 people.   | GALLERY: KI HEALTH SERVICES AUXILLARY ...
10 May 12 | Helicopter joy flights could start from Hanson Bay by spring, with the court appeal by EcoAction discontinued.
A letter for Peter...
03 May 12 | Vale Peter Walker Born: Lilydale, Tasmania, 24/12/1948 Died: Don, Tasmania, 26/4/2012
ANZAC DAY Kingscote 2012
03 May 12 | ANZAC DAY Kingscote 2012  | GALLERY: ANZAC DAY ON KANGAROO ISLAND 2012
A homecoming for Jamie
03 May 12 | A memorial service and plaque unveiling at Parndana campus signals a new era for the Larcombe family mourning the death of their son and brother, Sapper Jamie Larcombe, killed on active duty in Afghanistan last February.   | GALLERY: UNVEILING OF JAMIE'S LARCOMBE'S ...
03 May 12 | The implications of the State Government’s decision about marine parks this week are still not known.
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