Trevor Crawford Chris Crawford Caltowie Bowls Like other sporting groups our bowls season came to a sudden finish even though we didn’t make any finals there were still some club events and tournaments being played. Some of our teams struggled during the season after losing several players either through injury or leaving the district. So,…
International Women’s Day Breakfast On Friday 13th March Northern Highlands Soroptimists held their annual breakfast at the Bowling Club to celebrate International Women’s Day. Catering by The Friday Fillies assisted by members preceded an entertaining address and video presentation by The Fillies- Leanne Beyer and Margie Simpson. They travelled in the “Shit Box”-a vehicle worth…
POSTPONED Celebrate Easter in the Bundaleer Forest. Bundaleer Forest Picnic Ground will be the place to be on April 12, with the return of the treasured Easter Sunday Bundaleer Bilby Hunt. There will be something for everyone, with treasure hunts for kids of all ages, Family food options, live acoustic music, performers on the walks,…
The annual International Women’s Day breakfast will be hosted once again by Soroptimist International of the Northern Highlands on Friday March 13th. It will be held at 7am at the Jamestown Bowling Club where Team Friday Fillies, Leanne Beyer and Margie Simpson will tell of their adventures in the Outback during the Shitbox Rally, a…
POSTPONED The extremely generous work of the many volunteers in our community was acknowledged at a service on December 1, during Volunteers’ Week. This service also coincided with the Pageant Day Service. Representations from many organisations/groups were involved but unfortunately due to the weather, the service had to be held in the Combined Services Club…
The Whyte Yarcowie Vaudeville Troupe is hard at work preparing their new show “It’s A Pleasure“ which is due to open in Mt Bryan on Saturday 9th May. Rehearsals are well underway and the troupe will present their usual mix of dance, great music, glamorous costumes and a barrel of laughs. In their 36 years…
The 150 year celebrations for Jamestown are fast approaching and the J150 committee is well into the planning stages for various community events and projects. One of the projects is to replace the plaque marking the site of the Belalie Mail Station, which actually pre-dates the settlement of Jamestown. The existing monument was unveiled during…
A BIG Thank you to the community of Jamestown area that supported the Jamestown Flying Group’s sausage sizzle on February 1st or donated in our donation tins around Jamestown. When a pilot that flew in our 2015 Air Spectacular – Dick Lang and his son died in the fire at Kangaroo Island the Jamestown Flying…
During the school holidays the Black children from Caltowie competed in the State Under 18 Championship held at Lockley’s Bowling Club from January 20th – 24th. The event was incredibly successful with Nathan walking away with Gold in all 3 disciplines, Adam finishing with a silver for Singles and Triples, and a Bronze in Pairs…
A photo of Maggie Clark from Jamestown – pictured when she competed in the school sports 12 & under girls National Championships in Nov 19, in which SA finished 3rd. After this Maggie and 5 of her team mates were added to SACAs u15 traing squad. There was no expectations of making the side but they…