24/07/2008 | With the establishment of the War Service Settlement Scheme at Parndana, and the consequent influx of families of various denominations a place of worship was essential.
24/07/2008 | Police News - • Police attended an Emu Bay residence on July 15 and seized a quantity of hydroponic equipment in relation to plants formerly grown inside the premises.
24/07/2008 | The Kangaroo Island Development Board together with the Natural Resource Management Board, Ag KI and PIRSA are developing a micro-climate mapping project designed to inform farm decision making and facilitate product diversification, value adding and improved farm management techniques.
24/07/2008 | The Settlement Day Youth Awards will be presented at the annual celebrations of official European settlement and birthplace of SA on Sunday July 27 at 11am at Reeves Point.
24/07/2008 | A week of wild weather saw rain and strong winds across KI.
24/07/2008 | SafeWork SA is working with the new owners of Timber Creek Pine Sawmill Pty Ltd to address a number of safety management issues identified following the investigation of a recent incident on the premises, involving a forklift.
24/07/2008 | The Kangaroo Island Council will not take control of land at the Kingscote Wharf to create a road on the north-east of the area.
24/07/2008 | New managers will arrive at the Ozone Hotel in a few weeks and they are “over the top with enthusiasm” according to the hotel’s new owners.
17/07/2008 | There are only two weeks to go until the opening of a debut solo exhibition of 18 paintings and poetic works by local resident Albert Joseph.
17/07/2008 | The American River Motel has been placed in receivership with accountants assessing last week that there were not enough forward bookings to continue trading.
17/07/2008 | The KI Natural Resources Management Board’s On-ground Works program is open for expressions of interest and part of the funding will not be secured without your help.
17/07/2008 | A brown Holden sedan was stolen from the driveway of a Margaret Street, Kingscote, house between 4.30pm and 9.30pm on Friday. The vehicle was dumped on Lovers Lane, where a grey Mitsubishi Magna sedan was stolen from the yard of a house on Lovers Lane, Kingscote. This vehicle was found by members of the public on North Coast Road, Kingscote, who helped police identify the offender.
17/07/2008 | Federal Arts and Environment Minister Peter Garrett was a surprise guest on Kangaroo Island over the past weekend.
17/07/2008 | Penneshaw has a new playground thanks to $40,000 funding through the Town Centres Project and local manpower.
17/07/2008 | For the first time in its history Sealink was forced to cancel almost two days worth of ferries at the weekend due to high winds and seas.
17/07/2008 | The Kangaroo Island Council has committed to be part of a multi-council strategy to have the speed zone reduced from 110kmh or 100kmh to 80kmh at several sites on the island.
10/07/2008 | Kangaroo Island CFS Group Officer Terry May presented Fred and Fleur Peters of Fine Art Kangaroo Island with a certificate of appreciation for curating the ‘Out of the Ashes’ exhibition showing images submitted by community members and fire fighters from around Australia involved in the December fires. The exhibition raised more than $3100 for the KI CFS Group.
10/07/2008 | Great Southern wants more consultation and collaboration “to achieve an equitable rural water policy based on the best available science and information”.
10/07/2008 | In his last week in Federal Parliament, Member for Mayo Alexander Downer says he has one regret in relation to Kangaroo Island.
10/07/2008 | The lengthy saga of the building application for Lot 1 Brownlow Road, Kingscote, continues with the Development Assess-ment Panel refusing permission for two two-storey buildings housing four dwellings on the coastal block.