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Four Decades in the Driver's Seat
Wednesday 24 April, 2013 Flinders Shire Council loader driver Bryan Corrigan can list all 10 loaders he's worked on in his 44 year career at Council as if he were talking about the names of his family members. It's a fact that doesn't surprise his boss Council Overseer Gavin Dennis, who...
History Brought to Life in Logo
Thursday 4 April, 2013 SHE has not lived in Hughenden long but when Amanda McNamara designed her award-winning logo for the Shire's 150 th birthday, it was community acts of kindness that stood out for her as the one of the most prominent features of the region. The Chronicles of...
Drought declaration processes and the Drought Relief Assistance Scheme (DRAS) in the Flinders Shire.
Tuesday 2 April, 2013 Many producers are now feeling the pinch as the dry season starts to set in with little relief from the wet season this summer. Assistance may be available to individual producers through Individually Droughted Property declarations (IDP's). The specific...
Lawn Cemetery Comes To Life
Monday 25 March, 2013 Flinders Shire Council is ensuring residents have a final resting place that keeps them comfortable for eternity. Stage one of the Hughenden Cemetery expansion is almost finished, with work now to continue towards the creation of a lawn cemetery by 2014. The original...
Hughenden Centre For The Aged Open To The Public
Monday 25 March, 2013 The once empty dirt block on Betts Street in Hughenden has become a coloured landscape of painted buildings and gardened countryside as the official opening of the Hughenden Centre for the Aged (HCA) draws near. The development will be handed to Council this Friday...
Councillors Put On Their Training Wheels
Monday 25 March, 2013 They may live on the Australian Dinosaur Trail but Flinders Shire Councillors are set to prove their fitness hasn't become fossilised. Councillor Jane Charuba (swim), Deputy-Mayor Ninian Stewart-Moore (ride) and Councillor Shane McCarthy (run) will compete in...
A Step Back In Time
Monday 25 March, 2013 Pictures dating back more than a century are proving to be worth more than a thousand words in the Flinders Shire Council Historical Photograph Project. The reproduced 1887 wedding portrait of John T McClaren and Mary McDougall McClean is the oldest in the collection,...
Hughenden Clock
The famous "Lions Club Clock" in the middle of the intersection of Brodie & Gray Street is to be relocated to the traffic island in front of the Flinders Discovery Centre. After years of confusion with tourists and locals all agreeing to disagree about turning under or around the...
Hughenden Centre For The Aged Nears Completion
Tuesday 5 February, 2013 A DECADE long dream is just weeks from becoming a reality as the final bricks and mortar are placed on the Hughenden Centre for the Aged. Construction on the centre began in mid-uly last year and is expected to be completed by mid-March, with the first residents to...
Former Mayor Honoured
Saturday January 26, 2013 AFTER almost 15 years of presenting the Australia Day Awards it was a change of pace for former Flinders Shire Mayor Brendan McNamara when he stood on the other side of the podium to accept an award at the 2013 Flinders Shire Australia Day Awards. ...