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13 Nov 2024

Sport

Barossa Park to host two Gather Round games

As the sun rose over Barossa Park at Lyndoch on Monday morning, so did the anticipation for the AFL Gather Round 2025 - especially with the announcement that the ground will host two games. Both South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas MP, and...

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13 Nov 2024

Friendship is on the cards

St Hugh’s Anglican Church at Angaston becomes a hive of activity on Tuesday mornings as a group of eager locals gather for a game of social cards. Wendy Graetz told The Leader that she moved to the Barossa in 2018, and initially did not know many...

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06 Nov 2024

Trevor parks the bus for the final time

By Clem StanleyA student waits on the side of a dusty road. The well-known maroon of a Eudunda Area School (EAS) uniform is donned and a schoolbag hangs upon their shoulders. In the distance appears that familiar vessel which is to transport them to...

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06 Nov 2024

Pernod Ricard fundraises for Seeds of Hope

By Clem StanleyOn October 21, while hosting Seeds of Hope suicide prevention network for a safeTALK training session at Pernod Ricard Winemaker’s Rowland Flat site, Dorota ‘Dot’ Clausen handed over a cheque for $3,934.50 on behalf of the company to...

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06 Nov 2024

First aid for Eudunda’s SAAS garden

The front garden at Eudunda’s SA Ambulance Service has been given a complete makeover, thanks to work by 15-year-old local, Jackson Chenoweth. Jackson, the 2023 Regional Council of Goyder’s Young Citizen of the Year for Eudunda Ward, told The Leader...

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01 Nov 2024

Year 12s farewelled at EAS

By Clem StanleyOn Friday, Eudunda Area School held an assembly to farewell its Year 12 students. The event was attended by family, friends, staff, and fellow students, who gathered to celebrate this significant milestone. Principal, Anna Roebuck...

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Local Business

Cooking up conscious creations at COCO Kitchen

By Clem StanleyThere has certainly been a healthy amount of curiosity surrounding Angaston’s COCO Kitchen, which opened up on the main street in August. And the team behind the East-Coast-inspired venue is certainly well-qualified. Holly, a nutrition...

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Cock-a-doodle-Eudunda show

By Clem StanleyIn less than two weeks’ time, the 126th Eudunda Show will arrive at the local showgrounds, this time descending on the town with a flurry of feathers as it celebrates the theme ‘birds of a feather.‘This years’ theme is in celebration...

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Variety on show at Horses in Action

By Clem StanleyAn addition to this year’s Horses in Action Program at the Eudunda Show is a Versatility Challenge. Introduced by Conveners Natalie Scholz and Allie Anderson, Natalie explained that following low numbers in last year’s show jumping...

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Emergency Services

Robert receives awards for Ambulance Service

By Clem StanleyWell-known Stockwell identity Robert Leigh has recently received more awards to his already decorated 47-year career with the SA Ambulance Service (SAAS).At the SAAS Graduation and Presentation Day on Saturday, October 26, Robert was...

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Works of Colin Thiele return to school

Kapunda High School has been gifted a rare complete collection of works by one of its most famous students, donated by past Barossa resident, Kim Michelmore, after he found the final ‘needle in a haystack’ book. The complete collection of Colin...

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Growing concerns at cemetery

The Barossa Council is exploring new ways to manage expansion and maintenance at the Nuriootpa Cemetery, after a resident voiced concerns about the site. For some years, Leo Broadbent has held concerns about the established part of the cemetery, in...

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