Rains bring region to knees
SOUTHEAST Queensland is reeling from a succession of violent storms that have so far claimed two lives and led to traffic chaos in Brisbane as well as the worst flooding in 30 years of some of the state's best farmland.
Vertical cemetery captures interest
UP to 100 Victorians have registered their interest in being buried standing up at Australia's first vertical cemetery, due to open in January.
Gippsland flood warning
FLOODS predicted for Gippsland tomorrow and Sunday could be as bad as those that devastated the region last year the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.
Anger over Barmah cattle grazing ban
BARMAH cattlemen are demanding immediate access to the local red gum forests to graze down dense vegetation they say poses a fire risk.
All-rounder showed tons of class
DOWN Hamilton way, the Templetons are almost as famous as the Bradmans of Bowral, their love of cricket flowing across four generations.
Country Living
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Meet the pasta masters
A GIPPSLAND family is producing fresh, hand-made Italian cuisine to take home, writes SARAH WARNE
Scholars opt for brilliant career
STUDENTS seeking a career in the dairy industry are encouraged to apply for the 2009 Greenham Dairy Scholarship.
Roads tangled in red tape
DURING election campaigns we hear promises of cutting red tape and pulling the bureaucracy into line, which has not happened with the current Victorian Government.
Native beauty
Watch intricately beautiful images of Australian native flowers and insects in this soundslide created by Weekly Times photographer Mark Griffin.
An equine dream team
CARLOS Tabernaberri shows why he is known across the world as the "gentlest horseman yet to touch a horse" by coaxing his five-year-old steed, Sai, to lie in his lap.
Queen of the Little Desert
A FORMER Les Girls drag queen has traded Kings Cross for country life in Goroke. SIMONE DALTON reports
PETA pushes Aussie wool growers overboard
ANIMAL activist group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has urged Australian wool producers to jump ship from Australian Wool Innovation and cease mulesing now.
Full steam on rice crops
RIVERINA rice growers are defying the drought and planting crops this season.
Dairy ready to weather global storm
DAIRY producers can look to a bright future beyond the global economic gloom, a new study has found.
Kiwi pinot steals wine show
TASMANIAN pinot noirs won seven gold medals in this year's 2008 Royal Hobart International Wine Show.
On Farm
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Ziggy's water win
A REVERSE osmosis desalination plant installed by Zbigniew "Ziggy" Skrodzki in his central Victorian plant nursery last year has already paid for itself.















