The King Island Lions Club held their annual Senior Citizen’s lunch at the King Island District High School.
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Checkout new-look IGA
Shoppers were greeted last week with a new-look IGA in Currie.
Island ire as Rex cancels flights
A pilot shortage blamed on Qantas has resulted in several Rex Airlines flights being cancelled at the last-minute leaving passengers stranded at King Island Airport.
On the hairy snail trail
There was a buzz around the King Island Town Hall in Currie last Sunday when young and old and in between came to meet with the Bush Blitz scientists to show them their unusual finds or to find out what the scientists had found while surveying the island – including a hairy snail.
Summer’s tourism promise
Last Wednesday’s gathering at the Boathouse was a resounding success, drawing a diverse group of industry operators and stakeholders.
Producers ponder the beef industry
King Island beef producers came together at the King Island Club for the 26th annual Beef Day and dinner. Farmers gathered to gain insights and listened to new ideas.
King Island gets race ready
HORSE racing fans have thanked TasRacing for sending over four of their maintenance crew for a couple of days to help King Island Racing Club Inc volunteers get some of the race ready bigger jobs done.
Golf course ready for Open
AT last, King Islanders enjoyed a really great Saturday for golf and the course is in great condition.
HER WHEEL KEEPS ON SPINNING
Despite growing up surrounded by the musty smell of freshly shorn wool laid out in the shed of a King Island sheep farm, it took leaving home for Robyn Eades to discover her love of working with wool. “I knew about spinning then, but I didn’t think of taking it up myself. I just loved the smell of daggy sheep”, she laughs.
South Road cost blowout
THE cost of ongoing roadworks at South Road have blown out by almost $900,000.