No power but Coffin Bay weathers storm
ALTHOUGH Coffin Bay was among the last of Lower Eyre Peninsula towns to get power back, on Saturday morning, damage around the town was minimal. Coffin...
62 hours no power, phones
PORT Lincoln’s 48-hour outage was a taste of life in Lower Eyre Peninsula’s country areas, according to farmer Karen Baines who lives at Moody,...
Wind gusts of 115kmh recorded
PORT Lincoln was lashed by 107-kilometre an hour wind gusts on Thursday afternoon when a low pressure trough made its away across the region. Winds...
Damaging winds do just that
THE Hoopmann family were woken by the sound of their carport collapsing in strong winds late on Wednesday night. Fiona Hoopmann said the family were...
Council boundary comment
THE deadline to comment on a draft Bill to reform the process for changing local government boundaries has been extended to Friday, October 4.The draft Bill includes...
Observation tower volunteers needed
WITH the fire season starting next month, the State Emergency Service is recruiting for volunteers to operate the Winter Hill observation tower on high...
Port Lincoln sees the light
PORT Lincoln and Lower Eyre Peninsula’s power supplies began to come back on about 8.30pm tonight… to sighs of relief all around.Tea, toast, an electric blanket and...
City water supply secure
POLICE are urging people not to panic about Port Lincoln’s water supply being cut off, dispelling rumours that it would be cut off this...
Yallunda Flat Show postponed
THE Yallunda Flat Show committee made the difficult decision to postpone the show on Monday after weather conditions made the site too dangerous. “Although Yallunda Flat is...
Lost food in lengthy outage
FAMILIES and businesses will be counting the cost of the outage that left Port Lincoln without power for about 48 hours last week, some...














