GAWLER’S Australia Day event looked different to other years, however locals were still united across a number of locations to celebrate what it means to be Australian, and acknowledge outstanding achievements.
General
Citizens honoured, new Aussies welcomed
Playford’s outstanding citizens
SMITHFIELD Plains’ Raelene Wlochowicz has been crowned Playford Council’s Citizen of the Year at an Australia Day breakfast on Tuesday.
Magok is off to Cajun Country
MAGOK Manyang is set to spend most of 2021 in Eunice, Louisiana after the Trinity College graduate was offered a spot on LSU Eunice’s junior college basketball team.
Sport
‘Pax’ looks to take the skate world by storm
LIAM PHILLIPS PAXTON Scott is the youngest aggressive skater in South Australia and one of the brightest young talents in the country – and he is now preparing for his biggest competition yet at the Brunz Blade Battle in NSW next month. Scott, a nine-year-old Ngarrindjeri boy, started playing inline hockey at three when he […]
Young BMX riders flock to Gawler
AMANDA CAMERON THE weather was perfect for the Gawler BMX Club to host round three of the 2021 Auscycling South Australia BMX Series on March 28. This event was open to all Auscycling licensed riders within South Australia and beyond to compete and gain points towards the 2021 Auscycling South Australia BMX State Series and […]
Young swimmers claim state championship
LIAM PHILLIPS THE Gawler and District Swimming Team took out the Country Division One State Championship after an action-packed day at the Marion Aquatic Centre on March 26. The team was made up of 16 swimmers from Gawler East, Immanuel, Hewett, Xavier and Trinity College – finishing 676 points ahead of Hills in second, with […]
Community Stories
BUNYIP GOES BACK 1990
In this week’s edition of The Bunyip Goes Back photos from April 1990 have been collected.
Repair cafe on the move
GAWLER Repair Cafe, a popular waste-reduction initiative run by Gawler
Environment Centre (GEC), will make a move to Gawler Civic Centre this month.
Face of Freeling Foodland
MANNUM Green IGA director John Naylor will look to employ the same principles around community and the delivery of fresh, quality produce when he opens a new Foodland store at Freeling.