The Bunyip

Gather Round is Barossa bound

THE sun has set on another incredibly successful AFL Gather Round in South Australia, and the weekend wrapped with news that the Barossa Valley has been locked in as the host of a match in 2025. Premier Peter Malinauskas made the announcement on...

Jem Nash

AFL locks in Lyndoch

BAROSSA Council, the State Government and the AFL have joined forces to create a new $40 million sporting and entertainment hub at Lyndoch, which will host at least one Gather Round fixture in 2025. The State Government and Barossa Council will each...

Liam Phillips

Ramping down at Lyell McEwin

WHILE South Australia recorded its second worst month of ramping in March, there has been steady improvement at Lyell McEwin Hospital over the past couple of months. Multiple initiatives have been introduced to speed up patient flow and discharges...

Jem Nash

Roseworthy campus officially open

IN the year that Trinity College is celebrating 40 years of operation, on Thursday, April 4, current and former staff, students, families, old scholars, special guests and dignitaries gathered in Roseworthy for a formal ceremony to officially open...

Upcoming Events

Scholarships available at Barossa TAFE campus

STUDENTS have the opportunity to kickstart their careers in hospitality, tourism and events management through five TAFE SA Destination Australia scholarships worth $45,000 each for people to study a Higher Education qualification in the Baross...

Barossa blooms with artist’s Back to Nature workshop

THIS year’s Barossa Arts Festival is bringing visitors “Back to Nature” with Adelaide-based acrylic artist Greer Tappert’s latest workshop. The workshop will walk the all-ability-artists through using a range of different painting tools and...

Imogen Evans

Unveiling secrets in exhibition

THE RICH history that lies beneath the surface will be on display in an upcoming exhibition showcasing the basements of Gawler. Photographer Daniel Down has spent the past few months uncovering the hidden secrets beneath Gawler’s Murray Street and...

Imogen Evans

Students get a taste of healthcare industry

YEAR 12 students from Parafield Gardens High School are joining forces with clinicians at Lyell McEwin Hospital as part of a pilot program aimed at inspiring the next generation of nurses and midwives in the northern suburbs. The Nursing and...

18 Apr 2024

Upcoming Events

Sport

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Sport

Rams run into rampaging reigning premiers

IN an exciting new step, in what promises to be a season full of them, the Barossa Rams made the trip down to Burnside fielding three senior men’s sides for the first time in the club’s 47-year history. Whilst the results may not have been...

18 Apr 2024

Sport

Heza Player helps Bain go back-to-back

GAWLER trainer Aaron Bain won his second consecutive Country Graduation final on Saturday when Heza Player led throughout at Port Pirie. Bain supplied the quinella in the $9,999 Big Chief Hire Country Graduation Series Final (2050m) with Heza Player...

Graham Fischer

18 Apr 2024

Community

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Community

Bin Thinking ‘bout the environment

DON’T forget, FOGO! Is the latest message the Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA) is sharing with local schools to increase awareness about saving our environment and waste management. FOGO, standing for food and garden organics...

16 Apr 2024

Community

Green bin trial ends for Gawler Belt

SOME Gawler Belt residents are unhappy with the outcome of a green bin trial by Light Regional Council, which ended after what they said was not enough consultation. Leigh and Geraldine McKenney are two residents who are unhappy with the...

Jem Nash

15 Apr 2024

Community

Citizen science gets a boost

A CITIZEN science program running across the Barossa and Yorke Peninsula has received a funding boost to help monitor the region’s waterways. The Northern and Yorke Landscape Board (NYLB) received $150,954 in State Government funding to continue...

14 Apr 2024

Real Estate (Free to Read)

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Em’s Café, Freeling

Set on a large 800sqm block, this inviting four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is the perfect family entertainer.

21 Feb 2024

Unit 2, 1 Morrow Ave, Evanston Park

Set on a large 800sqm block, this inviting four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is the perfect family entertainer.

21 Feb 2024

11a Rogers Court, Evanston Park

Set on a large 800sqm block, this inviting four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is the perfect family entertainer.

14 Feb 2024

5 Bosley Way, Gawler East

Set on a large 800sqm block, this inviting four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is the perfect family entertainer.

14 Feb 2024

Feature Publications

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On The Ball 2024

https://d3pbdxdl8c65wb.cloudfront.net/n/547/2024/Mar/26/On The Ball 2024.pdf

Light Regional Farm & 4x4 Expo 2024

https://d3pbdxdl8c65wb.cloudfront.net/n/547/2024/Mar/12/Light Regional Farm & 4x4 Expo 2024_reduced file for Sales.pdf

13 Mar 2024

The Bunyip celebrates 160 years

https://d3pbdxdl8c65wb.cloudfront.net/n/547/2023/Sep/05/The Bunyips 160th Birthday.pdf

06 Sep 2023

Official Gawler Show Programe 2023

https://d3pbdxdl8c65wb.cloudfront.net/n/547/2023/Aug/09/Gawler Show Program 2023.pdf

10 Aug 2023

Letters to the Editor

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First time for everything

AGREEING with Ian Tooley, for the first time, (“At $2.3M they’re dreamin’” – The Bunyip 10/4/24) – I also love Gawler’s historic buildings and wall. The walls, in particular, were never constructed to stand the test of time...

Hewett playing host

LIGHT Regional Council owns and operates a beautifully designed facility, stunningly situated amongst mature gum trees by a bend of the North Para River in the heart of Hewett: The Hewett Centre. This is our building, the ratepayers’ building and...

Speak for yourself

IN response to the letter to the editor in last week’s edition (‘Pick a different issue,’ April 10, 2024) written by Mrs Smith from Willaston. Mrs Smith, I am ashamed to have you purporting to speak for all women. You certainly do not speak...

All for the wall

I WRITE in gratitude to Town of Gawler council and commend them most highly for their courage, it seems, to rebuild the historic Pioneer Park wall. Yes it comes with a hefty price tag but I believe that council members really have done their due...