No Pollywaffle here!

by John Mannion 21/12/09 General
No Pollywaffle here!

Last Thursday, December 17, the Federal Member for the electorate Grey, Rowan Ramsey and his wife Teresa were in Orroroo for a ‘meet ‘n greet’.

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Stones and Rail by John Mannion and John O’Dea

by tim 19/12/09 General
Stones and Rail by John Mannion and John O’Dea

We hope you enjoy this audio tour, which takes you through the development of this unique district through John Mannion’s collection of stories from past and present ‘locals’ and John O’Dea’s songs.

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Rowan Ramsey in town for a yarn

by tim 17/12/09 General
Rowan Ramsey in town for a yarn

Rowan Ramsay federal member for Grey, bumped into an ex EP neighbour, business proprietor “Spud” Chapman of Orroroo Hardware.

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Orroroo Christmas Pageant

by tim 16/12/09 Upcoming Events
Orroroo Christmas Pageant

Thursday 24 December 7pm Main Street Orroroo

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Chops!

by tim 8/12/09 General

Robert Teague and his dog Chops put on a show at Orroroo.

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Classic Catch – Lachie Bowman??

by Danny 7/12/09 General

Was that Lachie Bowman in the crowd day 3 at the Adelaide Oval taking a one hander in the crowd??  If so, didn’t appear to even spill a drop!

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How do I add a new article to the Orroroo Site?

by tim 27/11/09 Tutorial
How to Icon

Well that’s easy. Watch this video and it’ll all become clear(er). Just watch the movie in this post to to see how.

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Luke Tapscott heading to Melbourne

by tim 27/11/09 General
Luke Tapscott heading to Melbourne

Orroroo local Luke Tapscott and his best mate Jack Trengove both studying at PAC will begin their AFL careers together at Melbourne.Picked in last night’s AFL draft, Luke’s pretty pleased that he’s been snapped up.

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Fantastic Job

by grant v rasheed 26/11/09 General

tim, you have done a fantastic job with the orroroo site! are the (fabulous) profile pic’s of the Orroroo mardi gras?

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More Coal Power?

by John Mannion 24/11/09 Opinion

Did you know that Western Australia, Victoria, NSW and Queensland are talking about recommissioning or refurbishing old coal fired power stations, or even building new ones?

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Catastrophic!

by tim 17/11/09 Opinion
Catastrophic!

Been listening on the radio that we are advised to to leave now if we don’t have sufficient fire fighting preparation. Not sure where we’re going to go to, seeing as the whole district has the same warning.
School’s out too, tomorrow and maybe the next day. I guess the kids’ll be so much safer 500 [...]

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This is a story that you will NOT see in the Advertiser

by tim 17/11/09 Corporate Basta...
This is a story that you will NOT see in the Advertiser

It is modern day true story of Newsagents (David) V (Goliath) The Advertiser (News Ltd.)

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Orroroo Coalfields – Linc Energy Announcement

by tim 6/11/09 Development
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Linc Energy Ltd (ASX: LNC) (OTCQX: LNCGY) is pleased to announce the completion of an initial drilling program near the town of Orroroo in South Australia.

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Bendleby Ranges a winner!

by tim 3/11/09 Tourism
Bendleby Ranges a winner!

Congratulations to Bendleby Ranges for their recent win at the SA Tourism awards. Category 13 – Adventure Tourism supported by Austbrokers Terrace

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