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Spring is just around the corner…

by John Mannion 31/8/10 General
Spring is just around the corner…

I’ve got a million of ‘em!

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Linc Energy’s activities around Orroroo

by LincEnergy 11/5/10 General

Linc Energy has been active near the town of Orroroo since it first began drilling and exploration on its Petroleum Exploration Leases in mid-2009. This program led Linc Energy to announce a significant coal mineralisation target of 1.0 to 1.3 billion tonnes of deep, low rank coal in November 2009. Coal in the Orroroo region [...]

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Stones and Rail by John Mannion and John O’DeaAudio

by tim 22/3/10 General
Stones and Rail by John Mannion and John O’DeaAudio

Buy a copy from Stupid Computers » The Orroroo Carrieton region is situated in the Mid North of South Australia about 300 kilometres north of Adelaide. This area was first settled by European pastoralists in the 1840s. They stayed until the mid-1870s when hundreds of farmers and their families established themselves on small farms – [...]

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Chops is at it again!

by tim 23/2/10 General

Orroroo dog ‘Chops’ is earning a reputation around the traps as a pretty smart dog! See his latest escapades.

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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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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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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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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 is the best town in South Australia

by John Harris 29/10/09 General

I live in Adelaide, but every time I visit Orroroo, I fall in love with it again. The coffee is good, the toilets are clean and it is far enough from the city to be exotic without needing a packed lunch to get there. Best of all the people smile.

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Glen and Don’s BSA “Bantam” motorbikes

by Glen Cunningham 25/10/09 General
Glen and Don’s BSA “Bantam” motorbikes

When visiting a back-to school reunion (1982?) we visited the museum in the old school. There were two BSA “Bantam” motorcycles. These were purchased new about 1949 -from Fred Forbes-by Don Haynes & myself, both employed in the SA Railways, Don a porter, myself the Freight Clerk.

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