Barossa Leader

Central Women so close, but yet so far

The Central Women’s team put up a great fight at the Country Championship’s and played much better than the overall fourth finish suggests. The Central’s team was made up entirely of Barossa Light & Gawler players, with 10 players making their...

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Central Men grind out hard fought game at Country Championships

It was a tough weekend for the Central Men at the SA Country Championships but they were able to come away with a win from the Sunday final to finish fifth overall. The men were hoping to repeat the success from the last visit to Port Pirie in 2019...

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Larger Light facilities needed

By Samantha FieldLight Community Centre at Kapunda is on the look out for new facilities again - following the growing need for its services. The centre has been working out of the Kapunda Institute for the past 12 months, with a small backroom...

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Two new ED docs

Two independent GP staff will provide Emergency Department (ED) services at the Angaston and District Hospital on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from mid-July, according to SA Health. The news comes following enquiries made by The Leader as to...

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Mel Jaunay

150 years of Keyneton’s iconic bell

By Mel JaunayMembers of Keyneton’s North Rhine St. Peter’s Lutheran Church took a moment to recognise the 150th anniversary of its iconic bell recently. The bell, nestled atop a tower of ivy, is actually mounted to the trunk of a gum tree, and has...

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Mel Jaunay

Is this where Barossa began?

A river red gum at Lyndoch is growing a renewed effort to receive heritage listing, thanks to what some locals say is compelling evidence it was the very site where Colonel William Light camped at and sketched during his first 1837 expedition into...

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Matthew Webster

Launch of the Fran Clancy Memorial Scholarship

Foundation Barossa officially launched the Fran Clancy Memorial Scholarship on Thursday, with a heartfelt ceremony at the Barossa Bushgardens. Fran Clancy passed away of cancer on November 12, 2022. Her husband Paul, wanted to create a scholarship in...

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Matthew Webster

Jordan inspiring that extra step

By Samantha FieldFreeling’s Jordan McKenna has completed a unique local feat, by running at all nine of the Barossa Light & Gawler Football ovals across nine days. Jordan, who has been running every day since October 21 last year, decided to run...

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A day of ‘Firsts’ at Nuriootpa Library

By Clem StanleyThe Nuriootpa Library was transformed into a hive of creativity last Wednesday with two sold-out ‘Firstival’ events taking place across the facility; ‘Crochet a Granny square with a Granny’ and ‘Zines’ workshop. The Ngadjuri room was...

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Clem Stanley

Barossa’s “five-way intersection to everywhere” bids for Ag town crown

Each year, the region eagerly awaits the release of the Top 10 towns in the running to be crowned the South Australian Agricultural Town of the Year. An initiative of the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) and delivered in...

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Clem Stanley