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Local Business

Layers upon layers of local success

One of the Barossa’s most beloved products, a staple of both restaurant menus and the home cook’s freezer, Carême Pastry, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025. Speaking with The Leader, co-founder and managing director, Claire Wood...

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Rural

Moculta family the cream of the crop

By Clem StanleyIt’s been about three weeks since the wrap up of the Royal Adelaide Show, but the Koch family from Moculta is still basking in the afterglow of dairy cattle success at this year’s event. Through their farm, Ashtaney Jerseys, Angela and...

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Local Business

Barossa Veterinary Service takes home Business of the Year award

By Clem StanleyBarossa Veterinary Service has taken home the award for Medium Business of the Year at the 2025 South Australian Premier’s Business and Export Awards. Held at a ceremony in Adelaide at the end of August, Director and Veterinarian Dr...

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Council News

Councillor requested to pay over $40,000 and called on to resign, again

At last Tuesday night’s meeting of The Barossa Council, Elected Members were presented with the outcome of a response from the South Australian Ombudsman, in relation to Councillor Bruce Preece, and also tabled subsequent recommendations for...

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David brings understanding and innovation to Nuriootpa High School

With a focus on learning what makes the school community tick, and supporting staff in building students’ resilience and wellbeing, Nuriootpa High School principal David Marino shared with The Leader, how overall, his introduction to the school...

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Celebrating a milestone with festivities

With nearly 90 years of history under its belt, Nuriootpa High School is certainly looking forward to commemorating such a historic milestone with a festive celebratory event planned for late November 2025. Yonna Taylor, the school’s Events...

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Carrying a 90-year legacy in values

One of the most important parts of acknowledging an institution’s past, is figuring out the best way to bring it steadily into the future, something which Nuriootpa High School’s Deputy Principal, Brent Bloffwitch, well understands, having...

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Building a positive school culture

As with any institution that has a long history, there are bound to be plenty of moments of great excitement and optimism, alongside more challenging times. However, when such times are used as an opportunity for reflection and refinement, they can...

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Community News

Mount Pleasant’s Space Engineer of the Year

Satellite technology is something very important to Mount Pleasant local Nick Manser, from his award-winning work at Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen, to the high-speed internet satellites which allow him to do that work from home, in the Southern Baross...

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Special Promotion

When the student becomes the teacher

With such a deep foundation in the fabric of the Barossa’s educational history, many generations of students and teachers are intertwined with the story of Faith Lutheran College. And for one teacher in particular, the full circle moments seem to...

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10 Sep 2025

Special Promotion

Find your newest eclectic antique at Adeline’s Attic

By Clem StanleyAdeline’s Attic at Nuriootpa is deceptively large, what may appear to be a small storefront from the street, is actually home to a labyrinth of rooms with carefully selected antique and vintage pieces. Now run by mother and son duo...

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