Stanthorpe Today - 16th December 2021

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Thursday, 16 December, 2021

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Road repairs ‘in millions’

Annie the orphan a rare gift

Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) anticipates that “many millions of dollars“ will be required to repair the damage done to the regions’ roads after recent floods. SDRC CEO Dave Burges said they don’t know exactly how many roads have been damaged but are doing “emergent works“ and trying to make roads as safe as possible. He said SDRC cannot currently get to some roads to perform repairs as “they’re that badly damaged“ and the ground is still so wet.

A local woman is urging locals to think carefully before they buy any pets this festive season, after adopting a dog six weeks ago that was abandoned on the highway at The Summit. Leonie Smith and her dog, Annie, are a match made in heaven. But just six weeks ago Annie was left on the side of the highway. Read more on page 5

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Our top spot Stanthorpe’s Essen restaurant was awarded one of Australia’s Top 50 restaurants by OpenTable last week. OpenTable is a restaurant reservation platform and the list was determined by 280 000 restaurant reviews collected from diners across the country. Following Victoria, Queensland restaurants secured 17 spots on the list to take second place - Granite Belt’s Essen being one of these places. Story page 8

Home hard to find quires tenants to relocate, and people moving to the region because of Coronavirus. “I had a woman call me up in tears because she couldn’t find accommodation for her and her child,” Norman said. “The demand is high, lots of people are

looking and we can’t accommodate everyone.” Granite Belt local Jackie Barron was living in Stanthorpe with her three young children, adult daughter and her three children, and their dog. She said the owners of their rental sold the

property and the family had 30 days to find new accommodation. “The house went on sale on the Friday and was sold by the Monday,” Jackie said. Story page 4

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