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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local cabbie, Kerrod has been speaking to someone else for over twenty minutes now. "What did you say?" says passenger, Bridget, who was under the impression that Kerrod's muffled talking was directed at her. "No. Not you" says Kerrod, pointing to his bluetooth headset. Bridget returns to scrolling on her iPhone. Speaking to the Betoota Advocate shortly after he cross-city fare,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact When Peter Pan was just 20-years-old, he hitched across Australia with two friends for a whole year. Next year, he plans to do it again. Speaking to The Advocate this morning, the North Betoota podiatrist explained that turning 40 was a day he was dreading for a number of years - but now he realises that...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Depending on which one you talk to, each member of an infamous sharehouse in Betoota's Old City district will tell you that they're not the one to blame for the washing up spiralling out of control. Beginning life last Saturday night after a small gathering of friends, the washing up from that humdinger was left...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Not wanting there to be any confusion as to where she sees her future, a QUT graduate has contentiously listed her full-time occupation as an acre chaser. Making sure never to miss as Friday at Fridays, the 23-year-old also visits other country haunts such as Johnny Ringo's and The Vic each weekend looking for the...

17 February, 2016. 19:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Despite enough a glass of chilled Chardonnay on this 42-degree afternoon in South West Queensland, a interior decorator has lashed out at his friends down in the capital cities this afternoon for posting too many photos of extreme weather to Instagram. In what's typically a heavily curated viewing experience, Manny Woodman's Instagram...

16 February, 2016. 16:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A North Betoota high schooler as journeyed through a portal to hell last night after overdosing on cannabis last night during a sleepover at a friends place, The Advocate has discovered. During a week-long exposé on the rampant use of marijuana among local teens, The Advocate was able to ascertain that 17-year-old...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A counter employee at the South Betoota Grill'd burger franchise has broken a personal record this afternoon by saying 'buddy' seven times in the space of fifteen minutes. Abbie Locke (19) blew away her equally chirpy coworkers by just going for it, and rattling out as many buddies as possible. That annoying upbeat and positive attitude comes despite the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Despite the fact he has been a committed skateboarder since 1999, local plumber Rick Garley (32) still hasn't done any of the cool tricks that he first got him interested in the hobby, from the award-winning Playstation Game Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1. After just under two decades of consistent skateboarding, Rick still hasn't done...

16 February, 2016. 16:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In what's being hailed as a discovery of a lifetime, a 17-year-old local boy has stumbled across an old pre-plain packaged deck of lung busters - something completely out of his world. St Gregory's South Betoota student Oisin Breathnach revealed to The Advocate that at first, he didn't know what he was...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Hitting back at the recent descent into coffee snobbism, a new local cafe is fighting the trend by offering only instant varieties as well as a number of basic breakfast dishes. Nathan's Cafe is the latest addition to West Betoota's famed Cordillo Street dining strip which already has half a dozen cafes and restaurants. However, owner operator...