Local News

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local banker says he's thrilled and chuffed after discovering that he's actually a Kiwi as well just hours before this evening's Bledisloe Cup match between Australia and New Zealand in Christchurch. Sam Watson-Smith, a mortgage expert at Diamantina Credit and Loan Union, thought he'd just check and see if he was a New Zealander ahead...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Tsundoku is a Japanese word for the literary affliction of buying books you don’t read. Glenn Whittaker, a South Betoota TAFE English Literature student, has a bad case of the Tsundokus. Taking time out of his busy Saturday morning of picking cannabis out of the carpet to ward off his hangover, the 23-year-old wandered into his local...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A loud young man has reportedly woken up everyone he lives with overnight after returning home from a Betoota Links party, The Advocate has heard. Kenyon Gibson arrived home to his French Quarter terrace sometime after 1 AM last night, where he proceeded to clip-clop across the floorboards in his Ariats like a Clydesdale according...

GREG ORTO-FELLATIO | Food | Contact Meet Domenic Rowland. Successful, confident and on top of his game. After a number of years working for some of the biggest names in the business, the go-getting 29-year-old is humble in his good future and hard work. The delicious Gemini is now the executive chef at the triple-hatted Brett's Oriental Bistro & Grill at Royal Betoota Golf Club...

BRETT ORANGE | Social Pages | Contact A renown local party pooper has failed to rain on a Betoota Ponds costume party overnight. Tina Colon's midweek birthday bash has been deemed a success after close to a dozen of her close pals turned up to ring in Thursday with a bang. The shindig's theme was 'Wigs & Jigs', which was a 'bit...

MARINE DELPHENE | Local News | Contact A reformed dolphin poacher had a soft-opening for his home bar to mild fanfare overnight at his Betoota Hills residence. Situated on the ground floor of his recently-built Queenslander-inspired display home, Deverell Slacks told The Advocate that the entire build was centred around the bar and that the whole thing took him nearly 6 weeks...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local number 9 batsman has walked out of Wilson Sporting Goods on Mitchell Avenue a thousand dollars lighter after he simply couldn't walk past this season's offerings from Kookaburra. Though he barely averages double figures, Michael Plug told The Advocate that the blame for that lies in his poor choice of bat last season...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact On the second of his bi-annual trips into the heart of the Queensland desert, British business magnate, budding spaceman and philanthropist, Richard Branson, dropped into his favourite Charleville watering hole for a cup of tea. Taking the time out of his busy schedule to catch up with The Advocate’s editors, the London-native was quick to...

LEWIS MOTLEY | Local News | Contact A polite but flustered young man has denied allegations that he's been using a stolen credit card to buy cigarettes. Darren Mulvey, 32, was spotted at a number of local convenience stores yesterday evening attempting to purchase as many cigarettes as he possibly could in one PayPass transaction. However, many shopkeepers grew suspicious of the...

RACHAEL BURNT | Court Reporter | Contact A South Betoota man was sentenced to serve a maximum of 12 months behind bars today with a non-parole period of six months after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm upon a friend during a night out at the Betoota Golf Club earlier this year. Sam Frucor tricked a friend, who cannot...