It’s springtime, and with that, our four towns celebrate their shows. Many hours of voluntary work go into preparing and planning these, and I am sure work commenced many months ago. I urge people to support their show, ensuring they have a future in our towns.

Congratulations to all our sporting teams that have recently been competing in the finals. Hopefully, many were successful and also, well done to the players who took out individual awards.

Hay season is commencing, which is the precursor to harvest, so please stay vigilant on our roads and give way to farmers who have large equipment, remembering they need to stay on the road due to tree canopies and so forth. Agriculture is the lifeblood of our shire.

Lake Hindmarsh remains at 50 percent capacity, which guarantees water over summer. With the expectancy of a hot, dry summer, some seasonal rains would be most welcome.

We also welcome our new CEO next month, who looks forward to coming to our towns and looks forward to meeting our communities and groups.

Cr Brett Ireland
Mayor