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EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactThough local Betoota Heights woman Kelly Faulkner had at least had the foresight to know that having a child would be stressful, she hadn’t accounted for the sheer mind numbing boredom she’d experience being a stay at home mum. As someone who’d largely hated every job she’d been in, mostly due to micromanaging bosses or lack of flexibility,...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTProgress has been held back today, not in our nation’s capital but in one family’s freezer.In the Handley household in Betoota Heights, mum Henrietta Handley stated she fancied a cold drink and popped over to the freezer to harvest the ice she had frozen from scratch.However, Handley’s dreams of a juice on the rocks were cut short when...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Betoota Heights Optometrist, Kieran Colmslie is shining a light on the lesser-known pressures facing professionals like him. Speaking to The Betoota Advocate today, the local eyecare expert beleives many people underestimate the difficulty of keeping a straight face while checking someone’s eyes. ”It’s just so funny. You should see it from my end hahahaha” says Keiran. It’s a daily struggle for...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTSince ancient man invented the first drum by smacking their face and bum cheeks, it has been agreed that musicians are better music fans because they understand the whole thing.This dedication to the arts has long meant that musicians are under no obligation to be polite to you about music, especially considering you’ve never listened to the classic...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA dad visiting his daughter from Betoota Ponds has this week been left feeling quite confused, after discovering that things in the big smoke were A LOT different than back home. After agreeing with his wife that a Sydney visit would make for a nice break, Arthur Harris has so far spent the entire trip wide eyed and...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACTA local father and daughter are unaware of just how much they have in common, as each of them privately blame their nicotine addiction on the other.Having been a long time off the darts, father of two Billy Boags (44) reckons his eventual gravitation back to the cancer sticks is due solely to being a parent to his...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | Contact A Betoota Ponds Hogs Breath cafe owner has today added his two cents to the James Corden drama, by stating that ‘that mouthy little garden gnome’ isn’t welcome into his fine establishment either. This comes as apparent comedian/TV host James Corden finds his name dragged through the mud yet again acting like an abominable twat, this time for chucking...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAn unswervingly loyal mate has this week tried her darned hardest to reassure their friend that her drunken weekend antics weren’t that bad, but is allegedly having to dig really deep to come up with some excuses - which admittedly, leaves her finally able to make some use of her creative writing degree. Jen Knapton is said to...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactA local hottie has this week been met with some very creative praise from her girlfriends, after formally announcing she’s back on the market with a very saucy Instagram photo. Kaley Fennick is reported to have broken up with her long term partner after naturally growing apart, and was going through somewhat of a metamorphosis as she adapted...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactGold Coast wellness guru Lara Amethyst-Riordan has this week revealed she knows exactly what fellow Australian Dave Conti went through when he fled the country to live in India, as she did pretty much the exact same thing roughly this time last year. It’s alleged Lara had binge watched the entirety of ‘Shantaram’ as she thought it’d be similar...