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Lydia KellnerReal estate reporter

Lydia Kellner has been a journalist for well over a decade, covering defence, general news, business and real estate. When not scouring the internet for interesting and unusual properties or campaigning for veterans’ health, you’ll likely find her out and about with her dog exploring greater SA.

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Adelaide Hills

PETA is seeking approval to erect a roadside tombstone memorial on the South Eastern Freeway. The tribute would feature an image of a chicken next to the words

PETA wants freeway memorial for dead chickens

Should chickens killed on the South Eastern Freeway be recognised with a roadside tombstone? Animal rights group PETA has called for the memorial. VOTE IN OUR POLL.

Adelaide Hills

Stirling Cricket Club.Stirling Cricket Club is planning a major expansion to coincide with their 150 birthday and to turn the facility into

Pitch for major expansion at Stirling Oval

One of South Australia’s oldest cricket clubs has revealed plans to transform an Adelaide Hills oval from an “eyesore” to a vibrant precinct for women’s sport. Check out the plans.

Adelaide Hills

The Hills are alive with $200m in major projects

Despite major bushfires and COVID-19, the Adelaide Hills economy is powering ahead with no less than 135 major projects either under consideration or under construction across the region. EXPLORE THE MAP.

Barossa, Clare & Gawler

Two Wells trickster’s ‘prank win’ the real deal

A self-confessed Two Wells trickster thought he was receiving a dose of his own medicine when he was told he scored $50,000 in a recent Keno draw, only to discover it wasn’t a prank at all.

Adelaide Hills

WOODSIDE. The Mindfulness & Magic Wildwood Art & Crafts. Tony Schwerdt, who is the partner of the woman who owns the property talks to the media. STORY: A man has been arrested after doing a burnout and crashing into a business at Woodside. A blue Commodore was reported to have done the burnout on Onkaparinga Valley Road, before losing control and crashing into a business nearby, The man then drove off and stopped near the Woodside Police Station, where he was arrested, police say. The driver, a 37-year-old Woodside man, was breath tested and allegedly recorded a blood alcohol limit of 0.155, more than three times over the legal blood alcohol limit of 0.05. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, drink driving, aggravated driving without due care, and property damage. His driverÃ•s licence was disqualified for 12 months. Picture: Tricia Watkinson

Shopfront left looking ‘like World War III’ after crash

An Adelaide Hills business owner says his shop has been left looking like “World War III” after a man – allegedly driving at three times the legal limit – crashed into the store last night.

Adelaide Hills

Concept images of Clayton Church Home's new $18 million aged care facility in Uraidla. Source: Clayton Church Homes

Uraidla set for $18 million aged care project

An $18 million aged care project in the Adelaide Hills is set to be “the biggest development this town has ever seen”, according to the company behind the expansion. SEE THE PLANS.

Adelaide Hills

04/09/20 - Jack Young , who runs Bike About which has a new focus on attracting local, rather than interstate and overseas, customers. Pictured at the Eagle on the Hill mountain bike trails. Picture: Tom Huntley

Focus turns local for Hills cycling business

An Adelaide Hills tourism business – which came close to bankruptcy following the bushfires and COVID-19 – has found a new way to keep rolling forward by shifting its focus towards the local community.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 26, 2020: Mt Barker Magistrates Court on Hutchinson Street. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Naomi Jellicoe

’Peer pressure’ behind Hills business owner’s drug driving

A Mount Barker business owner has blamed being “peer pressured into having a joint ” for being caught driving with drugs in his system, a court has heard.

Adelaide Hills

David Freschi showcasing his wine to Kyohei Okabe in Tokyo.

Neighbours fight vineyard expansion

The expansion of a Hills vineyard to include a cellar door has been met with resistance from neighbours who fear it will disrupt their lifestyle and cause “potential tragedy”.

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92 Mount Barker Road, Mount Osmond. Supplied by Smallacombe Real Estate

Old freeway dog kennels to become childcare centre

For decades, Hills commuters have driven past the dog and cat kennel on the side of the South-Eastern Freeway. Now it’ll be turned into a “destination” childcare centre.

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