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Shock Shutdown: Coonamble’s child care crisis

December 4, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

Photo: Some of the volunteer committee members of Coonamble Childrens Services Inc. Barbara Goldsmith, Rowena Macrae, Tahnee (and Charlotte) Cullen and Pip Goldsmith who made the difficult decision to release all Centre staff before christmas. THE FUTURE of Coonamble's community-owned child care … [Read more...] about Shock Shutdown: Coonamble’s child care crisis

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Having a Beer on the City

November 27, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

Photo: European imports and drought survivors Anna Prins and Taylor Royal celebrated the sudden downpour on Sunday evening with a beverage supplied courtesy of city corporates. ON Sunday 24 November, TV presenter Sammie O'Brien and country wedding photographer Edwina Robertson visited Coonamble as … [Read more...] about Having a Beer on the City

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Show and Shine Success

November 13, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

PHOTO: Former Coonamble resident Larry Briggs found it hard to pick a favourite among the vehicles he brought to the Auto Club's first Show and Shine Day. Coonamble Auto Club's first 'Show and Shine' event on Saturday 9 November has been given the thumbs up by locals and visiting car show … [Read more...] about Show and Shine Success

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: Car Show, coonamble, Events

Bone dry Marshes burn

October 30, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

PHOTO: Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association. It has been a tough year for the Macquarie Marshes with some parts recording no more than 80 millimetres of rain and just 10 millimetres in the last five months, leaving the world-renowned 'wetland' bone dry and vulnerable to fire … [Read more...] about Bone dry Marshes burn

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: Environment, Fire, Macquarie Marshes

Gamilaroi Women Gather

October 22, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

By LIZ CUTTS MORE than fifty indigenous women took time out in Baradine to share knowledge and cultural understanding. Gomeroi/Gamilaroi women throughout NSW participated in the third traditional gathering, Yinarr Bawaa Guumaldana, held this year at Baradine’s Camp Cypress from 19 to 21 … [Read more...] about Gamilaroi Women Gather

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Local charity wins big at the races

October 16, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

All the signs were that the weekend of the 2019 Coonamble Gold Cup Race would be a big one - and it did not disappoint. Racegoers began arriving in Coonamble on Friday 11 October and were greeted by a heavy dust storm but this didn't seem to dampen their enthusiasm with many not making their … [Read more...] about Local charity wins big at the races

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: coonamble, Coonamble cancer survival fund, Coonamble Gold Cup, horse racing

Basin Panel to visit Coonamble

October 4, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

Pictured: The vast area of the Murray Darling Basin. The Independent Panel assessing social and economic conditions in the Murray Darling Basin has announced that Coonamble will be on their list of towns to visit. A budget boost last Wednesday 25 September brought the federal government's … [Read more...] about Basin Panel to visit Coonamble

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: coonamble, Independent Panel, Murray-Darling Basin, nsw, Water management

It’s not too late! Inland Rail Inquiry gets the go-ahead

September 26, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

THE NSW Farmers Association representatives say they are 'excited' that the Federal Government's $10 billion Inland Rail project will now be facing a Parliamentary Inquiry. "The questions we've been asking for three years will now have to be answered," said the Chairman of the Association's … [Read more...] about It’s not too late! Inland Rail Inquiry gets the go-ahead

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: Australian Rail Track Corporation, infrastructure, Inland Rail, nsw, Parliamentary Inquiry, politics

Hertel helps Rams break Grand Final hoodoo

September 12, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

By Tom Cullen The Coonamble Rams have finally done it. There were scenes of extreme elation at Warren’s Victoria Oval on Saturday 6 September as the Rams stole the Western Plains 2019 Rugby Union Premiership from the home-ground side. The Rams beat the Warren Pumas 39-38, winning on the stroke … [Read more...] about Hertel helps Rams break Grand Final hoodoo

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: coonamble, Coonamble Rams, Footy, Rugby Union, Warren Pumas

Sunday Run-day

September 4, 2019 By The Coonamble Times Leave a Comment

ON Sunday 1 September, the Golf Club hosted Coonamble's third Colour Run/walk. Roughly 300 people attended the event with many fathers and grandfathers in the thick of things as families celebrated Fathers Day in that special Coonamble way. The 2019 Colour Run was was again in support of the … [Read more...] about Sunday Run-day

Filed Under: News Updates Tagged With: cancer fundraising, colour run, coonamble, fitness

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