Hello Australia project says ‘Hello Coonamble’
PHOTO: ABC Radio National veteran Michael Cathcart and playwright Hannie Rayson are excited to be bringing their Hello Australia project to Coonamble this year. It’s official. Coonamble is coming to …
Physie back up and dancing
PHOTO: Physie instructions, Stephanie Borowski and Simone Austin. Simone Austin and Stephanie Borowski are getting girls and women back on their feet and dancing with the re-start of the Coonamble …
Literacy for Life launches latest ‘Yes I Can’ campaign
PHOTO: Rose Jones, Mark Jones, Davo Jones, Sonja Sands, Nikki Johnson , Sooty Welsh, Gail Turnbull, Robyn Johnson, Zerlia Jone, Debbie Welsh, Denise Gold, June Lawerence and Mae Welsh. Coonamble’s …
School lunch program gets a great report
PHOTO: Canteen Manager Kerry Horan serves up two happy customers: Billi-Lee Hall and Maci Hayward. After a successful trial last year, the ‘Feed Our Kids’ initiative at the Coonamble Public …
A big Coonamble welcome!
PHOTO: More than fifty recently-arrived Coonamble residents were welcomed by local clubs and charities on Saturday night as part of a decades-long tradition at the Welcome to Coonamble Dinner. Newcomers …
Elderly Baradine woman confronts burglar threat
IMAGE: Baradine Police Station. IMAGE: E CUTTS A masked intruder who broke into the home of an elderly and vulnerable Baradine widow has been charged with allegedly demanding property with …
Local water supplies clear of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
Water provided through the Coonamble, Gulargambone and Quambone urban supplies has been tested and found free of the ‘forever chemicals’ of the PFAS group – Perfluoroalkyl Substances. These chemicals are …
Change in Rodeo leadership
PHOTO: New president of the Coonamble Rodeo & Campdraft Committee, Kris Parsons. Kris Parsons now has the reins in his hands of the Rodeo and Campdraft Committee after being voted …
Spike in connectivity complaints
PHOTO: The 3G network shut down has seen connectivity complaints skyrocket. The Better Internet for Rural, Regional, and Remote Australia (BIRRR) has recorded a 1,100 percent increase in complaints since …