All guns blazing: Jamie Lea exhibits in Canberra
PHOTO: Jamie-Lea with her work at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. IMAGE: Supplied Local artist Jamie-Lea Trindall will have 17 works on display throughout NAIDOC (National Aboriginals’ and Islanders’ Day Observance …
Marthaguy Picnics bounce back bigger
PHOTO: Marthaguy Picinic Racing Club volunteers Clint Andrews and Marg Garnsey, jockey and race five winner Eloise Drews, Harriet O’Brien, trainer Krissie Simpkins, Chris O’Brien and Simon Turnbull with winning …
A small start to something big
PHOTO: Locals join the conversation with Community Scrum with NRLW, NRL and Healthy Communities Foundation representatives. Coonamble community members had a sit down with NRL players and mental health workers …
Busy week of golf
A busy week of golf at Coonamble this week. On Wednesday 19 June our club hosted the western district veterans open golf tournament with 24 players participating from all over …
Not-for-profits rejoice about council donations
PHOTO: Annette Chapman and Judy Baker from Meals on Wheels, who received a surprise donation from Coonamble Shire Council. Several local organisations and charities can now go the extra mile, …
Buffel grass causes a kerfuffle
PHOTO: A stand of buffel grass at ‘Sandhurst’ during the drought in 2019. The debate about how invasive buffelgrass really is divides pastoralists, farmers, Indigenous communities, academics, and community members. …
Blue tree movement reaches Gilgandra
PHOTO: Yes, that tree really is blue! Gilgandra joins a worldwide mental health awareness movement. Sure it’s cold, but why are the trees turning blue?! Gilgandra is the latest Western …
New resolution to be re-considered: “We don’t want faceless bureaucrats deciding crucial water matters”
Image: ABC. Walgett Shire Council will reconsider a key resolution that would allow “intensive plant agriculture” within the shire without local development consent. Earlier this year, the council pass a resolution …