The many faces of a great Gold Cup
PHOTO: Coonamble entrants Shinaid Beazley, Jay Ewers (Miss Gold Cup), Rachael Swansborough and Georgia Dickson (Enngonia) The weather gifted the Coonamble Gold Cup with a glittering spring day on Sunday …
Coonamble Community Radio: back to 1998
PHOTO: In 1998 the Coonamble Community Radio station welcomed their first full-time co-ordinator, Steve Daley from Lismore. The Coonamble Community Radio Station will next month light the candles on their …
Silo fire extinguished at Condobolin
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a fire which damaged a grain silo at Condobolin last night. The blaze broke out around 8pm in a loader vehicle, inside …
New Mayor for Lachlan Shire
Lachlan Shire has had a change of leadership for the coming year. At the Lachlan Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, Councillor Paul Phillips was elected as Mayor …
Serving up more then just a meal
Meals on Wheels is an institution in Australia, having started in Port Adelaide in 1953. In 1957, the organisation started in NSW. According to the history books, In the first …
New tertiary study options keeping people local
Tertiary education could be coming closer to the Western Plains, with applications open for 10 new Regional University Study Hubs to be established in regional Australia. Federal investment into tertiary …
Verbal feedback a factor in road safety
Ah, the October long weekend! Looked forward by everyone, just not while battling the chaos of extra traffic. While there was an overall decrease in road fatalities in NSW in …
Stock routes and slow travel
PHOTO: Shané Steffen will swing through Narromine on her 1,100 kilometre journey Retracing the footsteps of the drovers, 27-year-old Queensland farmer and adventurer Shané Steffen will spend up to eight …
Stop, speak up and save lives in your workplace
“Complacency will be the architect of your downfall” – this is the message that workplace safety advocate Patrizia Cassaniti is promoting via her Touched by Christopher Foundation, the organisation formed following the tragic death of …