Double demerits for Australia Day
PHOTO: Double demerit points will remain in place until Sunday 29 January 2023. NSW Police are urging motorists to drive safe this Australia Day period, as a high visibility road …
Cobar’s Australia Day crammed with choices
PHOTO: Inside the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool, the site of Cobar’s Australia Day celebration’s this year [Image: E. Datson] Australia Day in Cobar this year has a water theme, with …
Could lower strength beers save lives?
PHOTO: Royal Life Saving Australia have said that this summer, six people drowned on Christmas Day and Boxing Day alone, and more than three-quarters of those who have died over …
Surge in land values no real risk for rates
• PHOTO: The above chart shows movement in the property market and land values for Coonamble Shire over a 5 year period. Land values do not always move directly in …
Carp pest in plague proportions
PHOTO: Cindy Delaney with a large carp caught on a road during recent flooding. PHOTO SUPPLIED. Everyone's least favourite fish is back causing havoc this summer. More and more of …
New Golf Club Manager appointed – pronto
• PHOTO: Damien (Munro) Martin tests the taps at the Coonamble Golf Club. AS one of their first tasks the new committee of Coonamble Golf Club appointed an Interim Secretary/Manager …
Highway over-pass on the way for Inland Rail
• PHOTO: Grade separation, a road overpass, is now being planned for the site on the Castlereagh Highway where the Inland Rail crosses. TRANSPORT NSW have confirmed a proposal for …
New chief for north west Rural Fire Service
• PHOTO: Greg Cassidy is excited to be working his dream job here in Coonamble. SAY G'Day to Greg Cassidy, Coonamble's new Rural Fire Service (RFS) District Commander. Greg (46) …