Racing Roundup: Coona’s Bushfire Appeal Meeting
(This is a 2013 news story) PHOTO: Sourced. With the usual crowd of about 350 for a February T.A.B Meeting at Coonabarabran swelling to several thousand for the special Bushfire …
Coona’s sporting facilities funding bonanza
PHOTO: The Coonabarabran Swimming Pool is amongst the six pools receiving grant money for much- needed upgrades. PHOTO: Warrumbungle Shire Council. Six swimming pools and four sporting facilities located across …
HEALTH ALERT: Rotavirus on the rise
PHOTO: An unusually high rate of gastro enteritis has been seen in NSW this summer NSW Health have issued a public health alert warning to take care as cases of …
“Doing it all” not healthy for small business owners
PHOTO: Donna Foran outside This N That, the Gilgandra gift shop she has owned for 17 years. Donna Foran, from This N That, a gift shop in Gilgandra has run …
Recognising Cobar’s ‘Iron Ringers’
PHOTO: An artist’s drawing of what the completed Iron Ring in Cobar will look like [Image: Peter Rogers] According to the Macquarie Dictionary an ‘iron ringer’ is a person born …
School holiday smorgasbord of fun
• PHOTO: Standup comedy was held at the Coonamble Bowling Club with Gold Coast comedian Anthony Lamond. PHOTO Coonamble Shire Council. SCHOOL Holidays can often be a bit of a …
Bad luck leaves Coonamble power-less
• PHOTO: Fire and Rescue and the RFS helped contain the fire on the highway. ON Saturday 14 January, Coonamble suffered an unplanned power outage at around 1:40 pm, leaving …
Records Broken by locals at Swimming Carnival
PHOTO: Ashton Roach powering home in the 50m butterfly. ON Sunday 15 January, Coonamble Swimming Club hosted 120 swimmers from far and wide for their annual Swimming Carnival. It was …
Coonamble gets a run at the Sydney Cricket Ground
• PHOTO: The Junior Blasters on the hallowed ground with some of their adult supporters. WHAT an experience for our junior cricketers this summer! Last year Coonamble’s Junior Blasters were …