Online safety for older people
PHOTO: You can have a role in helping older friends or relatives be safe in the online world New year, new focus on online safety and bringing everyone along for …
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Land values up in different ways across the west
PHOTO: Various land categories have spiked in value in different communities for a range of reasons. IMAGE: Pixabay The NSW Valuer General has revealed significant land increases across the region …
Coonamble celebrates citizenship this Australia Day
PHOTO: 2021 Australia Day Ambassador, Jane Rutter, and 2021 Coonamble Citizen of the Year Irene Reeves cutting the delicious Australia day cake. PHOTO: Coonamble Times Coonamble Shire Council has Australia …
Australia Day festivities to be hosted across Lachlan Shire
PHOTO: Carolyn Mee is Australia Day Ambassador for the Lachlan Shire. Australia Day ceremonies start bright and early in Lachlan Shire, with a free community breakfast at 7am, prior to …
Fighting the pull of the pokies
PHOTO: Poker machines have become a hot topic ahead of the March election and western plains communities have a vested interest. “There are bells and lights. It’s always positive. You look at …
Gular going all out this Australia Day
PHOTO: Australia Day favourite in Gulargambone: the popular horse and buggy tour by Sam Taylor. Coonamble Times Australia Day in Gulargambone is set to be one to remember, with many …
Native bees invited back in Brewarrina
PHOTO: Austroplebeia Australis bees The Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum has some new tenants. Dean Haley, Brisbane Branch President of the Australian Native Bee Association recently installed four established hives of Australian Native Bees …
Local businesses following shopping trends
PHOTO: Sarah Atchison who owns Country Traders and Home Life at Narromine, says on-line shopping at her business has boomed over Covid. According to recent research, Covid has had lasting …
Changed traffic conditions part of Inland Rail investigations
PHOTO: Traffic alerts are in place for two key roads in the area for geotechnical work as a precursor to the Inland Rail project. IMAGE: Australian Government Transport for NSW …
Surging copper demands behind new mine activity
PHOTO: Mine work at Hermidale. IMAGE: Trittion Copper. An upsurge in global demands means the acceleration of new copper mines and deeper excavation of existing ones across the Western Plains. …
More high-tech for Trangie cultural centre
PHOTO: The Wungunja Cultural Centre the former Trangie Scout Hall, first opened on 3 May 1934 but is now a digital champion. The Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council’s Wungunja Cultural …
Help needed to battle local pest
PHOTO: Traps are beng built to catch Indian Mynas around the Western Plains as part of the DIMCP. There are only three birds listed on the International Union for Conservation …