The Coonamble Times
Your Local Newspaper Serving Coonamble & district since 1885
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 …
PHOTO: Image: Environmental NSW. The Federal Government is calling for feedback on a potential new scheme to allow farmers to cash in on environment improvements they make to their land …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
PHOTO: The railway’s beginning saw the township take off. (Supplied) The Nyngan Museum Support Group has shaken up the history books as we know it, ringing in 140 years of …
PHOTO: It is now a nation-wide law that dogs must be safely restrained on utes and open trailers. Transporting unrestrained dogs in utility or trailer trays is now banned right …
PHOTO: Bella the Brush-tailed bettong is the first Pilliga-born bettong in what is expected to be a population of 2,600. (Supplied) Last year saw the joyful re-establishment of bilbies, Pilliga …
PHOTO: In September 2021 Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders said the transfer of regional roads like the Narromine to Tomingley Road would ‘ease the burden on local councils’. It’s been nearly …
PHOTO: The indoor sports court at the BSYCC has been popular on hot summer days these holidays. Feedback from young people using the Bogan Shire Youth and Community Centre following …
