Market influenced by currency movement
The Australian wool market has been unable to maintain the positive tone evident at the end of the previous series, recording losses this week, again heavily influenced by currency movement. …
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What Singapore’s gardens can teach Coonamble
PHOTO: Rooftop garden visited by Roy Butler. IMAGE: Facebook/ Roy Butler MP Barwon MP Roy Butler returned to Australia 28 April after a 19-day world tour to bring back lessons …
Bears boys dominated by Narromine Jets
PHOTO: Nathan Walker Jnr and Nathan Thurston work together to bring down a large Narromine forward. (PHOTO: Carly Chynoweth) by Joe Bellgardt The Coonamble bears played host to the Narromine …
Monday night netball
PHOTO: Natalie Gallen puts her game face on as she lines up for a goal against a strong All Sorts defence. Another great night of netball on Monday 13 May, …
Pam wins Mabel McKenzie Match
by Narelle Mayoh On Wednesday 8 May the lady golfers️ played the Veterans Mabel McKenzie Brooch. It was the main event of the day over 18 holes. The fairways and …
Coonamble Pre-school loves their mums
PHOTO: Cindy Parsons takes some burning questions after reading time last week. For the entire week, we invited our local Mums, Nans, Aunts and Special Friends to read to us …
Magic is in the air at Smartkids
Last week Smartkids had a special visit from Heidi hoops who came to perform her Science Circus Show for us. Heidi was very interactive and the kids had so much …
3G disconnect delayed
Telstra has pushed back the shut off date for its 3G network by two months to 31 August to give Australians more time to upgrade. Older mobiles not compatible with …
A plan to unlock rural land
PHOTO: Real Estate Agent Manager, Fiona Foodey, and Director Steven Colwell outside Halcroft & Bennett. Rural lot sizes in the Coonamble Shire are too big to make them attractive for …
Childhood trauma impacts every life stage
PHOTO: Stephanie Ryan of Psychologic Solutions, is a huge advocate for the importance of mental health awareness. Childhood trauma can have negative effects on people for the rest of their …
Marthaguy Picnic Races postponed to late June
PHOTO: Marthuguy Picnic Race Club President Doug Andrews. IMAGE: Supplied Organisers of Quambone’s Marthaguy Picnic Races made the call to push back the event to 29 June after heavy rains …
Save Billeroy bus!
PHOTO: There’s a battle to save the bus run for students like Anne Hertl,l Adda and Jade Craig. The Billeroy Bus Service, the only public transport to school for children …