Destination Quambone
PHOTO: Competitors from Galloping Gully and Lake George battle it out at Quambone. "It's the biggest carnival we’ve had at Quambone by a country mile!" says Polocrosse Club President Simon …
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Foreign Correspondent: Kelsey Shields & Dylan Ryan
PHOTO: Kelsey Shields and Dylan Ryan checking out Niagara Falls. Where are you? When did you go there?Stevensville Ontario (with my sister) Canada. Arrived here on the 13th of June …
Local ladies light up with lampshade making
PHOTO: Robyn Hull, Marg Markey, Catherine Goldsmith, Chandra Raja, Angela Thompson with Vanessa Radford from LightenUp Handmade and their beautiful lampshades from the workshop. AFTER being postponed for over a …
Ex-Files: Ryan McKeown
When did you live in Coonamble and whyWe moved there in 1986 or 97 when my parents (Mick and Helen) bought the ‘corner’ store in Wingadee Street. Before that Dad …
Team Penning at home
PHOTO: Mikayla Jackson, Carolyn & Jack Jones COONAMBLE Team Penning held their second event for the year on the 1st & 2nd of July. The weekend started with local drover …
The Wisdom of the Weevil: Keep it clean
The vastly variable seasons we have encountered over the last 15 years continue, to go from extreme flooding to looking to the skies for our next rainfall event has now …
Ovine Bovine Grapevine
As this article goes to print I hope our livestock markets have improved on some of last week’s tough results. At our major sheep selling centres of Dubbo, Forbes and …
Farmers flag a feral pig explosion
PHOTO: Feral pigs causing havoc around the region AROUND Coonamble feral pigs are running rampant in numbers that have not been seen for some time. Concerns have been raised by …
Another step forward for Tallis McEwen
PHOTO: Tallis McEwen at the NSW Rugby 7s tournament in December last year MIDWAY through a standout school season, Gulargambone local, Tallis McEwen has been selected at fullback for the …
Bears lose tight battle to Unicorns
PHOTO: Nathan Walker passes off the ball mid tackle. By JOE BELLGARDT THE Coonamble Bears travelled through the Warrumbungles to take on the Coonabarabran Unicorns with high hopes of victory, …
July Monthly Medal
PHOTO: Monthly medal winner Luke Day gets the cash for the second month in a row. PHOTO SUPPLIED. By THE HACKER COONAMBLE golfers thank the Coonamble Rams for sponsoring our …
Baradine farmers want action on rural crime
PHOTO: Rural theft is testing the patience of local farmers. By Liz Cutts A SPIKE in rural theft in the Baradine district is testing the patience of farmers. Local property …