A bucking big weekend
PHOTO: The stands were full throughout the afternoon and jam packed as the finals and shootouts rolled around on Saturday night. "Massive… Just massive." President of Coonamble Rodeo and Campdraft, …
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RV Rotarians to the rescue
PHOTO: Coonamble Rotary Club secretary Emily Ryan shows Barry Hacker and the other RV Fellowship of Rotary members the books bought with last year’s donation. THE mammoth task of feeding …
‘Old school’ soil pit field days
PHOTO: Local farmers get down and dirty at a soil field day held in March 2023 at ‘Lanauria’ Gulargambone. KEEN to know more about what’s under your feet? With an …
MTM-FM crowned Community-run Business of the Year
PHOTO: Josh Wrench presented Robyn Hull with the award. Volunteers at Coonamble's Community Radio Inc. were ecstatic to be named best community-run business of the year at the 2023 District …
Swannys Foods is 2023 Best Retail/Wholesale business
PHOTO: Rachael Buckley, Shane Swanny and Bre Roworth were delighted with their win. SWANNY’S Foods Coonamble has added another accolade to their already long list with the title of Best …
I.T. ‘guru’ wins Professional & Business Services award
PHOTO: Alan Dodd and Tracey Harvey celebrate their well- earned win. COONAMBLE’s top IT (information technology) man, Alan Dodd at Castlereagh Electrical and Rural IT Solutions, has won best Professional …
Raiden Vallett is Apprentice of the Year
• PHOTO: Raiden Vallett with Chamber member, Lee O’Connor. By LIAM MULHALL IT was an encouragingly long list of nominations in the apprentice/trainee of the year category at the 2023 …
Streets Ahead calls time
ONE of Coonamble's long-standing institutions has folded this past month, when an Annual General Meeting at the end of April this year failed to attracted new members. The remaining Streets …
Healthy Harold visits Coonamble Preschool
PHOTO: Coonamble Pre School students were lucky enough to be visited by Healthy Harold and his good mate Josh last Friday. The children visited Healthy Harold last Friday. They were …
Feather painting and fun at Gulargambone Preschool
PHOTO: Logan went exploring in the boat on his first day of preschool. Term 2 Week 6We have been busy painting with feathers, lassoing crocodiles on the rocking horse and …
Healthy Harold Visits CPS
PHOTO: The Year 2 kids were very excited to learn from Healthy Harold last week; (Back) Marley, Tyrone, Jax, Thomas, Tamarnya, Kalista, Sofia, Nate and Josh, (Front) Maleek, Jock, Ruby, …
Buckley has the best cockerel in town
PHOTO: Breeder Chris Buckley and Poultry Judge Brett Trindall with Chris’s Old English Game cockerel which won Champion Bird of the Show. THE poultry section at this year's Coonamble Show …