Trees and soil on the local Landcare menu
• PHOTO: Therese Ryan is excited for the next stage of the river repair project. GROUPS looking for a day of fun in the sun at the Warrena Creek Weir …
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Where is the federal funding for Parkes?
• PHOTO: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is asking where his electorate’s share of federal grants has gone. WITH the federal budget just around the corner Coonamble's federal member, …
Introducing: The Sealbys
• PHOTO: Sue and Phil Sealby are enjoying welcoming guests to their new home at Coonamble’s caravan park. By MARNIE RYAN ORIGINALLY from New Zealand, married couple Sue (67) and …
Policy on the way to promote D-I-Y rural road repairs by farmers
• PHOTO: Larger graders and rollers may be taking a break soon, as farmers wait on the go ahead to use their own methods of road repair. COONAMBLE Shire Council …
All you need to know to get your creations on Show
• PHOTO: Nardine Farrell won prizes in both knitting and crochet in 2022. By AMANDA COLWELL ANTICIPATION is building as gardeners prepare plants, recipes are trialled, tested and tweaked and …
Coonamble carves up in team penning
• PHOTO: Peter Cormie, Tessa and Garen Pennell or ‘GTP’ with their winnings from the weekend. By MARNIE RYAN THE Coonamble Team Penning Association held an egg-cellent and record- breaking …
Castlereagh League season starts this Saturday
By BRYSON LUFF AFTER a disrupted beginning, to the 2023 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League season off the field in terms of sorting out draws, the on-field action will get …
Juniors turn out for Group 14 pre season carnival
• PHOTO: Group 14 - U14s League Tag team competed in Narromine. BACK: Chanel Moroney, Neveah Leonard, Kendall Brown, Skye Parish, Georgia Gudgeon, Bess Hogland, Payton Curry. MIDDLE: Chloe Coupe, …
The wisdom of the weevil: Maintaining control of the situation
• PHOTO: Flaxleaf fleabane [NSW DPI] WELL, the winter cropping program is about to kick off - stored moisture levels are fantastic, the rainfall outlook may look a bit weak, …
Ovine Bovine Grapevine
WITH belly full of Easter eggs and in the middle of two short processing weeks it will be interesting to see how the markets respond to some good rain in …
Keeping varroa mite at bay
• PHOTO: The latest map from NSW DPI showing the extent of known varroa mite incursions, including a site east of Narrabri that was detected in 2022. Experts are warning …
Ken and Kerrianne say farewell to McKeowns Store
• PHOTO: Ken (Jughead) McKeown is preparing to get out from behind the counter as his Dubbo Street store goes on the market. AFTER fifteen years in business Ken and …