Council offers free water for rural residents
PHOTO: Water carrier Paul Casey fills his tanks with free water at Council’s standpipe on Monday 4 February 2019. With the extreme heat and prolonged dry conditions continuing to put …
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Koonambil wins grant for solar and safety upgrade
PHOTO: Koonambil CEO Cath Bush with the power board which will be replaced as part of a major solar and safety upgrade this year. Koonambil is one of fifteen residential …
NSW Country Regionals Armidale
PHOTO: The Coonamble Swimming Club members who competed at the Country Regionals on the Australia Day long weekend. Country Regionals were held on 26 and 27 January in three locations …
Western Area Swimming Championships
PHOTO: Major pointscorers: Jordy Andriske, Maddie Marks and Rhayne Shanks with coach Whiskey Andriske. A huge two day carnival was held at Dubbo for the Western Area Championships on Saturday …
Abi’s run in the Sun
PHOTO: Abigail crossing the finish line at the ‘Sun run’ Saturday 2nd February 2019. Most of us will take a little while to work off our holiday flab but Abigail …
New committee thinks ahead for Golf Club
PHOTO: A few memebers of the new committee Josh Wrench, Mo Jacobs, Rodney Pitman, Wylie Waterford, Charlie Milthorpe, Naomi Wrench, Maddison Pawley and Trish Butler. Despite recently pulling together its …
Summertime carnival still successful
PHOTO: Greyhounds from across the region gathered in Coonamble last week for the local club’s 2021 major race meeting after it was rescheduled last year due to COVID. By OLIVER …
Gidgee take the lead in Bendigo Bank ABC Shield
PHOTO: Members of Coonamble’s Gidgee senior cricket side were thrilled to pick up the win against the previously undefeated Breelong team from Gilgandra on Saturday 29 January. By MATT ZELL …
Introducing: Ben Tatton
PHOTO: Sergeant Ben Tatton. New Coonamble police sergeant Ben Tatton is very excited to become an involved member of the community, whether he is in or out of uniform. Now …
Grain handlers adjust to extended harvest deliveries
PHOTO: Grain receival sites have worked from October through to February. This photo was taken in November 2021. Despite the rainfall in recent months causing countless headaches for local growers, …
Coonamble BEF cases less severe than anticipated
PHOTO: Local vets have welcomed reports that signs of Three Day Sickness have so far been limited to a handful of cases around the district with most mobs remain fit …
Getting off to a good start
PHOTO: Weather conditions this harvest season cause concern for seed storage. Welcome to the new year, and what a drawn-out event that was. No not the Nadal vs Medvedev match …