Schools vs coronavirus
• PHOTO: Teacher Rebecca McIntyre showcases the home learning packs being delivered to students. (This is a 2020 news story) Although NSW schools remain open for the time being, the …
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Golf’s big day beyond expectations
• PHOTO: Zac Buckley, Shane Swansborough (with trainee golfer Billy Buckley) and Bryce Daniels. (This is a 2018 news story) Coonamble Golf’s biggest day went beyond expectation with 78 players …
Running for Bums
• PHOTO: Jenna Brooks stopped for a chat as she approached Coonamble. (This is a 2018 news story) Long distance runner Jenna Brook passed through Gulargambone and Coonamble this week, …
Donna the mystery woman
PHOTO: Donna wins the mystery stableford. (This is a 2018 news story) On Wednesday 28 March, the final nine holes of the summer competition was played and the ladies played …
Night out for Gulargambone’s new faces
• PHOTO: Gulargambone residents Allan King and Colin Ryan and Coonamble Shire Council Deputy Mayor Karen Churchill were pleased to meet the new faces. Despite a rainy evening, the Gulargambone …
Post office closed by COVID
PHOTO: Angela Thompson with an overflowing pile of parcels collected from the Coonamble post office on Monday morning. She was pleased to see the family-owned business back after a few …
Main Street main ruptures
PHOTO: Percy Wallace, Jack Ward and Mo Jacobs with the ruptured pipe. The eastern gutter of the Coonamble main street was flooded with water on Monday 4 April after an …
Stan Leonard hands off artefacts to local museum
• PHOTO: Stan Leonard presenting the mayoral chair to David Levick in the council’s administration building. During a new downsizing move for himself and wife Joan, lifetime Coonamble resident Stan …
Still the voice of country communities
PHOTO: Local newspaper owners from around the state gathered in Dubbo on Friday for the AGM of the Country Press NSW Inc. Despite the disruptions, the members of the Country …
Easter weekend Team Penning a crowd pleaser
• PHOTO: Action aplenty at the Team Penning and Arena Sorting competition at Coonamble Showground on Saturday and Sunday. (This is a 2021 news story) Coonamble Team Penning Association held …
Puppets a big hit in Coonamble
• PHOTO: Little Wing Puppets founder and puppeteer Jenny Ellis amusing some local kids with her kleptomaniac bowerbird character. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Lavender. (This is a 2021 news story) …
Renewed Christ figures rise over Castlereagh Street
• PHOTO: Members of the Rosary Makers of Australia Coonamble Guild Renate Hume and Bev Ryan are very pleased with the renewed Christ sculptures that debuted over the Easter long …