Edwina shines at RAS competition
• PHOTO: Edwina Knight (far left) with other Zone entrants in the NSW Young Woman of the Year competition. Despite not progressing to the finals in Sydney, local Young Woman …
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Donna wins versus par event
It was another brilliant day for golf on Wednesday 23 March when the ladies enjoyed playing a 9 hole V’s Par event on the inside nine holes. The V’s Par …
Netball News
Tuesday afternoon marked the second week of this season’s mixed netball comp. The scores were as follows:Fatal Obstruction played against Here for Beer on Tuesday, playing a fierce game of …
CWA prepare to celebrate centenary
• PHOTO: Baradine branch member, Brenda Croxon’s handmade goanna goes into the State competition. At the Castlereagh Country Group first meeting for the year the main topic for discussion was …
Country Press welcomes recommendations to aid regional newspaper revival
• PHOTO: Country Press NSW council members in 2019: [back] Tim Pankhurst (Dubbo Photo News), Dave Rankine (Bathurst City Life), Tracey Frazer (Monaro Post), Paul Mullins (Molong Express), Lloyd Polkinghorne …
Meeting ‘Mary’ at initial screening
• PHOTO: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Joshua McElroy, Oscar Macrae and Meg Clarke at the private screening for ‘Mary’. Back in November 2020, Coonamble became the backdrop for ‘Mary’, a short …
Tropical Grasses a hot topic
• PHOTO: Local growers gathered at ‘Barnagrotty’ to talk about the benefits of tropical grasses. Improved pastures are proving increasingly popular as workforce challenges and rising input costs continue to …
Escalating input costs dampen ag’s post-drought recovery
As last year's harvest finally begins wrapping up, local farmers are looking towards the horizon and preparing their paddocks for the coming season. However, escalation in prices on key inputs, …
Costs of feral pig management a tusk in farmers side
PHOTO: As feral pigs relocate to farm dams, they leave a trail of destruction in their wake. (image: Dept. Agriculture and Food, WA) Prolonged wet weather events in the area …
Ned Hanigan reflects on rugby and his home town
• PHOTO: Our most recent Wallaby Ned Hanigan reflects on his hometown. (Source: FanPlus) Coonamble and its people play a special part in my why. I can remember Dad dropping …
William Laycock Wallaby 215
PHOTO: Bill Laycock, second from the left in the middle row, in this photo of the New England Country Week team in 1924. (Source: The Northern Daily Leader) William Murray …
Wallabies of the west
PHOTO: Sourced. The impending arrival of Classic Wallabies on 23 April, gives us an opportunity to reflect on the Wallaby connections from the western area. Here’s what we found:Bill Laycock …