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IT IS difficult to appreciate just how much time, effort and money goes into staging a safe, entertaining and highly competitive combined rodeo and campdraft on the scale we have just seen over the Long Weekend in Coonamble. Most of us are just there for the fun of it. But behind the scenes is a … [Read more...] about A bucking good time

WITH their 65th anniversary approaching in 2020 a partnership between Coonamble Rodeo Association and Vision TV promises to bring extra bang for every buck. Through his company Vision TV, the owner of Coonamble’s Bucking Bull Hotel, Scott Richardson, approached The Seven Network with the idea of … [Read more...] about Rodeo to get more bang for bucks with tv series deal

A HUGE pile of community letters and written comments from an online poll were tabled at a meeting of the Orana Mid Western North Branch of the NSW Police Association held in Coonamble last week. The branch meeting on Thursday 18 April was attended by non-commissioned officers from Coonamble, … [Read more...] about Police ‘blown away’ by community support

THE LOCAL branch of the NSW Police Association already has more than 230 letters in hand from local community members calling for more police and with their branch meeting set for 18 April there is time for more. "Don Schieb has done most of the legwork on this," said Branch representative Fiona … [Read more...] about More time for your views on local policing

THE CARTER family didn't expect to be treated like celebrities when they visited Evans Head last week. The Coonamble family won a holiday organised by the Evans Head Chamber of Commerce at the Rotary Family Fun Day in November 2018. The Carters run a plumbing business at Coonamble and Mrs Carter … [Read more...] about Evans Head keeps on giving

AS THE drought drags on the drain on incomes is taking a toll on all types of businesses around the region. Some local business owners have been asking sitting members, visiting political candidates and staff of various government agencies what their strategies are for assisting non-farm businesses … [Read more...] about Chamber plans D-I-Y drought support for local businesses

JUST two days after a large crowd from across the region gathered to put their concerns about coal seam gas mining in the Pilliga in front of a senior Labor delegation, including the state Labor party leader Michael Daley, they turned out again. While the NSW Labor leader gave an 'iron clad' … [Read more...] about Pilliga Rising highlights heartfelt stories and historic alliances

COONAMBLE'S 2018 Showgirl Miss Emily Ryan has taken the next step in the prestigious statewide competition, being one of three winners announced at the Zone 6 Finals to compete at the 2019 Sydney Royal Easter Show in April. Emily was among 21 other local Showgirls from Group 10 & 11 at the Zone … [Read more...] about Coonamble’s Showgirl is off to Sydney Royal

WATER last flowed along the Castlereagh River in late November 2016 but few would have thought that over two years later, dozens of households along its banks would be completely out of water. For as long as local residents can remember, the Castlereagh has managed to yield domestic and stock water … [Read more...] about When the river runs dry

THE works of GIVIT are not so well-known in NSW but as the drought drags on groups in Coonamble and around the state are beginning to appreciate the support that they can provide. GIVIT's NSW Drought Officer Scott Barrett was in Coonamble last Friday 1 February and kicked his day off early by … [Read more...] about Coonamble gets to know GIVIT