Adda selected for Roosters Development Squad
• PHOTO: Adda in action! (Photo: Peter Sherwood). A FUTURE women’s rugby league superstar Adda Craig, has been selected for the 2023 NRLW Sydney Roosters Development team. Fourteen year old …
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‘Desperate’ local farmers want to try DIY
• PHOTO: Desperate local farmers offer to help repair damaged local roads. Coonamble farmer Simon Ibbott demonstrates the size of ruts his family need to negotiate each day to get …
Rosary Makers last stand
• PHOTO: Coonamble members of the Our Lady’s Rosary Makers of Australia: [back] Helen Crocker, Betty Edwards, Merle Haywood, Irene Reeves, Lisa Harrison, Lorraine Finlay. [front] Hazel Jackson, Marie McLellan, …
In search of open banks
• PHOTO: We’re not a cashless society – yet – and Coonamble Shire Council is looking to ensure face-to-face banking services remain available as big banks contine to close branches …
Coonamble to host ‘Rescue’ Race Meeting this Friday
AFTER loss of two local race meetings in as many weeks, the Coonamble Jockey Club have put their hand up to host a ‘Rescue Meeting’ for horses that were due …
Bringing detox services home to the bush
• PHOTO: Chris Raine of Clean Slate Clinic with ABC Radio Western Plains announcer Nick Healey. PEOPLE living in small remote communities like Coonamble will soon have their first chance …
The Great Gulargambone Pigeon Calcutta
• PHOTO: Auctioneer Steven Colwell is well-versed on pigeon form. THE Great Gulargambone Pigeon Cup was back this year with the Calcutta held at Gular Bowling Club on Friday night …
Lights, Camera, Action! Kaelyn Ward announced as finalist in International Film Festival
• PHOTO: Coonamble local Kaelyn Ward continues to strive for success in her film-making. COONAMBLE’S emerging film-maker Kaelyn Ward, has been announced as a finalist in the 2022 International SmartFone …
Promising progress in ‘re-wilding’ the Pilliga
• PHOTO: A Wild Deserts handler with one of the bilbies being reintroduced in their ambitious re-wilding program. THE clock is being wound back 200 years in the Pilliga, to …
Tower upgrade puts Gulargambone’s mobile misery behind them
• PHOTO: The Telstra mobile tower at Misery Farm near Gulargambone has finally been upgraded. PHOTO: Leona Terry MOBILE telephone and broadband services in the Gulargambone area have recently become …
Caring families celebrated during Foster & Kinship Care week
• PHOTO: Foster caring is a family affair for Ethan, Neveah, Zandra and Carl Becker who have opened their home and hearts to local children in need of support. Foster …
Gulargambone Rugby League Club 1980 & 1981 Reunion
PHOTO: Back row [L to R]: Daryl Ruttley, Ian Ryan, Rodney Altman, Graham Woodham, Wayne Stewart, Ian Dent, Jim Imrie, Robert Skinner, Stuart Dougan, Warren Ferguson. [Front row] Stewart Woodham, …