RFS welcome back Farm Fire Units
• PHOTO: The aim is for RFS and farmer-owned assets to work seamlessly together. PHOTO SUPPLIED. INDIVIDUAL farm fire units (or FFUs) are back in the fire-fighting armoury for rural …
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How wet can it get?
• PHOTO: Saturated paddocks mean a raft of water-related dilemmas for the district’s farmers. PHOTO: KATRINA WALKER THE recent rains have been creating different challenges for landholders in various parts …
NASCA girls’ Garma adventure
• PHOTO: Aaliyah Bartholomew, Mikiala Thurston, Myra Welsh and Temia Robinson at the Garma Festival in remote Arnhem Land. On Thursday 28 July, four girls from the NASCA program at …
Tracing Liz’s Coonamble connections for television
• PHOTO: Coonamble District Archives Committee representative and Family History Society member Pauline Ditchfield with sporting legend Liz Ellis as she uncovers her Coonamble connections. PHOTO: SBS Network COONAMBLE featured …
Miss Vet moves on
ABOVE: More than two dozen people from Coonamble and beyond came to thank outgoing LLS District Vet Jillian Kelly for her work. By OLIVER BROWN AFTER MORE than a decade …
Locals on the lookout for Varroa mite
PHOTO: Gulargambone beekeeper Oliver Jordison is keeping a close eye on his honey bees following the recent detection of the hazardous varroa mite parasite in NSW bee hives. By MARNIE …
Nick’s kidding, but not joking around, with Buckaroo Mini Goats
• PHOTO: Nick Buckley with a low maintenance pet that is just a bit cute. IT’s a sunny Monday afternoon in July and I’m at Buckaroo Mini Goat Stud. As …
Jay Ewers wins Future Teacher Scholarship
• PHOTO: Student Learning & Support Officer and trainee teacher Jay Ewers says her Future Teacher scholarship will help her achieve her degree. Future Coonamble High School Industrial Technology teacher …
Quambone Polocrosse Carnival ‘a spectacle’
• PHOTO: Competition heats up in the A Grade grand final as Dirranabandi’s number 3 (defender) attempts to knock the ball from Quirindi number 1’s (goal shooter) net in the …
Community frustrated over Facebook scammers
• PHOTO: Sandra Harrison has been disappointed to watch a popular local community notice board she helped create on Facebook become a home for online scammers in the last few …
Hospital holes to be patched
• PHOTO: The WNSWLHD says damage to the road leading out of Coonamble hospital will soon be fixed. WORKS to repair damage to the road leading out of the Coonamble …
Coonamble Corroboree connects kids to culture through dance
PHOTO: Dane Collett, Bentley Fuller, Braithan Leonard (front), Leo Forbes, Ngaali Boney (front) and Khizah Burns get in touch with their inner animal. LOCAL YOUNGSTERS went into the long weekend …