Backpackers’ work/life balance
PHOTO: From tightrope walking to aerial acrobatics, Coonamble residents would be forgiven for thinking a group of backpackers exercising in Smith Park last week were practising a circus routine. By …
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Planning for housing needs of Aboriginal community
PHOTO: Community members and staff of Coonamble LALC and Murdi Paaki Services, plus Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly Chairperson (back row, far right) gathered at Coonamble Bowling Club last week to …
Where does our water go?
PHOTO: Council’s water treatment facility in Yarran St, Coonamble. ONE of the challenges facing Coonamble Shire Council as managers of the town water supplies to each of the district’s communities, …
Long-awaited Western Cancer Centre now open
PHOTO: The external view of the new Western Cancer Centre in Dubbo that will increase capacity and services for cancer patients in the regions. Image supplied by NSW and Federal …
Coonamble ceramic artists fired up and ready to go with new kiln
PHOTO: Prue Cullen, Jamie-Lea Trindall, Anna Kaineder, Kevin ‘Sooty’ Welsh, Kookie Atkins and Sue Webb from the Coonamble Arts Alive Society are thrilled to finally have a kiln back in …
New teacher accommodation takes shape
PHOTO: Coonamble High School Principal Stewart Vidler and Coonamble Public School Principal Annette Thomson inspect new teacher housing currently being built on Yarran Street. By OLIVER BROWN THE …
Local businesses weigh in on mandatory vaccinations
PHOTO: Local business owner Lissa Pennell says she has not even had to think about mandating vaccinations for her staff, but she does wonder how difficult it will be to …
Tell ’em they’re dreaming: Caton on CSG
PHOTO: Michael Caton chats to Coonamble’s Ann Kennedy at the Terminus Hotel during filming on 9 July. ON 9 July, exactly two years after iconic Australian actor Michael Caton …
Ned’s lockdown fitness
PHOTO: International rugby player Ned Hanigan has been using his imagination to engineer some weights from things he’s found around the family farm near Hollywood. KEEPING fit during lockdown …
Local volunteers the backbone of state testing
PHOTO: Koonambil residents have joined the packing effort and are consistently contributing a large number of testing kits to the cause. By LAURA WILLIAMS WITH Covid testing efforts …
Salute to Bill Crowe
PHOTO: A young Bill Crowe during his WWII service, when he fought and was injured in New Guinea. His good nature endeared him to friends, neighbours and the wider community …
Punters pleased with pop-up Picnics
PHOTO: Happy punters Oliver Brown, Joel Gosden, Josh Wrench, JJ Munton, Rodney Pittman and Ned Savimaki (front) at the Picnic Races held at Coonamble Racecourse on Saturday 7 August. …