Celebrate the end of harvest with Adam Harvey at the Armatree
This Saturday 28 November, it’s time to celebrate a return to live music events with a gig at the Armatree Hotel. Multiple ARIA Award-winning country singer Adam Harvey will be …
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Broken windows cost local Parish
A SPATE of broken windows at the Anglican Church in Coonamble is causing the local Parish grief. There have been three separate window-breaking incidents at the Church in the last …
Local story, local faces in a short film with big ambitions
PRODUCER and actor Joshua McElroy hopes that his first professionally-produced short film ‘Mary’ will take his grandfather’s story, about his relationship with his horse and the land in a time …
Western Slopes Pipeline back on the agenda
IMAGE: https://www.apa.com.au/about-apa/our-projects/western-slopes-pipeline/pipeline-route/ AFTER a hiatus of almost two years as they awaited the approval of the Narrabri Gas Project, APA has confirmed that they will now be progressing development of …
Speaking up for the Castlereagh
A HANDFUL of residents along the Coonamble end of the Castlereagh River linked in to a live webinar run by the Department of Primary Industries and Environment (DPIE) last Friday …
Trainer Danny Williams returns to Coonamble
By KEA BROWNING This year’s Coonamble Gold Cup races were a not-so-minor success for Coonamble-born racehorse trainer Danny Williams. Mr Williams won the Baradine Cup with the horse My Blue …
Pilliga gas project gets the go-ahead
By KEA BROWNING PHOTO CREDIT: Lock the Gate, copyright D. Sewell At 9am on Wednesday 30 September, the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) announced their approval of the controversial Narrabri …
Reduced speed zone proposed for sections of highway
THE LONG-STANDING issue of how to improve traffic flow at the intersection of the Castlereagh Highway and Coonamble’s main street was back on the table at Council’s meeting on September …
Bears squeeze into Semi-Finals
WITH a win over Binnaway last Saturday the Bears consolidated fourth spot in the Castlereagh competition and a spot in the semi-fianl for the season 2020. (Albeit with only two …
Part of the local good life
REMEMBER when Coonamble used to have large gatherings of humans? In the pre-COVID world small groups of people would devise an activity to entertain themselves and others, they’d pick a …
Stamped! Gulargambone’s ‘Lucky Dip’ is in the mail
PUBLIC ART doesn’t just put a place on the map – it can also put it in the post. A new commemorative stamp issue was released on Monday 7 September …
‘Scarred’ exhibition coincides with surge in demand for local Indigenous art
COONAMBLE artist Kevin ‘Sooty’ Welsh is reaping the rewards of his commitment to his creative work as his latest exhibition puts him in the right place at the right time …