Taken by storm
(PHOTO: Mia Nalder, Coonamble Weir) The storm that passed through the district last Thursday 3 December didn’t last long but it left a trail of devastation in its wake tearing …
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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 …
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 …