Have your elf a very Merry Christmas
Christmas elves Nina Sands, Ivie Hertel and Zoe White were busy in Castlereagh Street Coonamble on Saturday 14 December THE REVAMPED Christmas Street Party hosted this year by Coonamble Shire …
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Doors to close on a chapter in history
The end of an era for Angie Little, one of Coonamble’s most passionate and dedicated volunteers. FRIDAY 20 December will mark the end of an era for the Coonamble Museum. …
Shock Shutdown: Coonamble’s child care crisis
Photo: Some of the volunteer committee members of Coonamble Childrens Services Inc. Barbara Goldsmith, Rowena Macrae, Tahnee (and Charlotte) Cullen and Pip Goldsmith who made the difficult decision to release …
Having a Beer on the City
Photo: European imports and drought survivors Anna Prins and Taylor Royal celebrated the sudden downpour on Sunday evening with a beverage supplied courtesy of city corporates. ON Sunday 24 November, …
Show and Shine Success
PHOTO: Former Coonamble resident Larry Briggs found it hard to pick a favourite among the vehicles he brought to the Auto Club’s first Show and Shine Day. Coonamble Auto Club’s …
Bone dry Marshes burn
PHOTO: Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association. It has been a tough year for the Macquarie Marshes with some parts recording no more than 80 millimetres of rain and just 10 …
Gamilaroi Women Gather
By LIZ CUTTS MORE than fifty indigenous women took time out in Baradine to share knowledge and cultural understanding. Gomeroi/Gamilaroi women throughout NSW participated in the third traditional gathering, Yinarr …
Local charity wins big at the races
All the signs were that the weekend of the 2019 Coonamble Gold Cup Race would be a big one – and it did not disappoint. Racegoers began arriving in Coonamble …
Basin Panel to visit Coonamble
Pictured: The vast area of the Murray Darling Basin. The Independent Panel assessing social and economic conditions in the Murray Darling Basin has announced that Coonamble will be on their …
It’s not too late! Inland Rail Inquiry gets the go-ahead
THE NSW Farmers Association representatives say they are ‘excited’ that the Federal Government’s $10 billion Inland Rail project will now be facing a Parliamentary Inquiry. “The questions we’ve been asking …
Hertel helps Rams break Grand Final hoodoo
By Tom Cullen The Coonamble Rams have finally done it. There were scenes of extreme elation at Warren’s Victoria Oval on Saturday 6 September as the Rams stole the Western …
Sunday Run-day
ON Sunday 1 September, the Golf Club hosted Coonamble’s third Colour Run/walk. Roughly 300 people attended the event with many fathers and grandfathers in the thick of things as families …