Grand Final for Fitness Challenge
Just over 12 weeks since they signed on, participants in the Coonamble Gym’s 12 week Fitness Challenge put on their glad rags and were ready to celebrate. Of the 78 …
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Celebrating 150 years of Public Education
Both Coonamble Primary and High School opened their gates on Saturday 21 October to showcase the local facilities and programs in the public education system in the modern day and …
Gulargambone’s ghosts of Bullock Teams past
A NEW artistic project is on the road for Gulargambone. Having witnessed the impact of the corrugated galahs designed by artist Sam Newstead and installed along the highway as part …
Carinda Dances with Duffo
“SO MANY smiling faces,” observed Jeff Duff from the stage at Carinda Showground on Saturday night 30 September. ‘Duffo’ and his band, featuring some of Australia’s top musicians, were the …
Farewell Year 12, 2017
On Thursday 21 September, the students of Coonamble High School, proud parents and members of the community gathered at the school’s Multipurpose Centre to bid farewell to their senior class. …
The perks of Public Education in the swinging sixties
REFLECTING on her arrival in Coonamble as a teacher in 1968, former English teacher Kaye Colwell, believes that the transition from a central or intermediate school to a full high …
Moe adds bite to Bears’ pack
STORY: Dallas Reeves MOE Jacobs did it all in rugby union and in the twilight of his career the South African looms as a key factor in Coonamble’s Castlereagh …
Castlereagh League powerhouses to collide – Gilgandra host Coonamble in 2017 decider
STORY: Dallas Reeves TRADITIONAL rivals Gilgandra and Coonamble meet in Saturday’s 2017 Castlereagh League decider with the Panthers keen to continue the generational switch in competition supremacy. The Bears were …
Coonamble’s First Colour Run
WARM, blustery and occasionally dusty conditions on Sunday didn’t deter hundreds of people from Coonamble’s first Colour Run, a new twist to the annual Walk the Loop fundraiser for the …
Major error in HSC mathematics
NEWS broke last Wednesday 23 August of a major mistake in the teaching of the General Maths course at Coonamble High School for this year’s Higher School Certificate course. From …
Clontarf boys kick goals in Sydney
SEVENTEEN Indigenous boys from Coonamble’s Clontarf Academy travelled to Sydney last week to join with eighteen other NSW academies for the annual Rugby League Games. The feature event was the …
Spotlight On… Coonamble Cancer Support Group
Father’s Day is approaching and the annual Walk the Loop is set to get bigger and brighter than ever. The event is organised by the Coonamble Cancer Support Group, which …