Home-grown flower trial for main street gardens
Photo: Emily and Tim Cain’s 2024 field of daisies could be replicated in garden beds in the Coonamble township. PHOTO: Kirsty Fisher Photography Coonamble’s main street could soon be blooming …
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Young blood – new recruits bolster State Emergency Service
Photo: Coonamble SES has seen a surge in high school-aged volunteers, including Jack Page and Mitch Corby. The State Emergency Services (SES) is experiencing a youth resurgence, with eight new …
Brian’s latest work is off to Bulloo Shire
Photo: Artist Brian Campbell with his latest work, an echidna bound for Thargomindah. Local artist Brian Campbell has made yet another fantastical creation: a three-and-a-half-metre-long echidna sculpture which is destined …
Show Society recognised for Innovative Event
The Coonamble Show Society stood out from the crowd when their April street party won the 2025 AgShows NSW Award for Innovative Events/Projects at the Celebrating Ag Shows Conference in …
Looking for solutions to dentist’s departure
Photo: Dr Abhay Gupta is moving on from Coonamble and plans are afoot for local agencies to work together to find a replacement dentist. From 27 June 2025, the Coonamble …
New drivers at the wheel of Gular caravan park
Photo: Wayne and Cath Finn have taken over from Bernadette and David Frazier. After 11 years welcoming travellers to Gulargambone, caravan park owners David and Bernadette Frazier have handed over …
Koonambil Village residents take up levee fight
Photo: Village residents Janet Perry and Marj Parsons with the petition to address the levee. Residents at Koonambil Village have started a petition to address issues with the nearby levee …
Gathering stories of ‘Tin Town’
Photo: Local Literacy For Life Foundation staff Gail Turnbull, Rose Jones, Mark Jones and Debbie Welsh around the ‘Tin Town’ site. Team members at the Literacy for Life Foundation are …
‘Unsafe’ housing delays medical emergency
Photo: Wayne Regan in the hallway of his Gulargambone home. A delayed trip to the hospital has highlighted a Gulargambone man’s need for disability-friendly housing as he questions the long …
Rare Regent Honeyeater sighting
PHOTO: The image of a critically endangered Regent Honeyeater feeding on White Box blossoms in the Pilliga Forest taken by birdo May Whittall. Birdwatchers and conservationists alike are buzzing with …
Baradine pushes for police protection
PHOTO: Adrian Worrell took advantage of voting day in Baradine to gather petition signatures from concerned locals like Garnett Martin. IMAGE: Liz Cutts Baradine residents are expressing growing concerns over …
RAAF buzzes Baradine
Baradine experienced a louder than usual ANZAC Day service when an air force plane buzzed the main street. The PC-21 training bird flew about 150 metres directly above Lachlan Street …