Wet winter? Growers set sights on summer
PHOTO: Mick and Pip Doolan are opting for summer sorghum. IMAGE: Pip Doolan A summer cash crop is an opportunity that many farmers are hoping not to miss. After the …
2022 news
Running for Charlotte
PHOTO: Schoolmates, friends and family will be running for Charlotte Vincent tomorrow to raise funds for leukaemia research. RUNNERS across Australia and even overseas will be dinning “Team Chachi” t-shirts …
Condobolin’s 5th Tattoo
PHOTO: Condobolin celebrated it’s fifth Tattoo last weekend. The shrill of bagpipes and steady beat of drums marked the opening of Condobolin’s 5th Tattoo – a spectacular performance of pipe …
Western Plains Junior rugby’s first-ever foray into Country Championships
• PHOTO: The first-ever Western Plains Under 12s Junior Rugby Union team to compete at the Country Championships. AS JUNIOR rugby union gains momentum across the region, a Western Plains …
Coonamble Rams celebrate 2022
• PHOTO: Three new Life Members were added to the Rams honour roll with Andy Moss, Ken Fisher and Ben Markey all being celebrated for their efforts both on and …
Women’s Rugby League warms up
• PHOTO: Women and girls from the far reaches of the Western Plains region came together for a pre-season training session in Coonamble on the weekend. THE Coonamble Sportsground got …
Ovine Bovine Grapevine
As of Monday 19 September the sun is out and the feed is growing. It only takes a few millimetres to make the country wet again and with more rain …
Rain-reduced sale but prices dearer
• PHOTO: Livestock handler Eamon Horan is a veteran of the Coonamble Associated Agents Cattle Sales and works the mobs carefully. COONAMBLE agents yarded a rain reduced number of approximately …
Third La Nina changes the game for local farmers
PHOTO: Persistent rain at Coonamble’s Biblah Farm makes it difficult for crops to dry out. (Image: Jason Williams) This week’s declaration of a La Niña event this summer was met …