The Coonamble Times
Your Local Newspaper Serving Coonamble & district since 1885
PHOTO: L-R William “Smiley” Johnstone (RAHLA Programme Director), Grace Gordon (MPRA Independent Chairperson), Fay Johnstone (Ivanhoe CWP Chairperson) and Olive “Pam” Handy (Wentworth/Dareton CWP Chairperson). The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly …
PHOTO: Robert (Aussie Bob) Steadman has recovered his trailer but not his car. Eighty-year-old Robert Steadman (also known as Aussie Bob) and 79-year-old wife Kristeen moved to the Coonamble from …
PHOTO: SCG members are keen to kickstart a local youth diversionary program: David Jones, Matt Boney, Dennis Glover, Adam Cohen and Matt Kennedy. Four Coonamble men will travel to Armidale …
PHOTO: Jamie-Lea with her work at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. IMAGE: Supplied Local artist Jamie-Lea Trindall will have 17 works on display throughout NAIDOC (National Aboriginals’ and Islanders’ Day Observance …
PHOTO: Marthaguy Picinic Racing Club volunteers Clint Andrews and Marg Garnsey, jockey and race five winner Eloise Drews, Harriet O’Brien, trainer Krissie Simpkins, Chris O’Brien and Simon Turnbull with winning …
PHOTO: Locals join the conversation with Community Scrum with NRLW, NRL and Healthy Communities Foundation representatives. Coonamble community members had a sit down with NRL players and mental health workers …
PHOTO: Annette Chapman and Judy Baker from Meals on Wheels, who received a surprise donation from Coonamble Shire Council. Several local organisations and charities can now go the extra mile, …
PHOTO: A stand of buffel grass at ‘Sandhurst’ during the drought in 2019. The debate about how invasive buffelgrass really is divides pastoralists, farmers, Indigenous communities, academics, and community members. …
PHOTO: CPS basketball team. Hands on LearningTeachers at CPS have participated in professional learning sessions focusing on Literacy and Numeracy. Teachers worked in stage teams to reflect on current practice …