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Bringing LEGO to life

Building – and filming – a great hobby

Brick by brick and frame by frame, Jordan Baxter, 16, brings Lego to life. Jordan, son of Darren and Deborah Baxter, is a young film-maker who specialises in stop motion animation using LEGO. The painstaking process can take Jordan hours just to create a few seconds of material. Considering all of Jordan’s films are about four minutes long – that is a lot of time spent fiddling and filming. Jordan is currently completing Year 11 at Narrabri High School and has been making these kinds of films for four years, beginning as a project for the school’s MADD night. And […]

Feb 27, 2020

THUMBS UP AND DOWN

Thumbs Up

Thumbs up 27/2/20

Thumbs up to all involved with the meal at the Seniors Festival at the RSL Club. Thumbs up also to the children who supplied the entertainment as well as our resident poet.

Feb 27, 2020

Thumbs Up

Thumbs up 27/2/20

Thumbs up to the new Narrabri main street. Hopefully, with the re-sealing there will be clear parking lane markings painted. Narrabri drivers seem to suffer from chronic inability to park between the lines. Please, drivers, if you park just a little bit over the line you have effectively blocked out a parking space next to you. It’s not hard to park between the lines.

Feb 27, 2020

Thumbs Up

Thumbs up 27/02/20

Thumbs up regarding the supermarket trolleys. I see them around the streets – but who do you call to come and collect them? Trolley busters?

Feb 27, 2020

NEWS

Women's shed launch

Enthusiastic launch for Narrabri Women’s Shed

An innovative Narrabri organisation, the Women’s Shed, has got off to a flying start with a meeting attended by 40 women on Saturday. The Women’s Shed will be a group which will offer women, aged 15 and above, opportunities to learn practical new skills, create, socialise, network and enjoy each other’s company. Women in our community are looking to learn skills in woodworking, mechanics, welding, plumbing, and general industrial skills and they are wanting to learn how to use hand and power tools and be able to do general maintenance around their homes and also be creative with art and […]

Feb 27, 2020

Food n Fibre

Green pasture warning for graziers

The sight of lush, green paddocks around the district is very welcome but North West Local Land...

Feb 27, 2020

seniors festival

Liz Berger will brighten your day

Last week’s Seniors’ Festival was also a time to reflect on the tireless work of people who...

Feb 27, 2020

YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM

Donation ‘mustered up’ for Raise program

Wee Waa’s Cotton Capital Country Music Muster committee has made a $2000 donation to the youth...

Feb 27, 2020

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SPORT

basketball

Basketball season returns with growth in senior numbers

The first of two Narrabri Basketball Association seasons for 2020 got under way at the local courts this week. The format of this season is similar to previous years, with mixed gender games to be played on Tuesday evenings, and men’s matches to be played on Wednesdays following junior basketball. The current season is referred to as the winter comp as it finishes in June, while the second one, which will begin around August, is called the summer comp as it finishes in December. Both senior competitions have grown in numbers this season compared to the last. There are five […]

Feb 27, 2020

Motocross

Narrabri’s Newtown Park motocross track to host King of MX qualifier

The Narrabri Dirt Bike Club will host a massive motocross event this weekend, with the local...

Feb 27, 2020

Swimming

Karla’s Swim Team trio make their coach proud at Country Champs

Three Narrabri swimmers from the Wee Waa swimming club travelled to the Sydney Olympic Park...

Feb 27, 2020

Greyhound racing

More greyhound glory with two winners at Gunnedah

Four Narrabri Shire greyhounds had dogs in action at a Gunnedah Greyhound Racing Club TAB meeting yesterday evening. They were Narrabri’s Robert Hobson, Bellata’s Kevin Campbell and Wee Waa’s Colin and Timothy Anderson. Hobson...

Feb 27, 2020

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TOPICAL

Topical 27/2/20

The new Narrabri Women’s Shed is an innovation which has seems set to become a valuable new local organisation. Its many enthusiastic supporters are now looking for a suitable name for the group and suggestions are welcome.

Feb 27, 2020

Topical 25/2/20

Vegans don’t believe climate change activists are taking their concerns about the role of animals in climate change seriously enough. “The people who are dominating the so-called ‘climate justice’ space, from the grassroots to the large NGO’s are refusing to address animal agriculture as a leading cause of climate change and other environmental destruction” said ‘Vegan Rising’ in a press release.

Feb 25, 2020

Topical 25/2/20

Some deliveries of The Courier may be disrupted on Thursday as paper delivery boys and girls take part in the Narrabri High School swimming carnival. If you miss getting your copy of The Courier, please phone 6792 1011.

Feb 25, 2020

SOCIAL

21st celebrations on the harbour

Banned in Kansas, movie became a hit

Valentine’s Day in Narrabri

Valentine’s Day in Boggabri

COMMENT

Mayor's Column

Have your say on the shire’s tourism destination plan

There has been some great follow-up rain over our Shire in the past few weeks, so if this keeps up, I am sure that there will be some winter crops being planned for planting in the coming months, so fingers crossed this...

Feb 25, 2020

your say

Stop the blame game on social media

How many suicides can you pile up on your conscience one, two, three, do the numbers matter? Does...

Feb 25, 2020

your say

Thoughts on Boggabri flood heights

Regarding the flood height in Boggabri. What a great idea to check the height of all houses in Boggabri. I hope that Council has decided which flood height to base level to work from. Boggabri has seen several floods since the...

Feb 20, 2020

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