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Quality line up of machinery a/c Meppem Farming

Quality line up of machinery a/c Meppem Farming

Meppem Farming Clearing Sale ‘Merinda’ 270 Spring Plains Road, Narrabri Onsite Friday, July 4 commencing at 10.30am Agent: Nutrien Harcourts Narrabri James Thomas 0418 975 048 THE AGENT SAYS: A special clearing sale will be held on behalf of Dave and Loretta Meppem at...

Charlie’s Charts 12th June 2025

Charlie’s Charts 12th June 2025

The local market briefly made a fresh all-time high this week. One possible reason the Australian Index is stronger than the US index could be that a lot of US investors are parking more of their assets in offshore markets says a story in the Financial Review today....

Cracker of a weekend at Rowena

Cracker of a weekend at Rowena

Rowena lived up to the expectation that it’s the best place to be on the June long weekend. As the village put on an action-packed schedule of entertainment from the Show and Shine Market Day to the highly anticipated Rowena Cracker Night, which went off with a bang...

Topical 12/6/25

Snow in Australia, away from alpine regions and elevated highlands, is a rarity but has been recorded in every state and territory. Even the NT, known for its warm conditions, has had the odd dusting of snow in its history, with the last snowfall recorded at Uluru in...

Topical 12/6/25

Many people must rub their eyes in disbelief that one of the world’s hottest countries can also see snow. So, why does it snow in Australia? The Antarctic oscillation allows belts of strong winds or low pressure to move north to locations including Australia. It is...

Topical 12/6/25

Wednesday, June 11 marked 61 years since The Beatles started their three-week tour in Australia in 1964. Beatle-mania was the rage at the time, with 300,000 turning out in Adelaide to see the musicians arrive into the city.

Thumbs down 12/6/25

Thumbs down to the people who moved house in Elliott Street and left their cats behind. Shame on you! Please come back and collect them or at least surrender them.

Thumbs down 12/6/25

Thumbs down. It’s sad to come to Narrabri and see all the empty shops. Smaller towns seem to have more shops than Narrabri.

Thumbs up 12/6/25

Thumbs up to the fabulous community of Rowena for staging another great cracker night on the weekend and the Show and Shine during the day was fantastic.