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The huge success of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, the long established Elvis Festival at Parkes, the first Dolly Parton Festival scheduled for Narromine in April and the ABBA Festival in Trundle in May has prompted a...

Smell the rain. There is a special word for the smell of rain on dry ground – ‘petrichor.’ The word comes from Greek petra meaning “stone”, and ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology. The...

Veganism is gathering momentum in Australia and around the world, but cows, sheep and chooks shouldn’t start planning for the future just yet. The demand for beef etc. remains high. The interesting aspect of veganism, and indeed...

A Topical reader comments that his timber house has fallen silent since the rain. “As it dried out over the years the floor boards and everything else was creaking loudly as I moved around,” he said. “Now the boards seem to have...

Oliver has emerged as the most popular name for baby boys in 2019, a clear favourite for the sixth year in a row. A list of top baby names compiled by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, reveals that Oliver (568...

References to temperatures in The Courier pages of the 1920s refer to degrees Fahrenheit – Celsius wasn’t the main descriptor in those days, or in fact until relative recent times, and many people today relate hot days to...

Thousands of motorists were caught illegally using their phone while driving during week one of the NSW Government’s mobile phone detection camera program before Christmas – 3,303 drivers in 773,532 vehicle checks were...

Walcha copies Narrabri! Just before Christmas Walcha Council announced free entry to the Walcha Baths but only until January 17.

The Tamworth Country Music Festival is on again and appears to be as big as ever, drought or no drought. More than 700 artists will be playing, with 2800 events across the 10 day festival.