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Daintily decorated cakes melt hearts this Christmas

Daintily decorated cakes melt hearts this Christmas

The gift of giving a daintily decorated Christmas cake to spread Christmas cheer was the ingenious idea shared by Meals on Wheels and the Narrabri Cake Decorators Association 15 years ago. This year, 12 decorators gathered in the Narrabri Craft Shop, under the...

Invasive pigeon problem solved

Invasive pigeon problem solved

The Narrabri Old Gaol Heritage Museum has been dealing with a problem that will resonate with many readers, the problem of vermin pigeons settling in and making their home in precisely the place where you don’t want them to. After years of continual cleaning out of...

Where would we ‘bee’ without our pollinators?

Where would we ‘bee’ without our pollinators?

Where would we be without the bees, the butterflies and all the other pollinators? Paying $20 for an apple, according to Dan Mapstone, our resident apiarist. “If we didn’t have bees, someone would have to physically go around and pollinate all the apples, it all takes...

Kelly-Lee Went wins national award

Kelly-Lee Went wins national award

Kelly-Lee Went, from Community Kids, Narrabri, has been recognised in G8 Education’s The National Standout Education awards for sustainability. Ms Went was among six educators recognised in the NSE awards for their outstanding contribution to creating the foundations...

Dolly dazzles councillors with Imagination Library

Dolly dazzles councillors with Imagination Library

Narrabri Shire mayor Darrell Tiemens welcomed a surprise guest at the most recent ordinary council meeting: country music icon Dolly Parton. During a lighter and more jovial moment at the November 28 meeting, general manager Rob Williams carried a life-seized...

Opens teams set a new goal-scoring record on Sunday

Opens teams set a new goal-scoring record on Sunday

The highest scoring round of Narrabri Dolphins Water Polo Club’s 2023/24 season senior comp was contested at Narrabri Aquatic Centre on Sunday as the four teams combined to pile on 44 goals in round nine. Thirty-four of those were scored by the winning teams as Barwon...

Santa stops at Pilliga Christmas Tree | Gallery

Santa stops at Pilliga Christmas Tree | Gallery

The much-anticipated Pilliga Christmas Tree gathering was held on Saturday, December 2. This year Santa arrived in style, courtesy of local police officer Steve Cruickshank and he delivered gifts to 53 excited children ranging in age from babies to 13 years old. The...