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AGM wraps up successful 12 months for CSD

AGM wraps up successful 12 months for CSD

Cotton Seed Distributors held its 2023 annual general meeting last Tuesday, June 20 at ‘Shenstone’ in Wee Waa. With 38 people in attendance a range of reports were received at the meeting including the final managing director’s report from Peter Graham. The 2022-2023...

Medical students try country life

Medical students try country life

Narrabri GPs Dr Rohana and Dr Dilini outlined the career and lifestyle opportunities of life in the country to 20 medical and healthcare students earlier this month. The students visited Narrabri on a road trip across regional NSW designed to encourage future doctors,...

Outstanding base property – modern improvements

Outstanding base property – modern improvements

$980,000 Wee Waa 93 Old Pilliga Road Agent: Nutrien Harcourts Paul Thomas 0429 921 599 The agent says: Nutrien Harcourts have listed for sale an outstanding base property at Wee Waa. No stone has been left unturned on the development of this farm. Covering a total...

Life Matters – from Narrabri Christian Churches

Life Matters – from Narrabri Christian Churches

By Renee Ritchie, senior pastor, Way Church Recently, I was stuck behind a beginner driver as I commuted to Wee Waa, which is my routine these days, at least four days a week. The teenage driver was slow, but steady, and I certainly don’t consider myself the world’s...

Congratulations from reader of ‘48

Congratulations to Wanda Dunnet and also John Dunnet for each being awarded an OAM in the King’s Birthday Honours. It is great to see their dedication to country newspapers recognised. I imagine I would have first read The Courier when we moved to Narrabri in 1948 as...

Narrabri’s newest woman publican embraces country hospitality

Narrabri’s newest woman publican embraces country hospitality

Sarah Noller is the new friendly face behind the taps at the Tattersalls Hotel, and you won’t miss her name on the door either: it’s under ‘Licensee’. When 27-year-old Sarah learned about the opportunity to move to Narrabri and manage her own pub, the Sydney slicker...

Model T truck returns home to the North West

Model T truck returns home to the North West

A 100-year-old Model T Ford truck which began its journey in the Wee Waa district decades ago is home again after a busy life with multiple owners across the region. The Model T, the first restored vintage vehicle in Narrabri 53 years ago, was the state of the art...

Underground powerline inquiry is welcomed by NSW Farmers

Underground powerline inquiry is welcomed by NSW Farmers

NSW Farmers has welcomed a Parliamentary Inquiry into ‘undergrounding’ powerlines, calling it ‘a win for common sense and community safety’. Multiple renewable energy projects proposed or under construction in regional areas would require new power lines to connect...

Regional vehicle thefts reach a six year high

Regional vehicle thefts reach a six year high

The latest crime statistics released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) on June 15 show that since reaching historic lows in September 2021, motor vehicle theft in NSW has been steadily increasing. The number of vehicles stolen in March 2023...

Life Matters – from Narrabri Christian Churches

Life Matters – from Narrabri Christian Churches

By Bush Chaplain Noel Williams It seems to me. For me, the questions I ask myself and others about reality (absolute or relative) all comes back to individual perceptions of reality. For example, I have now clocked up 50,000 km in realising my role as Bush Chaplain...

Crossing Theatre a popular venue for conferences

Crossing Theatre a popular venue for conferences

‘Build it and they will come ...’ as the saying goes. It’s fair to say that Narrabri’s The Crossing Theatre was born, some 21 years ago, amid controversy - a lot of controversy. But the venue was built, and the patrons have come - in thousands - over the two decades....

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