Boggabri couple, Allan and Noreen Boehm celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on May 12 with a family lunch at Carmen’s Restaurant in Tamworth. Their daughter Vanessa Johnson had made a cake which was to be used as dessert but after a large scrumptious meal it...
The Murray Darling Basin Authority has reported limited ticket availability for its coming River Reflections conference in Narrabri. The authority is holding its conference at The Crossing Theatre on June 14 and 15. The two-day forum is a showcase of the communities,...
Wee Waa Fire and Rescue crews were paged to reports of a truck fire near Pilliga last Wednesday night. Firefighters arrived to find the back trailer of a B-double carting 25-tonnes of cotton seed well alight. Crews got to work in breathing apparatus using foam to try...
Three members of the Todd family competed in the Friday night horse events in the rodeo ring at the Narrabri Show held in May. Peter Todd Jnr, son Matthew and daughter Lily, aged 15 and 13 respectively, were focused on team roping, junior breakaway roping and barrel...
Narrabri Arts Eisteddfod marked a brilliant start last week, with The Crossing Theatre brought to life with the acclaimed event’s music section. The adjudicator this year was Emma Jimenez, an instrumental music teacher based in Brisbane. Emma was very impressed with...
Cotton Seed Distributors has announced Dr Ian Taylor will lead the organisation as its new chief executive officer. Since the announcement of the current CSD managing director Peter Graham’s retirement last December, the CSD board has been actively recruiting for a...
Parts of Melbourne experienced a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the city’s north-west late on Sunday night, rattling homes and waking up thousands. Geoscience Australia said the tremor struck at a depth of three kilometres at Sunbury at about 11.41 pm. More than...
This Thursday is the official start of winter with the days getting shorter, until the winter solstice on Thursday, June 22 when daylight hours will again start to get longer. The winter solstice marks the point at which the southern or northern atmosphere is tilted...
Thumbs up to the community transport provided to our shire. It’s a great service in comfortable vehicles with helpful, pleasant drivers.
Thumbs up to the Boggabri community for getting behind the fundraisers for Liam Hobden. Liam has a rare genetic disease called Friedreich’s ataxia, which causes progressive damage to his nervous system. Liam will leave for Bangkok with his mother Stacie to start...
Wee Waa United FC suffered its first on-field loss of the Namoi Premier League first grade season on Saturday when the hosts went down 5-2 against competition ladder leaders Narrabri FC at Cook Oval. The Narrabri side went into that match having prevailed in four of...
The community and sporting achievements of three people from Narrabri Shire have been praised in the NSW Parliament. Member for Barwon, Roy Butler tabled community recognition statements congratulating Bruce Gray, Wee Waa, and Sid Harvey and Bernard O’Connor,...