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Topical 11/10/22

‘What’s with the turtle exodus?’ a reader asks. ‘I have seen three crossing the road in different parts of Narrabri in the last few days. Are they on the move because of the rain?’

Thumbs down 11/10/22

Thumbs down to the proofreading of the rubbish bin calender and not seeing that there are two green weeks in a row - so it is now wrong for the rest of the year.

Thumbs up to the organisers of the steam train visit to Narrabri. What a great thrill for kids and their families to go on board, see the locomotive and old carriages and take a nostalgic journey. Hope the train comes back again.

Thumbs up 11/10/22

Thumbs up to whatever happened to the massive amount of flood debris - logs and branches of all sizes - piled up on the Violet Street low level bridge during the last river rise. One day it was there, and when the water went down, it was soon all gone -...

Cotton’s Nuffield scholar to explore sustainable land development

Mungindi’s Tim Houston will travel from the family farm across the globe to research how to sustainably transition land from grazing to cropping in order to achieve a positive triple bottom line outcome. Mr Houston has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship, supported by...

Mayors unite for betterment of Mungindi border community

A crowd gathered in Little Barwon Park, Mungindi, for the recent signing of the memorandum of understanding between Moree Plains Shire Council and Balonne Shire Council to coincide with the official opening of the Mungindi Sculpture Trail. Mayor Samantha O’Toole of...

‘Be concerned but calm’ about FMD

North West Local Land Services district veterinarian Shaun Slattery is advising people to ‘be concerned but calm’ about the threat of Foot and Mouth disease, and it’s a message he reiterated at a briefing in Narrabri. During his presentation, Dr Slattery read parts of...

‘Switched On’ photography exhibition

“Switched On” is a way of describing how a small group of local photographers feel after our gradual emergence from the fog of the pandemic. The dynamism, the energy and creativity have been largely switched off since the restriction of movement and gatherings. The...

Floodwaters working their way down the Namoi

Moderate to heavy rainfall since Friday has caused river level rises across the Namoi River catchments. Floodwaters were expected to cause major flooding at Wee Waa from Tuesday. Minor flooding is occurring at Boggabri and is likely at Narrabri, the Bureau of...

Thumbs down 7/10/22

Thumbs down to householders who don’t have street numbers on their houses or on the gutter outside.

Thumbs up 7/10/22

Thumbs up to what we are told is the end of the COVID pandemic, but what will we do with all the leftover face masks? I have a car full of them, competing for space with all my reusable shopping bags for the supermarket.

Super 8s competition to return to Boggabri in the 2022-23 cricket season

The Namoi Bush Cricket Super 8s competition will make a return in the 2022-23 season and is expected to get underway next month. It will be based in Boggabri, with matches to be played at Jubilee Oval once again during season two. Games will be held on designated...