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Topical 30/6/22

Big dollars are going to be spent on building the long awaited Coffs Harbour CBD bypass. Major construction on 14km of the Pacific Highway to cost $2.2 billion will begin early next year. The four lane bypass will cut out 12 sets of traffic lights, take thousands of...

Thumbs down 30/6/22

Thumbs down to the drivers who cut the corner short at the Tibbereena Street highway intersection as they’re turning right to go over the bridge.

Thumbs down 30/6/22

Thumbs down to the people who park in front of other people’s wheelie bins on garbage collection day. My very full bin wasn’t emptied last Friday as people were parked in front of it.

Concern about alteration to rail route is certainly reasonable

In The Courier (June 9), Matt Norrie stated his concern regarding a proposal to greatly alter the Inland Rail line passing Narrabri. Matt’s concern is certainly reasonable given that firstly much work had been put into the location of the line and many Narrabri people...

Old Narrabri Road resident issues heartfelt plea to fix intersection

Old Narrabri Road resident Shane Hatton attended Tuesday’s ordinary council meeting to make a personal plea to Narrabri Shire councillors to fix the intersection of Turrawan and Old Narrabri Roads. Mr Hatton has lived on Old Narrabri Road with his family for seven...

James Kahl’s two decades on CSD board acknowledged

The 57th annual general meeting of Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd was held at ‘Shenstone’ on June 21. Mungindi’s Sam Heagney was elected to the company’s board of directors at the AGM. Mr Heagney will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of James Kahl, whose term...

Charlie’s Charts 29th June 2022

The local market was slowly heading higher from the recent low and today looks to have run into a resistance zone around the February low and at the 32 per cent Fibonacci retracement level. The weekly chart shows the recent bounce in a longer-term perspective. The US...

James White shares the ‘Memories’

Award-winning watercolour artist James White officially opened his exhibition of works recently at the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery. By his own admission, the exhibition titled ‘Memories’ is a collection that was just “sitting around” but one that holds...

Thumbs up 28/6/22

Thumbs up to all the staff at Narrabri Hospital for their thoughtfulness and caring nurses who go out of their way to help. To be looked after by them is an absolute pleasure.

Thumbs up 28/6/22

Thumbs up to the sensational day at the Junior Rugby Club. It was so well organised. To top it off, it raised money for the McGrath Foundation. Well done to all involved.

Thumbs down 28/6/22

Thumbs down to the amount of stray cats around town.

Wee Waa Golf Club hosts trivia night | PHOTOS

The best and brightest minds in the Wee Waa district were put to the test on Friday at the golf club’s popular trivia night. However, the evening wasn’t just about nailing the answers to curly questions from quizmaster John Galagher; it was also a fun social gathering...