Year 7 students were welcomed to Narrabri High School on Wednesday, February 5, by principal Mr Charalambous, year adviser Mrs Trudy Ford, NHS captains Bree Smith and Andrew Coleman and teaching staff. One hundred and nine Year 7 students began their new high school...
The Rose Street Gardens are a lush sanctuary nestled in the heart of Wee Waa and the stunning property is up for sale. It’s a decision filled with mixed emotions for owners Tim and Sue Fragar who have shed plenty of blood, sweat and tears over the last 15 years while...
Residents and the teams at both Whiddon Narrabri Jessie Hunt and Whiddon Narrabri Robert Young are excited to be celebrating New South Wales Seniors Week in 2020 with the local community. This year’s theme is ‘Love to Celebrate!’ and the festival aims to promote...
The recent rain changed the catastrophic bushfire scenario along the east coast but fierce fires were still burning right up to the start of the recent rainfall in southern NSW. Many Narrabri firefighters and emergency services personnel have been engaged in the...
Well, what a welcome to the New Year - continuing drought conditions, bushfires all along the east coast, and now flash flooding. Whether it comes down to global warming, or just the cyclic nature of the Australian environment, we may never know. However, I can assure...
Boggabri Public School and Boggabri Sacred Heart school welcomed new teachers, families, and kindergarten students this week. School captains, Sports captains and Student representative council members were announced, and students will receive their badges next week....
So, the mighty Mulgate Creek has done it again. Many years ago a surveyor in a horse and cart walked along, dragging a surveyor’s chain, 22 yards long and he surveyed three bridges on three creeks and the Railways Department built three bridges on three creeks -...
The local market continues to rise against the tide of an expected impact of some unknown quantity on the local and world economic front from any Chinese economic slowdown due to the coronavirus. The market is up strongly today. Any fall below the recent swing low...
In December, the Bellata Public and Bellata Mobile Schools were surprised by a wonderful donation from the East Cessnock Bowling Club. The donations, which occurred prior to Christmas, saw the lucky students given new toys just before Santa’s arrival. The toy-drive...
Heavy rainfall across most of the district has brought a lift in confidence and optimism. The widespread rain has seen many areas receive more than 100mm in recent days. The Narrabri Weather’s Wee Waa site measured 168mm, 130 was recorded at Narrabri and 137 at...
Western Australian Indigenous band Kimberley Gold rocked Pilliga on Sunday, January 26 and raised money for the Pilliga New Generation Rugby League team. Elder Aunty Lila Schnieder organised the popular band to visit Pilliga after the Tamworth country music festival....
The Flickerfest festival of short films brought the finest work of new and established directors, cinematographers and actors to the audience at The Crossing Theatre on Saturday. The movies, ranging from a few minutes to 20 minutes, were small gems of creativity,...