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Worried that pipeline project extended

I urge all community members and landholders in the region to familiarise themselves with the little known Queensland-Hunter Gas Pipeline. This proposed high-pressure gas pipeline travels via Moree, Narrabri, Boggabri, Gunnedah, Breeza, Quirindi, then via the Hunter...

Records reveal lowest ever rainfall: 86mm on property

The rainfall chart in The Courier on January 9, 2020, shows that Narrabri had 206mm for the year. Our property recorded 86mm - the lowest reading on our records. Hopefully this year will be a better one rain wise, for all eastern Australia. I have had to resort to...

Narrabri chosen as venue for state water management conference

Narrabri will be the focus of the state’s local councils’ water management issues in July when hundreds of delegates arrive for the 2020 Local Government NSW Water Management Conference. Securing Narrabri as venue for the big annual conference is a feather in the cap...

Eye in the Bri 20/01/2020

Busted: young man allegedly armed with knife arrested and charged with break and enter

Police officers have arrested and charged a 17-year-old male with aggravated break and enter, committing a serious indictable offence and using an offensive weapon. Police allege the 17-year-old was seen by a neighbour breaking into a house in Blanche Peadon Drive on...

Viper Creek’s golden nomination – Damien’s band continues to notch up successes

It was a stunning 2019 for Narrabri’s Damien Baguley’s Viper Creek Band and the group’s hard work was rewarded with a significant accolade at the 2020 Tamworth Country Music Festival. The band played over 60 gigs in 2019, debuted its album - Beautiful Destruction - at...

Bowls is back and looking a lot brighter

The Narrabri Sporties’ 2020 bowls season has begun and on Saturday several bowlers took to the green to compete in Jackpot Bowls matches. They did so in their new uniforms which feature a mixture of bright blue, bright green and white colours. Results from the...

Cryptic Narrabri 20/01/20

A business. Elementary.

Five NDCA matches to be played from Friday to Sunday

The Narrabri District Cricket Association teams have enjoyed two weekends of rest following washouts on Friday and Saturday, January 17 and 18, and the Australia Day break, but this weekend cricket in Narrabri returns with a bang. Tomorrow night the Coates Hire Super...

Narrabri women to Kick-On in 2020

Narrabri Kick-On For Women will run again this year with the first term set to kick off on Monday, February 10 at Gately Field. Introduced by Northern NSW Football last year, Kick-On for Women is an introductory program to soccer designed specifically for women to fit...

Moree Boars to return to Group Four competition in 2020

By Geoff Newling Moree Boars will play in this season’s Group Four Rugby League after the NSW Rugby League approved and confirmed its transfer from Group 19. The NSWRL had placed a ban on all boundary transfers for two years after its merger with the Country Rugby...

Success at Gunnedah TAB meet for local greyhound trainers

Four Narrabri Shire greyhounds trainers had dogs in action at a TAB meeting at Gunnedah on Australia Day on Sunday. Narrabri’s Robert Hobson, and Wee Waa trio Geoffrey Whitton and Timothy and Colin Anderson had a combined seven greyhounds racing on the night. One of...