Dungog artist Jenny Akers bought a new hat at the market.
Market organiser Leanne Drew with Bob Doyle and Bob Cannon. Dungog artist Jenny Akers bought a new hat at the market. THE much-loved Gresford Community Market made a bigger and better than ever return on Saturday, 10 October, with 31 stalls. Small businesses and several community organisations took advantage of the increased number of spaces […]
Flying foxes are vital pollinators in Australia. Photo: WIRES.
A MASS starvation event is killing flying foxes across large tracts of NSW. Residents across the state are taking to social media to report uncharacteristic daytime behaviour and close suburban encounters with the flying mammals as they desperately search for food and water. The Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) recently shared news of […]
Vacy Bridge, heading toward Gresford. Vacy Bridge, heading into Vacy toward Paterson. Paterson tree, opposite Paterson Chemist. Paterson trees, approximately 70 years old. Aerial photo of Paterson by Dr Cameron Archer in June, 1985, showing well-established trees. Photo: Supplied by Paterson Historical Society. Aerial photo of Paterson in the late 1950s showing young trees. Photo: […]
Shaping up: Vacy’s ‘Paddy’ Slavin was a world champion bare-knuckle boxing champion. Photo: Supplied by Cameron Archer. Remembering a favourite son, ‘Paddy’ is honoured in Vacy with a plaque and information board. Photo: Supplied by Cameron Archer. TOUGH times called for tough men, and The Sydney Cornstalk, Frank ‘Paddy’ Slavin was as tough as they […]
Nicole Chaffey, curator and director of Murrook Cultural Centre, with the striking Regent Honeyeater display she created. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. A visual representation of the Regent Honeyeater’s remaining population hangs from the ceiling, highlighting the plight of this critically endangered bird. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. HUNDREDS of small yellow and black birds hang overhead in Murrook […]
STUDENTS at the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Tocal College will have the opportunity to upskill in one of agriculture’s rapidly emerging technologies, with new training focused on the safe and effective use of drones for pesticide application. Tocal College has partnered with drone specialists FPV Australia to deliver FIELDS – […]
The Simplex, owned and worked by the Lambourne family in the early 1900s. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
The ferry Yacaaba, skippered by George Lambourne. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. The Simplex, owned and worked by the Lambourne family in the early 1900s. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. PIONEERING families on the Tomaree Peninsula were mostly seafarers or fishers, with the Cromarty family the first to arrive in 1824. Boats were a part […]
THE Government’s response to the immigration debate was laid out recently by Tony Bourke. The whole country was interested to see the numbers and categories selected to produce reduced entry. Like every decision made by Government, there was the reality that there would be winners and losers to their solution and of course we all […]
Photos of the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command in training. Photos: NSW Police Multimedia.
Photos of the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command in training. Photos: NSW Police Multimedia. Photos of the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command in training. Photos: NSW Police Multimedia. IN coming weeks, heavily armed officers, rifles and specialist vehicles may be spotted on the streets as the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command (ARC) […]
