Doug Walters inspecting the statue after it was unveiled.
Cricketing great Doug Walters honoured with home-town statue
Doug Walters inspecting the statue after it was unveiled. Dungog cricket royalty Doug Walters has been immortalised in stone. A NEW statue honouring Australian cricket great Doug Walters was unveiled outside the Dungog Visitor Information Centre on Saturday. The delivery of the statue was a joint effort between Dungog Shire Council and the Doug Walters […]
Members of the Goori Bugg Family at the unveiling. Photo: supplied.
NAIDOC plaque unveiled at Stroud church
Members of the Goori Bugg Family at the unveiling. Photo: supplied. The plaque positioned at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Stroud. A NEW plaque has been unveiled at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Stroud to mark NAIDOC Week. Following the successful gathering of the Goori Bugg family in Gloucester from 28-30 March, […]
Craig Lyons, aka ‘Captain Bluetongue’, with some of the workshop participants.
Harmonica workshop attracts Blues lover to Dungog
WITH dits and dahs, eeyores and train whistles, and honks and hilarity, the Dungog Arts Society gallery resounded to the sounds of a Blues Harmonica workshop on Saturday 19 July. Both gallery rooms were packed, with nearly 40 participants attending. Each participant was gifted a Blues harmonica. A few had some experience with the instrument, […]
Min Boorer and Georgina U’Brien enjoying the sunshine.
Dungog Rodeo Committee shares profits with community groups
Min Boorer and Georgina U’Brien enjoying the sunshine. Dungog Rodeo committee members, workers and other locals chat before the presentation. Jack Caldwell, John Pryde, Nick Helyer, Brian Rheinberger, Glenn Keller and Barry McDonald. DUNGOG Rodeo Committee has handed out $21,000 to representatives of local service and sporting organisations during a presentation barbecue at the Dungog […]
The exhibition will feature over 160 indoor and outdoor works.
Sculpture exhibition to feature 160-plus works at Dungog
ONE of Australia’s most compelling regional art exhibitions, Sculpture on the Farm, returns to Dungog from 29 to 31 August for its fifth edition since launching in 2018. For three days, Dungog will be transformed into a dynamic, open-air gallery celebrating form, material, and imagination. The exhibition will feature over 160 indoor and outdoor works […]
Wanted: 10,000 households to plug in to energy research
MORE than 10,000 Australian households and businesses will be asked to share ways they generate and use electricity for research to accelerate the net-zero transition. The nation’s science agency CSIRO on Thursday launched the National Energy Analysis Centre that will capture real-world energy use, which has been modelled on a similar body in the UK. […]
NSW farmers gather for annual conference
FARMERS from all corners of NSW will meet in Sydney this week to discuss critical issues such as the future of farming and the energy transition. NSW Farmers’ Chief Executive Annabel Johnson said the NSW Farmers’ Annual Conference was a chance to bring the perspective from the paddock to the city as Australia faced a […]
Dungog Shire Council frustrated with biodiversity laws
DUNGOG Shire Council will write to the Environment Minister to express concerns over the impacts of the Biodiversity Conservation Act. At Council’s July 16 meeting, Mayor Digby Rayward said the Act has resulted in a high number of Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports (BDARs) being required for minor developments such as single dwellings or small subdivisions. […]
