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Festival of All Things Orange connects Paterson to its historic roots, and residents to each other

Paterson River Oranges, harvested by the bucketful. Photo: Elizabeth Cristo, Slow Food Hunter Valley. Madryn and Melissa, two Paterson locals who attended an orange garland-making workshop at the Hub & Harvest. Photo: Eleesha Pereira. A PATERSON service club has received almost $10,000 to capture shared local history and bring it to life, thanks to the […]

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Will Dungog Shire residents rally to support Childhood Dementia Initiative

WANTED: Dungog Shire residents to sit and watch The Castle at Dungog’s James Theatre to support the Childhood Dementia Initiative on Sunday, 8 November. The man behind the fund-raising rail journey from Newcastle to Dungog hopes shire residents will join 100 Newcastle train lovers booked to travel up the valley on an historic 620 class […]

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Want to win cash? Share the scenes and sounds of farming

First place in 2025: Sleeping on Cloud 9, by Kiana Waters. Photo: NFF. 2nd place in 2025: First Load at First Light, by Connor Smith. Photo: NFF. Runners-up, 2025: Harvest 25, by Jack Mckibbin. Photo: NFF. Runners-up: Threads of Gold, by Kellie Craft. Photo: NFF. Runners-up: We Grow Together, by Arlie Becker. Photo: NFF. THE […]

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Dungog trio win Australian Women’s Small Business Champion award

A LITTLE belief that two Dungog sisters and their mum could make something work, even when they didn’t quite know how, led them on a nine-year journey that culminated recently on the stage of the Fullerton Hotel in Sydney. Dungog’s Hidden Valley Clothing received the 2026 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion award for Specialised Retail […]

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Dungog’s Davey & Olsen closes after 107 years

The Davey & Olsen Garage as it was in the 1920s. Photo: Supplied. Davey & Olsen in 2018. Photo: Supplied. The view of Davey & Olsen from Dowling Street circa 1910. Photo: Supplied. Ford Regional Manager Haydn Oakes and Dungog’s Tim Olsen. Photo: Supplied. AFTER 107 years of serving Dungog and the surrounding district, Davey […]

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NEW BREED: Norval’s Wagyu beef farm in the Fosterton Valley

JAMES and Roz Norval have established their Hunter Valley Wagyu operation in the Fosterton Valley on their 200 acre property ,”Weemala”, on the Williams River. They also lease the historic “Dingadee” property next door, 600 acres of a once-prosperous dairy owned by the Bennett family. James is originally from South […]

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15th Dungog Rumble fuelled by shire’s generous community spirit

Rumble entries came in all shapes and sizes. Photo: Cindy Fisher. The Clark family was on hand for the presentation of the Bruce Clark Memorial Award to Nick Lean. Photo: Cindy Fisher. Thumbs up from Rumble president Malcolm Marquet for long-time sponsor and committee member Martin Throsby, who received a framed Rumble poster to acknowledge […]

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Dungog By Design celebrates a decade of fostering the shire’s artistic spirit

IN 2016, a small group of artists came together to share a vision of a space that could support and nurture Dungog Shire’s creative spirit. Ten years on, that modest dream is Dungog By Design, a ground-breaking, not-for-profit artisan collective that’s become a pillar of the local cultural landscape. “Over the last decade, Dungog By […]

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Graze and Grow offers a how-to roadmap for boosting income from Hunter Valley farms – of any size

MONEY-MAKING side hustles aren’t just for people who are clever with computers. They’re for farmers too. Even those with barely enough land to call a farm. People like Brett Cooper, whose 0.4ha (one acre) property in the Stroud Valley may be small, but is now a thriving business. Limestone Permaculture was born of a desire […]

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Paterson’s Valentia Lodge – the Henrys’ lush labour of love

Judy and Mal Henry spent 35 years creating the green oasis that is Paterson’s Valentia Lodge. There were lots of bare paddocks before the Henrys created the forests, lake and wetlands at Valentia. Today, Valentia Lodge is visited and much admired by clubs and groups, including members of Gresford Landcare. IF you were to look […]