Work underway on the new stage.
Work underway on the new stage. The completed stage hosting the new piano. MUSICIANS playing the Craven Creek Music Festival on 13 and 14 September will ply their trade on a newly built stage. News Of The Area reported last month that this year’s festival will feature piano music for the first time, after the […]
Mrs Jessie Fisher cuts her cakes.
Mrs Jessie Fisher cuts her cakes. Dungog’s newest centenarian Mrs Jessie Fisher. Member of the Fisher family. Partygoers at the 100th birthday celebration. AROUND 60 family and friends of Mrs Jessie Fisher gathered to celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday. It was a joyous occasion with Dungog’s Uniting Church Hall filled with smiling faces and […]
Tea cosies abound at Dungog Tea Party.
Tea cosies abound at Dungog Tea Party. The James Theatre advertising the Dungog Tea Party. DUNGOG’S much-loved Tea Party is steeping in excitement, with a full program of events, competitions, and workshops set to take over town this September. A highlight of the festivities is the ever-popular Tea Cosy and Trivet Competition, with entries closing […]
Arts Society committee member Lynne McNairn performing with Martyn Robinson.
Even Poppy the dog told a story or two at Gig in the Gog Arts Society committee member Lynne McNairn performing with Martyn Robinson. MUSICIANS, singers, storytellers and audience members attended the last Gig in the Gog at Dungog Arts Society’s 266 Dowling Street premises on Sunday afternoon. Gig in the Gog is a twice-monthly, […]
Craig Lyons, aka ‘Captain Bluetongue’, with some of the workshop participants.
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.
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.
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 […]
Anna Crane from Dungog Wholefood Coop hosting at the CWA.
Anna Crane from Dungog Wholefood Coop hosting at the CWA. Matthew Coxhill from Fishtail Solutions hosting at Rocking Chair Farm. The James Theatre hosting ‘Rachel’s Farm’. Rachel Ward and Alan Smith at The James Theatre. Festivalgoers at Thrive Fest. Talks at Thrive Festival. DUNGOG’S inaugural Thrive Field & Flavour Festival has been hailed a resounding […]
Python on a Wire 2024 by Sarah-Jane Eggins.
PHOTOGRAPHERS of all skill levels, from emerging talents to seasoned hobbyists and professionals, are invited to take part in the 2025 Pix from the Stix competition hosted by the Gloucester Arts and Cultural Council (GACCI). Initiated by local resident Gary Lyford, the competition has been running for 25 years and continues to celebrate the photographic […]
Allan Waldon (centre) with Joshua Gilbert (President, Wingham Beef Week) and Chris Black (General Manager, Wingham Beef Exports). Picture: supplied.
BARRINGTON beef farmer Allan Waldon, received top placings in Wingham Beef Week for four unled steers. The week-long program focused on the beef cattle industry and was held at the Wingham Showgrounds between 12-16 May – before the town was flooded. “This year we had a record number of entries,” Vice President Mat Knox told […]
