AFTER many failed attempts, the Gloucester Business Chamber has at last been successful in forming a management committee. In March this year, News Of The Area reported that, after 99 years, the Chamber faced several significant problems and was facing closure. A public meeting on 28 March allowed members of the community to express their […]
Brendon Murray finished the Individual Stableford with an A-grade victory.
IT WAS Brendon Murray who was the day’s top performer at the Gloucester Golf Course on Saturday 15 August with an individual score three points ahead of the field. The day’s event, played in picture book conditions, was an Individual Stableford. The winner in A grade was Brendon Murray with 39 Stableford points; runner up […]
Gai Falla, Joe Farugia, Derek Bardwell.
IT WAS fabulous golfing weather and conditions on Tuesday, 11 August, for the Gloucester Veteran Golfers with Vets captain Gai Falla combining with Derek Bardwell for a close Four Ball win. The event was a Four Ball Aggregate Stableford sponsored by Joe Farugia. The winners were Gai Falla and Derek Bardwell with a combined 67 […]
Be quick - last time this program ran, all available washing machines were snapped up within a week. Image: pvproductions on Magnific.
IF you have a top-loading washing machine and are a pensioner, veteran, social housing tenant or part of a low-income household, you may be eligible to trade your machine in for a brand new 8kg water and energy-efficient front-loader for just $250. The NSW Government’s Washing Machine Exchange Program is back with another 6,000 discounted […]
Indigenous art- inspired Bucketts Way Community of Schools mural. Recipients of Outstanding Program Award GPS Rock Band sings Beds are Burning. Alison Penfold, Member for Lyne, presenting an award. School Captains Blake Walker and Brodie Taylor. BUCKETTS Way Community of Schools held a Recognition Assembly on Wednesday 5 August in Gloucester High School Hall as […]
REGIONAL Australians are calling for the Federal Government to act now on domestic mobile phone roaming and take their connectivity concerns seriously. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into domestic mobile roaming but says regional communities should not have to wait for better connectivity. Domestic roaming […]
Linda Trudgeon. Photo: Supplied by Linda Trudgeon. Sonja Duncan. Photo: Supplied by Sonja Duncan. ARTS Gloucester is hosting a very special fundraising event on Saturday, 22 August, between 2pm and 5pm in the CWA hall in Church Street. Facilitator Julie Lyford will interview author Maura Luxford and local writers about their journeys as authors, the […]
MORE than 90 per cent of Myall Coast residents who responded to a recent survey on gambling advertising supported stronger restrictions and tougher reform. Almost one in three respondents said they, or a member of their family, had been negatively affected by gambling. The survey, conducted by Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold MP, was […]
CAROLE Rinkin didn’t imagine that learning to wire and shape complex sugar flower decorations for her wedding cakes would take her down a different path. She became intrigued with the art of wiring flowers, studying the way petals and leaves formed in nature. When NSW Floral Art Association life member Margaret Higgins of Nowendoc formed […]
