Hunter Local Land Services are running practical livestock and pasture insight workshops to help prepare herds and flocks for spring joining. Photo: NSW Local Land Services.
Expert advice and neighbourly support offered at local livestock roadshow
FOR livestock producers across the Stroud and Wootton districts, spring is one of the busiest and most important times of the farming calendar, making preparation now the key to success over the months ahead. To help local graziers get ready, NSW Local Land Services (LLS) is hosting two Livestock Roadshow: Spring Joining Preparations workshops, bringing […]
Getting started.
Gloucester parkrun an attraction for first-timers and families
Father and son. Getting started. AFTER the frost of the week before, the crowd of 41 finishers was happy to bask in 7 degrees for the start of the 269th Gloucester parkrun last Saturday. Joining the locals were visitors from Newcastle, Central Coast and Brisbane. First male home was Oscar Evans, with Kate Richards the […]
Julie Kriss, Judy Sheely and Val Smith.
Gloucester Lady Bowls results
ONCE again a lovely warm winter day welcomed the ladies for three games of social play at Gloucester Bowling Club with the selectors issuing a novel challenge. Bowlers were charged with the task of counting the bowls of those who were closest the ditch without rolling into the same on each end. Two games of […]
Sharing views about renewables. Photo: Sonja Duncan.
Gloucester community explores renewable energy through respectful dialogue
WHEN it comes to renewable energy, Gloucester residents know there are plenty of opinions – but a community workshop on Sunday, July 26th proved there’s also a strong appetite for respectful conversation and reliable information. Residents from across the Gloucester region joined others from Hawks Nest and the Mid North Coast for the Yes2Renewables workshop […]
Sienna records personal best in top flight company
WALLAWONG’s Sienna Newton soared to a new personal best in the Women’s Long Jump T38 Final during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to finish fifth in a quality international field. The 19-year-old, a product of the Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre, endured a long journey to represent her nation in the green and gold. According to […]
Alison Windeyer, Lesly Harrison.
Harrison Wins Women’s Golf
IT WAS a small field for the Gloucester Golf Ladies last Wednesday, 29 July, although those who ventured out in the crisp morning air enjoyed a day of warm sunshine and some great scores with Lesly Harrison leading the field. The event was an Individual Stableford event and Lesly Harrison was on fire, racking up […]
Greg Young, Derek Wand.
Young Visitor Wins Vets Golf
THE weather was at its best for a mid-winter day at the Gloucester Golf Club on Tuesday 21 July for the Veteran Golfers regular outing, one in which visitor Greg Young took the top honour and its associated trophy home to Kurri. The event was an Individual Stableford sponsored by Anne and Derek Wand with […]
Daren Yates, Ryan Yates, Dave Robbins, Ben Veitch.
Robbins, Veitch in Four Ball Golf Win
IT WAS a fine, sunny and warm winter’s day on Saturday 25 July, at the Gloucester Golf Club with Dave Robbinsd and Ben Veitch showing the way on a great day for golf even with the course playing a little on the heavy side. The event was a Four Ball Aggregate Stableford sponsored by the […]
Aboriginal traditional dancing workshop led by Murrook Culture Centre staff. Photo: Rachel Barry.
Stroud Community comes together to celebrate NAIDOC Week
Estelle Leishman demonstrating how to use ochre as paint. Photo: Rachel Barry. Aboriginal traditional dancing workshop led by Murrook Culture Centre staff. Photo: Rachel Barry. Uncle Justin Ridgeway sharing the Dreaming story of Yapii the platypus. Photo: Rachel Barry. Uncle Justin Ridgeway with children Connor and Charli during the smoking ceremony. Photo: Rachel Barry. STROUD’S […]
