Team Bowden, the victors.
A LATE-season surge enabled Team Bowden – comprising Tom Maggs, Phil Bowden, Aaron Kelly and Andrew Laurie – to claim the honours in the recently completed men’s tennis competition. Sitting third for much of the competition, Bowdens only scraped into the final with a convincing last-round win over Team Gazecki enough to propel them into […]
Eve with a few of her favourite things - eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham.
Eve with a few of her favourite things – eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham. Freckle, the sick little bird who grew up and identified as a homing pigeon, with his rescuer. Photo: Angus Cheetham. EVE Nesmith has been named Editor of News Of The Area, the family-owned independent local […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coopernook and Lansdowne Forest History (CALF) Group, in conjunction with the Mid North Coast Country Music Association, will soon present its annual Country Music Fundraising Weekend. This will be held at Forest Headquarters in the Coopernook State Forest, on Forest Road Coopernook, on August 9 and 9, 2026. There […]
Horse and cart rides down the main street.
The U3A ukulele band strumming tunes. Excited children in their Christmas outfits. Horse and cart rides down the main street. THE number joining the festivities for Gloucester’s first Christmas exceeded all expectations. From 9am on Saturday 11 July, the main street was packed with both locals and visitors, who were able to enjoy music from […]
Hugh Torode, Peter McIntyre.
IT was a miserable drizzly day on Tuesday 7 July for the Gloucester Veteran Golfers regular outing, though not sufficiently so to prevent an outstanding win by Peter McIntyre, a full five points ahead of his nearest rival. The event, sponsored by Hugh Torode, was an Individual Stableford and the winner with a handsome 38 […]
The kids also thrive when they’re out in the paddock with the chooks. Photo: Supplied.
The kids also thrive when they’re out in the paddock with the chooks. Photo: Supplied. Healthy chooks at Barrington Brahmas free-ranging in the sunshine. Photo: Supplied. FREE-ranging heritage chickens are more than a hobby for Barrington Brahmas owner Melissa Hunt, who says every bird has its own personality and an important role in the flock. […]
Jo Richardson, Cheryl Goodrich
THE sun shone for much of the morning when the Gloucester Golf Ladies played a Four Ball Better Ball event on Wednesday, 8 July, with Dale Rabbett and Gai Falla winning the day. The good weather was reflected in the scores, with the Four Ball winners Dale Rabbett and Gai Falla combining well to score […]
Saturday’s event got off to a cold and foggy start.
Saturday’s event got off to a cold and foggy start. A pile of shed winter woolies grew as participants warmed up. Warren Hardy, who competed in the 85-89 years age group. THE town and the parkrun course were blanketed in fog for the 266th Gloucester parkrun last Saturday. The air did not clear until after […]
ONE Stroud resident who regularly drives south on the Bucketts Way has decided that enough is enough when it comes to the state of both the Bucketts Way and Medowie intersections with the Pacific Highway, and is calling for the community to show its support for urgent government action. NOTA reported in March on the […]
