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Bucketts Way Neighbourhood Group celebrates staff achievements

BUCKETTS Way Neighbourhood Group (BWNG) recognised the hard work, dedication, and professional growth of its team members with a special Award Night at Club Gloucester, on Thursday, 7 August, coinciding with National Aged Care Workers Day. The evening brought together staff, trainees, volunteers and community members to honour the work undertaken by trainees and the […]

Community, Government, School

Exciting Vision for Gloucester High School

GLOUCESTER High School’s strategic improvement plans were on the agenda during a recent visit by Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Small Business Emily Suvaal. Ms Suvaal MLC met Acting Principal Mik Wisely, the school’s captains and members of the community, to discuss future infrastructure investment. The visit was organised in collaboration with the Gloucester High […]

Business, Community

Funding program to support Gloucester Showground infrastructure upgrade

GLOUCESTER Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Association Incorporated has secured $36,000 from the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership (CBP) program, with 2025 funding for the Upper Hunter Electorate announced last week. The funds will support the Gloucester Showground infrastructure upgrade, which will put existing overhead power lines underground and relocate a building to replace an unsafe […]

Community, School

Community comes together for a fundraising movie night at St Joseph’s

FIFTY-FIVE people gathered for a fun-filled movie night fundraiser for St Joseph’s Primary School on Saturday, 26 July. The event, which was open to the whole community, offered an opportunity for families to come together in support of the school. Attendees enjoyed a screening of The Wild Robot while munching on popcorn, with plenty of […]

Community, Health

Loneliness Awareness Week

LONELINESS is recognised as an important public health issue, although it is something that is not often openly discussed. This week, 4-10 August, is Loneliness Awareness Week. “Loneliness Awareness Week shines a spotlight on the shared experience of loneliness and calls on all Australians, including individuals, communities, workplaces, education and government to take action to […]

Community

Chance to explore one of Stroud’s best-kept secrets

LOCALS will have a unique opportunity to explore one of Stroud’s best-kept secrets at a special three-part open day event at the mud brick monastery on Saturday 30 August. Nestled in the bush beside the Stroud Golf Club on Bucketts Way, down St Claires Road, the monastery, often dubbed the “Assisi of the South”, will […]

Community

Billabong Park Footbridge reopened

THE Billabong Park Footbridge has finally been reopened, having been damaged during a flood event in 2021. In the years that followed, there was a lengthy delay with the insurance process. The tender for the replacement of the bridge was awarded late last year to Jacobs Building who have now completed the work. MidCoast Council’s […]

Community

‘Spirit of the Bush’ competition returns to celebrate life on the land

RURAL Aid has launched the sixth annual Spirit of the Bush Photo Competition, inviting Upper Hunter residents to share striking images that capture the strength, resilience, and beauty of life on the land. Running from 14 July to 31 August 2025, the much-loved competition provides a powerful platform for rural and regional Australians to tell […]

Community, School

From Gloucester High School to a Qantas cockpit

ANY Gloucester local catching a Qantas Airbus 330 out of Sydney to Tokyo, Manilla, Singapore, Hong Kong or Bangalore might recognise the familiar voice of Second Officer Karly Hawkins. Both of Karly’s parents grew up in Gloucester, and although Karly was born in Newcastle in 1993, the family moved back to this area when she […]

Community

Gloucester poet Alison Gorman launches first collection

NEW Gloucester resident Alison Gorman has released her first collection of poetry, titled “A Woman Speaks To Her Tongue”. Alison has previously had poems published in journals including Meanjin, Cordite Poetry Review, Contrapasso and Southerly. In 2016, she won the Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize, and in 2023 was awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship. “Spectacular” was […]