THE Gloucester Uniting Church raised $1,500 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service through a charity auction last month. The auction was organised by the church’s lady parishioners, with their husbands’ support. “Our church is very committed to supporting the Gloucester community,” said auctioneer Bob Tebbet, noting the vital nature of the helicopter service. “Whilst auction […]
OCTOBER is Mental Health Awareness Month and Barrington’s Adrian Rovere is on a mission to lift the burden of mental health for young men. Known locally as “the Sheriff”, Adrian is taking on the “Lift the Load Challenge”, an annual fundraising campaign run by the Top Blokes Foundation – a youth mental health charity founded […]
The 2023 CWA Breakfast team.
AFTER a year off, CWA Gloucester Evening Branch is once again inviting the local community to start their week with kindness, as well as a delicious cooked breakfast, when the club hosts its annual fundraiser for local cancer support organisations. The event will be held on Monday 20 October from 7:30am to 10:30am at the […]
Alison Gorman jotting down the children’s ideas The children hard at work creating their stories ANYONE wanting to find another word for “went” might head for Google or Chat GPT where they might find 20 to 30 synonyms , but few people are likely to think of asking a group of Gloucester primary school students. […]
Pastor Luke Hester with one of the crocheted beanies.
THURSDAY 25 September was the end of term for the Craft Group at the Gloucester Baptist Church, a community program that has been running for 31 years. Turning 32 in October, the group began with members making Christmas decorations, cookies and cakes. New member Jasmine Wong walked into the Craft Group soon after the second […]
Wind players on stage. Photo: supplied
Bernadette Harvey, Dimity Hall and Julian Smiles. Photo: supplied. Wind players on stage. Photo: supplied A gatecrasher enjoying the music. Photo: supplied. THOSE organising a chamber music concert in an old tin shed in a cow paddock adjacent to a creek might be ready for some flooded crossings, or for the occasional snake, possum or […]
Rehearsal underway. Carol Bennett plays a woman in love from the late 1950s talking to the audience about a picnic. QUESTION: When is a stage production, with actors performing in front of an audience, not a play? Answer: When it’s a production of “Monologue Project” by Gloucester Arts and Cultural Council (GACCI). This stage production, […]
Selve at Abbey Road: (L-R) Locki, Reece, Creation, Michael, Liam and Scott. Photo: Josh Tate.
Selve at Abbey Road: (L-R) Locki, Reece, Creation, Michael, Liam and Scott. Photo: Josh Tate. Gloucester’s Reece Bowden. Photo: Josh Tate. REECE Bowden has grown up surrounded by music. “Family get-togethers always included someone bringing out a guitar for a sing-along,” he told News Of The Area. It wasn’t until his mid-teens that Reece realised […]
THE Gloucester Arts and Cultural Council (GACCI) and Gloucester Creatives are providing opportunities for young people to engage in creative activities during the upcoming school holidays. GACCI, in partnership with Inkling Writing Studios, is hosting a creative writing workshop for students aged 8 to 12 years. The workshop will be held over two mornings on […]
‘Bird’. Photo: Julie Slavin.
‘Bird’. Photo: Julie Slavin. Gemma Cross and her creations. Photo: Julie Slavin. WINGHAM artist Gemma Cross has been practising the art of needle felting for over 15 years. Needle felting is a relatively new practice; originating in the 1980s when American artists David and Eleanor Stanwood adapted industrial felting techniques. They used a single barbed […]
