Architectural drawings of the new centre. Photos: supplied. Architectural drawings of the new centre. Photos: supplied. THE 2025 review of childcare by the Australian Healthcare and Social Infrastructure Group highlights the urgent need for more high-quality childcare centres. It found that the demand for childcare services has surged, far outpacing the development of new facilities. […]
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 […]
Volunteer Juanita. Glenn and Amber. Donated food. Jamie with donated vegetables. THE International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) was observed on September 29, 2025. Organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the day highlights the critical need to reduce food loss and waste to […]
THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) awareness week held earlier this month promoted the benefits of seasonal eating. It highlighted the importance of reducing food waste and advocated for the introduction of a national “Food Donation Tax Incentive”. Gloucester CWA President Anne Williamson said seasonal food is “often fresher and harvested at its peak”. “The fresher […]
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 […]
DID you know the special silicon-based insulation serving as the primary heat shield for the Space Shuttle orbiter sheds heat so rapidly that one side can be held in bare hands while the other side is red hot? Did you know the International Space Station loses about 25 metres of altitude per day? Every three […]
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 […]
MIDCOAST Council has listened to pleas not to remove a few improvised dirt bike jumps in Gloucester District Park. After the recent floods, Greg Germon, who regularly rides his bike in the park, thought it would be a great idea if some of the loose soil was made into bike jumps to be used by […]
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 […]
