Council preparing to plant the mature Brush box trees at Captain Cook Park. Photo: Supplied. Watering a recently planted tree. Photo: Supplied. Row of planted shade trees. Photo: Supplied. AT its Darwin Convention in 2024, Lions Australia voted to establish an environmental project spanning the nation. The Green Canopy Environment Project will run until at […]
Aqua classes still going strong. Photo: Julie Reay.
Aqua classes still going strong. Photo: Julie Reay. Dance moves in the pool in the 1980s. Photo: Maureen Tiogas. AQUA aerobics classes have recommenced at Gloucester Olympic Pool, much to the delight of those who enjoy their exercise buoyant. Health researchers explain that exercising in water comes with several benefits. Standing in waist-deep water reduces […]
President Judy, right, welcomes new members. Photo: Supplied.
LACK of educational opportunity is often associated with poverty, and education plays a significant role in breaking the poverty cycle, research has shown. It’s a fact recognised by organisations such as the Smith Family, which had its genesis at Christmas in 1922. Five businessmen delivered sweets and toys to an orphanage. When the matron asked […]
Yama owner, Jules Kitchener and Forest of Play owner, Anna Watts celebrate the opening of their neighbouring stores at 51 Church Street, Gloucester. Photo: Sonja Duncan. Forest of Play owner Ana Watts in the shop’s new space, designed as a nostalgic and magical experience for children and adults alike. Photo: Sonja Duncan. Yama’s eclectic range […]
AFTER a horrific couple of days of motor vehicle accidents on Bucketts Way south of Gloucester, a recent NSW Parliamentary report seems more than timely. The worst of the accidents occurred when, according to police, a utility pulling a horse float rolled over, crashing into two motorcycles, killing one of the riders and critically injuring […]
Tommy before visiting the barber. Photo: Supplied. A new-look Tommy holding his shorn locks. Photo: Supplied. A YOUNG child’s first haircut is usually quite a significant, sometimes traumatic occasion. And not just for the child, but the parents too. However, almost four-year-old Tommy Mowbray’s first haircut on 25 September had a much wider impact because, […]
Vana Ford (left) and Stephanie Smith at a WRAP block printing workshop. Photo: Supplied.
Vana Ford (left) and Stephanie Smith at a WRAP block printing workshop. Photo: Supplied. Chris Wood (left), Kerri Cains and Jo Davidson work on a prop for a WRAP performance. Photo: Supplied. ARTISTS from the Wauchope region are bringing their work, their stories and one very large fly to Gloucester Gallery next month. Threads of […]
The Newcastle-based 620 class Rail Motor is heading to Dungog to raise money to fight childhood dementia. Photo: Rail Motor Society Paterson.
The Newcastle-based 620 class Rail Motor is heading to Dungog to raise money to fight childhood dementia. Photo: Rail Motor Society Paterson. Expansive windows on 620 class Rail Motor trains offer passengers panoramic views. Photo: Rail Motor Society Paterson. DUNGOG shire residents have been invited to join a carriage-load of big-hearted Hunter Valley train lovers […]
LOCAL citizen historian Dorothy Kirk turned 92 in September. She has a trove of stories, having spent all but three years of her long life in the Gloucester region. Ms Kirk attended Stratford Primary School and Gloucester Central School before attending Methodist Ladies’ College as a boarder for three years. “I remember being terribly homesick […]
IN November 2024 NOTA reported that the old Gloucester Machinery property, opposite Billabong Park in Denison Street, had become Crown Land, and that the site was being investigated for contamination. The site was used as a service station until about 16 years ago and has underground fuel storage tanks. Crown Lands indicated at the time […]
