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Education and Arts
TWO years ago, Moree Secondary College student Amber Muller had never heard of Pulse Alive – until MSC arts co-ordination officer, Leigh Carroll, encouraged her to perform at Pulse Moree. Pulse Alive is a vibrant celebration of creativity, connection and opportunity in the performing arts, and showcases thousands of singers, dancers, actors and musicians from New [...]
Community Theatre
THE galaxies have become a whole lot louder – and a lot more scandalous – with the news Moree Arts Community Theatre will take to the stage at Moree Services Club this week with a brand new offering. Robots+Rockets, directed by the possibly unhinged Stevie Drenkhahn, is full of high-voltage hedonism, sci-fi sass and high-energy [...]
Regal Visit
THE next time state pollies invite the NSW Governor, Her Excellency Margaret Beazley, to their Macquarie Street premises, they better be on their best behaviour. Her Excellency and her husband, Dennis Wilson, were in Moree last week for a three-day tour of the region, and called into Chalky’s Boxing Gym to catch up with one [...]
Harmony on the Plains
HARMONY on the Plains on Friday brought a huge and diverse audience to Moree Public School with equally diverse and cultural entertainment, including the powerful Lichi Percussion and Chili Drums ensemble. The group, from Sydney and the Newcastle regions, showcased the history and meaning of time-honoured West African rhythms. And audience participation plays a big [...]
Health and Wellbeing
Paul has always been a morning person. At 71, the retired engineer enjoys jazz music, family life, and looking after his grandchildren and has been married to Heather for nearly 50 years. Paul never imagined that an ordinary event would change everything. On August 24 last year, Paul suffered a cardiac arrest during a community [...]
The Welcome Experience
CULTURES and communities came together on the grounds of Moree Public School on Friday afternoon to celebrate Harmony on the Plains, an initiative delivered by the Welcome Experience and Moree Plains Shire Council as part of Harmony Week celebrations across Australia. Harmony on the Plains featured the Lichi Percussion and Chili Drums ensemble, showcasing the [...]
It’s Showtime!
THE countdown is on for one of the north-west’s most anticipated community events of the year, with the 2026 Moree Show set to deliver two full days of entertainment, competition and good, old-fashioned country hospitality when the gates swing back on April 10-11. The historic Moree Show, first held in 1874, remains one of the [...]
Regional Tourism
A new event is set to bring stalls, music and family and kids’ activities to the heart of Bingara, with the inaugural Bingara Easter Markets locked in for April 5 – Easter Sunday – at Bingara’s undercover basketball courts on Cunningham Street between 10am and 2pm. Stall-holders are now being invited to submit interest in [...]
Regal Visit
IN 10 short years, a group called Young Aggies has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local organisations as well as facilitate agricultural scholarships in the Moree region. On Thursday, Young Aggies hosted the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Margaret Beazley, and her husband, Dennis Wilson, at Moree Town and Country Club, [...]
Our Community
AWARD-winning author and illustrator Sami Bayly was in Moree during the week as part of LitUp live literature, a pilot program from not-for-profit initiative Australia Reads that aims to bring authors directly to regional communities. Ms Bayly hosted school workshops and children’s art classes, and showcased her books, which focus on the weird and wonderful [...]
