Artists invited to submit works for BAMM’s Regional Art Fair

BANK Art Museum Moree is proud to announce the relaunch of the BAMM Regional Art Fair – opening Thursday, September at 5.30pm – and reminds artists and creatives they can submit artwork up until next Monday, August 25. The Regional Art Fair brings together professional artists and galleries from across New South Wales and beyond [...]

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Free Diabetes Shared Care program available in Moree

A free program is making it easier for people in Moree to access specialist diabetes care, right in their own community. The HealthWISE Diabetes Shared Care program brings together a large team of health professionals such as diabetes educators, podiatrists, dietitians and exercise physiologists, to provide co-ordinated care, tailored to individual needs. Program care manager [...]

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Daniel Mortimer: From the NRL to life in the vineyards

SWITCHING from professional rugby league to the wine industry was a big sidestep for Daniel Mortimer – but the former NRL star is loving every minute of it. Mortimer now helps run the family vineyard at Orange – Mortimers Wines – and has been locked in as guest speaker at the Moree Race Club’s huge [...]

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Emerging TAFE NSW Moree artists showcase culture and identity at BAMM

A powerful new exhibition featuring four emerging artists who share their deep connections to country is now open at Bank Art Museum Moree following its launch last month. Lines of Land, Patterns of Self marks the debut of talented artists Janice ‘Genus’ Giffin, David ‘Crockett’ Craigie, Glenda Nicholls and George See – all who have [...]

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Moree Masons and Whiddon rekindle old ties with AED donation

THE deep connection between aged-care provider Whiddon and Freemasonry goes back nearly 80 years in Australia. And that decades-old relationship was rekindled on Tuesday when Moree Whiddon donated an Automated External Defibrillator to Lodge Courallie to house at Moree Masonic Hall. The Frank Whiddon Masonic Homes of NSW was founded in 1947, and established by [...]

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Rising Sun Film Society presents Academy Award winner Conclave August 17

CARDINAL Thomas Lawrence is tasked with one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – the selection of a new pope. Surrounded by powerful religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church. Rising Sun Film [...]

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Annual Fiesta returns to Tamworth

THE New England’s largest multicultural festival, Fiesta La Peel, returns to Tamworth on Saturday, October 18 at Bicentennial Park. Entering its 12th year, Fiesta La Peel continues to grow, and aims to bring people from various cultural backgrounds together, to celebrate, share and learn about Tamworth’s multicultural community. More than 100 nationalities will be celebrated, [...]

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Healthy Harold wows the kids at Jellicoe Park

HUNDREDS of children – and their parents and carers – did plenty of after-school laps with Healthy Harold at Jellicoe Park on Tuesday as part of Life Ed NSW’s annual festival of health and colour run. Life Ed NSW is Australia’s largest non-government provider of drug and health education to children and young people, and [...]

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Sasha at Dipper’s Garden Centre in Moree has springtime planting sorted

SPRING is just around the corner, and Sasha Andersen at Dipper’s Home Timber and Hardware’s extensive garden centre has just what all green thumbs – and emerging green thumbs – are looking for at this time of year. As the weather warms up, and springtime rapidly approaches, now is the perfect time to be in [...]

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Gather for Gwydir an important fundraiser for Gwydir Industries

A huge fundraising experience for Moree’s best-loved organisation will be held at Tarrawingee Farm, west of Moree, on Friday, August 22. Gather for Gwydir: Empowering the Next Generation Through Opportunity will raise much-needed funds for Gwydir Industries, a vitally important group established in Moree more than 60 years ago. Gwydir Industries provides employment training and [...]

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