Lifestyle coverage
Regional Tourism
NARRABRI is gearing up for one of its most anticipated events of the year, with NarraBRIGHT set to light up the town on Friday, March 14. Locals and visitors can expect a dazzling evening of art, music, performances and stunning light displays, all coming together to celebrate the creativity and community spirit of the town. [...]
Seniors’ Week
MORE than 50 people enjoyed morning tea and bingo at Pius X community hall on Monday to launch Seniors’ Week in Moree. Coles and Woolworth vouchers, petrol cards, and meat trays and fruit and vegetable trays were won and collected as bingo master Ned Knox called out the numbers. Events co-ordinator Lorraine Bartel said the [...]
Ricochet Project
MOREE Plains Shire Council will provide communities across the Moree Plains Shire with a series of free entertainment in March as part of the Ricochet Community Recovery series, designed to foster social recovery and connection. The What a Relief! Community Recovery Tour is guaranteed to provide just that – and much more –when multi-award-winning comedian, [...]
Animal Welfare
THE RSPCA has announced that after three decades of communities coming together to fight animal cruelty through the Million Paws Walk, this year will be the final edition of the national event. With the help of up to 1.6 million paws – that’s 400,000 super-pooches – and more than 750,000 super-humans, the Million Paws Walk [...]
Golden Anniversary
A snap decision in the 1950s to move from the city to the bush and take up a life on the land near Collarenebri was the start of a Moree real-estate legacy that endures to this day. Maybe it was a Banjo Paterson moment for John Atkins. One minute, he was sitting in his dingy [...]
Moree's Got Talent
WHEN Lamonay Brown wrote her first song at the age of eight, she knew where she wanted to be in life – on a stage, singing professionally and entertaining people. Now 21, Lamonay is well on her way to achieving that goal. She smiles when she recalls that first tune. “It was a song about [...]
Regional News
INVERELL Shire Council mayor Kate Dight welcomed community members to a “soft” opening of the state-of-the-art Inverell Aquatic Centre early Thursday. The impressive $25 million complex has been nearly two years in the making, and replaces 70-year-old infrastructure that has reached or exceeded its design life. “The soft opening was great, and I was surprised [...]
Health and Education
MENOPAUSE, a life-phase affecting 50 per cent of the population, was the focus of discussion at a forum in Moree last week. The demand for menopause education was evident when the event series launched to a full house at Tamworth last year. Seats for the Moree forum, held at the Moree Town and Country Club, [...]
Our Community
MOREE businesses have again opened their collective hearts and generously donated more than 50 raffle prizes worth thousands of dollars to be drawn at Moree Public School’s Supporting the Now, Paving the Future Long Lunch at Moree racecourse on Saturday. School P&C Association president Casey O’Hara is overwhelmed by the response. “We have had a [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI mayor Lawrence Springborg is calling for Telstra to urgently investigate mobile connectivity issues in the Goondiwindi region following a worsening service after the 3G shutdown. His call for action comes as many residents report poor service following the closure of the 3G network in October last year, leaving many with unreliable coverage. “I am [...]
