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THE Lions Club in Moree was founded in 1954, and will next month celebrate 70 years’ active service to the town and district at a special lunch at Moree Services Club. The November 16 midday event marks seven decades of fundraising and community engagement by a local organisation formed when Jim Wilde and Alf Sadlier [...]
New Hub
THE word Bamara means “helper, friend and companion” in the Yolngu language in Arnhem Land, and the hands of friendship were extended further on Wednesday when Bamara Moree opened its new hub on Balo Street. Bamara, an NDIS service provider, relocated from smaller premises in the Max Centre, and owner David Liddiard and CEO Lesley [...]
Relocation Assistance
THE Welcome Experience is a step closer to being rolled out across the Moree Plains, with the announcement Fiona Kennedy will start as the new local connector. The Welcome Experience is a free, concierge-style service supporting essential workers and their families to feel more at home in their new community through personalised support, local information [...]
Bamara Moree
MOREE services organisation Bamara has relocated to new premises, and the entire community is invited to the grand opening next week. Bamara, a joint venture between the David Liddiard Group and Asuria, is an Indigenous-owned business delivering social impact programs to Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Owner and NRL great, David Liddiard, will officially open the [...]
Health and Fitness
MOREE is lacing up and stepping up, with the month-long Moree Muscle Muster well under way. More than 250 people connected to 22 local businesses and organisations have signed up for the month of September to do battle in the sixth running of the popular health and fitness competition. Moree Muscle Muster is co-ordinated by [...]
Jellicoe Park
MOREE Plains Shire Council, with the support of Namoi-Gwydir Rural Fire Service and the NSW SES North Western Zone, will host a free Recovery and Resilience Day from 10am until 2pm at Jellicoe Park on Saturday, September 21. The event will bring together emergency service organisations, as well as government and non-government organisations, and connect [...]
Speed Shear
WITH any sort of luck, Ed might turn up at Pally to do a bit of shearin’. If he does, he’ll join more than 60 shearers competing for big dollars and trophies at the inaugural Pallamallawa Speed Shear on Saturday, September 28. The Pally Speed Shear, affiliated with the official New South Wales speed shear [...]
Jellicoe Park
RUOK? Day is Thursday, September 12, and Jellicoe Park in Moree will be the venue for a special twilight event to ask RUOK? Any Day. The event, scheduled between 5pm and 7pm, is being co-ordinated by a group of local volunteers headed up by Glen Crump, Blossom Pitt, Ann Holden and Jenee Smith. “A small [...]
Photo Gallery
THE annual St Philomena’s Catholic School Spring Fair looms large, and the school P&F invites the entire Moree community, visitors and tourists to its biggest fundraiser of the year. The Spring Fair on Sunday, September 22, will have something for everyone, including tombola, a bottle stall, cake and plant stalls, and trash ‘n’ treasure. Do [...]
Health
NSW Health Pathology and Hunter New England Local Health District have assured the Moree community high-quality pathology services will still be available when testing and collection services are transferred from St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Limited (SydPath). From Monday, September 10, 2024, pathology collection services will temporarily relocate from Moree’s Frome St Collection Centre to Moree [...]
