Local News
4:00 AM AEDT | Creative approaches to teaching, outstanding efforts in student outcomes and innovative achievements in school management have been recognised in this year’s Australian Awards for Teaching Excellence, presented in Canberra last week by the Minister for Education, Julia Gillard
4:00 AM AEDT | Students from Kentucky, Woolbrook and Yarrowitch schools were among more than 4,000 NSW public school students who took to the Concert Hall stage of the Sydney Opera House last month
4:00 AM AEDT | THE Lions Club of Walcha donated $3600 towards the Relay for Life to bring the fundraising tally for last month’s event to about $70,000
4:00 AM AEDT | A THIEF was disturbed breaking into the Walcha Sports Club at about 1.30am last Friday morning
4:00 AM AEDT | Riverview Hostel hosted a morning tea last Thursday to celebrate the contribution carers make to the community
4:00 AM AEDT | Aerial patrols of power lines in the region began this week as part of an annual inspection program
23 Oct 09 | The Rotary Club of Walcha held its fifth annual Bush Poetry night at the golf club last weekend to raise money for the Rotary International program - Polio Plus
23 Oct 09 | Now that Spring has sprung in Walcha, be on the look-out for exterminators clothed in spots around your garden
23 Oct 09 | The Aboriginal community of Summervale has upgraded water and sewerage systems thanks to funding from the joint State Government and Aboriginal Land Council (NSW ALC) water and sewerage program
23 Oct 09 | Lions Club of Walcha celebrated its 52nd birthday dinner last Saturday night at the Walcha Bowling Club
23 Oct 09 | Local diving competitor John Payne has won a silver medal in the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games
23 Oct 09 | For the third year running, Casey Stoner has won the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island in front of a crowd of nearly 51,000
02 Oct 09 | Walcha Central School has been announced the recipient of a $50,000 Schools First Local Impact Award
02 Oct 09 | Daylight saving will start in Walcha and across NSW this Sunday at 2am, when clocks will be put forward one hour
02 Oct 09 | Walcha’s Tiger Moth, VH-PCB, was the first aeroplane used for the aerial spreading of superphosphate in Australia
02 Oct 09 | Police are urging local and visiting footy fans attending the National Aboriginal Rugby League Association Knockout in Armidale (NARLA) to be on their best behaviour
02 Oct 09 | In spite of the dreadful weather and dusty winds one hundred NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer firefighters from Walcha, Armidale, Guyra and Uralla gathered at the Walcha Showground last Saturday
02 Oct 09 | Rod’s mission is to make the roads safer for everyone
02 Oct 09 | Seventy-five keen gardeners made their way to the annual Walcha Garden Club (WGC) spring luncheon last weekend
18 Sep 09 | NSW Rural fire Service (RFS) volunteer fire fighters from Walcha, Uralla, Armidale and Guyra are gathering at the Walcha Showground on Saturday