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FROM THE ARCHIVES : Access to town water continued to create excitement in September 1966.

Loans to restock after drought - September 1966 report

Blue Hogan

Guest speaker Jerry Coleby-Williams and Garden Clubs of Australia president George Hoad with Walcha Garden Club president- Lorna Egli, treasurer Margaret Cawley, secretary Diana Lisle and former president Julie Ireland and former treasurer Chris Hoy

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Jerry Coleby-Williams speaks at Walcha Garden Club Lunch: video and photos

Vanessa Arundale

ACM co-owner and executive chairman Antony Catalano said the Bendigo merger was "an example of the kind of decision-making that should go on in regional media".

Antony Catalano's merger deal to strengthen regional media

FLOWER GIRL: Julie Ireland in the Walcha Golf Club last Saturday following the unexpected announcement of her award. Fellow members say the Walcha Garden Club has grown well under her nurturing leadership.

Former Walcha Garden Club president awarded for gardening leadership and friendship

Vanessa Arundale

'It's our day, when we get to remember our fallen colleagues'

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'It's our day, when we get to remember our fallen colleagues'

Steve Green

Andy gets hometown reception

Andy gets hometown reception

Coogee Cross

UNCHARTED WATERS: Here's a chance for you catch up on the water issues facing out our region. Photo: Gareth Gardner 020119GGE15

Water Pressure podcast: Govt reveals your town's water D-Day

Newsroom

FROM THE ARCHIVES : Access to town water continued to create excitement in September 1966.

Loans to restock after drought - September 1966 report

Blue Hogan

Guest speaker Jerry Coleby-Williams and Garden Clubs of Australia president George Hoad with Walcha Garden Club president- Lorna Egli, treasurer Margaret Cawley, secretary Diana Lisle and former president Julie Ireland and former treasurer Chris Hoy

PHOTOS
Jerry Coleby-Williams speaks at Walcha Garden Club Lunch: video and photos

Vanessa Arundale

Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

REAL AUSTRALIA
Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

Teeing off: Walcha golf team at Narromine Wayne Brennan, Jack OHara, Will Brennan, Col Berry, Peter Norbury, Cheryl McDonald, A.J. Cross, Doug McDonald, Steph Sweeney, Owen Presnell, Neil Dark.

No luck as title again eludes gallant Rams

AJ Cross

Electric: Fullback Dom Bower scored Walcha's opening try and had the crowd on their feet every time he touched the ball on Saturday. Photo: Ben Jaffrey

PHOTOS
Heart-break again for Rams as Pirates shatter their title dream | Photos

Samantha Newsam

St Patrick's Primary School

PHOTOS
Barnaby says he'll barrack from ACT as Walcha turns red and white: video

Vanessa Arundale

Teeing off: Walcha golf team at Narromine Wayne Brennan, Jack OHara, Will Brennan, Col Berry, Peter Norbury, Cheryl McDonald, A.J. Cross, Doug McDonald, Steph Sweeney, Owen Presnell, Neil Dark.

No luck as title again eludes gallant Rams

Rams 'ready to go' for Central North decider | Player profiles

Rams 'ready to go' for Central North decider | Player profiles

Ellen Dunger

Roos Presentation recipients: Tyran Bloomfield, Alysha Laurie, Jack McAlister, Steve Eveleigh, Dean Kelly, Maylen Schmutter Morris. Front row, Whatika Saxby, Jordie Hoy, Jase Latham, Rachel Green, Ruth France, Emma Hillier.

Town will be a force behind Rams title tilt

AJ Cross

AGRICULTURAL ADVOCATE: Australia's rural woman of 2019, Jo Palmer, will speak about her passion for remote working at the 2019 Rural Women's Gathering in Walcha this November. Photo: Rachael Lenehan Photography

WHAT'S ON
National winner will show us how to work remotely

Vanessa Arundale

ARTIST: Kate Durack, with "After a Few Moments' Silence" (2019). oil on canvas. Photo: Nicholas Fuller

From the 'Quiet' to the 'BIG!': NERAM's August shows | PHOTOS

Nicholas Fuller

Brent McLeod, Northern Tablelands Local Land Services Livestock Officer - Sheep

Find farming advice at the pub this Friday

Vanessa Arundale

AGRICULTURAL ADVOCATE: Australia's rural woman of 2019, Jo Palmer, will speak about her passion for remote working at the 2019 Rural Women's Gathering in Walcha this November. Photo: Rachael Lenehan Photography

WHAT'S ON
National winner will show us how to work remotely

TALENTED: The 2019 UNESAP prize winners and runners-up in NERAM last Friday with museum director Rachael Parsons, UNE Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Todd Walker and judge Myf Gullifer

NERAM celebrates the skills of our students: mega gallery

Nicholas Fuller

42 rally cars are heading our way, although they're more likely to be kicking up dust than water this trip, in this part of the world.

Walcha revving up to raise funds for kids living with kidney disease

Newsroom

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

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Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

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OUTLOOK: The ACM survey aims to find out more about what makes regional and rural communities tick.

Help us build a better understanding of regional Australia

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

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READ ALL ABOUT IT: Taminda Advertiser Spring edition.

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Open-plan perfection and valley views in East Tamworth

Open-plan perfection and valley views in East Tamworth

Featured property | An updated classic

Featured property | An updated classic

Cosy country cottage

Cosy country cottage

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

Vanessa Arundale

Slice of history: The panel added to the monument in the Walcha War Memorial Park after the end of World War II.

Call for more to war

Bob Walsh

The fatal flight: Lost lives of the Lutana

The fatal flight: Lost lives of the Lutana

Simon Bourke

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

CHAMPION: Olympian Cecil Healy died in battle. Picture: AWM P04366.007

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

GRAND DESIGNS: Australian engineers rebuild a crossing over the Somme swamps near Cléry on September 2, 1918, to keep communications open and transport moving after the capture of Péronne. Picture: AWM E03143

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

Lit up: Jenny Ashton of Ulverstone's dashcam caught the meteor as it lit up the sky near Hagley.

Meteorite reported over Tasmania's North-West

Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

REAL AUSTRALIA
Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

Guest speaker Jerry Coleby-Williams and Garden Clubs of Australia president George Hoad with Walcha Garden Club president- Lorna Egli, treasurer Margaret Cawley, secretary Diana Lisle and former president Julie Ireland and former treasurer Chris Hoy

PHOTOS
Jerry Coleby-Williams speaks at Walcha Garden Club Lunch: video and photos

Senator Cormann: "I would encourage all of our outstanding public servants to conduct themselves appropriately consistent with the rules."

REAL AUSTRALIA
It won't end well. Senator tells kids to get to school.

ACM co-owner and executive chairman Antony Catalano said the Bendigo merger was "an example of the kind of decision-making that should go on in regional media".

Antony Catalano's merger deal to strengthen regional media

Up she goes: Well, so says 97% of scientists, anyway. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Time to strike while the climate is hot

Rachael Houlihan

'Give your mates a hug': Friends, family and fans remember Danny Frawley

'Give your mates a hug': Friends, family and fans remember Danny Frawley

Anthony Colangelo, Zach Hope and Tom Cowie

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Carla Hildebrandt

Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

REAL AUSTRALIA
Pay for news? Shut up and take my money

James Joyce

Main street stalwarts vanish

Main street stalwarts vanish

Michelle Haines Thomas

Treasurer Scott Morrison with a lump of coal during question time in 2017. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

OPINION
Federal government left playing catch-up on climate change

Ebony Bennett

See over a million spring flowering bulbs at Tesselaar Tulip Festival in Victoria, including tulips, daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

Hello petal! Australia's must-see flower festivals

Geraldine Cardozo

FRIEND IN NEED: Alma's recognition of Tom's stroke symptoms helped to get him to hospital for a treatment in a timely fashion

Quick thinking Alma a stroke of luck for Tom

ART FORM: "I've stuck with pen, paper and paint," says Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd, pictured here painting the cat Scarface Claw in her home studio in New Zealand.

Hairy Maclary creator Lynley Dodd's chaos theory

Geraldine Cardozo

Laurie John Junior Dodd is on the run after escaping a Perth hospital, where he was being held.

Man in custody escapes Perth hospital

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The Australian Space Agency will support NASA's lunar project, bringing major investment to SA.

US-Aust lunar project brings SA investment

Two alleged illegal steroid dealers, including a former police officer, have been charged in Sydney.

Ex-cop accused of illegal steroid deals

The Queensland government has doubled the fines for feeding or disturbing dingoes on Fraser Island.

Qld dingo warning: don't feed the dogs

SA's first indigenous soccer academy will balance sport with learning for Aboriginal students.

SA to found indigenous soccer academy

Emily Cosenza

Both PM Scott Morrison (L) and President Donald Trump have reaffirmed the strong US-Australia ties.

Trump lauds Australia's 'man of titanium'

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

Royal Melbourne Show highlights include a dog obstacle course and more than 350 showbag varieties.

Fun time to kick off Royal Melbourne Show

Amber Wilson

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the latest OECD forecasts show the Australian economy is weak.

Australia has no economic plan: Labor

Colin Brinsden

Agents Rick Power, Landmark Boorowa, and Lachlan Bassingthwaite, Bassingthwaite Livestock and Property Marketing, Cootamundra, with James Corcoran Snr and James Corcoran Jnr, Gooramma stud, Galong, and the $10,000 top-priced ram.

Gooramma hits $10,000 in second on-property sale

Andrew Norris
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Robert Rogers, Yarto, Booligal with his pen of 404 March/April 2018 drop, Alma-blood and August-shorn ewes sold for $358 to Yarrawonga district.

Merino ewes at Hay to $358, wthrs $160

Stephen Burns
2hrs ago

Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz with their daughter Karlie and their granddaughter.

What you can learn from USA's managed intensive grazing

Lucy Kinbacher

Looking down onto Positano from Montepertuso.

Walking the Path of the Gods, and how to make Limoncello like a Nonna

Kathy Sharpe

Are long queues at American airports putting off potential tourists? Picture: Getty Images

Why are tourists deserting the US?

Michael Turtle

The Great Barrier Reef Drive: one of Australia's most picturesque coastal roads.

What's your next holiday destination?

John Rozentals

If you are prone to having a mostly black array of clothing, opt for a light and bright internal colour such as Laminex's Just Rose

Does your wardrobe spark joy?

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Zoning: A home office doubling as guest studio with its own bathroom and kitchen is separated from the main house by a breezeway. Photos: Phillip Handforth

Working with the light in Wistow

Remarkable: Ben Portsmouth performing his Elvis Presley tribute show. He has 14 shows in Australia in October.

World's best Elvis impersonator: Keeping the legend on centre stage

Jim Kellar