Major changes are in the wind for next year’s 100-Mile Dinner in Canowindra following a move by the organisers, Canowindra@Home, to go it alone without Taste Orange involvement. Plans call for the … [Read more...]
Ladies And Gents, Start Your Tractors!
If you visit Roy White’s home overlooking the Belubula River you’ll be amazed at what he’s got hidden there – no less than 30 vintage tractors in various stages of restoration. Amongst this are other … [Read more...]
Fish Fossils, History and Railway Relics!
Canowindra’s Age of Fishes fossils will come under the global spotlight again next year when some of the world’s top experts on early vertebrate evolution travel here to view the ancient 360 million … [Read more...]
Showground Awarded $73,000 For New Multi-Function Sheep Pavilion
Canowindra Showground is heading for its first big upgrade in a while with almost $73,000 earmarked for the replacement of its Sheep Pavilion. The money - $72,986 to be exact - is coming from the … [Read more...]
Local Girl Does Australia Proud In Overseas Sport
Last December Adelaide Ellis received a letter from Sports Travel Australia inviting her to attend track and field meets the following July in Kelowna and Vancouver, Canada. Adelaide was … [Read more...]
Arthur Falconer Resigns From Balloon Committee – But Not From Ballooning
Arthur Falconer has stepped down as chairman of the Canowindra Challenge Committee after four years at the helm of the board running our annual ballooning spectacular. He described his resignation as … [Read more...]
Business Chamber’s Revival Targets Ambitious Income Boost For Canowindra
In most Australian towns outside the big cities, the term “Business Chamber” has rarely meant much to the majority of the townspeople. “The Canowindra Business Chamber has been through some … [Read more...]
“That’ll do Pig. That’ll do.”
The 2012 Pig in the House Cabernet Sauvignon ($25) from NSW’s Cowra wine region has been named the 2014 NASAA Certified Organic Wine of the Year. The inaugural NASAA (National Association for … [Read more...]
Peg & Ron Celebrate 72 Wonderful Years Together
Peg & Ron Lynch of Canowindra first met when she was 18 while she was working at Nick Malouf’s shop. Ron jokingly asked Nick ‘Can you get me a girlfriend’ and Nick turned to Peg and … [Read more...]
Mel Brookes Goes Punk In Canowindra Community Players Musical
Canowindra’s profile of a “small town full of big surprises” has been reasserted again, this time on the stage with the local Community Players’ polished and highly enjoyable musical “TC & AJ … [Read more...]