When you look around Canowindra these days it’s not that easy to appreciate that a third of our population exists on around $400 a week – roughly $14,500 a year. “That doesn’t mean they’re suffering … [Read more...]
Book Review…”How To Get There” By Maggie MacKellar
In Maggie Mackellar's acclaimed previous memoir When It Rains, she told of her moving to the Orange district after Maggie's vibrant young husband, father to a five-year-old daughter and an unborn son, … [Read more...]
Green Thumb….Hedges
One of the most frequent questions I get asked in the nursery is, “what is the best plant for creating a hedge?” Whether it’s for privacy, wind protection, aesthetics or creating formal “rooms” in … [Read more...]
Men’s Shed Gets Involved To Help Camp Quality
The President of the Men’s Shed, Warwick Bowd, presented Roy White with a cheque for $100 at Canowindra Pre-school last week. The money will go towards Camp Quality, a charity that helps children with … [Read more...]
Fields Of Gold For Local Farmers This Summer
It doesn’t take much more than a quick drive to Orange, Molong or Cowra to see why our Canowindra region farmers are beaming with satisfaction at the moment. The vivid yellow swathes of healthy … [Read more...]
Banjo Paterson…More Than A Poet
In memory of a the man who brought us Waltzing Matilda 12 members of the Sydney Bush Music Club, along with their instruments, will be travelling to the “Banjo Patterson…More than a Poet” Exhibition … [Read more...]
Canowindra Kids Thrilled By The Psaltery, Hurdy-Gurdy And “Thumb Piano”
Do you know what an “Islamic guitar” is? Or a South African “thumb piano? Or perhaps a “triangle with strings”? A lot of Canowindra’s schoolkids can tell you a lot about them after experiencing the … [Read more...]
Icy Challenge Freezes Social Media In Aid Of A Cure For MND
If you have Facebook, your newsfeed has probably been crowded with videos of someone being drenched by a bucket of icy water. The craze has swept social media, with people adding their own twists such … [Read more...]
Local Man and His Wife’s Brave Struggle- How You Can Help
In July Lyndsey Clark was taken ill after a Carnival Cruise. Doctors diagnosed her first with a virus, then pneumonia, sending her home several times. Lyndsey is wife to Ben Clark who grew up in … [Read more...]
Musical Treat For Canowindra Kids
Canowindra’s queen of folk, Nerida Cuddy, has a wonderful musical treat in store for the town’s schoolchildren – a special concert by the traditional song duo, Kim Cunio and Heather Lee. Heather … [Read more...]