Celebrating 23 years of short film excellence Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading short film festival. Flickerfest brings its ‘Spectacular Short Films With Soul’ to Canowindra on 22 March 2014, … [Read more...]
Canowindra has come Fourth at The Group Handicraft Exhibition
The Group Handicraft Exhibition was held at the Orange Civic Theatre last week. With such a talented team, Canowindra did very well having come fourth. Of the 12 items that were entered by our team, 5 … [Read more...]
Owners Responsibility to Control Barking Dogs
Cabonne Council has reminded dog owners it is their responsibility to control barking dogs. Following several complaints, more recently from the South Canowindra area, the Council has pointed out … [Read more...]
Young Hopefuls Sign Up As “Strangerland” Movie Extras
There were more than a few starry-eyed kids in Canowindra today when local talent was scouted for roles as extras in the upcoming movie “Strangerland.” About a dozen excited hopefuls, from infants … [Read more...]
Royal Easter Show bound
Local girl Kristy White is representing Canowindra at the State Finals for the Show Girl in April at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. We would like to congratulate Kristy on making it this far and … [Read more...]
The Rural Update
This week’s market has seen a major increase, particularly over the last 4 weeks. The cattle market was up to 60c kg better over some grades on Monday. Tuesday saw the fat lambs make over $6.00 per … [Read more...]
Canowindra’s New Swimming Pool – Topping the McCarron Family Legacy
Sitting under pink-bloomed crepe myrtle trees, watching the rippling blue waters and official opening ceremony of the newly-renovated Canowindra Pool, it wasn’t difficult last Sunday to imagine what … [Read more...]
Stranger than “Strangerland” – Nicole’s family links with Canowindra
As the production team for the movie “Strangerland” was surveying downtown Canowindra locations this week, the most fascinating coincidences emerged linking our town with the movie and one of its … [Read more...]
Catch of the Week
This 82cm, 25 pound Murray Cod shown here by Matthew Shingles, was caught by Dean Taylor at Wyangala Dam using an Oargee lure. What a catch! Remember to send in your photo, what you caught, where, … [Read more...]
NSW Seniors Week – March 15 to 23, 2014
NSW Seniors Week is presented by the Department of Family and Community Services and is the largest annual celebration of seniors in the southern hemisphere. In 2014, NSW Seniors Week will be … [Read more...]