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BRUMBIES AND BROOM INVADERS OF THE BARRINGTON TOPS

IS THE USA DYING OF (TOO MUCH) DEMOCRACY?

FACING THE GRANDKIDS ASKING “WHY”

RAFFERTY’S RULES ON LAND DEALS?

WE CAN FARM MINUS CHEMICALS!

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  • Your Say

    May 15, 2023
    The Editor, The Manning Community News Good morning Ed, The article in the April edition of the MCN, titled, ‘The Election? Yawn’,

  • IS THE USA DYING OF (TOO MUCH) DEMOCRACY?

    May 15, 2023
    You don’t need to have been following the long-running sagas of the indictments, or potential indictments, of the former US president Donald

  • Notice Re SleepBus Fund

    May 15, 2023
    I understand that the $65000 NSW State Government grant is now in the account of the Rotary Club of North Taree which applied

  • Road Trauma The Causes Are Many

    May 15, 2023
    The potholes haven’t gone away. The patch-up jobs on some of the worst are pretty pathetic as they don’t last. The road

  • RAFFERTY’S RULES ON LAND DEALS?

    April 13, 2023
    Many Developers make a mockery of the so-called rules. Time to call a halt as manipulation becomes blatant. Quietly, with no fanfare,

  • BRUMBIES AND BROOM INVADERS OF THE BARRINGTON TOPS

    May 15, 2023
    Gloucester is marketed as a gateway to the World Heritage Barrington tops. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NP&WS) website has this to say about the Barrington Tops: Most of

  • DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER: HAS THE “POPULATION BOMB” NOW IMPLODED?

    May 15, 2023
    Half a century ago there were warnings about the “population bomb”. The world had too many people and there was a fresh debate over the earth’s “population carrying capacity”.  Some

  • FACING THE GRANDKIDS ASKING “WHY”

    May 15, 2023
    While I was on holiday, I noticed a tweet that left me in no doubt about the subject of my first column back. It said: “I genuinely think the next

  • Antiques and Collectables

    May 15, 2023
    Collect for enjoyment, collect for knowledge, collect for the potential of future windfalls, collect to share and most of all collect because it is a wonderful hobby that lasts a

  • HOW TO PLANT BULBS STEP-BY-STEP

    May 15, 2023
    Autumn in the garden means bulb planting! Bulbs are surprisingly easy to grow, and with a bit of TLC will reward you with a spectacular show of spring colour. Follow

  • That there is a housing crisis is news to no-one

    May 15, 2023
    Midcoast local government area is at the lower end of the earnings scale and many people are living in poverty.  Visible homeless is apparent if you head down to one

  • USE IT OR LOSE IT IS ALL VERY WELL BUT…

    May 15, 2023
    I had to fly to Sydney for an important meeting at 8am. I either go the night before and pay for a hotel plus transport ..train or drive to Sydney.

  • HI TO RADIO LAND!

    May 15, 2023
    Local Radio 2BOB’s ‘Find Your Voice’ youth Training initiative is continuing to provide free training to local youths aged between 12 and 26 who want to learn the skill of

  • ENVIROFAIR AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR 2023!

    May 15, 2023
    2BOB Radio is proud to announce that the Envirofair & Multicultural Festival will be held on Saturday June 10 and organisers promise this year’s event will be as bright and

  • CASH FOR CRAZY COWS HELPS A GOOD CAUSE!

    May 15, 2023
    A clever and fun initiative – Who Let The Cows Out, came about after a meeting between the Taree Lions Club and the local Women in Dairy Group led by

  • WINGHAM VALLEY VETS TO CREATE NEW VET SPACE!

    April 13, 2023
    At last the sad and empty block where the Wingham Hotel (the “bottom pub”) stood before being destroyed in a fire, is to come to life again. Wingham and Valley

Local

  • May 15, 2023

That there is a housing crisis is news to no-one

USE IT OR LOSE IT IS ALL VERY WELL BUT…

May 15, 2023

HI TO RADIO LAND!

May 15, 2023

ENVIROFAIR AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS BACK FOR 2023!

May 15, 2023

CASH FOR CRAZY COWS HELPS A GOOD CAUSE!

May 15, 2023

LIFESTYLE

  • Fishing

    HERE COME THE MONSTERS!

    April 13, 2023
    Giant mudcrabs crawling through the mangrove forests and rumbling down the port from the upper reaches of the Karuah River and Tilligerry Creek.  More
  • Collectibles

    Antiques and Collectables

    May 15, 2023
    Collect for enjoyment, collect for knowledge, collect for the potential of future windfalls, collect to share and most of all collect because it is
  • Books

    APHRODITE’S BREATH

    May 15, 2023
    Susan Johnson Allen & Unwin Rrp $34.99 A summer visit to Greece can often wave a magic wand over its visitors: “the sky an endless
  • Books

    MOTHERLAND

    May 15, 2023
    Stephanie Trethewey Allen & Unwin. Rrp $34.99 Motherland is a collection of “stories of the strength, heartbreak and passion of rural mums”.    That
  • Books

    KOALA! . . . A LIFE IN TREES

    May 15, 2023
    Danielle Clode Black Inc.   Rrp. 34.99 This is a very good book.  Indeed, Danielle Clode’s book ‘Koala’ is more than that:  it is
  • Your say

    Your Say

    May 15, 2023
    The Editor, The Manning Community News Good morning Ed, The article in the April edition of the MCN, titled, ‘The Election? Yawn’, includes the
  • Your say

    Your Say

    April 13, 2023
    CATS, BIRDS REPTILES SMALL MAMMALS – A Disastrous Mix! This is a topic that raises a lot of heat from the proponents for both
  • Your say

    Your Say

    March 1, 2023
    Dear Editor, My wife and I have operated a tourism micro-business on our property on the Barrington River outside Gloucester since 1999. We built

ABC TV RECALLS THE CORNER SHOP

April 13, 2023

For more than 100 years the corner shop was an institution for millions of Australians. More than a simple shop, it was the heart of many neighbourhoods.  These days you can

DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER: HAS THE “POPULATION BOMB” NOW IMPLODED?

May 15, 2023

Half a century ago there were warnings about the “population bomb”. The world had too many people and there was a fresh debate over the earth’s “population carrying capacity”.  Some environmentalists

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT TO THE GP!

March 1, 2023

Not that long ago, the family doctor was a cottage industry. Many GPs worked solo from a dedicated clinic attached to their residence.  That was my way of life for over

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