December 26, 2020 Books THE GOLDEN MAZE Book Review ABC BOOKS Rrp $39.99 ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler digs deep into the…
December 26, 2020 Books BACK ROADS – THE SCENIC ROUTE Book Review Heather Ewart ABC Books Rrp $ 39.99 This book captures some of what has made the ABC TV…
December 26, 2020 Books GRUG AND THE BUSHFIRE Book Review Simon & Schuster Rrp. $16.99 Author and artist Ted Prior thought he’d retired to his bushland property of…
December 26, 2020 Local DEATH OF AN ICON Mergers occur in the water industry and to some extent in local government, but it is rare to see reports…
December 26, 2020 Environment, Local GENTLE SOUNDS AND SIGHTS THAT MAKE US SMILE …. the chirp of a newborn bird…. the flutter of a first flight A pair of Red WattleBirds made a…
December 26, 2020 Health INEXPENSIVE SNAKE ANTIVENOM COULD REPORTEDLY BE USED BY “ANYONE, ANYWHERE” – Who will be the first local vet to step up and try this? Ben Coxworth While snakebite antivenom is certainly…
December 26, 2020 People KERRI-ANNE FLIES HIGH! I remember the morning Kerri-Anne Wright arrived at Channel Ten to sit in the co-host seat next to Gordon Elliott,…
December 26, 2020 Local, Politics, Uncategorized A FOWL-ED MESS AGAIN. Memo to Councillor Troy Fowler: In the Council meeting on Zoom November 18 2020 you yet again made a false…
December 26, 2020 Beyond the Valley LOOK TO THE HEAVENS “When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” Shakespeare’s Calpurnia, the…
December 26, 2020 Beyond the Valley, People, Politics PRIME MINISTER, WHAT DOES THE NEW YEAR HOLD FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND? John Hewson The federal government is exaggerating its Covid success, but for many people great uncertainty remains. The federal government…
December 26, 2020 History, Local A CHRISTMAS ON THE WALLAMBA : THEY WERE THE DAYS! Christmas was such an exciting time. We were accustomed to making our own fun, a toy was indeed the culmination…
December 26, 2020 Beyond the Valley, History, People MOUNTAIN MAGIC Gaby Klika In late 1893 a young, emerging Australian artist without formal artistic training set off from an artists’ camp…