On Monday the 19th of April Melissa McGuiness visited Parkes and Forbes to present an information session regarding Road Safety and young drivers. Melissa and her husband Peter are parents to 3 children. One of…
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By Melissa Blewitt Condobolin’s Kevin Read joined other NSW Police Force employees from across Western Region to attend the Aboriginal Employee Network meeting at Dubbo in March. Attendees ranged from the region’s Aboriginal Community Liaison…
By Hayley Egan The NSW Rural Women’s Gathering Forbes Committee held an information evening on Wednesday the 24th of March at the Forbes Golf Club, bringing in over 50 attendees. This information evening was held…
Forbes Shire Council’s Central West Livestock Exchange (CWLE) is one of only a few businesses that are addressing barriers for people with disabilities to enable them to find and keep work in an industry such…
Dogs are not a common sight in public libraries, but Cootamundra author Ross Fitzell and two shiny black labradors kept an audience spellbound for an hour and three quarters at West Wyalong Library on Tuesday…
By Melissa Blewitt The Bland Medical Centre in West Wyalong has joined 24 other general practices in the Murrumbidgee region who commenced administering COVID-19 vaccinations from Monday, 12 April, as part of the phased on…
By Anne Coffey Over the last few weeks rumours have been circulating in town that Brenshaw Medical Centre is to close. This is not true. It is true that Dr Chandana is leaving. Brenshaw is…
Condo V’s Condo Men’s Wellbeing Rugby Match – Dedicated to Wade Grogan On Saturday 10th April 2021 Condobolin Rugby Union again joined with Lee-Anne Denyer from Western Plains regional Development program “I’ve got ya back…
The Galari Bila Waga Dhaany’s is a Wiradjuri word Meaning Lachlan River Dancers is an Aboriginal youth Boys Dance group located in Condobolin will present to you the Condo Corroboree on Sunday, 29 May at…
Compiled by Anne Coffey Renowned Anglo Australian Tenor William Amer will be performing at the ‘Harmonies on the Hill’ event to be held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Condobolin on Friday, 30 April from…
By Melissa Blewitt “It’s not the NSW Government suffering, it’s our families.” “Once you make the health system about money you destroy it.” “Why are services so much better for people in the city –…
A team from Tronox recently visited Ivanhoe Central school as part of a trip to the Ivanhoe region. Tronox are starting a new mineral sand mine 175km south –west of Ivanhoe. The heavy mineral concentrate…
By Melissa Blewitt Australian Tour de France Cyclist, Mark Renshaw, signed on as its Ride for Country Kids 2021 Ambassador. The event will start on Sunday, 2 May in Dubbo, then the riders will cycle…
I consider Walk4Christ 2021 to be 90%mission and 10 per cent ministry. Let me explain. I believe that mission is ‘outreach’ – with the Church contacting people outside the immediate worshipping parishioners, whereas ‘ministry’ is…
By Melissa Blewitt Lachlan Shire and NSW growers are being urged to be on disease alert in 2021. The improved seasonal conditions which helped deliver bumper crops in southern NSW in 2020 could now become…
By Melissa Blewitt The Lake Cargelligo Family Practice is now providing COVID-19 vaccinations. They are part of an additional 15 general practices in the Murrumbidgee region who commenced administering COVID19 vaccinations from 6 April, as…
By Melissa Blewitt Sky Lanterns will fill the Condobolin atmosphere as part of the Condo SkyFest 2021: Miima Warrabinya. The Sky-lanterns Project will see locals create beautifully unique lanterns which will be released during the…
By Melissa Blewitt The Condo verses Condo, ‘I’ve Got Your Back Mate’ Wade Grogan Memorial game was held on Saturday, 10 April. The Wellbeing Rugby match was attended by a fabulous crowd, who turned out…
By Melissa Blewitt Over 200 people turned up for a meeting regarding Gas Exploration in the Far West of NSW at Ivanhoe on 30 March. Earlier this year, the NSW Government’s announced its plan to…
By Melissa Blewitt Lachlan Shire Council will share in $21 million in funding aimed at fixing roads across western NSW. A total of $1,260,00 will be given to widen and reseal Merribogie Road, as part…
Detectives investigating the alleged murder of a man in the state’s Central West earlier this year have charged a second man. About 4am on Saturday 23 January 2021, emergency services were called to Johnson Street…
By Melissa Blewitt The official opening of the Condobolin District Landcare Water and Birds Art Exhibition was a wonderful success. Held at the Condobolin Community Centre on Friday, 9 April, the event was attended by…
