July 3, 2020 Environment, Local FIGHTING FOR THE FOREST Rainforest ecologist, Les Mitchell has formed a local environment group, No Electricity from Forests (NEFF), and he believes that recent…
July 3, 2020 Beyond the Valley, People IRENE HAS THE BLUES AND LOVES IT! Former TwoBob radio presenter, Irene Barret who lived in Tinonee at the time, sends us an update from Cairns. As…
July 3, 2020 Media The winds of change are blowing through the media everywhere. Even in lock-down, now for more than three months, you can feel it. The media, both the traditional media and…
July 3, 2020 Gardening, Local THE WONDER OF EARTHWORMS Having a worm farm at home is a fantastic way to disappear your food scraps and transform them into wonderfully…
July 3, 2020 Environment, History We continue to lose our past So Reconciliation Week has come and gone – and also gone is 46,000 years worth of priceless history pulverised by…
July 3, 2020 Local Where to go this Sunday… Now we can carefully creep out into the world again… send your suggestions where to visit! Artist Fred Bullen recommends…
July 3, 2020 Beyond the Valley OFF THE BEACH Robert Milliken sees parallels between the 2020 pandemic and another Australian story 60 years earlier. We’ve been here before. The…
July 3, 2020 Fishing FEROCIOUS FIGHTERS BUT YUM IN THE TUM The mud crab has a variety of names, muddie, punga, black crab, mangrove crab, and many others if you are…
July 3, 2020 Collectibles ANTIQUES and COLLECTABLES Collect the past and invest for your future. Enjoy a great hobby that will last you a lifetime. Now is…
July 3, 2020 Books, Recipes THE UMBRIAN SUPPER CLUB Marlena de Blasi Allen & Unwin RRP $24.99 This is a delicious “word of mouth” book! I was told…
July 3, 2020 Money IT’S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM Reports from several businesses that they have had a flood of new activity on the back of Covid 19 stimulus,…
July 3, 2020 Gardening Wingham Nursery Update Recently, Wingham nursery held a scarecrow competition. It was aimed at giving families a challenge, whilst tackling the boredom of…