Tag: Sydney
Junior archers on target
The Armidale Archers hosted the NSW Junior Archery Squad over the weekend. Three girls and 15 boys hit the targets in a training and...
ADNA the winner is . . .
Sunday, September 18, 2011 saw players, proud parents, committee and life members of the Armidale District Netball Association attend the annual presentation and awards...
Paid airport parking
As a resident of the Inverell Shire, my wife and I regularly visit Armidale to fly to Sydney. We spend money during our stay...
Landcare win
Members of the Local Balala/Brushgrove Landcare Group are reaping the rewards of their commitment to the health and well being of the land, after...
Young Farmers Leadership Program
On Thursday and Friday August 25 and 26, 24 NSW Young Farmers, including myself, were given the opportunity to attend a Young Farmers Leadership...
Packsaddle process has begun
Still going strong, Packsaddle’s annual fundraising exhibition, is in its 25th year, and will be held at the New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale...
UNE give me that ‘Olde Time’ education!
Peter Hutchinson’s letter of the 24th is very perceptive. Now Charles Sturt University has got the nomination for Tamworth. Bad luck UNE for your...
Grandparents Day at NEGS
Hundreds of grandparents from NSW and Queensland gained an insight into modern education when New England Girls’ School and St John’s Junior School in...
Is the Brown Street problem solved?
Mick Reed recently gave a new interpretation of how Armidale’s oldest streets were named. Previously many writers had suggested that the surveyor, John James...
Artworks go on show for scholarship fund
Works by artists from a large area of northern NSW and Queensland are to feature in this year’s Framed exhibition which opens at New...
Who named Armidale’s streets?
When my weekly column commenced in June 2010 there was a focus on who Armidale’s streets were named after. Week after week we looked...
Leadership Day at O’Connor
Future leaders were put through their paces at the O’Connor Year 11 leadership Day held on Tuesday, August 16. It was a great success...