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Devastating 1955 flood: 70 years on

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN AND SHARON BONTHUYS THIS week marks 70 years since catastrophic f loods devastated NSW, including the area that is now the Narromine Shire.

The once-in-a-century event ruined livelihoods, caused millions of dollars in damage, and sadly claimed 25 lives.

Flooding impacted an area of NSW larger than England and Wales, creating an inland sea, stretching from Maitland in the east to as far as Nyngan in the west, and north to Walgett, Moree and the NSW-Queensland border.

The natural disaster also gave birth to the NSW State Emergency Service, which also commemorates its 70th anniversary this year.

The Narromine Star understands heavy rain had been falling over the Hunter River catchment and surrounds from October 1954, and on February 23, 1955, an intense monsoon storm formed over northern NSW, moving south, inundating the region with copious amounts of rain.

Rivers and cowals across the region could not cope, adding more water to already thoroughly soaked plains and wetlands.

On Friday, February 25, 1955, local communities felt the brunt of Mother Nature as f looding hit the region.

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Council votes for Craigie Lea E4 rezone

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN IT was a packed house for the fi rst council meeting of 2025, as Narromine Shire councillors fi nally came together to decide on the controversial proposed rezoning of council-owned land at Craigie Lea Lane from RU1 to E5 to facilitate the Narromine Heavy Industrial Precinct.

The council chambers were rearranged to enable as many community members as possible to join the public gallery. The Narromine Star estimates there were at least 40 people in attendance, with those unable to fit into the room lining up outside to observe proceedings.

A public forum was held before the Council meeting commenced, with five speakers addressing the Council. Robert Handsaker, Kevin Flinn and George Mack spoke in support of the proposal, Vaughan Ellen against the proposal, and Mark Beahan speaking as well.

With discussion on the proposal moved to the front of the meeting schedule, several amendments to the planning proposal were introduced seeking to scale back from E5 Heavy Industrial zoning to E4 General Industrial. These amendments reportedly arose from community feedback ob-

The Council chambers were bursting at the seams on Wednesday, February 19, as the Council voted in favour of rezoning Craigie Lea Lane to E4 General Industrial. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

tained through the consultation process.

The Narromine Star presents this in-depth report looking at the decision by the Narromine Shire Council, five votes to two (with two abstentions) to support the rezoning of the Craigie Lea Lane land – but not as it was expected by the community.

Two councillors opposed to precinct abstain from voting IN dramatic and exceptional scenes, Narromine Shire councillors Judy Smith and Brian Leak abstained from voting on the planning proposal for the Narromine Heavy Industrial Precinct (HIP) at 397 Craigie Lea Lane.

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Of her decision, Cr Smith said after careful consideration she had reluctantly decided to abstain from voting on the matter.

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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From page 1 In this report, the Narromine Star takes readers back to 1955, reflecting on the flood event and the impact it had on our communities. The Burrendong Dam, credited with preventing further catastrophic flooding in the region in the decades since, was fi nally completed by 1967, some 21 years in the making.

We thank Norma Meadley from Narromine Local History Group, Bob Richardson from Trangie Local History Group, and Narromine Shire Council for providing historical photos and information for our reflection of the 1955 flood.

Floodwater also impacted other communities in the region including Dubbo, Wellington, Gilgandra, Warren, and at the farthest limit of our readership catchment, Nyngan. Local reflections of the 1955 flood disaster will also appear in his week’s Dubbo Photo News, and our sister papers in Gilgandra and Warren.

Flood impact in Narromine

WEATHER REPORT

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THE FORECAST Thursday, February 27 Min 22. Max 40. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower on the southern slopes, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then tending northeast to southeasterly in the evening.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 24 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High]

IN reports provided to the Narromine Star by local historian Norma Meadley, the Narromine News reported that on Friday, February 25, 1955, the Macquarie River broke through the levee bank at Narromine at 1.45pm.

Flood waters rose to nearly 50 feet (just over 15 metres) as the water forced its way through a strongly reinforced bank and spread throughFriday, February 28 Min 21. Max 40. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the afternoon.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 19 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme] Saturday, March 1 Min 20. Max 41. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny.

out low-lying parts of the town.

A break in the bank quickly widened in half an hour to let a 20-foot (just over six metres) wide torrent of water pour onto the surrounding ground. There was little hope that the remaining wall would hold.

Scores of volunteers fought to keep the floodwater behind the levee bank, rushing to reinforce several places where water was pouring out.

Tractors, scoops and a grader heightened and lengthened the bank, but unfortunately, it was too little, too late. The destructive floodwater forced its way through and decimated Narromine.

As the raging waters continued to rise, it was feared there was much worse to come, with thousands of acres of farm land inundated, stock swept away and communications almost completely disrupted throughout the Narromine Shire and surrounding areas.

Within 30 hours, nearly 228 millimetres of rainfall was recorded at Narromine, waterlogging much of the community and cutting off residents living on outlying properties.

The Macquarie River reportedly rose at the rate of 150 millimetres to 200 millimetres per hour.

Property owners along the river had moved their furniture out of their homes and within two days of the Macquarie River beginning to rise, many homes had been evacuated.

Light winds becoming northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly during the day.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 18 and 23 with daytime temperatures reaching around 40.

Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] Sunday, March 2 Min 22. Max 39. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 20% Monday, March 3 Min 20. Max 36. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Tuesday, March 4 Min 19. Max 35. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 10%

Flood impact in Trangie From what we understand, the flood behaved differently in Trangie.

In the early hours of the morning of February 24, 1955, light rain began to fall there, intensifying at 7am, and by 9am 59 points had been registered at the Trangie Post Office.

For the following 24 hours, 783 points were recorded and in similar style to what was seen at Narromine, the rain continued without ceasing until 1pm the next day where it reached up to a total of 959.

In the reports featured in the Narromine News at that time, no one could remember such a lot of rain falling in such a short period of time, while people residing along the river were anxious and many were moving stock and getting supplies.

On the morning of Friday, February 25, Trangie was preparing for the Macquarie River to break while residents were busy taking up floor coverings and lifting furniture, fearing that they would endure the same destruction as those living in nearby Narromine.

Levees were built at each end of Trangie, near the railway line, in an attempt to check some of the water which was yet to reach the township.

All telephone services throughout the shire had been disrupted and all local roads leading to and from Trangie were cut off due to the rising flood waters.

The week @ Trangie weather station

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 27, 2025

70th Anniversary Reflections: 1955 Flood

flood: 70 years on The impact of the 1955 Floods was also felt in Trangie - with much of the township cut off for days following the inundation of flood waters.

PHOTOS: BOB RICHARDSON.

Bob Richardson reflects BOB Richardson was just 12-years-old when the 1955 flood inundated his township of Trangie. Living on the property “Annandale” outside the town, his family and many other landholders also had floodwater on parts of their properties.

Mr Richardson remembers Trangie and outlying properties being cut off and isolated for about a fortnight, and how supplies were air-dropped.

“That was the time when the Aero Club here – under the guidance of Bill Ballhausen and Bruce Irvine – got the planes that were here and flew out and dropped what they could to us; bread and milk and those sorts of things,” he explained.

“There were others that were worse off than us, so [the aviators] would go out, wrap around and make note of what places were cut off, and obvi-

ously you could not get past the Nine Mile Cowal.”

Mr Richardson explained that when Trangie was flooding – west and south of the Nine Mile Cowal were locked up, he said – the volunteers would come back and get smallgoods and groceries for those who had no access to the basic necessities. “[The aeroplanes] would circle around the house and come down as low as they could, and chuck these packages out of the planes,” he recalled.

“Of course, sometimes the packages landed the right way up and sometimes they didn’t.

One parcel that they chucked out to us had two loaves of bread in it, tins of jam, dried milk and things like that. It landed upside down, crushing the bread!”

Mr Richardson’s family made a raft out of 44-gallon drums and gateposts and with the assistance of other locals, erected a steel cable across one section of the flooded cow-

al and shackled it to the raft to enable the raft to safely cross.

It was used for about a fortnight to ferry people across so they could get into Trangie, he said.

One memorable crossing on the raft involved the Richardsons’ neighbours, the elderly Mr and Mrs Kinsey, who needed to travel away.

“We ferried them across here, and a taxi came out and picked them up from Trangie to put them on the train to go down to see their daughter in Victoria,” Mr Richardson said.

“They came up from their house so far in the car. Then we took them on the tractor and the trailer down to the cowal, and put them on the raft,” he explained.

“Mrs Kinsey wasn’t really keen on getting on the raft.

She was about 80 at the time, but she was just an old good bush woman. Anyway, we got them on, and two of us took them over, and they got in the taxi.”

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Other reflections NARROMINE Shire Council General Manager, Jane Redden, said the 1955 flood was a significant milestone event in the community, and the council continues to remember the effect that it had on the shire as a whole.

“The 1955 flood event had a huge impact in shaping the town and for those older people it has remained fi rmly in their memories,” she said.

“It is estimated that at the time, over 500,000 megalitres passed by the Narromine community on the peak flood days at a river height of over 15 metres, with roads cut, the aerodrome flooded and water in the main street,” Mrs Redden indicated.

“It also inundated the Trangie main street, causing extensive damage and isolation to surrounding properties,” she added.

State Member for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, said the

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region experienced significant inundation during the 1955 f lood – something he hopes the community will never see again.

“The memories will remain and be documented forever, but I am hoping we never see that scale of flooding again,” he said.

“As we reflect back on that time 70 years ago, there are still challenges but also opportunities – the new Dubbo bridge will provide one of the greatest opportunities for the city since that 1955 flood, and I am excited about the difference it will make to the region,” he concluded.

The Narromine Star will bring you a further report on the 1955 Flood in a future edition of the paper. Do you or someone you know remember the flood event and have any photos that you care to share?

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Council votes for E4 rezone Heavy Industrial Precinct supporters emerge at public forum

Prominent Narromine businessman Robert Handsaker spoke in support of the rezoning at the public forum.

Trangie farmer Kevin Flinn spoke in support of the rezoning.

George Mack, former Narromine Shire Councillor, speaking in support of the rezoning at the public forum.

Vaughan Ellen, concerned Narromine local, speaking against the rezoning at the public forum. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

From page 1 “I would also like to note that I made a submission where I opposed this proposal on a number of grounds, and after long and careful consideration and the advice I have been given, I have reluctantly decided to abstain from voting today,” she said.

Similarly, Cr Leak also explained he had made very clear his intentions and opinions over the HIP, and after receiving advice, also chose to abstain from voting on the matter.

“I am going to do the same, I won’t be voting today…” Cr Leak announced.

“I have made very clear my stance on environmental and business [issues]. I have advice that I had my voting intentions locked in too early and I just can’t go back on that advice,” he said.

It was unclear who provided this advice to Crs Smith and Leak ahead of the meeting, but their abstention announcements appeared to shock the rest of the council and the public gallery.

Both councillors elected to leave the meeting room during the rezoning discussion, however, the Narromine Star understands they will be privy to future discussions over the Narromine HIP at subsequent council meetings.

Councillors clash over rezoning proposal WITH Crs Smith and Leak vacating the room, Deputy Mayor Stacey Bohm and Cr Peter

Howe put forward a motion that council move into Committee of the Whole to enable full discussion of the matter (rather than timed discussion).

Cr Bohm spoke against the rezoning proposal, highlighting economic concerns. She suggested the project had not been costed properly, pointing to the NSW Government grant funding of nine million dollars that was received by council in 2021.

“The proposal being put forward… yes, we have a nine million dollar grant but [it] hasn’t been costed out correctly, as we said it was done previously before rising costs,” Cr Bohm said.

“The cost to be able to put potable [drinking] water and infrastructure out there is enormous,” she continued.

“It is a huge undertaking for a community that has spoken up and said they do not want this in any way shape or form,” Cr Bohm added.

While there were more than 200 submissions received by Council objecting to the proposed rezoning of the prime agricultural land at Craigie Lea Lane, 61 of those were “template submissions” using a pre-written template, and 25 were duplicate submissions.

Cr. Bohm emphasised the importance of the submissions put forward by the community.

“Having disregarded submissions that people have put in is absolutely ridiculous,” she said.

“I am asking that councillors listen and understand what was written in these, and [re-

IT was the final time that the council could hear from the public about their views on the proposed rezoning of Craigie Lea Lane to facilitate the Narromine Heavy Industrial Precinct.

The voices of those against the rezoning proposal had been loud and clear at previous public forums held before council meetings, during the consultation process, and on social media. However, the voices of those supporting the rezoning proposal had been largely quiet – until last Wednesday when three of five speakers addressed the council at the pre-meeting public forum.

In November last year, Mayor Ewen Jones explained in a statement that he had been personally approached by numerous local businesses that were supportive of the project but did not feel comfortable speaking publicly due to fear of retribution.

“The reason they didn’t speak was the fear of retribution by some people in our community,” the November 2024 statement read.

Public forum speakers in support of the Narromine Heavy Industrial Precinct included Robert Handsaker, owner of Robert Handsaker Ford in Narromine; and former Councillors Kevin Flinn, a landholder who resides in Trangie, and George Mack.

Mr Handsaker told the council it was not a time for “self-serving rhetoric”, and that they should be working as a team to support the

spect] that everybody took the time to actually send them in.

“We [must] listen to the community and the people that have turned up here today to leave it as RU1 land,” Cr Bohm concluded.

Cr Les Lambert, who helpfully translated the meaning of council processes for the benefit of the public gallery, spoke in strong favour of the proposal. He described himself as “progressive for Narromine”, indicating during his time on council he believed the project would bring great economic opportunity to the shire.

“Where it sits is probably one of the most perfect spots coming along the highway and if you actually took into account how many trucks, cars and caravans [are] on that road, it would be right in their face,” he said.

He also stressed that the council understood the community’s concerns over potentially hazardous materials and offensive industry on the site if it was rezoned to E4, but steadfastly promised the community that the council would never approve a business that could cause any harm to the shire.

“There is not one of us here that would pass something that would create something that would be not good for our community,” he said.

A back-and-forth ensued between Mayor Ewen Jones, Cr Peter Howe and council General Manager Jane Redden over the waste-to-energy project that was originally proposed

shire.

“It should be Narromine Shire Council ‘open for business’ with a progressive shire that is forward thinking,” he said at the public forum.

“It is a ‘no brainer’... an opportunity that won’t be repeated and a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Mr Flinn, who was also speaking in support of the rezoning, questioned why there was any opposition to the proposal in the fi rst place.

“I am very very well aware of how important industry is to this shire…I urge the present council to follow suit and follow the smart councillors that set solid foundations for us all to build on,” he explained.

Mr Flinn also pointed to Trangie’s pumping cotton gins as an example of why more industry sites were needed in the shire.

Mr Mack said that, like many in the community, he was very dubious about the proposal as it seemed to be closely linked to the controversial waste-to-energy project that dominated community discussions in the lead-up to the 2024 Local Government Elections.

However, Mr Mack explained that after doing his own research, he came to the conclusion that the Narromine Heavy Industrial Precinct was an opportunity that could not be missed.

“We must grab opportunities like this to create more jobs for the future and most importantly jobs for our children,” he said.

“Any industry that wishes to establish itself will have to get council’s approval.”

to the community in late 2023

by Australian Pacific Waste Solutions for the western side of the railway line.

“That was talking about the western end of the property, that the waste-to-energy plant as you know not going there,” Mayor Jones said.

“They didn’t purchase the land, they never got a DA (development application),” Mayor Jones added.

Director of Community and Economic Development, Phil Johnston, reminded the councillors that they were voting to endorse the rezoning proposal, not any actual projects for the HIP. “Tonight as I see, it the councillors are not voting for the actual project… What we are seeking tonight is an endorsement for this land to be rezoned to general industrial,” he explained.

Crs Lachlan Roberts, Craig Davies and Adine Hoey also spoke in support of the rezoning, with Cr Davies suggesting Narromine would be the “laughing stock of NSW” if the shire did not move forward with the project.

Council passes successful amendment to E4 zoning WHILE many community members made submissions against the land being rezoned to E5 Heavy Industrial, a number also reportedly indicated they were not against E4 General Industrial, according to Mayor Jones.

This led to council endorsing a variation to the Planning Proposal to seek rezoning to E4 General Industrial at 397 Craigie Lea Lane, in place of the E5 Heavy Industrial.

The motion was put to the vote and carried five votes to two, with the two abstentions recorded.

In favour of the motion was Mayor Ewen Jones, and Crs Craig Davies, Adine Hoey, Lachlan Roberts and Les Lambert.

Deputy Mayor Stacey Bohm and Cr Peter Howe voted against the motion.

So what happens now?

THE council must now go back to the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure with the varied planning proposal, and should it be required, seek an alteration to the existing Gateway Determination which was granted in early May 2024.

The Gateway Determination is a checkpoint for a planning proposal to review strategic and site-specific merit and whether the planning proposal should proceed to public exhibition. The Council awaits advice from the Department if the government is happy to accept the amended E4 proposal in place of the original E5.

Narromine Shire Council, as a planning proposal authority, will now proceed to the fi nalisation and exercise the functions of the local plan-making authority, subject to the conditions of the Gateway Determination.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 27, 2025

Rural Crime Matters IN this week’s Rural Crime Matters, the Narromine Star brings you the latest rural and regional crime news from the Narromine Shire and beyond.

Below are updates on current court cases involving rural communities, highlighting local law enforcement efforts, criminal charges, and sentencing.

Charges over multiple break-ins and pursuit through Narromine A MAN has been charged after multiple alleged break-ins in the State’s north-west over the past three weeks and a pursuit on Tuesday, February 18.

Officers attached to Central North Police District’s Rural Crime Prevention Team (RCPT) commenced an investigation into the offences in Nyngan, Cobar and surrounding areas.

These included a break-in at a residence on Frederick Street, Cobar, between 5pm on Sunday, January 26, and 3.10pm on Monday, January 27, where a motorcycle and helmet were stolen.

Other incidents included a break-in at a home on Oxley Street, Nyngan, at about 10am on Thursday, February 6, where a torch, wallet, and a number of items of clothing were stolen; and a breakin at a business on Wambiana Street, Nyngan, at about 1.30am on Saturday, February

15, where a ute and a motorcycle were stolen.

About 9.20pm on the evening of Tuesday, February 18, officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District were patrolling Manildra Street, Narromine, when they attempted to stop the ute alleged to have been stolen from Nyngan.

When the driver failed to stop, a pursuit was initiated before extra resources from Central North Police District, the Rural Crime Prevention Team, and PolAir were called in to assist.

A short time later, the pursuit was terminated on Lower Castlereagh Street, Gilgandra, after the vehicle was found abandoned when the driver allegedly left the scene on foot.

A dog unit was called to assist and a 19-year-old man was arrested in bushland nearby.

Police seized both the ute and a knife which were sent for further examination.

The arrested man was taken to Dubbo Police Station where he was charged by detectives attached to RCPT with five offences, including driving recklessly/furiously or speed/ manner dangerous, drive conveyance taken without consent of owner, and drive motor vehicle during disqualification period.

The man was also charged with two outstanding warrants for previous alleged offences.

The Nyngan man was refused bail and later appeared

at Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday, February 19, where he was again refused bail to appear at Nyngan Local Court next month.

Two men charged over alleged vehicle theft and break-ins in at Dubbo TWO men have been charged following multiple alleged break-and-enters and a car theft in Dubbo.

Officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District allege that at about 1.30am on Friday, February 14, two men aged 19 and 21 broke into an industrial complex on Energy Place, Dubbo, before stealing keys to a Toyota utility and driving off in the vehicle.

The two men then allegedly drove the ute to a bowling club on Jennings Street, Geurie, before the older man allegedly forced entry into the premises using several tools, then attempted to break into a safe and ATM inside the club.

At about 9.30 am on the same day, the ute was seen being driven to a home east of Dubbo.

Following inquiries, police attended the residence on the same day and found a 19-yearold man and the alleged stolen Toyota onsite.

He was arrested and taken to Dubbo Police Station where he was charged with take and drive conveyance without consent of owner, enter enclosed

PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse, and breach of bail.

The man was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court on Saturday, February 15, where he was again refused bail before facing Dubbo Local Court on Wednesday, February 19.

Following an investigation, at about 4.40pm on Monday, February 17, police also arrested a 21-year-old man at a home east of Dubbo.

He was taken to Dubbo Police Station where he was charged with multiple offences including break-andenter house, drive motor vehicle during disqualification period (second offence), and possession of house-breaking implements.

He was refused bail and faced Dubbo Local Court on Tuesday, February 18, where he was formally refused bail to appear before the same court on Wednesday, March 26.

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Classic rock ’n’ roll, Ballz n All the perfect fit for inaugural Tradies fun On the dance floor for the first-ever Tradies Ball, Ballz n All are guaranteed to get you moving to some of the great rock classics, PHOTO: COL BOYD PHOTOGRAPHY.

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Western NSW rockers Ballz n All are the perfect fit for getting into the swing of Dubbo’s inaugural Tradies Ball on Saturday, March 29. PHOTOS: INSTINCT MEDIA.

By DAVID DIXON COBAR-BASED rockers Ballz n All are the perfect fit for getting into the swing of Dubbo’s inaugural Tradies Ball on Saturday, March 29.

Led by frontman Degen Brown, the region’s top rock-and-roll dance band are gaining a reputation for being one of the most energetic and in-demand outfits in country NSW, with one critic describing them as “musically sharp as a razor! What a blast!”

On the dance floor, Ballz n All are guaranteed to get you jumping and jiving to some of the great classics of modern music, bass guitarist Mark Kotynia explained.

“We do all the typical type of stuff, we’re just sort of classic pub rock that everyone enjoys dancing to,” Mark explained.

“We’re talking about The Angels, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, the Screaming Jets, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, all the hits that people love,” he added.

As a classic four-piece rock ensemble, Degen is supported by a crew of high-quality musicians, including the lovely lady on lead, Kahlia Martin (guitarist for Beccy Cole, Altiyan Childs), and Kotynia on bass guitar (Altiyan Childs, Crakajak).

The band got together initially to help out a local event, forming briefly in 2019 for what was to be a “one-off ” performance for a home-town festival.

The community reaction to the band, however, was so overwhelming and spontaneous, they decided to stay together and pursue more gigs.

Ballz n All now play at a range of big events and major race meets in the region, including the Duck Creek Races (previously supporting Shannon Noll, Jon Stevens, and The Choirboys), Beerfest celebrations, the Bungle Rumble Festival (previously supporting The Black Sorrows and Chocolate Starfish), and Trangie Truck and Tractor show (supporting Adam Brand).

“Every concert we do, it’s loud and pumping. We’re a high-energy act that loves performing in front of a great crowd,” Mark said.

“If it’s a Tradies Ball, there’ll be plenty of laughs, fun, and great rock music, from grandma to the grandkids... we get everyone up dancing,” he concluded.

Remember, too, the Tradies Ball is all for a great cause, supporting local not-for-profit, Tradies in Sight.

This amazing local charity works tirelessly to improve the mental health and wellbeing of tradies across the region, so get your dancing shoes on, and trip the light fantastic at the fi rst-ever Dubbo Tradies Ball.

Get your tickets now before they sell-out for this wonderful “guys and gals” get-together at Dubbo RSL Memorial Club.

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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THURSDAY 27 February 2024

NEXT COUNCIL The next ordinary meeting of Council will be held on Wednesday 12th March 2025.

MEETING: PUBLIC NOTICE – NORTHERN DRAINAGE STORMWATER PIPE Narromine Shire Council would like to advise the community that construction works have commenced along Meryula Street, Narromine to improve the stormwater pipeline system. These works are essential to enhance drainage and mitigate « Ìi Ì > y ` } `ÕÀ } i>ÛÞ rain. Council asks residents to take Ìi v > Þ ÌÀ>vw V > >}i i Ì measures in place and exercise caution when travelling through the area. The project is expected to be delivered over a six-month period with completion by 30th June 2025, weather permitting. There will be various intermittent road closures during this time with detours > ` ÌÀ>vw V > >}i i Ì « >Vi throughout different stages of the project. For further inquiries, please contact Narromine Shire Council via email mail@narromine.nsw.gov.au or call 6889 9999.

information is available 24/7 on ÛiÌÀ>vw V°V À LÞ « } council or via social media channels.

Motorists are reminded to proceed with caution on all roads. For any further information about Narromine Shire Council’s roads go to www. narromine.nsw.gov.au/residents/roadconditions PUBLIC NOTICE – CLASSIFICATION OF LAND Council resolved at its Ordinary Meeting held 26 June 2024, that upon transfer of Lot 48 DP 755089 for the sole purpose of allowing RFS to build a shed on the land, that the > ` Li V >ÃÃ w i` >Ã «iÀ>Ì > > `° Public submissions on the proposal to classify this land as operational, can be made by visiting: www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/council/ public-exhibition or in writing to the General Manager, PO Box 115, Narromine, NSW, 2821 or emailed to mail@narromine.nsw.gov.au. Closing date for submissions is Wednesday, 19 March 2025. Enquiries: Marion Truscott 6889 9999

ROAD CLOSURES and ROAD SAFETY All road updates, traveller information and personalised alerts for all NSW roads including Narromine Shire Council’s roads please visit www.

NKXGVTCHƂ E EQO Up to date road closures and

PUBLIC NOTICE - SAVING WATER Narromine Shire Council thanks residents to continue their excellent water conservation habits. As we expect some extreme weather over

the next few weeks, Council reminds residents not to water lawns and gardens during the heat of the day.

For further information about water saving tips please visit Council’s website: www.narromine.nsw.gov. au/.../water-saving-handy-tips RATES REMINDER – THIRD INSTALMENT Instalment Notices for the third Rates ÃÌ> i Ì v Ì i ÓäÓ{ÉÓäÓx w > V > year have been issued and are due on Friday, 28 February 2025. For more information on rates and payment options, please visit Council’s website at www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/residents/ council-rates or visit Council’s Customer Service & Payments Centre, open Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, at 118 Dandaloo Street, Narromine.

BUILD YOUR CAREER WITH COUNCIL Council has a variety of vacancies currently on offer, details can be found by visiting Council’s website www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/council/ employment &GEGODGT /QFKƂ ECVKQPU

DETERMINATION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS Notice is hereby given that Council, pursuant to the provisioans of Section 4.59 of the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, has approved the following Development Applications and Complying Developments for the months of December 2024 and January 2025.

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WHAT’S COMING UP IN THE NARROMINE REGION 27 February – 2025 Narromine Region New Resident Night starting at 6:00pm. Soul Food Narromine. Please RSVP before Monday 24 February via email: mail@narromine.nsw.gov.au for further information call Council on 6889 9999.

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by Narromine Business Collective, at Soul Food, Narromine – purchase your tickets at 123tix.com.au 16 March – Narromine Car Club’s 2025 Charity Show ’n’ Shine & Swap Meet, Narromine Golf Club, gates open at 7am Share your event on the Narromine Region website and let us help promote what’s happening in the region! Visit narromineregion.com.au/ calendar

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Inquiry: How will water buybacks affect you?

Government appoints first Agriculture Commissioner HOW will water buybacks affect your community, and will floodplain harvesting help manage the unlicensed taking of water?

Just as importantly, how can the Government do better in providing funding to communities who rely on the Murray-Darling Basin?

These are some of the key issues that the Legislative Assembly Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development is looking into as part of its inquiry into the impacts of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act (Cth) 2023 on regional NSW communities.

The Committee will examine major changes from recent Federal legislation including: f the impact of reintroducing buybacks. f risks to achieving legislative outcomes, such as reducing unlicensed take of water. f the impact of environmental water rules and rules-based changes in NSW. f options to improve government programs aimed at offsetting the impacts of buybacks.

“We want to understand how the new federal water legislation affects local communities, businesses, and environments, especially those who depend on water the most,” said Committee Chair and the State

A Legislative Assembly Committee is looking into the impacts of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act (Cth) 2023 on regional NSW communities. PHOTO: NSW WATER. member for Barwon, Roy Butler.

“Changes to water use, such as buybacks and rules-based changes affect regional communities that rely on water allocation for business, tourism, town water supplies and the environment,” he added.

It is important to understand how changes will impact regional communities and identify any risks posed by the legislation.

“The sustainability of communities who rely on the Murray-Darling Basin is vital to NSW, that’s why we are asking local communities to tell us what worked and what didn’t in the past,” Mr Butler said.

Submissions from industry, business, academics, community organisations, government agencies, and the public can be made until mid-April.

CWA Trangie continues to advocate for community Alison Stone has been announced as first statutory agriculture minister for the state of NSW. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. ALISON Stone has been appointed as the State’s fi rst statutory agriculture commissioner, with the Minns Labor Government stating the role continues work to ensure the NSW farmers and agriculture industry are safeguarded into the future.

Committed to during the state election and legislated last year, the commissioner will provide independent advice, conduct reviews and make recommendations to the NSW Government on agricultural matters, including productivity, land-use confl ict, and food security.

Commissioner Stone has more than 40 years of experience across primary industries, including 25 years as a farmer, policy experience across land, natural resources, forestry, heritage and wildlife roles and experience in disaster resilience, response, and recovery, having led the code-sign process for the Disaster Wise Communities Network.

Further, the Commissioner served on the NSW Government’s cornerstone Regional Advisory Council, the Victorian Fisheries Co-Management Council, and the Commonwealth Government’s Forest Industry Advisory Council.

As Agriculture Commissioner, Ms Stone will serve an initial three-year term.

NSW Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, said the NSW Government has delivered another key election commitment by ensuring farmers and the agricultural sector has a dedicated and independent Agriculture Commissioner to advise me and the Government on best options for matters such as land planning in regional NSW. “With 25 years of hands-on experience as a livestock farmer, Commissioner Stone also understands the realities of rural life and the challenges faced by our farming communities,” she said.

Ms Stone said that agriculture is the “backbone of our state”.

“My role is to collaborate with government, landowners and industry leaders to drive tangible, on-the-ground outcomes and practices to ensure NSW has a strong and prosperous agriculture sector,” she said.

The NSW CWA believes rural and remote areas face the greatest challenges, impacting on a multitude of aspects of daily living. PHOTO: UNSPLASH.

By PAT RILEY

munities in times of drought-infl icted hardship.

THE Trangie branch of the NSW Country Women’s Association (CWA) is endeavouring to focus attention on the advocacy work that continues to be done by the wider association in support of rural and regional areas of NSW.

While prolonged drought has the potential to ultimately affect the entire nation, it is in the country’s rural and remote areas that the greater challenges present themselves, impacting on a multitude of aspects of daily living.

While the CWA mantle of “tea and scones” remains fi rmly in place for many people in the community, CWA branches would like to highlight the organisation’s advocacy work to support their com-

In September 2024, the NSW CWA made a submission on the consultation for the draft Australian Government Drought Plan, where the organisation’s concerns were highlighted for consideration by the ap-

propriate Government body.

The CWA’s response to questions posed by the draft highlight our desire to maintain our prominence as an advisory body to government in matters concerning the wellbeing of families living in rural and remote areas.

The Draft Plan questions the differences between the Australian Government’s Drought Policy and policies implemented for natural disasters.

Drought, in contrast to natural disasters but equally catastrophic, evolves slowly and calls for a different and consistent approach by the government in resource allocation, especially in terms of funding decisions.

The gradual onset of drought and the unique challenges it presents for rural businesses and communities, requires a continuance of varied and adaptive responses compared to the more immediate needs created by natural disasters.

W hile these differences are acknowledged by the draft, they are not fully dealt with in terms of the far-reaching consequences of drought conditions on the socio-economic conditions in rural communities.

These can have a prolonged effect on people, creating insurmountable challenges for many and affecting both physical and mental health and contributing to family separation, marriage breakdowns, and depression. Domestic and family violence and sexual assault are also exacerbated by drought.

Greater clarity on how the government plans to address these longterm drought impacts would improve public understanding.

The NSW CWA remains committed to advocating on issues that affect rural, regional and remote Australians, with particular emphasis on issues that impact women, children and families.

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Reserve Bank cuts interest rates, but no dancing for joy just yet

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN

THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has fi nally cut interest rates for the fi rst time since November 2020 – but don’t get too excited just yet.

At its February meeting, the RBA board decided to decrease the cash rate by 0.25 of a percentage point, to 4.1 per cent.

This much-needed reprieve for mortgage borrowers followed the RBA raising interest rates on 13 occasions between May 2022 and November 2023, before leaving the cash rate on hold for more than a year.

Local Mortgage Choice broker Stacey Bohm told the Narromine Star that while any interest rate reduction is welcome, banks won’t necessarily pass it on straight away.

“The biggest thing is that, after four years, there is a rate decrease but that does not mean all the banks will pass it on immediately,” Mrs Bohm said.

In light of this, what can mortgage holders and those seeking to borrow do right now?

With many years’ banking experience behind her, Mrs Bohm’s professional advice as a local mortgage broker is: take action.

“Call your bank and demand that the interest rate cut be delivered and, if they don’t, start looking elsewhere,” she said.

Banks not passing on the interest rate cuts are leaving mortgage holders in the dust, she added.

“If they are not passing on the interest rate cut, it is just

not helping out customers and they are lining their pockets instead,” she explained.

However, Mrs Bohm said while the percentage does not look like much on paper, the real-world effect is massive and could fi nally see people experience a break from the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

“Most people will see a reduction in mortgage payments starting from about $500,” she said.

“It will knock years off your mortgage.”

In a post-meeting statement, the RBA noted that infl ation had reduced substantially from its peak in 2022, leading to the decision to cut interest rates.

“In the December quarter, underlying inflation was at 3.2 per cent, which suggests infla-

Tonight’s the night to welcome new residents ARE you new to the Narromine Shire? If so, you might want to pop along to a special event in downtown Narromine tonight, Thursday, February 27, to welcome new residents to the region.

The council-run event will be held at Soul Food Depot, the big building on the corner of Dandaloo and Culling streets that celebrates its past history as a local citrus factory on the outside, but is a glorious eaterie and function centre on the inside.

New residents will have the opportunity to learn more about the shire, its services, community and sporting groups, and local businesses at the event.

The Narromine Star will be there, not only to re por t on the event but we’l l have a table displaying copies of our award-winning weekly newspaper.

Community and sporting groups will be on hand to

tionary pressures are easing a little more quickly than expected,” the statement read.

Despite the expected interest rate cut, the RBA, which meets monthly, emphasised that sustainably returning inflation to the target range remains its priority, and suggested further interest rate cuts are not guaranteed.

Economists told the Narromine Star that mortgage-holders should not expect a rate cut before the Federal Election — which must take place by May this year — with the next rate cut likely to come after the poll has been held.

For anyone considering their next move with their mortgage in light of the recent rate cut, Stacey Bohm is available to offer her professional advice.

A MESSAGE FROM NARROMINE ANGLICAN CHURCH The Body of Christ

PHOTO: PIXABAY.

let the region’s newest residents know more about their work and how you can become involved as a volunteer or member. Local businesses are also expected to be present to highlight their services and products.

There will be drinks and nibbles served so you won’t

go hungry. Make your way down to Soul Food Depot for a 6.00 pm start and enjoy learning more about the shire and what’s happening locally.

Late RSVPs will be accepted – very important so the council knows you’re coming – contact the Narromine Shire Council

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WE are in the sixth week of a preaching series entitled “The Church”, where we’ve been talking about our identity.

This week, we look at how the church is the body of Christ.

The writer of the New Testament Book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul, explains this in Chapter 1, Verses 22–23: “God appointed him (Jesus) to be head over everything for the church; which is his body, the fullness of him, who fi lls everything in every way.”

So, the church is… the body of Christ.

In saying this, Paul is indicating that no true church can exist apart from the vital union of its members with Jesus; the head of the body.

Before we go any further, let’s do some spadework and fi nd out what Paul meant; what made him speak like this.

The early church, the fi rst ones to get together to follow the way, would meet in people’s homes. We’re told of this in the book of Acts, in Chapter 2, Verse 46.

The initial understanding of the fi rst believers in Jesus of the word “church” was not about a building that you go to, or stop going to, or just go to occasionally.

Back then, they used the Greek word “Ecclesia”, to signify the church, it means to be called; they were a calledout community.

They were the “Kyriake”, another Greek word which comes from the word “Kyrios” or “Lord”. And the word Kyriake means, that which belongs to the Lord.

So, when Paul spoke of “the

church”, our English word, he meant the Kyriake, a group of people that belonged to the Lord.

Paul was given special consideration in all this when he was confronted by God’s son on the Damascus Road.

Jesus asks the at-the-time rebellious Paul: “Why do you persecute me?”

For any attack on the church, is an attack on Jesus.

Paul was converted by this confrontation, he realigned himself to become a believer in the Lord Jesus and a great evangelist.

Here’s an analogy I’ve found that may help us come to terms with just how an organisation, the church, can claim to have the leadership it does.

For those who read military history, there are two types of narrative. One is written by the military commanders who move great masses of people around. They are well aware of how the masses fit into the wider strategy at work. The other narrative is written by the ordinary soldier. That story is often one of confusion and chaos.

We are often like the individual soldier caught up in fighting bewildering battles. But the soldier is always to obey the commander.

In Ephesians Chapter 1, Paul has a prayer for the body of Christ in Ephesus; it’s preoccupied with God’s future plans. Check it out sometime, even when the confusion and chaos of our fallen world enters your door.

Journey well with Jesus.

By PHILIP HAND

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Political News & Opinion AROUND UND THE ELECTORATE TORATE Comment nt by D DUGALD ERS, SAUNDERS, ember State Member for Dubbo bo

Seniors recognised DO you know a senior that deserves to be recognised in the Dubbo electorate? I am celebrating the seniors in our electorate by hosting a NSW Seniors Festival Local Achievement Awards program. Nominations close this Friday and winners will be announced during the NSW Seniors Festival next month.

Youth crime THE NSW Nationals are pushing for strong and immediate legislative reform to help solve the youth crime crisis, as hundreds of regional residents held rallies over the weekend.

I was joined by Deputy Leader of the NSW, Nationals Gurmesh Singh; Member for Oxley, Michael Kemp; Member for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson; Member for Clarence, Richie Williamson; Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson; Upper House MP, Wes Fang; and Member for the Upper Hunter, Dave Layzell; and more than 700 locals and police in Kempsey on Sunday to take a stand against the Minns Labor Government’s inaction on the issue.

We also announced plans to put forward a bill to address

the legislative issues and stop repeat serious youth offenders from holding regional communities to ransom.

It will include changes to the bail act to stop courts granting bail to serious repeat offenders, changes to doli incapax (age of legal responsibility), and amending the Crimes Sentencing Procedure Act to give more consideration to the harm that is caused to the victim.

The Minns Government’s narrow approach has allowed this crisis to escalate, and the Premier is ignoring communities that are screaming for help. People are completely fed up and are turning to these events and rallies as a last resort to try and have their voices heard.

They are scared on the streets and scared in their homes, and we need swift and decisive action, so they know we are taking every possible measure to keep them safe.

Vale, Dr Mike Augee I WAS saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Mike Augee last week. Mike was truly dedicated to making Wellington a great place to live.

He was a past President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Wellington Historical Society, former Wellington Councillor, a member of Wellington’s Heritage Committee, founder of Friends of the Wellington Caves, heavily involved in The Fossil Trail at the Caves, a member of the Wellington Lions Club, and a volunteer ranger at Mt Ar-

thur. Mike was also a huge supporter of Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum.

Drawing from his great skill and knowledge as a respected palaeontologist, together with Chris George and Bruce Welch, Mike published the popular book ‘Wellington Caves’.

Vale, Dr Mike Augee, you will be missed.

Touch footy a hit THE NSW Touch Football Junior State Cup descended on Dubbo last weekend and over 10,000 people travelled to the region for a fantastic

three days.

There have been plenty of glowing reviews from visitors about the impeccable facilities, so a big congratulations to Dubbo Regional Council, Dubbo Touch Football Association, and all of the volunteers involved, your efforts in making sure Dubbo continues to be a place that touch teams from all around the state love to play is a credit to you all.

ing, the annual awards recognise the incredible dedication, effort and community service of our state’s volunteers, their leaders and teams.

The Awards program has grown to become one of the largest celebrations of volunteering in Australia. Last year, more than 139,000 nominees from over 500 organisations were recognised at regional and state Ceremonies.

Nom i nat ions late May.

Volunteer awards NOMINATIONS for the 2025 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are now open. Hosted

by The Centre for Volunteer-

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Until next time Dugald

In Brief

Around the traps…

SOME more of the latest little news-grabs from around the shire and beyond. f As part of its inquiry into the outages that affected Far West NSW from October 17, 2024 after a storm damaged several transmission towers, the NSW Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Planning will visit the Far West in early March. The Committee will visit Menindee, Tibooburra and Wilcannia as part of their tour of the region.

Further info is available on the Committee’s webpage. f Local Land Services (LLS) will hold ‘landscape rehydration workshops’ for landholders in Gulargambone and Dubbo, and one on ‘restoring healthy water flows’ in Eugowra in early April. Contact LLS for more details. f End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC) has a new free online training course for health professionals in residential aged care, home and community care, and aged care providers, to help

them upskill in the law on Advance Care Directives, substitute decision-making, managing disputes, voluntary assisted dying, and more. See the End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) website. f Destination NSW’s new marketing campaign, ‘Recharge Here’, promotes electric vehicle (EV)-friendly road tripping across the state - but its nine highlighted road trips don’t include anywhere in the Central West. We are completely missing from the campaign which features road trips in Greater Sydney and some other parts of regional NSW. The itineraries include the locations of EV charging stations along the routes so drivers can enjoy their journey without “range anxiety”. Er… Dubbo has EV charging stations last time we checked… f The planned closures of private maternity services in Hobart and Darwin will leave just one private maternity service in Tasmania and none in the Northern

Territory. These closures are the latest in a long list of critical services that private hospitals have closed or downgraded, according to the Australian Medical Association, including maternity care, mental health and reconstructive surgery, adding strain to the public system and forcing patients to travel long distances to access private health services. f Six NSW councils have applied to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a special variation to increase their income from rates above the rate peg. The Tribunal is now seeking community feedback on applications from Federation, Gunnedah Shire, Northern Beaches, North Sydney, Shoalhaven City and Upper Hunter Shire councils. Gunnedah Shire and North Sydney councils had also applied for minimum rate increases. f IPART has published draft solar feed-in tariff benchmarks for 2025-26.

Consumers can expect to receive a flat rate solar feed-

in tariff between 4.9 and 7.4 cents per kilowatt hour (c/ kWh) from their retailer for the solar electricity they export to the grid. The value of solar is based on IPART’s estimate of the wholesale price of electricity at the times that solar electricity is exported. f The NSW Government will introduce ambitious academic, HSC-attainment and school attendance targets to public schools to lift outcomes for students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

New system-wide measures will provide clear guidance for school leaders, and are designed to lift outcomes for all students, including at comprehensive primary and high schools, selective schools, regional and rural schools, and Schools for Specific Purposes. f This year marks 100 years since the Big Brother Movement (BBM, which ran from 1925-1982) was founded. BBM was one of Australia’s most significant migration schemes, offering 12,000 young Brit-

ish men (known as ‘Little Brothers’) who travelled alone from the UK the chance to start a new life in Australia. Once here, they were assigned a ‘Big Brother’ guardian and received training and jobs in rural and trade industries. BBM is inviting all former Little Brothers, their families, and those with a connection to the program to come forward and share their stories. Further details are on the BBM website. f Law Council of Australia President, Juliana Warner, has revealed it is becoming increasingly unviable for the private legal profession to offer support to legal aid clients, especially in rural and remote communities, under current conditions. Private practitioners are central to the ongoing delivery of legal assistance services but they are reaching breaking point as they strive to ensure access to justice for all – prompting the Law Council to call for additional funding in this year’s Federal Budget.

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Classroom News

Narromine Shire School News Congratulations to students who received the Week Four $5 canteen voucher at NHS. PHOTO: NHS FACEBOOK.

Students in 3OL have been working hard in their spelling in the last week. PHOTOS: NPS FACEBOOK.

A big congratulations for Year Six NPS students for their successful icy cup fundraising event. PHOTOS: NPS FACEBOOK.

Students were in for a treat last week with a visit from Healthy Harold while learning about their physical, mental and social health.

Collated by SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN IN this week’s round-up of the Shire School News, we report on Narromine Public having a very successful fund-raising campaign, St Augustine’s Parish School holding their Induction Mass for 2025, and some well-deserving students from Narromine High receiving $5 canteen vouchers.

Narromine Public School IT has been a busy week for students at Narromine Public School (NPS) with their Year

PHOTOS: NPS FACEBOOK.

Six “icy cup” fundraiser being enjoyed by all.

Year Six students will continue selling icy cups for $2 for the remainder of this week, and the teachers would like to thank the school community for getting involved.

As well as this, it has been an exciting week with a visit from “Healthy Harold” from Life Education conducting tailored health and well-being programs with students over the last week.

The face-to-face lessons were accompanied by a range of pre and post-visit lessons to help extend and reinforce learning, while covering a range of topics across the three core areas

of physical health, safety, and social/emotional well-being.

Students in 3OL have been working hard and practising their spelling throughout the past week, while 24 students from NPS swam their best at the Gobondery/NARRAF Swimming Carnival at Warren last Friday.

It was a great day for all those involved, with the students demonstrating amazing sportsmanship as many made it through to the next round of representative swimming. All in all a very busy week at NPS!

Narromine High School IT was more of a quiet week at Narromine High as students settled back into school for Term One. Congratulations are in order to Tori Haylan, Hannah Preston, Mia Barnes, Thomas Knight, Jed Sunderland, Taimen Mulloy, and Tye Wilson who were the Week Four winners of the $5 canteen vouchers.

St Augustine’s Parish School FOLLOWING St Augustine’s swimming carnival in

mid-Friday, 32 students then represented the school at their Cluster Carnival in Narromine last Wednesday.

After this, a total of 18 students have also qualified to swim in the Wilcannia Forbes Diocesan Carnival in Parkes being held next Friday.

Congratulations to all those involved, and good luck to those competing in Parkes!

Last Friday, St Augustine’s also held their Induction Mass for the new School Leaders for 2025.

Congratulations to the Year Six students, and a warm welcome to all the new families joining the St Augustine’s school community this year.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 27, 2025 Congratulations to the 32 students who represented St Augustine’s at the cluster swimming carnival on Wednesday, February 19. PHOTOS: SAP FACEBOOK.

On Friday, February 21, St Augustine’s held their 2025 Induction Mass. PHOTOS: SAP FACEBOOK.

Congratulations to the 24 students who represented NPS at the Gobonderry/NARRAF Swimming Carnival in Warren last week. PHOTOS: NPS FACEBOOK.

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Puzzles

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 27, 2025

Narromine GARAGE SALE

CHURCH NOTICES

Iris’s Garage Sale Saturday, 1 March 2025 8am to 1pm 6A Meringo Street, Narromine Household goods, furniture, plants and more!

CASH ONLY

WANTING TO BUY Wanted to buy ANY pre1990 cars: Toyota Landcruisers, Volkswagens, Landrovers, Holdens, Fords, Valiants, Porsche, Commodores, old trucks etc. any condition, restored, unrestored or parts Cash paid. Call 0421313536

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NARROMINE BAPTIST CHURCH Service 10:30am Sunday

COMBINED CHURCHES OF NARROMINE KIDS’ CLUB Tue 3-5pm at Uniting Church

CATHOLIC CHURCH, TRANGIE 1st & 3rd Sundays Mass 9.30am 2nd & 4th Sundays Mass 6pm (DLST) 5th Sunday Mass 9.30am

ST ANDREWS UNITING CHURCH Meryula Street, Narromine conducts worship from 9-10am every Sunday. All welcome.

TRANGIE UNITING/ANGLICAN CHURCH Sundays 11am

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 9.30am Saturday Sabbath School 10.45am Saturday Church service

ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, NARROMINE 40 COBRA ST

Lic no: MVRL48964 • RTA no: AU32536

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

MONDAY, MARCH 3

SUNDAY, MARCH 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 1

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Planet America. 10.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe.

11.05 The Newsreader. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. Final. 2.55 Simply Nigella. 3.30 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Return. 8.30 Under The Vines. Return. 9.15 Optics. 9.45 Hard Quiz. 10.20 Spicks And Specks. 10.50 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 2.00 The Hunting Party. 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody. (2022) 11.30 GetOn Extra. 12.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Our Take On Love. (2022) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Mammals.

8.40 MOVIE: Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard.

(2021) Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson. 11.00 MOVIE: Lions For Lambs. (2007) 12.45 Pointless. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal.

9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Ent. Tonight. 10.30 Wheel Of Fortune UK. 11.30 Judge Judy.

12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud.

1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Family Feud. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Wheel Of Fortune UK. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 10.50 10’s Late News. 11.15 The Project. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King. 3.00 Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Ancient Superstructures. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 James May: Our Man In Italy. 8.30 Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines. 9.20 Mysteries Of The Ancient Dead. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Bonn. 11.45 Sisi.

2.40 Earth’s Natural Wonders. Final. 3.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.00 DVine Living.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Surf Patrol.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Pawn Stars Do America.

3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Jade Fever.

4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. 8.30 MOVIE: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019) Dwayne Johnson. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 3.50 The Goldbergs. 4.20 Bondi Vet. 5.20 Britain’s Got Talent. 7.00 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.

(2018) 9.00 MOVIE: Romancing The Stone. (1984) Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner. 11.15 MOVIE: Breakthrough. (2019) 1.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 My Life Is Murder. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 FBI. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 The King Of Queens.

2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Ghosts. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Frasier. 10.30 The Neighborhood. 11.00 Becker. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.15 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Alaskan Adventure. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Must Love Dogs. (2005) 10.10 ER. 10.55 Not Going Out. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien.

6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 Planet America: Weekend Edition. 8.45 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.50 Keeping Up Appearances. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 MOVIE: Spring And Port Wine. (1970) 5.30 Filthy Garden SOS. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Yes Minister. 8.30 MOVIE: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. (1994) Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving. 10.40 The Closer.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.20 Fanatics: The Deep End. 2.50 The Inside Story. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 If You Are The One. 7.10 Jeopardy!

7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.35 100 Vaginas. 9.30 Secrets Of Playboy. Return. 11.15 Pose. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage Charts. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Death In Paradise. 1.30 Optics. 2.00 Under The Vines. 2.45 Extraordinary Escapes. 3.35 The Role Of A Lifetime. 4.30 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. 5.30 Landline. 6.00 Australian Story. 6.30 Back Roads.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025.

10.30 The Newsreader. 11.25 Unforgotten.

12.15 Rage.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. Verry Elleegant Stakes Day and Australian Guineas Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz. 10.15 MOVIE: Green Zone.

(2010) Matt Damon. 12.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. 1.30 Harry’s Practice.

2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 My Way. 1.00 Let’s Eat With George.

1.30 Your Next Cruise. 2.00 Bondi Vet. 3.00 David Attenborough’s Mammals.

4.00 Cherie Barber’s Tiny Home. New. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway.

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. 8.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde. (2001) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair.

10.30 MOVIE: Magic Mike’s Last Dance.

(2023) 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 The Weekly Kick-Off. 10.30 Australian Survivor. 12.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass.

12.30 Farm To Fork. 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Frugal Foodie. 2.00 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Dog House Australia. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia.

9.30 Matlock. 10.30 Elsbeth. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. 5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. 5.30 Hitler: Decoding A Dictator. New. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Wonders Of Europe. Return. 8.35 Queen Camilla: The Wicked Stepmother. 9.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. 10.25 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. 11.25 Suspect. 3.20 Australia Uncovered: Our African Roots. 4.20 Peer To Peer. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Horse Racing. Verry Elleegant Stakes Day and Australian Guineas Day. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 I Escaped To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Night Thunder.

High Limits World Tour. Night Grand Final.

Replay. 4.00 Carnage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars.

7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 8.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 9.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.20 The Goldbergs. 12.50 Dream Home. 2.20 Holey Moley Australia. 3.50 Britain’s Got Talent. 5.30 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. (2018) 7.30 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part III. (1990) Michael J. Fox. 10.00 MOVIE: Gunpowder Milkshake. (2021) 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.00 Diagnosis Murder.

12.00 JAG. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 21. Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory. 7.00 Football Tonight. 7.25 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 21. Macarthur FC v Sydney FC. 10.00 NCIS. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00 Ridiculousness.

11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness.

3.00 Friends. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 4.30 MythBusters.

5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s In Americana. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) 8.50 Ab Fab. 9.20 Absolutely Fabulous New York. 10.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

3.30 Tiddler. 3.55 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes.

6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom.

7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Kids BBQ Championship. 8.10 Chopped Junior. 8.55 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.40 Speechless.

10.00 Officially Amazing Goes Bunkers.

10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Breakfast Couch.

3.00 News. 3.30 If You’re Listening. 3.50 News. 4.15 Planet America: Weekend.

5.00 News. 5.30 Asia News Week. 6.00 News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 News. 7.30 Back Roads. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.30 Stateline. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.35 MOVIE: Trapeze.

(1956) 4.45 Rugby Union. Super W. Round 1. Western Force v Brumbies. 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 3.

Western Force v Queensland Reds. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45 MOVIE: The Mechanic. (1972) 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.20 Ten Year Old Tom. 2.50 Celebrity Mastermind. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.50 Late Life Lesbians.

6.45 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Steven Spielberg: The New Hollywood Prodigy.

9.35 The Hunt For Hitler. 10.25 Hudson & Rex. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders.

10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens. 3.30 Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris To Istanbul.

4.15 Extraordinary Escapes. 5.00 This Is Going To Be Big. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. 8.30 The Newsreader. 9.25 Love Me. 10.20 MOVIE: Cosi. (1996) 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under.

Highlights. 1.30 Cycling. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Highlights. 2.30 Air Crash Investigations: Special Report.

3.30 Border Security: International. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer.

5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Australian Idol. 8.40 The Hunters. 10.15 Murder In The Outback: The Falconio And Lees Mystery. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Hello SA. 6.30 A Current Affair.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. Return. 11.00 NRL Season Preview. 1.00 Rugby League. Women’s International Test. Australia v England.

3.00 NRL Sunday Footy: Las Vegas PreShow. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1.

Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks. 5.30 NRL Sunday Footy: Las Vegas Post-Match.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. 8.45 60 Minutes. 9.45 9News Late. 10.15 See No Evil. 11.15 The First 48.

12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Pooches At Play. 9.00 Freshly Picked. 9.30 Loving Gluten Free. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Are You RV Safe? 11.00 Luxury Escapes.

11.30 Buy To Build. 12.00 Australian Survivor. 1.30 Cook With Luke. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. 2.30 Basketball.

NBL Finals. Semi-final series. South East Melbourne Phoenix v Illawarra Hawks.

Game 2. 4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Sunday Project.

7.00 Australian Survivor. 8.30 Matlock.

9.30 FBI. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 1.00 Motor Racing.

Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. 5.00 Heroines.

New. 5.30 Hitler: Decoding A Dictator.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Ancient Greece By Train. 8.25 Emperor: Rise And Fall Of A Dynasty. 9.20 Legends Of The Pharaohs. 10.20 Great British Landmark Fixers. 11.15 Elvis’ Women. 2.40 Love Your Garden. 3.30 Employable Me (UK) 4.35 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 I Escaped To The Country.

12.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Steam Train Journeys.

4.30 I Escaped To The Country. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing.

2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Motor MythBusters. 5.00 Hustle & Tow. 6.00 Border Security: International. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

8.30 MOVIE: Die Hard: With A Vengeance.

(1995) 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Flushed. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 Get Clever. 10.00 Holey Moley Australia.

11.30 Dream Home. 1.00 Home And Away.

4.00 To Be Advised. 5.40 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 6.30 Puppy School.

7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Bones. 12.30 The Blacklist. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.30 Roads Less Travelled.

12.00 Navigating The World. 1.00 Diagnosis Murder. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Top Gear Australia. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Bondi Rescue. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 Matlock.

8.30 NCIS. 11.20 CSI: Vegas. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

8.00 Frasier. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness.

3.00 Friends. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 12.00 South Park. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 3.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 ER. 2.45 Doctor Who. 3.30 A Bite To Eat. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.25 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Adventures In Americana.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025.

11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines.

4.20 Odd Squad. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Octonauts And The Ring Of Fire. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom.

7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 Moominvalley.

8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.15 Speechless. 9.55 Merlin.

10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News With Auslan.

5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders. 8.40 If You’re Listening. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.30 The Avengers. 12.30 MOVIE: She’ll Have To Go. (1962) 2.30 MOVIE: The Lone Gun. (1954) 4.00 MOVIE: The Horse Soldiers. (1959) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Gran Torino.

(2008) Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her. 10.55 The Closer. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.15 Rites Of Passage.

2.45 Jeopardy! 4.50 WorldWatch. 5.20 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic.

5.45 Domino Masters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 10.10 WWE Legends.

11.45 Hoarders. 12.30 The X-Files. 3.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. 10.25 MOVIE: They Shall Not Grow Old. (2018) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? 3.00 Simply Nigella.

3.30 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice.

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. 11.10 Planet America. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

10.30 Oscars Red Carpet. 11.00 The Oscars. 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Australian Idol.

9.10 Suits L.A. 10.10 The Oscars.

2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.45 Innovation Nation. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Rise Of The Dolphins.

10.30 9News Late. 11.00 The Life And Murder Of Nicole Brown Simpson.

12.00 The Equalizer. 1.00 Hello SA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Drew Barrymore. 7.00 Neighbours.

7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 Australian Survivor. 12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 8.40 NCIS: Sydney.

9.40 NCIS. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. 3.05 Shepherdess. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Sicily With Michael Portillo. 8.25 Dan Snow’s Greatest Discoveries. Return. 9.25 Inside Sydney Airport. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Wisting. 12.25 A French Case. 2.20 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. 2.50 Employable Me (UK) 3.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Bargain Hunt. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. USA New Year Sprintcars. 3.30 Jade Fever. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Adventure Gold Diggers. 9.30 Tougher In Alaska.

10.30 Frozen Gold. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Flushed. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Jabba’s Movies. 12.30 The Voice. 2.15 My France With Manu. 3.15 To Be Advised.

5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime. 10.30 Bones. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Reel Action. 9.30 What’s Up Down Under. 10.00 Snap Happy. 10.30 Navigating The World.

11.30 Diagnosis Murder. 12.30 JAG. 1.30 Matlock. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Evil. 11.20 Jake And The Fatman.

12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier.

3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 The Neighborhood. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.30 A Bite To Eat. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.25 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Adventures In Americana.

7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.35 Eat The Invaders. 10.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

3.55 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.55 The Deep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 The Crystal Maze. 9.25 Street Science.

9.50 Merlin. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour.

7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business.

9.00 The World. 10.00 ABC Nightly News.

10.30 Foreign Correspondent. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.50 World’s Greatest Transportation Marvels. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Dancing Years. (1950) 5.30 Filthy Garden SOS. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Good Karma Hospital.

9.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 10.40 The Closer. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? 3.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 Underground Worlds. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 MOVIE: Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. (1979) 10.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.45 Late Programs.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 27, 2025

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Madam. 10.20 9News Late. 10.50 My Feet Are Killing Me. 11.40 The Equalizer.

12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Building Ideas. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Drew Barrymore. 7.00 Neighbours.

7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Ent. Tonight. 10.20 Australian Survivor. 11.30 Judge Judy. 12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 8.45 NCIS. 10.35 10’s Late News. 11.00 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. 8.30 Insight. Return. 9.30 Dateline. Return.

10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Guillaume’s Paris. 11.30 Prisoner. 12.40 Fargo. 2.25 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. 3.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife.

8.45 Inspector George Gently. 10.45 Air Crash Investigations. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Outback Opal Hunters.

2.00 Adventure Gold Diggers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Jade Fever. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Railroad Australia. 10.30 Deadliest Roads. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Flushed. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Angel. 3.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 9.30 CSI: New York. 10.30 CSI: Cyber. 11.30 Bones. 12.30 The Blacklist. 1.30 Alias. 2.30 9-1-1: Lone Star.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 My Life Is Murder. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier.

3.30 The Neighborhood. Final. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 The Neighborhood. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.40 Ab Fab. 3.10 Doctor Who. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.25 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Adventures In Americana. Final. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Fisk.

9.00 Double Parked. 9.45 Optics. 10.15 ER. 11.00 Not Going Out. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch!

8.40 Deadly 60. 9.10 Foxes: Their Secret World. 10.00 Merlin. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.15 Four Corners. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.50 The Good Karma Hospital. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow.

3.20 MOVIE: The 14. (1973) 5.30 Filthy Garden SOS. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 9.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple.

11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 2.55 Queer Sports. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 Underground Worlds. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Dark Side Of Reality TV. 10.20 Black Comedy In America. 12.10 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. 1.55 Fake Or Fortune? 2.55 Simply Nigella. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Optics. Final. 9.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) 9.45 Planet America. 10.20 Spicks And Specks. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. 11.20 Gold Diggers. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 To Be Advised. 2.45 Surveillance Oz. 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 The 1% Club UK. 8.30 The Front Bar. Return.

9.30 Full Sweat. New. 11.00 Autopsy USA. Return. 12.00 Covert Affairs. 2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Big Miracles. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 Casualty 24/7. 11.30 The Equalizer. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.05 Your Next Cruise. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal.

9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Ent. Tonight. 10.15 Australian Survivor. 11.30 Judge Judy.

12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud.

1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. 8.30 Elsbeth. 9.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.25 10’s Late News. 10.50 The Project. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight.

3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw.

4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Australia: An Unofficial History. 8.35 The Jury: Murder Trial UK. 9.30 Rogue Heroes. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Blackwater. New. 12.15 My Brilliant Friend. 3.20 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. 3.50 Employable Me (UK) 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Air Crash Investigations. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Law & Order: UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Jade Fever. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line.

9.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 10.30 World’s Scariest Police Chases. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Flushed. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Angel. 3.00 Black-ish. 3.30 The Goldbergs.

4.00 Glee. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Diary. (2001) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant. 10.40 First Dates UK. 1.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 My Life Is Murder. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Elsbeth. 8.30 NCIS. 10.30 The Weekly Kick-Off. 11.00 Evil. 12.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.55 Home Shopping.

2.25 Diagnosis Murder. 4.15 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 The Neighborhood.

1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker.

2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.15 ER. 3.00 Doctor Who. 3.50 Would I Lie To You? 4.20 MythBusters. 5.10 Love Your Garden. 6.00 Designing A Legacy. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 This Is Going To Hurt. 9.20 Queen Of Oz. 9.45 ER. 10.30 Not Going Out. 11.05 Rage. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch!

8.40 Abbott Elementary. New. 9.25 Doctor Who. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.30 Planet America. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Days Of Our Lives.

2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (1956) 5.30 Filthy Garden SOS. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 To The Manor Born. 8.00 Yes Minister. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 The Closer. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.15 Cryptoland.

3.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 Underground Worlds. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 MOVIE: Kimi. (2022) 10.10 Am I Being Unreasonable? Return. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.05 The Role Of A Lifetime. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 The Newsreader. 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? 3.00 Simply Nigella. 3.30 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.25 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris To Istanbul. 9.20 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 10.05 The Role Of A Lifetime. 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 MOVIE: Glass Houses. (2020) Bree Turner, Aviva Mongillo. 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Motorway Patrol.

8.30 MOVIE: The Butler. (2013) 11.10 Autopsy USA. 12.10 Damnation. 1.10 Travel Oz. 2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Mr Mayor. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos. 9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 To Be Advised. 12.00 Tipping Point. 1.00 Next Stop. New. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Ent. Tonight. 10.30 Dog House Aust. 11.30 Judge Judy. 12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Gogglebox Australia. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.40 Law & Order: SVU. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. 3.05 Shepherdess. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Finding Your Roots. 8.30 Hidden Volcano Abyss. 9.30 Boiling Point. 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 Golden Boy. 12.05 Blackport. 2.35 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. 3.30 Employable Me (UK) 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 The Force: Behind The Line. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Jade Fever. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football.

AFL. Opening Round. Brisbane Lions v Geelong. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

11.00 Kick Ons. New. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Flushed. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Angel. 3.00 Black-ish. 3.30 The Goldbergs.

4.00 Glee. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 9.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back.

11.30 First Dates UK. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 My Life Is Murder. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Blue Bloods. 10.20 Evil. 11.20 Jake And The Fatman. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker.

2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Doctor Who. 3.15 A Bite To Eat. 3.45 QI. 4.20 MythBusters. 5.10 Love Your Garden.

6.00 Designing A Legacy (2023) 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.10 Planet America. 10.45 ER. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Operation Ouch!

8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.20 Chopped Junior. 10.05 Merlin. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour.

7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business.

9.00 The World. 10.00 ABC Nightly News.

10.30 Australian Story. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 To The Manor Born. 2.30 Yes Minister. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Gentle Gunman. (1952) 5.30 Filthy Garden SOS. Final. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 A+E After Dark.

10.30 Forensics: The Real CSI. Return.

11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.10 Cowboy Kings Of Crypto. 2.40 Insight. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.40 The Fast History Of. 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Travel Man. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 James Brown: Say It Loud. New. 10.10 Homicide: Life On The Street. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Solutions

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 To Be Advised. 2.45 Surveillance Oz. 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Australian Idol.

9.10 The Hunting Party.

10.10 The Irrational.

12.10 Sun, Sea And Surgery. 1.10 Travel Oz. 2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

C R A S L A T H A D O R M I N U S I E G

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Optics.

11.00 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? 3.00 Simply Nigella. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. 6.25 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 The Role Of A Lifetime. 9.20 Queerstralia. 10.25 The ABC Of. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. 11.25 Four Corners. 12.10 Late Programs.

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Western NSW ladies are NSW Women of the Year finalists

THREE Western NSW residents are finalists in this year’s NSW Women of the Year awards.

Dr Aunty Fay Green OAM of Walgett has been nominated in the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year award alongside Aunty Rhonda Towney of Parkes, while Kirsty Evans from Orange is a fi nalist in the NSW Regional Woman of the Year category.

In total, 30 of the most inspirational women and girls across NSW have been announced as fi nalists for Women of the Year Awards 2025 across six categories.

The awards ceremony is the centrepiece event of NSW Women’s Week 2025, a week-long celebration in early March, with recipients announced at an event in Sydney on March 6.

“The incredible group of 2025 fi nalists reflect how exceptional the women of New South Wales truly are,” Premier Chris Minns said.

Aunty Fay Green OAM

AUNTY Fay is a respected Elder of the Walgett community, dedicated to fostering education and cultural cohesion within the Aboriginal community.

She has played a crucial role in establishing Aboriginal language programs in local schools, particularly in reviving the

Yuwaalaraay language and culture.

Her involvement extends to developing language resources and supporting student performances at community events.

Aunty Fay has previously been recognised for her work with an Order of Australia and an Honorary Doctorate from the Australian Catholic University.

Even at 80, she remains committed to sharing her knowledge with both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, exemplifying her lifelong dedication to cultural education and community empowerment.

Aunty Rhonda Towney AUNTY Rhonda is also a fi nalist in the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year category.

After an accident in 2012, she was bedridden and in aged care for three years.

During this time, she decided to change her life and devote herself to helping people, learning to walk again and starting Yindyamarra Aboriginal Services.

In this work, Aunty Rhonda now delivers more than 3000 hampers to 31 NSW communities each year — from Walgett to Broken Hill and Queanbeyan — distributing them to Elders and community members in

The Women of the Year 2025 finalists are (by Local Government Area): NSW Premier’s Woman of Excellence: Professor Annette Cowie (Armidale), Mariam Mohammed (Newcastle),

need, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

This involves communicating with the Army, supermarkets, and other charities across NSW. In Peak Hill, Aunty Rhonda also runs a “one-stop shop” drop-in service that offers donated food and goods and provides referrals to other services.

Kirsty Evans ORANGE lawyer Kirsty Evans has led efforts to provide pro bono (free) legal advice to the community of Molong affected by the severe flooding of 2022.

Kirsty has dedicated more than 250 hours to help 12 business owners navigate their insurance claims and secure grants, delivering more than $100,000 in legal services at no cost.

Her advocacy has resulted in claims that were originally denied by insurers being overturned, with insurers partially accepting liability.

Through her leadership, approximately $1 million has been returned to the community.

In May 2024, Kirsty presented evidence at the Parliamentary Inquiry into insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims, exposing systemic failures and advocating for better practices.

The inquiry adopted several of Kirsty’s findings in its recommendations.

Dr Vanessa Pirotta (Canada Bay), Karen Robinson-Iles (Sydney).

NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year: Marjorie Anderson (Georges River), Aunty Fay Green (Walgett), Lisa Sarago (Bayside), Robyn Taylor (Penrith) and Aunty Rhonda Towney (Parkes).

Inspiring Walgett Indigenous leader, Aunty Fay Green, has been nominated in the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year award for 2025.

NSW Regional Woman of the Year: Kate Cleary (Hilltops), Kirsty Evans (Orange), Jan Frikken (Eurobodalla) and Penny Lamaro (Armidale).

NSW Community Hero: Ennia Jones (Newcastle), Kelly Lamb (Port Macquarie-Hastings), Mona Mahamed (Can-

Orange lawyer Kirsty Evans has been nominated for dedicating more than 250 hours of free legal services to flood-affected Molong residents. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Nominated in the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year category, Aunty Rhonda Towney now delivers more than 3000 hampers to 31 NSW communities each year.

terbury-Bankstown) and Sandy Rogers (Tweed) NSW Young Woman of the Year (ages 16-30 years): Yeon Jae Kim (Hornsby), Zara Seidler (Woollahra) and Jessica Luyue Teoh (Hornsby).

Ones to Watch (ages 7–15 years): Chloe Croker (Goulburn Mulwaree), Jiayi Fang

(Ku-ring-gai), Aurora Iler (Campbelltown), Ashleen Khela (The Hills Shire), Aish Khurram (Hornsby), Kat Mulcair (Yass Valley), Hayley Paterson (The Hills Shire), Waniya Syed (Camden), Lydia Tofaeono (Strathfield) and Emilia Trustum (Richmond Valley).

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 27, 2025

Sport RACING NG REPORT ORT

By COLIN HODGES

Raced at Condobolin, Saturday, February 22 RIDDEN by Leandro Ribeiro and trained at Dubbo by Connie Greig, the five-year-old chestnut mare Laisvas completed a feature race double before a big crowd at Condobolin.

The previous week Laisvas had won the Bedgerabong Picnic Cup and it was another runaway win on Saturday in the 1400 metres Inland Petroleum Condobolin Picnic Cup. Yarraville led the Cup field from Dancing In The Sky with Laisvas attacking on the outside as the field rounded the home turn.

Laisvas (Leandro Ribeiro, 1.80 to $1.60 favourite) then surged away to win by over five lengths from Dancing In The Sky (Kate Petersen, $12) and Valadyium (Todd Bailey, $8).

The now Goulburn based Kate Petersen who rode Dancing In The Sky for Cobar trainer Wayne Prisk, is formerly from Washington State USA

Laisvas completes feature race double with success in front of a big crowd at Condo while the fourth placegetter Cape Zoro (Paul Zerafa, $5) is trained at Brighton in Tasmania by Dr John Heath.

Currently relocating to Euroa in Victoria, Dr John Heath apart from being a highly qualified medical practitioner is also a professor and veterinary surgeon.

Earlier in February this year, Cape Zoro had raced at TAB meetings at Launceston and Hobart in Tasmanian and last week fi nished third at Holbrook in New South Wales.

Regal Lady, a stablemate of Cape Zoro, fi nished third for Dr Heath in the 1000 metres Maiden Plate at Condobolin when ridden by Emily Waters.

Connie Greig has now won the last three Condobolin Picnic Cups, with Valadyium (Brent Evans), Linden Tree (Leandro Ribeiro) and Laisvas (Leandro Ribeiro) while she led in four winners on Saturday, Rebel Love (Todd Bailey, $5), Pahang (Leandro Ribeiro, $1.90 fav.), Laisvas (Leandro Ribeiro, $1.60 fav.) and Allande (Leandro Ribeiro, $1.80 fav.).

Todd Bailey who has moved from Tamworth to Taree to ride trackwork for trainer Wayne Wilkes, made the long

trip from the mid north coast to the central west for a winning double at Condobolin on Via Amorosa and Rebel Love.

Trained at Scone by Nikki Pollock, Via Amorosa (Todd Bailey, $8) entered the straight with a slender lead and lasted to beat stablemate Shades Of Truth (Arthur Pollock, $4) by a long head with Regal Lady (Emily Waters, $6) fi nishing third in the 1000 metres Vella Stock Feeds Maiden Plate.

Her son Arthur Pollock was aboard Joanneski, the second leg of a double for Nikki Pollock, in the 1000 metres KMWL- Ross Berry & Rob Staniforth Memorial Trophy Handicap.

Joanneski ($1.90 favourite) led throughout to win by more than three lengths from Blackhill Kitty (Todd Bailey, $5) and Billy Bent Ear (Leandro Ribeiro, $3).

Two cup wins in three days for Mudgee trainer Mack Raced at Mudgee, Sunday, February 23 MUDGEE trainer Mack Griffith had a memorable week

when he won the Quirindi Cup on Friday with Aimpoint and on Sunday his home town Cup with Osman.

Aaron Bullock rode Aimpoint while apprentice Mitch Stapleford was aboard Osman in the 1400 metres Robert Oatley-Big Dance Eligibility Mudgee Cup. Quickly away from a wide barrier in the big field, Osman kept within a length of the leader Little Beginnings in the run to the hometurn.

After a torrid battle, Osman ($7.50) wore down Little Beginnings (Aaron Bullock, $3.50 favourite) to win by a short neck with Lockdown Gamble (Clayton Gallagher, $5.50) running on well for third while Amicus Curia a stablemate of the winner fi nished an honest fourth.

Osman, a six year old gelding, has the good record of 11 wins and 8 placings from 34 starts and has accumulated over $290,000 prizemoney.

First leg of a double for Mack Griffith was Stratified (Braith Nock, $7) an all the way winner of the 1100 metres Belinda Holden Memorial Benchmark 66 Handicap from Rouge Moulin (Kody Nestor, $4.20) and Starane (Aaron Bullock, $9).

Local trainer Toby Pracey deserved a change of luck when Quick Onyx lined up for the 1200 metres Country Boosted Class One Handicap

Earlier at the meeting, the Pracey trained Angelisle and Feirme Prince were late scratchings however Quick Onyx (Clayton Gallagher, $4) after establishing a big lead held on grimly to win the 1200 metres Charity Shield-Country Boosted Class One Handicap in a thrilling three way photo fi nish from Tommy’s Girl (Mitch Stapleford, $11) and Invader’s Girl (Chelsea Hillier, $16).

The money poured in for Wolf Club ($2.20 to $1.65 favourite) prior to the 1200 metres Lion Nathan Country Boosted Maiden Handicap while the speedy Pattera despite some good runs this campaign was a $17 outsider.

Trained at Orange by Melissa Harrison, Pattera (Mikayla Weir) led for home and defied every challenge in the straight to win by a long neck from Xerxes (Braith Nock, $10) and Juliet Bravo (Andrew Banks, $26).

Narromine Bombers have three sides progressing to semi-finals NARROMINE Junior Bombers have three sides through to the Dubbo District Junior Cricket Association semi-finals this Saturday, March 1, after the fi nal round of the regular season was played last week.

In a great result for the local club, Narromine’s 12A side (finishing third), 14B side (coming second) and 12B Red side (grabbing fourth) are all through to their respective play-offs.

In the fi nal matches for the regular season, Narromine’s 14A side last Saturday played Wellington/Gilgandra at Victoria Park No. 2 Oval in Dubbo.

Wellington/Gilgandra made a solid 8-100 from its 25 overs with William Maurice (17) and

Narromine Bowling Club News

By JOHN EDWARDS LAST Sunday, February 23, saw us travel to West Dubbo for the second round of Pennants, and again we went down in another close encounter.

Although we won two rinks to one, West Dubbo won the master board, 69 to 64, which gave them an 8 to 2 win overall.

We have a bye next Sun-

Acadia Burn (14) their side’s best with the bat.

Narromine 14A’s best bowlers included Joe Robertson (217) and Logan Press (2-12) from four-over spells, while Luis Robertson (1-5 off three overs), Kade Burns (1-18 off four overs) were other wicket-takers, while Matthew Smyth’s three overs with the new ball went for just six runs.

Smyth (16) was Narromine’s best in a tough day with the bat and, with only eight players, they were bowled-out for just 43 in 12.5 overs with Logan Press the next best at seven not-out.

Grace Marchant (2-6 off six overs) was Wellington/ Gilgandra’s best with all six bowlers used grabbing at least

one wicket.

This result meant that Narromine 14A side finished the regular season in fi fth place according to Play HQ, just missing the top-four fi nals on run quotient.

The Narromine 14B side ran into a red-hot RSL Colts at Olsen Park in Narromine.

Noel Powell (2-3 off 1.5 overs) and John Elder (2-13 off two overs) picked-up the most wickets for Narromine 14B as RSL Colts made 8-175 from 28 overs headlined by Sonny Hadfield’s unbeaten 73. Narromine 14B used a wide variety of bowlers.

With the bat, Narromine 14B made 111 all out in 23.1 overs to lose by 64 runs. Tommy Leader and Jaxon Morrissey

both scored 22 runs for Narromine 14B while Lewis Henderson added 14.

The Narromine 14B side finished the regular season in second place and will progress to the semi-finals starting on Saturday, Narromine 14B will play South Dubbo (third).

The 12A side had a bye and fi nished the regular season in third place to qualify for finals and will play Gilgandra Thunder who finished in second spot.

Narromine’s 12B White side (52) lost to Dubbo CYMS Cougars White (109) at Narromine High School. In this match, Edward Barrett (4-20) starred with the ball, while six individual players scored between four and eight with the

day in the Pennants and with two games to go, we’ll need to win both by a huge margin to advance.

A-Pair Championships results last Saturday, February 22 included Ben Clark and Duane Faro defeating Aaron Hutchison and Rob French, 24 to 18.

This Saturday, the fi nal of the A-Pairs will pitch James Daley and Phil Harding against Duane Faro and Ben Clark. The game will start early so get down and watch what should be a great game.

A-Singles nominations

close this weekend, with the fi rst round played the following Saturday.

Jokes of the week:

Social Bowls Results: ON Thursday, February 20, six bowlers took to the green with Trumby, Noi and Dave defeating Cliffy, Neil and Lionel, 18 to 17.

Thursday social bowls will go to a new time slot next week, with a 4pm kick-off until daylight savings end.

Normal raffles are on throughout the week.

PADDY goes to an auction and buys a horse. But when he gets home, he realises he has no hay for his horse. So he takes the horse back to the man he bought it off and swaps the horse for six bales of hay.

When he gets home with the hay, he realises that he has no horse to eat the hay.

But the man he traded with was a very reasonable man, so he lent him the horse to eat the hay.

So things worked out very well.

bat. The 12B White side just missed fi nals.

Narromine Junior Bombers 12B Red had a bye in the last round but have qualified for the fi nals by fi nishing in fourth place. They will play Dubbo CYMS Cougars Green (who are fi rst).

The Dubbo and District Junior Cricket Association semi-finals are all straight elimination contests, with the first-placed sides playing fourth placed teams, and the second side playing thirds in each category/division on Saturday.

For the fi nal round, the winners of these matches will then play in grand fi nals set down for Saturday, March 8.

An Irishman is struggling to fi nd a parking space.

“Lord,” he prays, “I can’t stand this. If you open a space up for me, I swear I’ll give up the Guinness and go to mass every Sunday.”

Suddenly, the clouds part and the sun shines on an empty parking spot.

Without hesitation, the Irishman says: “Never mind, I found one!”

Until next week - keep on rolling.

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GOLF CLUB NOTES

Warren wins Three Rivers Cup

Congrats to Mick Purtell who recorded the highest score for Narromine at the Three Rivers Cup.

By NORM LEWIS FIRST of this year’s major events, the Three Rivers Cup between Narromine and Warren, was played at Narromine Golf Club on Sunday.

It was a top day’s play which started with registration and a barbecue lunch at midday, after which a field of 51 keen players took to the course.

Scores were up and down throughout the afternoon, with the Warren Team eventually winning the major prize, but only by a slender-thin 394391 margin.

It was a great day’s golf played under excellent condi-

Captain of the Narromine team, Alex Sambrook presents the trophy to the Captain of the Warren side, James Taylor after Warren defeated Narromine by three points. tions on a course in top condition, following the recent working bee at the course.

Individual winners on the day were Mark Robinson (Warren) 45, Bill Dawson (Warren) 42, and Mick Purtell (Narromine) 41.

The Nearest-the-Pin (NTP) winners were Mal Stevens (Warren) on the third, Blake Richardson (Narromine) on the ninth, Hugh McLean (Warren) on the 10th, Shane Liddell (Narromine) on the 17th; and Blaine Darcy (Warren) on the 18th.

The Long Drive winners were James Taylor (Warren) on the eighth and Danny Coen

Mark Robinson recorded the highest score for Warren at the Three Rivers Cup event PHOTOS: SUPPLIED. last weekend.

Winners of Saturday’s Narromine Golf event, Kale Bock and Dan Coen.

(Narromine) on the 11th.

In all, a wonderful day of golf for this important event, with credit to Three Rivers Machinery for their support of the event.

A working bee was held by the club last Saturday to prepare the course for Sunday’s match against Warren.

This involved some 40 workers attending to prepare the 18-holes for the big event, with credit to all those who assisted on the day.

In the afternoon, only nine players took part in the 4-BBB event for the Club trophy with the winners Kale Bock and Dan Coen.

“Bocky” also won the NTP on the ninth and Tony Mann won the Long Drive on the 11th.

The popular Robert Handsaker Ford Business House event was also played last Wednesday with 85 players signing-on.

The winning team on the day was “Double Delights” with a score of 20.5 and individual winners were Amanda Shepherd, 25; Lucas Walsh, 24; Malachi Clark, 24; Judith Heckendorf, 24; and John Everett, 23.

Mandy Redmond won the Ladies’ NTP on the ninth and Steve Barlow won the men’s on

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the 10th.

After week 17 of this event, Double Delights lead the field on a score of 33 followed by “Grey Gonads” on 29.5 and “Ag’n Vet” on 28.

This weekend there are also two tournaments; on Saturday, a Three-Person Modified Foursome for the Steve Barlow Transport trophy and, on Sunday, the Four-Ball Aggregate for the Steve Buckley and Craig Duff Trophy.

That’s all for this week and see you at the 19th.