Dec 19, 2024 · Bill Martin didn’t discover how exceptionally strong the bonds of friendship were from building the Goulburn Speedway in the 1970s until a horrendous fire almost killed him and his wife Elaine and destroyed their business 16 years later.

Oct 26, 2024 · The closure of one of Batemans Bay’s oldest tourist attractions has sparked a wave of nostalgia among visitors and locals alike. Over the past 50 years, Birdland Animal Park has provided many people’s first introduction to Australian wildlife and a safe haven for animals injured or donated by owners who couldn’t care for them properly.

Dec 25, 2024 · In preparing the plan, Mr Anderson said the Far South Coast BFMC ran a public survey in 2023 to hear from different sections of the community. “At the start, there was modelling done about fuel loads throughout the landscape, economic risk, residential risk – [and] cultural heritage risk, as well,” he said.

Jan 8, 2025 · The equipment will be used for an underground power station now under construction at the remote Lobs Hole site in the Snowy Mountains. Snowy Hydro said in November the $12 billion project was 60 per cent completed and was on schedule to be finished at the end of 2028.

Jan 7, 2025 · Six years after opening an Asian grocery store in Goulburn, it seems the United Nations is reclaiming Matt Clark and his wife, Rupa. Filing through the doors at The Masala Mill in Goulburn’s main street are people from Thailand, Korea, Nepal, India, the Pacific islands and China, mingling with their fellow Australian and European customers.

Nov 25, 2024 · Cartographer Daniel Conroy and his wife Anna know the Goulburn region like no-one else does. For three years, the South African couple painstakingly built a 3D landscape model to the boundaries of Woodhouselee, Towrang, Goulburn and Bungonia.

Nov 28, 2024 · In a statement issued late on Wednesday, 28 November, Mayor Jones said YVC would start recruitment for a new CEO in early 2025. “Legislation requires council to appoint an acting CEO immediately, therefore, I thank the Director of Planning and Environment, Ms Julie Costa, for taking on the extra responsibilities as council has appointed her acting CEO to lead the organisation,” she said.

Jan 11, 2025 · Next Tuesday (14 January) at 4:30 pm a bugle’s mournful notes will echo through the Australian War Memorial’s Commemorative Courtyard in honour of a young soldier from West Wyalong whose story comes within striking distance of that Hollywood epic Saving Private Ryan.. Private Reginald Baden Crowley probably should have been rescued from the front during the First World War and it would ...

Nov 8, 2024 · Senior Yass Valley Council (YVC) director, Lynette Safranek, who regularly stood in for general manager Chris Berry, quit her job suddenly on Wednesday morning (6 November), surprising colleagues, including her boss.

Dec 15, 2024 · Over the Easter weekend, 18-20 April, Ms Lam will perform with some of Australia’s finest classical artists in a series of five concerts. They will perform pieces by Haydn, Schumann, Bach, Brahms, Messiaen, and more, that will take the audience on a journey through profound human experiences including love, passion, celebration, transcendence, and hardship.