Thursday 26 February to Friday 27 February (morning)
Following last year’s incredible success, It Takes a Village is back and is bigger and better than ever. As the start of the Cobargo Folk Festival, the Fringe Festival transforms the entire village of Cobargo with music and art.
Busking Heats
This is a first! Cobargo will host the official Cobargo Busking Championship Heats on Thursday 26 February. Founded in Cooma in 2012, the … Read more »
The 80th Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race for 2025 started as usual on Boxing Day, with a spectacular run to the heads by a fleet of 128. Given the forecast of strong southerlies for at least the following two days, it was never going to be an easy voyage for sailing vessels having to tack upwind into increasingly heavy seas. Soon, winds topping forty knots sent large waves crashing into boats, causing … Read more »
Nicole Grimm-Hewitt’s December exhibition ‘Art in the dining room’ at Harbourview House in Bermagui showed her new works inspired by a recent trip to South Australia. The new watercolour series focuses on the red dirt of the Flinders Ranges, the vibrant colours of the crops and the Eyre Peninsula coastline. It was on this trip she discovered a new way of exploring these landscapes through her work. Her new medium? Watercolour. … Read more »
Phil Shorten’s journey to open the doors of the Makers Emporium is nearly at its destination. As I write, the necessary fire upgrades and security requirements are being finalised and the finishing touches are being done to the building. With the Grand Opening planned for a yet to be announced date in March, the next few weeks will see the fitout completed, stock brought in and displays prepared.
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‘Welcome back, creeps!’ I said with feeling while pulling off leeches. As the tanks filled and the dry creek bed got moving again, I didn’t mind a few leech bites one bit. Some Diggies residents, like me, only unpacked their car stuffed with fire grab bags in order to go shop for supplies in case they were flooded in. Again, fine. Every millimetre of rain took a metre off my stress … Read more »
After their children left home, Jenny and her husband Graham found themselves rattling around in a huge house. ‘We decided to move and looked everywhere. Graham always wanted to be near a mountain, and I wanted to be near water. We looked at the Hunter Valley and the mountains area. Coming down here was the best thing we ever did. As soon as we saw this house, we just looked at … Read more »