Hemochromatosis Awareness Week winds up on August 14 and Moree dietician Pollyemma Antees poses the question: “Are you pumping too much iron?” Ms Antees is an accredited practising dietitian and a member of the Dietitians Association of Australia, the NSW Coeliac Society, Diabetes NSW and several...
COLLEEN Tighe-Johnson has been selected as Australia’s only indigenous fashion designer to showcase Aboriginal fashion on the world stage at the Indigenous Runway Project in Saskatoon, Canada next month. The former Moree resident is a proud Gomeroi Yinarr and Aboriginal fashion designer with a vast body...
BY INVESTING $2 million in reinstating a disused section of rail line at Moree, the NSW Government will enable hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, cotton and pulses to be railed to Newcastle instead of being sent by truck to Queensland. Local State MP Adam...
A SMALL band of passionate Moree people embarked on a long walk on Sunday as part of the Hike for Homeless fundraising campaign. Setting out under police escort from the Moree Markets at Jellicoe Park, the15-strong group included NOW-FM breakfast announcer Jess Scully, member for Northern...
MOREE trainer Peter Sinclair has put a whole new meaning to the term ‘have horse will travel’ in recent weeks and the miles logged finally paid dividends at the famous Louth Cup meeting on Saturday. During the past two weeks, Sinclair has had runners at St...
THERE has been a lot of media coverage over the past week about the upcoming 2016 Census. It is compulsory for everyone to complete the Census as it provides important information about Australia’s people and their housing as well as helping to estimate Australia’s population. This information...
MOREE Plains Shire Council’s closed-circuit television cameras monitoring village landfill sites and known illegal dumping hotspots are now operational. General manager Lester Rodgers said issues with illegal dumping in bushland and around landfill sites has prompted council to take more serious steps towards identifying the perpetrators. “Council has spent thousands...
THE Hunter & North West Racing Association presentation of annual industry recognition awards for the 2015-2016 racing season will be held at the Moree Gold Cup meeting on Fathers’ Day, September 4. The leading trainer for the season was Newcastle’s Paul Perry with 49 winners while...
MAGIC on the Mehi. Say these four little words slowly and then commit them to memory, because if Moree-born-and-bred funnyman Murray Hartin gets his way, this simple yet catchy phrase will be firmly etched in Moree’s cultural and entertainment history for years to come. Magic on the...
August is set to be a busy month for Moree, with plenty of things to do and see across the region. Click the PDF link to read the August eNewsletter from the award-winning team at Tourism Moree. Tourism Moree eNewsletter August 2016 ...