News for 2007

And that's a wrap! (24-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Last Monday saw the final event on Bingara Central School's calendar, the annual Presentations and the Roxy theatre was filled to capacity.

Roxy Cafe to open this week (17-Dec-07) [Read more...]
The Roxy cafe, formerly the Shun Kwong restaurant, will open on Wednesday, December 19.

Council has not bought the Advocate (13-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Contrary to rumours circulating in Bingara and Warialda, Council has not bought the Bingara Advocate or the Warialda Standard.

Motorhome rally: What can Bingara expect? (13-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Bingara may be able to look forward to traffic lights on the Bridge as 1000 motor homes make their way to the showground, if anticipated numbers prove correct for the Campervan and Motor Home Rally, coming to Bingara next October. Councillor David Rose, who is the Liaison Councillor for the rally, said that this will be a “big event for the area and particularly for Bingara.”

Community meeting at Rocky Creek (13-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Ramps on the Killarney Gap Road, tree clearing and rural addressing were the major subjects of interest for the 10 Rocky Creek residents who attended the recent community consultation meeting with Gwydir Shire’s representatives, General Manager, Max Eastcott, Mayor Peter Caskey, Director of Environmental Services Roger McGrath and Councillor Catherine Egan.

Former mayor heads to Canberra (6-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Former Gwydir Shire Mayor, Mark Coulton has been elected to the new seat of Parkes.

Windsor retains New England (6-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Independent Member for New England, Tony Windsor, has retained the seat of New England with an increased majority.

Gwydir River getting healthy boost of water (6-Dec-07) [Read more...]
Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water Phil Koperberg last Friday announced 10,000 million litres of water is being released in North NSW’s Gwydir River to improve the health of the environment.

Interest in Bingara continues to grow (27-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Two sources of information indicate that Bingara is increasing its awareness within the region, the nation and the world.

Award confirms Bingara as NSW's Friendliest Town (25-Nov-07) [Read more...]
On the same day that Australia was voting in a new federal government, another selection was taking place in the town of Leeton.

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Celebrates 100 years (23-Nov-07) [Read more...]
St. Mary’s Church was filled to capacity on Sunday morning when the congregation celebrated the 100th anniversary of the current church building.

Sam and trumpet off to tour Europe (23-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Warialda High School student Sam Kennedy has been invited to participate in the Hunter Central Coast Regional Wind Ensemble tour of Europe in July next year.

Bingara's budding authors go to print! (23-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Bingara students had the opportunity to participated in the ‘Write-a-Reader’ competition organized by the Border Rivers/Gwydir Catchment Management Authority.

Aussie dollar value more damaging than interest rates to cattle producers (19-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Danny Wilkie of OLM, Double B Beef’s cattle marketing team had some important words for those who attended the Annual General Meeting, held Friday week in Bingara.

Locals successful in Toastmasters’ speech competition (19-Nov-07) [Read more...]
The Toastmasters Area Conference was held at McIntyre High School, Inverell on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Forty members represented six clubs from Moree, Bingara, Inverell and Glen Innes. Guest for the day travelled from Roma, Tara and Brisbane.

Joan Bull Celebrates her 90th Birthday at The Roxy (16-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Having attended the opening of The Roxy as a young girl in 1936, it was only fitting that Joan Bull celebrate her 90th birthday surrounded by 120 family members at The Roxy on Saturday.

Bingara hosts Northern Schools Steer Competition (16-Nov-07) [Read more...]
The Steer show held last week in Bingara was deemed a huge success by all who attended.

Bingara is a Tidy Town Program Finalist (16-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Bingara has been advised that their entry in this year's Tidy Towns program has been selected as an award recipient.  Judges from Keep Australia Beautiful were impressed by the work our community has dedicated to its community projects.

Local students achieve success at regional Worldskills final (5-Nov-07) [Read more...]
Last Friday Peter Cambrell and I took three students to Tamworth for the regional Worldskills finals.

Iemma Government supports Bingara & District Vision 20/20 (30-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Tony Kelly, today announced the Iemma Government is providing $10,000 over two years to help the Bingara & District Vision 20/20 Committee develop the town’s web presence.

REGENERATION WEEK planning to be the focus of meeting (25-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Bingara and District VISION 20/20 will have the planning of its REGENERATION WEEK in May 2008 as the main topic for discussion at the November monthly meeting on Thursday, November 1.

Sick of your desktop background? Try these. (23-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Just a quick reminder that some of these fantastic entries in the last round of the Shoot the Shire competition are available for use as your desktop background.

Effective communication across the Gwydir learning region (19-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Each week it is intended that the administration of Bingara Central School will put together an article about the development and implementation of Year 11 at Bingara Central School.

B double Route access to 95% of Gwydir Shire Council’s road network (19-Oct-07) [Read more...]
B double route access is now available to in excess of 95% of the local and regional road network within the Gwydir Shire Council area.

See you at the Goose Show (19-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Ceramic Break Sculpture Park and the Warialda APEX have the pleasure to invite you to Australia’s Biggest Goose Show, an art exhibition dedicated to the goose and all the nice things that geese do for us.

Smooth transition will ensure the Bingara community benefits from school expansion (19-Oct-07) [Read more...]
The Bingara community can be assured of a smooth transition as Bingara Central School expands to offer Year 11 and 12 studies, the School Education Director, Peter Harvey said on Monday.

Five candidates so far for New England (19-Oct-07) [Read more...]
In the seat of New England, sitting Independent Tony Windsor, so far has four challengers. Mr. Windsor has held the seat since 2001.

Narrabri Road funding boosts Council’s bank balance (13-Oct-07) [Read more...]
At the last Council meeting of the Gwydir Shire, Mr Steve Wilton, Director of Finances, reported that the Council is holding big cash assets, due in part to receiving the funding for the Narrabri Road. He reported that the New England Credit Union has been giving the best investment rate over the past 3 months and that approximately 20% of the assets are invested with them.

New Leadership for Gwydir Shire (13-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Gwydir Shire Council has a new Mayor following the Mayoral elections on Monday.

Bingara Central to offer Years 11 and 12 (13-Oct-07) [Read more...]
Educational opportunities for local students will receive a further boost with Bingara Central School offering Higher School Certificate studies from next year. The Minister for Education and Training, John Della Bosca announced the addition of Year 11 and 12 studies last week.

Seafood Dinner to highlight halfway point of the Foster’s Hatchery Sponsorship (28-Sep-07) [Read more...]
The Roxy Theatre on Friday October 12 will feature another fabulous feast of seafood, fine wines and beers, and fantastic entertainment as Bingara and District VISION 20/20 invite the members of the Bingara Angler’s Club, the Licensed Premises supporters and all of the Gwydir Shire Community to the Foster’s Seafood Feast.

The Australian Bush stars in Bingara's biodiversity week! (21-Sep-07) [Read more...]
The Australian Bush was the star performer at last Thursday night’s very well patronised Bush Tucker Night at the Roxy. The night featured a number of speakers culminating in a feast for the taste buds, prepared by indigenous chef, Mark Olive.

'Doodle for Google' (10-Sep-07) [Read more...]
Bingara Central School Students from Years 4-8 have designed a new ‘Google’ logo which depicts “What Australia Means to Me” as part of an Australian wide competition. Each school was allowed to select 8 designs to enter the competition. The winning design will be used on the Google site on Australia Day 2008.

Bingara Central School Variety Night Extravaganza! (10-Sep-07) [Read more...]
Bingara Central School's variety night is a night of nights on the school calendar, it brings together months of hard work by both students and teachers and enthusiasm that is second to none.  This year the school out did itself with what can only be described as a 'School Spectacular'. 

Camper Van and Motor Home Club rally organisers invite community involvement (23-Aug-07) [Read more...]
During October 2008, Bingara will be host to around 2000 travellers when the motor home rally comes to town.

Council staff follow-up Country Week visitor leads (23-Aug-07) [Read more...]
Gwydir Shire council staff are following up on contacts made at the 2007 Country Week Expo held in Sydney at the Rosehill Gardens Racetrack from August 10 to 12.

Bingara Honoured to host Cross & Icon for World Youth Day! (23-Aug-07) [Read more...]
Planning is underway for Bingara’s participation in World Youth Day visit in January, which will see about 2,000 people visit Bingara for celebrations.

Bingara Website proves to be a Big HIT! (23-Aug-07) [Read more...]
Since its official opening in May 2007 the Bingara Website, www.bingara.com.au, has proven to be a real winner, averaging over 2500 “hits” per month, and growing.  

Shoot The Shire Photography Competition (15-Aug-07) [Read more...]
The Gwydir Shire is looking for photos of people, places, animals and events that capture the spirit of its unique Shire, so a new photography competition has been launched.

'Bingara boys' calendar causes local controversy (13-Aug-07) [Read more...]
The Bingara Show Society's 'Bingara boys' calendar which was released during the Orange Festival was warmly received by most of the public, but not all...

Bingara Orange Festival, "Biggest and Best" yet (13-Aug-07) [Read more...]
The Bingara Orange Festival held August 4, has been hailed the biggest and best yet.  The Festival Officially opened by Member for Northern Tablelands, Richard Torbay, attracted a crowd of over 1500 to watch the parade, which was one of the biggest in the festival's history.

Apprentice award for local mechanic (30-Jul-07) [Read more...]
Gwydir Shire Council heavy vehicle mechanic, Aaron Goodwin has won the New England and North West Region Local Government Apprentice Award.

Bingara Orange Festival features Top-Class Bands (30-Jul-07) [Read more...]
This year’s Orange Festival will provide the best music yet featured in any of the ten festivals held to date, according to Council’s Special Events Committee chair, Cr. John Wearne.

Congratulations to Kel & Bub on their Great Achievement! (28-Jul-07) [Read more...]
When an Australian business celebrates its 100th anniversary, it joins a group of rare achievers. Similarly, when an employee has been with the same business for half a century, it is noteworthy, and rare, but not record breaking.

Shire's Sharp Shooters continue to find interesting shots (16-Jul-07) [Read more...]
After much deliberation the $200 cash winner of the Shoot the Shire Autumn Section is Anna Capel with an amazing up-close and frosty photograph of a barb wire fence.

A special Lunch with Secondary Students (2-Jul-07) [Read more...]
Bingara Central School Year 9/10 Hospitality students, celebrated the conclusion of their course by cooking and preparing lunch for their parents and grandparents.

Census shows Bingara town growth, but changes cloud full picture. (2-Jul-07) [Read more...]
The 2006 Australian Census results were released this week.  A highlight, for Bingara, is a growth of 34 people in the town population since the 2001 Census. This represents an increase of nearly 3% and a turn around in the trend of the last 40 years.

Council to consider restaurant building purchase on Thursday (27-Jun-07) [Read more...]
Council will consider the Community Services Committee recommendation to purchase the Shun Kwong Restaurant in Maitland Street at this Thursday’s council meeting, which will be held in Bingara.

Oranges ready for Thursday's Orange Picking ceremony (27-Jun-07) [Read more...]
They are plump, orange, show signs of being juicy and sweet, and by noon on Thursday, the trees will be stripped of their fruit.

Meet the 3 People You NEVER Want to See in Your Business (10-Jun-07) [Read more...]
Bingara and District Businesses may like to consider an invitation to attend a Forum hosted by The NSW Business Chamber and the Moree and District Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday July 18, Two sessions at 2:30pm and at 6:00pm.

Busy Weekend for Bingara District (6-Jun-07) [Read more...]
The June (Queen’s Birthday) long weekend is one of the busiest on the Bingara calendar.

Bingara's newest True Blue Aussie (6-Jun-07) [Read more...]
A Citizenship Ceremony was held at the beginning of the Gwydir Shire Council meeting, held last Thursday in Bingara. Michelle Bowrey was presented with her certificate by Mayor Mark Coulton, having been asked a number of humorous questions relating to the Australian language.

www.bingara.com.au Goes LIVE! (6-Jun-07) [Read more...]
The launch of Bingara’s website www.bingara.com.au gives Bingara a window to the world, according to Bingara and District Vision 2020, Garry McDouall.

Bingara Welcomes its First Surfers (6-Jun-07) [Read more...]
...Web Surfers that is.

"Bingara Gorge-ous" (26-May-07) [Read more...]
The Gwydir Shire Council submission to register “Bingara Gorge” with the Geographic Names Board has now passed the allotted time for comments and will now be officially gazetted.

Bingara Hatchery lands sponsorship deal (25-May-07) [Read more...]
Foster's Group, through their Business Development Executive, Jim Simmons and Business Development Manager, Vaughan Peters, have made an exciting proposal to the Bingara community.

Six Million Dollar Road Grant (25-May-07) [Read more...]
The Federal Government has announced the allocation of SIX MILLION DOLLARS to see the complete sealing of the road from Bingara to Coonamble via Narrabri and Piliga.

Introducing www.bingara.com.au (25-May-07) [Read more...]
The Bingara and District Web-site, www.bingara.com.au, will be officially launched at a Dinner to be held in Bingara’s Roxy Theatre on Friday May 25.

Bingara Riverscape Project Draft Plan (21-May-07) [Read more...]
The Bingara Riverscape Plan, proposed by Bingara & District VISION 20/20 has been put on display. The Sketch Map along with an artist’s impression by Bingara artist Mark Smith are available for viewing at Gwydir Shire Council’s Bingara Office.