Archive for the ‘Rural’ Category

Local Farmers urged to join Feral Fighter Tilt against Pest Pigs
NORTHERN Tablelands MP and Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall has called for local farmers to unite behind a new Herculean effort to contain the spread of feral pigs, encouraging them to sign-up for the Northern Tablelands Local Land Services’ Feral Fighters program. Mr Marshall said Feral Fighters would provide landholders...
Booroomooka Angus Annual Bull Sale Preview
A Preview of the Booroomooka Angus Annual Bull Sale to be held on Friday 14th August 2020. 231 Herd Book Registered Angus Bulls are to sell On Property Keera, Bingara, NSW. The sale will commence at 12 noon, with on site and auctions plus bidding. View catalogue >> https://youtu.be/fRN22DzR6rc
Bingara Hatchery releases 31,000+ yellow belly fingerlings into Horton River
A productive couple of months at the Bingara hatchery has seen over 31,000 yellow-belly reach fingerling size, the stock vital to returning our local river systems to optimum health after several devastating years. Photo by Kim Miller. Yellow Belly fingerlings. The fish will form an important...
Gwydir Ark and the Koala Food Trees
In 2017 Gwydir Ark, in association with Northern Slopes Landcare, applied for a Natural Resource Management grant under the categories of improving threatened species habitat and revegetation activities.  The project was to plant trees and tall shrubs to provide food to koala carers in the area. The area to be planted...
Fish rescue operation begins in Horton and Gwydir Rivers at Bingara
Fish rescue operation begins in Horton and Gwydir Rivers at Bingara Off the back an overwhelmingly successful two-week rescue operation at Menindee, in the State’s far west, specialist State Government teams have teamed up with volunteers from The Bingara Anglers Club to start a second fish rescue effort in the...
Great Birdwatching in Bingara
The running water in the Gwydir attracted the North West NSW Birdwatching Group to conduct a birding outing around Bingara on Sunday 25th August,2019. Participants came from Narrabri, Moree, Delungra, Inverell as well as Bingara to see the great range of birds that the Bingara area has to offer. Colin...
Booroomooka Bull Sale tops $14,000
One hundred and twelve registered bidders from across a wide area descended upon Keera Station for the 94th annual Booroomooka Bull Sale last Friday. The bidding was fierce and the results were strong. All 211 bulls on offer sold, which equated to a 100 percent clearance on the day. “We...
236 Quality Angus Bulls to Sell
236 High Quality Angus Bulls are to be sold at this year’s annual Booroomooka Angus Bull Sale which is to be held on Friday 16th August at Keera, Bingara at 12 noon. All the sale bulls are rigorously selected for fertility, structural soundness, good type and quiet temperament. The Booroomooka...
International Women’s Day honour for former Bingara girl
‘Woman’s Day’ magazine chose to celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8 by recognising nine inspiring women, including former Bingara girl, Mrs Bec Hourigan, daughter of Mrs Louise Faint of Bingara. This amazing young woman has spent many years travelling stock routes in NSW while being mother and teacher to her...
Do you have Harrissia Cactus on your property?
The community is invited to participate in a survey so that the Harrisia Cactus Working Group has true and correct information with which to move forward. Access the survey >>