Heavy horses set world record at Barellan Good Old Days Festival
A team of 62 heavy horses was harnessed to pull an antique wagon in a record-breaking event at the Barellan Good Old Days Festival at the weekend. It outnumbered the previous Australian record of 50, set in Queensland in the 1980s and a 50-horse hitch in Canada in 1995.
Burnout master wins on USA track
Narrandera's Burnout Master Jake Myers Sicko machine has had great success in the United States of America over the past four months. Narrandera's Burnout Master Jake Myers has finished a very successful four months with a WIN at Ice Cream Cruise USA 2025, an achievement he said he will never forget.
An unbearably good time at Narrandera’s Koala Festival
The Cootamundra electorate's cutest residents have been the centre of celebrations in Narrandera, with the town's annual Koala Festival last weekend proving to be an ongoing success ... "This event is great for the local tourism economy, and it's an opportunity for us to celebrate one of the region's greatest environmental achievements," said Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke.
Henty Field Days showcasing its core focus of the latest in ag technology
More than $200 million worth of the latest in agricultural and machinery products will be showcased to the nation in southern Australia’s single biggest agricultural event, the 2025 Henty Machinery Field Days. The agribusiness super event is scheduled for 23-25 September and has evolved into the nation’s agricultural shop front over its 62-year history with 14 kilometres of outdoor sites.
Riverina braces for influx
New figures show capital city residents moving to regional Australia outnumbered those heading in the opposite direction by 26 per cent ... Rachel Whiting, CEO of RDA Riverina, said the data mirrors what communities in southern NSW are seeing on the ground.
