Pinetrees Lodge is carbon neutral
Pinetrees Lodge has just received carbon neutral certification under the Climate Active Program of the Australian Government. We're the first full-service hotel in...
Snap, send and map your rural location pics
It was a trip to Tassie that inspired Obelia McCormack to create a photography app with a difference. PicTrax is a free app where users upload photos of places they’ve visited which are pinned on a map to make it easier for others to visit and photograph the same location. “It is a global interactive travel journal,” Obelia said.
Forecast – Farmgate value to rise 7% to $65 billion
Farmgate production is expected to rise by 7% to $65 billion in 2020/21, helped by Australia’s second largest winter crop and a promising rainfall...
Regional house prices ahead of cities
Prices for homes in regional Australia are growing faster than major cities.
CoreLogic’s national home value index rose 1% in December, the third month-on-month rise...
Clancy pushes for acknowledgment that CVC investments are having adverse impact on climate change
Geoff Helisma
At Clarence Valley Council (CVC), the lone Green (and only politically declared councillor), Greg Clancy, has regularly brought up a concept he put...
Market rises on restocker demand
Agents had a decreased yarding of 956 head at Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange’s Prime Sale on Wednesday, October 28. The yarding consisted of a...
Clarence Valley Council’s confidential water and electricity business … $415k and counting
Geoff Helisma. Clarence Valley’s nine councillors unanimously resolved to “not make public the recommendation” regarding its discussions about “Essential Energy and Nymboida water supply assets”.
Pickers need places to stay
There are plenty of blueberries to be picked at Mountain View farm near Tabulam but not enough accommodation for the pickers. Estate agent Amanda Johnson desperately needs places in Bonalbo, Tabulam, Drake and Mallanganee for the visiting pickers.
Costa benefits from rising tomato and mushroom prices
Strengthening wholesale prices are underpinning Costa Group Holdings (CGC), a leading grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables. Analysts at investment bank UBS say Costa has a favourable industry backdrop with overall wholesale price trends improving except for blueberries.
Numbers lift in mixed quality at exchange
Agents had an increased yarding of 1022 head at Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange on Wednesday, September 2.
Lismore Theatre Company – Local collaboration keeping theatre alive
How do actors keep busy while stage lights are dimmed and curtains closed? Director of Educating Rita, David Addenbrooke and Lismore Theatre Company’s artistic director Kylie Fuad came up with the idea of engaging their actors in a filmed, rehearsed, abridged reading of Macbeth.
