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Wetter than average weather tipped

A month ago, the BoM declared a La Nina event, which means wetter than average conditions expected in the next few months. How does that work? It all depends on the Walker circulation.

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.

Govt in a big rush to demolish timber bridge locals want to keep

The 1899 timber bridge at Tabulam is doomed to be demolished tomorrow unless a court delays or stops it. Security guards have been spotted at the bridge since the weekend.

Museum connects people with the past

History has a new home 40m from the Evans River. The Evans Head Living Museum has been chronicling the marine, military, fishing, agricultural, natural and social history for 18 years.

Sham opening of bridge ignored the community

"People who want to save the bridge say 'It's not over until it's over'." State MP Janelle Saffin was quoting Tabulam cattle farmer John Cousins at the official opening of the $48 million two-lane bridge at Tabulam on Sunday.

Understanding biodiversity on intertidal reefs

Lord Howe Island Signal Lord Howe Island (LHI) resident Caitlin Woods is in the final year of her PhD and is well underway analysing and...

Kookaburra Calling – Three

Kookaburra has been following the Shakespearean drama mixed with Keystone Cops goings on in regard to what has come to be known as the...

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.

How the new highway affects flood levels, ‘generally’ speaking

by Geoff Helisma (Clarence Valley Independent) As the new highway nears completion across the Lower Clarence, fears have been raised about what happens during a...

Kookaburra Calling – Two

Kookaburra notes that his prediction was correct that the candidate with the best flow of preferences would win the Eden-Monaro by-election. Then again, everyone was a winner really.

Kookaburra Calling – Eden-Monaro by election

Kookaburra has been noticing some strange manoeuvrings in the Eden-Monaro by-election battle. The How to Votes of the candidates representing the major parties, rather like the eyes of a patient, are perhaps a mirror of deeper things.

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