Text Box: 24 November– 24 December 'Global Husbandry-An exhibition by Christine Townend' two eight two eight, Bourbah Street, Gulargambone Click here for flier 1st December DOUBLE FEATURE – Ocean’s 13 & Bridge on the River Kwai Come and relax on the riverbank and enjoy two FREE starlit movies (8pm at the Sound Shell  Cooee Heritage Centre, Gilgandra) 2nd December– Annual Coonamble Swimming Carnival. From 9am 8th December Greyhound Racing-Evening 15th December-Movies at two eight two eight Gulargambone-Shrek 3 Click here for details Until 16th December 2007-Waste 2 Art @ the Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo 20th December 2007 ‘Coonamble Christmas Carnivale Click here for details 26th January 2008 ‘Australia Day Celebrations in Coonamble & Gulargambone’ Click here for nomination form 1st March 2008 ‘Dinner Under the Stars’ Gulargambone. Click here to visit web site For a full calendar of Coonamble Shire events click here. To be added to the calendar please email us here Text Box: Construction starts on $100 Million Resort Text Box: Issue 16 29 November 2007 Text Box: Coonamble Telephonists Reunion held 3rd November 2007 bought former residents back to visit. (Click for larger image) Text Box: Coming Events in Coonamble & surrounding region Text Box: Christmas Carnivale 07

The infamous ‘keg’ race at the 2007 Come-by-Chance Picnic Races.  Click here for image of the ‘Mongrel Dog Race’
Text Box: Living Arts & Culture Text Box: The $100 million Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa and land regeneration project has commenced with an onsite ceremony at Wolgan Valley. To commemorate the beginning of the construction and environmental regeneration project, Chairman and Chief Executive, Emirates Airline and Group, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum planted a Wollemi Pine on the site, one of the oldest and rarest plants in the world. The Minister for Tourism Matt Brown and the Minister for the Environment Phil Koperberg attended the ceremony. Text Box: The Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa will feature 40 freestanding villas, a restaurant, spa and gymnasium on the secluded 1,457 hectare site bordering the Gardens of Stone National Park and the Wollemi National Park. Guests will enjoy world-class spa facilities, locally sourced cuisine, as well as guided nature walks, hiking, horse riding and touring the local area.

Australia Day will again be marked with celebrations in Coonamble & Gulargambone.  Nominations are being called for the 2008 Australia Day Awards in the following categories: Citizen of the year, young citizen of the year, Achievement in Sport-Junior, Youth and Senior & Community Event of the Year.

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Text Box: Women’s Gathering Coonamble 08 Text Box: As part of the Visual Arts Special Initiative Project an regional Indigenous Arts website is in development.  This has been developed in response to feedback from groups and individuals in the region within the recent Regional Indigenous Cultural Development Strategy and consultancy “OUR LIVING ARTS & CULTURE”.  The site represents Indigenous Arts and Culture in the region as living and dynamic. It is envisioned that the site will be a permanent info/marketing/exhibiting tool for emerging and established Indigenous visual artists in the Outback Arts region (this can include people who want to make art to sell or those who make art for themselves, their family, or community).  It will be searchable by artist, location, and language group (if indicated). Opportunity for other art-forms to be represented on the site will be developed in the future. Artists will be able to create and upload an artist profile including digital images of their paintings by logging on to the website and creating a user name.  To make the site as accessible as possible designated “FACILITATORS” will be able to upload several artists work.  [If you are interested in becoming a facilitator please get in touch] The deadline for this phase of the project’s completion is Tues 18 December this year.  We seek your assistance to promote and support this opportunity by passing on information to Indigenous Visual Artists in your area. The site will also feature an online exhibition of the works produced within the 11 regional workshops facilitated by Warren Mason (whose artwork was the basis of the website’s logo), Gail Naden, and Lewis Burns. FOR MORE INFO please contact: Angela Sidoti Regional Arts Development Officer Ph 02 6822 2484 Mob 0419 629 818 rado@outbackarts.com.au Text Box: Page # Text Box: A delegation from the 2008 Coonamble Women’s Gathering attended the 2007 Gathering in Hay earlier this month. Coonamble Council provided assistance for the group to produce 2008 calendars promoting the event. The calendars are available from Coonamble Shire Council or The Visitors Centre at Cottage Industries. To register for updates or for more information visit: www.coonamble.org/wg Text Box: Australia Day 2008

The Coonamble Christmas Carnivale will be held on the 20th December in Castlereagh Street and is organized by Streets Ahead Community Volunteers. If you are interested in having a stall at the markets call Joy Nicol on (02) 6822 1767. The event will include Late-Night Shopping, Rides, Games, Doll Competitiion, Bike Parade, Jumping Castle, Face painting, Santa Photos, Food, drink, market stalls, live entertainment, carols & a chocolate Click here to visit their web site or Download Coonamble Xmas Coloring competition forms:

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