Text Box: Page # Text Box: Streets Ahead will be hosting ‘Bangers and Mash’ as the Coonamble Bowling Club on 25th October 2007. Don’t miss this award winning romantic comedy by ‘Critical Stages’ whilst it’s touring the region. For more details click here. Call 6822 1444 for tickets. Plans are underway for the 2007 Xmas Street Party to be held on 20th December. We need your help !!!! Streets Ahead meet at 1pm on the third Thursday of each month. The next meeting will be on the 18th October at the Coonamble Bowling Club 1.00 pm . All welcome ! Or call Liz Markey on (02) 6824 1550 or email markey5@bigpond.com visit our web page: www.coonamble.org/sa Text Box: New Town Entry Signs Text Box: Coonamble Streets Ahead Text Box: Issue 15, 27 September 2007 Text Box: Report all Crime Text Box: Tourism Destination Development Workshops Text Box: Council is seeking the support of the community to report all crime events or any suspicious behaviour, to help improve safety for residents. It is important to report all crime to the police. Even though the police may not be able to respond immediately to an issue, it does help to build a crime profile and allows the police to allocate resources to areas where there is a known problem. Don’t hesitate because you think your information is trivial – it might be the missing link that completes a picture for investigators in relation to a crime. Residents are encouraged to report all instances of crime, including malicious damage (graffiti, broken windows, damaged letterboxes and the like). You can report non-urgent crime incidents to the Police Assistance Line on 131 444. This is a 24 hour service for the reporting of crime that does not require immediate police presence, for example; car theft, lost property, minor traffic accidents, burglary, damage to property and stealing. Text Box: A range of new Coonamble souvenirs are now available from the Coonamble Visitor Information Centre at Cottage industries. These include Coonamble Caps in a range of colours, Coonamble Cloth badges, Coonamble Stickers, Coonamble Fridge magnets and Coonamble key Ring Holders. Click here to view larger image Text Box: Coonamble Souvenirs Text Box: Smith Park Signage-Advertising Opportunity

The Information signs at Smith Park are finally underway.  There will be four double sided  signs located in the Rest Area and these will provide information on the town and the services available. In addition to information there will be limited space available for business advertising. This is a great opportunity to promote your business– for an information pack contact Tourism Development Manager on (0408) 824 179 or email here
Text Box: Preparations for the 2008 Coonamble Women’s Gathering are now in full swing. A delegation from Coonamble will be attending the 2007 gathering in Hay during November. An interim web site has been set up to keep the community informed www.coonamble.org/wg Details of the committee, meeting dates and other information is available on this site. The theme for 2008 will be ‘Looking Back-Moving Forward’. The committee meets the first Wednesday of each month at 1pm at the TUFF Office and all are welcome to attend. Text Box: Coonamble Women’s Gathering 2008

Entry signs to Coonamble, Gulargambone and Quambone will be replaced using the latest population figures from the 2006 census and the town tourism logos.  The signs arrived at the Council depot today. The draft designs were presented to the Coonamble Streets Ahead, Gulargambone Flying Ahead, Quambone Resources &  Quambone Business & Tourism Services meetings in September and to the September Council meeting in Quambone.  They were also approved by the RTA & Tourism NSW TASAC Committee Meeting in July. These signs will replace the existing ‘black on white’ signs at the entry point to each town. The signs measure 2 metres high and 1 metre wide.  To find out more about TASAC click here

Local Artist Lisa Murray with some of her work at the Coonamble Arts Alive Exhibition

Representatives from Tourism NSW, Central NSW Tourism industry members and tourism managers from Gilgandra, Warrumbungle and Coonamble Shire attended a Destination Development workshop in Gilgandra at the end of August. The workshop followed a quick tour of the region by Tourism NSW. Following the workshops it was agreed that there should be an increased focus on cluster collaboration and joint activities.