February 2017

Cameron Corner Store, Gala Ball in Mildura etc

Hello all,

Where did the morning go?  Where has the month gone?  The only thing still with us is the heat, and it’s going to stick round for a while yet, hotter towards the end of the week.

Gives you plenty of time to plan your trip out to our vast outback. Heaps to see and do. Mark in so you don’t forget the Annual St. Pat’s Races in Broken Hill on the 18th. If you know which way a horse runs then you’ll enjoy the day!

Speaking of planning your winter adventure, it’s almost a necessity to venture up to the ‘top end’ country and have a quiet few days with Fenn and Cheryl at the Cameron Corner Store and surroundings. Grab a few beers and do a “State Crawl”, then back and enjoy their hospitality. Brochure Attached.

There’s a free concert on at the Musician’s Club in ‘the Hill’ too on Tuesday (tomorrow) 1 PM on. The Silverton Collective is still happening from the 5th. to 12th. out at Silverton, and the big International Quilters Day is on as well next Saturday. The best thing to do there is duck into the Broken Hill Visitors Centre and Patrick and staff will point you in the right direction and have a laugh with you .

Bourke Easter Festival, White Cliffs Rodeo and Gymkhana, and more

Good morning all,

The majority of the hot weather must surely be behind us now.  Still not a lot happening out here in ‘our neck of the woods’ though. It seems Easter time is the start of the season festivities.

Bourke has their Easter Festival up there with heaps going on, big Race Day on the Sunday, and Jenny, at the “Back of Bourke Gallery”  has a “Season to Remember” on over the full  Easter period.

It goes without saying that Hully will have his camp ovens stoked up by then and “Poetry on a Plate” will be in full swing.

You can’t be at both, but White Cliffs will swing into action too over Easter with their “Rodeo and Gymkhana” and something for everyone. Another Easter festivity is the Menindee Community Markets, they’re on Easter Sunday. Just think how the Silverton Hotel will be rocking over Easter too.

Now if you’re in “the Hill” looking for something to do, why not do a day trip out to Moot National Park. Duck down to the Tri State Office in Argent street and there’s a tour on tomorrow, full flyer attached. Then take time on Wednesday say, to go out to the Royal Flying Doctor Base. See first hand how  those wonderful people operate and ensure that “Mantle of Safety” over all of us out in this vast outback. There’s a Theatre there to sit back and see how they operate, and souvenirs you are able to purchase.

Also in Broken Hill there is an art exhibition featuring some of the west’s very talented female artists. Exhibiting artists include Phyllis Ragenovich, Jan Allison, Jenny Cattonar, Beth Murray-Wilson, Joan Morris-Craker, Bella Lake, Robyn Taylor and Annie Learoyd. You will find them at the Old Town Hall Facade, near the Post Office in Argent Street. Runs until the 31st March.

Fire alerts, Silverton and more

Some useless information!  48.2 here yesterday and 35 today, isn’t that breeze great. We are certainly thinking of you people in the Dunedoo, Cassilis area with all those fires, reinforcements left this arvo from Far West NPWS, our thoughts are with you all.

Australian Inland Botanic Gardens Big Brekkie, ABC Radio,

Hello everybody,

However we know it’s going to be a bugger of a day! Great to be back on deck again, although as you know things are terribly quiet at the moment. In Fact it is definitely not the weather to be travelling unless you have to.

Just had a word with James out there at Silverton holding fort for Peter and Patsy who are having a well earned break. They have some things happening through February and the flyer is attached, so feel free to print it off if you are heading that way.

Down at Wentworth, on the 25th. they have the Australian Inland Botanic Gardens Big Brekkie and Market, and you can have a Barbie and roll a few at the Wentworth Bowling Club on the Sunday evening, make it a weekend at Wentworth.

No matter where you are travelling though you need the expert help and entertainment from our fabulous radio stations out here in this ‘neck of the woods’, they are ABC  Broken Hill  999 and 1584 Wilcannia, ABC Western Plains Dubbo  657, Outback Radio Bourke  585,  River Radio Wilcannia  FM  103.1,  Broken Hill  Dry FM  107.7,  and of course if there’s storms about you need to get road information from our Central Darling Shire on their road report number (08) 80915155. That’s it in a “nutshell”.