Unique venues, free community events and world-class music: Orange Chamber Music Festival returns March 6–9

ENTERTAINMENTJonathan Roe20 February 2025Orange Chamber Music FestivalComment

Not the first, but Orange’s Bellair Motel was at the forefront of Aussie motel boom

HISTORYJonathan Roe20 February 2025Australian Motel HistoryComment

Being a little more clever with my smart meter would have saved me water and money

Orange City Council water meter replacement program is free for residents and is being progressively rolled out citywide over the next five years. The Council plans to install another 2,000 smart meters in the coming financial year.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe25 May 2023Water saving, smart meterComment

A brief historical inquiry into the origins of delicious mock chicken

Read about mock chicken here

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe16 February 2023Chickens, FoodComment

Give me a home among the gum trees, with a Par-3?

Ben Sim’s passion has become a roaring success. Read about it here!

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe1 December 2022Lawn, GolfComment

Forgotten vets remembered

Read here about the kind deeds of the community giving forgotten heroes the respect they deserve.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe10 November 2022VeteranComment

From draft horses to drones, UAVs fast becoming a vital farming tool

Read about the uses of drones in Agriculture here

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe3 November 2022Technology, AgricultureComment

The Ballad of Abdul Wade

Author Ryan Butta on uncovering the incredible true story of Australia's unsung pioneering heroes, the Afghan cameleers.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe20 October 2022Books, AuthorComment

It only takes one life-changing minute

DonateLife Week, July 24–31, is the national awareness week to promote organ and tissue donation. Registering is easy…

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe28 July 2022organ donationComment

“More colour, more depth, and enjoyment” Field Nats love of nature is its own reward

Orange Field Naturalists and Conservation Society members Helmut Berndt and Sandra Chrystall, share their love of nature…

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe21 July 2022Orange Field NaturalistsComment

Driver mentors needed to put youth on road to success

Youth Driver Mentor, Gavin Smith, of The Salvation Army’s Drive for Life program is looking for volunteers to help young people get experience behind the wheel and on the road to getting their driver's licence.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe21 July 2022Salvation Army, Driver TrainingComment

Viking feasts, fireworks, ice-skating, bonfires: heating-up Winter Fire Fest

Orange360 general manager Caddie Marshall cosies up with “Vikings” Tobias Marsden, Kellie Ferguson, and Paul Soderberg at the Oriana Hotel for the launch of the 2022 Orange Winter Fire Festival.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe13 July 2022Winter Fire Festival, Orange 360Comment

Digging up the past, is Laura's career future

Archeologist in training, Laura DeRooy, getting hands-on experience excavating a 2200-year-old Roman house on the island of Malta.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe13 July 2022archeology, James SheahanComment

The taste of healthy home cooking, the Spanish way

Real value of home cooking in
today’s busy world, with Ruben Lopez Mesa

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe7 July 2022Cooking, Spanish CookingComment

Finding lost pieces of the past – recognising our forgotten veterans

Researcher Sharon Jameson and Orange RSL sub-branch president, Chris Colvin, are working to see grave markers erected for 87 forgotten veterans in the Orange Cemetery.

COMMUNITYJonathan Roe7 July 2022veterans, Missing Soldiers, AncestorsComment