Tim and his Mate filling Colour City’s techie gap

Top-quality tech help is not exactly in oversupply in the Colour City.

Top-shelf techie, Tim Duggan has come to the rescue, recently opening “My Tech Mate” in Peisley Street to the genuine relief of Orange’s long-suffering phone, tablet, PC and Mac users.

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Give Me Five for Kids Becomes Give Me Change for Kids

Turning the clocks back to Sunday the 16th of May 2021, during a windy, sunny afternoon at Spring Hill Recreational Ground, where several hundred people gathered to raise money for Triple M’s Give Me 5 for Kids.

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Tree-chainers final protest fails to stop destruction

It ended with a bang, rather than a whimper.

Giant pincer claws of a 20-tonne excavator with a grabber arm signalled abrupt close of the 18-month fight by locals to save hundreds of trees at south Orange from a proposed sport stadium precinct.

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Media strip to make Lords Place more “walkable”

Major work includes construction of a new median strip between Summer and Byng streets as part of Orange Council’s Future City project to make the central business district more pedestrian-friendly.

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Deb and Barry’s helping hand — indoor and out


The husband-and-wife team provide a unique indoor and outdoor cleaning service for locals in the Colour City.

Their business follows what used to be called a “traditional” division of labour, Debbie is mistress of this inside, Barry master of the outdoor duties.

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Phillippa fits your bras with love

Phillipa featured in Orange City Life in March last year but, since then, has expanded her business to offer an incredible range of bras as well as garments for adults and children living with Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, and Sensory Processing Disorders.

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Talkative Toby emulating Gough’s gift of the gab

King Hal’s rousing “band of brothers” speech in Shakespeare’s Henry V; Abraham Lincoln’s moving Gettysburg address; Winston Churchill’s combative “we shall never surrender” oration in World War II — all attest to the power of language to stir and inspire us.

Young Kinross Wolaroi student, Toby Gough, could one day also be mentioned in the same light.

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Battle at Fromelles Part 3: Over the Parapets and into the Killzone

“The first thing that struck you, was that the shells were bursting everywhere, mostly high-explosive. You would see machine guns knocking bits off the trees in front of the reserve line and sparking against the wire... When men looked over the top, they saw no man’s land leaping up everywhere in showers of dust and sand... rather confirming our fears that the Germans knew something.”

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Cleverman finally opens to the public after slight delay

After the recent lockdown pushed the original opening for Orange Regional Museum’s new exhibition Cleverman from July 24th to now, visitors can immerse themselves in the specifically designed exhibit exploring the making of the TV drama series of the same name.

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Adaptive Planning Grazing to survive our next drought

Drought might seem a distant problem at the present, but our meteorological records show that it always reappears in our local climate, sooner or later… This article explains the benefits of “Adaptive Planned Grazing” with four local workshops to assist in planning now for the next dry spell…

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Superhero Week raises funds for Bear Cottage

Millthorpe Little Learning Centre (MLLC) took part in the Superhero Week for Bear Cottage, raising funds that will go towards supporting the Westmead Sydney Children’s Hospital.

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Cleverman

The anticipated exhibition, Cleverman, is coming to Orange Regional Museum.

Cleverman goes behind the scenes of the ground-breaking sci-fi television series of the same name. Exploring First Nations storytelling, language and creativity in production design, costumes, and props.

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