News

What’s on New Year’s eve

TIBOOBURRA will host its annual New Year’s Eve Bikekhana on Tuesday December 31 at the Showgrounds. Nominations will open at 10am with the event starting at midday, with categories including bending, barrel race, wheel stand, short circuits, sprint...

23 Dec 2024

News

Guide to the Outback and beyond

WHEN the Barrier Daily Truth closed, Katherine Waite saw a hole that she felt could fill with a multi-media spin. That’s how ‘A Home in the Outback’ started – it’s a magazine, podcast and website outlet offering people from Broken Hill and out of...

23 Dec 2024

News

Outback photographer and baker showcases station life

AINSLEY Young divides her time between mustering on her family station, and baking and photographing elaborate French pastries and deserts back at the homestead. She calls her family’s station, Boulia, home, with her husband, Arnaud. The property...

22 Dec 2024

Business

Famous Family Hotel for sale

HISTORIC Tibooburra pub, The Family Hotel, is for sale for the first time in eleven years. Situated 332km north of Broken Hill in Outback NSW, the hotel has been continuously trading since it was built in 1882. It features accommodation in the motel...

22 Dec 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Fans Thirsty for more of iconic band

ICONIC Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc has delivered a signature performance after a big crowd of all ages turned out to see them at the Musicians’ Club in Broken Hill last Friday. The band, which is gearing up to perform at...

22 Dec 2024

Community

Friends united in rare sickness fight

BROKEN Hill parent Chrissy Slattery has had a challenging year to say the least, standing alongside her son Adam as he battled cancer, and now raising money for her good friend Jonnah Ortega, who was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer just...

21 Dec 2024

River system revival continues with re-snagging

ONE hundred and ninety new fish habitat complexes have been located in the Darling-Baaka between Louth and Tilpa. Four hundred and nineteen locally sourced Bimbil Box (Eucalyptus) weighing approximately 180 tonnes were repurposed to create the snags...

21 Dec 2024

News

Reason to celebrate at pool

LONG-term pool volunteer June Page organised a party on Monday at the Y NSW Broken Hill Regional Aquatic Centre, celebrating Christmas and new manager Justin Hoskins. Broken Hill local Ms Page has been volunteering at the pool for more than 16 years...

21 Dec 2024

Farming & Environment

Citizen scientist water sampling ends for year

MORE than one hundred citizen scientists have taken part in the 2024 Great Australian Wildlife search, collecting water samples to help map wildlife throughout the Basin. Odonata Foundation and EnviroDNA provided sampling kits to allow citizen...

21 Dec 2024

News

Queen Elizabeth Dog Park tree concerns

CONCERNED residents and park-goers have raised the alarm that large trees in the Queen Elizabeth Dog Park are dying, possibly due to disease. The park, which is managed by the Council, is one of the busiest parks in the area due to...

21 Dec 2024

Health

RFDS fleet cruising

RFDS South Eastern Section executive general manager of Aviation and Operations Mark Davey has released a statement assuring locals that it has no imminent plans to upgrade its fleet, and will continue to fly into small...

21 Dec 2024

Farming & Environment

Warning on impending fish kill

WATER experts and activists in the Far West of New South say they’re distressed by a community update released by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water yesterday that warns mass fish deaths are likely in the coming...

20 Dec 2024

Farming & Environment

Huge Sheep Sheared

ANDREW “Scooter” Killeen was contract mustering with CMC Contracting on a station about 100 kilometres North-East of Packsaddle last week when he came across an enormous sheep.“Probably up there with one of the biggest I’ve ever seen,” he...

20 Dec 2024

Broken Hill Times

We’ll be back in a jiffy

JUST a heads up but the after today’s paper, the team at the Broken Hill Times will be taking a one-week publication pause. That means there will be no paper on Friday, December 27, but we’ll resume normal publication service on Friday, January...

20 Dec 2024

Education

Students start healthy careers with work placements

THIS year’s annual work placements went off without a hitch, with seven students selected to conduct their placements at the Broken Hill Health Service. The Far West Local Health District, Broken Hill University Department of Rural...

20 Dec 2024

News

Bail ongoing for alleged child sex offender

A BAIL review for alleged child sex offender Thomas McKeown on Tuesday, December 17 has allowed him to stay out of jail, despite alleged breaches his bail conditions in early November and claims the two new victims have come forth. Mr McKeown’s...

20 Dec 2024

Community

Rotary raffle winners revealed

LAST Saturday, December 14 Broken Hill Rotary members revealed the winners of the service club’s 2024 Christmas Raffle that included a trailer full of goodies as the grand prize. The trailer was filled to the brim with gifts and smaller items, with...

20 Dec 2024