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Pharmacy Interns Return To Central West

March 5, 2026

Passion for community pharmacy, and a desire to learn, has enticed a group of pharmacy interns to the New South Wales Central West for the next chapter of their professional development. New Zealand university graduates Ais­ling Casey (Life … Keep reading this article, click here...

More Reading

Father And Daughter Walk 800km To Help Find A Cure For Childhood Cancer

March 5, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Throughout the month of Mrch, proud Forbes residents Ben and Harper O’Malley will be participating in the Chil­dren’s Cancer Institute 86K for a Cure. 86K for a Cure supports the Chil­dren’s Cancer … [Read More...]

Forbes Flood Risk Management Study And Plan

March 5, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Forbes Shire Council invites the community to attend a Community Consultation Workshop as part of the public exhibition of the draft Forbes Flood Risk Management Plan and Study, open for feed­back … [Read More...]

Parkes Shows Up In Support Of Adelaide Blunden

March 5, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Three year old Parkes girl Adelaide (Addy) Blunden, has recently been diagnosed with Metastic MYC-amplified Medulloblastoma. The condition is associated with poor prog­nosis and is often resistant to … [Read More...]

Organisations Urged To Apply For Volunteer Grants

March 5, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey is urging not-for-profit organisations in the federal electorate of Parkes to apply for the 2025-26 Volunteer Grants Round. Expressions of interest are now … [Read More...]

Special Interests

Knee & Hip OA Exercise Group

March 5, 2026 By Roxane Manley

This morning, I got a message from Dad. Not the usual “You home later?” or “Need anything from town?” message. This one was different. He’s finally coming across to my work… to do some exercise. (Not … [Read More...]

Celebrating Seniors Week 1 – 15 March 2026

February 26, 2026 By Roxane Manley

This year’s Seniors Week “Give It a Go Festival” invites older resi­dents to Live Life in Colour as the community comes together to showcase the vibrant range of activities, social groups, and … [Read More...]

Patchy Mobile Services An Ongoing Concern

February 19, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Fed up farmers and families facing poor regional, rural and remote mobile services are being encouraged to keep complaining. The latest report from the Telecommu­nications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) … [Read More...]

Forbes Garden Club Needs Members To Continue To Flourish

February 19, 2026 By Green Thumb

We look forward to another year of gardening and fellowship with all members and friends supporting each other in growing beautiful flowers. It has been a challenging summer with little rain and very … [Read More...]

Sport

Come On Down For A Game Of Croquet

March 5, 2026 By Elvy Quirk

Aussie Croquet was played on Saturday 21 February with a smaller attendance, how­ever 21 games were played on the day and were enjoyed by all who attended. One very close score was recorded when Lyn … [Read More...]

NPA NSW Lachlan Valley Branch Walks: Autumn Calender

March 5, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Wednesday 4 March Peak Hill Flora Reserve and Mine: 3kmeasy on track. Meet at Bushmans DamKelly Reserve cnr Thomas St and Peak HilRd at 9.00am. Leader Martin Bell 0429 346586. Saturday March 21 … [Read More...]

Henry Cross Selected To Represent Australia

February 26, 2026 By Roxane Manley

Parkes High student Henry Cross was noti­fied by Sqaush Australia in early February of his selection in the Australian Squad to take on New Zealand in the 2026 TransTasman Test Match from 10-11 April … [Read More...]

Forbes Croquet Club To Hold Open Day For Seniors Week

February 19, 2026 By Elvy Quirk

On Saturday 14 February we played a On Saturday 14 February we played a game of Aussie Croquet with 30 in attend­ance. It was a cooler morning to start and there were a total of 23 games played on the … [Read More...]

What's On

Ongoing

Forbes Garden Club meet 4th Tuesday of each month 2pm at different venues. Further enquiries Contact 0428 540 272.

Ongoing

Painting Group every Thursday 11am – 3pm at Northside Chapel, 59 Johnson St. Artists of all ages and abilities are welcome to come along. Bring your own art supplies. $5 per week and includes morning tea. www.forbesartssociety.com

Ongoing

Forbes Men’s Probus Club Meeting 4th Friday every month 10.30am, Club Forbes. All Welcome.

Ongoing

Rotary Club of Forbes Ipomoea meets for breakfast on the first Tuesday of the month at Isabel’s Place from 7am-8am. Find us on Facebook.

Ongoing

Forbes CWA meets on the first Friday of each month at the CWA Hall at 132 Lachlan Street at 1:30pm. Anyone is welcome to pop in and join us.

Ongoing

Winter Season Croquet starts 9.30am with arrival 9.15am to get names into the draw. Membership only $20, morning tea included. Contact Elvy Quirk on 0428 540 272.

Ongoing

Forbes CWA Evening Branch meets the second Thursday of each month at Club Forbes. Time is 6pm for dinner and meeting begins at 7pm. All welcome. Contact: forbeseveningbranchcwa@gmail.com

Ongoing

Forbes Town Band rehearsals every Monday night during school term. Learners from 6 – 7pm. Main band 7pm to 9pm. Band Hall, Rankin Street.

Ongoing

Painting Group every Thursday 11am – 3pm at Northside Chapel, 59 Johnson St. Artists of all ages and abilities are welcome to come along. Bring your own art supplies. $5 per week includes morning tea. www.forbesartssociety.com

Ongoing

Rhyme Time every Friday at Forbes Town Library 10:30am.

Ongoing

Forbes Dragon Boat Club trains every Sunday on Lake Forbes from 8.15am for 8.30am start. Contact via Facebook or forbesdragonboat@gmail.com

Ongoing

Friends of Forbes Hospital Auxiliary meet on the first Friday of every second month at Club Forbes at 2:30pm. Meeting Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec. New members very welcome. Contact 0407 235 326.

Ongoing

Forbes Community Playgroup every Thursday, 10am at Forbes North Public School Hall.

 


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