Double demerit points will be in force for 13 days over the Christmas and New Year period. Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Councils’ Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer, MelanieSuitor said that double demerit points would run from Friday 20 … Keep reading this article, click here...
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Feature In Our Special Elvis Edition And Reach Over 24,000 Cutomers
Each year the Forbes & Parkes Phoenix produce a Special Elvis Edition that is distributed across both Parkes and Forbes at the beginning of the The Parkes Elvis Festival, where a crowd of over … [Read More...]
Forbes Artist Features In Hypothetical Festival
What if Forbes’ Spooners Oval was dug up and turned into a garden for bogon moths? That’s one of the provocative idea suggested by Forbes artist Ro Burns. VISION 20/50 an (im)possible festival is … [Read More...]
Fibre Upgrades Coming To Forbes
In the coming weeks nbn delivery partner, Ventia, will begin pushing fibre deeper into parts of Forbes and replacing Fibre to the Node technology. The work will be completed in stages throughout the … [Read More...]
Overdue Recognition For Local Firemen
State Member for Orange Philip Donato MP hosted an award ceremony at the Cooke Park Pavilion in Parkes on Tuesday 3rd December 2024, to recognise 10 brave local firemen for placing their lives in … [Read More...]
Special Interests
Have A Happy And Safe Christmas, From The Kerin Health Team.
“Shoes on kids!” He’d yell as we all grabbed a Zooper Dooper and piled in the car to drive to town. It was a Christmas tradition. A summer night spent staying up past our bedtime to walk around … [Read More...]
eID For Sheep And Goats In Nsw
The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD) is reminding livestock producers and industry stakeholders that mandatory electronic identification (eID) is set to take … [Read More...]
Regional Australia To Benefit
Regional Australia will receive its fair share of the Coalition’s $5 billion home building plan, with a target of 30 per cent of the funding to be invested in regional, rural and remote … [Read More...]
What Is The Community Strategic Plan?
The Forbes Community Strategic Plan is a ten year plan for the whole of the Forbes Shire. It’s an opportunity to share your ideas, hopes and plans for future Forbes. Your ideas will help set the goals … [Read More...]
Sport
Forbes Croquet Notes
Aussie Croquet was again, unfortunately washed out on Saturday 7 December. Golf Croquet was played on Tuesday 10 December with 34 in attendance. Scores as follows: 10/3 recorded by Lyn Simmonds … [Read More...]
Representative Honours For Both Kailab And Trent Tyne
Kailab Tyne recently returned from the World Blackball Championships in England. Blackball is the English standard in eight ball pool and one of the most popular billiard sports in the … [Read More...]
Runaway Win In Golf
On Saturday, 23 March a good field of 69 Forbes golfers enjoyed a hot day to contest the ‘Deacon Dwyer Trophy’, a 4BBB Stableford Medley event sponsored by T&M Tyres. The winning pair of Kim … [Read More...]
Forbes Croquet Club Notes
On Saturday 16th November a very gusty, windy morning, Aussie Croquet was played with a small number of 25 players, however some good scores were once again recorded. All three games were won by … [Read More...]