GLOUCESTER VIEW Club held its last meeting for 2024 on 17 December, with members and guests – including friends from other VIEW Clubs – coming together to celebrate Christmas. The theme was “An Australian Christmas”, so a delicious cold lunch…
IF you are walking by the School of Arts building on Denison Street, Gloucester on Monday afternoons, you may hear the dulcet tones of recorders. A group of six local musicians come together once a week to play their recorders.…
GLOUCESTER Country Women’s Association (CWA) wound up the year with a well-attended December meeting, at which reports were received from all office bearers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…
THE “Mini Vinnies” at St Joseph’s Primary School are learning the importance of serving others. This group of students selects a charity each term, develops a plan, and organises a fundraising event. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
MOST people enjoy music of one kind or another, but few will realise what an important role it plays in helping to wire the human brain for effective learning. Music education helps improve language and literacy, as well as numeracy…
THE Gloucester River Dogs is an informal group of dog lovers who get together every afternoon for a couple of hours on the banks of the Gloucester River near Thunderbolts Bridge. There is no formal membership of the group, although…
MADONNA O’Brien and Aldo Razza know how to garden and they know how to create, a fact evidenced by their authentic-looking Mexican cantina complete with desert plants and abandoned vehicles. This cantina is just one of the many different garden…
FORMER Gloucester Mayor and long-time Gloucester resident Julie Lyford OAM, is concerned about the adverse social impacts that resource projects have on rural communities. As a retired nurse and wife of a local GP, Julie is in a unique position…
IT was a beautiful warm evening, crowned with a magnificent full moon, as many families gathered for Carols by Candlelight at the Gloucester Showground on Sunday, 15 December. Carols by Candlelight is organised each year by the Combined Churches of…
GLOUCESTER Public School has been recognised for its outstanding NAPLAN results. “Our school was one of three standout schools in the Hunter Region,” Principal Leanne Wakefield told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…