Oct
10
2025
Oct
09
2025
A Day of Country Fun and Community Spirit – Vegetable Creek Hospital Fete –!
🎉 Vegetable Creek Hospital Fete – A Day of Country Fun and Community Spirit! 🎉 Get ready for one of Emmaville’s favourite days of the year — the Vegetable Creek Hospital Fete, on Saturday 18th October 2025, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm! This year’s fete promises a wonderful mix of old-fashioned fun, local flair, and country hospitality — all in support of our much-loved local hospital. Stroll through the market stalls brimming with handmade crafts, fresh produce, and local treasures. Tap your feet to live music, enjoy the fashion parade, and follow the scent of the BBQ and food…
Oct
09
2025
Vale Mr Bob Blair
The Consummate agent It is with much sadness that we advise members past and present that one of the universally admired gentlemen of our profession Mr Bob Blair has passed away peacefully in Glen Innes at the age of 87. Bob Blair was an institution within the New England pastoral region, particularly in the Glen Innes District who commanded the respect and loyalty from the agency and wider rural fraternity over many years. A Dalgety man through and through, his distinguished career extended across a lifetime in the employ of Dalgety, Dalgety Winchcombe FGC, and later Landmark companies. He was…
Oct
08
2025
Legacy Badge presented to Services Club
On the 3 October, Glen Innes Legacy members Jim Berridge and Peter Brown presented a $1000 badge to the Glen Innes and District Services Club General Manager, Mr Brodie Hutchinson. The funds from the badge purchased by the Services Club will help Legacy support locally the families of Australian Defence Force personnel who lost their lives on active service or in training for it. Mr Hutchinson was pleased that the Services Club could be part of the wonderful community support that Legacy receives here in Glen Innes, especially during Badge Week. Glen Innes Legacy and Legacy’s beneficiaries are most appreciative…
Oct
08
2025
Karate World Championships
On October 3rd to 6th the WKKF Koshiki Karate World championships were held in Brisbane. Representing 13 countries, over 200 competitors put their best foot forward to bring home World rankings. Karen & Isobel King from the Glen Innes branch of the Jin Ryu Kan dojo attended the World Championships representing both Glen Innes and Australia along with other locals Shihan Lisa Marshall, Sensei Fay Rees and Sensei Layletta Williams-Boney. Isobel backed up her Reserve National Title in Kumite (fighting) bringing home a Bronze in the 10-11yrs female Kumite! Isobel also placed 9th in her kata (pattern) class making her…
Oct
07
2025
A total yarding of 975 head went under the hammer at the Sheep and Lamb Sale of 7 October ‘25 The usual buying gallery was in attendance, though notably without TFI, with continued and steady support from the local and travelling sheep traders. The mutton market continues to show resilience, holding firm across both export and store categories, bolstered by solid trader demand. However, the heavy lamb job eased this week, coming back around $95, while the medium and light store lambs held their ground with good competition throughout. Heavy crossbred lambs were limited in supply but still managed to…
Oct
06
2025
Glen Innes Welcomes another New Business!
Glen Innes warmly welcomes Glenda and her Reiki clinic to the community.Located at 271 Grey Street, Glenda offers Reiki sessions every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Glenda began her Reiki journey in 2000 with the Usui Shiki Ryoho network in Adelaide. Since then, her practice has taken her across the world — to India, Nepal, Thailand and Borneo — where she worked alongside more than 120 international practitioners. She became a Reiki Master in 2012, operated her own clinic in South Australia for seven years, and then spent eleven years travelling in a motorhome, sharing Reiki…
Oct
06
2025
Lions Christmas Cakes
Lions Christmas cakes have raised more than $60 million dollars for worthy causes. The Lions Christmas Cake and Pudding program has been a major fund-raising project of Lions Australia since 1965 and raised more than $70million. The proceeds from this project are donated back into the community with great causes including Blindness Prevention and Vision improvement projects, Medical Research, Children’s Mobility Foundation, Eye Health Program, Hearing Dogs, Disaster Relief, Aged Care, Drug Awareness and Youth Programs. You can rest assured that should you purchase a product from this program the proceeds generated will be put to good use in…
Oct
06
2025
Picture-Perfect Spring Show Jumping in Glen Innes
You couldn’t have asked for better weather for the Glen Innes Spring Show Jumping Championships — three glorious, sun-drenched days that showed off our Showground in all its springtime splendour. Over the October long weekend, 81 riders took to the arenas for more than 740 jumping rounds of action, skill, and sportsmanship. Competitors travelled from far and wide — from Cairns, Central Queensland, and Toowoomba, across to Grafton and Lismore, west to Moree, and as far south as Newcastle. The spirit of friendly country competition was strong, with six World Cup riders and their eight horses joining the field. Chief…
Oct
03
2025
SUCCESS FOR GLEN INNES SEVERN AT REGIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS
Glen Innes Severn businesses were among those celebrated at the 2025 New England North West (NENW) Business Awards, held at the Armidale Ex Services Club on Friday 19 September. Local business Ben’s Falls Retreat, the 2024 regional winner, received Highly Commended in the Outstanding Visitor Experience category this year, highlighting the strength of the region’s tourism and hospitality sector. Mayor Margot Davis, who attended the awards evening, congratulated the owners on their continued success. “This recognition is a fantastic achievement for Ben’s Falls Retreat and a testament to the passion and hard work of our local business community. Glen Innes…