18 Dec 08 | Braidwood owned and trained horses are doing their very best in the last couple of weeks to show all that we are alive and kicking. Rocky Cobra (2008 Braidwood Country Energy Cup winner) ventured to the "Big Smoke" last week to find himself in a spot of bother, with a very wet track and two serious race falls in the previous races.
18 Dec 08 | This time last year we were thinking about the sudden passing, relatively speaking, of our friend and fellow golfer, Norman Macleod. What a character and contributor? This year Vic Jones is on my mind. He too was a character, Englishman, golfer and contributor.
18 Dec 08 | The Mayor of Palerang Council, Cr Ian Marjason has welcomed the outcomes of an historic Local Government Summit looking at improving Australia's constitution for future generations.
18 Dec 08 |
Last Thursday and Friday, 4-5 December, a combined compliance audit was held at the Braidwood Saleyards. Members of the Police and the Braidwood RLPB took part in examining;
18 Dec 08 | It's time to get busy with your house as the Christmas lights competition and tour will be running again this year.
18 Dec 08 | Yes, it's farewell to George W Bush. Harry Laing couldn't pass up this opportunity to make a resignation speech on behalf of the most unpopular US president ever.
18 Dec 08 | Braidwood Central School Kindergarten class stole the show at the primary Christmas concert last Thursday.
10 Dec 08 | Loene Carmen was among the cast and crew who returned to Braidwood for the outdoor screening.
10 Dec 08 | An auction of the metal sculpture made by Braidwood Central School students will be auctioned at the National Theatre on Friday 19th December from 6pm. Phil Shoemark will wield the gavel to help raise money for the programme to continue in 2009.
10 Dec 08 | The Patriarch played his last game on Diggers Day 1999. It was a struggle because by then he had lost much of his sight in one eye and the physical effort of walking the course was not easy. However he was determined to have one last game with his mates Boss Barber and Bob McGrath. Hopefully they are all having a chat about the good times they shared. R.I.P.
10 Dec 08 | 1st Braidwood Scouts were out and about abseiling at Warri bridge on Wednesday evening. While on the rock wall, Cub Scouts, Hannah Hancock and John Sharp were invested into the Scout Troop.
10 Dec 08 | On a perfect Tuesday night Fry's Fencers played Dave's Divers in the Beijing Cup Tennis Final, sinking them to the bottom of the pool in a 13 sets to three dunking.
10 Dec 08 | Photographic Director Jeff Burton, art director Roger Ford and Director John Duigan back 'on set' at the Braidwood Hotel after the screening.
10 Dec 08 | Braidwood residents reclaimed Wallace Street on Saturday evening to sit and watch the outdoor screening of The Year My Voice Broke in the balmy setting where the film was shot.
10 Dec 08 | Robert Gourlay was recently invited to speak at the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Life Works Foundation in Sussex, England.
10 Dec 08 | Braidwood Central School's new bus was officially handed over on Monday. After a massive fundraising campaign by agriculture teacher Mick Wall raising $50,000, Veolia Mulwaree Trust kicked in $35,000 and Bendigo Bank $15,000.
10 Dec 08 | Last week's Council meeting was the last before the deadline of 30th January for Council to send their wishlist of projects to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development for how the $310,000 windfall is to be spent.
10 Dec 08 | Critically endangered Yellow Box woodland has been discovered on a local reserve owned by conservation group Bush Heritage Australia.
07 Dec 08 | Braidwood celebrated the 21st anniversary of the film ‘The Year my Voice Broke’ with an open air screening in Wallace Street on Saturday night attended by over 1000 people. The Kings Highway was blocked off for five hours so that locals could reclaim the street and watch the film on a huge inflatable screen surrounded by much of the set.
07 Dec 08 | Braidwood celebrated the 21st anniversary of the film ‘The Year my Voice Broke’ with an open air screening in Wallace Street on Saturday night attended by over 1000 people. The Kings Highway was blocked off for five hours so that locals could reclaim the street and watch the film on a huge inflatable screen surrounded by much of the set.
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