Wentworth Shire Council has hailed this week’s Murray Darling Association National Conference in Wentworth a resounding success. Wentworth hosted the event, which ran from Sunday 16 May until Wednesday 19 May, at the Wentworth Civic Centre with more than 150 delegates and speakers attending to discuss important matters relating to the Murray-Darling Basin. Council received […]
Concept plans for the redevelopment of the Wentworth Civic Centre are now on public exhibition.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service staff will be continuing prescribed burning from this afternoon (Wednesday 5 May) until Friday 7 May at Tarawi Nature Reserve, Scotia NSW. Smoke may be visible at times.
Construction of a new Nature Play Area is underway at Buronga.
Nature-themed equipment in the play area includes rope play structures, scaling ropes and a fort and slide structure.
On top of the playground equipment construction will include picnic tables with a river view, public seating and benches, shade structures, a new car park area including bollard fencing, landscaping, vegetation, grassed area, irrigation, bins and timber elements.
Part of the project also encompasses the rationalisation of paths through the eastern and western sides of the George Chaffey Bridge.
Works on the project commenced in early 2021 with the general landscaping components to be finished by the end of May.
The shade structure and playground equipment will be completed by the end of July.
See below for progress photos from April 2021
A Bendigo Bank Agency is now open at the Midway Centre in Buronga. The agency, operated by the Community Bank Wentworth and District and staffed by Wentworth Shire Council’s Customer Service Team, offers core day-to-day banking facilities to existing and new customers of Bendigo Bank. “We are super excited to be able to offer real […]
A little bit of the arts was brought to Pooncarie on Thursday 18 March when Jenny Ellis of Little Wing Puppets performed “A Little Bit of Blue” at Pooncarie Town Hall for students from Pooncarie Public School, Palinyewah, Pomona and the School Of The Air as well as some of their family members and staff. […]
Murray Region tourism businesses have been overlooked in the recently announced Federal Government Tourism Support Package. Murray Regional Tourism Chair Wendy Greiner was disappointed at the announcement Albury and Mildura’s airports would not be included in the $1.2 billion cut-price flights scheme. Prior to COVID-19 and border closures the region would welcome annually 6.5 million […]
Wentworth Shire Council met with the NSW Crown Land Commissioner Professor Richard Bush and his Senior Project Officer Clint Willoughby on Tuesday to discuss Council’s submission on the Evaluation Of The Crown Land Management (CLM) Act 2016. Professor Bush is currently reviewing the CLM Act, which incorporates the almost-complete first State Strategic Plan for Crown […]
Wentworth Shire Council has urged the New South Wales Government to keep the Wentworth Local Court registrar service operating. In a letter to the Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections, which was then forwarded on to the Attorney General’s office, Mayor Susan Nichols sought assurance the Wentworth Local Court could continue to uphold the services […]