New England, Australia

  Ezidi students. Photo Simon Scott via UNE Life story  In April 2017 I reported ( Bias against the bush in Australian refugee resettlement ...

  While personal circumstances have limited all my research and writing activities, I have kept this blog open to allow for comments on past...

Professor Brian Hardaker has died. Professor Sunjana Adapa prepared this obituary that I have taken the liberty of repeating in full.    ...

  Essential Energy has placed the 214ha Oaky Hydro site on the market. The sales pitch suggests that there is a 2,700 ML dam restoration opp...

 As I write it's cold and blowy. That plus cloud has kept the frosts away. The ground is sodden from the constant rain. As the ABC's...

 With just three posts last year, this blog has been in sad decline! The combination of personal circumstances with covid has had a devastat...

  I have never been to Comboyne or its surrounding plateau. Many years ago after my father retired he took mum on a series of road trips inc...

  I see from ABC North Coast that  Mullumbimby   based comedian Mandy Nolan has announced she will be running for preselection as the Greens...

I hope that you had a happy Christmas.  It's been slim pickings on this blog over the last twelve months with only nine posts. There hav...

Back on 10 July 2020, the NSW Government announced that  the New England Tablelands would become a NSW powerhouse, with a NSW Government $7...