Community Sun shines on Spring races A great day trackside with Forbes Jockey Club Forbes Advocate > 18 Oct 2025
Community How a group of mates turned an outback adventure into $250k for charity Parkes Tractor Trekkers have raised more than $250K, see them at Parkes Show ‘n’ Shine Madeline Blackstock > 15 Oct 2025
Community Pool opens for summer season With the return of warmer weather and the October long weekend, the Forbes Olympic Pool opened for the summer season on Saturday. The balmy conditions, particularly on Sunday, kicked-off the swimming season with the temperature reaching a top of 25.7... Brendan McCool > 12 Oct 2025
Community Pool opens for summer season With the return of warmer weather and the October long weekend, the Forbes Olympic Pool opened for the summer season on Saturday. The balmy conditions, particularly on Sunday, kicked-off the swimming season with the temperature reaching a top of 25.7... Brendan McCool > 12 Oct 2025
Community Nominations for Australia Day awards open Do you know someone who goes above and beyond for our community? Now is the time to give them the recognition they deserve with nominations open for the Forbes Shire Citizen of the Year, Senior Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year... Forbes Advocate > 12 Oct 2025
Community Nurse shares her role with Eugowra VIEW By JUDY SMITHEugowra VIEW Club held their September meeting at the Fat Parcel Cafe with 18 members present and three apologies. President Irene welcomed members, read out treasurer’s report and also the reports from Publicity Officer and Program... Forbes Advocate > 12 Oct 2025
Community Generations gather to celebrate Hodges family story This year marks 148 years since William and Harriet Hodges, with their 12 children, made the long journey in two covered wagonettes from Wyagdon near Bathurst to make their home at Grudgery near Bedgerabong. Now a book celebrates their legacy, and... Renee Powell > 12 Oct 2025
Community Sunshine Club news: Christmas raffle up now Hi to all Sunshine Club members. Our Christmas raffle is now on display in our front window. First prize is a barbecue kindly donated by Bunnings; two storage boxes filled with goodies. Second prize is a box filled with goodies and third prize is... Forbes Advocate > 05 Oct 2025
Community Forbes celebrates 65 years of VIEW Forbes View celebrated the 65th birthday of View Clubs of Australia at our September lunch meeting with many members turning out in blue to celebrate this sapphire milestone. Members were also excited to celebrate the 56th Year of Forbes View... Forbes Advocate > 05 Oct 2025
Community Sunshine Club news: Christmas raffle up now Hi to all Sunshine Club members. Our Christmas raffle is now on display in our front window. First prize is a barbecue kindly donated by Bunnings; two storage boxes filled with goodies. Second prize is a box filled with goodies and third prize is... Forbes Advocate > 05 Oct 2025
Community Forbes celebrates 65 years of VIEW Forbes View celebrated the 65th birthday of View Clubs of Australia at our September lunch meeting with many members turning out in blue to celebrate this sapphire milestone. Members were also excited to celebrate the 56th Year of Forbes View... Forbes Advocate > 05 Oct 2025
Community Street Dreams transforms park with light Street Dreams transformed Forbes’ heritage precinct into a wonderland of colour and light, with families flocking to explore Victoria Park on Saturday night. Children were looking for bugs glowing in the grass, dancing along the light-up floor... Renee Powell > 05 Oct 2025
Community Uniting Church fete returns on beautiful Spring Saturday The immaculate grounds were the location of a fete on Saturday 6 September, 40 years since a similar event took place which was combined with a flower show at Forbes Uniting Church. A dozen stall holders provided a wide selection of goods for... Forbes Advocate > 21 Sep 2025
Community Succulent inspiration blooms at Garden Club gathering GARDEN CLUBBy GREEN THUMBAt our last meeting we had a wonderful attendance of 45 members on a sunny afternoon held in the garden of Phil and Fleur Wells. Our guest speaker was Fay Blackstock of Parkes who spoke to us on succulents. We had visited her... Forbes Advocate > 21 Sep 2025
Community Little hands, big hearts: Pre school art to raise funds for RMHC Forbes Pre School is getting creative to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities, with their very own art show. They’re preparing for an exhibition and auction on Friday, 17 October, with each brushstroke and bid to support families facing... Renee Powell > 21 Sep 2025
Community Soup and slice raise funds for community work Forbes CWA Evening Branch has hosted a winter walk-in soup and slice lunch to raise funds. Following the success of previous events in July and August, patrons on 3 September enjoyed soup and a bread roll, drink and home-created slice either at the... Forbes Advocate > 14 Sep 2025
Community A simple question can make all the difference R U OK? Day is a powerful reminder that looking after ourselves – and each other – really matters. Life can throw challenges our way, and while we often talk about keeping physically fit and healthy, it’s just as important to care for our... Parkes Champion-Post > 14 Sep 2025
Community Probus club pays tribute to Bruce Howard President Mal opened the meeting and asked members to observe a moment’s silence for Bruce Howard. He joined Forbes Probus November 1999, was president in 2002, secretary from 2002-2015 and was given life membership on 25 March, 2011. He had been in... Forbes Advocate > 14 Sep 2025
Community News from Sunshine Corner Congratulations to Katie Petropoulos on being the lucky winner of our Father’s Day raffle. The esky and camping essentials were kindly donated by Bunnings and $100 gift voucher by Jelbarts TyrePower. Thank you very much for your donations. We have our... Forbes Advocate > 14 Sep 2025
Community Cabonne Australia Day nominations open now Nominations for Eugowra’s 2026 Australia Day awards are now open. Cabonne Council’s Australia Day Awards are open to Cabonne community members who are Australian Citizens and who have made a noteworthy contribution or achieved something outstanding... Renee Powell > 14 Sep 2025
Community Dark side of the moon By MARK SIMPSONStar gazers will be hoping for a clear night next Monday to see a total eclipse of the moon. While not a rare event, the last total lunar eclipse seen in Australia was in 2022 and the next will be in March 2026.A lunar eclipse occurs... Parkes Champion-Post > 07 Sep 2025
Community VIEW: A Kirkcudbright Adventure The View Club lunch meeting held on 14 August had a somewhat international flavour, with guest speaker, Toni Edwards, taking members on a vicarious trip to Scotland and the town of Kirkcudbright (pronounced kir coo bree), about two hours’ drive... Forbes Advocate > 07 Sep 2025
Community Mayor calls for cat containment measures Council’s hands remain “tied” when it comes to roaming cats, says Mayor Phyllis Miller, who’s expressed her disappointment following a report from a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the management of cat populations. Mayor Miller said the Upper House... Forbes Advocate > 07 Sep 2025
Community Ruth turns 100 years young Ruth Clemens has celebrated her 100th birthday, surrounded by those she loves dearly. Special guests including grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews joined her with guests travelled from Adelaide, Far North Queensland, Banora Point... Forbes Advocate > 07 Sep 2025
Community Dave calls last drinks on a decade of teaching at TAFE If you’ve received the services of a bartender anywhere in central or western NSW, chances are they’ve been trained by one of our own Dave Wilson. After almost 10 years as a hospitality teacher at Parkes TAFE - mainly training in RSA (Responsible... Christine Little > 07 Sep 2025
Community Hearts and hands together: Eugowra digs deep to rebuild children’s centre The community has rallied as fundraising to rebuild the Eugowra Children’s Community Centre continues. More than 170 people dug deep at a recent trivia night, which was overwhelmingly supported with generous auction items. Eugowra’s only childcare... Renee Powell > 07 Sep 2025
