Black Gully Music Festival 2017 Guide

Every year New England folk gather at Black Gully (behind NERAM) to celebrate community, music and biodiversity. Starting at 10.00am you can browse through the Maker’s Market and chill out with art, food, drink, nature and of course live local music. Kids art...

Progressive Cinema presents: Chasing Coral

Progressive Cinema presents: Chasing Coral at 6:30pm on Thursday, 9th November, 2017, at Kent House in Faulkner Street opposite Central Park, Armidale.   Join us for discussion and community dinner after the film.  Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an...

A Day in the Life of Your Soil

New England North West Regional Science Hub presents: A Day in the Life of Your Soil Soil organisms are very important for agricultural productivity and the health of natural environments. They influence how much water enters and stays in your soil, nutrient cycling,...

Australia is second worst in world for biodiversity loss

A new international study published in the journal Nature found that Australia is among a group of seven countries who are causing around fifty percent of global biodiversity loss. Using measures from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red...

Glen Innes recognised as renewable energy hub

Glen Innes is at the centre of the renewables revolution according to a recent ABC news article, which highlights the Sapphire and White Rock wind farms. Both are being constructed close to the town due to the ideal combination of high winds and grid connectivity...

November Forum: SLA Celebrates 10 Years

Special Forum Thursday, 2nd November at 7pm  Kent House, opposite Central Park on Faulkner Street Where to now? Ten years ago a large group of Armidale people were concerned enough about our future to create SLA. Are you still interested in how we might locally...

Between Art and Poetry: New Perspectives on Tablelands Flora

Join us for an Exhibition, Reading and Book Launch With Music by Alana Blackburn Friday, 17 November 2017 6.00–7.30pm Reader’s Companion 151 Beardy Street, Armidale Between Art and Poetry is a recent collaboration between botanical poet John Charles Ryan and botanical...