3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (329+ words) They might be known as the cutest and cuddliest of all the cows, but a lot of hard work and science has gone into breeding the beautiful Highland herds that were sold at the recent Northwood Highlands Auction. After a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (722+ words) The court has upheld a council's order that a woman remove over 100 ducks and chickens from her home. Dunedoo resident Yolande Dubow took the Warrumbungle Shire Council to the Land and Environment Court of NSW after they ordered her to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (394+ words) Bobby-Jo Vial is living the life she dreamed of when she was a child. "I find myself watching wildlife documentaries and thinking, I have been there, I know that animal," Ms Vial said. Ms Vial said it felt wild at…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (781+ words) Produced by Eleven Labs and ACM using AI narration. By the time we blokes reach a certain age, it's hard to illuminate us with childlike wonder. However, right now, in this subterranean cave complex, on Lake Te Anau's western shores,…...

2+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (363+ words) Wildlife cruising conjures penguins and polar bears, perhaps the Galapagos or Amazon, but Asia is where offbeat travellers go. Underrated as an animal kingdom, this continent is our closest for safari-style adventures. Borneo and Indonesia are the wildest double-act, conveniently…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (73+ words) Approximate length in metres of the wingspan of a Buller's albatross I cast my line but stumbled into an aerial frenzy in New Zealand. The 'invisible villain' of towing that could void your insurance. Humidity, UV and seat choice actually…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (774+ words) When vet nurse Jodie Lardner-Smith needed to hand-raise a white rhino, she had to write a letter to an expert in South Africa to get advice on what to do. Having access to a world of information at her fingertips…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (354+ words) FLYING foxes have returned to Machattie Park in droves, with the numbers well into the thousands. Bathurst Regional Council estimates there to be 3000 to 4000 flying foxes, also known as bats, roosting in the trees as of mid January 2026. However, the…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (381+ words) It's got so bad that desperate landholders are now calling for military intervention. Mrs Dalton said on the drive to Condobolin and Trangie there were plenty of dead feral pigs on the side of the road. She said it was…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (424+ words) DEVASTATING droughts and the threat of pest species have led to a massive decline in some of the Central West's native fish. But a local angler and owner of The Fishing Shed Bathurst, Wayne Cole, is doing his bit to…...