Water is wiser than gold

By TRACY SORENSEN A couple of thousand years ago – so the story goes – three wise men gave gifts to a special newborn baby. They handed over frankincense and myrrh, perfumes made from the resins of gnarly trees, and gold. All these years later we still get pretty excited about that last one. This…

Colouring competition winners announced

BCCAN received many beautiful entries in the copper butterfly colouring competition. The winners were announced by Isabel Higgins on Saturday, October 25 at 11am at the 200 Plants and Animals exhibition at Shop 7, 177 Howick Street, Bathurst. Adult Winner: Christine Bailey (Prize: $40 Pigments and Palettes voucher) Adult Highly Commended: Tiffany Mason (Certificate) Youth…

Petition to save trees in Bathurst

At its Steering Committee meeting on October 21, 2015, Bathurst Community Climate Action Network decided to petition Bathurst Regional Council to support and promote urban tree cover. The petition is now being circulated, with the following wording: “Following the welcome addition of liquidambar trees on Bradwardine Road, we, the undersigned residents of Bathurst Regional Council,…