Financial support is sought to help the community of Booligal retain their beloved St Alban’s Church building.

“The community is thrilled to announce that the Diocese has accepted our offer to purchase St Alban’s,” spokesperson Alison Crossley said.

The top-down approach to NSW feral pig management needs to be reversed if there is to be any hope of real progress in managing NSW worst agricultural pest, according to the Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association (APDHA).

Read the results on the 2024 Great Australian Pig Hunt survey.

The Cobb Highway accommodation camp has sprung up on the Hay Plains. Join The Grazier team as they tour the state of the art facility.

Story: Kimberly Grabham

Images & video: Cheyenne Hurst

Comfort Inn Bishop’s Lodge in South Hay has been recognised among top performers in the Choice Hotels Asia-Pac 2024 Gold Awards for its outstanding performance and dedication to delivering exceptional guest experiences.

Comfort Inn Bishop’s Lodge is among a select group of 20 hotels across Australia and New Zealand to receive an accolade.

A Regional University Study Hub has been announced for Hay.

The Country University Centre (CUC) in Hay will be co-located at the existing TAFE Connected Learning Centre, and is expected to open by the middle of the year.

The Centre will allow students in the region to remain connected with family, friends and local employment while undertaking their studies.

Read Tertia Butcher’s investigation into the unexpected sale of the Anglican Church at Booligal.

Bishop Kirk has responded by the community has vowed to fight.

“We lost our communication, then our education. Now our congregation” - Emily Turner and Helen Rogers.

Investigations into allegations of the removal of Aboriginal scarred trees on Gundaline Station have ended.

Compliance officer Wendy Illingworth has confirmed investigations into management outfit Customised Farm Management and timber cutter Michael Strange have concluded.

“An investigation was commenced in September 2024 and is now concluded.”

A nation-wide class action against Google’s digital advertising services AdSense has been launched, and the Riverine Grazier is the lead applicant in the action.

A statement by Tertia Butcher and Krista Schade.

Read all about Hay’s Australia Day award recipients, including Citizen of the Year Shirley Hajek, pictured with Ambassador Susie Elelman.

Includes breakfast photo gallery.

A piece of largely unknown treasure was recently unveiled in Lachlan Street.

Gwen Wall and Roger McGrath have painstakingly uncovered a vintage Goldenia tea sign on the Foodworks wall of their property in Lachlan Street.

Read Kimberly Grabham’s account of the history and plans for the site.

The replacement pool and facilities at the John Houston Memorial Swimming Pool will be constructed free of debt to Council and at minimal cost to ratepayers.

The $8.067 million project received a further boost of $4.191 million last week following Council’s successful funding application under Round 2 of the Growing Regions Program.

“As we followed Sarah away from the floats at the start of the track, watching her ride off with her horses was so moving and inspiring, knowing she had been through so many extreme hardships at only 27 years of age, but still strives to make the best of each and every day. “

Read Lottie Ryan’s account of riding with Sarah Wheeler on the Outback Long Ride charity trek.

Hay Shire Council is continuing its efforts to improve accommodation for key workers, and more recently for its Multi-Purpose Service facility manager, and has met with Murrumbidgee Local Health District to discuss opportunities in Hay.

Heating options for two of the replacement pools at the John Houston Memorial Swimming Pool are currently being investigated by the contractor, ELM Aquatics.

Works are due to commence late next month, with the pool closing on February 24, to be completed for re-opening late November 2025.

General Manager, David Webb said the replacement project includes three new pools, filtration equipment, solar heating, renewable energy supply, recreational facilities and landscaping.

The loss of a parent is devastating. Losing both is unimaginable, but photographer and horse lover Sarah Wheeler is turning her grief into hope for others suffering from liver, pancreatic, stomach, bile duct and oesophageal cancers.

She is on a 5,500 kilometre journey to raise funds and awareness, and capture the landscape through her lens as she travels outback NSW and Queensland over nine months.

AFA’s $780 million deal to Agriculture and Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation has received FIRB approval.

The sale consists of three major freehold title land aggregations within the Deniliquin, Hay and Coonamble districts including Boonoke, Burrabogie, Wanganella and Wingadee stations.

The Ampol Service Station in South Hay has DA approval to undertake a grand overhaul, including Hay’s first drive-through coffee.

Read about the histor yof the Freemasons in Hay The Hay Gaol has an interesting collection of artefacts made up of local Freemason items.