January 2019

Coloured buildings in Bank St

The unfinished paint job on the “Blue Building” in Bank Street continues to prompt readers reactions – including many who think we should be more colourful. Bob Burgess sent in this photo of the former Orange Town Hall, with the accompanying (we suspect tongue in cheek) letter. ” On a recent visit to Orange I noticed a lot of buildings with garish colour schemes which were definitely not “Heritage”, even the old Town Hall hasn’t escaped the despoiling! (Photo enclosed.) I pondered this deviation from good taste – and wondered why such colours were tolerated. After much deliberation I found…


Our dying creek

Yes, we know. We are in the middle of a record drought – and Molong Creek often runs pretty dry. It wasn’t always like this, and when can you remember when Molong…