Country Town Warmth Entices a Tree Change
BY DI SNEDDON Kate and Clayton wanted to move from […]
BY DI SNEDDON Kate and Clayton wanted to move from […]
Noone was more surprised that Jim Bartholomew’s family when the […]
When looking back at the history of Muswellbrook you are […]
BY ALEX TIGANI
Merriwa’s Andrew and Peta Luke have a long history of volunteering with the local emergency services.
BY DI SNEDDON
The home itself may be just 23 years old but when stepping onto the property, this Westbrook home has an aura of European heritage and is settled in amongst its majestic natural surroundings like it was always meant to be.
BY MEREDITH BLAIR
The name Tocal, given by the Wonnarua people, means abundance.
BY MEREDITH BLAIR
Thirty-three years ago, Tony and Ardell Freeman bought their first house in Birralee Street, Muswellbrook for $60,000 when interest rates were at 17.5 per cent.
BY MEREDITH BLAIR
Allen. H, Allen. J, Anderson. E.J.
These are just some of the names of the gallant soldiers from Branxton that fought in WW1, named on the Branxton Memorial Rotunda opened in June 1923.
BY JEM ANSHAW
When work brought Peter and Kay Stone to the Upper Hunter 15 years ago they set about finding a home.
BY JEM ANSHAW
Nestled away in the back streets of Scone is an artist sanctuary like no other.
BY DI SNEDDON
When you take in the visual beauty and extent of Sedgewood property’s cottage garden, it is hard to believe there was nothing more than a couple of trees on the property when Susan and Harry Ginns first moved in.
BY DI SNEDDON
Step in Singleton Historical Museum and you immediately step back into the past.
BY ALEX TIGANI
When you drive through the main gates of Mark and Denise Ray’s family home in Muscle Creek, you’ll quite often hear some noise from the back shed.
BY ALEX TIGANI
When you have a goal and focus, nothing is too hard for Nic and Julie Gardner.
BY ALEX TIGANI
When visiting Arcadia Ridge on Muswellbrook’s Ironbark Road we stumbled across a treasure which was simply filled with treasures.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Hole 9 of the Singleton Golf Club is Not For Sale nor will it be for the next 50 years if all goes to plan.
BY DI SNEDDON
Lizelle and Jacques Rossouw moved to Australia from South Africa 22 years ago, residing in Emerald and Moranbah before coming to Singleton in 2014.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Scott Pennell could not help but smile on the eve of this year’s Group 21 grand final.
BY DI SNEDDON
This is a Not For Sale story with a twist. The property has been sold to make way for the Singleton by-pass and for its owner, Joan Ingold, it is goodbye to a property she has been connected to since birth.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Greenwood House is a perfect example of its era’s architectural opulence.
BY ALEX TIGANI
In just over 50 days, Granville and Yvonne Taylor will be celebrating 50 years of marriage.
BY DI SNEDDON
After living in a two-storey home at Singleton Heights for 20 years, Gary Holland made a timely decision to downsize and in April 2021, moved into a two bedroom unit in down town Singleton.
BY JEM ANSHAW
There is no denying that some people are just drawn to the land, and that is certainly the case for Ron Campbell of Merriwa.
BY ALEX TIGANI
For Max Wake, Whittingham’s Benleigh Brown Swiss is more than a farm.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Which of this Saturday’s 40 voting centres in the Hunter electorate used to be the Greta Migrant Camp’s YMCA Hall?
BY JEM ANSHAW
Having spent years curiously passing by a house on Sowerby Street in Muswellbrook, Vicki Riddy didn’t pass the opportunity to have a look inside when it went on the market 20 years ago.
BY DI SNEDDON
The block, the size of the house and the location are what drew Kim Harvey and her husband to their Muswellbrook home two years ago.
BY JEM ANSHAW
When renovating older homes sometimes it is a struggle to blend new with old, or find a happy balance between the two.
BY JEM ANSHAW
The block, the size of the house and the location are what drew Kim Harvey and her husband to their Muswellbrook home two years ago.
BY SHANE DAVEY
Most of us have places that feel like home in our life even if we don’t live there. Pirtek Park is one such forever home away from home for Singleton Rugby League.
BY JEM ANSHAW
Walking through the gardens towards Susan and John’s home you feel there is something amazing just beyond.
BY DI SNEDDON
The Mechanics Institute at 74 George Street, Singleton, was built in 1866 and stands as a testament to Singleton’s European history and heritage.
BY JEM ANSHAW
There are few streets across the region that don’t have at least one house decked out in Christmas lights as excitement for the festive season builds.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Hubert and Helen Upward admit they would not call anywhere else home.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Joy Poole OAM may not have realised it at the time.
BY DI SNEDDON
When people started saying the scaffolding was coming down last week everyone in Singleton, and those travelling through town, knew exactly what building they were talking about.
BY JEM ANSHAW
It has been 43 years since the last regular train service ran to Merriwa but much to the delight of many in the region the railway station has recently been receiving some tender loving care.
BY ALEX TIGANI
Third generation farmers Ian and Dawn Russell had planned to celebrate two special milestones at their historic home near Broke in 2020.
BY DI SNEDDON
It was a renovation that captured the imagination at every turn and owner Neil Smith admits he spent just as much time reminiscing over items recovered during the project as he did on the project itself.
BY JEM ANSHAW
When Sophie Clark began looking to buy a house, she didn’t mind much what she looked at, as long as there wasn’t a lot to do when it settled.
BY DI SNEDDON
Rotary, Rugby, Red Cross, Rural Fire Service, Reedy Creek Church and volunteering with Ourcare Pty Ltd certainly keep Susanna and Graeme O’Brien busy.
BY JEM ANSHAW
When Alyssa Bestmann was moving to Muswellbrook from Newcastle at 22 years of age, she was looking at homes based on price, as we tend to do.
BY DI SNEDDON
It was a chance meeting with alpacas that was the catalyst for a tree change for Andrew and Pat Johns.
BY ALEX TIGANI
For almost half a century, Singleton’s Rugby Park has proven to be a landmark in town.
BY JEM ANSHAW
Right in the centre of Murrurundi you will find the Pioneers Cottage, a quaint, original home built in Timor around 1889.
BY DI SNEDDON
Home is certainly where the heart is for Kim and Ang Nguyen.