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ETHEL Haydon celebrated her 100th birthday today at the Haydon Hall in Murrurundi. A beloved member of the community, more than 50 people made sure to drop by and congratulate her, including students from Blandford Public School. During her thank you speech, Ethel said “looking back, I suppose life was divided into periods”. “The teenage […]
FROM today, 2 million litres of water per day can now flow from Glenbawn Dam, via Scone, to Murrurundi, with the opening of the Scone to Murrurundi pipeline. Murrurundi residents have been on level 6 restrictions since July 2018, through on of the worst droughts on record, but can now enjoy a longer shower, put […]
ON Saturday the Pages River near Murrurundi was flowing and is slowly making its way towards Blandford. Murrurundi Gap received 28mm by 9am on Saturday, Scone had 13mm and Merriwa 26mm. The rain was welcomed across the district, but unfortunately the Bureau of Meteorology does not predict follow up rain this week, although there is […]
ABBEY Stone is philosophical about closing the doors to Stone & Co in Murrurundi on January 24, following an order from Upper Hunter Shire Council and said while she appreciates the community support, they are focused on their sale and the next chapter of their popular business. Abbey and her family moved into the heritage […]
TONIGHT Council voted to apply to Heritage New South Wales for the 1919 section of the Wilson Memorial Hospital in Murrurundi to be included on the NSW State Register. Councillors Abbott, Bedggood, Brown and Driscoll voted in favour of the application, Councillors Burns, Campbell and Collison voted against and Councillors Fisher and Watts were absent. […]
TONIGHT A Current Affair will air a story on how Murrurundi are managing water restrictions. Brady Halls and the crew visited Murrurundi last week to spend some time with the Ferguson family and show Australia what water restrictions mean in regional towns struggling through one of the worst droughts in history. See story: Flying the […]
BRADY Halls and the team from A Current Affair wanted to tell Australia what it is like being on water restrictions in regional towns during a drought and what better place to go than Murrurundi? The Ferguson family flew the flag for Murrurundi and invited A Current Affair into their home to show Australia how […]
A Current Affair are doing a story on regional towns with water restrictions and what better place to go than Murrurundi? They were especially wrapped to hear Murrurundi is the MOST sustainable town in NSW! They’d love to show Australia, especially their city audience who take water for granted, how water restrictions impact on so […]
WHEN the Tidy Town judges visited Murrurundi, they were impressed by the town’s great community spirit in a time of adversity and at the awards held on Saturday night in Cessnock, awarded the town the Most Sustainable Regional Community for 2019. The organisers said, “Murrurundi punched above its weight and showed what a small town […]