The Fledermaus, [Bat for you]. One of my animorphic yarns. G’day, I’m Bertie the Bat. It’s a good life; wake up at 5 in the Arvo, say hello to all my Baty friends, and as the sun goes down, we head out to the Orchards and Vineyards to have breakfast and do whatever Bats do. Our…
Images: Left – “Finding Rona” by Maude Butta. Right – “Discovery of Myself” by Maude Butta
CORONA I think it was Kennedy who once so wisely said It was best to give and not just take from the country he once led. “Do what you can for your country; this we must all do. You cannot hide from what it provides, And that’s what I ask of you.” It’s never too…
Winners of the Arts Upper Hunter Dance Craze Video Comp are Grace Booth, 12, Lula Peebles, 10, Annabelle Hunt, 10 and Rihanna Hunt , 9. Their team Crazy Glaze will share in the $500 prize. They all live in Merriwa and attend St Joseph’s Primary School in Merriwa. They share a love of dance and…
Have You Got the Moves to Take Home a Prize? Dance crazes have been around for years and now it’s the Upper Hunter’s chance to have a go at inventing one. Arts Upper Hunter’s Dance Craze Video Comp is for young people aged 8 to 15 living the Dungog, Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter local…
Entries close: 23 January 2026 The John Glover Art Prize (Glover Prize) is an award for a landscape painting of Tasmania awarded by The John Glover Society Inc. Entry is open to local, interstate and international artists. The winner receives $80,000 plus a bronze maquette of colonial artist John Glover, designed by Peter Corlett and…
