Media
Thank you to all the media coverage we have received to launch our community project to help strengthen our fragile rural-reliant town.
Friday 3rd October 2008 = Channel 9 "A Current Affair" 7.20pm with David Eccelston
Monday 6th October 2008 = Press Release
Wednesday 8th October 2008 = 'Central Western Daily' Orange newspaper by Ben Brennan. Also Dubbo Liberal with 'Regional News'.
Wednesday 8th October 2008 = ABC radio 2pm 'In your Backyard' with Genine Bowman- Cumnock cafe
Thursday 9th October 2008 = "Cumnock rent: $1. Rural Lifestyles: priceless" by Amy Lawson.
Thursday 9th October 2008 = Molong Express newspaper front page and next page
Friday 10th October 2008 = Prime TV News 6.10pm
Wednesday 15th October 2008 = The Cumnock Review
Friday 17th October 2008 = Parkes Champion Post newspaper
Saturday 18th October 2008 = Press Release "$1 week rent proves popular"
Monday 20th October 2008 = 11.30am Bathurst 2BS radio with Janine
Monday 20th October 2008 = 'Central Western Daily' Rural Press by Bevan Shields
Tues 21st, Wed 22nd and Thurs 23rd Oct = Orange National Field Days leaflet distibuted
Friday 24th Oct = 'Central Western Daily' Rural Press
Community newspapers - Yeoval Satellite, Manildra Matters, Cudal News and Cumnock Progress Review.
Thursday 30th October = Molong Express newspaper "Attracting tree-changers"
Tuesday 4th November = ABC regional radio and "All yours for a dollar a week" ABC online story by Jess Perriam
Wednesday 5th November = 6.30am, 7.30am and 8.30am ABC regional news
Monday 10th November = Would-be tenants for peace in Central West Daily by Ellen Vaz
Monday 10th November = Creativity to future proof our villages by Ben Brennan
Thursday 25th November = 'Putting the Buzz back into the Bush' in The Land by Amy Lawson
Thursday 25th November = 'Central Western Daily' by Ben Brennan
Monday 1st December = 8.50am ABC Central West Morning show with Janice McGilchrist
Summer publication of "The Country Web" Dept of Primary Industry - Rural Womens Network
Friday 26th December = Sydney Daily Telegraph "$1 rent adds to the lure of country life"
Friday 26th December = 11am 6PR Perth radio
Friday 26th December = 1pm 2GB Sydney radio
Friday 26th December = 5pm 4BR Brisbane radio
Monday 29th December 2008 = Channel 9 "A Current Affair" RENT RUSH by Sarah Stewart
Wednesday 1st January 2009 = 1.30pm 2UE with Steve Liebmann
Monday 5th January = Central Western Daily "New Life Comes Knocking" by Ellen Vaz
Thursday 22nd January = The Land "Cumnock's $1 drawcard" by Amy Lawson
Wednesday 28th January = 9am ABC regional radio
Thursday 29th January = The Land Regional news "Cumnock Experiment" column
Thursday 29th January = Molong Express newspaper "Cumnock's New Faces"
Thursday 29th January = Russell Turner MP Parliament of NSW comment
Monday 2nd February = Sydney Daily Telegraph "Rent a Cumnock Farm for just $1 a week"
Monday 2nd February = 12.40pm ABC National radio "Country Hour" with Michael Condon
Monday 2nd February = 6.20pm Prime TV regional news
Tuesday 3rd February = 7pm "Today Tonight" Channel 7 capital cities with Bryan Seymour
Thursday 5th February = Molong Express newspaper "Meet the Elsley family"
Friday 6th February = Central Western Daily "Cumnock now a bus-tling community" by Ben Brennan
Thursday 26th February = The Land Regional news "Wheels in Motion again" Cumnock Experiment
Friday 20th March 2009 ="Gold Coin Rental Success" ACA story
Monday 23rd March = "Welcome to Cumnock" Central Western Daily by Ellen Vaz
Thursday 26th March Molong Express "A BIG warm Cabonne welcome to new families"
Thursday 26th March = The Land Regional News
Friday 27th March = CWD "Our brand of promotion's better than Country Week"
Friday 3rd April = Prime TV local regional news
Monday 6th April = Central Western Daily - Monday focus "The town that Chris built"
Tuesday 7th April 2009 = "Country Challenge" on A Current Affair by Dave Eccelston
Thursday 9th April = Win News "Greenethorpe"
Friday 10th April = Prime TV News "Greenethorpe"
Tuesday 14th April = Rotary Youth Leadership Program presentation in Parkes
Wednesday 15th April = "Cumnock is as it always has been" Letter to the CWD editor
Thursday 23rd April 2009 = "Greenethorpe Needs You" The Land article by Cassandra Hough
Thursday 23rd April = Prime TV news segment Greenethorpe launch
Friday 24th April = WIN TV regional news - Greenethorpe launching rentafarmhouse
Thursday 30th April 2009 = The Land Regional News "Showtime for New Recruits"
Autumn/Winter 2009 "fit & fifty" travel guide, front cover and pg 19
Tuesday 5th May 2009 = Year 9 Molong Central School "Communities in Change" excursion
Monday 18th May = ABC radio interviewing Danielle Allen from Greenethorpe
Thursday 21st May = Cumnock 'nice feeling' show by Amy Lawson
Thursday 28th May = The Land northern regional news "You can save your school too"
Sunday 7th June = Sunday Telegraph "yourspace" feature cover story "Try your luck for a buck"
Tuesday 9th June = ABC NSW radio -Tallimba on 'View from the Backdoor'
Wednesday 10th June = ABC NSW radio -Danielle Allen from Greenethorpe on 'View from the Backdoor'
Thursday 11th June = ABC NSW radio 2.10pm Matt Mercer interview -family moved from Melbourne
Thursday 11th June = Molong Express "Cumnock rent-a-farmhouse update" story
Thursday 11th June = The Land "Tallimba doing a Cumnock" story by Katana Smith
Friday 12 June = ABC NSW radio - Kim Harding from Ilford on 'View from the Backdoor'
Monday 22 June = WIN TV regional news - Meg Hardie offering low rentals in Tallimba
Thursday 25 June = The Land Northern Regional News "Renovations, Fog and Yoga makeovers"
Friday 3 July = Wycheproof - first Victorian town to offer $1 a week farmhouses
Friday 3 July = ABC radio "Want $1 rent. Move to the Mallee"
Friday 3 July = Central Western Daily "Christine farms out Cumnock rent plan"
Thursday 9 July = ABC National radio "Bush Telegraph" with Kylie Brown (Wycheproof), Christine Weston/Matt Mercer (Cumnock) and Rachael Treasure (Tas)
Wednesday 15th July Today Tonight Channel 7 Wycheproof $1 rental
Wednesday 15th July THE AGE Victoria newspaper "$1 houses in Wycheproof"
Friday 17th July Our Patch "Australia $1 farmhouses get global attention"
Friday 24 July = ABC Orange radio 0950am with Angela Owens about AREC
Tuesday 28 July = Presentation at "Australian Regional Economic Conference" in Parkes
Wednesday 27th July 2009 Yarri ponders $1 rental plan The Wimmera Mail times
Friday 31st July = Daily Telegraph "The Best of Both Worlds" Country & Regional Living Expo report
Tuesday 4th August = 2.50pm 2GB radio with Chris Smith
Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August = Country Week expo at Rosehill racecourse. This is the flyer that was handed to 200 families interested to move to the country.
Thursday 13th August = Community meeting with Neville, Barry and Newbridge schools.
Thursday 27 August = The Land Northern Regional News
Thursday 24 September = The Land Northern Regional News
Monday 12 October = Finalist in Regional Achievement and Community Awards Media release www.awardaustralia.com
Thursday 29 October = The Land Northern Regional News "What's Changed? Everything"
Sunday 1st November 9.40pm ABC1 "Compass" 35 min documentary on Rentafarmhouse watch the replay here http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2707046.htm (watched by 463,000 viewers)
Friday 6th November = 6pm ABC2 repeat of "Compass" show
Thursday 26th November = The Land "Fire, Joe Blakes, bugs..."
December 2009 = Casella Wines Runner-up
23rd December 2009 = Bingarra News "The Rentafarmhouse scheme explained"
Thursday 31st December 2009 = The Land "Meeting the local wildlife"
Thursday 28th January 2010 = The Land "Departures, Twitter and a Geep"
Thursday 28th January 2010 = Molong Express "Australia Day- Citizen of the Year"
February/March 2010 = RM Williams Outback magazine pg 48
February 2010 edition = Blue Mountains Life magazine
Thursday 25th February = The Land article
Monday 8th March = Christine Weston wins 'NSW Woman of the Year' award at Parliment house in Sydney
Wednesday 10th March 2010 Parkes Champion Post "Honour for former Parkes woman"
Wednesday 18th March = Today Tonight Channel 7 $1 rent rage
Monday 29th March = Channel 9 "Getaway" travel show filming in Cumnock and Yeoval
Thursday 1st April = The Land "New families enjoy old-fashioned fun"
Thursday 1st April = The Land Northern magazine "Warialda abuzz with rental plan"
Monday 19th April = Callie Saul, Secretary of Cumnock Progress wins 'Cabonne Council volunteer of the Month'
Thursday 29th April = The Land article
April 2010 = Idea worth a buck is a winner NSW government newsletter
Saturday 1st May 2010 = Official opening at the Wellington Agricultural show
Tuesday 4th May = YWCA "Mother of All Lunches" charity Mother's Day lunch at Hilton Hotel in Sydney
Tuesday 4th May = Ravenswood School for Girls Careers night guest speaker
Sunday 16th May = Guest Speaker at 88th CWA Annual conference in Port Macquarie
Thursday 27th May = The Land newspaper article
June = Cabonne Council Volunteer of the Month
Thursday July = The Land newspaper article
Wednesday 4th August = BULL SALE at www.bluee.net.au in Canowindra speaker "Community strength and the Power of the Positive"
Thursday 5th August = The Land "Cumnock's creative side"
Friday 13th August = Parkes Champion Post "Christine Weston to speak at annual Showgirl dinner"
Thursday 26th August = The Land " Learning from the Adventure"
Friday 27th August = Forbes Probus guest speaker
Saturday 28th August = Sydney Morning Herald "Call of the Bush and low rent ease city squeeze" (pg 4) by Kelsey Munro
Saturday 28th August = speaker at TAFE Parkes for Cert 3 community and welfare
Saturday 28th August = Parkes Agricultural Show Ball speaker on "Community Strength and Power of Positive"
Monday 30th August = 2UE 3.15pm interview with Murray Oldes and Murray talking about population moving west
Saturday 25th September 2010 = Gorree Park "Mudgee in Motown" with James Morrison guest speaker
Wednesday 29th September 2010 = ABC 7.30 Report - "Country Incentive" on $1 week farmhouses in Greenthorpe, Cowra Mayor and Woodstock new business
Thursday 30th September 2010 = The Land article "From SA with renovation skills"
Thursday 28th October = The Land article
Tuesday 2nd November = Land & property Management Authority guest speaker "Revitalising Rural communities" at Dubbo
Thursday 4th November = Molong Express = Cumnock celebrates "the best community in NSW"
Thursday 4th November = Daily Telegraph "Rural towns cheap answer to mortgage stress - dollar a week rent" by Samantha Townsend
10th November 2010 - Today Tonight Channel 7 Trundle treechange
Thursday 25th November = The Land article "Stars shine at Orange event"
Tuesday 28th November 2010 The Land "Saving Sydneysiders"
Thursday 30th December 2010 = The Land "A Change of Pace"
Thursday 27th January 2011 = The Land article "Summer has finally arrived"
Feb-March 2011 Blue Mountains Life magazine "Local news - a regional roundup of headline makers"
Feb- March 2011 = Coast to Country magazine
Thursday 17 February 2011 = Blayney Chronicle "Numbers surge at tiny school with innovative program credited for rise"
Tuesday 1 March 2011 Prime TV news "Trundle population boom thanks to $1 a week farmhouses"
Thursday 3 March 2011 = The Land article "Calm friendliness of Nature"
Tuesday 8 March = Parliament House, Sydney "International Women's Day" presentation speaker for NSW Woman of the Year 2011
Saturday 19 March 2011 = Blayney VIEW Club "International Women's day" dinner speaker
Tuesday 29th March = Gulargambone Rural Advisory Service March planning meeting -guest speaker
Wednesday 30th March = Speaker for Coonamble Council at Bowling Club 6.30pm
Monday 9th May = Tumut Shire Council forum "A small community with great achievements" speaker
Wednesday 11 May 2011 = Cowra Guardian newspaper "NSW Woman of the Year guest at University group meeting"
Wednesday 11th May = Canowindra News "Woman of the Year to speak at graduate women luncheon"
Sunday 27 Sept 2011 Channel 7 Today Tonight "Small town $1 home deals"
Sunday 27 Sept 2011 Channel 7 Perth "$1 Homes"
20th October 2011 Rentafarm program gets industry recognition Blayney Chronicle newspaper
26th October 2011 Newcrest and Errowanbang partnership secures big award Blayney Chronicle
Tuesday 29th Nov 2011 = Domain online SMH "Rentafarmhouse (Part 3)" story by Mary Costello
Wednesday 30th November 2011 LJ Hooker real estate newsletter
Tuesday 27th March 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 1
Tuesday 3rd April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 2
Tuesday 10th April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 3
Tuesday 17th April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 4
Tuesday 24th April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 5
Saturday 28th April 2012 School back from brink and ready to party Canberra Times newspaper
Tuesday 1st May 2012 ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 6
10th May 2012 Boorowa News "Rugby school celebrated after revival"
July 2012 Success story - The Lee family in Tullamore Community website
Please click the highlighted article to read more. More articles appear on other towns websites.
We welcome more support and donations of building products (ie guttering, paint, water tanks, hot water systems, second hand kitchens, carpet etc) to help rebuild the old farmhouses and rejuvenate our 298 strong population which presently has 60 Primary-aged school students (20 years ago it was 105) and 15 preschool kids. Thank you to the following organisations for their support;
Williams Machin real estate for managing Cumnock realty
Garland Hawthorn Brahe Solicitors & Attorneys for the Tenancy Rental Agreements
Cabonne Council for promotion and building inspection 'condition reports'
Anglicare for plumbing and electrician costs to enable farmhouses to be habitable
Cumnock & District Progress Association for the welcoming BBQ and support network
Please email all enquiries [email protected]
Friday 3rd October 2008 = Channel 9 "A Current Affair" 7.20pm with David Eccelston
Monday 6th October 2008 = Press Release
Wednesday 8th October 2008 = 'Central Western Daily' Orange newspaper by Ben Brennan. Also Dubbo Liberal with 'Regional News'.
Wednesday 8th October 2008 = ABC radio 2pm 'In your Backyard' with Genine Bowman- Cumnock cafe
Thursday 9th October 2008 = "Cumnock rent: $1. Rural Lifestyles: priceless" by Amy Lawson.
Thursday 9th October 2008 = Molong Express newspaper front page and next page
Friday 10th October 2008 = Prime TV News 6.10pm
Wednesday 15th October 2008 = The Cumnock Review
Friday 17th October 2008 = Parkes Champion Post newspaper
Saturday 18th October 2008 = Press Release "$1 week rent proves popular"
Monday 20th October 2008 = 11.30am Bathurst 2BS radio with Janine
Monday 20th October 2008 = 'Central Western Daily' Rural Press by Bevan Shields
Tues 21st, Wed 22nd and Thurs 23rd Oct = Orange National Field Days leaflet distibuted
Friday 24th Oct = 'Central Western Daily' Rural Press
Community newspapers - Yeoval Satellite, Manildra Matters, Cudal News and Cumnock Progress Review.
Thursday 30th October = Molong Express newspaper "Attracting tree-changers"
Tuesday 4th November = ABC regional radio and "All yours for a dollar a week" ABC online story by Jess Perriam
Wednesday 5th November = 6.30am, 7.30am and 8.30am ABC regional news
Monday 10th November = Would-be tenants for peace in Central West Daily by Ellen Vaz
Monday 10th November = Creativity to future proof our villages by Ben Brennan
Thursday 25th November = 'Putting the Buzz back into the Bush' in The Land by Amy Lawson
Thursday 25th November = 'Central Western Daily' by Ben Brennan
Monday 1st December = 8.50am ABC Central West Morning show with Janice McGilchrist
Summer publication of "The Country Web" Dept of Primary Industry - Rural Womens Network
Friday 26th December = Sydney Daily Telegraph "$1 rent adds to the lure of country life"
Friday 26th December = 11am 6PR Perth radio
Friday 26th December = 1pm 2GB Sydney radio
Friday 26th December = 5pm 4BR Brisbane radio
Monday 29th December 2008 = Channel 9 "A Current Affair" RENT RUSH by Sarah Stewart
Wednesday 1st January 2009 = 1.30pm 2UE with Steve Liebmann
Monday 5th January = Central Western Daily "New Life Comes Knocking" by Ellen Vaz
Thursday 22nd January = The Land "Cumnock's $1 drawcard" by Amy Lawson
Wednesday 28th January = 9am ABC regional radio
Thursday 29th January = The Land Regional news "Cumnock Experiment" column
Thursday 29th January = Molong Express newspaper "Cumnock's New Faces"
Thursday 29th January = Russell Turner MP Parliament of NSW comment
Monday 2nd February = Sydney Daily Telegraph "Rent a Cumnock Farm for just $1 a week"
Monday 2nd February = 12.40pm ABC National radio "Country Hour" with Michael Condon
Monday 2nd February = 6.20pm Prime TV regional news
Tuesday 3rd February = 7pm "Today Tonight" Channel 7 capital cities with Bryan Seymour
Thursday 5th February = Molong Express newspaper "Meet the Elsley family"
Friday 6th February = Central Western Daily "Cumnock now a bus-tling community" by Ben Brennan
Thursday 26th February = The Land Regional news "Wheels in Motion again" Cumnock Experiment
Friday 20th March 2009 ="Gold Coin Rental Success" ACA story
Monday 23rd March = "Welcome to Cumnock" Central Western Daily by Ellen Vaz
Thursday 26th March Molong Express "A BIG warm Cabonne welcome to new families"
Thursday 26th March = The Land Regional News
Friday 27th March = CWD "Our brand of promotion's better than Country Week"
Friday 3rd April = Prime TV local regional news
Monday 6th April = Central Western Daily - Monday focus "The town that Chris built"
Tuesday 7th April 2009 = "Country Challenge" on A Current Affair by Dave Eccelston
Thursday 9th April = Win News "Greenethorpe"
Friday 10th April = Prime TV News "Greenethorpe"
Tuesday 14th April = Rotary Youth Leadership Program presentation in Parkes
Wednesday 15th April = "Cumnock is as it always has been" Letter to the CWD editor
Thursday 23rd April 2009 = "Greenethorpe Needs You" The Land article by Cassandra Hough
Thursday 23rd April = Prime TV news segment Greenethorpe launch
Friday 24th April = WIN TV regional news - Greenethorpe launching rentafarmhouse
Thursday 30th April 2009 = The Land Regional News "Showtime for New Recruits"
Autumn/Winter 2009 "fit & fifty" travel guide, front cover and pg 19
Tuesday 5th May 2009 = Year 9 Molong Central School "Communities in Change" excursion
Monday 18th May = ABC radio interviewing Danielle Allen from Greenethorpe
Thursday 21st May = Cumnock 'nice feeling' show by Amy Lawson
Thursday 28th May = The Land northern regional news "You can save your school too"
Sunday 7th June = Sunday Telegraph "yourspace" feature cover story "Try your luck for a buck"
Tuesday 9th June = ABC NSW radio -Tallimba on 'View from the Backdoor'
Wednesday 10th June = ABC NSW radio -Danielle Allen from Greenethorpe on 'View from the Backdoor'
Thursday 11th June = ABC NSW radio 2.10pm Matt Mercer interview -family moved from Melbourne
Thursday 11th June = Molong Express "Cumnock rent-a-farmhouse update" story
Thursday 11th June = The Land "Tallimba doing a Cumnock" story by Katana Smith
Friday 12 June = ABC NSW radio - Kim Harding from Ilford on 'View from the Backdoor'
Monday 22 June = WIN TV regional news - Meg Hardie offering low rentals in Tallimba
Thursday 25 June = The Land Northern Regional News "Renovations, Fog and Yoga makeovers"
Friday 3 July = Wycheproof - first Victorian town to offer $1 a week farmhouses
Friday 3 July = ABC radio "Want $1 rent. Move to the Mallee"
Friday 3 July = Central Western Daily "Christine farms out Cumnock rent plan"
Thursday 9 July = ABC National radio "Bush Telegraph" with Kylie Brown (Wycheproof), Christine Weston/Matt Mercer (Cumnock) and Rachael Treasure (Tas)
Wednesday 15th July Today Tonight Channel 7 Wycheproof $1 rental
Wednesday 15th July THE AGE Victoria newspaper "$1 houses in Wycheproof"
Friday 17th July Our Patch "Australia $1 farmhouses get global attention"
Friday 24 July = ABC Orange radio 0950am with Angela Owens about AREC
Tuesday 28 July = Presentation at "Australian Regional Economic Conference" in Parkes
Wednesday 27th July 2009 Yarri ponders $1 rental plan The Wimmera Mail times
Friday 31st July = Daily Telegraph "The Best of Both Worlds" Country & Regional Living Expo report
Tuesday 4th August = 2.50pm 2GB radio with Chris Smith
Friday 7th, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August = Country Week expo at Rosehill racecourse. This is the flyer that was handed to 200 families interested to move to the country.
Thursday 13th August = Community meeting with Neville, Barry and Newbridge schools.
Thursday 27 August = The Land Northern Regional News
Thursday 24 September = The Land Northern Regional News
Monday 12 October = Finalist in Regional Achievement and Community Awards Media release www.awardaustralia.com
Thursday 29 October = The Land Northern Regional News "What's Changed? Everything"
Sunday 1st November 9.40pm ABC1 "Compass" 35 min documentary on Rentafarmhouse watch the replay here http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2707046.htm (watched by 463,000 viewers)
Friday 6th November = 6pm ABC2 repeat of "Compass" show
Thursday 26th November = The Land "Fire, Joe Blakes, bugs..."
December 2009 = Casella Wines Runner-up
23rd December 2009 = Bingarra News "The Rentafarmhouse scheme explained"
Thursday 31st December 2009 = The Land "Meeting the local wildlife"
Thursday 28th January 2010 = The Land "Departures, Twitter and a Geep"
Thursday 28th January 2010 = Molong Express "Australia Day- Citizen of the Year"
February/March 2010 = RM Williams Outback magazine pg 48
February 2010 edition = Blue Mountains Life magazine
Thursday 25th February = The Land article
Monday 8th March = Christine Weston wins 'NSW Woman of the Year' award at Parliment house in Sydney
Wednesday 10th March 2010 Parkes Champion Post "Honour for former Parkes woman"
Wednesday 18th March = Today Tonight Channel 7 $1 rent rage
Monday 29th March = Channel 9 "Getaway" travel show filming in Cumnock and Yeoval
Thursday 1st April = The Land "New families enjoy old-fashioned fun"
Thursday 1st April = The Land Northern magazine "Warialda abuzz with rental plan"
Monday 19th April = Callie Saul, Secretary of Cumnock Progress wins 'Cabonne Council volunteer of the Month'
Thursday 29th April = The Land article
April 2010 = Idea worth a buck is a winner NSW government newsletter
Saturday 1st May 2010 = Official opening at the Wellington Agricultural show
Tuesday 4th May = YWCA "Mother of All Lunches" charity Mother's Day lunch at Hilton Hotel in Sydney
Tuesday 4th May = Ravenswood School for Girls Careers night guest speaker
Sunday 16th May = Guest Speaker at 88th CWA Annual conference in Port Macquarie
Thursday 27th May = The Land newspaper article
June = Cabonne Council Volunteer of the Month
Thursday July = The Land newspaper article
Wednesday 4th August = BULL SALE at www.bluee.net.au in Canowindra speaker "Community strength and the Power of the Positive"
Thursday 5th August = The Land "Cumnock's creative side"
Friday 13th August = Parkes Champion Post "Christine Weston to speak at annual Showgirl dinner"
Thursday 26th August = The Land " Learning from the Adventure"
Friday 27th August = Forbes Probus guest speaker
Saturday 28th August = Sydney Morning Herald "Call of the Bush and low rent ease city squeeze" (pg 4) by Kelsey Munro
Saturday 28th August = speaker at TAFE Parkes for Cert 3 community and welfare
Saturday 28th August = Parkes Agricultural Show Ball speaker on "Community Strength and Power of Positive"
Monday 30th August = 2UE 3.15pm interview with Murray Oldes and Murray talking about population moving west
Saturday 25th September 2010 = Gorree Park "Mudgee in Motown" with James Morrison guest speaker
Wednesday 29th September 2010 = ABC 7.30 Report - "Country Incentive" on $1 week farmhouses in Greenthorpe, Cowra Mayor and Woodstock new business
Thursday 30th September 2010 = The Land article "From SA with renovation skills"
Thursday 28th October = The Land article
Tuesday 2nd November = Land & property Management Authority guest speaker "Revitalising Rural communities" at Dubbo
Thursday 4th November = Molong Express = Cumnock celebrates "the best community in NSW"
Thursday 4th November = Daily Telegraph "Rural towns cheap answer to mortgage stress - dollar a week rent" by Samantha Townsend
10th November 2010 - Today Tonight Channel 7 Trundle treechange
Thursday 25th November = The Land article "Stars shine at Orange event"
Tuesday 28th November 2010 The Land "Saving Sydneysiders"
Thursday 30th December 2010 = The Land "A Change of Pace"
Thursday 27th January 2011 = The Land article "Summer has finally arrived"
Feb-March 2011 Blue Mountains Life magazine "Local news - a regional roundup of headline makers"
Feb- March 2011 = Coast to Country magazine
Thursday 17 February 2011 = Blayney Chronicle "Numbers surge at tiny school with innovative program credited for rise"
Tuesday 1 March 2011 Prime TV news "Trundle population boom thanks to $1 a week farmhouses"
Thursday 3 March 2011 = The Land article "Calm friendliness of Nature"
Tuesday 8 March = Parliament House, Sydney "International Women's Day" presentation speaker for NSW Woman of the Year 2011
Saturday 19 March 2011 = Blayney VIEW Club "International Women's day" dinner speaker
Tuesday 29th March = Gulargambone Rural Advisory Service March planning meeting -guest speaker
Wednesday 30th March = Speaker for Coonamble Council at Bowling Club 6.30pm
Monday 9th May = Tumut Shire Council forum "A small community with great achievements" speaker
Wednesday 11 May 2011 = Cowra Guardian newspaper "NSW Woman of the Year guest at University group meeting"
Wednesday 11th May = Canowindra News "Woman of the Year to speak at graduate women luncheon"
Sunday 27 Sept 2011 Channel 7 Today Tonight "Small town $1 home deals"
Sunday 27 Sept 2011 Channel 7 Perth "$1 Homes"
20th October 2011 Rentafarm program gets industry recognition Blayney Chronicle newspaper
26th October 2011 Newcrest and Errowanbang partnership secures big award Blayney Chronicle
Tuesday 29th Nov 2011 = Domain online SMH "Rentafarmhouse (Part 3)" story by Mary Costello
Wednesday 30th November 2011 LJ Hooker real estate newsletter
Tuesday 27th March 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 1
Tuesday 3rd April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 2
Tuesday 10th April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 3
Tuesday 17th April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 4
Tuesday 24th April 2012 8pm ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 5
Saturday 28th April 2012 School back from brink and ready to party Canberra Times newspaper
Tuesday 1st May 2012 ABC TV Country Town Rescue Episode 6
10th May 2012 Boorowa News "Rugby school celebrated after revival"
July 2012 Success story - The Lee family in Tullamore Community website
Please click the highlighted article to read more. More articles appear on other towns websites.
We welcome more support and donations of building products (ie guttering, paint, water tanks, hot water systems, second hand kitchens, carpet etc) to help rebuild the old farmhouses and rejuvenate our 298 strong population which presently has 60 Primary-aged school students (20 years ago it was 105) and 15 preschool kids. Thank you to the following organisations for their support;
Williams Machin real estate for managing Cumnock realty
Garland Hawthorn Brahe Solicitors & Attorneys for the Tenancy Rental Agreements
Cabonne Council for promotion and building inspection 'condition reports'
Anglicare for plumbing and electrician costs to enable farmhouses to be habitable
Cumnock & District Progress Association for the welcoming BBQ and support network
Please email all enquiries [email protected]