Category Archives: The Northern Midlands Courier

A commemorative service to mark 60 years since the arrival of the Australian Army Training Team in South Vietnam on August 3, 1962, will be broadcast by the ABC from the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial in Canberra tomorrow (August 18).

Young Longford boxer Alex Miller is getting so much out of the sport that he organised a free community event to incentivise local kids to emerge from their bedrooms, put down their devices and try some physical activity on a Saturday morning.

All 54 Bracknell Primary School students signed the Upstander Pledge last week, united in their efforts to prevent bullying and call out anyone who they spot doing the wrong thing either online or in the school.

Lesley’s Panaterie is getting ready to debut in Evandale and anyone who struggles to boil and egg or turn on an oven, rejoice.

Tracey and Gary Hatfield of Perth admit that they’re more than a little partial to pickleball.

If Brendan Crates of Perth was a superhero, his superpower would be his imagination and ability to travel through time, back to his youth.

She’s Sri Lankan, a competitive power lifter, a mum of two littlies, married to nurse Darren Bowkett and she’s the gratefully received new doctor in Evandale.

Cressy “Mt Joy” farmer Michael Bayles was the only Tasmanian to make the podium at the National Ploughing Championships held on the Mott’s property at Larpent, outside of Colac in Victoria on June 2 and 3.

The Longford Cultural Group continues to keep the Town Hall buzzing while promoting the arts in northern Tasmania with its popular annual combined visual art exhibition Contemporary Landscapes held in conjunction with the Launceston Art Society.

Northern Midlands Business Association coordinated a free breakfast for local business people on July 12, along with an informative session on social media basics, delivered by Taihlaura Denman-Francis of Kingthing Marketing, on behalf of the Tasmanian Government’s Digital Ready Program.