The Maranguka Dance Group performing the Ngemba Welcome Dance. Story and photos by Beverley Callow Past, present and future merged as one at the 30th Anniversary of Gundabooka National Park on Saturday. Approximately 130 people gathered on Baakintji Ngemba Country for a day of cultural celebration, reconnection and learning. Visitors travelled from across New South Wales and interstate, including from Canberra, Sydney, and Tasmania, to take part in a celebration, including tr

The Bourke Ice Bath Crew at the Bourke Swimming Pool on 6am Friday morning When the mercury was struggling up to 6 degrees – Lochie Ford, Daniel Whitbread, Derek Giles, Harmony Starchild, Trent Graham, David Luschwitz, Sarah Brown and Liam Rice. Photo Ian Cole TWH Story: Kristin Murdock and Ian Cole What started as a personal wellness routine for new Bourke High School English teacher David Luschwitz is becoming a way to bring people together. Mr Luschwitz joined eight other

David Luschwitz, Head Teacher of English reading Lord of the Flies to Bourke High Year 10 around the fire. Photo Beverley Callow Bourke High School Story and photo by Beverley Callow Published in 1954, ‘The Lord of the Flies’ recounts the story of a group of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash during a war. With no adults present, they attempt to organise themselves into a hierarchy, but their society gradually breaks down into fear, viol