Gingerbread Playdough
This Christmas playdough recipe can be packaged up nicely as a sugar-free alternative to class gifts, or just something to keep the kids entertained...
Muchea art musings
It was a bittersweet inaugural Muchea Art exhibition held on Saturday 2 September in the soon-to-be demolished Muchea Hall.
“This hall has served us well,...
Polla’s process: palette to paper
Local artist Polla Posavec takes the spotlight this September, sitting as artist-in-residence at the Chittering Visitors Centre as part of Chittering SpringFest. Polla’s artistic...
CWA bring the drama to Bindoon!
Cathy Brown and Annette Howard
The much-anticipated Choir & Drama Festival of the Country Women’s Association was held in the Bindoon Town Hall co-hosted by...
Late bloomer
To look at the work of accomplished botanical artist Margaret (Meg) Bradford-Seeley, you could easily make the assumption that behind her watercolour brushstrokes lies...
A gift to the people of Bullsbrook
Lois Pearson
After three and a half years, the vision of Noongar Elder Trevor Walley to provide the people of Bullsbrook with some physical, accessible,...
Winners – Northern Valleys Portraiture Prize
It was wonderful to receive so many colourful and creative entries to out inaugural Portraiture competition - thankyou to everyone who took the time...
Northern Valleys Portraiture Prize
Inspired by the Young Archie competition — a children’s version of the prestigious Archibald Prize — the Northern Valleys News is holding an art...
Down the rabbit hole: Bindoon Library’s new reading nook open!
“When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of...
Take a step back in time at Enderslea Farm
Through the voice of play producer Diane Pope, the walls of Enderslea Farm — an historic property in the undulating Chittering Valley — have...
Have you any wool?
A dark, grey Lower Chittering day was interrupted by bursts of colour when visiting Bianca Butler, fibre artist and founder of Earth, Wool and...
Luke Gallagher’s American dream
It was a hot autumn day for the undeterred crowd who gathered under the shade of the vines of Chittering’s Nesci Estate Wine Farm...