Their hands red with ochre, children at Delungra Public had plenty of new experiences on Tuesday, as the school hosted its first community NAIDOC celebrations.

For the first time in approximately 20 years, the Delungra Women’s Bowling Team were the winners of the East Gwydir Area No 4 Pennant Competition.

A teacher at Myall Creek provisional school, a post office worker and a railway worker who enlisted just after his third child was born; Peter McCarthy revisited the stories and sacrifices of men memorialised on the Delungra Honour Roll on Wednesday.

The Delungra Quilters may have had less quilts than their previous display two years ago, but they had more people than ever attending this year’s Quilt and Craft Exhibition on Saturday.

More than 300 motorcyclists enjoyed the Inverell district’s scenery as they rode into town for the local Motorcycle Restorers 26th annual rally.