A special Opening Night event was held on Thursday, 27 February to officially open the exhibition “The Best of the Bald Archy Prize”.
There were 50 people in attendance and there was such a good vibe, lots of laugh out load moments and great community connectivity.
The exhibition is open to the public until Saturday, 18 April, with free entry at the Coventry Room at Parkes Library and Cultural Centre.
It was lovely to see so many new faces at the Welcome to Forbes event held at The Lachie Cafe.
The evening is designed to help new residents connect, learn more about local services.
Mayor Phyllis Miller OAM said, “Welcome to Forbes is one of our favourite events of the year.”
House colours were on full display at Forbes Public School on 13 February as students prepared to attend the annual swimming carnival.
Students over the age of 8 attended the Forbes Olympic Swimming Pool and cheered each other on in their house groups.
Congratulations to those students who placed and who will move on to represent the school and well done to all who competed.
It was a wonderful and warm day at the Parkes Aquatic Centre for the Middleton PS Swimming Carnival.
As always it’s great to see so many students participating in different races and cheering on their house.
At the end of the day the winning House was Hargrave and the Standen Shield: went to Kingsford.
Pre-season has well and truly started over in the Magpies Nest. Plenty of new faces and seasoned ones.
Check out this bunch of legends, if you’re keen to give play, head up and meet the Parkes Spacemen at training.
A very big thank you to tall of the amazing garden members who gave up their time and came and helped out in the garden.
Morning tea was great with a rockmelon identifying as a cucumber and a yummy new tomato, grown by a member.
Forbes Riverside Community Gardens is a place where people can come together to learn about growing food.
It was an awesome Australia Day at Parkes Pool – from pool games and volleyball to a relaxed afternoon swim, a free BBQ and a poolside movie to wrap up the night.
It was great to see the community come together and make the most of the day. A huge thanks to everyone who attended and helped create such a great atmosphere.
And a massive shout-out to the Parkes Aquatic Centre staff who delivered another fantastic event for the Parkes community.
A beautiful morning spent in Lions Park for the 2026 Australia Day Community Breakfast.
Thank you to members of Rotary for their support of this event.
Forbes local Australia Day events were proudly funded by the National Australia Day Council.
Each year, visitors to the Amazing Forbes Street Breakfast embrace the festive atmosphere.
These visitors had an ‘Amazing’ time at the Forbes Street Breakfast.
Elvis Festival visitors flock to Forbes each year to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the annual breakfast event.
The ELVIS street sign was a popular photo spot for festival goers in 2025.
The coordinated and themed outfits are so eye catching and fun to see each year.
This group was festival ready and having the absolute time of their lives.