Jayden Maloney and Brock Payne were seen out and about in Forbes.
Holy Family students Boundy Johnston and Ali Al-Maliky doing an activity at Eco Day on Wednesday.
Lilly Gharib, Jasmin Stonham and Rylea Bell at Isabel’s Place in Forbes.
Year 5 students Aliza Roberts, Adrian Sasmoyo, Jazmin Lucas and Addison Wild from Middleton Public School enjoyed Eco Day in Parkes on Wednesday.
Samantha and Morgan Martin: We are keen to get out and about with our son and looking forward to the new water park opening.
Jessica Bell: I am excited to get back to the Gold Coast for a beach summer and a shopping spree.
Luke Elsley: I am looking forward to those long summer days with friends and family.
Where were you born? Peak Hill Hospital.
Were you named after anyone? My mum’s friend.
Which of your accomplishments are you most proud of? My teaching career, managing our garden and farm organically for the past thirty years and my children.
What historical moment stands out most in your memory? Watching the Moon landing.
What’s the single best piece of advice you’ve ever received? My dad always said ‘the harder you work the luckier you get’.
What’s the greatest risk you’ve ever taken? Marrying a farmer!
What are the three things you would take to a deserted island? A tent for shelter, a satellite solar phone and my husband.
If you had to spend $10,000 today, how would you spend it? Book a train trip on the Ghan.
When are you happiest? Travelling with family and friends.
Peter Giles
Where were you born? Lithgow, NSW
Were you named after anyone? No, my mum said I was the very first Peter ever born.
Which of your accomplishments are you most proud of? Making my children happy.
What historical moment stands out most in your memory? 9/11, I remember they cut Cheese TV to broadcast it live. I was devastated.
What’s the single best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Stop making money with your hands and start making it with your head.
What’s the greatest risk you’ve ever taken? I’m taking it right now…
What are the three things you would take to a deserted island? My wife, children, and an aeroplane.
If you had to spend $10,000 today, how would you spend it? Honestly. It would just pay bills.
When are you happiest? This would have to be a two-part answer: Happiest emotionally – when I’m having a picnic with the family kicking back under the sun, eating some jam and cream on scones. Happiest intellectually – talking business with like-minded people.
CEO of First Languages Australia Beau Williams with Skye Harris, Donna Payne and Charlie Oraha at the Parkes Library last week.
Iesha Thompson and Angela Fitzpatrick were among the 80 plus people who attended the First Languages Australia Talk.
Kym Goodall
How long have you lived in or around Forbes and what do you like about living here? I have lived in Forbes for most of my life, aside from a few years in Orange and Batemans Bay. Family kept drawing us back home and I love the small town community.
Where do you work and what do you enjoy about it? I own and run Bright Beginnings Early Learning Centre. I am extremely blessed to work with an amazing team of educators, and our families are the absolute best. It gives me great joy watching children blossom and grow during their time with us.
What do you do to unwind on weekends? I have recently taken up a new hobby of making drinking tumblers. It allows me to destress and gives me a creative outlet.
What’s on your bucket list? I want to travel around Australia and also overseas. I hope that soon we can get a caravan and start touring around the country a bit more.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself? I was a contestant in Dancing with the Stars in Forbes a few years ago. I loved being a participant and raising funds for such a great charity.
What was your first job? Check out chick at Woolies.
Tell us about your best holiday ever? My family and I spent six weeks traveling through Europe. It was amazing to soak in all the history, and to visit family in Greece.
Amanda Corcoran: It is a visual presentation of Wiradjuri culture that will help to share it with the non-indigenous community to broaden understanding.
Kevin Bloomsfield: I love the exhibition. It will create more cultural awareness in our community and for visitors.
Rose Jones: It opens up a whole new world of Wiradjuri culture and history that should’ve been taught in schools years ago. It is a great step forward to create better understanding.
Shelbie Smith and Amelia Callaghan enjoying time out at Sylo.
Mick and Aleashia Taylor out and about in the CBD.
Alex Feringa and Talia Harding were spotted shopping.
Zoe and Hannah Connell.
Rose Jones and Antoinette Affleck.
Stafford Orange, Philippa O’Donnell and Benson O’Donnell attended the opening of the Kate Kelly Exhibition in Parkes last Friday.
Seven junior members of the Forbes Auto Sports Club took part in the Australian Junior Dirt Track Championships in Brisbane recently. At the back are Lenny Dug-gan, Holly Hope-Hodgetts and Michael Price. In front are Roy Duggan, Hayden Duggan, Lockie Duggan and Hugh Hope-Hodgetts.
The runners-up in the Forbes Netball Autumn ladies competition was Swish Swish.
The mixed competition runners-up was Late Or Never.