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Hello all, welcome to the Flat Chat News site
Flat Chat News is a locally owned newspaper, published fortnightly and delivered
free of charge to the towns of Narromine, Trangie and Tomingley in the Shire of
Narromine and to the towns of Tottenham and Albert.
NARROMINE SHIRE
The Shire of Narromine is situated 450-kilometres west of Sydney and has a
populaton of close to 7,000. The area's main industries are wheat, sheep, cattle,
cotton and citrus.
AVIATION
Narromine itself is famous for a long history in aviation. During the second world
war it was a training base (EFTS and 618 Squadron) and at one time its large and
well-maintained aerodrome was used as a training base by QANTAS.
Narromine is also well known in the gliding community as having some of the best
soaring conditions in the world. These conditions attract glider pilots from throughout
Australia, USA, Europe and Japan who visit during the main soaring season (September
to May) to fly with the commercial or club glding operations at the airfield.
The aerodrome also boasts a fine aviation museum whose tours also include an
inspection of the famous Wright Flyer replica which was officially launched at Narromine
by astronaut Buzz Aldrin at an air show in 2005.
THE WRIGHT FLYER IN ACTION 
The Flyer parked at its hangar at the Narromine Aerodrome
Keep uptodate with all the latest news from the area by reading our pages through
the navigation bars on the left.
ENJOY The Murray Darling Basin Plan As you are probably aware the Draft for the Guide to the proposed Basin Plan is doing the rounds and being presented at a series of meetings around the basin. Some meetings such as Denniliquin and Griffith have been tense to say the least, the Murrumbidgee Scheme was estimated to possibly loose 43% of it's irrigation water! Such cuts to farmers would be devastating to rural communities across the basin. We all know what happened in Warren without water!! The MDBA travelling circus is coming to Dubbo on the 4th of November at the Dubbo Civic Centre - Macquarie Auditorium, 155 Darling Street, Dubbo Time : 3pm-6pm The MDBA site http://mdba.gov.au/ Article with a poll from The Australian - Currently 76% vote no to water cuts - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/parliamentary-inquiry-will-examine-impact-of-cuts-to-water-allocations-on-basin-communities/story-fn59niix-1225938728510 Article with a poll from The Age - Currently 79% vote no to water cuts - http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/australia-should-look-to-its-food-security-before-all-the-farm-is-sold-20101013-16jyw.html |
