NewsBite

Braidwood

Advertisement
Firefighters run for safety as the Green Wattle Creek fire explodes from the bush in Orangeville, NSW, in December.

In the line of fire: the summer that changed us

This bushfires photographic special is our way of recognising all that has happened to our fellow Australians, and all that has been done and continues to be done by the incredible people leading the fight and recovery.

Latest

Bombay resident Les Hart watches the North Black Range bushfire approach.

Bushfire burning out of control east of Canberra

An out-of-control bushfire east of the nation's capital has been upgraded to an emergency warning level and some residents close to the fire have been advised to evacuate.

  • Andrew Brown and Matt Bungard
Sierra Escape in Piambong.

The best weekends away in NSW

From hidden homesteads to Sydney staycations and stunning seaside escapes, there are plenty of ways to relax in NSW.

Evie Clark and her mother Samara Zeitsch at their home a week after Evie was stung up to 300 times when she fell into a wasp nest.

'Terrifying': Girl, 7, stung 300 times by wasps

Nurses had to use a vacuum cleaner to capture the wasps covering Evie Clark, including the ones stuck in her hair.

  • Finbar O'Mallon
John Barilaro says there's still a lot to do in the electorate.

$40 million for Kings and Monaro Highways if NSW government re-elected

Monaro MP and NSW deputy premier John Barilaro announced the safety upgrades for the roads on Tuesday ahead of the NSW election later this month.

  • Jasper Lindell
Some of Justin Orr's cattle stuck on what little ground that wasn't washed out by Tuesday's heavy rain.

'Like a tsunami': Murrumbateman farmers devastated by recent rains

"One minute we're hand feeding cattle with hay in drought conditions, the next minute they're getting washed down the road."

  • Finbar O'Mallon
Advertisement
Braidwood farmer Martin Royds beside one of his first moated dams, which is starting to fill up.

Braidwood farmer pioneers a modern use for moats

Throughout history they've been used to protect castles from attack, but a Braidwood farmer is using moats for a new purpose.

  • Blake Foden
Bungendore’s giant kewpie doll, Pansy.

Fit for a king: do you recognise these highway curiosities?

Tick these Kings Highway landmarks off your list on your way to the coast and you'll be there before you know it.

  • Tim the Yowie Man
The 'oyster pink patina' of Deadwood, on Duncan Street, Braidwood.

The little Braidwood building that refuses to abide by the rules

Like the once lawless town of the same name in South Dakota, United States, Deadwood refuses to abide by the rules.

  • Bree Element
'Tough but pretty': Braidwood's Saloon brings a touch of the wild west

'Tough but pretty': Braidwood's Saloon brings a touch of the wild west

Sometimes, at preschool drop-off, magic happens. And so it was for Jane Magnus and Dena Pezzano-Pharaoh.

  • Bree Element

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/braidwood-7ef