Johns River

The Krambach Racing Club is sponsoring two races at the Taree Race Club's Gloucester Cup this coming Sunday.

Local athlete Tess Gerrand is to be honoured with a race in her name, after her womens rowing 8s team came through the race for lanes for last Wednesday's final in 1^st place!

Tess' team led all the way, and finished over 2 seconds in front of Germany and some 7 sec in front of Ukraine -- no small achievement!

Tess Gerrand, Rowing Chick Supreme

See all about Tess on her rowing page here

Read more on Tess' previous progress as a star athlete here

Les Cross, local Hannam Vale resident is the President of the Krambach Race Club, said they named the race after Tess to honour her and her team's fine efforts and 1st place win. 

All locals are invited to pick up their free entry tickets from the Johns River Tavern. Les may be contacted on 6556 7627 for more information.  

The Taree-Wingham Race Club participates annually in Country Racing, and is located new Chatam Highschool on the north side of Taree.   The club features a bistro.   For more information about the club, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call Phil Shoesmith on(0419) 447 104

More information on our rowing stars at  rowingchicks.com.au !

A beautiful sunny day met the landscaping crew as the official Landscaping Program launched.

See the NBN Television News Broadcast Here

Featuring interviews of Rob Oakeshott, Paul Hogan and David Shepard.  

Speeches by Federal Member for Lyne, Rob Oakeshott, MP, Greater Taree City Council Mayor Paul Hogan, and JRCPA President David Shepard underscored the whole-of-community approach to funding and realising the landmark project.

The template forged during the Johns River pilot project has now been used across the Council area, and shows how community and government can work together to fund and make on-the-ground action possible.

See the Full Media Release here

See the NBN Television Report here, and three articles in the Manning River Times

See More Photos Online at: Our Landscaping Program home Page

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The first series of workshops in March of the Three Brothers Network gathered together over 30 community groups and businesses from Coopernook and Moorland in the south to Kendall and Kew in the north as well as many interested parties and made a great start in identifying key issues and opportunities for the region.

Council Road Team along Station Street

Some key points in proposed 2012-2013 council budget will mean good news for Johns River and the Three Brothers Region as well, with the Cattai Wetlands due to be open permanently to the public, after nine long years of tireless effort on behalf of the community and Council staff.

Our Gravel Roads

Local residents along Wharf Road and Isaac’s Lane will be glad to hear that Council is funding and modernising its approach to road maintenance, with a trial of new methods and materials to improve the life of unsealed roads slated.

  This funding of new methods is in addition the almost two million dollars being spent this financial year on high-priority re-sheeting of gravel roads, such as Cedar Party and Bobin Road, part of a $1 million Federal funding program.  Nearly half of the re-sheeting budget ($977,000) for other gravel road re-sheeting is thanks to the special rate variation approved by the State Government.

The cost to Council to do gravel re-sheeting runs between $45,000 and $68,000 per kilometre of works.   Full re-sheeting works are generally reserved for more heavily trafficked roads than our local gravel roads, with our roads to benefit from the funding this financial year for new methods and new materials to promote more effective maintenance of our local gravel roads.

Report that Road!

The Progress Association has had several calls and e-mails from residents along Wharf Road, Isaac’s Lane and Stewart’s River Road about the increasingly deplorable condition along those local roads. 

  Residents are urged to lodge a formal complaint with Council on 6592 5399, and to ensure they record their reference number.

Your call only takes a few minutes, and every individual voice we can have on record really helps.    Please forward the five-digit reference number to the President, JRCPA on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or 6556 5292.   Include your name, address, and the general nature of the complaint lodged, and we will follow up with Council after two to three weeks.

Further investment in how our roads get fixed is also on the new Council budget books, with additional plant and management of equipment (fleet and plant) to enhance and ensure the effectiveness of the work crews we see out here on our country roads.  The new equipment and workflow techniques are both vital in making sure we get those roads in shape, and that they stay in shape for longer once done.

Around the Corner

Once the bypass opened in Johns River, the majority of traffic began to flow between Wharf Road and the new Roundabout. 

As part of the Coopernook to Herons Creek highway upgrade, the RMS provided funding to Council to upgrade the main intersection in Johns River to enhance traffic safety.

Council has now scheduled works along Johns River Road to realign the road to reflect the new traffic pattern, as detailed in the Village Plan approved by the community and Council in 2007 after a two-year development and consultation process.   Necessary resurfacing will also take place at the adjacent bus turnaround as part of the intersection works.