Hugh dressed up as a duck for Storytime.

Children had fun dressed as tigers, bears, gorillas, ducks, superheroes and more at Dress Up as Your Favourite Book Character Storytime this week.

Rowan dressed up as Darth Vader

Book characters came in droves to Dress Up Storytime this week. We had possums, pirates and princesses as well as these ones pictured:

Henry Hairy Maclary

Nicholas dressed as a Dinosaur

Gran and Tessa, both possums

Pirates, ballerinas, superheroes, princesses, dinosaurs and other book characters made an appearance at Dress Up as your favourite book character Storytime this week:  Children had lots of fun guessing who Storyteller Fiona dressed up as (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) and loved adding their favourite books to the Storytime autumn tree.

Disha dressed up as Angelina Ballerina

Bree dressed as a Witch

View photos of the Orange Emmco/Email factory from the 1950s and 60s showing production, management, unions, sporting and social occasions. Organised by the Orange & District Historical Society it culminates in a History Alive Talk at the Seniors Citizens Centre on Wednesday 13 April. The Society welcomes any extra information that can be provided about the photos. The photos are on display at Orange City Library from Friday 1 April at 6pm to Wednesday 13 April.

Each year we put the call out for entries in the Banjo Paterson Writing Awards. There are cash prizes to be won in each section – short story, open poetry, bush poetry and children’s writing awards. Entries close on Friday 15 April. Writing does not have to be in the style of Banjo Paterson. Entry forms can be downloaded here from the website. Good Luck!