Sunday 25 October 2026 · No. 11
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Source: Goulburn Post'An amazing man': Farewelling Ron, a beloved teacher and friendRemembering the 102-year life of Goulburn's Ron Butterworth.Thu, 22 Oct · Read the full story →One app instead of 40+ (38 here)
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Goulburn local info today
Live alerts: 4 fires within 100 km · 1 weather warning. See alerts →
Coming up in the sky: Asteroid 2025 UK9 passes closer than the Moon (314,648 km away), Sat, 31 Oct in 6 days · Asteroid 524522 passes 15.7 times as far away as the Moon, Tue, 3 Nov in 9 days. More in the sky →
Alerts
In an emergency call 000.
Fire danger today
🟢 MODERATE Plan and prepare.
No Total Fire Ban today. Gas, electric, wood and charcoal BBQs are fine with care: keep an adult on it, water handy and nothing that burns nearby. Burning off or a fire in the open? Check if you need a permit.
Tomorrow: 🟢 MODERATE
Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire Danger Ratings (Southern Ranges). Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm.
Fires within 100 km
- PRITCHETT ST, YASS Not Applicable
PRITCHETT ST, YASS 2582 · 77 km away · Responding · 0 ha - MOSS VALE RD, CAMBEWARRA Not Applicable
MOSS VALE RD, CAMBEWARRA 2540 · 78 km away · Under control · 0 ha - WEE JASPER RD, GOOD HOPE Not Applicable
YANAWE, WEE JASPER RD, GOOD HOPE 2582 · 82 km away · Responding · 0 ha - FB915 Mt Taylor Planned Burn
MOUNT TAYLOR, PEARCE ACT 2607 · 96 km away · Under control · 8 ha
Source: NSW Rural Fire Service, Fires Near Me. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm.
Weather warnings
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, NSW warnings. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm.
Roads now
- Goulburn Rodeo: Braidwood Road, Goulburn 9 km away · updated 23 Oct, 6:00 am
Roadwork nearby (2)
- Scheduled Roadwork Bridge Work: Crookwell Road, Goulburn 5 km away · updated 12 Oct, 9:00 am
- Scheduled Roadwork Stage 1: Hume Highway, Marulan 24 km away · updated 25 Oct, 12:55 pm
Source: Live Traffic NSW (Transport for NSW, open data)
More local stories today
Source: Goulburn PostHeavy vehicle fire partially closes Hume Highway north of cityA truck has caught fire near Goulburn.Thu, 22 Oct · Read the full story →
Source: Goulburn PostGoulburn and Southern Highlands IVF patients left in limbo as Canberra hub closesHealth Minister says closure will cause distress and uncertainty.Thu, 22 Oct · Read the full story →
Source: Goulburn PostTake the first look inside the Goulburn wool selling centre, on track for 2027New photos from the future home of New South Wales wool auctions.Fri, 23 Oct · Read the full story →
Source: Goulburn PostBehind the closure of hospital's short-stay emergency unitGoulburn short-stay unit closes amid claims of $30m deficit.Fri, 23 Oct · Read the full story →“To know what you know and to know what you do not know: that is true knowledge.”— Confucius, Analects 2.17
More headlines
- Source: Goulburn PostGrandfather's illness inspires Tamika's close shave for a cause
- Source: Goulburn PostCrews battle second truck fire on Hume Highway well into the night
- Source: Goulburn PostFriend denies asking cop to hide her role in killings
These stories are written and owned by Goulburn Post and, when they mention your area, national outlets like the ABC, SBS and The Guardian, not us. We show the headline (and for local outlets a short summary); tap a story to read it in full on their site. Thank you to them for the hard work they do: we’re a community hub, not a news outlet, and we’re here to send them more readers. means that site may ask you to subscribe. The good, the bad and the ugly are sorted by a free AI from each headline’s topic, not by our opinion. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm.
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Scam watch
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What's on
Specials, members nights, trivia, live music, markets and events around Carrathool, in one place.
Read from each venue's own website twice a day. Specials can change, so check with the venue before you go. Know a venue we're missing? Tell us.
What’s on in Goulburn
Nothing listed in 2580 yet. Know something on? Add it free.
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Deaths
Remembering locals who have passed. Our thoughts are with their families and friends.
No recent notices.
Just for curiosity
Trending baby names
Top 5 across NSW, 2025
Girls
- Charlotte =
- Amelia =
- Olivia =
- Isla ▲1
- Mia ▼1
Boys
- Noah =
- Oliver =
- Theodore =
- Luca =
- Leo
Source: the latest full-year list from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Arrows show the move since 2024. NSW doesn't publish names by town. As published 26 March 2026.
Number one in every state, 2025
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| NSW | Charlotte | Noah |
| VIC | Charlotte | Noah |
| QLD | Charlotte | Oliver |
| WA | Isla | Noah |
| SA | Charlotte | Oliver |
| TAS | Charlotte | Noah |
| ACT | Evelyn | Oliver |
| NT | Amelia | Noah |
Source: each state and territory's Births, Deaths and Marriages registry. There's no single official list for all of Australia.
Top 5 around the world, 2025
New Zealand
Isla, Charlotte, Amelia, Hazel, Olivia
Noah, Luca, Oliver, George, Theodore
United States
Olivia, Charlotte, Emma, Amelia, Sophia
Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Henry
Canada
Charlotte, Olivia, Emma, Sophia, Amelia
Noah, Theodore, Liam, Leo, William
Source: Statistics Canada
England & Wales
Olivia, Lily, Amelia, Isla, Florence
Muhammad, Noah, Leo, Luca, Arthur
Scotland
Freya, Isla, Olivia, Amelia, Grace
Noah, Luca, Rory, Muhammad, Oliver
Source: National Records of Scotland
Ireland
Lily, Éabha, Fiadh, Grace, Sadie
Rían, Jack, Noah, James, Oisín
Source: Central Statistics Office
Names that travel: Noah (top 5 in 6 places), Amelia (top 5 in 5 places), Olivia (top 5 in 5 places).
NSW's number one, decade by decade
Team Smarketing is pulling every year since 1952 from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Check back soon.
How popular has your name been in NSW?
Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, top 100 boys' and girls' names every year since 1952.
G'day, I'm Mav. Tell me a bit about what you like and I'll come up with names to think about.
Ideas from Mav, using AI. Meanings and origins are a starting point: check them before you decide. Popularity comes from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Handy tools
☰ Everything on the Daily Maverick Every page we have, in one place → Community notice board Lost pets, volunteers, clubs and classes. No buy and sell → My home Bin night reminders and a house-sitter sheet to print or share → Why Carrathool? Fun facts: how Hillston got its name, the Lachlan River, Goolgowi's railway → 🟢 What’s open? Local or visiting: pharmacies, doctors, servos, cafés, mechanics and more. Open ones first → Dog beaches & parks Off-leash spots near you → Dog-friendly cafés & pubs Places happy to see your dog → LGBTQ+ friendly Local places that welcome everyone → What are you binging? Shows, podcasts and channels locals vote for, and why → What's in your fridge? Dinner ideas from what you've already got → Birthday deals Which local places look after you on your big day → Kid Zone Games for kids 12 and under, with a grown-up’s OK. No chat, no ads, nothing collected →
Gen Alpha interpreter What did your kid just say? Jimmy Joel translates →
Births, Deaths and Marriages Family notices, filtered by what you’re looking for →
Renting Every rental site, plus your rights and bond help, in one place →
Jobs Every job site in one place, already searched for Goolgowi →
School run check Weather and traffic for your school drop-off and pick-up →
Dog friendly
Off-leash beaches, dog parks and places happy to see your dog. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.
Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.
LGBTQ+ friendly
Local places that welcome everyone. If there’s nothing mapped, it says so.
Source: OpenStreetMap (OpenStreetMap contributors), the free map anyone can add to.
Fuel prices in Goolgowi
Source: NSW FuelCheck
Grocery watch
Team Smarketing is on it.
Comparing everyday prices at Woolworths, ALDI and Coles. The first prices land at the next check.
Good things take time.
You choose what we watch
Suggest something for Grocery watch, or vote for a local’s idea. 50 votes and it goes up, all by itself.
Today in numbers
Facts from the sources named, side by side. No opinions: make up your own mind.
Big tech watch
Figures from June 2026
Figures from March 2026
Figures from June 2026
Life and death
Figures from December 2021
Figures from December 2021
AI for good, AI for bad
A recent AI story of each kind from the news, so you see both sides.
AI for good
The first story is on its way.
AI for bad
The first story is on its way.
Headlines from The Guardian and Google News, sorted into good and bad by AI, so check the full story. See every story we've logged.
Learn how AI can help in your everyday life, from your local experts at Maverick Digital →
Grog watch
Beer, wine, spirits, cider: the price at local bottle shops, posted by the shops themselves. Search for anything, or filter by type. Local only, so your money stays in town.
Cheapest In between Dearest
Own a local bottle shop? Post your price free
You choose what we watch
Suggest something for Grog watch, or vote for a local’s idea. 50 votes and it goes up, all by itself.
Source: prices posted by local shops, with the date they posted. Shown for 30 days. We don't check the big chains: local only. Please drink responsibly.
Banks and the RBA
Home loan rates at the big four, and how quickly each passed on the Reserve Bank's (RBA) rate changes. Numbers only.
Cash rate: 4.60% since 29 Sept 2026
How fast they passed on RBA changes
| CommBank | Westpac | NAB | ANZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average days to pass on a rise | 10.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Average days to pass on a cut | 10.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 |
| Rises passed on in full | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 |
| Cuts passed on in full | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
Days from the RBA's decision to the date the bank's new variable rate took effect, for the 7 RBA moves since February 2025.
Every RBA move and what each bank did
| RBA decision | CommBank | Westpac | NAB | ANZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 4.60% | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 9 Oct 2026 · 10 days |
| 5 May 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 4.35% | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 15 May 2026 · 10 days |
| 17 Mar 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 4.10% | +0.25 27 Mar 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 31 Mar 2026 · 14 days | +0.25 27 Mar 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 27 Mar 2026 · 10 days |
| 3 Feb 2026 ▲ +0.25 to 3.85% | +0.25 13 Feb 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 17 Feb 2026 · 14 days | +0.25 13 Feb 2026 · 10 days | +0.25 13 Feb 2026 · 10 days |
| 12 Aug 2025 ▼ -0.25 to 3.60% | -0.25 22 Aug 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 26 Aug 2025 · 14 days | -0.25 25 Aug 2025 · 13 days | -0.25 22 Aug 2025 · 10 days |
| 20 May 2025 ▼ -0.25 to 3.85% | -0.25 30 May 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 3 June 2025 · 14 days | -0.25 30 May 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 30 May 2025 · 10 days |
| 18 Feb 2025 ▼ -0.25 to 4.10% | -0.25 28 Feb 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 4 Mar 2025 · 14 days | -0.25 28 Feb 2025 · 10 days | -0.25 28 Feb 2025 · 10 days |
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Goulburn tide times & fishing
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Tide times are modelled estimates. Not for navigation; check the Bureau of Meteorology before boating.
What are you hoping to catch today?
What's biting in October
- Snapper peak
- Pearl perch
- Tailor, whiting & flathead
Seasons: Source: NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development GoFishing guide (Coffs Coast) and Coffs Coast tourism.
Where to fish within 20 km
- Lachlan River, Hillston River
Known for: Murray cod, golden perch
Council lists river fishing and free riverside camping; the Hook Like & Sinker Fishing Festival is the last full weekend of August
Directions
No listed shore spots within 20 km of you.
Further than 20 km
Before you cast: licence, limits and no-fishing zones
- You need a NSW fishing licence (from $7 for 3 days). Get one
- Bag and size limits, or carry them in the free FishSmart app (it shows marine park zones too)
- Rock fishing? A lifejacket is strongly recommended. NSW rock fishing safety
Know your 2580
The handy stuff, all in one place. Every item is sourced and shown as the source has it. We don’t edit it. We tell you where it’s from and how well the owner keeps it up to date.
Who runs the place
- Mayor: Cr Darryl Jardine · Deputy Mayor: Cr Beverley Furner
- Councillors: Michael Armstrong, David Fensom, Heather Lyall, Craig McKeon, Jamie Parsons, Geoff Peters, Nick Smith, Anne-Maree Young. Contact them
- Council meetings: see what's being decided
Source: Carrathool Shire Council, mayor and councillors. Council doesn’t say when they last updated it.
Bins & rubbish
- Put your bin out the night before: Hillston is collected on Tuesday mornings, Goolgowi and Merriwagga on Thursday mornings, and council answers questions on 02 6965 1900. Bin days
- Tip: Carrathool Landfill, Carrathool Road, 1 km south of Carrathool village. 02 6965 1900
- Tip: Goolgowi Transfer Station, End of Penney Street, Goolgowi. Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 11am; Sunday 9am to 12pm; closed public holidays. 02 6965 1900
- Tip: Hillston Landfill, Kidman Way, about 3 km north of Hillston. Monday 7.30am to 10am; Tuesday 7.30am to 10am and 1pm to 4.30pm; Wednesday 7.30am to 10am; Thursday 7.30am to 10am and 1pm to 4.30pm; Sunday 8am to 2pm; closed Friday, Saturday and public holidays. 02 6965 1900
- Tip: Merriwagga Transfer Station, Melbergen Road, Merriwagga (Merriwagga residents only). 02 6965 1900
- Tip: Rankins Springs Landfill, Lake Cargelligo Road, 4 km from Rankins Springs. Tuesday 1pm to 4pm; Thursday 1pm to 4pm; Sunday 9am to 12pm; closed public holidays. 02 6965 1900
- Source: Carrathool Shire Council
- Seen illegal dumping? Report it online
Source: Carrathool Shire Council, bins and waste. Council doesn’t say when they last updated it.
Got a problem?
- Pothole, broken footpath, streetlight, overgrown block: report it to council online or call 02 6965 1900
- Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman
Contact council
- 02 6965 1900
- council@carrathool.nsw.gov.au
- 9-11 Cobram Street, Goolgowi
- www.carrathool.nsw.gov.au
Source: Carrathool Shire Council website. Council doesn’t say when they last updated it.
Spotted something out of date? Let us know.
Renting
Looking for a place in Goolgowi? Every rental site, already searched for you.
- Rentals in Goolgowi on realestate.com.au: Australia's biggest property site.
- Rentals in Goolgowi on Domain: The other big one.
- Rentals in Goolgowi on Rent.com.au: Rentals only, with a free renter résumé to send agents.
- Rentals in Goolgowi on Homely: Rentals plus honest local reviews of each street.
Jobs
Looking for work in Goolgowi? Every job site, already searched for you.
- Jobs in Goolgowi on SEEK: Australia's biggest job site.
- Jobs in Goolgowi on Indeed: Pulls jobs from employers' own websites too.
- Jobs in Goolgowi on Jora: Searches lots of job sites at once.
- Jobs in Goolgowi on LinkedIn: Professional and office roles.
Goolgowi Council watch
Keeping an eye on Carrathool Shire Council, with every item linked to its source.
Meeting dates are on the council's meetings page.
Is council doing what it said?
Every three months Broken Hill City Council reports on its own plan. We'll show its latest report here, in its own words.
How's council doing?
The unofficial Maverick poll, once a month. Be the first this month. All results
Have your say or make a complaint
- Report a problem or make a request: Carrathool Shire Council on 02 6965 1900 or their website.
- Not happy with how council handled it? NSW Ombudsman.
- Concerns about a councillor's conduct: Office of Local Government.
- Suspect corruption: NSW ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).
- Have your say at a meeting: ask the council about speaking at public forum before the next meeting.
🏅 Mini Maverick Award
Maverick Digital encourages digital safety for kids. Every Kid Zone game is designed to help with that: a safe place where kids can play and mums and dads can feel safe.
Each month, the top three kids on the Kid Zone leaderboards win the Mini Maverick Award, for proving they’re little mini Mavericks:
- 🥇 $25 first place
- 🥈 $15 second place
- 🥉 $10 third place
📍 Spent at a local Broken Hill business. No multinationals, no chains, no fast food.
Only a winner’s first name is ever shown, with their parent or carer’s OK.
Play in Kid Zone → · Local businesses: be a place winners spend it
🌳 Get outside this weekend
Things for kids and families to do outdoors, free or under $50 a kid. This weekend: Sat, 24 Oct and Sun, 25 Oct.
No kids' events listed for this weekend yet. Running one? Add it free and tick "Good for kids".
Always-good local favourites
Outdoor and affordable, picked by locals. Check times and prices before you go · Suggest one
National parks and visitor info
Park alerts and closures around Broken Hill, straight from NSW National Parks, plus the official places to plan a visit. We source it, we don’t write it.
No current alerts for parks around Broken Hill.
Source: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, alerts. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm.
Visitors to regional NSW
64.7 million visitors, 102.9 million nights and $27.7 billion spent across regional NSW in the year ending June 2026, including 685,800 international visitors.
Source: Destination NSW, Regional NSW statistics. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 12:00 am.
Plan a visit
Sport & field closures
Team Smarketing is on it.
Field closures and local sport. Clubs can post games and closures free via Add an event.
We're building it right, not fast.
Holidays
Next NSW public holidays
- Fri, 25 Dec: Christmas Day in 61 days
- Mon, 28 Dec: Boxing Day in 64 days
- Fri, 1 Jan: New Year's Day in 68 days
- Tue, 26 Jan: Australia Day in 93 days
Source: Nager.Date public holidays. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm.
In the sky, next 14 days
Asteroids passing by
- Sat, 31 Oct: 2025 UK9, about the size of a car (roughly 3 to 6 m), passes closer than the Moon (314,648 km away) at 7.8 km a second in 6 days
- Tue, 3 Nov: 524522, bigger than three footy fields (roughly 207 to 463 m), passes 15.7 times as far away as the Moon at 8.7 km a second in 9 days
- Tue, 27 Oct: 2026 TB94, about the size of a bus (roughly 19 to 44 m), passes 5.1 times as far away as the Moon at 11.6 km a second in 2 days
- Sun, 25 Oct: 2026 UE, about the size of a bus (roughly 18 to 41 m), passes 5.2 times as far away as the Moon at 15.9 km a second today
Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies. Updated Sun, 25 Oct, 3:14 pm. None of these will hit Earth. Most are too faint to see without a big telescope
Next school holidays
- Summer school holidays: Fri, 18 Dec to Wed, 27 Jan in 54 days
- Autumn school holidays: Mon, 12 Apr to Fri, 23 Apr in 169 days
Public schools in the Goulburn Mulwaree area. Source: NSW Department of Education · Private schools may differ
🧩 Crossword
Today’s Broken Hill crossword in three levels: 🟢 Easy, 🟡 Medium and 🔴 Hard. Sign in free to keep your streak and best times. Play today’s →
✨ Horoscopes
Your stars for Sunday 25 October. Full moon tonight-ish: big feelings, big fun. This is the Year of the Fire Horse 🐎.
🎂 Add your birthday and we'll set your Western and Vedic signs:
Goulburn beaches, surf & surf cams
Surf cams
Coastalwatch charges for its live surf cam feed, so we can’t show it here. Nobody pays to be on this site, and we don’t pay to show other people’s paid content either. Have a look on their site: Coastalwatch.
Swim between the red and yellow flags. Patrol times and beach-by-beach info: Beachsafe.
Source: Open-Meteo (modelled, updated hourly). Not for navigation. Which swell and wind suit each beach: surf-forecast.com break guides; patrols from council.