Green and gold: how a farming community responds when miners come to town

The McPhillamys Gold Project at Blayney promises to pump millions into the economy of the central west NSW town but some locals say the cost to farmland will be far greaterSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityIn the central tablelands of New South Wales, wheat farmers are holding up traffic. The region was recently declared drought affected, with tractors and combine harvesters on the move in an effort to harvest the last of the spring crops, but the land around Blayney remains green.That's thanks to the Belubula River, which snakes through the town of 7,500 on its way from the Vittoria state forest to the Carcoar dam and on to Canowindra. Continue reading...