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The creation of a network of mountain bike trails on Mount Canobolas offers a good opportunity to restore the mountain environment.
The latest stage of work by a team of environmental consultants has revealed the extent of weed infestation on the mountain.
In this week's episode we hear from  a track designer about the sheer scale of  blackberries he's found, and a staff member from the Orange Aboriginal Land Council  talks about his work following up discoveries by a consultant archeologist.

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Orange City Council wants to put a new water pipe deep under a busy road. But how do you install a new pipe without digging up the road?
Also,  who finds the weird things that get flushed down our toilets? We find out as we learn why the Council is spending seven million dollars on an upgrade to our sewage treatment plant.
And exactly how many people turned out to the Council's latest face-to-face information forum about the annual draft budget? 

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Work is about to get under way on a major upgrade of a CBD block of Lords Place and Byng Streets.
There'll be potential impacts for businesses in the neighbourhood, so operators came together with the hands-on contractors this week to find out the timetable of what will happen when.

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There's been some tweaks to the plans to upgrade McNamara St, Lords Place and Byng St, as part of Orange City Council FutureCity upgrade.
There's less trees in but more parking spaces in McNamara St, and the Lords Place taxi rank will stay in its original location.
Also this week, why Orange City Council's CEO believes the annual budget is actually a very important piece of democracy.

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A new plan is being floated to transform Orange's favourite picnic spot, Lake Canobolas.
Find out what's happening for kids at Orange City Library during the school holidays, and we delver a wrap of where a whole batch of sites that are in a state of transition, are up to.

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While heavy rain has wreaked havoc on the coast, in Orange extra falls have been welcomed as a boost to water storage dams which still have room for more.
The week's tallies have delivered a rainfall record for March for Orange.
And also, plans move ahead for an Anzac Day march and anew museum exhibition celebrates the insects that help us grow our food.

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As part of the FutureCity CBD upgrade, Orange City Council is helping the owners of heritage buildings in the CBD improve the look of the shop-fronts.
The offer to subsidise the costs also comes with some free advice from a heritage expert.
Also this week, there's been a lot of interest in the finaltion of a film archive from a local TV station to the Orange Regional Museum.
Former staff of the local TV station, first known as CBN-8, were on-hand this week to welcome the dpnation.

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A former mayor of Leichardt Council in Sydney has led a seminar in Orange aimed at helping local residents decide if they want to stand for council in this year's local government election in September.
And, a final year science student from Sydney University starts work to help Orange City Council get the bugs which process our waste water (sewage) working harder.

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There’s been some positive responses from business operators along McNamarra Street and Lords Place, after this week’s council meeting gave the go ahead for the first of the CBD upgrade plans to happen.
And two information sessions have been time-tabled to help locals decide if they want to run as a candidate in this September's local council elections.

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Six months out from the next local council election , Orange City Council is planning two info sessions to help potential candidates decide if they want to throw their hat into the ring.
And a community gathering of 160 people hears the latest on how mountain bike tracks could be built to minimise the impact on environmentally-sensitive areas on Mt Canobolas.