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A Macleay Valley Mustangs forward carries the ball forward against the Wingham Tigers earlier this season.

Time on: Group Three team lists for week seven

Keda Moylan to miss Forster's crucial clash with Wauchope

Keda Moylan to miss Forster's crucial clash with Wauchope

Mick McDonald

Lower North Coast District Womens Bowling Association President Diedre Crichton and Tuncurry Beach Womens Bowling Club President Kay Phibbs were on hand to celebrate Sarahs success.

Tuncurry bowler through to State Championship final

A Macleay Valley Mustangs forward carries the ball forward against the Wingham Tigers earlier this season.

Time on: Group Three team lists for week seven

Bluewater Fishing Club's May results

Bluewater Fishing Club's May results

Franklin Harshman

Claire Van Kampen and Nash Wilkes with their medals from the NSW All Schools Secondary Swimming Championships.

Gold for Nash and Claire

Nicholas Brooks

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Telling a story through illustration

Telling a story through illustration

Jeanene Duncan

Photo by Ray Alley.

Learn more about whale migration

Family fun: The annual Weekend on Wheels is on again, raising money for the Taree Volunteer Rescue Association.

A wheely good weekend

Telling a story through illustration

Telling a story through illustration

Cinema Under the Stars for Reconciliation Week

Cinema Under the Stars for Reconciliation Week

Wishes in a lamp: Mena Massoud stars as Aladdin with Will Smith as the genie in the 2019 Disney live action and CGI film. Now showing at Great Lakes Cinema 3.

Will Smith's genie a nod to Williams

Great Lakes Cinema 3

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Ruth Lewis

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Beef festival: This is an event not to miss, so mark May 13 to 17 in your diary. For more information visit winghambeefweek.com.au. Photos by Scott Calvin.

Event continues to grow

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Competition: Hundreds of students will compete throughout the week with led and unled sections showcasing the best beef cattle around.

Rounding up for Beef Week 2019

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Acreage at a fantastic price

Acreage at a fantastic price

Showcase Property

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Read Three Valleys Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Self-sufficiency and luxury

Self-sufficiency and luxury

House of the Week

Telling a story through illustration

Telling a story through illustration

Jeanene Duncan

HISTORIC MOMENT: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin here on July 21, 1969, standing on the Moon in a photograph taken by mission commander Neil Armstrong. Across Australia and around the globe, hundreds of millions tuned in to watch as the human race took its first steps in space. Once the realm of science fiction, it was now a reality. Picture: NASA

Race to space began as a daring dream

By Helen Sim

The late, great Ayrton Senna.

Road ramblings

Chris Goodsell

Telling a story through illustration

Telling a story through illustration

Books and talks and lots more

Books and talks and lots more

Chris Jones

Carrying on: Marian Byfield, along her husband Don, has not let their life-threatening cancer diagnoses slow their Biggest Morning Tea event down.

Join in the Biggest Morning Tea

The mighty mullet run

The mighty mullet run

OCEAN'S mystery: Beachcomber John Miller from Port Fairy is discovering plenty of interesting items washed onto the shoreline. Picture: Anthony Brady

Beachcombers are on the hunt for rare finds along our coastline

Nic Langenberg (left) with 104-year-old Dorothy Yeomans at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.

Watch this shark glide by 104-year-old Dorothy

Social worker, Jane Bone had a chat with Great Lakes Palliative Support Care president, Deidre Stokes.

A quiet room

Courtney Martinez, Nic Mulvogue, Deanne Broughton, Viv Dighton and Karly Calabria.

Ladies Race Day at Tuncurry

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

The weird, whacky wonderfulness of election day

A screengrab from a YouTube video showing the former PM Bob Hawke skolling a beer from Mr Brandon.

Hawke downing 'one for the country' brings back memories

Robert Crawford

Tassie devil predicts election outcome

Tassie devil predicts election outcome

Scott Gelston

Growing influence: These young voters in Warringah are worried about climate change and helped oust Tony Abbott. Millennials and Gen Z will have a bigger influence in coming elections. From left: Izzy Williams, Sita Paling, Clio Doughty and Madison Lawrence. Photo: Peter Braig.

Messages from Millennial and Gen Z voters

John Hewson

Growing influence: These young voters in Warringah are worried about climate change and helped oust Tony Abbott. Millennials and Gen Z will have a bigger influence in coming elections. From left: Izzy Williams, Sita Paling, Clio Doughty and Madison Lawrence. Photo: Peter Braig.

Messages from Millennial and Gen Z voters

John Hewson

'Nek minnit' I'm 'shook' by Generation Z

'Nek minnit' I'm 'shook' by Generation Z

Marie Low

Associate Professor Stephen Macfarlane is part of a clinical trial looking into treatment for Parkinson's disease dementia.

Trial of new drug to treat Parkinson's dementia

MEET AND GREET: Academics from University of Sunshine Coast with international students, attending a familiarisation tour of the Cooinda Aged Care.

Uni 'roomies' to move into aged care home

SMART MOVES: Thinking of downsizing to a granny flat? Make sure you formalise decisions and get legal advice before moving in.

Estate planning: avoid granny flat pitfalls

Essendon man Bryner Menchavez has been missing for almost a month.

Concerns over Vic man missing for weeks

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Samantha Farrer says she was shut down and her work was altered without her being consulted.

Inquest told investigator was shut down

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Meerkats at Werribee zoo now have their food dispensed by a computer-controlled feeder.

Meerkats make a meal of new feed device

Anthony Albanese is all but confirmed as Labor's next leader, with focus now on who will be deputy.

Shorten tells Labor the 'fight goes on'

A company owner has been sentenced to jail over the worksite death of Sean Scovell in 2012.

Qld quarry owner jailed for worker's death

Aaron Bunch

Results for the federal electorates of Bass, Macquarie and Lilley are yet to be decided.

Senate position improves for coalition

Paul Osborne

Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits his great great aunt Dame Mary Gilmore's grave in Cloncurry.

Scott Morrison honours famous aunt

Daniel McCulloch

An appeal over Adani's indigenous land use agreement will go ahead in Brisbane next week

Traditional owners in court over Adani

Nicholas McElroy

Sharon and Alf Cantrell hold letters and portrait of Banjo Paterson when Major in Egypt drawn by War Artist George W Lambert.

Honour for Banjo

Mark Griggs
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The champion and reserve champion Suffolk rams were from Bowen stud, Millthrope. Pictured with Brendan Daniels, Peel High School, Laurie Raper, Tamworth, judge, Deva Weitman, Blue Rock stud, Romsey, Victoria and Greg Good, Bowen stud.

Bowen stud takes out the Suffolk competition

Olivia Calver
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NEW STANDARDS: Horsham Regional Livestock Exchange manager Paul Christopher is right behind a new Australian standard for loading and unloading ramps and forcing pens. Photo by Samantha Camarri.

National loading ramp standard on the way

Andrew Miller

The highway near Glen Innes: A picturesque window on the New England region of NSW. Image: Destination NSW.

Your weekly travel inspirations

John Rozentals

GOTTA DO IT?: Australian travellers surveyed by Hotels.com were more willing to pay out big ($1000 per night) to stay in five-star luxury in Anaheim, California in 2018.

Getting more bang for your five-star buck

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

Making the extraordinary appear ordinary in Siem Reap City

John Rozentals

Stegbar's latest double glaze series, Alumiere, is designed to require minimal framing.

How to keep your heating bills down

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Visit sydneyfishmarket.com.au/seafood-school/recipes-cooking-info/recipes

Try this: Scallop pot-sticker dumplings

OCEAN'S mystery: Beachcomber John Miller from Port Fairy is discovering plenty of interesting items washed onto the shoreline. Picture: Anthony Brady

Beachcombers are on the hunt for rare finds along our coastline

Jackson Graham