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Learn to play croquet at Forster

Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Surf Life Saving Club in action in 2015. File photo.

Tea Gardens Hawks Nest to battle ‘the best of the best’

Rob Douglas

Merewether's Jackson Baker took out the 2018 Great Lakes Pro. Photo: Ethan Smith/ Surfing NSW.

Pro surfers ready to tear it up at Great Lakes Pro

Learn to play croquet at Forster

Vicky Dorian, Irene Johnson, Sophie Stevens, Laura, Selina and Harrison Chin and June Stevens at the 2017 Seafood Race Day.

A tantalising time at the races

WOXI heading down the Derwent

Rod Daniel enjoyed a wild ride to Sydney-Hobart victory

Jeanene Duncan

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Learn to play croquet at Forster

Historic: The 'Taree Rattler' will take passengers to Johns River and Mount George. Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for children with bookings via the Lachland Valley Railway website. Photo: Ben Semple.

An abundance of activities this weekend

Merewether's Jackson Baker took out the 2018 Great Lakes Pro. Photo: Ethan Smith/ Surfing NSW.

Pro surfers ready to tear it up at Great Lakes Pro

Learn to play croquet at Forster

Vicky Dorian, Irene Johnson, Sophie Stevens, Laura, Selina and Harrison Chin and June Stevens at the 2017 Seafood Race Day.

A tantalising time at the races

Strong women: Were the royal cousins (played by Margot Robbie and Saiorse Ronan) in Mary Queen of Scots pen pals? Great Lakes Cinema 3 session details page 3.

Fictitious meeting of Queens revisited

Sandra Hall

There is lots of advice - much of it wrong - circulating about back pain.

Three tips for avoiding back pain ‘snake oil’

John Stevens

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Emma Elsworthy

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Ruth Lewis

There is lots of advice - much of it wrong - circulating about back pain.

Three tips for avoiding back pain ‘snake oil’

Sweet music: Troy grew up listening to Guns and Roses, Motley Crue, Abba and the Bee Gees, and he loves the Beatles.

Mid North Coast Now | Wauchope’s music man

Letitia Fitzpatrick

PASSIONATE ABOUT ORGANIC FARMING: Chris Eggert from Oxhill Organics in Wauchope was nominated for Australian Organic Farmer of the Year.

Mid North Coast Now | Farmer of the future

Letitia Fitzpatrick

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Showcase property

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Ruth Lewis

Mid Coast land values show strong increase

Rookie was last seen on Kookaburra Drive off Old Bar Road near the Pacific Highway roundabout on Friday night, January 11.

Have you seen Rookie?

Julia Driscoll
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All coloured in - Year 5 students, Jake Mendham and Jack Haenschke.

Colour Tuncurry Public School happy

Rookie was last seen on Kookaburra Drive off Old Bar Road near the Pacific Highway roundabout on Friday night, January 11.

Have you seen Rookie?

Julia Driscoll
2hrs ago

Rookie was last seen on Kookaburra Drive off Old Bar Road near the Pacific Highway roundabout on Friday night, January 11.

Have you seen Rookie?

2hrs ago

Too cute: Koi is such a handsome kitten with all the curiosity that comes with these fur babies.

Fishy name for a fabulous kitty

Animal Welfare League Manning Great Lakes

Markets galore and much more

Rookie was last seen on Kookaburra Drive off Old Bar Road near the Pacific Highway roundabout on Friday night, January 11.

Have you seen Rookie?

2hrs ago

Rookie was last seen on Kookaburra Drive off Old Bar Road near the Pacific Highway roundabout on Friday night, January 11.

Have you seen Rookie?

2hrs ago

Ugly: A sample of the bycatch floating in the shallows with Nelson Bay in the background.

Hundreds of juvenile fish dumped at Jimmy’s Beach

Ewe are joking! Check out these weird and wacky ways to keep your pet cool

From our archives: Girls triathlon at Forster Keys 2017 and 2018 | Photos

Scott Calvin

From our archives: Manning Marathon 2011 to 2016 | Photos

Scott Calvin

Rafael Nadal

It’s day 1 of the Australia Open and it’s hot

Sophie Thomson’s quirky Adelaide Hills garden ‘The Patch’ combines beauty and practicality with a raised veggie garden, unusual succulent plantings, mixed grasses and interesting objects scattered throughout.

Gardening with George – taking weather in our stride

George Hoad

High self-control not all it’s cracked up to be

John Malouff

Now what?: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacts after she won a no-confidence vote against her government in the House of Commons on Wednesday. She must now find another way to address the Brexit debacle after the dramatic failure of the government Brexit vote this week. Picture: Jessica Taylor

How Brexit crisis will end is anyone’s guess

John Hewson

CHANGING PLACES: Regional journalist Sahil Makkar lived for more than 25 years in New Delhi, where the temperature gets up to 50 degrees. He is now experiencing his first summer in the Central West. Photo: MATT WATSON

I’ve experienced 50-degree heat. This is something else

Sahil Makkar

Police are urging people to be wary giving out personal or financial details over the phone. Photo: Shutterstock.

Scammers impersonating police, using arrest threats

GET IT RIGHT: Ensuring your seat belt fits properly could prove critical in a crash.

Seat belts: Are you using yours properly?

Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani.

Cutting off melanoma escape routes

Health authorities are urging people to take extra care and keep hydrated during the heat.

Parts of NSW reach 46C as records tumble

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Nationals MP Andrew Gee has been named as a new addition to the party's frontbench.

Nats reveal replacement frontbench MP

2hrs ago

Clive Spriggs and Stewart Johnston, who blew the whistle on abuse at the Oakden nursing home.

Oakden families angered by inquiry snub

Fadi Ibrahim faced a Sydney court over his alleged involvement in a tobacco-smuggling syndicate

'Tobacco ring' Ibrahim in Sydney court

Peter Dutton is in the firing line again, this time for his ministry's purportedly lavish spending.

Home Affairs Dept defends functions spend

Five people have died after taking drugs at music festivals in NSW alone since September.

Top doctors group backs pill testing trial

Evie Amati has been jailed for an axe attack at a Sydney convenience store.

Axe attacker sentenced to four years' jail

Laura Polson

WA's fishermen have been accused of keeping a portion of their rock lobster catch for themselves.

Lobster fishers dine out on WA catch

Sophie Moore

Adventure Bay Retreat: Something special on Bruny Island. Photo: Brad Harris

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Wilpena Pound: a natural amphitheatre.

Find yourself in the Flinders Ranges

John Rozental

A flashback to slower travel: Cruise Express’s six-day ‘Great Southern Loop’.

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Lots of benefits: Worms not only munch through a lot of your food waste, but will also produce fertiliser that your plants will love.

Worms help reduce waste

For more recipes see australianlamb.com.au

Try this: Honey, pineapple and chilli lamb leg

Possible tax hikes: If Labor succeeds in making both these changes, a top-rate taxpayer will suddenly find themselves paying CGT of 36.75% – an increase of almost 58%.

Our CGT may be one of the highest in the world

Noel Whittaker