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Jordyn Snape and Playdough finished equal first in Rookie cutting at round one for the Australian Stock Horse competition held at Gloucester Showground. Photo supplied.

Hot competition

Bruce Snape

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Gloucester Soccer Club's Jessica Howard playing in a recent match

News from the soccer pitch

Gloucester Soccer Club

John Hughes out on the field with the division four players on Saturday April 6. Photo supplied

Kicking goals

Anne Keen

Eva, Willow, Jamarra and Amelia Jenkins and Lilli Urquhart at the 2018 Winter Solstice Lantern Walk. Photo: Scott Calvin

Rug up for the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

Julia Driscoll

Eisteddfod wraps up: The grand concert is on at the Manning Entertainment Centre this Saturday at 2pm. Pictured is the winner of 'Most Memorable Group', the 14-years and under contemporary group from the Andrea Rowsell Academy of Dance. Photo: Scott Calvin.

Get out and about across the Mid Coast this weekend

Hardy, the cow is the main character in Dianne Pope's storybook.

Special storytime at our libraries

Eva, Willow, Jamarra and Amelia Jenkins and Lilli Urquhart at the 2018 Winter Solstice Lantern Walk. Photo: Scott Calvin

Rug up for the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

Afro Moses performing with Wingsong Choir on the Wingham Akoostik Music Festival stage. Photo: Scott Calvin

Akoostik announce final lineup for 2019 event

Bowden Brothers: Grant, Murray, Matt, Darryl and Phil are excited about the upcoming tour. Photo supplied

Brothers to head outback

Anne Keen

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Ruth Lewis

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

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

Ruth Lewis

Playing with style: Kerrie Fromm (Taree Railway). Photos by Scott Calvin.

The State Carnival is in full swing

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LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

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Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

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

Ruth Lewis

Immersed in natural beauty

Immersed in natural beauty

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Ruth Lewis

Acreage at a fantastic price

Acreage at a fantastic price

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Eva, Willow, Jamarra and Amelia Jenkins and Lilli Urquhart at the 2018 Winter Solstice Lantern Walk. Photo: Scott Calvin

Rug up for the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

Julia Driscoll

Domonik Croker, Rory, Ivy and Koby Gambrill and Braxtyn Squires.

Flocks of people attend poultry show

Julia Driscoll

BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The lunar module being tested in Earth orbit during Apollo 9. The gold-coloured material is a man-made polymer coated with aluminium. The probes dangling from the footpads were to sense the Moon’s surface during touchdown and signal the crew to shut off the descent engine. Pictures: NASA

A fragile chariot for a flight into history

Helen Sim

Eva, Willow, Jamarra and Amelia Jenkins and Lilli Urquhart at the 2018 Winter Solstice Lantern Walk. Photo: Scott Calvin

Rug up for the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk

Recognition: 2019 Australian of the Year Award recipients. Photo: Salty Dingo

Nominate an Australian of the Year

Members of the receiving organsations joined the Gloucester Community Shop volunteers for a presentation. Photo Anne Keen

Dollars doing good

Anne Keen

A poster for the film Rangle River. It was produced in the Gloucester area in 1936.

Our History, Our Memories: Hollywood comes to Gloucester

Di Morrissey, AM. Photo: Aaron Cuneo Design, Wingham

Di Morrissey awarded AM in Queen's Birthday Honours List

Luxury: Merewether's The Beach House has been listed online as a luxury weekender with ocean views since December, 2016, but its path to development approval via the Land and Environment Court has been stormy.

Sex on the deck at beach rental has neighbours seeing red

Lake Eyre comes to life as the water floods into the desert

Lake Eyre comes to life as the water floods into the desert

Right at home: Tasmanian devils at Aussie Ark are enjoying the recent snow in the Barrington Tops. Photos: supplied

Tassie devils' winter wonderland at Aussie Ark

Frosty: "Drier than average conditions typically mean more cloud-free nights, which increases the risk of frost in susceptible areas." Photo: Carl Muxlow

Bureau of Meteorology tells us what's in store for winter | video

Welcome to Wingham! Start the trail at the entrance to Wingham. Just after you cross the railway lines on Wingham Road and before crossing the Cedar Party Creek Bridge into town, on the left is Chrissy Gollan Park, where a Chinese market garden used to stand.

Mosaics and murals trail in Wingham | photos

Julia Driscoll

A tornado being called the Imperial Mothership, in Imperial, Nebraska this week. Picture: Nick Moir

'Like looking at a god': Tornado Alley up close

Nick Moir

We need to guide more young women into engineering

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We need to guide more young women into engineering

Dr Bianca Capra

Time to take another look?

Time to take another look?

Michelle Haines Thomas

Harold Thomas, designer of the Aboriginal flag, photographed in 1995. Picture: Craig Golding

Explainer: our copyright laws and the Australian Aboriginal flag

Isabella Alexander

University of Melbourne Associate Professor Peter van Wijngaarden (left) with CERA's Dr Xavier Hadoux.

Simple eye test could soon detect early signs of Alzheimer's

Geraldine Cardozo

Why aged care needs to change its position on residents' sex lives

Why aged care needs to change its position on residents' sex lives

Rowan Cowley

How Barry foiled the scammers, and you can too

How Barry foiled the scammers, and you can too

Engineers say the Mascot Towers situation was evidence change was needed in the construction sector.

Mascot Towers remains vacant after cracks

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is "playing games" with tax cuts and the economy.

Tax plan split would help economy now: ALP

Victorian leader Michael O'Brien will address the Liberals state council meeting in Melbourne.

Review into Vic Liberals election loss due

Missing 22-year-old man Baranaba Gai was last seen on Napier Street in Fitzroy North, Melbourne.

Vic man missing for more than two months

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says Tuesday's budget will focus on reducing back office costs.

Public sector cuts expected in NSW budget

Luke Costin

South Australian police say a P-plater was driving at more than 100km/h over the limit.

P-plater 'drove 100km/h over speed limit'

Residents of an apartment building in Sydney have been forced to leave their homes.

Tenants 'homeless' after NSW tower cracks

Luke Costin

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers is pressuring the coalition government to split its tax cuts bill.

Govt more interested in tax fight: Labor

Colin Brinsden

Competiton was strong for the Riverina Wool hogget ram of the 2019 show

Hay Sheep Show

Stephen Burns

The champion and reserve champion Dorset Horn rams from Redline, West Wyalong with Kyle Sturgess, Redline, judge Daryl Dixon, Ashbank, Dubbo and Scott Mitchell, Rene, Culcairn.

Redline rams stand out in the Dorset Horns

Olivia Calver

WE GOAT THIS: Billie Johnstone with her son Jeremy.

Goat a blackberry problem?

Compass Hut engages the five senses. Image: Kylie Bell

Planning your next holiday? Check out these deals

John Rozentals

TRADITIONAL DRESS: Travel writer Jac Taylor after a spontaneous makeover in Shuzenji, central Japan. Photo: Supplied

Spontaneous makeovers in Japan, bar fights in Dublin and cycling Belgium: these solo travellers have seen it all

Dayle Latham

Street art: Indigenous artist Matt Adnate celebrated Nowra's rich Indigenous history with a portrait of a young Aboriginal boy.

NSW South Coast is a paradise for food and art lovers

John Rozentals

Braiden Fitzsimmons.

'I knew teenage girls did it': male eating disorders are on the rise

Sarah Berry

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Try this: Adam Liaw's beef sausages in onion curry

BOY GENIUS: Twelve-year-old university student Arlo Taylor has been honoured for achieving outstanding results in his pure mathematics units . Picture: Simon Sturzaker

Arlo Taylor: the young genius with an electric guitar

Lachlan Bennett