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Aiming for the middle: Harry Moore is learning the skills and patience needed to become a skilled shooter through the Gloucester Rifle Club. Photo Amanda Moore.

Harry Moore is shooting for safety

Anne Keen

Gloucester Junior touch footy players in action last season.

Fasten on your boots for touch footy

Anne Keen

Scorpions summer soccer series to return next week

Aiming for the middle: Harry Moore is learning the skills and patience needed to become a skilled shooter through the Gloucester Rifle Club. Photo Amanda Moore.

Harry Moore is shooting for safety

Daniel Stone

Gloucester out-muscled by Manning River in interdistrict clash | Photos

Throwback: Denis Tull with a photo of his younger self and dad, new Group Three Rugby League hall of famer Keith. Photo: Rob Douglas.

Respected leader: Keith Tull joins Group Three Hall of Fame

Rob Douglas

Best Dressed winners 2018: Debbie Taylor, Isabella Turner and Carl Brunton

It’s Australia Day in Gloucester and you’re invited

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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

Best Dressed winners 2018: Debbie Taylor, Isabella Turner and Carl Brunton

It’s Australia Day in Gloucester and you’re invited

Gloucester Aged Care Units: Gloucester Apex Club was integral in the opening of the Gloucester aged care units in 1970. Photo Gloucester Historical Society

Calling all past and present APEX members

Kashi lives at the Anandaban Leprosy Hospital in Nepal. Photo supplied

A chance to hear how Kashi’s life was transformed

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Ruth Lewis

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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Hat Head product Aiden Tolman will always refer to the Macleay Vally as his "home".

Mid North Coast Now | Long road from Hat Head to the NRL

Callum McGregor

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Ruth Lewis

The ultimate rural lifestyle property

Showcase property

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Ruth Lewis

A top-shelf country home

House of the Week

Great company: Gloucester District U3A's Family History Discussion Group in 2018. The organisation will run 28 different courses in 2019.

U3A returns for 2019

Bucketts Way Neighbourhood Centre's Anne Burley and Kim Weisner with Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie.

Neighbourhood centre to welcome upgrade to facilities

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Great company: Gloucester District U3A's Family History Discussion Group in 2018. The organisation will run 28 different courses in 2019.

U3A returns for 2019

Gloucester Aged Care Units: Gloucester Apex Club was integral in the opening of the Gloucester aged care units in 1970. Photo Gloucester Historical Society

Calling all past and present APEX members

Gloucester High School students learn about the benefits of using the sun to cook their food. Photo supplied

Sun powered oven cooking

Rob Seale

Rock sculpture at Crowdy Bay beach. Photo by Scott Calvin

Rock sculpture line up at Crowdy Beach

Daniel Stone

Gloucester out-muscled by Manning River in interdistrict clash | Photos

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

Have you seen Rookie?

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

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

From our archives: Classic speedboat run from Wingham to Manning Point and back | Photos and video

Scott Calvin

Elvis impersonator John Collins looks at his reflection before boarding the Elvis Express at Central Station.

All shook up on the Elvis train to Parkes

Melissa Iaria

Chris Delforce

Aussie Farms map: Legal, but was it ethical?

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THE EVOLUTION OF: Before he was ScoMo, "fair dinkum" guy, Scott Morrison was Miami, "flashy" dresser. AAP Image/Dan Peled

I knew ScoMo when he was called Miami

Mark Bode

Occam’s razor is instructive in shave saga

Father Brendan Lee

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

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

SWIMMING: It was the perfect weather for Blake Gardan to receive a swimming lesson from Elizabeth Ticehurst at the Ryan Mitchell Swim Centre.

Port Augusta's hot weather record broken again

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Mathew McAllum is one of two former Mirvac executives to be committed to stand trial.

Ex-Mirvac execs to stand trial in Qld

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A girl has been taken to hospital after being bitten on the foot by a goanna on a Queensland beach.

Girl bitten by goanna on Queensland beach

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The revitalised wilderness track at Kinglake will reopen a decade after the Black Saturday disaster.

Park reopens decade after Black Saturday

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PM Scott Morrison is giving himself all the time he can for a miracle to arrive before the election.

Morrison waiting for one big opportunity

Angus Livingston, AAP Senior Political Writer
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The jobless rate was 5.0 per cent in the final month of 2018, down from 5.1 per cent in November.

Jobless rate dips, as part-time workers up

Marnie Banger
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Sean Price has lost a bid to appeal his sentence for murdering Melbourne teen Masa Vukotic.

Schoolgirl killer loses court appeal bid

Karen Sweeney
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Niall Blair has blamed the weather, Canberra and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for fish deaths.

NSW govt blames weather for fish kill

Tom Rabe
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Orange FOOD Week: Nuts over cool-climate produce.

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals
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Back in time: The historic Mary Valley Rattler.

Relive history this Australia Day weekend

John Rozentals

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

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

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Try this: Porterhouse steak nicoise salad

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Benefits of consolidation: A major problem for many younger workers is that most of them are disengaged, and as a result have multiple superannuation funds with small balances. The combination of all those account-keeping fees, and of premiums for insurance (which is often unwanted), is ripping their returns to shreds.

Not a super way to engage young workers

Noel Whittaker

BUILT TOUGH: The BeefEater Signature ProLine six-burner built-in barbecue is designed to withstand the tough Australian climate, with all stainless-steel components commercial grade.

Hosting the ultimate Australia Day barbecue