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Frank Compton and Phil Bowden from Gloucester's CalCo Surveyors have already been at the site in preparation for construction. Photo Anne Keen

Gloucester's new nursing home is ready for the builders

Anne Keen

A room full of strong, amazing women who have worked hard for their community. Photo supplied.

Do you remember when?

Anne Keen

News from the fairway

News from the fairway

Gloucester Golf Club

Gloucester Women's Bowling Club: Ladies Triples Championship winners Jill Everett, Judy Sheely, Joan Ridgeway. Photo supplied

News from the bowling green

Gloucester Bowling Club

Gloucester Hockey Club's Toreen Denyer, Elyssa Keen, Darcey Fry and Elise Coombes traveled to Wagga Wagga for the competition. Photo Anne Keen

Gloucester girls represent Manning

Anne Keen

Gloucester Soccer Club's younger players get into the action at the fields on Saturday. Photo supplied

Scorpions weekly wrap up

Horse events should continue as planned

Horse events should continue as planned

Frank Compton and Phil Bowden from Gloucester's CalCo Surveyors have already been at the site in preparation for construction. Photo Anne Keen

Gloucester's new nursing home is ready for the builders

Anne Keen

A room full of strong, amazing women who have worked hard for their community. Photo supplied.

Do you remember when?

Anne Keen

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News from the fairway

News from the fairway

Gloucester Golf Club

Gloucester Women's Bowling Club: Ladies Triples Championship winners Jill Everett, Judy Sheely, Joan Ridgeway. Photo supplied

News from the bowling green

Gloucester Bowling Club

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Submit your sports results

Gloucester Hockey Club's Toreen Denyer, Elyssa Keen, Darcey Fry and Elise Coombes traveled to Wagga Wagga for the competition. Photo Anne Keen

Gloucester girls represent Manning

Anne Keen

Gloucester Soccer Club's younger players get into the action at the fields on Saturday. Photo supplied

Scorpions weekly wrap up

Wyndham built the first Greek style building in Australia (Dalwood House) with the help of his convicts.

Descendants' Day at Dalwood, and the workers' descendants are invited too

A young general duties officer, Trevor Carrol outside the Forster Police Station with twin sons, Marc and Luke in 1985.

Exposing the dark underbelly of Forster

Wingham lights up: The Winter Solstice Lantern Walk will be held this Saturday evening at the Wingham Brush Nature Reserve. Photo: Julie Slavin.

Your guide to what's on

Wyndham built the first Greek style building in Australia (Dalwood House) with the help of his convicts.

Descendants' Day at Dalwood, and the workers' descendants are invited too

Migration: There are an estimated 30,000 humpbacks swmming north along our coastlines to their Queensland and Western Australian breeding grounds over the next few months. Photo: ORRCA member Jodie Lowe

A whale of a milestone

Julia Driscoll

Follow the yellow brick road: Will Bowden, Charlotte Maslen, Ethan Bird, Bella Yates, Anneka Hooke and Bethany Hester are part of 2019 GHS musical cast. Photo Anne Keen

We're off to see the Wizard of Oz

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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Helloworld mobile travel agent, Maree Anthony at Thornybush Game Reserve near Kruger National Park on a recent trip to South Africa. Photo supplied

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A picturesque riverfront retreat

A picturesque riverfront retreat

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Read Three Valleys Domain here

Read Three Valleys Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Immersed in natural beauty

Immersed in natural beauty

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REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

Judy Farley, Ronda Teece, Suzanne Landers, Claire Reynolds and Melinda Higgins together for the cheque presentation. Photo supplied

Quota club helps out Day for Derek

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Gloucester Local Health Committee community volunteers Marion Rounsley, Colleen McKay and Christine Bolton. Photo Anne Keen

Letter: What is Gloucester Local Health Committee?

Jack Wratten and Gai Clarke had their traditional Aboriginal dot paintings on display at Gloucester's Perenti cafe in May 2018. Photo Anne Keen

From cafe to gallery

Anne Keen

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

Liz Stevenson and Ron Martin with Shiloh the four-month-old Australian mini pig.

Meet the pig that graduated from puppy pre-school

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: A humpback whale breaches spectacularly in front of Dean Sorley's kayak in Fingal Bay last week. Picture: Dean Sorley

Imagine being in this kayak

Australian captain Sam Kerr wrote a letter to her former coach Aaron Holt for saving her football career. Picture: Karleen Minney

Meet the man who saved Sam Kerr's football career

Cadaver dog Bryson found Noel Ingham's remains in the bushland at Dulverton.

He was his mate, his carer and ended up ... his murderer

Sandy Powell

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

Julia Driscoll

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

Joanne McCarthy

A deep dive into the truth about the truth

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A deep dive into the truth about the truth

Father Brendan Lee

Jonathan 'Budgie' Williams with one of his two staffy dogs outside his family's tent home at Mt Pleasant in Tasmania's North. Picture: Scott Gelston

The chilling reality behind our housing crisis

Rob Inglis

Wyndham built the first Greek style building in Australia (Dalwood House) with the help of his convicts.

Descendants' Day at Dalwood, and the workers' descendants are invited too

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

The increase in public hospital funding in 2017/18 was higher than recent average annual rises.

Public hospitals costing more: report

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A review of NT's parole system sparked by the deadly shootings in Darwin found no serious problems.

More drug testing of NT parolees: review

Bradley Robert Edwards was convicted of assault over an attack on a woman at Hollywood Hospital.

Claremont kill accused's 'pent up anger'

Former Victoria Police officer Paul Dale is reappearing before the Lawyer X inquiry.

Vic Police warned over 'Lawyer X' docs

RUNNING WITH IT: Adrian Bol (second from left) pictured with family at the end of his challenge. From left, Grace Sanna, Damon Bol and Rina Kogoi. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli

Seven marathons in seven days on seven beaches

Rowan Cowley

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie will speak at a Sydney festival in August.

Data whistleblower coming to Aust festival

Anastasios Karatzas has been found guilty of murdering his 68-year-old wife, Georgia Karatzas.

Melbourne man found guilty of killing wife

One of the five men convicted for killing Sydney nurse Anita Cobby has been attacked in a NSW prison

Anita Cobby killer attacked in NSW prison

Simmental Australia president, Stuart Moeck, sashes senior and grand Simmental bull, Settler Nelson.

Ribbons in four state spread

Mark Griggs

Heavier cattle sold to firm to dearer trend on the previous sale while values for cattle going back to the paddock eased according to Landmark Cooma agent Damien Roach.

Cows to 249c/kg at Cooma

Stephen Burns

Winx is off to stud at Yarraman Park in the Hunter Valley to be joined with I Am Invincible.

Winx finds her man and he's Invincible

John Ellicott

Salwater crocodile spotting is a major part of the Yellow Waters Cruise.

Wildlife abounds on billabong adventures in Kakadu

Vanessa Hayden

Lying down on the job? Just part of the entertainment at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival.

Inspiration for your next holiday

John Rozentals

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

EXTRA CARE: Belinda Scougall has made sure Marshall knows his way around her home and has a ramp leading up to her bed.

Living with a blind dog is a lesson in love

Linley Wilkie

These kids are addicted to [screens] and the behavioural aggression is often a response to having the addiction withdrawal when time's up.

Your kid's tantrum might actually be screen time withdrawal

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Tax crimes: The Shawshank Redemption follows the story of prisoners Andy (Tim Robbins) and Red (Morgan Freeman, pictured) as they help the guards shelter money from tax.

Films to see you through taxing times