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Budding athletes: Gloucester High School's Tri Challenge team has been hard at work in the past year. Photo: Rob Douglas.

Young guns can't wait to race

Rob Douglas

Lara Whatson

Gloucester Public advances in girls and boys hockey knockout

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The Gloucester Magpies premier winning sides from 1988, 2008 and 2011. Photos: supplied.

Old Boys Day a fund raiser for prostate cancer awareness

Rob Douglas

Big scores and great performances

Big scores and great performances

Gloucester Soccer Club

Police officers hang out with Gloucester Preschool during a community engagement day in June. A similar session will be held in Nabiac later this month.

Come and meet local police officers in Nabiac

Be active: Taree and Forster hold parkrun each Saturday morning.

WHAT'S ON
Something for everyone this weekend

Two of the participants in a previous Dirty Dog Tail Run. Photo: Judith Conning

WHAT'S ON
Last chance to grab tickets for a fur-tastic adventure

Police officers hang out with Gloucester Preschool during a community engagement day in June. A similar session will be held in Nabiac later this month.

Come and meet local police officers in Nabiac

Hunter Wind Ensemble, pictured at the recent Canberra National Eisteddfod, will perform at Taree on Sunday, with a workshop and another concert in Tuncurry on Monday (see page 9 for details).

WHAT'S ON
Markets, music and arts

Todd Alexander: author of best-selling memoir 'Thirty thousand bottles of wine and a pig called Helga'. Photos provided

WHAT'S ON
Author talk promises smiles and laughter

Julia Driscoll

Read Mid North Coast Now here

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

SOMETHING TO TRUMPET: Everyone likes to look good in Cochin, India.

Cruise Singapore to Dubai next year

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Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

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Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

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Luxury at One Mile Beach

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Ruth Lewis

A breathtaking riverfront property

A breathtaking riverfront property

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Rodney and Bailey Gorton demonstrate the blacksmiths forge as part of a Locals Day.

More volunteers needed for Stroud and District Historical Society

Rob Douglas

Gloucester VIEW Club members Joan Harwood and Marlene Merchant. Photo supplied.

VIEW Club ladies who lunch in style

Judy Earle

Winged discovery: Gloucester Environment Group members spy birds, but sadly no whales, on Yacaaba Headland. Photo supplied.

Gloucester Environment Group checks out Yacaaba summit

Luke Grey

Rodney and Bailey Gorton demonstrate the blacksmiths forge as part of a Locals Day.

More volunteers needed for Stroud and District Historical Society

MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

Helen Bryan and Nola Lawrence

Sewing group has bagged a new project

Jeanene Duncan

Meme? Why are people so meme. Geddit?

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Why are people so meme?

Crazy: A man races through the level crossing, right in the path of not one, but two trains. Picture: Transport for NSW

Watch the dangerous double cross in front of two NSW

Photo: Rob Eggins

PHOTOS
A mega gallery of photos from the snow at Barrington Tops

'Good to have a dog in the backyard again': Sergeant Luke Warburton at home with T-Bone.

Life, near-death and man's best friend: Luke Warburton's story

Life, on Australia's third-largest island. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Can you name our three biggest islands?

Stan Gorton

Four paws: The flying Keybow in action at Albion Park. Picture Brisbane Greyhounds.

Chasing winners - Dapto August 15

Peter Davis

Matthew De Gruchy walks free from Long Bay jail on Thursday morning. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Triple murderer Matthew De Gruchy walks free after two decades behind bars

Cydonee Mardon

From our archives: Dirty Dog Tail Run in Coopernook State Forest 2016 | Photos and video

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From our archives: Dirty Dog Tail Run in Coopernook State Forest 2016 | Photos and video

Scott Calvin

Dress up without the stress

Dress up without the stress

Michelle Haines Thomas

Infrastructure Australia just assumes the high population growth has to happen and that there is nothing we can do about it. Picture: Andrew Meares

OPINION
We must ignore the doctor's orders and treat population growth properly

Crispin Hull

Want to have your shiraz and drink it too? Picture: Louie Douvis

OPINION
It's not always fair to blame the big bad banks

Simon Cowan

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

Building Bridges to Boorowa volunteer Dick Orchard takes a break from tree planting. Photo: Andrew Scott

Tree change: How one Orchard and an army of volunteers can make a difference

Geraldine Cardozo

The former chief attendant of the Martin Place Cenotaph in Sydney Walter Scott-Smith has died.

Iconic guardian of Sydney cenotaph dies

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A man carrying a Taiwanese flag was grabbed around the neck by pro-China protesters in Sydney.

Hong Kong protests reach Australia

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Alan Jones has been warned about making more offensive remarks like the ones made about the NZ PM.

Radio boss warns Jones over NZ PM remarks

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A 23-year-old man has been charged over the murder of Australian surfer Sean McKinnon in New Zealand

NZ man behind bars over Aust surfer death

The PM told leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum that Australia's reliance on coal is falling.

PM Fiji says Morrison no longer a friend

Rebecca Gredley and Colin Brinsden

Scott Morrison has accused lobby group Get Up of 'vile personal attacks' on candidates.

Morrison vows to crack down on GetUp

Kathryn Bermingham

Labor says NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro should stand up for rural jobs or resign as threatened.

Labor slam NSW Premier, deputy on job cuts

Hannah Higgins

Forecasters are predicting little relief over summer for Queensland's drought-stricken farmers.

Queensland facing another hot, dry summer

Warren Barnsley

Concerning NSW Farmers Goat Committee is the proposal for Red Meat Australia to take a more active role in industry advocacy and the allocation of levy money.

Goat Council leader calls on farmers to have their say

Katie Davies

The Elders Riverina Merino ram of the year from Poll Boonoke with Livestock Manager, Justin Campbell, Malcolm Hunt, Elders, Annie Romanian from Apiam Animal Health, judge, Ken Noakes, Forbes, Clyde McKenzie, Elders and Poll Boonoke stud manager Shannon Mitchell.

Seventh win for Poll Boonoke

Olivia Calver

Cut out the 'bull' from anti red meat agenda

Cut out the 'bull' from anti red meat agenda

Two monks walk in the Sacred Garden at the heart of Lumbini. Pictures: Michael Turtle

The holiest site you've never heard of

Michael Turtle

Chippendale: one of Sydney's hippest, artiest neighbourhoods.

Travel deals: Where will you go next?

John Rozentals

NOT YOUR AVERAGE TENT ... Guests staying in the super-comfy tents at Kings Canyon Resort wake in the morning to the Red Centre at its finest.

Canvass a luxury option

Sue Preston

Options: There are plenty of ways to create beautiful and practical outdoor spaces that are also low on maintenance and water requirements. Photos by Jason Busch.

Tips to create water-wise gardens

Compact: The whole house is only 100 square mtres. Photos: Willem Rethmeier on Bowerbird

Tropical retreat is as beautiful as it is practical

At just 17 years of age, Jarrod Emeny was left paraplegic when the vehicle he was driving rolled into a tree. He shared his story through The Land's first podcast series, Hear Them Raw. Pictures: Supplied

'You're just saying in your head, don't be dead'

Lucy Kinbacher