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What's in a name?: Cross Counter crosses the line in the 2018 Melbourne Cup.

Georgie’s cracker of a mistake

Coogee Cross

255 and not out: John Sellwood 83, John Mann and Max Holstien, both 86, played the recent Walcha Veterans Golf Open together.

A.J. just misses out

A.J. Cross

Walcha land big win over Armidale in Connolly Cup clash | Photos

Ellen Dunger

What's in a name?: Cross Counter crosses the line in the 2018 Melbourne Cup.

Georgie’s cracker of a mistake

Making a mark: Owen Presnell, John Sellwood and Julie Presnell with John's 600 board.

Sandgreens milestone

AJ Cross

Cars have drivers in a tailspin

Coogee Cross

Cattle prices are set to reach record highs according to Simon Quilty of MLX

Mapping the Northern Tablelands’ livestock future pricing

Rural

LEST WE FORGET: Part of the display at the Walcha Ex-Services Club

Take a minute this Sunday to reflect on those lost

Vanessa Arundale

Walcha Historical Society secretary Jane Morrison with one of the christening gowns

High Tea and tackers at museum: video

Vanessa Arundale

Cattle prices are set to reach record highs according to Simon Quilty of MLX

Mapping the Northern Tablelands’ livestock future pricing

Tours of the Hercules were very popular at the 2016 Walcha Airshow and the aircraft is returning on Saturday November 3

They’ll be flying through the air next week || video

Vanessa Arundale

Walcha artist Angus Nivison in front of his works 'Light into Darkness #2 and #3

Walcha artists shine in the City of Lights: video

Vanessa Arundale

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

PLAY BASED PROGRAM: The centre is open five days a week. Its outdoor environment focuses on engaging children with the natural environment.

Community based and affordable care

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What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Man of the moment: Santa reassures the children of the world that they have the power within themselves to stay on the Good List.

Santa believes in you too

Jennifer Birchall

Stone and timber home in rural setting

House of the week: 9589 New England Highway, Arding

Family life in paradise | 11 McCarthy Road

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

Vanessa Arundale

Slice of history: The panel added to the monument in the Walcha War Memorial Park after the end of World War II.

Call for more to war

Bob Walsh

The fatal flight: Lost lives of the Lutana

Simon Bourke

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

CHAMPION: Olympian Cecil Healy died in battle. Picture: AWM P04366.007

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

GRAND DESIGNS: Australian engineers rebuild a crossing over the Somme swamps near Cléry on September 2, 1918, to keep communications open and transport moving after the capture of Péronne. Picture: AWM E03143

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Ogier takes advantage of WRC start time

MOTORBIKE MECCA: Brad Keable and Toni Heaney from the Walcha Royal Cafe with Walcha Tourism manager Susie Crawford, Walcha mayor Eric Noakes and the BMW famil group.

Easy riders cruise through Walcha: video

Practice is over, now it’s ‘rally’ real

When the World Rally Championship comes to town

35 photos from the Coffs Coast World Rally showdown

A centenary of remembering the end of one of our worst wars: photos

Vanessa Arundale

Walcha land big win over Armidale in Connolly Cup clash | Photos

Ellen Dunger

Peter Fenwicke is one of two suggestions for the Walcha sporting oval

This legendary brother was a sports achiever all-round: Letter to the editor

Col King

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

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned APEC leaders against burdening small nations with debt.

China debt 'not a trap' but US disagrees

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'Trolley Man' Michael Rogers has appeared in a Melbourne court accused of stealing.

Trolley man gets bail, banned from CBD

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US backs Australian naval base in PNG

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Abe visits NT site for Japan's soldiers

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country's Belt and Road Initiative is not "a trap".

China infrastructure 'not a trap': Xi

Angus Livingston

India President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Sydney and Melbourne next week.

Indian president Kovind to visit Australia

Wedding mag closes after controversy

Jodie Stephens

Shane O'Neill and his boys are remembered every November 18 with a small family gathering at the wharf.

10 years after a triple, the grief remains raw

Paul Cozens

A bellowing good time on Scotland’s west coast

Rochelle Tubb

The exterior facade of the QT building is a mixture of old and new.

Being a tourist in my own city and seeing it in a whole new light

Scott McRae

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

SECRET IDENTITY: Greg Smith as Barry Burton, the world-weary mercenary from Resident Evil, the hugely popular video game.

From school principal to cult video game star?

Jody Lindbeck

Putting up your Christmas decorations early makes you friendlier, science says

Grace Ryan

Get your safety sorted: In addition to following these tips, pool owners should have a professional assessment of their pool’s compliance in order to ensure their pool is safe for all users.

Stay pool safe this season