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Sunshine, smiles and storms at annual festival: Photos

Vanessa Arundale

GEOLINK GLIDERS: David Howley and Simon Williams are taking part in a six-day charity ride.

Donald Creek local to take part in Variety Postie Bike Dash

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1963: Students march during education week.

Awards honour excellence

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ROAD WORKS: Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall urges councils to apply and secure up to $300,000 each to help repair local roads damaged by increased drought freight movements.

Councils urged to apply for grants to help repair local roads

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TRADITION: Private Walter Saunders. Picture: AWM P00889.012

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

Remembrance: The unveiling of a memorial in Toogoolawah, Queensland. Pictures: Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. H17643

Places of love and loss, of heroes all

Maeve McKenna

Survivor: Helen Mary Jones in Tamworth. Photo: Peter Hardin

‘I know how they feel’: survivors to gather for national apology

Breanna Chillingworth

Sunshine, smiles and storms at annual festival: Photos

Vanessa Arundale

GEOLINK GLIDERS: David Howley and Simon Williams are taking part in a six-day charity ride.

Donald Creek local to take part in Variety Postie Bike Dash

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Sunshine, smiles and storms at annual festival: Photos

TOP EFFORT: Emily McMeniman was one of the day's best as the Group 19 women's nines got underway. Photo: Lynverell Photography.

Glen Innes off to a winning start in nines competition

Ellen Dunger

Zone 13’s interclub season commences with double header | Photos

Ellen Dunger

HONOURED: Cooper Wilkinson and Amelia Mazzie, pictured front and centre, with fellow NIAS athletes at the awards night. Photo: Darrel Whan

Pairing crowned as NIAS’ best for 2018 at awards ceremony

Ben Jaffrey and Ellen Dunger

TOP EFFORT: Emily McMeniman was one of the day's best as the Group 19 women's nines got underway. Photo: Lynverell Photography.

Glen Innes off to a winning start in nines competition

Tickford Racing's Cameron Waters was among three team combinations to thrive on the Gold Coast.

Supercars strugglers enjoy rare success

Ed Jackson

Australian Invictus athlete Jamie Tanner will compete in his third and final Games in Sydney.

Winning isn't everything at Invictus Games

Belinda Tasker

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

The Walcha Farmers' Market is held in McHattan Park on the third Saturday of the month during spring and summer

Farmers’ market this Saturday is a festival highlight

Vanessa Arundale

CHARM SET: The Walcha Quilters will hold another colourful exhibition of quilts from across the region.

Quilting exhibition opens Friday night in Walcha

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

SURREALIST SINGER: Hester Fraser (aka Goldheist) in front of one of Needham's works.

Walcha Mountain Festival features on REALM tour:VIDEO

Vanessa Arundale

Walcha Rotarian Andrew Corlette said everyone from near and far is invited.

Walcha Rotary hosts a drought break

Vanessa Arundale

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

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Travel beyond the border

Half the starring cast of Friends, the hit television show that epitomised 1990s style. Photo: Shutterstock

90s style, reborn | Trending

Linley Wilkie

Stunning home in a prime location

Well fenced property in a good location

Hartland has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a separate garage-studio. Inset: Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett makes $1.2 million return to Southern Highlands

Lucy Macken

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

Sunshine, smiles and storms at annual festival: Photos

Zone 13’s interclub season commences with double header | Photos

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

Walcha artists shine in the City of Lights: video

Walcha comes together as the $10million collected for 2018 Drought Relief begins to be distributed: PHOTOS

NOT SO EASY RIDER: Paul Jessop with his Scrapheap Adventure bike enroute to Pooncarie. He said he enjoyed stopping in small towns on the way to spend money with local businesses doing it tough in the drought.

Saved from the scrap heap for charity: VIDEO

Vanessa Arundale

The Walcha Council Waste Water team: Tess Dawson, senior manager – water, sewer & waste, Sean Perkins, project officer and Dylan Reeves, director of engineering standing in front of the renovated tertiary treatment pond and the newly installed pond.

Working on our waste water: VIDEO

Vanessa Arundale

Ladies who lunch enjoy the day at Ivybank: PHOTOS

Vanessa Arundale

Turning to history for the 2018 kid’s games

Vanessa Arundale

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

SPOTLIGHT: Failings of the aged care industry will come under scrutiny from a Royal Commission.

Advocacy groups applaud aged care Royal Commission news

Eileen Wood

Simply stunned: Michael Palin said he feels "incredibly lucky" to have had such a diverse career, from Monty Python to travelling the world. Photo: John Swannell

Michael Palin: Always look on the bright side of life

Samara Ross

COMMONPLACE: Close to one million colonoscopies are carried out each year.

Colonoscopy stories wanted

Samara Ross

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has warned against protectionist trade deals.

Bishop warns of American trade approach

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Cyberbullying laws named for Amy "Dolly" Everett have cleared the first hurdle in NSW parliament.

Dolly's Law takes step forward in NSW

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Australian powerlifter Nicole Bradley has lifted 70kg to take home Invictus Games silver.

Aust women display power at Invictus Games

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Man on run after escaping Melbourne court

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has attended the Invictus Games and met with veterans.

Another royal spotted at Invictus Games

Gemma Najem

Australian and US scientists are studying a molecule from Antarctica that removes greenhouse gas.

Antarctic mission for purifying molecule

Ethan James

NSW hospital shooter had 'mafia delusion'

Sarah McPhee

Gargasoulas hopes for release, court told

Amber Wilson

The locals of Puglia are passionate foodies.

The under-the-radar foodie delight of Puglia

Scott McRae

Part of the Western Australian landscape … the Pinnacles. PIC: Australia.com

Six highlights in your travel week | 22 Oct

John Rozentals

Citadines on Bourke … absolutely mid-city location.

The rise of the apartment-hotel

John Rozentals

A torn ACL is almost always a significant acute (sudden) traumatic injury. Descriptions patients give are usually of a situation where their foot is planted and they change direction and feel their knee give way.

Your guide if you’ve torn your ACL

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Taking the work out of homework: Homework and study are often seen as a chore, but with a little thought, your child’s study area can be a great place to both find focus and enjoy.

Go to the top of the class

Jennifer Birchall

Let the sun in: Light, fresh and airy - the Hampton's style is reminiscent of long summer days and light filled spaces.

How to: Hampton’s style

Jennifer Birchall