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Vote for your Country Championships fashion favourite

Tracey Fairhurst

Stylish combo: Anthony and Kodie Shipway have got 'the look' taking out the best dressed couple in the fashion stakes at the 2018 Port Cup. Photo: Port Macquarie Focus.

Have you got 'the look' for trackside on Sunday?

Tracey Fairhurst

A flying fox caught in fruit tree netting.

Flying foxes getting stuck in fruit tree netting

Last year, agriculture minister David Littleproud and Lyne MP Dr David Gillespie met dairy farmers at Cleary's farm in Brombin.

Lyne MP calls for milk levy

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Church for sale: St Mark's Anglican church in Comboyne has been deconsecrated and is on the market.

Church for sale in Comboyne | video

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Lady luck shines on Lake Cathie retiree

NEWBIES: Liam Harbour, Lilliana Dring, Gabrielle Powell, Macey White and Harlem Gibbons settle into K12.

Kindies settle into Huntingdon Public School

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Vote for your Country Championships fashion favourite

Tracey Fairhurst

Stylish combo: Anthony and Kodie Shipway have got 'the look' taking out the best dressed couple in the fashion stakes at the 2018 Port Cup. Photo: Port Macquarie Focus.

Have you got 'the look' for trackside on Sunday?

Tracey Fairhurst

Vote for your Country Championships fashion favourite

Winner: Lucciola Belle stormed home to win the $150,000 Country Championships Qualifier (1200m) in Port Macquarie. Photo: Tracey Fairhurst

Lucciola Belle storms home to earn a place at Randwick final

Ray Hickson

Our Berkley Pic of the Week is Kate Shelton with this solid kingfish she recently caught off Plomer on a live bait.

Stay on the move to avoid weed

Jason Isaac

John Sprague is adamant Shelly Beach Road is ready for the 2019 Country Championships edition in Port Macquarie on Sunday.

Shelly Beach Road finds her stride for Country Championships

Ray Hickson

Winner: Lucciola Belle stormed home to win the $150,000 Country Championships Qualifier (1200m) in Port Macquarie. Photo: Tracey Fairhurst

Lucciola Belle storms home to earn a place at Randwick final

Looker's battle with the mind a race he's looking to win

Ray Hickson

FREESTYLE: Tyler Jess, Nash Martin, Darcy Balderston, Will Newell and Bailey Andrews from Wauchope Public School happy to be at the pool.

District schools go head to head in race for pool glory

Laura Telford

The AA group in Wauchope was the first in country New South Wales when it started 70 years ago.

Seven decades of recovery from alcohol addiction in the Hastings

New life for lost art of blacksmiths at Glasshouse

Laura Telford

ALWAYS TRAINING: Each week the SES have regular training sessions to keep volunteers at the top of their game.

The SES are asking people to come and join their ranks

Laura Telford

The AA group in Wauchope was the first in country New South Wales when it started 70 years ago.

Seven decades of recovery from alcohol addiction in the Hastings

GREAT NIGHT: Australia's Got Drag will be hosted by local drag celebrities Misty Boxx and Arie Ola.

Drag queens ready to take Port Macquarie by storm

Laura Telford

Set to shine: Tom Dennerley, Brad Hammon and Bill Reid with a 1932 Ford Ute and 1934 three window Ford Coupe.

Coasters hot rods to shine in Port

Robert Dougherty

Blast from the past: Danielle, Xavier and Hannah Kenny of Wauchope.

Blast from the past as community celebrates bicentenary

Tracey Fairhurst

Community invited to celebrate 200 years of history

Dance group: The Birpai Mitjian dance group in action at a recent event. The group will be front and centre during Sunday's John Oxley Bicentenary family-friendly event on Town Green.

Cultural connections for community bicentenary celebration

Peter Daniels

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Ruth Lewis

Care: Michael's team from Bundaleer Home and Community Care manages his care morning and night. Photo: Michael Treacy with his Mum, Penny and carer Geoff Collett.

NDIS changing lives

Brooke Hodgson

All about family: Three generations of the Porter family call the remote property home.

No place like home

Brooke Hodgson

Read the latest edition - just click on the cover above.

Read Mid North Coast Now here

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

Promise of an idyllic lifestyle

House of the week

Map of auctions and homes open for inspection: February 15 – February 21, 2019

Ruth Lewis

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Ruth Lewis

IN HARMONY: Wauchope Sing Australia performed at the showground on Australia Day.

Happy birthday to Wauchope Sing Australia

POWERING THROUGH: Axl Pope takes part in the boys butterfly race and comes first.

Splash-tastic: Wauchope Public School swimming carnival | photos

Letitia Fitzpatrick

HURRAY: Groups from around the Hastings celebrate winning a Hastings Co-op community chest grant.

Boost for community groups from Hastings Co-op | photos

Letitia Fitzpatrick

IN HARMONY: Wauchope Sing Australia performed at the showground on Australia Day.

Happy birthday to Wauchope Sing Australia

FRESH START: teacher Petrina Lewis, assistant Cherie Knox and teacher Rachel Moss with the 26 new kindies at St Joseph's Primary in Wauchope.

Two sets of twins among kindies at St Joseph’s

Letitia Fitzpatrick

The AA group in Wauchope was the first in country New South Wales when it started 70 years ago.

Seven decades of recovery from alcohol addiction in the Hastings

Vote for your Country Championships fashion favourite

Safety first: Judy Brown and YFCC health promotion officer Jasmin Dunn celebrate National Condom Day. Picture: Brodie Weeding

Sexual health app launched on National Condom Day

HAPPY AT SCHOOL: Teacher Mr Darren Beard and SLSO Mrs Deb Harris with the KDB class.

Wauchope Public School: cute kindy classes with winning smiles

Two utes valued at $300k among treasures lost in container spill

FREESTYLE: Tyler Jess, Nash Martin, Darcy Balderston, Will Newell and Bailey Andrews from Wauchope Public School happy to be at the pool.

District schools go head to head in race for pool glory

Laura Telford

INVISIBLE EXERCISE: See how your pelvic floor works and the proper way to exercise it in free 3D animated videos.

Ladies, it’s time to exercise that pelvic floor – you too guys

Eileen Wood

Lady Gaga and Mark Ronson perform "Shallow" at the 61st annual Grammy Awards.

Who won what at the 2019 Grammy Awards

Frock up and win at Port Macquarie races on Sunday

NRL won’t bow to pressure to stand down Jack de Belin

Danny Weidler

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Letter: transparency needed over use of public funds

Take a seat, make it yours

Michelle Haines Thomas

‘I stopped breathing’: Water safety skills ‘vital’ for seniors

Geraldine Cardozo

INVISIBLE EXERCISE: See how your pelvic floor works and the proper way to exercise it in free 3D animated videos.

Ladies, it’s time to exercise that pelvic floor – you too guys

Eileen Wood

SALT OF THE EARTH: Landcare volunteer Graeme Stevenson was one of three finalists in the prestigious Bob Hawke Landcare Award last year.

Job well dung for poo-ologist

Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Labor's lead over Scott Morrison's coalition government has been cut in the latest Ipsos poll.

Labor's lead cut in latest opinion poll

MISSION: Wagga Farmers Simon and Eugene Moloney prepare to depart for the floods in North Queensland via Cootamundra to deliver much-needed cattle feed.

Farmers in cattle feed mission to flooded north Qld

Labor has pledged to keep the giant pandas, including Wang Wang, at Adelaide Zoo.

Labor promises pandas, Libs keep to cows

Christian Porter has defended a security contract awarded to a contractor on Manus Island.

A-G Porter defends Manus security contract

Jenny Morrison says her husband - and prime minister -Scott is very sensitive about issues.

PM's wife talks up 'sensitive' Scott

Kaitlyn Offer

NSW Labor leader Michael Daley is promising more local workers if he wins the election on March 23.

NSW Labor pledges more local workers

A man has been attacked by a shark while surfing near Belongil Beach on the NSW north coast.

Shark attacks surfer near Byron Bay

Dominica Sanda and Robyn Wuth

PM Scott Morrison has welcomed Australia's largest cargo ship, the Tasmanian Achiever II.

Australia's largest cargo ship unveiled

Ethan James

Zone 6 Showgirl finals winners, Sally Downie, Forbes, Emily Ryan, Coonamble, and Josie Anderson, Dubbo. The judging and finals dinner was hosted by Young Show Society on Saturday.

Sally, Emily and Josie off to Sydney

Andrew Norris

HELP IS HERE: Registered counsellor Zoe Cox has already helped 350 people in the Central West since her appointment by Rural Aid. Photo: SUPPLIED 021119zoe1

Saving lives, helping farming families thanks to donations

Nadine Morton

Animals left without food, water: the fire's aftermath

Laini Kirkman

Four Points: One of last pieces of the jigsaw.

Chippendale shows a more modern side

John Rozentals

Parramasala: A vibrant cross-section of cultures.

Your weekly travel inspiration

Skip the flowers and hit the road with your Valentine

SURVIVOR: Carol Maney was twice a victim of forced adoption. Picture: Frances Vinall

Forced adoption: stolen babies, family secrets, unsolved mysteries

Frances Vinall

PASSIVE DESIGN: Done correctly, it can reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary heating or cooling, which accounts for about 40 per cent (or much more in some climates) of energy use in the average Australian home.

Go passive on design

Bige enough for three - Generation X&Y, Millennials and Boomers have all hit the workforce - with different skills and experiences.

The X-Y breakdown of generations in Australia

Zoe Cartwright