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Got him: Macleay opener Lewis Mickel is bowled by Dylan Lewis.

Hastings River cruise past Macleay and in to interdistrict final

Paul Jobber

Great work: Junior team members of the Lower North Coast District Golf Association (LNCDGA) with their manager Howard Burrows (centre).

Juniors prove to be a hit at golf tournament

Liz Langdale

Down you go: Nat Tickle (left) and Jayden Rose (right) combine to make a tackle against Hastings Valley last season.

Wauchope Thunder return south to Lower Mid North Coast comp

Paul Jobber

Got him: Macleay opener Lewis Mickel is bowled by Dylan Lewis.

Hastings River cruise past Macleay and in to interdistrict final

Dan Murphy with his bass.

Successful month of fishing for Wauchope club

Dan Murphy

Will Newell has been selected for the Under 12 Australian Futsal team touring Malaysia later this year. Photo supplied.

Will Newell from Wauchope will represent his country at futsal

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Award-winning toastmasters Tom McIlveen, Kay Simmons and Simon Mervyn Jones at a competition last year.

Toastmasters coming to Wauchope for special night

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Future bright for star singer Blake O’Connor

Wauchope RSL sub-branch AGM on February 21

Award-winning toastmasters Tom McIlveen, Kay Simmons and Simon Mervyn Jones at a competition last year.

Toastmasters coming to Wauchope for special night

Grape fun: Bago Vineyards spokesperson Ian Adams with the grape stomping championships trophy made from a wine barrel.

Stomp your way onto the wall of fame at Bago Vineyards

Lisa Tisdell

LET'S DANCE: Celebrities and dance partners gathered at the launch of the 2019 Stars of the Hastings. PHOTO: Jade McDonald, Little Glimpses Images.

Stars don dancing shoes to help the Cancer Council

Laura Telford

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

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

No place like home

Brooke Hodgson

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

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Hat Head product Aiden Tolman will always refer to the Macleay Vally as his "home".

Mid North Coast Now | Long road from Hat Head to the NRL

Callum McGregor

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

Deep waterfront living

House of the Week

Map of auctions and homes open for inspection: January 18 – January 23, 2019

Ruth Lewis

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Ruth Lewis

Applications open soon for round two of the council grants program.

Apply soon: new round of council grants available

Award-winning toastmasters Tom McIlveen, Kay Simmons and Simon Mervyn Jones at a competition last year.

Toastmasters coming to Wauchope for special night

The planned regional sporting fields at Wauchope.

Concern over funds for Wauchope sporting fields

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Applications open soon for round two of the council grants program.

Apply soon: new round of council grants available

The Commercial Bank in Wauchope. Photo courtesy of Helen Grant's personal family collection.

Is it true? The goat chase and the happy ending

Chris Rogan, Wauchope History

If you're challenged time-wise, you may want to pop in and volunteer at a Lifeline shop when you have a spare hour.

Scared of commitment? Be a pop-in volunteer at Lifeline

Got him: Macleay opener Lewis Mickel is bowled by Dylan Lewis.

Hastings River cruise past Macleay and in to interdistrict final

Pappinbarra residents grateful to volunteer firefighters

Great bike night in Wauchope | photos

LET'S DANCE: Celebrities and dance partners gathered at the launch of the 2019 Stars of the Hastings. PHOTO: Jade McDonald, Little Glimpses Images.

Stars don dancing shoes to help the Cancer Council

Ewe are joking! Check out these weird and wacky ways to keep your pet cool

Tanya Marschke

Gwyn and Liz Williams from Port Macquarie at Bago Vineyards.

Vineyards and music are a winning combination

Lisa Tisdell

Rafael Nadal

It’s day 1 of the Australia Open and it’s hot

Elvis impersonator John Collins looks at his reflection before boarding the Elvis Express at Central Station.

All shook up on the Elvis train to Parkes

Melissa Iaria

Democracy in action?: Newly minted Liberal candidate for Gilmore, Warren Mundine, with Scott Morrison in Nowra on Wednesday after the Prime Minister announced Mr Mundine would replace preselected candidate Grant Schultz. Picture: Mick Tsikas

How political class is abusing democracy

John Hewson

Lyne MP David Gillespie: Australia is still considered to be the “lucky” country by many around the world, so be proud and celebrate on Australia Day.

Column: We are the envy of the world says MP

Member for Lyne David Gillespie

Chris Delforce

Aussie Farms map: Legal, but was it ethical?

The Land

GET IT RIGHT: Ensuring your seat belt fits properly could prove critical in a crash.

Seat belts: Are you using yours properly?

Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani.

Cutting off melanoma escape routes

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

Melbourne is forecast to reach 44C on Friday - the hottest maximum since Black Saturday in 2009.

Blackouts as Vic faces 'oppressive' heat

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Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been detained in Beijing.

Australia meets China over detained writer

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Adelaide's 80-year-old record has been broken with the mercury touching 46.2C in the city.

Adelaide records hottest ever day

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Niall Blair has blamed the weather, Canberra and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for fish deaths.

NSW govt blames weather for fish kill

A girl has been taken to hospital after being bitten on the foot by a goanna on a Queensland beach.

Girl savagely bitten by goanna in Qld

Aaron Bunch and Robyn Wuth

Sydney's Sirius apartment block was put up for sale in 2018 but its fate remains unclear.

Opal developer drops bid to buy Sirius

More than 100 workers will lose their jobs at Ford in Victoria, the company says.

More than 100 Ford jobs cut in Victoria

Benita Kolovos

Some 60,000 hectares of bushland across Tasmania has been ravaged by dozens of fires.

Embers pose inescapable threat in Tasmania

Andrew Drummond

Orange FOOD Week: Nuts over cool-climate produce.

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Back in time: The historic Mary Valley Rattler.

Relive history this Australia Day weekend

John Rozentals

Adventure Bay Retreat: Something special on Bruny Island. Photo: Brad Harris

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

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Try this: Porterhouse steak nicoise salad

Benefits of consolidation: A major problem for many younger workers is that most of them are disengaged, and as a result have multiple superannuation funds with small balances. The combination of all those account-keeping fees, and of premiums for insurance (which is often unwanted), is ripping their returns to shreds.

Not a super way to engage young workers

Noel Whittaker

BUILT TOUGH: The BeefEater Signature ProLine six-burner built-in barbecue is designed to withstand the tough Australian climate, with all stainless-steel components commercial grade.

Hosting the ultimate Australia Day barbecue