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Flying foxes at Kooloonbung Creek.

SUBSCRIBERPlan to protect vital environmental role of flying foxes

Liz Langdale

GLAD TO HAVE MOVED: Tim Maddren now calls Port Macquarie home.

From Hi-5 to hard knocks choir, Tim loves Port Macquarie

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Community groups with a love of boats receive support

Community groups with a love of boats receive support

Blistering FOTSUN rocks Port Macquarie into summer

PHOTOSBlistering FOTSUN rocks Port Macquarie into summer

Tracey Fairhurst

Ready to roll: The final Doing It For Our Farmers donation left Port Macquarie on Saturday.

To farmers with love: the Hastings has got your back

Tracey Fairhurst

Winners are grinners: Blokes on Boats took out the inaugural Cardboard Boat Regatta. Pictured are Heather Mayne - Vocational Service Director Rotary, Madisan Rogers, Adam Wall, Brendan Hegarty, Lloyd Godson - Marine Studies Teacher, Dave Jacobs - Teacher, Cody Richards, Ian Ross - Principal, Meg Teasdell - Birdon
Jeff Lipman - President Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West, Jesse Martin, Nathan Teale and Sean Watson.

PHOTOSCardboard boaties battle it out for championship title

Tracey Fairhurst

Currawong Drive, Port Macquarie

PHOTOSFestive Belles ringing - your 2019 Christmas Lights map

Tracey Fairhurst

Flying foxes at Kooloonbung Creek.

SUBSCRIBERPlan to protect vital environmental role of flying foxes

Liz Langdale

GLAD TO HAVE MOVED: Tim Maddren now calls Port Macquarie home.

From Hi-5 to hard knocks choir, Tim loves Port Macquarie

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Standing tall when the odds are so terribly stacked against you is second nature to some. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen finding the strength to go on is all you can do

Wheels in motion: Brisbane Roar Academy general manager Warren Moon is excited about the partnership with East Coast Futsal that will see a pathway created for junior players.

SUBSCRIBERPathway to the top continues as Brisbane Roar Academy signs on

Paul Jobber

Thankful: Jack Lewis is recovering after overcoming a neck injury scare in Port Macquarie's mixed open State Cup campaign. Photo: supplied

Lewis on the road to recovery following neck injury scare

Paul Jobber

Familiar face: Former Port City Breakers winger Blake Wells will take the reins at Comboyne for the 2020 Hastings League competition.

Former Breakers winger to take the reins at Comboyne in 2020

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Wheels in motion: Brisbane Roar Academy general manager Warren Moon is excited about the partnership with East Coast Futsal that will see a pathway created for junior players.

SUBSCRIBERPathway to the top continues as Brisbane Roar Academy signs on

Larissa Ward is one of six Beechwood Shamrocks players named in the North Coast Bulldogs women's train-on squad for the 2020 Country Championships.

Shamrocks dominate North Coast Bulldogs women's rep squad

Paul Jobber

Our Berkley Pic of the Week is Andrew Skellern with this terrific blackfish tipping the scales at more than a kilogram. He recently caught in the Camden Haven on a yabbie.

Try Camden Haven for blackfish

Jason Isaac

All-Aussie options for quick breaks and getaways

All-Aussie options for quick breaks and getaways

Explore Travel:

Grab a travelling companion and bag a bargain on tours in Europe, with a beautiful island hopping experience taking you to Mykonos. Picture: Shutterstock

Deals of the week: Eurotrips, half-price India, Pacific paradise

Explore Travel

Ice skating on Lake Minnewanka.

How to get all senses firing in a true Canadian white winter

Hannah Warren

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Currawong Drive, Port Macquarie

PHOTOSFestive Belles ringing - your 2019 Christmas Lights map

Tracey Fairhurst

John Waters peels back Lennon's layers

John Waters peels back Lennon's layers

Vickii Byram

Cardboard boats to contest soggy sailing regatta

Cardboard boats to contest soggy sailing regatta

Currawong Drive, Port Macquarie

PHOTOSFestive Belles ringing - your 2019 Christmas Lights map

Hussy Hicks.

WHAT'S ONWauchope Arts to host healing and bushfire fundraiser concert

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Jackson James

WHAT'S ONWhat's on across the Hastings | December 13-19, 2019

Vickii Byram

Electorate boundaries divide Hastings - 1969

Electorate boundaries divide Hastings - 1969

Port Macquarie Museum

New tastes: Ilke Leslie and Anna Witte are pleased with the new menu at their Bavarian Restaurant, 1969. Photos supplied by Port Macquarie Museum

Pilot for million dollar tourist promotion

Port Macquarie Museum

Thank you: Archdeacon Warr is presented with part of the cedar bedroom suite gifted to him by parishioners on his retirement, 1969. Photo from Port Macquarie Museum.

Parishioners thank retiring Archdeacon

Port Macquarie Museum

Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

The Peace Shack Four: Anick, Suzanne, Kate and Siobhan are here to help you grow in happiness and joy, be supported and not alone and share with others.

Your place of peace is here

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Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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Oia town on Santorini island, Greece. Get amongst the traditional and famous houses and churches with blue domes over the Caldera, Aegean sea.

Medieval cities of the Mediterranean

The time leading up to Christmas is rife with offers too good to resist. So make the most of them early, like this Nokia phone offer from Pennytel, which can help you prepare for the good times ahead and even finish your shopping.

'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

HAND UP: Collaborative AI, in which people and AI team up, will change the way we work.

Collaborate: AI can be your friend

Ben Jackson

The promise of easy living

The promise of easy living

House of the Week

Luxury family living

Luxury family living

House of the week

Read the latest Domain here

Read the latest Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Community groups with a love of boats receive support

Community groups with a love of boats receive support

Pink Ladies volunteers Helen Dasczyk, Pam Young, Wendy Newport, Joyce Dean, Clarinda Burton, Louise Tobler and Chris Dwyer with PMBH Support Services Manager Melainie Ison, President Gabby Gregory and PMBH General Manager Catharine Death.

Hospital thanks its tireless volunteers

MERRY CHRISTMAS: Santa Ron Hunter from his deck chair at Lake Cathie. PHOTO: Laura Telford.

Santa Ron delivers annual Christmas cheer from 'Sand Cathie'

Laura Telford

Community groups with a love of boats receive support

Community groups with a love of boats receive support

Are you free?: Mrs Slocombe and Captain Peacock shared many a double entendre in Are you Being Served.

Double meaning

Laurie Barber

Music unites a community in thank you for firies

PHOTOSMusic unites a community in thank you for firies

Tracey Fairhurst

GLAD TO HAVE MOVED: Tim Maddren now calls Port Macquarie home.

From Hi-5 to hard knocks choir, Tim loves Port Macquarie

Standing tall when the odds are so terribly stacked against you is second nature to some. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen finding the strength to go on is all you can do

Blistering FOTSUN rocks Port Macquarie into summer

PHOTOSBlistering FOTSUN rocks Port Macquarie into summer

Winners are grinners: Blokes on Boats took out the inaugural Cardboard Boat Regatta. Pictured are Heather Mayne - Vocational Service Director Rotary, Madisan Rogers, Adam Wall, Brendan Hegarty, Lloyd Godson - Marine Studies Teacher, Dave Jacobs - Teacher, Cody Richards, Ian Ross - Principal, Meg Teasdell - Birdon
Jeff Lipman - President Rotary Club of Port Macquarie West, Jesse Martin, Nathan Teale and Sean Watson.

PHOTOSCardboard boaties battle it out for championship title

Smile says it all: Justin Davison catches a beauty at Flynns Beach.

PHOTOSWaves of goodness at Flynns Beach

Tracey Fairhurst

John Waters peels back Lennon's layers

John Waters peels back Lennon's layers

Vickii Byram

#BustTheDust: St Joseph's Primary School dance up a storm

#BustTheDust: St Joseph's Primary School dance up a storm

Carla Mascarenhas

Warning from fire chief as arson attacks in Hastings put lives at risk

Warning from fire chief as arson attacks in Hastings put lives at risk

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Is there a better time to talk about the end of life?

OPINIONIs there a better time to talk about the end of life?

Professor Christine Jorm
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Standing tall when the odds are so terribly stacked against you is second nature to some. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAWhen finding the strength to go on is all you can do

Nothing about Australia's current fire crisis is normal

OPINIONNothing about Australia's current fire crisis is normal

Dr Sophie Lewis

Simple things missed in care

Simple things missed in care

Cheryl Field

Edith Cowan University's Dr Stephanie Rainey-Smith shares her insights into Alzheimer's disease on the Body of Knowledge podcast.

What can you do to avoid Alzheimer's disease?

Geraldine Cardozo

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Warning as scammers steal mobile phone numbers, rob bank accounts

Eileen Wood

Residents in the path of the major Gospers Mountain bushfire have been told it's too late to leave.

Gospers Mountain fire emergency warning

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An Australian victim of the NZ volcano blast has died after being repatriated for treatment.

Payne to visit NZ after volcano blast

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Firefighters are battling a bushfire north of Perth that continues to rage out of control.

Lives, homes still at risk from WA blazes

1hr ago

CROWNED: New UFC featherweight champion of the world Alexander Volkanovski. Picture: Getty Images

Volkanovski claims UFC featherweight crown

2hrs ago

Passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney to Perth were evacuated after smoke filled the cabin.

Qantas passengers in 'terrifying' incident

Heather McNab
2hrs ago

Australia is keen to get a trade deal happening with Britain after Boris Johnson's election victory.

Australia keen to get trade deal with UK

Colin Brinsden

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government has failed to strengthen the economy.

Spending flurry as budget update looms

Colin Brinsden

Further Afield: Coal for energy may have limited time left, but regional communities can turn back to food-based businesses.

The past is the key to a good life after coal

Mike Foley

Close Encounters of the First Kind by Reg Mombassa. Picture: Supplied

Have a close encounter of the Reg Mombassa kind

Amy Martin

Namadgi ranger Nick Thorne. Namadgi National Park is closing for summer due to the dry conditions and bushfire risk. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Bushfire threat forces parts of Namadgi National Park to close for summer

Andrew Brown

Wombat's Doug Houston with his cropping manager Brendan Shoard in their crop of the new wheat variety of Vixen that impressed ASC judges with its full heads of grain. Photo supplied.

'Short' new wheat variety stands tall in trying conditions

John Ellicott

FRESH START: Remove the clutter during the summer months and ensure your living area has a more restful, calm aesthetic. Photos: Porter Davis.

Styling advice to welcome in 2020

Despite the north facing frontage, the rear living areas have great access to northern light. Photos by Tatjana Plitt.

When light is the backbone of design

CLEVER: Despite the north facing frontage, the rear living areas have great access to northern light. Photos: Tatjana Plitt.

When light is the backbone of design