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Top jockey Peter Graham has a special bond with Hannam Vale Cup hopeful O'Driscoll. Graham has scored three wins in four starts with the Port galloper.

Galloper’s special bond with leading Port Macquarie jockey

Doug Ryan

Good to go: Lauren Kitchen (second from left) will lead a UniSA-Australian team at the Tour DownUnder in Adelaide. Photo: supplied

Kitchen to lead the Aussie charge at Tour Down Under in Adelaide

Paul Jobber

In form: Port City spinner Zac Jones will be key to a Magpies win at Wauchope on Saturday.

Wauchope look to continue momentum in clash with Magpies

Top jockey Peter Graham has a special bond with Hannam Vale Cup hopeful O'Driscoll. Graham has scored three wins in four starts with the Port galloper.

Galloper’s special bond with leading Port Macquarie jockey

All smiles: Caroline Steffen celebrates her win in Western Australia with son Xander. Photo: Delly Carr

Record-breaker: Steffen returns to full-distance Ironman in style

Paul Jobber

So close: Tacking Point Public girls cricket side finished top two in the state after a loss to Wellington on December 4. Photo: supplied

Wellington prove too classy for Tacking Point in state final

Paul Jobber

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Port Macquarie 2018 Christmas lights map

REMEMBER: Diane White and Port Macquarie Naval Association branch president Len Barker at the Port Macquarie Maratime Museum. PHOTO: Laura Telford.

Historic anniversary remembers the sinking of HMAS Nirimba

Laura Telford

Australian psychological drama Reaching Distance will premiere in Port Macquarie on Monday December 17.

Psychological drama to premiere in Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie 2018 Christmas lights map

Willow Powick.

Live music at Kew for little Willow

GOOD NIGHT: Organiser of the Magic Castle event Phil Jamieson says the night is shaping up to be great.

A little magic goes a long way to helping headspace

Laura Telford

An 1862 drawing by Robert Perrott, looking from the Ackroyd Street area over the cemetery and towards the coast. In the distance is the Windmill on Windmill Hill, and an unmade Burrawan Street. This is one of the images expected to appear in the exhibition in 2019.

Celebrating 200 years of Hastings landscapes

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Aboriginal liaison officer Kelly O'Brien spoke about the story behind the Together as One Sculpture.

Heritage highlighted at headland during bicentenary event

Lisa Tisdell

Heritage highlighted: (back) Amanda Cavanagh, Robyn Payne, Mitch McKay, (front) Di Davison, Glenys Pearson and Catherine Corthals invite people to the October 31 bicentenary event.

Brush up on heritage significance at bicentenary event

Lisa Tisdell

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Amber Drop Honey (500 grams), $10.50

Christmas Gift Guide: 15 of the hottest pressies UNDER $50

It's been a big year for honey - a recent report found 20 percent of Australian honey isn't pure - so Sven Stephan and Ana Martin, of Amber Drop Honey, are focusing on creating 100 percent Australian, pure, untreated honey.

The recipe for success in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Settlement City is full of festivities this December

Lily Namdar

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Emma Elsworthy

The resort on the river

House of the week

Read this week’s Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Map of auctions and homes open for inspection: December 07 – December 13, 2018

Ruth Lewis

Feed me: Bhodi is a handsome dude with distinctive markings. He loves his food so bonding over a meal shouldn't be a problem.

Adopt a brindle coated cat or dog

Port Macquarie RSPCA shelter

Mid North Coast Machinery Restoration Club secretary Anne Pade, President John South, Robbie Handcock, Judy Cooke of the Parkinson’s Support Group, machinery club Treasurer Jenny O’Donnell and member Ian Steele and Mid North Coast Cancer Institute’s Jenny Baroutis following the club’s recent presentation ceremony.

Rusty Iron restorers’ uplifting gift to cancer patients

HELP: Port Macquarie headspace are encouraging young people who need some help to come and see them.

Look beyond the HSC mark and plan a future

Laura Telford

Feed me: Bhodi is a handsome dude with distinctive markings. He loves his food so bonding over a meal shouldn't be a problem.

Adopt a brindle coated cat or dog

Life saving: Port Macquarie Golf Club director Tony Hayward with Port Macquarie Provate Hospital representatives David Moore-Jones and Kim Patrick.

Life-saving gift a heart starter for golfers

Hard at work: Audrey Charlton dishing up in the busy kitchen with her volunteers friends.

Serve of kindness at soup kitchen Christmas lunch

Tracey Fairhurst

THE END: Year 12 students from St Josephs Regional celebrate their final HSC results on Thursday.

Wait is over – Hastings HSC results are in

Hard at work: Audrey Charlton dishing up in the busy kitchen with her volunteers friends.

Serve of kindness at soup kitchen Christmas lunch

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Through Your Eyes: A beautiful place to live and work

All smiles: Caroline Steffen celebrates her win in Western Australia with son Xander. Photo: Delly Carr

Record-breaker: Steffen returns to full-distance Ironman in style

Ltn Rali Pensini Age 3 with his first ever siwmming medal.

A Christmas dash for swimmers at Laurieton

Port Macquarie 2018 Christmas lights map

WORLD CLASS: Port Macquarie Marina manager Al Mulvey and general manager Daimon Martin at the new slipway. PHOTO: Laura Telford.

World class slipway to bring more boaties to town

Laura Telford

TEST RUN: Port Macquarie Library manager Jim Maguire testing the new virtual reality equipment in the new portal room at the library. PHOTO: Laura Telford.

Virtual reality specialist room a game changer for library

Laura Telford

Still leader: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday after surviving a no-confidence vote by Tory MPs. Photo: Matt Dunham

A world weighed down by political messes

John Hewson
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Cowper MP Luke Hartsuyker: "It was a pleasure to give two Port Macquarie community groups Christmas presents this week totalling over $25,000."

Two Port groups get federal funding

Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker

Set some Christmas goals

Michelle Haines Thomas

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

A month's worth of rain is expected to fall on Victoria in one day, with the worst yet to come.

More than 100 rescued from Vic floodwaters

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The painted honeyeater bird could be at further risk if the Warragamba Dam expanded, experts say.

Threatened bird at risk of NSW dam wall

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NSW and St George Illawarra player Jack de Belin has been charged over an alleged sexual assault.

NRL player charged over alleged assault

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Weather forecasters have warned Cyclone Owen will do a U-turn and head back to Queensland.

Cyclone U-turn away from NT delayed

If voters are still listening to Scott Morrison he had a lot to tell them this week.

PM Morrison's pitch to religious voters

Angus Livingston, Senior Political Writer

A truck crash at Green Square in Sydney left one person dead and five others injured.

Sydney truck crash victim still critical

Perry Duffin

‘Callous’ killers sentenced for Newnham stabbing murder

Sarah Aquilina

The federal government has selected Adelaide as the home of the new Australian Space Agency.

SA wants Labor assurances on space agency

Tim Dornin

Live Music at Empire Control Room

Five unmissable things to do, see and taste in Texas

The Brahmaputra River … in the rarely visited Indian state of Assam.

River-cruising the mysterious kingdom of Bhutan

John Rozentals

Fraser Suites Sydney … ‘Summer Fun’ extras comprise buffet breakfast and onsite parking.

Six highlights in your travel week | 13 Dec

John Rozentals

Visit www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/seafood-school/about-sss for more great seafood recipes

Try this: Whole Rainbow Trout with Orange, Maple Syrup & Macadamia Nuts

ISSUE: If this bill passes into legislation things will change from next May - no longer will it be just the owner’s problem if a unit is hard to sell — it will now be every owner’s problem.

Queensland unit buy back bill sees frightening unintended consequences

Noel Whittaker

HOLIDAY BLUES: No matter where you live, how big your house is or how valuable your belongings are, home security should always be a top concern – especially during the holiday season when your home is unattended.

Outsmart holiday burglars