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Tigers roar following brilliant performance

Tigers roar following brilliant performance

Rod Thompson

WINNERS: Winners of Hawks Nest Irish Foursome, Scone golfers Annie Woods, Noreen Marshall, Julie Leckie and Judy Carmody.

Scone ladies win the Hawks Nest Irish Foursome

Julie Leckie

SCONE GYMNASTS: Chelsey Woodley, Lily Stevens, Olivia Turner, Tamika Roberts, Ruby Brochtrup, Isla Warden, Tyler Johnson, Ash Wright, Riana Tillemans, Isabella Henderson, Alexa Moberget, Bridget Moberget and Harmony White.

Scone Gymnastics seek to take the title of NSW Country Champion

Caitlin Reid

Tigers roar following brilliant performance

Tigers roar following brilliant performance

Scone Thoroughbreds trio Lara Hedley, Emily Watts and Tyla Brown, with Merriwa Magpies’ Mackenzie Blackadder

Aiming to go all the way | PHOTOS

Rod Thompson

Dordie Bragg (left) giving Kim Clydsdale a few swing tips watched on by Judy Collison and Annie Woods.

Warm welcome to new golfers

AGILITY: The Scone Equestrian Vaulters will return to the new White Park arena on the weekend to showcase their skill and host talent from outside the region.

Equestrian vaulting on show at White Park this weekend

CUP MAGIC: The 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup is on its way to the Upper Hunter for the Horses' Birthday. Photo: Karon Photography.

Melbourne Cup magic on horses' birthday

CREATIVE: Melanie Mununggurr-Williams was crowned the first ever indigenous Australian Poetry Slam champion in 2018.

Scone workshop: Hone your poetry and writing skills

AGILITY: The Scone Equestrian Vaulters will return to the new White Park arena on the weekend to showcase their skill and host talent from outside the region.

Equestrian vaulting on show at White Park this weekend

Scone admin staff showing their support of Plastic Free July.

Local workshops on kicking the plastic habit

MEMORIAL: Aberdeen Highland Games president Charles Cooke inspects the memorial cairn at Taylor Park on Friday ahead of next Saturday's event.

20 years of the Aberdeen Highland Games

Caitlin Reid

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

OUTLOOK: The ACM survey aims to find out more about what makes regional and rural communities tick.

Help us build a better understanding of regional Australia

OUTLOOK: The ACM survey aims to find out more about what makes regional and rural communities tick.

Help us build a better understanding of regional Australia

Veronica and Garry Willgoose with Mark Hughes at the Mark Hughes Foundation barbecue at GenesisCare at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital.

Every little bit helps

NEW FRONTIERS: An artist’s impression of the Orion spacecraft (left) approaching a space station orbiting the Moon during the Artemis program. Picture: NASA

Moon a stepping stone to the universe

By Helen Sim

CELESTIAL TECHNOLOGY: An artist's impression of CSIROsat-1 in space to be launched next year. Picture: CSIRO

Down under ready to find its space in the firmament

By Helen Sim

Veronica and Garry Willgoose with Mark Hughes at the Mark Hughes Foundation barbecue at GenesisCare at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital.

Every little bit helps

WINNER: Upper Hunter Shire Council's Road Safety Officer Alison Balding presenting a $300 voucher from the scheme's participating business prize to Taka Toriyabe on behalf of The Bar.

Businesses do their part to help save lives on NSW roads

THE GREAT UNKNOWN: Buzz Aldrin descending from the lunar module into the "magnificent desolation". Picture: NASA

The moment that united all humanity

By Helen Sim

From Launceston to Wollongong and Ballarat, check out some of the best articles of the Australian Community Media week.

12 of the best: National Gallery of (Real) Australia

Buzz Aldrin steps from The Eagle lunar module on to the moon. Here, on Australian TV sets, we watched in glorious black and white. Picture: NASA

REAL AUSTRALIA
A small step, a town rivalry and screaming in the jungle

Family: Mark and Lydia Collins at home with their children Max, Willow and Poppy.

One family's battle with childhood epilepsy

Insurance a bit of a puzzle to you? Be warned: It just might be about to get worse. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
Insurance = bills with benefits

Peter Garrett.

40+ photos from the 2019 Big Red Bash

Derek Barry

Justine Carmady from Hat Head, Elle Gillett and Jake wilton holding the hooks after the rescue. Photo: Supplied

Watch a manta ray with hooks stuck in eye ask a human for help

Callum McGregor

NEW ERA OF LEARNING: Member for the Upper Hunter Michael Johnsen, Regional General Manager for TAFE NSW's North Region Susie George and Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee officially open the Scone CLC on Thursday.

New multi-million dollar TAFE facility opens in Scone | PHOTOS

Caitlin Reid

From 2017: The dunes of Big Red were a perfect vantage point to watch the glorious sunset.

REAL AUSTRALIA
Rock on: when the dead heart is jump-started

Sally Cripps

Buzz Aldrin steps from The Eagle lunar module on to the moon. Here, on Australian TV sets, we watched in glorious black and white. Picture: NASA

REAL AUSTRALIA
A small step, a town rivalry and screaming in the jungle

Joanne Crawford

Regional centres must secure their climate and energy future

Regional centres must secure their climate and energy future

David Craven

Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt at the National Press Club on July 10. Picture: AAP

OPINION
Indigenous Voice proposal fails to nail down the details

Simon Cowan

Funerals: the times are a-changing

Funerals: the times are a-changing

Cheryl Field

KEEP ON TOP OF IT: Pharmacists recommend osteoarthritis sufferers talk to their health professional to ensure they are approaching their pain management in the best way.

Osteo sufferers face medication tighten-up

New horizons: Maureen Gleeson (right) and fellow She Shedder Joy Schornikow.

Sheilas sharing the shed

Simon Garner

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has fellow Pollie Pedal riders have arrived in Brisbane.

Pollie pedal peloton arrives in Brisbane

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Jacinta Allan said Victoria's government has been preparing for the possibility of SKM's closure.

Vic govt moves to avoid recycling backlog

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A woman has been charged with murdering her mother in their western Sydney home.

Daughter charged with mother's murder

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Flinders Street will be partly closed to both cars and pedestrians for major underground train work.

Flinders St closure 'blow to Melb traders'

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Police, SES and volunteers continue to search for Jeremy Boyden, 23, in Victoria's alpine region.

Man, dog missing in Vic alpine region

Christine McGinn
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The coalition will pressure Labor to back laws for a drought-proofing fund in federal parliament.

Drought, radicals on parliamentary agenda

Colin Brinsden and Katina Curtis
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Australian genderless fashion label TalaMade will make its runway debut at Melbourne Fashion Week.

Genderless label to debut on MFW runway

Christine McGinn
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Greens leader Richard Di Natale has raised concerns about the government's drought relief fund.

Greens join Labor on drought fund concerns

Colin Brinsden
2hrs ago

Anne Barnes, Werowna Park, Yass with her grand champion Black and Coloured ram sashed by judge Nick Cole, Cloven Hills, camperdown.

Anne Barnes supreme with Black and Coloured class

Stephen Burns

Koenarl supreme with English Leicesters

Koenarl supreme with English Leicesters

Stephen Burns

Government action needed: Former Dubbo Deputy Mayor and Indigenous leader Warren Mundine spoke at the Bush Summit about protecting regional communities. Photo: Belinda Soole.

Australia can't move forward without rural communities growing: Mundine

Taylor Jurd

No visit to Nambucca would be complete without a walk along the V-Wall.

Nambucca hasn't changed, and that's great

Rochelle Tubb
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Street residents Gwyn Headley and Sarah Badham

That's a bit steep: record taken from NZ

Lake Louise: Definitely a North American highlight.

Find your next holiday amongst these travel deals

John Rozentals

Recipe and photo by McKenziesfoods.com.au

It's National Lamington Day! Celebrate with this vegan recipe

If leaves are not cleared they can also be detrimental to your lawn and can smother small plants.

Spring gardens are made in winter

Designer Anthony Spon-Smith.

Towering sculptures at home