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Young prop faces fitness battle

Ausure Scone won the A Grade grand final 7-0.

Skills on show at grand final

Talented young cricketers rewarded | PHOTOS

Caitlin Reid

Young prop faces fitness battle

Brett Cavanough. Pic: KATRINA PARTRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY

Trainer sets sights on Inglis Two-Year-Old Challenge

Grahame Timbrell

Robert Thompson and Rod Northam. Pic: KATRINA PARTRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY

Victory a bit of 'consolation'

Grahame Timbrell

Growing your beef enterprise

Growing your beef enterprise

Shiny and bright: Help your child to brush their teeth until they are about seven or eight years old. Teach them to brush twice a day; in the morning and before bed.

Dental checks for children

Shiny and bright: Help your child to brush their teeth until they are about seven or eight years old. Teach them to brush twice a day; in the morning and before bed.

Dental checks for children

GO WITH THE FLOW: Blooms provides the most comprehensive sales and support locations in the water services industry for Northern NSW, New England and to the Upper and Lower Hunter Valley.

Leading the world in water

GO WITH THE FLOW: Blooms provides the most comprehensive sales and support locations in the water services industry for Northern NSW, New England and to the Upper and Lower Hunter Valley.

Leading the world in water

GAME CHANGER: TFB Constructions is proud to have played a major role in the construction of a national standard equestrian facility for Scone.

Building asset community can treasure

GAME CHANGER: TFB Constructions is proud to have played a major role in the construction of a national standard equestrian facility for Scone.

Building asset community can treasure

Homes sold recently in regional NSW centres.

Regional NSW property hotspots – and what to expect in 2019

ON THE HORIZON: Realtair managing director Peter Matthews says the real estate cliche, ‘location, location, location’ is ever present when water is concerned. Hot spots such as cafe strips and transport services are areas that provide lifestyle to add further value to the water.

Bringing alive your coastal dream

Lydia Roberts

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

READY TO RIDE: Cyclists get in practice for the upcoming Royal Far West charity ride through south-west NSW.

Ride for country kids

GO FISH: Upper Hunter Community Services and the Aberdeen Fishing Club are hoping their Fishing with a Farmer event will be as successful as last time.

Throwing farmers a line

Cody Tsaousis

ON THE ROAD: Bernie Shakeshaft and Rusty, one of the boys in the program. Picture: Paul Shakeshaft

Order this movie; help Aussie kids in need

READY TO RIDE: Cyclists get in practice for the upcoming Royal Far West charity ride through south-west NSW.

Ride for country kids

Upper Hunter road safety officer Alison Balding

Helping learners become safe drivers

Plenty to celebrate

Talented young cricketers rewarded | PHOTOS

An Ambulance Victoria officer runs away from a seal at Port Fairy on Saturday afternoon.

Watch as rogue seal chases ambo after attacking woman

Morrison gives his version of talks in tense interview with Waleed Aly

Photo: WSL/Matt Dunbar

The master, Kelly Slater, surfs on

AFTER: Scone Equine Hospital director Dr David O'Meara along with his son Harry and vet nurse Rebecca Kiem underwent 'the big chop' as part of the World's Greatest Shave, raising over $13,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation.

Scone Equine Hospital staff shave for a cure

Caitlin Reid

Having a go at the Upper Hunter Show | PHOTOS

Cody Tsaousis

NOT SO FAST: Shoalhaven dairy farmer Robert Miller stands between the PM's convoy and the way out of Nowra on a one-way street at Jellybean Park on Friday. Picture: Rebecca Fist

Farmer blocks PM’s convoy: ‘Cheaper to wash car with milk’

Rebecca Fist

Clouds can't shroud Upper Hunter Show | PHOTOS

Cody Tsaousis

Indigenous people among most vulnerable

Marlie Thomas

Sad songs say so much

Michelle Haines Thomas

Australia needs a vision for young people

Paul Turner

End-of-life doula Helen Callanan

Doulas provide support for the dying

Eileen Wood

ON REFLECTION: Simon Cullen with the Lookinglass artifical intelligence mirror.

AI mirror monitors Parkinson’s signs

BE SAFE: If you find it is too tricky or unsafe to fit a smoke alarm yourself, contact your nearest Fire and Rescue NSW station for advice.

Be alarmed about fire risk

NSW Labor leader Michael Daley is standing aside until a leadership ballot.

Daley stands down as NSW Labor leader

15m ago

The Whitsundays region has been the site of a number of shark attacks in the last six months.

Man attacked by shark at Whitsundays

29m ago

A WA coroner is looking into a bushfire at Scaddan, near Esperance, which killed four people.

WA farmer tried to save others in bushfire

33m ago

Yadong Pan has been jailed for at least two years over a fatal crash in regional Victoria.

Vic beach trip crash tragedy was avoidable

48m ago

HOT STUFF: A freshly made pizza from WiseGuise. Picture: File

Supreme justice for pizza prankster

Lachlan Bennett
51m ago

Simone Quinlan's murderer has been refused a bid to appeal his sentence.

Vic man knocked back in murder appeal

Amber Wilson
1hr ago

William Tyrrell was dressed as Spiderman and roaring like a tiger on the day he disappeared.

Coroner hears from William Tyrrell's carer

Sarah McPhee
1hr ago

The Berejiklian government has secured a majority in NSW by winning a 47th seat in the lower house.

Berejiklian govt secures majority in NSW

Julian Drape
1hr ago

Burrawang stud's Mal Brady and stud manager Wicus Cronje with the $4000 top-priced ram, a White Dorper purchased by Peter and Penny Dagg, Eastern stud, Murrumbateman, heading to become the new stud sire.

Clients return to buy up

Mark Griggs
21m ago

The finished stack of hay destined for Minto Galloway stud pictured with project initiator Rodney Summers from Marananga Belted Galloways, Evandale near Launceston, Tasmania. Photos supplied.

Full-scale Tasmanian hay operation

Hannah Powe
2hrs ago

A summer sun rises over a rice field. Rice has been grown in the Riverina for more than a century.

Waiting on water

Daniel Pedersen

'Once-in-a-lifetime' experience at Western Plains Zoo

John Rozentals

More than just a 'motel of the seas', cruising is a must-do travel experience

Scott McRae

Photo: Lifetime Private Retreats

South Australia: You're soaking in it ... with the best views available

Troy Purple (Instagram @simplysandscribes) creates stunning art on the sands of Moon Bay with nothing but a short stick and a majestic natural canvas. Photo: Ben Smyth

'Sand Scribe' Troy Purple carves out a natural therapy

Ben Smyth

EXOTIC GREENHOUSE: This trend celebrates the beauty of nature and plants by inviting fresh greenery and colour indoors.

Make your own wall clock

Designer of the Royal Australian Mint's new Mr Squiggle and Friend coins Tony Dean inside his Bega studio. Picture: Alasdair McDonald

Meet the man behind the Mr Squiggle coin series

Alasdair McDonald