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COWRA: Scarlett McVey enjoys Carinya’s second Mud Day. 

THANGOOL: Moreen Levin and Paul Johnston, Clearview, Thangool, on their property which is not drought declared. Issues have been raised over the cost of roadside grazing in the region. Photo: Kelly Butterworth

WOLLONGONG: A vivid image of rosellas was painted on the laneway between Dapto Hotel and Alexander's Cafe last month. Picture: Adam McLean.

TAMWORTH: Running the Relay for life; Hailey Ware 9, Reece Ware 9, Wayne Schwalbach and Sheri Ware. Photo: Gareth Gardner

TAMWORTH: New playing field machine for Tamworth Regional Council AMOS. Photo: Gareth Gardner

PORT MACQUARIE: Rosie Batty with 2017 Hastings Heroine Awards winner Tanya Simmons Photo: Tracey Fairhurst.

NUNDLE: Nundle's Drew Schofield is hosting the #StandUpDrew lunch in Nundle to raise money for stem cell research. Photo: Peter Hardin.

TAMWORTH: Retiring teacher Rosemary Clifton Photo: Peter Hardin

TAMWORTH: Making one million stars to stop violence. Photo: Gareth Gardner.

BEAUDESERT: Nurse educator Paula Cunliffe, Cassie Buchbach, registered nurse Dianne Hitchcock, Taylah Mills, and clinical facilitator Angela Reinecke. Photo: Jocelyn Garcia

TAMWORTH: At a seniors' technology workshop, John Tucker tries out the banana piano. Photo: Gareth Gardner.

ORANGE: Delia Davis, Melissa Macdouall, Leena Delaney, Tiffany Atkinson and Jan Barby are laying the foundation for greater female interest in the trades industry. Photos: JUDE KEOGH.jpg

TAMWORTH: Peter Resch flood planning for Tamworth. Photo: Gareth Gardner.

NEWCASTLE: Jake Cotter was born 47 days past the cut-off to participate in The Junction Public School's cross country. Picture: Simone De Peak.

TAMWORTH: Para athlete Jye Millgate. Photo: Gareth Gardner

TAMWORTH: Country music queens are set for the Pedal the Peel event in Tamworth. Photo: Gareth Gardner

MUNDUBBERA: Michelle Chicken and Boyd Paton in their pecan trees at Mundubbera. Photo: Lucy Kinbacher

LAUNCESTON: Bushy Park hop harvest Hops Products Australia sales and marketing manager Owen Johnston. Picture: Neil Richardson.

BALLARAT: Ballarat Botanical Gardens Curator Peter Marquand. Photo: Dylan Burns.

LAUNCESTON: City's Dylan Williams and Ranger's John Connolly chat before the start of the NPL Soccer Season. Picture: Scott Gelston.

LAUNCESTON: Ringarooma resident Kerrie Hales holds a sample of the undrinkable tap water Picture: Paul Scambler

ORANGE: Volunteers scoured Orange for rubbish on Sunday with Sam O'Halloran finding a car off Amaroo Road, Borenore during Clean Up Australia Day. Photo: BERNIE DUFFY

ORANGE: Torulosa Way resident John Da Rin believes landholders should be held responsible if property becomes a fire hazard. Photo: JUDE KEOGH.

BATHURST: Dr Graham Pulley, Halle Bright, Valentina Burrow, Harry White and Trish Hyland were part of the Young Meets Old event at Scallywags Child Care Centre. Photo: NADINE MORTON.

TAMWORTH: A new MRI machine arrives in Tamworth. Photo:Peter Hardin

MUDGEE: Parklands Resort's Jason Cooley, Mitchell Gunn, Kellie Gant, and Lachlan Willis, replicate the Beatles' famous Abbey Road album cover in anticipation of the upcoming Beatlemania on Tour show.

ORANGE: Orange Regional Musuem's Jess Dowdle with the restored Cobb & Co carriage which will be part of a public lecture on Saturday. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

PARKES: Ivy O'Donoghue presents her great grandmother Anne Smith with a cup of tea during Senior's Week at Parkes Library.

DUBBO: Trish Taylor and Susie Hill are just two of many amazing women making a difference in Dubbo. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

DUBBO: Former Dubbo High School students Margaret Samuels and Ruby Riach are looking forward to the Centenary of Public High School Education in Dubbo celebrations..jpg

BALLARAT: Clergy abuse survivor Rob Walsh implores other victims to come forward. Photo: Lachlan Bence.

 DUBBO: Alicia Horton, from Bathurst, with Luke Griffiths, take a break from fencing repairs at a Dunedoo property last week. Alicia, along with her dad, Chris Horton, travelled from Bathurst to help fire-affected families.

PARKES: Parkes Christian School students (from left) Ethan Peters, Mitchell Day, Nicholas Strudwick, Madelynne Capple, Elly Collins and Michelle Mulligan are hoping their self-built glider will go the distance at the Moomba Birdman Rally in Melbourne. 

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle Harbour expected to be 'pumping' as huge swell continues to deliver. Picture: Simone De Peak

FORSTER: Wild seas were whipped up along the Mid North Coast. Photo by Judith Conning.

NEWCASTLE: East End residents rally on the foreshore against tree removal plan. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

HUNTER: Truck rolls and spills load on Hexham Bridge, sparking heavy delays. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

HUNTER: Raworth's Dakota Bradley has huge passion for police. Picture: Sage Swinton

HUNTER: Hinton siblings, The Crawford Brothers, have won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest's rock category for their track 'Feel'. Picture: Supplied

HUNTER: Best and Less loss prevention manager Graham Wilson and Central Hunter Acting Inspector Mitch Dubojski with the seized items from a huge raid of home in Metford. Picture: Marina Neil

HUNTER: Troy Miles, the former Newcastle Knight in the fight of his life. Picture: Katherine Griffiths

HUNTER: F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is introduced to the Hunter at RAAF Base Amberley. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

PORT STEPHENS: Tlligerry Lions Club proposes St Patrick's Day fundraiser for Lyme disease patient Jade Morgan. Picture: Sam Norris

PORT STEPHENS: Port Stephens Koalas president Carmel Northwood thinks back on her time as a carer and rescuer, which has led to her recognition as Port Stephens Local Woman of the Year. Picture: Sam Norris

NEWCASTLE: The heaven’s opened on Friday, just as Newcastle Show opened its gates, with rain also forecast for Saturday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

PORT STEPHENS: Brian Faust, 78, hopes to move out of high dependency care and into this cottage at Bobs Farm. It was a project derailed when he was struck on Boxing Day at Salamander Bay. Picture: Sam Norris

LAKE MACQUARIE: Policing of the Westlakes area has received a major boost with the opening on Tuesday of the new Toronto police station. Picture: David Stewart

LAKE MACQUARIE: Paddlefest 2017, on Lake Macquarie, at Speers Point. PIcture: David Stewart

KEMPSEY: Mark Walker says it's the 30th time his house has been vandalised. Photo: Callum McGregor

NEWCASTLE: Les Mason leaving Newcastle courthouse on Friday. Mason impressed Newcastle District Court Judge Roy Ellis and looks set to avoid a jail term for supplying cocaine. Picture: Marina Neil.

NEWCASTLE: Neda Jedi and Ayrin Assadimoghadam prepare for Norooz, the Persian new year, in Newcastle's Civic Park. Norooz is celebrated annually by about 200 million people around the world. Picture: Simone De Peak

NEWCASTLE: Major General Brian Dawson holding the 'Book of Gold'. Picture: Simone De Peak

HUNTER: Ella Findlay said it was “weird” to be presented with a prototype of her design, which is pictured around her neck. “I’d just drawn it on a piece of paper and it came to life! It was just how I imagined it.” Pictures: Simone De Peak.

ILLAWARRA: Troy Lester will hold a Toes for Troy Trivia Night at Fairy Meadow Bowling Club on Saturday, March 18 to raise funds to purchase much needed prosthetics for his feet. Picture: Robert Peet

Curruthers clearing sale to clear the deck for new owners

Emergency services at the scene on Thursday. Photo Cara Kemp.

Passenger and pilot injured in Cowra airport emergency

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Veteran rouser, Mathew "Boycey" Boyce gets to work on Woody. Photo by Eliza Spencer.

Shorn the sheep: Woody finds new lease on life

Tim Piccione

Text messages from former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach about the Bruce Lehrmann criminal trial. Pictures APP, supplied

New documents shine light on defamation case's surprise star witness.

'She's lying': texts reveal Seven producer's commentary on Lehrmann rape trial

Bill Daly of YLAD Living Soils checking water infiltration in a pasture paddock ready to have a multi-species crop sown in 2024. The infiltration rate was a huge 1550 mm per hour.

The answer to ensuring water in a dry season lies directly beneath our feet in another free resource according to Rhonda Daly, farmer and co-founder of YLAD Living Soils.

The week in pictures: March 11, 2017 | photos

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