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BLAYNEY: Rodney, Emily and Amba van der Struik, like many who will be using the arena, came from Forbes for the opening. The only other arenas nearby are in Young and Wagga Wagga. Photo: Mark Logan

ORANGE: Orchardist Guy Gaeta keeps a wary eye on the bat colony in Cook Park that has been in residence for about five months. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

DUBBO: St Laurence's Primary School student Sally Sherwood took out the Western NSW regional prize for her entry in Interrelate's Say No To Bullying poster competition. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE.

ORANGE:  Part of the Robin Hood Hotel’s Merry Men and Maidens 40-strong team for this weekend's Relay for Life. Photo: SUPPLIED

COWRA: Percy the Pig begins the Cowra to Canowindra leg at the low level bridge on Wednesday morning.

FORBES: Kyle Anderson on Thursday setting up the transition area for hundreds of bikes at Lake Forbes aquatic centre with (inset) a sneak preview of another Elite Energy finish line.


ORANGE: FOOD Week committee members James Sweetapple, Hugh Rasmussen and Catherine Cheney prepare for Friday's night market. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

BATHURST: Tom Seaman, Dan Taylor and Amy Cosgrove, all from Bathurst will be among those competing in the shearing competition at the 2017 Royal Bathurst Show.

LITHGOW: Wallerawang Men's Shed steering committee members Bruce Robinson, Ian McMillan and Des Francis outside the Memorial Hall. Pictures: KIRSTY HORTON.


ORANGE: The Busy Bees carpenter John Spanjer, with apprentice Maddi Mann, has a backlog of 50 jobs in Orange that will take months to complete. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

BATHURST: Bathurst Youth Council mayor Sarah Driver and deputy mayor Lili Carter helped to organise six great events for National Youth Week. Photo: RACHEL FERRETT

DUBBO: Tracy Hanna has successfully campaigned for a liberty swing to be installed in Dubbo and will now start fundraising. Photo: MARK RAYNER

COWRA: Auctioneer Ashley Burns with museum curator Trevor Davidson in front of the tank, which is proving popular among bidders online.

MUDGEE: Local wool buyer Jim Pirie will retire from the industry after this week.

DUBBO:  Kim Fraser reads over the emotional appeal she made in 1997 when she asked the community for a liver donation. Twenty years later she is celebrating her liver, and the anonymous donor, that gave her a new life. Photo: PAIGE WILLIAMS

LITHGOW: Lithgow health worker Elly Chatfield is hosting morning teas and events to encourage Aboriginal women to get a mammogram and catch cancer early. She is pictured with Kym Cama and Gayle Zorz. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.


BATHURST: Former Bathurst boy Alex Wall pictured with Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. Mr Wall was part of a team that designed the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton.

CANOWINDRA: Dr Rebecca Johnson, Cabonne GM Stephen Harding, Dr Alex Ritchie, Philip Donato MP, Ms Kim McKay and Warren Keedle.

DUBBO: Kathryn Blanch and her daughter Beth Blanch borrowing a traditional book from the Dubbo branch of the Macquarie Regional Library recently. Photo: ORLANDER RUMING


WELLINGTON: Wendy Ambachtsheer (back left) with just a few of the kids who enjoy PCYC Wellington's after school activities. Photo: NICK GRIMM

ORANGE: John Cui and Dong Liu of the Orange Chinese Cultural Centre support an Asian hub on Summer Street. 

DUBBO: Dubbo College Year 10 students Jucinta Coupe and Kelsey Rowe sign the Get Real Pledge. Photo: Taylor Jurd

PARKES:  Southern Cross Care facility manager Carol Shambrook and Bill Shalvey with one of the beds that will be donated to East Timor. Photo: Barbara Watt.


DUBBO: Senior Constable Belinda Hurst with her new charge PC Splashe. Photo contributed.


NYNGAN: Jessica Pont and Sarah Walsh looking "beachy" at the Collerrina Beach Ball.

OBERON: Central Tablelands Woodcraft secretary Paul Rodenhuis with an example of a rolling pin with a Celtic cross design that was accidently sold during a Woodies exhibition. 


MUDGEE: German backpackers Anja Koedding, Marcel Schmager and their dog Digger will fly to Germany for a new life together. Photo: EMILY BENNETT 

YOUNG: The National Youth Week committee in Young has organised a range of activities across the region.


BATHURST: Police at the scene of the fatal single vehicle crash, involving a stolen SUV, on Wednesday. The car had earlier been pursued by police.

DUBBO: Charlotte Brander, Eloise Bell and Alanna Chisholm work on their Mars Rover for the Science and Engineering Challenge. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Anzac Day in Young | Photos

Rebecca Hewson

Locals from Boorowa will join with people across the country to pay their respects this Anzac Day. 

The ANZAC spirit

Anzac Day service times across the Hilltops

Steve Evans

Officer Cadet Tom Delaney on the parade ground where he will march on Thursday. Picture by Karleen Minney.

Australian War Memorial parade ground rebuilt in time for Thursday's Anzac Day.

The sensual scrunch of the War Memorial's new parade ground

Police allege the street value of the cannabis was worth $78,000. Photos from NSW Police.

Reids Flat trio face drugs and firearms charges following search warrant

Curruthers clearing sale to clear the deck for new owners

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