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Photos and Video | The Young Witness

Photos and Video

The week as it happened through the lens of Fairfax Media photographers.&nbsp;

TAMWORTH: Chris Eather has climbed into a whole new fitness discipline as he throws the doors open of the Freestyle Bouldering Gym in Tamworth. Photo: Chris Bath

BALLARAT: Darley keeper David Hoey throws his hat in disgust during the BCA grand final. Photo: Dylan Burns

BALLARAT:  Ballarat Rush new import has just arrived Jaterra Bonds. Photo: Lachlan Bence

BALLARA: Inter-tasman jousting at Kryal Castle. Photo: Lachlan Bence

BALLARAT: Brendan Walker and Bruce Rae at Bruce's property in Scotsburn. Brendan saved the house and family during the 2015 fires. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

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

HUNTER: A car parked in the driveway of a Conder Crescent home peppered with bullet holes. Photo: Fairfax Media

HUNTERL  Maitland pilot Matthew Sharpe stands with the Fokker 100 he flew into Hamilton Island. Inset: Melissa Coulter Ryan - Twitter

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

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

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

HUNTER: End of an era as Munmorah Power station stacks fall. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

NEWCASTLE: A pod of dolphins rule the waves in early morning surf at Newcastle Beach. Picture: Grant Sproule

NEWCASTLE:  Residents tell of fears after third shooting in week of violence. Picture: Simone De Peak

NEWCASTLE: Fifteen years later, the Hughes finish their dream home. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

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

LAKE MACQUARIE: South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club hosts the Optimist state sailing titles at Sunshine. Photo: David Stewart

LAKE MACQUARIE: Anglican Care wins workplace health and safety category at Hunter Safety Awards. Photo: David Stewart

HUNTER: Trainer Alan Scorse chases Provincial Championships win on road to recovery from cancer battle. Photo: Marina Neil

HUNTER: Kay Bond and her daughter Brodie Roper in the home where Mrs Bond's dog was killed protecting her from a brown snake. Photo: Perry Duffin

HUNTER: Hundreds of chrome V8s rattled and roared through Kurri Kurri's main street to the delight of thousands for the town's Nostalgia Festival. Photo: Perry Duffin

NEWCASTLE: Julie Baird and Major General (Retired) Brian Dawson, holding Clarence Jeffries' Victoria Cross. Photo: Marina Neil

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

PORT STEPHENS: Karuah RSL Sub-Branch prepare for Anzac Day 2017, add plaques to war memorial. Photo: Ellie-Marie Watts

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

NEWCASTLE: Nobbys drowning_ tears and tributes as cricket team farewells 'wonderful' Mohsin Awan. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

PORT STEPHENS: Liam Boote, 6, is in remission from leukaemia. His parents Dean and Kimberley watched him receive a gold award last week his friendship qualities. Photo: Sam Norris

PORT MACQUARIE: Birthday time for these 70-year-olds who forged their friendship pumping iron at the gym. Photo: Peter Daniels

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

TAREE: Pastor Graham Stewart provides chalk and an eraser in the box attached to the board for anyone who wants to leave contributions. Photo: Scott Calvin

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.

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle harbour comes alive for water polo. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

WAGGA WAGGA: West Wagga Refugee Committee co-ordinator Joan Saboisky with some of the donated items for South Sudan. Photo: Rochelle Brown

WODONGA: The Wodonga water tower, here red, will be bathed in first blue, then green over the next few days in support of autism awareness and premature babies.

ALBURY: Wayne Beer at his father David's grave at the Albury Lawn Cemetery this week. Wayne still thinks about his murdered dad every day and misses his love and the advice he used to give. Picture: SIMON BAYLISS

BURNIE: Brayden Hayes will complete his Run for a Cause on Saturday in Burnie. Running only in his undies and running shoes, Mr Hayes has covered 30 kilometres a day since he embarked on his run from Hobart on March 22.

SPREYTON: Captain Juicy with Spreyton Primary School pupils Bride Rayner, 9, Jackson Doherty, 8, Matilda Jacobson, 8 and Ryan Rayner 8.

Molly Dickinson waiting for her siblings to get off the school bus, standing next to a two-metre long brown snake which her mother didn't see until after the photo had been taken. Picture: BIANCA DICKINSON 

MARGARET RIVER: Tyler Wright posed a convincing win in her Round One heat. Photo: WSL/Sloane

PORT PIRIE:  Lion Vic Knauerhase is encouraging people to donate their old glasses, still in usable condition, to be reused across the world.

REDLAND: Ex-Cylone Debbie has soaked Redlands catchments, leading to roads closed, mobile phone towers down, ferry services abandoned, nearly 6000 people without power  and flooding in low lying areas.

REDLAND: Now a resident of Redland Bay, Jean Dennis holds a blanket given to her and her husband when they married in 1948. Photo: Cheryl Goodenough

ARCADIA: Talented multi-athlete Amie Bowrey is going to her second Australian Little Athletics Championships, one of only two NSW athletes to be selected for a second time. Picture: Andrew McMurtry

QUEANBEYAN: Carwoola Station manager Darren Price; senior station hand Andrew Sullivan, and jackeroo Bailey Burke prioritise fencing tasks after the February 17 fire destroyed many kilometres of fencing and around 60 per cent of the pasture on Carwoola and nearby “Taliesin”. Good rain since the fire has sparked the first shoots of recovery on the 3135-hectare aggregation southeast of Queanbeyan.

QUEENSLAND: Growers have welcomed the new Horticulture Code of Conduct, which covers all all transactions in wholesale markets.

ILLAWARRA: A student and a parent have been injured after a gas barbecue malfunctioned at Corrimal East Public School, Friday afternoon. PHOTO: Adam McLean

ILLAWARRA: Kathy McWatters, pictured with Jye's mother, Sonia McWatters (left), keeps a star lit up on her front lawn day and night to mark the place where Jye's body was found. Picture: Adam McLean

 BALLARAT: Friends Sam and Rhys took part in 'Brighten Blake's Day'. Picture: Lachlan Bence

BENDIGO: Jackass Flat had a heavy police presence on Tuesday during a more than six-hour police operation as police investigated after a woman was attacked by police dog

TAMWORTH: Senior lifeguard Ray Smith looks over the recently repaired kids' pool at the Tamworth city facility. Photo: Peter Hardin

Rebecca Hewson

Hit and run accused appears in Young Local Court

Bageshri Savyasachi

Defence Minister Richard Marles toured Ukrainian defence sites on Saturday. Picture supplied

New assistance comes amid 'unrelenting' Russian attacks.

Australia will send $100m in weapons and combat tools to support Ukraine

Anzac Day in Young | Photos

Carla Mascarenhas

Molly Ticehurst's death in Forbes sparked calls for action on addressing domestic violence in regional NSW. Picture supplied

Regional NSW is more dangerous for women than Sydney.

Revealed: the worst local government locations for domestic violence

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

The week in pictures | photos

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