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SUCCESS: Women's golf Monthly Medal and Goodwill Plate winner, Joan Graham, with second-placed Lyn Prowse and third-placed Vonda Voytilla.

Women's golf | Graham proves too good in the Monthly Medal

CAMERAS ROLLING: Yamaha Australia's top-ranking superbike champion in 2018/2019, Cru Halliday (left), with Yamaha's Japan and Australia representatives at the advertising shoot at Learning To Fly at Shooters Hill.

A global spotlight on Shooters Hill dirt-riding complex

READY: Oberon Junior Rugby League players getting hampers organised for this Saturday's Can Assist charity day.

Young Tigers getting ready for the annual Can Assist day

SUCCESS: Women's golf Monthly Medal and Goodwill Plate winner, Joan Graham, with second-placed Lyn Prowse and third-placed Vonda Voytilla.

Women's golf | Graham proves too good in the Monthly Medal

SKILL: Oberon High School athlete Indiana Boss-Walker will compete at state level for hurdles.

Oberon High athletes off to state level after strong Dubbo effort

SMILE: Saturday's monthly medal sponsor Adrian Poulten congratulates A grade runner-up Alan Cairney. Saturday had a field of almost 40 golfers.

Robinson proves too good among a strong Saturday field

VISITOR: Bathurst-based author Tracy Sorensen will be at Oberon Library to talk about her first novel, The Lucky Galah. Photo: BRADLEY JURD

Bathurst author will be at library to speak about debut novel

PASSION: Oberon Library staff will visit schools during Book Week to encourage a love of reading in children.

Hear stories from the awards shortlist as books go on tour

SUPPORT: The Oberon Tigers' Can Assist charity auction will be held this Sunday after being postponed due to the snow. Pictured is the cheque presentation from last year.

Oberon Tigers' Can Assist auction on this Sunday instead

VISITOR: Bathurst-based author Tracy Sorensen will be at Oberon Library to talk about her first novel, The Lucky Galah. Photo: BRADLEY JURD

Bathurst author will be at library to speak about debut novel

What's on | Audition now for December's Christmas carols

What's on | Audition now for December's Christmas carols

COMPETE: Yard dog trials will run with champion handler Chris Stapleton.

Burraga prepares for a fairly big event later this month

Kristen Michael has fulfilled her NDIS goal to move out of home with friends.

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SOMETHING TO TRUMPET: Everyone likes to look good in Cochin, India.

Cruise Singapore to Dubai next year

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Aims: NSW Department of Education says the week "communicates the achievements of public schools, their students and the value of public education."

Every student, every voice

Kristen Michael has fulfilled her NDIS goal to move out of home with friends.

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Eye on the sky: The Parkes Telescope in action is an amazing thing to witness, as are the heavenly bodies it keeps watch over. Photo: CSIRO.

Moon Landing 50 Year Anniversary

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

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REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

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MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

Community minded: Cameron is not only an experienced HAZMAT Sydney firefighter, he also is the head of first aid training at his local surf club at Elouera.

Giving community support a red hot go

AWARDS: Susann Johnson, Tracy Wilkinson, June Evans OAM, Ros Brown and Susan Lougher at the Oberon Hospital Auxiliary's 75th anniversary celebration earlier this month.

Oberon Hospital Auxiliary | Office-bearers for year decided

MANLY DREAMING: Architects Angelo Candalepas and Glenn Murcutt with Royal Far West chief Lindsay Cane.

Royal Far West centre to get a right royal makeover

SAFE HANDS: Pick up your 32-page farm safety guide in the July 25 edition of The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock & Land and Stock Journal.

Time to put our farms in Safe Hands

WELCOME: Members of the heritage machinery restoration group, Jim Hawkes, Bob Mills, Phil Harper, Tim Arnison and Terry Boyce, will welcome U3A members to inspect a collection of historic artefacts.

Oberon U3A | From historic artefacts to armchair travel

Ready to rock: Star filly Libertini. Picture: Yarraman Park Stud.

Off The Beaten Track: Racing's week that was

Triumphing against the odds

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Triumphing against the odds

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Crazy: A man races through the level crossing, right in the path of not one, but two trains. Picture: Transport for NSW

Watch the dangerous double cross in front of two NSW

'Good to have a dog in the backyard again': Sergeant Luke Warburton at home with T-Bone.

Life, near-death and man's best friend: Luke Warburton's story

Ilsa Cunningham

Life, on Australia's third-largest island. Photo: Shutterstock

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Can you name our three biggest islands?

Stan Gorton

SWOOPED: An "aggressive" magpie swoop has already been reported in Bathurst. Are they swooping where you are? Photo: FILE

It swooped hitting my head and neck while squawking profusely

Nadine Morton

Four paws: The flying Keybow in action at Albion Park. Picture Brisbane Greyhounds.

Chasing winners - Dapto August 15

Peter Davis

Early bushfire season now the new normal

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VET building pathways to a bright future

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VET building pathways to a bright future

Jenny Lambert

Letter | Want to have your say on the future of Landcare?

Letter | Want to have your say on the future of Landcare?

Lithgow Oberon Landcare Association

Building Bridges to Boorowa volunteer Dick Orchard takes a break from tree planting. Photo: Andrew Scott

Tree change: How one Orchard and an army of volunteers can make a difference

Geraldine Cardozo

Taryn Tottman said the life sentence for murdering her sister and family is "extremely suitable".

Dad never to be free for WA family murders

Angie Raphael

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

Kookaburras to Mr Whippy. What does Australia sound like to you?

The search continues for missing Sunshine Coast teenager Michael Ryan.

Search continues for missing Qld teen

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The cost of repairing apartment block defects Australiawide would be staggering, says the CFMMEU.

Aust faces '$6.2b bill for unit defects'

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Australia's Travis Head walks from the pitch as the England player shake hands after England and Australia drew the 2nd Ashes Test.

Aussies salvage dramatic draw at Lord's

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IN ACTION: World record holder Aidan Copp shearing a lamb during his world record attempt on Saturday where he was shearing for eight-hours. Picture: Nikki Reynolds

Shearer battles through eight gruelling hours to break world record

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will push to overhaul the financial services sector by the end of 2020.

Frydenberg unveils bank overhaul road map

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THE BIG DRY: The Gidding's drought-stricken farm at Wellington. Fletcher Giddings,8, on the quad bike (top right) and his father Brian Giddings helping a cow (bottom right).

GRAPHIC CONTENT | 'My little rock': dad, the drought and his brave boy Fletcher

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Vaccination is your best protection against the bug and it's still not too late to get the jab. Photo: Shutterstock

It is not too late to get your flu shot

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Australian surfer Sean McKinnon, who was killed as he slept in a campervan in Raglan, New Zealand.

Aust surfer murder accused was struggling

Zena Chamas
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IN ACTION: World record holder Aidan Copp shearing a lamb during his world record attempt on Saturday where he was shearing for eight-hours. Picture: Nikki Reynolds

Shearer breaks world record

Nikki Reynolds
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Tropical grass Premier digit growing on the same light acidic country as the photo below. Addressing soil deficiencies plus growing in conjunction with serradella and other acid soil tolerant winter legumes is part of this success story.

Acidic, light soil deemed useless no more thanks to research

Bob Freebairn

Uarbry's Jill Goodman shared her story on The Land's Hear Them Raw podcast after losing everything in the Sir Ivan bushfire. Pictures: Lucy Kinbacher

"Their hoses were melting, they were exhausted"

Lucy Kinbacher

Impressive: The view from Common Grounds and the historic wooden bridge across the Hunter.

Take time to mosey around Morpeth

John Rozentals

Two monks walk in the Sacred Garden at the heart of Lumbini. Pictures: Michael Turtle

The holiest site you've never heard of

Michael Turtle

Chippendale: one of Sydney's hippest, artiest neighbourhoods.

Travel deals: Where will you go next?

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Where will it end?: Apart from the evolutionary steps of a better S Pen with more features and the phone's increased memory and improved battery life and charging times, the last step is the blurring of PC and phone.

Smartphone evolution is now a revolution

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Alexis (not pictured): "There is not a huge difference between what we do and people who use Tinder."

Why Alexis took up sex work during her university studies

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Options: There are plenty of ways to create beautiful and practical outdoor spaces that are also low on maintenance and water requirements. Photos by Jason Busch.

Tips to create water-wise gardens