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Bulldogs Youth Girls

Which junior AFL teams will claim grand final glory?

Paul Taylor

Based around a social, small-sided version of the World Game, Walking Football is a huge phenomenon overseas

Walking football is on its way

Peter Allison 70yrs+ 100m obstacle race gold medalist

Peter Allison at Australian Surf Life Saving pool rescue championships

Bulldogs Youth Girls

Which junior AFL teams will claim grand final glory?

15s Boys - Minor Premiers. Back Row: Jon Winfer (coach), Elroy Mackenzie, Hunter Cruickshank, Sam Case, Finn Baron, Ethan Winfer, Matthew Borget, Pete Baron (coach). Front Row: James Ruming, Koby Henwood, Djarrah Clarke, Sophie Boyd, Jo Hardinge, James Loebel

Bellingen FC juniors stride into the semi final round

Rachel Hoy

Scott Hansen rallies Brewers after loss

Dodgers overtake Brewers

Charles Wolfson

Kombu to screen uplifting ecological doco in Bellingen

Kombu to screen uplifting ecological doco in Bellingen

Put Saturday September 14 in your diary

Spring into the Plant Fair

Musical Memories at Megan Hall

Musical Memories at Megan Hall

Georgina Frogley

Kombu to screen uplifting ecological doco in Bellingen

Kombu to screen uplifting ecological doco in Bellingen

Parissa Bouas at Cedar Bar

Parissa Bouas at Cedar Bar

George Washingmachine and Feel the Manouche

George Washingmachine comes back to Raleigh Hall

Hard questions: Lorraine Gordon, Director Strategic Projects and Program Director at RAA believes we need to answer the difficult questions around farming in a changing climate.

Growth is risky business

Lorraine Gordon

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Ruth Lewis

Hard questions: Lorraine Gordon, Director Strategic Projects and Program Director at RAA believes we need to answer the difficult questions around farming in a changing climate.

Growth is risky business

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

Calling all shoppers: Put a date in your diary for Saturday, August 10 and don't miss Bowra's shopping extravaganza.

Bigger and better than before

Advertising Feature

Enjoy the laid-back lifestyle

Enjoy the laid-back lifestyle

Property of the week

Ideally placed duplex gives options

Ideally placed duplex gives options

Property of the week

Nothing but peace and serenity

Nothing but peace and serenity

House of the Week

Australian Red Cross Bellingen Branch, President Mark Troy and Patron Edithe Pigott

Changing of the guard at Bellingen Red Cross

Wal Tyson calculating the Eel Fishing Competition results in 2018

Our Elders: Wal Tyson

Nicole Hind

Raleigh students explore creative thinking

Raleigh students explore creative thinking

Bernadette Driscoll

Australian Red Cross Bellingen Branch, President Mark Troy and Patron Edithe Pigott

Changing of the guard at Bellingen Red Cross

Jeff Lang has achieved what is a rarity in the cluttered world of contemporary sounds: his own voice. He will perform at South West Rocks Primary School Hall on August 30 at 7.30pm. Tickets are $25.

An evening with musician Jeff Lang

Denise Taylor

Dorin Hart. Photo Bruce Jacups

Our Elders: Dorin Hart

Nicole Hind

Large healthy adult koala spotted in compartment 128 of Roses Creek State Forest

Koalas in Kalang: citizen science documents significant presence in forests marked for logging

Get out the ferris wheel - it's showtime in Adelaide (nearly). Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIA
When rams plus jams equal showtime

Veterinarian Dr Duan March and vet nurse Kieran Marshall in pursuit of the swan

PHOTOS
Saving Bellingen's swan

NEW TERRITORY: From left, City Calm Down's Jack Bourke, Lee Armstrong, Jeremy Sonnenberg and Sam Mullaly wanted to brighten and simplify their sound on Television, following the claustrophobic gloom of their acclaimed record Echoes In Blue.

City Calm Down change the channel on new album Television

MAD FOR IT: Oasis legend Liam Gallagher will headline the Fairgrounds Festival in Berry in December.

Oasis star Liam Gallagher set to hit Fairgrounds running

Josh Leeson

GOT IT: While picking up the keys was exciting, I soon realised that this was the easy part. Photo: SUPPLIED

I renovated a house for Airbnb: here's what I learnt

Alex Crowe

Son of a gun: Zipping Browny's sire, three-time Group 1 winner My Bro Fabio. Picture: Sandown Greyhounds.

Maidens take centre stage at Dapto

Peter Davis

Earth, wind and fire - but not enough water

REAL AUSTRALIA
Earth, wind and fire - but not enough water

John Hanscombe

Today's Letters to the Editor

Today's Letters to the Editor

Letter: Looking beyond the Bellingen Bubble

OPINION
Letter: Looking beyond the Bellingen Bubble

Rob Simpson

Letter: Allow the forest to keep recovering

Letter: Allow the forest to keep recovering

Mark Graham

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

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

Wal Tyson calculating the Eel Fishing Competition results in 2018

Our Elders: Wal Tyson

Nicole Hind

Older Australians are among at-risk groups for sepsis.

It kills 5000 Aussies a year, but do you know the sepsis warning signs?

Eileen Wood

A state funeral will be held in Albury for former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer.

Albury will host Tim Fischer state funeral

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny are due to fly into France for the G7 meeting.

G7 allows Australia to put its views: PM

NSW Health has issued an alert for people in Sydney International Airport in early hours of Aug 17.

Measles warning for overseas-bound Aussies

The first anniversary of Scott Morrison's prime ministership is nothing to celebrate, Labor says.

Morrison has no plan for challenges: Labor

SA will fund a business development program to help tackle the waste management crisis in the state.

Business program grant to tackle SA waste

Emily Cosenza

Josh Frydenberg is unconcerned about falling iron ore prices, saying it's in line with predictions.

Frydenberg not panicked by iron ore fall

Colin Brinsden

The supply of water in Perth will be returned to government hands, Premier Mark McGowan announced.

WA to reverse Water Corp privatisation

Emily Cosenza

Pell accompanies paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale to court in 1993. Photo: Geoff Ampt

Getting the damned back together: Pell to spend time with familiar faces

Debbie Cuthbertson

Top priced bull KO B074 Beast Mode P48 with Craig Allen and Felix Li, Tea Gardens, Nerong Park, Angus Onisforou, K.O. Angus, Elders auctioneers Joe Wilks and Andy McGeoch and Tim Lord, K.O. Angus.

K.O. Angus bulls top at $12,000

Olivia Calver

The Wodonga Special Store Sale saw 2300, mostly light cattle, yarded. Photo supplied.

Heavy steers sell to $1440 at Wodonga

Olivia Calver

The Land newspaper

The Land vies for top media gong

Cost, convenience and space are all things to consider when deciding where to stay on your next trip. Picture: Supplied

Hotel vs apartment: the pros and cons

Michael Turtle

A great experience: fishing at Berkeley River Lodge.

Great ideas for your next getaway

John Rozentals

Nowhere epitomises the problems as much as Venice, which attracts 30 million tourists a year to its magnificent canals and bridges.

Top tourism spots crack down as they become victim of own success

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Valley's deep copper finish is the perfect complement to nature's earth tones. Retail $179.

Find a fire pit to suit your style

There are muliple living and working area in the house. Photos: Rory Gardiner

Inside the 'shed' named Australia's house of the year

GOT IT: While picking up the keys was exciting, I soon realised that this was the easy part. Photo: SUPPLIED

I renovated a house for Airbnb: here's what I learnt

Alex Crowe