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Hundreds of travel agents will head to Darwin for the Corroboree Asia tourism convention in August.

Darwin to host major tourism convention

Colin Brinsden

HOWZAT: Peter Taprell (right) added a set of rugby goalposts and a cricket pitch to his backyard for his sports-mad son Josh (left). PHOTOS: Calhan Behrendt

Howzat? Backyard combination cricket and rugby pitch clears the ropes

Calhan Behrendt

FIRING ONE DOWN: Diggers' Ben Watts rolls his arm over in Diggers last match almost a month ago against Coro. PHOTO: Shaun Paterson

Diggers need to hit the ground running after three week break

Liam Warren

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

John Hanscombe

Six of the artists whose works will be showcased at the exhibition - Linzie Ellis, Kerri Weymouth, Veronica Collins, Diane Tarr, Anthea da Silva and Lisa Taliano.

Exhibition highlighting region's female artists launched

Calhan Behrendt

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Political parties should keep their distance

HAVE YOUR SAYLETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Political parties should keep their distance

Character is just the start of the fantastic family home

Character is just the start of the fantastic family home

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Hundreds of travel agents will head to Darwin for the Corroboree Asia tourism convention in August.

Darwin to host major tourism convention

Colin Brinsden

HOWZAT: Peter Taprell (right) added a set of rugby goalposts and a cricket pitch to his backyard for his sports-mad son Josh (left). PHOTOS: Calhan Behrendt

Howzat? Backyard combination cricket and rugby pitch clears the ropes

Calhan Behrendt

Flashback Friday: 40 photos in The Area News from February 2005 | Photos

SUBSCRIBERFlashback Friday: 40 photos in The Area News from February 2005 | Photos

FIRING ONE DOWN: Diggers' Ben Watts rolls his arm over in Diggers last match almost a month ago against Coro. PHOTO: Shaun Paterson

Diggers need to hit the ground running after three week break

Liam Warren

CUTTING AWAY: Leagues' Matt Keenan will hope to repeat his performace from Leagues last timed clash with Coro where he posted fifty. PHOTO: Shaun Paterson

Panthers need to maintain momentum if they are to reach finals

Liam Warren

NEAR PERFECT: Theo Valeri will look to maintain his 100 per cent record as captain in this season's Hedditch Cup when Griffith take on Junee. PHOTO: Liam Warren

Griffith prepare for final Hedditch Cup challenge against Junee

Liam Warren

FIRING ONE DOWN: Diggers' Ben Watts rolls his arm over in Diggers last match almost a month ago against Coro. PHOTO: Shaun Paterson

Diggers need to hit the ground running after three week break

Black and Whites' Ron Bamblett at last year's knockout

Four Group 20 teams nominated for the West Wyalong knockout

Liam Warren

ON AGAIN: Riverina's Ben Walsh and Canberra's James McCabe compete in the interleague game at Football Park in Canberra on Saturday night. Picture: Matt Olsen

Riverina League lock in representative football

Matt Malone

Longboats wait to take people around the island from the main beach of
Perhentian Kecil. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Sounds like my idea of paradise

Michael Turtle

Just how picture perfect can it really be? Picture: Shutterstock

The big let down: when the reality is something else entirely

Chris Leadbeater

Peek through the famous keyhole to admire the secret gardens of the ancient order of the Knights of Malta and get a picture-perfect view of St Peter's Basilica. Picture: Shutterstock

Rome's hidden secrets brought to life in rockstar city

Teresa Ooi

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EACH FOR EQUAL: The next exhibition at the Griffith art gallery opens on February 21. IMAGE: Kerri Weymouth

THINGS TO DOWhat's On: Each for Equal to open in Griffith

The Area News

EACH FOR EQUAL: The next exhibition at the Griffith art gallery opens on February 21. IMAGE: Kerri Weymouth

Exhibition Each for Equal to highlight women's art

SOCIAL STARS: Comedy troupe Sooshi Mango's Joe Salanitri, Carlo Salanitri and Andrew Manfre will be coming to the Yoogali Club on Feburary 28 as part of their Fifty Shades of Ethnic tour. PHOTO: Supplied

Online stars Sooshi Mango to bring fan-favourite comedy to city

Calhan Behrendt

EACH FOR EQUAL: The next exhibition at the Griffith art gallery opens on February 21. IMAGE: Kerri Weymouth

THINGS TO DOWhat's On: Each for Equal to open in Griffith

LEFT: Van Dieman's Land 1777 within an Opossum in watercolours. IMAGE: Anna Glynn

THINGS TO DOWhat's On: Final days for gallery's JADA exhibition

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WELCOME: Kerri Pottharst, Olympic Gold Medallist will be guest speaker at SI Griffith's annual International Women's Day Breakfast. PHOTO: Contributed

Soroptimists to host Olympic gold medalist for this year's breakfast

The Area News

LET'S RIDE: John Santos behind the wheel of the car provided by the Cancer Council to help transport patients to their appointments.

MIA Community & Health 2019 | John is driven to give back, but would love to do more

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Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

LET'S RIDE: John Santos behind the wheel of the car provided by the Cancer Council to help transport patients to their appointments.

MIA Community & Health 2019 | John is driven to give back, but would love to do more

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

Character is just the start of the fantastic family home

Character is just the start of the fantastic family home

House of the Week

A house that will stand out from the crowd in the real estate market

A house that will stand out from the crowd in the real estate market

House of the Week

This tidy Yenda home is the perfect place to raise a young family

This tidy Yenda home is the perfect place to raise a young family

House of the Week

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

Michelle Haines Thomas

PLANTING IDEAS: Celebrity gardener Costa Georgiadis encourages Camdenville Public School students to see what goes on a ground level when planting fire retardant native shrubs.

Costa sows hope after fires

Robyn Ainsworth

PRECAUTIONS: Wildlife must be handled with care to protect you and them.

How to cope with those close encounters of the wildlife kind

Lyndell Whyte

Green dream in a fragile land

Green dream in a fragile land

Carmel La Rocca, Multicultural Council of Griffith president.

Plans underway for Harmony Day

STIMULATION: Caged birds need plenty of enrichment to stave off boredom.

The original twitter ... keeping your feathered friends happy

RSPCA

Flashback Friday: 40 photos in The Area News from February 2005 | Photos

SUBSCRIBERFlashback Friday: 40 photos in The Area News from February 2005 | Photos

HOWZAT: Peter Taprell (right) added a set of rugby goalposts and a cricket pitch to his backyard for his sports-mad son Josh (left). PHOTOS: Calhan Behrendt

Howzat? Backyard combination cricket and rugby pitch clears the ropes

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Last days: enter now to win a Scandinavian cruise

With the gang hook removed from its eye, the shark was released and swam away. Picture: Sea Life Aquarium.

Rescue mission to save snagged shark

Ben Langford

Tender and terrifying: this common centipede is curling itself around its young to protect them. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

This centipede is a crawling, caring mother

Caleb Cluff

Colin Beaton, Barry Maples, Urologist Steven Sowter, Medical Services Director David Tulloch, Bob Woolnough, John Cremins and Gordon Hill.

New prostate biopsy machine hits surgery at base hospital

Jacinta Dickins

GOSSIP GIRL: A local Facebook group had community members concerned on this day in 2010.

SUBSCRIBEROn This Day in Griffith: February 17

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Political parties should keep their distance

HAVE YOUR SAYLETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Political parties should keep their distance

Why are so many of us so easily offended?

Why are so many of us so easily offended?

John Malouff

Widespread rorting: The Parliament needs to improve its oversight and scrutiny of government spending. Photo: Shutterstock

Government spending needs more scrutiny

John Hewson

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

A vigil will be held in Brisbane for Hannah Clarke and her three children, who died on Wednesday.

Vigil to be held for Brisbane family

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Australian evacuees from China will be released from a Darwin camp after a 14-day quarantine ends.

First Darwin coronavirus quarantine ends

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Plans are underway to remove the XPT train wreck after investigators examined the derailment site.

Work begins to remove Vic derailed train

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A slow-moving tropical low could develop into Cyclone Esther in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

North Qld, NT set for cyclonic weather

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Gladys Berejiklian and Scott Morrison will speak at a Sydney memorial to bushfire victims.

State memorial for NSW bushfire victims

Steven Trask
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Seven Australians evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan have now tested positive to coronavirus.

Aust eases travel ban, virus cases rise

Georgie Moore and Robyn Wuth

The victim of a possible hit-run accident in Sydney has been identified as Antonio Plati.

Victim identified in fatal Sydney crash

Steve Zemek

Hundreds of travel agents will head to Darwin for the Corroboree Asia tourism convention in August.

Darwin to host major tourism convention

Colin Brinsden

Claire and Jon Welsh with their first pressed bale of Merino wool at Oban View, Guyra.

Why cattle producers are opting for sheep

Lucy Kinbacher

Ted O'Kane, NSW DPI Rural Resiliance Officer, Goulburn addressing the 'Strategies for 2020' forum at Boorowa.

Strategies for 2020

Stephen Burns

Livestock buyer Eliezer Robinson lost a bull and drowned a tractor when floodwaters from the Upper Orara, above Dairyville, swept across his flats. He was lucky not to lose this fence, which survived but showed the effect of receding waters

Record wet February - and the month is not over yet

Jamie Brown

CALMING INFLUENCE: Pheromones can help pets deal with stress and anxiety.

Using the call of nature to help fur kids cope with modern life

Lyndell Whyte

MODERN LOOK: The clean lines and simple forms of the Soulsby House reference the site responsive, energy efficient and cost effective homes of post-war Australian Modernism. Photos: Felix Mooneeram

A clean, green and comfortable machine

PERFECT MATCH: Ensure your beautiful dishes are complemented by beautiful glassware and a quality cutlery set.

The finer points on cutlery