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Wall hanging.

Notices from our local groups

Ken and Jan Moore with Lynne and Rex Koerbin.

Dining and dancing in aid of Legacy

Denise Dion

Pauline and Dalton Neville of Tura Beach.

Stories from the crowd

Denise Dion

Local students helped to place the field of poppies.

Their sacrifice remembered

Denise Dion

Family home on Kowara Crescent engulfed in flames.

Family escapes house fire in Merimbula

Claudia Ferguson

Power bills assistance at Bega ombudsman expo

Fire destroys Merimbula home, resident taken to hospital

Claudia Ferguson

Wall hanging.

Notices from our local groups

Ken and Jan Moore with Lynne and Rex Koerbin.

Dining and dancing in aid of Legacy

Denise Dion

The Merimbula Special Events Committee

Breakfast treat at Tiffanys | Photos

Big fish, big prize: Ron Vanderdrift and Lindon Thompson congratulate Matt Collins and his son Harry on their major prize win for the longest bream at the Tackle World Tri Estuary Challenge last weekend.

Yellowfin arrival has game fishers excited

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Good show: Men of League officials Col Clarke, Frank Daveys and Dave "Crocket" Reardon with players at the charity bowls day on Sunday.

League rolls up for community support

Jacob McMaster
1hr ago

Merimbula basketball hosts exciting cup weekend | Photos

Big fish, big prize: Ron Vanderdrift and Lindon Thompson congratulate Matt Collins and his son Harry on their major prize win for the longest bream at the Tackle World Tri Estuary Challenge last weekend.

Yellowfin arrival has game fishers excited

56m ago

HEAVY CONTACT: In a match for the under 17s on Saturday, Bombala's Dakota Miles is supported by her teammates as she runs up against the Narooma opposition.

Women 'show no fear' in Group 16’s first nine-a-side contact round

Albert McKnight

SAILING SUCCESS: Wallagoot sailors Josh and Jarrah Dorrough picked up a huge cup at the ACT Dinghy Championships while Luca Dorrough and Tony Hastings came second overall to retain the traveller trophy.

Canberra trophies for Wallagoot sailors

David Barrie

Merimbula’s own farmers market in the making

Claudia Ferguson

Paul McCloud will be joined by Reg Poole for a double bill of country music.

Country musos play at Wolumla

Date Bros Combo at Jazz Club

David Barrie

Merimbula’s own farmers market in the making

Take a ride to the dark side of the moon with Redbelly Black

Spring blooms

Blooming Sapphire Coast orchids on display

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

Jump for Joy: The Eden Whale Festival will take place from November 2 to November 4, 2018. Come along and join in all the fun and festivities and keep your eye out for some whales.

Eden Whale Festival 2018: Get ready for a whale of a time in Eden

Special publication

Custom: Ryleho do timber windows and doors in pretty much any design you can draw or show them from their factory in Queanbeyan. All photos supplied.

Using timber as a main feature | Country Homes

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A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Style: "For outdoor living we have noticed a lot of people now mixing our loom furniture in softer colours along with our Cotswold Teak". Photo: Supplied.

Trends in country furniture | Country Homes

Advertising feature

The Big Green Egg: This is a ceramic unit made in the same place as NASA's heat shields for space shuttles. It's able to smoke, grill or roast. Photo: Supplied.

Outdoor cooking at its best | Country Homes

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Bay townhouse with views

Batemans Bay House of the Week Nov 7

A unique offering on Nita

Shoalhaven House of the Week Nov 7

Enjoy beachfront privacy

Far South Coast House of the Week Nov 7

WILD LIFE: What's Up Down Under host Robby Nethercote shares a special moment with Cuddles the python at Potoroo Palace.

What’s Up wild encounter with Potoroo Palace’s twin keepers

1hr ago

David Barrie

Merimbula’s own farmers market in the making

Claudia Ferguson

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

WILD LIFE: What's Up Down Under host Robby Nethercote shares a special moment with Cuddles the python at Potoroo Palace.

What’s Up wild encounter with Potoroo Palace’s twin keepers

1hr ago

Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders

MOVE IT: Armidale Skating Rink, circa 1917, a source of entertainment for those on the home front.

Doing our bit on the home front

Lydia Roberts

The Merimbula Special Events Committee

Breakfast treat at Tiffanys | Photos

Ken and Jan Moore with Lynne and Rex Koerbin.

Dining and dancing in aid of Legacy

Local students helped to place the field of poppies.

Their sacrifice remembered

Bimbimbie remembers: 100 years since the WWI Armistice | Photos

Winner of ther 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy with trainer Charlie Appleby.

How the Melbourne Cup panned out: on the track

The amazing trainer Bec Smith with jockey Karla Fieg and Club Sapphire's favourite steed.

Melbourne Cup fashion in Merimbula

Claudia Ferguson

Megan Gale

25 faces you might know at the Melbourne Cup

Scenes from Flemington.

How Melbourne Cup 2018 panned out: off the track

END OF AN ERA: Supporters and volunteers of the Bimbimbie Auxiliary at their afternoon tea on November 5 which was held to recognise 43 years of volunteering.

Letters to the editor

Child Safety: The red bucket brigade of IMB Bank Merimbula roamed the streets collecting donations for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation on Friday.

Letters to the editor

President of Pambula Surf Lifesaving Club Stephen Hodgson and club captain Ann Smith presenting Bill Deveril (centre) with a 50-year long service award.

Letters to the editor

SORE SUBJECT FOR SENIORS: From November 1 anyone aged 50 or over will have to visit a specialist to be referred for an MRI scan on a sore or injured knee.

Over 50s denied GP-referred knee MRI scans

Eileen Wood

BEST SHOT: Wilma Perkins competes in shot put - one of seven events in the heptathlon - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. Photo: World Masters Athletics

Golden girls reign in Spain

Geraldine Cardozo

Win a NZ Holiday

Clancy Shannon was killed while joy-riding with friend Justin Stubberfield on North Stradbroke Island.

Queensland drunk driver jailed over mate’s death

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Renae Lawrence, one of the "Bali Nine", is being released from an Indonesian jail next week.

Father's hopes for Bali Nine drug smuggler

19m ago

Pellegrini's reopens after terror attack

23m ago

ABC ex-chair: 'no inappropriate behaviour'

34m ago

Arona Peniamina has been found guilty of murdering his wife Sandra at their Queensland home.

Qld man guilty of brutally murdering wife

Christine Flatley
39m ago

Muslim leader condemns PM's call to imams

47m ago

Indonesian free-trade deal delayed

Angus Livingston
1hr ago

A funding cut to Foodbank has been reversed so it can continue supplying basic food to needy people.

Charity food service funding maintained

1hr ago

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

The Sebel Melbourne Malvern … 17 floors with 86 apartments.

Six highlights in your travel week | 12 Nov

John Rozentals

Queenstown … kissed by snow-capped mountains.

A delightful twist and turn through Queenstown

John Rozentals

A 2013 comprehensive review of the literature on the effect of bariatric surgery on cancer outcomes suggested that the surgery did reduce cancer risk, particularly for breast and endometrial cancer in individuals who had been obese prior.

Does bariatric surgery reduce cancer risk?

Healthshare
1hr ago

DIY: Take on smaller jobs.

Finish your reno before Christmas

Proud Sofala locals (from left) Wayne Crow, Jodi Campbell, Sasha Wafer, front David Taylor. Photo: Sasha Cody

Tiny country cafe the Painted Horse strikes Good Food Guide gold

Gemima Cody