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Tathra will advance in the semi-finals after Eden's win last week has been overturned due to ineligible players.

Updated: Whalers removed from SCAFL women's finals

Jacob McMaster

Jake McDonald led from the front with some good run options to the right side setting up his playmakers against Eden.

Bulldogs dig in for place

Jacob McMaster

The Merimbula Sharks under 14s girls rep squad with coach Jai Badewitz are excited about the upcoming season and competing in tournaments.

Sharks are hungry for basketball

Tathra will advance in the semi-finals after Eden's win last week has been overturned due to ineligible players.

Updated: Whalers removed from SCAFL women's finals

The Pambula Panthers got some early kicking options in to secure a narrow win over Narooma in Saturday's knockout semi-finals.

Panthers make best of tricky winds in finals

Jacob McMaster

Merimbula young gun Hayden Stevens has enjoyed success with the bike on the Hunter Junior Tour

Hayden pedals up success on junior cycle tour

Becky Robbers and Bodhi Turner rehearse for My Black Dog.

Fling to premiere new production My Black Dog this week

Albert McKnight

WHERE IT BEGAN: Pambula Rotary's relationship with Trundle began in November 2018 when a team of Rotarians visited Trundle for three days.

Pambula bond grows

Gaile Fullerton and Robin Blunden

BLACKBOARD: Nethercote Music Factory will hold a night of music in August.

Nethercote Hall to host a night full of music

Becky Robbers and Bodhi Turner rehearse for My Black Dog.

Fling to premiere new production My Black Dog this week

Guitarist Angus Young and Singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC perform on stage during the legendary Australian rock band's Rock or Bust World Tour in 2015 in Melbourne. Picture: Chris Hopkins

Travel back to music's golden age with Alive in the 70s

Special night promised: Multi-instrumentalist Paul Dion will be joined by his band at Club Sapphire on August 15.

Paul Dion and Friends at Down South Jazz

Feeding frenzy: A good dry cleaner will help you deal with life's sometimes messy times with ease. Image: Shutterstock

Five signs your dry cleaner cares (about you and your clothes)

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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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Feeding frenzy: A good dry cleaner will help you deal with life's sometimes messy times with ease. Image: Shutterstock

Five signs your dry cleaner cares (about you and your clothes)

Water villas at the Maldives at sunrise. The islands of the Maldives are explored by boat, revealing pristine beaches and abundant wildlife.

A delightful Indian Ocean island cruise

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OUTLOOK: The ACM survey aims to find out more about what makes regional and rural communities tick.

Help us build a better understanding of regional Australia

Lush and peaceful

Lush and peaceful

Far South Coast Domain House of the Week, 14/8

Great family value

Great family value

Far South Coast Domain House of the Week, 7/8

Inspired by luxury

Inspired by luxury

Far South Coast House of the Week, July 1, 2019

Becky Robbers and Bodhi Turner rehearse for My Black Dog.

Fling to premiere new production My Black Dog this week

Albert McKnight

The Mumbulla Foundation board celebrates with last year's successful grant recipients. Photo: Ben Smyth

Mumbulla community grants up for grabs, apply now

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

Becky Robbers and Bodhi Turner rehearse for My Black Dog.

Fling to premiere new production My Black Dog this week

Members from the Old School Museum, Merimbula Garden Club and the Men's Shed with the new seat.

What's happening in our community

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

Triumphing against the odds

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Triumphing against the odds

Meme? Why are people so meme. Geddit?

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Why are people so meme?

CHANGE OF HEART: Why did Barnaby backflip on medical cannabis? Photo: Peter Hardin

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Barnaby's medicinal cannabis backflip a head-scratcher

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

Off The Beaten Track: Racing's week that was

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

Glen Humphries

'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

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

Chasing winners - Dapto August 15

Peter Davis

Letters: Merimbula shopping precinct needs revitalising

Letters: Merimbula shopping precinct needs revitalising

Fossil beds and amazing geological features as seen along the Light to Light Walk. Photo: John Blay

Letters: Public bins in absolutely filthy state

Eyeing off breakfast at Waterfront Cafe. Photo by Jasmine Smyth. Share your photos with us at www.merimbulanewsweekly.com.au/community/send-us-your-news/

Letters: Pambula nurse service a credit to campaigners

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

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

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

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

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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Newspoll shows Anthony Albanese has the best approval rating for an opposition leader since 2013.

Honeymoon over as coalition's lead slips

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PM Scott Morrison wants public servants to focus on serving quiet Australians instead of lobbyists.

Serve quiet Aussies, PM urges bureaucrats

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

NZ surfer murder accused faced 'struggles'

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The search continues for missing Sunshine Coast teenager Michael Ryan.

Teen missing from Sunshine Coast for days

Sonia Kohlbacher
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Clive Palmer's trial with Queensland Nickel's liquidators is set to resume after a major settlement.

Palmer Qld Nickel collapse trial resumes

Aaron Bunch
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Gold Coast businessman John Chardon's trial for the murder of his wife continues.

Lies and affairs bared in Qld murder trial

Sonia Kohlbacher
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Foreign Minister Marise Payne says Australia is leading an "informed conversation" on China.

China conversation is 'informed': minister

Marnie Banger

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

Brothers Campbell and Greg Hedley from Two Heads Brewing.

Two heads are better than one

Samantha Townsend

TEAMWORK: James Maxwell, Kerryn Powell and Amber Griffiths in their 50-stand rotary, one of two dairies on the farm they managed with the help of friends and staff members following the tragedy. PHOTO: Coralee Askew

Powells opt to sell farm after tragedy

Marian Macdonald

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?

John Rozentals

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

Compact: The whole house is only 100 square mtres. Photos: Willem Rethmeier on Bowerbird

Tropical retreat is as beautiful as it is practical

At just 17 years of age, Jarrod Emeny was left paraplegic when the vehicle he was driving rolled into a tree. He shared his story through The Land's first podcast series, Hear Them Raw. Pictures: Supplied

'You're just saying in your head, don't be dead'

Lucy Kinbacher