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Angourie local and Australian surfing legend Monty Webber has lived a full and colourful life that he has documented in his Autobiography Is the Moon the Sun? – The Autobiography of a Time Rich Experience Junkie that will be officially launched at Yamba Cinema …

Aimee Pirie, who spent 14 years growing up in Yamba, recently completed the toughest challenge of her life, the Spartathlon in Greece, running the final 85km with a severely sprained ankle due to ‘inflammation from extensor tendinitis’, becoming the youngest Australian woman ever to finish. Described as the world’s most gruelling race, the 246km Spartathlon runs over rough tracks and muddy paths ...

Junee Show Society The excitement is building as the Junee Show Society prepares to welcome visitors to the grand 134th Junee Show, set for Saturday,...

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David Hyett. Like many across Australia, small businesses in Nimbin face ongoing economic challenges as we enter the last quarter of 2024. However, Nimbin’s strength lies in its vibrant, alternative community, which reflects Aquarian values. We offer a unique experience.

Sarah Herrmann. Wallaroo will soon enter its fifth summer since a cruise ship docked at its jetty. The port town last hosted a cruise ship during the 2019-20 cruise season, not long before the Covid-19 pandemic began ... South Australia will host 119 cruise ship visits during the 2024-25 season, key stakeholders are advocating for the ships to return to the Copper Coast.

Wilson McShane. Women’s football is set to return to Yorke Peninsula for the first time in over four years, with a new competition kicking off at Moonta Oval ... This marks the second attempt at establishing female football in the region after the previous competition was discontinued due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Denise and Owen Whitney, owners of Mountain Top Coffee, travelled to Sydney with manager and roaster Bernard Rooney ... to receive a champion trophy for the Nimbin Blend line of roasted coffee at the Sydney Royal Fine Foods Festival. This is the second champion trophy they have received, the earlier being the Microlot in 2021.

Western rock lobster fisher Anthony Manganaro, who operates out of the Two Rocks marina, was pleased to give federal Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell the chance to put a face to his name on Sunday. The establishment of marine parks and increasing regulations despite the WA western rock lobster fishery maintaining its ecological sustainability since it was accredited by the Marine Stewardship Council in 2000 were just two issues mentioned…

Emotions ran high and voices rose with them at the Donald Mineral Sands community information session held at the Memorial Hall on Thursday, with a group of frustrated farmers taking the opportunity to protest one of the many large scale projects earmarked for the region. Trucks, tractors and other agricultural machinery lined the streets, signed with phrases such as: “No Mines, No Turbines, No Transmission Lines!”

Australian farmland values have continued to grow through the first half of 2024, albeit at a slower pace, with the 1H 2024 median price of farmland now standing at $10,141/ha. This represents a rise of 12.2 per cent compared to a year earlier and is the 22nd consecutive half-yearly period of year-on-year growth.

Australian Museum touring exhibition The Birds of Australia  STORYBOX ​​​​​​is a captivating digital, outdoor installation that will be in Town Green ... This interactive 3D storytelling cube brings to life the iconic bird illustrations of John and Elizabeth Gould.

Ukraine is at the epicentre of global warming. The average air temperature in the country is rising faster than the world average ... in the long term, this phenomenon will greatly complicate farming in Ukraine. Therefore, even during the war, Ukrainian society is trying to adapt agriculture, villages and cities to the consequences of global warming.

Sarah Herrmann. More than 30 brave souls waded into the cold Wallaroo seawater at 6.45am last week as part of a national tour to raise awareness and money for mental health ... Australia-wide community movement and not-for-profit organisation Cold Nips completed its 71st of 100 sunrise dips at beaches across the country over 100 days.

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Scott O'Keeffe. The red-bellied black snake (Pseudonaja porphyriacus) is a venomous Australian Elapid snake ... Cane toads (Bufo marinus) have proven toxic to a wide range of native predators and scavengers, including RBBS and other native snakes ... Cane toads are certainly toxic for RBBS’s, but are toads alone the cause of a population decline?

In a remarkable show of solidarity, neighbourhood houses in the Buloke, Gannawarra, Mildura Rural City and Swan Hill Rural City councils added “Blue Trees” to their towns on World Mental Health Day ... in support of the Blue Tree Project. Incorporating “Blue Trees” into the Mallee landscape was a Mallee Neighbourhood House Network initiative…. to raise awareness and encourage people in the Mallee to have open and honest conversations about mental health.