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Photos from across the Fairfax Regional network for the week ending January 30, 2016.

BULLI: Little Sophia Jans undergoing her first physiotherapy session after corrective surgery for a rare limb deficiency in the US last month.

ORANGE: Jack Wighton threw his support behind the NRL All Stars concept, prior to his third appearance for the Indigenous All Stars. Photo: NRL.COM


ILLAWARRA: Hundreds of wheels met bitumen for the first time at Mount Keira on Friday, for the beginning of the Australian leg of the International Downhill Federation World Cup series.


PORT AUGUSTA: Willsden's Russell Coulthard shows no signs of pulling up stumps. PHOTO: Ben Jones

WAGGA: Darren Coggan is celebrating 20 years since his start in the music business after winning Star Maker at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1996.

NEWCASTLE: Love story: "I suddenly felt, this is the girl," Ken McKay said of deciding to marry wife Helen. "I was thinking 'This is it for life," she said. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers


DUBBO: Przewalski's horse foal Bukhara was born in January and is a welcome addition to Taronga Western Plains Zoo's program for the endangered species. Photo: ORLANDER RUMING


ORANGE: Hayley Barrett, Scott Mileto, Penny and Darren Tindall, Roger Edwards, Rose Hodgins and Nathan Webb at the Banjo Business Awards. Photo: JUDE KEOGH

WAGGA: The Lutheran School team gear up for Sunday's Gumi race in Wagga. Picture: Laura Hardwick

ORANGE: Apprentice locksmith Jesse Alpen of Canobolas Locksmiths installing a lock on a security door . Photo: STEVE GOSCH

LAUNCESTON: Rob and Susan Hutchings, John and Aileen Popowski and Peter and Pam Keygan of Orford at Festivale.

MT ISA: Army cadet Conrad Silver shows potential new recruits the field craft they would use if they became a cadet, including packs, belts and harnesses. Photo: Chris Burns

HORSHAM: ST Michael and John's Primary School students learn dance moves from Stomp Dance Company's Aimee Friend. Students Summer Campey and Asha McGennisken show their style in the front row. Pictures: PAUL CARRACHER


MT ISA: Elli- Maree Harrison will travel to Tamworth for AHSRA finals and the chance to compete in the AHSRA Queen Quest.

KATHERINE: Following its successful operation during the recent Daly River flood, volunteers from Katherine's Northern Territory State Emergency Service unit spend time getting familiar with their new boat.

BUNBURY: Cory van Dijk is in the running to win the Australia Community Service and Volunteering Award to recognise him for his dedication to his volunteer roles at the State Emergency Services and Fire and Rescue. 

MANDURAH: A bushfire emergency was declared east of Lake Clifton on Friday. Photo: Waroona Police.

MANDURAH: Rusty the Roach called the cockroach races. Photo: Skint Print.


PORT AUGUSTA: Georgia Dearlove and her form two class she taught during her four months in Malawi.

BATHURST: This cow, from a property at Turondale, was found stuck head-first in a plastic chair. Photo: NATALIE COLE 

PORT MACQUARIE: Keep your distance: this blue angel slug, photographed by Zac Carney at Lighthouse Beach on Wednesday, packs a highly powerful sting due to its ability to absorb the poison of bluebottles and recycle it.


PORT MACQUARIE: Tom Berryman is back in the pool after being diagnosed with lymphoma last year. Pic: PETER GLEESON


MURRAY BRIDGE: Australia Post AFL VIP training session winner Isaiah Durham enjoys his time with Port Adelaide footballers Jimmy Toumpas, Alipate Carlile and Daniel Houston.


PORT LINCOLN: MERITED: Jacob Hannemann, Malia Gynell, Jasmine Slater and Imogen Slater with the Merit awards they received last week.


PORT LINCOLN: Cara Garner with her daughter Lani who has Megacephaly capillary malformation syndrome.

GUNNEDAH: Bill Syphers is still at it after 70-plus years in his trade. Photo: Kate Ramien

TAMWORTH: Senior firefighter Rob Gander is calling on locals to keep hydrants near their properties clear.

TAMWORTH: Margaret Wilkinson said red roses were the traditional Valentine’s Day flower. Photo: Barry Smith

PARKES: Kim Ross with an historic picture of Halls Jewellers that this year sees the building reach the magic century mark. Photos: Bill Jayet


PEAK HILL: Member for Orange, Andrew Gee visited the Peak Hill Gold Mine and met with Committee members who are looking to increase tourism at the mine. From left - Brian Byrne (Peak Hill Community Consultitive Committee), Jill Byrne (Peak Hill CCC), Betty Zdan (President, Peak Hill Business & Tourism Association), Bev Elliott (Peak Hill CCC), Debbie Patterson (Peak Hill CCC), Ellie O'Donoghue (Shire Grants Officer), Andrew Gee, Dick Baxter and John van der Reyden (John runs volunteer tourist walks) in front of 1890 Lancashire Boiler at OCE entrance.

PARKES: Pictured is School Principal Mrs Leanne Breaden and Assistant Principal Mr Ben Smith with the prefects - back-row, left to right, Maddison McCormick, Jade Smith, Lucy Turner, Caitlin Herft, Kristin Lennox, Isabelle Smith, Sharna Ross, Crystal Seiler and Brian Mendoza; middle-row: Jordan Moody, Claudia Monkerud, Meg Turner, Sierra Beazley, Leela Elliott, Lily Leonard, Dokota Bourke, Henry Johns, Will Longhurst, Wilson Duffy and Jayden Pope; front-row: Rebecca Kearney, Kaitlyn Neems, Paige Hanson, Georgia Smith, Samantha Riley, Dylan Cook, Jacob Fredericks, Darcy Noakes, Jemima Hall and Holly MacGregor.


GOULBURN: Richard Cudaj with some of his coin collection. Here he displays his shillings and 1937 and 1938 crowns (the bottom two large coins). Photo: David Cole

GOULBURN: A pair of giant pink snails will reside in Belmore Park for the next few months.

COOMA: A policeman sqats by a "body" on the runway during the Emergency Response field exercise.


NIMMITABEL: Eliza Walker meets a new alpaca acquaintance in the petting paddock at the Nimmitabel show.

WAGGA: A Cessna was brought down in a controlled crash landing at Wagga airport on Friday afternoon. Picture: @peterobo05/Twitter


WAGGA: Solomon Haumono stalks Anthony McCracken during their sparring session at Wagga's PCYC gym. Picture: Peter Doherty


WARRNAMBOOL: Warrnambool City Council mayor Kylie Gaston welcomes the Indigenous people with a smoking ceremony at the opening of Relay For Life. Picture: Amy Paton


HORSHAM: Victorian Farmers Federation vice-president and Murra Warra farmer David Jochinke. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER


SOUTH COAST: The world's biggest fish, a whale shark, and a big one at that was spotted at the 12-Mile Reef off Bermagui on Thursday. Photo: Michael Muscat


BEGA: New friends: St. Patrick's Primary School Bega's Kindergarten class of 2016 pupils with their teacher Mia Favaloro and teacher's aid Kim Aldridge.


SOUTH COAST: HMAS Melbourne personnel dispose of 65kg of illegal narcotics (heroin) seized from a dhow in the northern Indian Ocean. Photo: Bonny Gassner


SOUTH COAST: Faith Banks flanked by Kangaroo Valley's impressive pumpkins.


MILDURA: English backpacker Joe Miller, German backpacker Oezguer Zengin and labour-hire contractor Grant Bertalli are concerned about the proposed removal of the tax-free threshold for backpackers. Picture: Christopher Testa


EDEN: A rubbish fire near the Eden Marine High School oval on Wednesday night is quickly attended to by authorities. Picture Supplied

FOXGROUND: Joe Cato and his wife Maura are hosting a concert in aid of East Timor at their Foxground property. Picture GEORGIA MATTS

JERVIS BAY: HMAS Adelaide and Canberra inside Jervis Bay with Point Perpendicular in the background. Photo Todd Sweeney

EDEN: Marine High School drama students Tenille Sinclair, Dannielle Young, Jack O'Connell and Lindsie Dodsworth with teacher Corrina Collins who has been awarded a Bell Shakespeare regional teacher mentorship.

BEGA: Tarra Motors' owner Gudrun Stylianou shows off the new 2016 Ford Mustang GT. The dealership has already sold six of the iconic muscle cars. Picture Albert McKnight

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Defence Minister Richard Marles toured Ukrainian defence sites on Saturday. Picture supplied

New assistance comes amid 'unrelenting' Russian attacks.

Australia will send $100m in weapons and combat tools to support Ukraine

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Dan Berryman and son Charlie. Picture: Les Smith

Regional NSW kids are waiting up to six years for services.

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Molly Ticehurst's death in Forbes sparked calls for action on addressing domestic violence in regional NSW. Picture supplied

Regional NSW is more dangerous for women than Sydney.

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Emily Anderson

Each year, 100-year-old Ruth Phillips travels to Melbourne from her Northern NSW home in Gleniffer to celebrate the Jewish festival Passover. Picture supplied

'The most relevant today than it has ever been.'

How a regional centenarian is celebrating Passover

Warren Acott was greeted by Anthony Albanese after a cross-country lawn mower ride to Canberra. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The prime minister congratulated him for 'amazing achievement'.

From Toolleen to Canberra - Wozza's lawnmower ride delivers message on MND

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Photos from across the Fairfax Regional network for the week ending February 13, 2016.

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