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MC Tim Bourke with Auntie Vivienne Mason as she gives the 'Welcome to Country' at the Narooma Oyster Festival on Saturday.

Narooma Oyster Festival a pearler

Jeanne Medlicott

Gladys Berejiklian says a man who lives in Sydney's east has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Mystery COVID case pops up in east Sydney

Angelo Risso

Police are appealing for assistance in locating Sydney man Christopher Buckle who was last seen in Moruya.

Police seek help to find man last seen in Moruya

Jeanne Medlicott

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

'Giving people the opportunity': Budget boost for first home buyers

Karen Barlow

Salvos looking for digital doorknockers

Salvos looking for digital doorknockers

Jeanne Medlicott

Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden manager Michael Anlezark in the existing sensory garden destroyed by fire, which will be replaced with a new $500,000 Forest Sensory Playspace. Photo: Supplied

New playspace for Botanic Gardens

Silver winner Colour "Passion Pattern" by Dale Evans

Photographic study of insects and patterns in nature

Jeanne Medlicott

MC Tim Bourke with Auntie Vivienne Mason as she gives the 'Welcome to Country' at the Narooma Oyster Festival on Saturday.

Narooma Oyster Festival a pearler

Jeanne Medlicott

Gladys Berejiklian says a man who lives in Sydney's east has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Mystery COVID case pops up in east Sydney

Angelo Risso

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

Vulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

DIGESTVulnerable Aussies to get ticket home from India

Picture: Shutterstock

DIGESTSydney masks up after second COVID case detected

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Tasmanian man, 70, among five new vaccine blood clot cases

Gladys Berejiklian

DIGESTRace to trace positive COVID case in NSW

Joyjit (left) and Jashan Sanghera with the son they last held on February 29, 2020. Picture: Supplied

Heartbreak of Australians trapped in India

Steve Evans

A new study has offered insight into Australians' feeling towards COVID-19 vaccines. Picture: Karleen Minney

Side-effect concerns fuelling vaccine jitters: survey

Sally Whyte

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'Come clean': Labor calls for the cost of coronavirus

Karen Barlow

Jordan Rapana and the Raiders will face Newcastle in a must-win match at Wagga. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

Laurie Daley

RULE OF THUMB: The "Round 7 Rule" says that if a team isn't in the top eight at this point of the season, it's more than likely it won't be when the finals start. Melbourne currently holds top spot. Photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

AFL's "round seven rule" stands test of time

Rohan Connolly

The Narooma Devils celebrate shortly after their game-winning try at Ack Weyman Oval in Moruya.

Two late tries in classic local derby finish

Joel Erickson

Jordan Rapana and the Raiders will face Newcastle in a must-win match at Wagga. Photo: Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Raiders, Knights feeling the pressure

Got a sport story to tell? We’re all ears

Got a sport story to tell? We’re all ears

Christine Stent and Pearl Hanson after their epic battle in the association croquet handicap singles tournament.

Narooma sport results

Jeanne Medlicott

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

Latarnie McDonald and Rodney Carter are trying to make kangaroo grass a viable crop. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENWould you eat Kangaroo Grass bread?

FLIPSIDE: Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife enjoyed a breakout 2020, which included an ARIA nomination and Music Victoria Award.

Second lightning strike forecast from Tracy McNeil

Josh Leeson

Disclaimer: Garage sale listings are based on the latest information available at the time of publishing. Please follow advice from government authorities on social, business, travel and other restrictions to help keep yourself and others safe. ACM takes no responsibility for any consequences arising from these listings.

Find a garage sale in NSW and the ACT

STOIC: Elizabeth Moss is again amazing in season four of The Handmaid's Tale, but the lack of forward momentum is tiring.

Bleak Handmaid's Tale becoming a pain drain

Josh Leeson

FLIPSIDE: Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife enjoyed a breakout 2020, which included an ARIA nomination and Music Victoria Award.

Second lightning strike forecast from Tracy McNeil

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Josh Leeson

HONEST: Amy Shark opened up to explore her relationship with her husband, father and the music industry on her second album Cry Forever.

MUSICReality bites Amy Shark in fame game of second album

Josh Leeson

Float your boat: Lure of water fun increasing during pandemic times

Float your boat: Lure of water fun increasing during pandemic times

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

Fairways: Golfing South East NSW special publication

Fairways: Golfing South East NSW special publication

Float your boat: Lure of water fun increasing during pandemic times

Float your boat: Lure of water fun increasing during pandemic times

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Discovering the beauty of Regional NSW

Batemans Bay has launched a new online guide for visitors. Read the story on pages 35 and 36 of the autumn 2021 edition (link below). Photo: Supplied.

South Coast Leisure Times: autumn 2021

Find your dream at realestateview.com.au.

Read this week's Real Estate View here

Find your dream at realestateview.com.au.

Read this week's Real Estate View here

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

South Coast Gig Guide, May 4-10

WHAT'S ONSouth Coast Gig Guide, May 4-10

Ben Smyth

New Lions inductees Daymien Cook and Helen Azar with Narooma Lion Richard Astle.

Narooma Lions busy month

Jeanne Medlicott

Rachel McInnes was happy to show art and craft work at the MACS stall to the large crowds on Saturday. Photo Rosie Williams

Keeping in Touch with community news

Jeanne Medlicott

South Coast Gig Guide, May 4-10

WHAT'S ONSouth Coast Gig Guide, May 4-10

WATCH OUT: Scamwatch is warning that scammers are pretending to be defence personnel in order to con people into parting with their money.

Scamwatch: Scammers now pretending to be defence personnel

South Coast Gig Guide, April 27 - May 3

WHAT'S ONSouth Coast Gig Guide, April 27 - May 3

Ben Smyth

MILESTONE: The Bamboos celebrate 21 years as a band with the release of their 10th album Hard Up. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

MUSICThe Bamboos hardened up by anniversary rain check

Photo: Naomi Clarke Photography.

See the moment triple water spouts formed off the NSW coast

Silver winner Colour "Passion Pattern" by Dale Evans

Photographic study of insects and patterns in nature

MC Tim Bourke with Auntie Vivienne Mason as she gives the 'Welcome to Country' at the Narooma Oyster Festival on Saturday.

Narooma Oyster Festival a pearler

HAPPY: Felicity Urquhart and The Waifs' Josh Cunningham have found love and a new musical partnership.

MUSICWaifs star's year to remember for growing love

Josh Leeson

Robin Wright stars as "Edee" in her feature directorial debut Land. Picture: Daniel Power / Focus Features

Wilderness story is repetitive and opaque

Jane Freebury

John Magaro in First Cow. Picture: Madman

A slow-paced but superb story

Cris Kennedy

Kate Bosworth and Haley Joel Osment deliver strong performances in The Devil Has a Name. Picture: Studiocanal

REVIEWFine cast in uneven comedy-drama

Cris Kennedy

COMMUNITY ASSET: The items on sale at the Montague Arts and Crafts Society-run tourist centre are popular with visitors.

Letters to the editor

WET, WET, WET: The Tuross Lake lapping over the deck edge at the Pickled Octopus and Boatshed on Tuesday morning, March 23.

Letters to the editor

SHORE THING: The view from Bingie south by John Hanscombe. Email your photos to community.eurobodalla@austcommunitymedia.com.au

Letters: 'The council had made it simple for non-dog and dog owners alike'

GREEN IS GOOD: Tony Kanellos has plenty of priceless childhood memories of times spent in his family backyard.

A time when the grass was greener

Rowan Cowley

Enjoy meeting and serving travellers at the William Creek Hotel. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission.

Fancy a working holiday?

Sue Preston

Cafes and shops in Kings Cross, Sydney, 1933. Photo: National Library of Australia.

Fun and frolics up at the Cross

John Piggott

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTFederal budget to prioritise growth over repair

COVID-19 restrictions will be in place in Sydney this Mother's Day despite no new local cases.

Masked Mother's Day weekend in NSW

Scientists have isolated the sound of Ingenuity's whirring blades and magnified it.

Mars helicopter heard humming through air

India's COVID-19 death toll has topped 230,000 and the country is setting daily case records.

'Abandoned' Aussie dies of virus in India

There's "clear evidence" that NSAIDs are safe to use in patients with COVID-19, researchers say.

Ibuprofen 'doesn't raise COVID death risk'

Nilima Marshall

Mental health advocates are calling for all levels of government to have a more holistic approach to services to meet demand during the pandemic. Picture: Shutterstock

Calls for more 'holistic' mental health support as cases strain services

Toby Vue
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A returned traveller from India who has COVID-19 is in Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth.

Positive COVID-19 case in Perth hospital

Eric Abetz has been demoted to third place on the Liberals' senate ticket for the next election.

Abetz dumped from top Tasmania senate spot

Andi Yu

Moree on a Plate sizzles upon its grand return

Moree on a Plate sizzles upon its grand return

Billy Jupp

Some of the trees planted by Fiona and Bill Ogilvie in their entrance paddock. Manna gum (E. viminalis) in the foreground was planted five years ago; the deodar (Cedrus deodara) on the right was planted in 1991.

Change is in the trees

FIONA OGILVIE

Scenic Rim dairy farmer Kay Tommerup understands the power of collaboration between producer and copnsumer and will be speaking as part of a panel during the Farm2Plate Exchange on May 18 at Beaudesert, Qld. Photo: Supplied

Paddock to plate a growing concept worth pursuing

Jamie Brown

CHAOS TO CALM: Amy Revell from The Art of Decluttering. Photo: Supplied.

Organise your kitchen with tips from a decluttering expert

AFFORDABLE LUXURY: The design elements of this Australian Hamptons home meld interior with exterior for an elegant yet eminently livable family dwelling.

A grand scale luxury farmhouse with country charm and Hamptons style

Vickii Byram

The uroliths bladder of Dr Anne Quain's cat, Hero. Picture: Supplied

Signs your cat has a urinary tract obstruction

Dr Anne Quain