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Gayle Tomlinson
1hr ago

FUN: Lilly, Charles and Edward Robb play in the mud. Photo: HOLLY ROBB

Despite decent rain in the shire, the drought is far from over

Zaarkacha Marlan

SIX RECORDS: Ruby Carter has dominated the St Joseph's school swimming carnival. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Year 4 student makes a splash at school swimming carnival

Zaarkacha Marlan

TOP: Cameron Bourke put in one of his best bowling performances of the season, bowling with pace taking four wickets for 24 overs. Photos: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Bogan Brown Snakes slither out of spot in Brewery Shield finals

Zaarkacha Marlan

2019 Senior Citizen of the Year Sue Bourke with Tommy Ryan and Bogan Shire Mayor Ray Donald. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

WHAT'S ONBogan Shire to celebrate seniors

SHUT DOWN: Holden dealership staff have been left reeling by the Holden shut down announcement, while some saw it coming. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

SUBSCRIBERSome dealers left shattered, while others saw it coming

Nadine Morton

Tasi Dhedheya and Ryan GIles.

Students make a splash at St Joseph's swimming carnival

Zaarkacha Marlan

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Gayle Tomlinson
1hr ago

FUN: Lilly, Charles and Edward Robb play in the mud. Photo: HOLLY ROBB

Despite decent rain in the shire, the drought is far from over

Zaarkacha Marlan

Tasi Dhedheya and Ryan GIles.

Students make a splash at St Joseph's swimming carnival

TAKING IT ON: Jeremy Smith, pictured during his time with the Port City Breakers in recent years, has been named the new captain-coach at Nyngan. Photo: IVAN SAJKO

Nyngan sports news - February 19

SIX RECORDS: Ruby Carter has dominated the St Joseph's school swimming carnival. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Year 4 student makes a splash at school swimming carnival

Zaarkacha Marlan

TOP: Cameron Bourke put in one of his best bowling performances of the season, bowling with pace taking four wickets for 24 overs. Photos: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Bogan Brown Snakes slither out of spot in Brewery Shield finals

Zaarkacha Marlan

TAKING IT ON: Jeremy Smith, pictured during his time with the Port City Breakers in recent years, has been named the new captain-coach at Nyngan. Photo: IVAN SAJKO

Nyngan sports news - February 19

HIT: Trevor Dutshke on his way to making a hard fought 16 for the RSL against some good Dalkeith bowling on Saturday. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Milligan gets Dalkeith over the line in Saturday's clash with the RSL

Zaarkacha Marlan

PLAY YOUR PART: Ben O'Donnell, pictured during last round's win over Narromine, wasn't needed wit the bat against Nyngan on Sunday but again delivered with the ball. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

Commanding win over Nyngan continues dominant Brewery Shield run

Nick Guthrie

Australia's longest-running regional food festival, Orange FOOD Week, is now in its 29th year.

Orange, the hidden land of milk, honey and FOOD Week

Linda Moon

Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon. Picture: Shutterstock

How to make the most of three days in Ho Chi Minh City

Hannah Warren

Brisbane, and the Story Bridge, is spectacular at night.

Brisbane's transformation to Queensland capital of cool

Sheriden Rhodes

2019 Senior Citizen of the Year Sue Bourke with Tommy Ryan and Bogan Shire Mayor Ray Donald. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

WHAT'S ONBogan Shire to celebrate seniors

Free course to help residents identify those struggling with mental health

Free course to help residents identify those struggling with mental health

Zaarkacha Marlan

DROUGHT BREAK: Summer fun with PCYC. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

PCYC to host drought break with summer fun events for regional youth

2019 Senior Citizen of the Year Sue Bourke with Tommy Ryan and Bogan Shire Mayor Ray Donald. Photo: ZAARKACHA MARLAN

WHAT'S ONBogan Shire to celebrate seniors

The BreastScreen van will be in Nyngan from January 15-19. Photo: FILE

BreastScreen van to roll into Nyngan this January

New President of the Nyngan Show Society Mr Rodney Robb.

We are well underway for 2020

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Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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The time leading up to Christmas is rife with offers too good to resist. So make the most of them early, like this Nokia phone offer from Pennytel, which can help you prepare for the good times ahead and even finish your shopping.

'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

HAND UP: Collaborative AI, in which people and AI team up, will change the way we work.

Collaborate: AI can be your friend

Ben Jackson

Residential property listings portal realestateview.com.au competes with Domain, which is majority owned by Nine Entertainment Co, and realestate.com.au, which is controlled by News Corp.

Catalano digital deal delivers property with a view

Smart technology: Today Acquire places property ads on news websites and social media outlets in view of people who are not actively looking to buy.

ACM pilots new digital platform to find the right buyer for your home

Tasi Dhedheya and Ryan GIles.

Students make a splash at St Joseph's swimming carnival

Zaarkacha Marlan

PLANTING IDEAS: Celebrity gardener Costa Georgiadis encourages Camdenville Public School students to see what goes on a ground level when planting fire retardant native shrubs.

Costa sows hope after fires

Robyn Ainsworth

FLASHBACK: November 2008

PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Photos from the Nyngan Observer from November 2008

Zaarkacha Marlan

Tasi Dhedheya and Ryan GIles.

Students make a splash at St Joseph's swimming carnival

WEDDING BLISS: Ron Piggot and Carlie Mulligan, soon to be Piggot, set to marry on Valentine's Day. Photo: TAYLOR DODGE.

Couple set to start their lives together on Valentine's Day

Taylor Dodge

PRECAUTIONS: Wildlife must be handled with care to protect you and them.

How to cope with those close encounters of the wildlife kind

Lyndell Whyte

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

Tasi Dhedheya and Ryan GIles.

Students make a splash at St Joseph's swimming carnival

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Enter now: win a Scandinavian cruise with Viking

Peter Sugar describes a torrent of water, logs and fire debris sounding like a tsunami as it swept into Nerrigundah. Photo: Adam McLean

Trail of tears as fire-scarred South Coast mops up after the flood

Pot luck: Ray Hollingsworth with the ring he found at Gateway Plaza. Picture: Anthony Brady

Juliette, a builder's found your ring, but where's Romeo?

FLASHBACK: November 2008

PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Photos from the Nyngan Observer from November 2008

Zaarkacha Marlan

Superb fairy-wren populations in Canberra are declining. Picture: Simon Bennett

Why global warming is such a turn-off for Canberra's favourite bird

Steve Evans

Clare and Lyn Hedger, from Alfredton, are on board the Diamond Princess which is quarantined in Yokohama Harbour after a coronavirus outbreak. Picture: Clare Hedger

Mum, daughter in windowless lockdown on coronavirus cruise ship

Greg Gliddon

Team Rubicon volunteers at the end of a long day dropping and chopping trees in Cobargo and Quaama. Photos: Ben Smyth

Viking gods and the grey shirt army: Team Rubicon Australia in action

Ben Smyth

SURPRISE: The plant-based meat patties I tried didn't taste like real steak or lamb - but neither do actual meat patties.

OPINIONPlant-based meat trend's bit hard to swallow

Father Brendan Lee

Cap your drinks, follow the new alcohol guidelines

OPINIONCap your drinks, follow the new alcohol guidelines

Dr Jason (Heng) Jiang

HOURS IN THE DAY: Cloning hasn't been mainstreamed yet, making coming up with new ideas somewhat of a curse.

OPINIONI can't do everything - as much as I would like

Zoë Wundenberg

The ATSB and CASA will investigate a mid-air collision between two planes that killed four people.

Four dead in mid-air Victorian plane crash

26m ago

Advocates are campaigning for the beatification and canonisation of Sydney woman Eileen O'Connor.

Cause picks up for next Australian saint

41m ago

Former NSW minister and convicted pedophile Milton Orkopoulos faces new charges of breaching parole.

Fresh charges for ex-Labor MP Orkopoulos

45m ago

Farmers and other community members have protested the proposed Inland Rail route across the Condamine River floodplain.

Desperate farmers protest inland rail

56m ago

A young platypus trying to establish its own territory on the Gold Coast has recovered from illness.

Burrow hunt goes wrong for young platypus

Sonia Kohlbacher
1hr ago

Three children and a man have died and a woman was critically injured in a car fire in Brisbane.

Children, man killed in Brisbane car fire

Nicholas McElroy
1hr ago

NSW Police have taken out an AVO against James Lafferty, who had been stalking singer Delta Goodrem.

Stalker ordered to stay away from Goodrem

Steve Zemek
1hr ago

About 200 Australians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship are set to be evacuated to Darwin.

Aussies on virus-hit ship prepare to leave

Matt Coughlan and Rebecca Gredley
1hr ago

Harold, Phillip and MegCrouch of Karu Pastoral Pty Ltd, Milby, Condobolin, won both the Don Brown and the CW zone championship last year.

CW ewe comp celebrates 21st

Mark Griggs
1hr ago

With just 567 dairy farmers in NSW, the state's fresh milk and dairy advocate Ian Zandstra says getting farmers business fit was a key to future success.

Getting dairy farmers business fit for future

Samantha Townsend
2hrs ago

Dust being whipped up on the Riverina this month was quite a contrast to the thunderstorms experienced in some regions on Tuesday.

Wild night of thunderstorms pound NSW

BEN DOMENSINO, Weatherzone

SUM TOTAL: A simple equation will give an indication of how long assets will last.

Simple rule of thumb may answer longevity question

Eco-friendly backyard tips

Eco-friendly backyard tips

HELLO CHOOK: Curious and intelligent, chickens are a great addition to the backyard.

Feeling clucky?? Here's how to be a good egg in a hen's eyes

RSPCA