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Vic Emergency has issued an advice message for a Western Highway grass fire. Picture: Vic Emergency

UPDATEDAdvice message issued for Western Highway grass fire

Matt Currill

WHAT A NIGHT: Travis Collins poses in front of a packed crowd. Picture: KLAE MCGUINNESS

Country Music Marathon a hit | Photos

Matt Currill

Picture: Scott Rickard

UPDATED'Horrific scene': Castlemaine woman and driver identified after deadly train derailment

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

John Hanscombe

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Gayle Tomlinson

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Former Wimmera Machinery Field Days president Bryan Matuschka when the site flooded in 2011; committee member Robyn Gulline prepares the field days site in 2015.

Wimmera Machinery Field Days 2020 | The volunteers who make it happen

Jade Bate

Hundreds of travel agents will head to Darwin for the Corroboree Asia tourism convention in August.

Darwin to host major tourism convention

Colin Brinsden

Vic Emergency has issued an advice message for a Western Highway grass fire. Picture: Vic Emergency

UPDATEDAdvice message issued for Western Highway grass fire

Matt Currill

WHAT A NIGHT: Travis Collins poses in front of a packed crowd. Picture: KLAE MCGUINNESS

Country Music Marathon a hit | Photos

Matt Currill

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

Tom Williamson playing for Northern Blues in the VFL. Picture: ROSE ZARUCKY

Region's finest impress in pre-season hitouts

Matt Currill

Bradley Couch shows off the scoreboard. The electronic scoreboard on an iPad doesn't quite have the same effect as pen and paper.

Couch scores unbeaten century to put Colts in prime position

Richard Crabtree

Ella Wood training with the Tigers during the pre-season. Picture: RICHMOND TIGERS

Wood to make AFLW debut with Richmond

Richard Crabtree

Tom Williamson playing for Northern Blues in the VFL. Picture: ROSE ZARUCKY

Region's finest impress in pre-season hitouts

Eric Guthrie snaps a goal during the 2019 semi-final. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Star Southern Roo departs Harrow-Balmoral

Richard Crabtree

Mal Adams fielding with Laharum. Picture: SAMANTHA CAMARRI

Adams excited by Laharum's push for HCA finals

Richard Crabtree

Major Kangaroo Island attractions such as Seal Bay Conservation Park, Raptor Domain and Little Sahara survived the bushfires unscathed.

'We're still here': Kangaroo Island rising from the ashes

Mark Chipperfield

Longboats wait to take people around the island from the main beach of
Perhentian Kecil. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Sounds like my idea of paradise

Michael Turtle

Just how picture perfect can it really be? Picture: Shutterstock

The big let down: when the reality is something else entirely

Chris Leadbeater

Tourism, Sport and Major Events Minister Martin Pakula.

Grampians events eligible for bushfire relief funding

Tourism, Sport and Major Events Minister Martin Pakula.

Grampians events eligible for bushfire relief funding

Maverick, Lola and Ellie Kerr with the message seashells which they distributed to emergency services fighting fires in Mallacoota.

Horsham seashell family in Mallacoota to wait out flames | Photos

Maverick, Lola and Ellie Kerr with the message seashells which they distributed to emergency services fighting fires in Mallacoota.

Horsham seashell family in Mallacoota to wait out flames | Photos

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Barry Sambrooks, of Nyah, at the 2017 Minyip and Shine.

Minyip Show and Shine 2020 set to thrill

Jade Bate

CENTRE STAGE: DRMNGNOW will be one of almost 20 artists performing at the Grampians Music Festival on February 28 and 29. Picture: SUPPLIED

Low crowds may threaten future of Grampians Music Festival

Chris Pedler

HOME AND HOSED: Horsham junior fire brigade teammates Claire Longstaff, Georgia Walsh, Jesse Walker-Binks, Daniel Hastings, Riley Innes, Arjai Johnston and organising committee chairman John Davies on Wednesday night. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Horsham gearing up for firefighting championships

Alexander Darling

Barry Sambrooks, of Nyah, at the 2017 Minyip and Shine.

Minyip Show and Shine 2020 set to thrill

POSITIVE MESSAGES: Tom Curtain's music and live shows work to recognise the hardships regional communities are going through. Picture: SUPPLIED

Tom Curtain uses music to show resilience in rural communities

Chris Pedler

READY TO ROCK: Scott Darlow, Bernard Curry, Nick Barker, JR Reyne and Brian Mannix will showcase the best of the Traveling Wilburys in a new show titled End of the Line. Picture: SUPPLIED

Traveling Wilburys show to recall supergroup's best hits

Chris Pedler

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Michelle Haines Thomas

WAMA site manager David Pratt, RBGV landscape planner Jill Burness, volunteer and Australian plant society expert Neil Marriott, volunteer and horticulturist Wendy Marriott and RBGV horticultural manager John Arnott discuss plans for a endemic flora public garden in the Grampians. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

New endemic public garden in Grampians

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ORIGINS: The concept of lent initially came about as a time of preparation for those seeking to be baptised as Christians during the Easter Vigil ceremonies.

The season of lent: Ash Wednesday

Rev Denis Sotiriadis

With a little help from my friends: How to ask R U OK?

With a little help from my friends: How to ask R U OK?

Karen Ceccon

TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS: A sliver Ford Focus seized by Horsham Police on Wednesday is loaded into a truck at Horsham Police Station. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Dooen Road death: Vehicle of interest taken to Melbourne as tributes flow | Video

Bega MP Andrew Constance says the bushfire emergency has forced him to reset his approach to politics. Photo: Adam McLean

IN DEPTHMP's fears for mental wellbeing of bushfire survivors

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

Last days: enter now to win a Scandinavian cruise

With the gang hook removed from its eye, the shark was released and swam away. Picture: Sea Life Aquarium.

Rescue mission to save snagged shark

Tender and terrifying: this common centipede is curling itself around its young to protect them. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

This centipede is a crawling, caring mother

Caleb Cluff

Tess Yeo, president of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Horsham RSL, lays a wreath.

No veterans, but Darwin Defenders' important message lives on | Photos

Alexander Darling

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

John Hanscombe

SMOKY: A haystack fire in a paddock near the Henty Highway at Jung. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Wimmera thunderstorms: Jung fire being controlled, thousands without power in Yarriambiack

Jade Bate
Alexander Darling
Cassandra Langley

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Mayoral Matters | Events making West Wimmera even better

Mayoral Matters | Events making West Wimmera even better

Cr Bruce Meyer

COMFORT: Yolande says Christmas 2019 was a wonderful one. "Possibly next year there will be one less of us to help put the tree up and take it down."

Why my Christmas tree is still up in February

Yolande Grosser

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

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

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

Fashion identity June Dally-Watkins has died at the age of 92.

Australian etiquette queen dies aged 92

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Work is under way to remove the XPT train wreck after investigators examined the derailment site.

Vic derailed train removal to continue

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A vigil is being held in Brisbane for Hannah Clarke and her three children, who died on Wednesday.

Mourners gather for murdered mum and kids

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Major disruptions face Victorians as the state pushes rail and road upgrades over autumn.

Vic transport upgrades to cause disruption

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The children and wife of US airman Rick DeMorgan travelled to Sydney for a memorial service for him.

US bushfire widow thanks Aust for support

Steven Trask

The Morrison government is accused of favouring coalition seats in the Urban Congestion Fund.

ALP slams urban projects as 'nuclear' rort

Colin Brinsden

A slow-moving tropical low could develop into Cyclone Esther in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Qld, NT set for cyclone to hit Monday

Robyn Wuth, Michael Doyle

Australian evacuees from China are leaving a Darwin camp after 14-days of quarantine.

Coronavirus vaccine a long way off

Colin Brinsden

HAPPY:Richard Glenane, Dunnstown, sold this pen of 10 TeMania blood steers, 48kg, for $1950 or 402c/kg.

Ballarat steers launch to new highs on strong inquiry

Alastair Dowie

Shear passion: Robyn Betts' intricate knowledge of fibre production and processing has earned her a spot in the shed during the Toland's shearing.

Spinning a future for Suri-Merino

Annabelle Cleeland

HAPPY MAN: Mick Edmunds, Plaahuis Partnership, Newfield, sold steers that included this pen of 14 that weighed 479kg, and sold for 390c/kg or $1870.

Mortlake steers top at 438c/kg, heifers 372c/kg

Alastair Dowie

CALMING INFLUENCE: Pheromones can help pets deal with stress and anxiety.

Using the call of nature to help fur kids cope with modern life

Lyndell Whyte

MODERN LOOK: The clean lines and simple forms of the Soulsby House reference the site responsive, energy efficient and cost effective homes of post-war Australian Modernism. Photos: Felix Mooneeram

A clean, green and comfortable machine

PERFECT MATCH: Ensure your beautiful dishes are complemented by beautiful glassware and a quality cutlery set.

The finer points on cutlery