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SURVIVOR: Far South Coast truck driver Matt McGovern recovers after crashing through a fallen tree on the Princes Highway, near Bodalla, last Thursday morning.

Truck crash survivor’s life-saving radio call averts Bodalla ‘catastrophe’ | FIX IT NOW

Kate Lockley

UPDATE: Bodalla Princes Highway crash

Zoe Cartwright

CONCERNED: Doug Lever from Bega Valley Coaches is worried about road safety on Brogo and Alsops Bridges.

FIX IT NOW: Bus driver identifies safety issues on Princes Highway bridges

Albert McKnight

Lucas Mauragis. Image: Supplied.

Mauragis made for National Youth League

Claudia Ferguson

Unity: Friends emerge from the water together in the 2018 Wharf to Waves with many expecting the 2019 event to help bring people together.

Wharf to Waves set to unite

Jacob McMaster

New support: Tarra Volkswagen will support local rounds of the Volkswagen Scramble national tournament.

Tarra gets behind Volkswagen Scramble

Lucas Mauragis. Image: Supplied.

Mauragis made for National Youth League

Big shift: Mulrooney medal winner Kel Evans has signed a two-year deal with the Canberra Demons to enter the NEAFL competition.

Evans signs to Demons

Jacob McMaster

Big fish, big prize: Ron Vanderdrift and Lindon Thompson congratulate Matt Collins and his son Harry on their major prize win for the longest bream at the Tackle World Tri Estuary Challenge last weekend.

Yellowfin arrival has game fishers excited

Bega McDonald's crew members dress up for McHappy Day last year. This weekend it's a Minions theme.

Happy day for kids at Bega, Merimbula Maccas

Join the count as Bega bat colony returns to roost

WORLD OF ART: Melbourne ceramicist Janetta Kerr-Grant examines two of the artworks she is exhibiting at the Landscape exhibition.

Landscape at Narek Gallery shows beauty that lies in the land

Albert McKnight

Bega McDonald's crew members dress up for McHappy Day last year. This weekend it's a Minions theme.

Happy day for kids at Bega, Merimbula Maccas

Power bills assistance at Bega ombudsman expo

CREATIVES: Children from Bermagui Public School rehearse for the Friday Schools Showcase event of the Youth Music Festival. Picture: Chris Sheedy

Four Winds Youth Music Festival to showcase young talents

Albert McKnight

Top deals here in Bega: Look no further than Tarra Motors, located at 151 Auckland St, Bega, for the best deal on your next new or used car. The dealership is focused on ensuring local people get the best deal with fantastic service.

Bega Buy Local: Shop local for new car

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The top team: “We at LJ Hooker Bega believe our local knowledge, understanding of the local market, including what improvements to your property will enhance your position, is our forte,” licensee Simon Owens said.

Bega Buy Local: Property needs

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Buy local to go in the draw.

Bega Buy Local: You could win a Kia Picanto

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Top deals here in Bega: Look no further than Tarra Motors, located at 151 Auckland St, Bega, for the best deal on your next new or used car. The dealership is focused on ensuring local people get the best deal with fantastic service.

Bega Buy Local: Shop local for new car

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

Jump for Joy: The Eden Whale Festival will take place from November 2 to November 4, 2018. Come along and join in all the fun and festivities and keep your eye out for some whales.

Eden Whale Festival 2018: Get ready for a whale of a time in Eden

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Shoalhaven House of the Week Nov 14

Sea, ships and sunsets

Far South Coast House of the Week Nov 14

Just minutes to beaches

Eurobodalla House of the Week Nov 14

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Michelle Mexon

Bega McDonald's crew members dress up for McHappy Day last year. This weekend it's a Minions theme.

Happy day for kids at Bega, Merimbula Maccas

Join the count as Bega bat colony returns to roost

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Picture: Bega Sound Collective's Facebook page

Swing into the Baltics

Date change for Christmas Fair, Quaama

Kirsty Whitby, Sarah McCarthy, Heidie Lohs, Liz Cannan, Chelsea McMahon and Ellie Johnston.

#FlashbackFriday: Bega High, SCAC and Lumen formals from 2008-2009 | Photos

DRESSED TO IMPRESS: Sophia Puccetti, Rose Stark, Elisha Marsden, Ebony Beetson, Georgia Wills, Esther Black and Yindi L Huntley attend the formal. Picture: Tony Harrington Photography

Bega High’s Year 12 formal: Students finish schooling in style | Photos

Practice is over, now it’s ‘rally’ real

When the World Rally Championship comes to town

35 photos from the Coffs Coast World Rally showdown

Local students helped to place the field of poppies.

Their sacrifice remembered

Denise Dion

Bega Remembrance Day centenary service | Photos, Videos

Ben Smyth

Sapphire Coast Anglican College Year 12 Class of 2018

Sapphire Coast Anglican College Year 12 formal 2018 | Photos

Ben Smyth

INSPIRING: Festival of the Face committee chair Mal Barnes in Bega's Sapphire Marketplace. The festival runs for two weeks with events across the region.

Letters: ‘Success stories’ are council’s worst financial decisions

Happiness It's all relative. Photo: Shutterstock

Happiness is relative to everyone around us

Falling behind: Australia has been sliding down global league tables in terms of performance in key subjects.

Our governments are not education smart

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Shinzo Abe will pay his respects to the crew of a Japanese submarine that was sunk off Darwin.

Abe to visit NT site for Japan's soldiers

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Matthew Guy and wife Renae are among the unprecedented numbers of Victorians who have voted early.

Early votes rise as Vic election looms

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Australian is sticking firm with the WTO, says Scott Morrison.

Australia sticks with WTO: Morrison

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As in past years, police will maintain a highly visible presence during Gold Coast Schoolies week.

Schoolies kicks off amid dozens of arrests

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Dreamworld's Nichola Horton says staff should have realised something was wrong before the tragedy.

Dreamworld ride faulty on day of deaths

Robyn Wuth
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United States Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen have touched down in Cairns.

Pence lands in Cairns for APEC

Liza Kappelle

Initiatives deepen Japan-Australia ties

A dog skeleton is among one of four rare animal skeletons stolen from the University of Sydney.

Hippo skull, dog skeleton stolen from uni

Heather McNab

A bellowing good time on Scotland’s west coast

Rochelle Tubb

The exterior facade of the QT building is a mixture of old and new.

Being a tourist in my own city and seeing it in a whole new light

Scott McRae

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

Get your safety sorted: In addition to following these tips, pool owners should have a professional assessment of their pool’s compliance in order to ensure their pool is safe for all users.

Stay pool safe this season

Below: Ms Young says the relationship she has with her children has completely changed.

The stark reality of drugs, motherhood and reversing stereotypes

Imogen Elliott

Some insurance companies will not pay for theft of luggage and personal effects left unattended in a motor vehicle unless they were left in a concealed storage compartment of the locked motor vehicle.

Is your 'unattended' luggage covered by insurance?

Noel Whittaker

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