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CONCENTRATE: Daylesford's Maureen Tate bowls during the midweek pennant against Buninyong. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

Daylesford Bowls Club secures second win of the season

Hayley Elg

HIT: Smeaton's doubles champions Adam Sewell and James Mahar during their winning set against the Ballarat Berties at the weekend. Photo: Lachlan Bence

Smeaton's A-grade tennis team win round five match

Hayley Elg

Round six sees mixed results

Hayley Elg

CONCENTRATE: Daylesford's Maureen Tate bowls during the midweek pennant against Buninyong. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

Daylesford Bowls Club secures second win of the season

WINNERS: Rob Crocker and Fiona Watson enjoying their wins in the Par 3 Competition. Photo: Supplied

Golfers compete to take home the gold nugget

Hayley Elg

HIT: Dom Dennis serving in section one.

Daylesford junior tennis players competed in four sections during weekend competition

Hayley Elg

ENTERTAINING: Award-winning magician and comedian Dom Chambers will perform at the first annual World Circus and Cabaret Festival.

Magic, mullets, music and more

Darren Lowe

Insects and bees in focus

Aussie legend: The Black Sorrows, featuring Joe Camilleri, are among the featured acts at the Queenscliff Music Festival later this month.

All roads lead to Bellarine music festival

Darren Lowe

ENTERTAINING: Award-winning magician and comedian Dom Chambers will perform at the first annual World Circus and Cabaret Festival.

Magic, mullets, music and more

MIX: Marty Luke will bring his musical bag of tricks to the stage at the Old Hepburn Hotel on Sunday.

Gigs offer musical variety

Darren Lowe

MUST-SEE: Top indigenous performer Gawurra will share the stage at Castlemaine's Theatre Royale on Saturday.

Earthy folk comes to town

Darren Lowe

CLEAR VISION: Regular eye tests are essential to ensure conditions such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma are detected early, before sight is lost.

Save your sight, get an eye test

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

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

Beautiful things come in small packages

CLEAR VISION: Regular eye tests are essential to ensure conditions such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma are detected early, before sight is lost.

Save your sight, get an eye test

All "after" photos by Kate Healy.

A healthy serve of grandeur, with an impressive slice of history | Your Home magazine

Linley Wilkie

Nicola Cerini’s hometown discovery

Linley Wilkie

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

Hartland has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a separate garage-studio. Inset: Peter Garrett

Peter Garrett makes $1.2 million return to Southern Highlands

Lucy Macken

Australians over 55 also need to consider access to services they might need more as they age such as public transport, hospitals, health clubs or community centres.

Planning for your retirement property

Kate Stanton

ENTERTAINING: Award-winning magician and comedian Dom Chambers will perform at the first annual World Circus and Cabaret Festival.

Magic, mullets, music and more

Darren Lowe

Plenty on offer at circus fest

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

ENTERTAINING: Award-winning magician and comedian Dom Chambers will perform at the first annual World Circus and Cabaret Festival.

Magic, mullets, music and more

Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders

MOVE IT: Armidale Skating Rink, circa 1917, a source of entertainment for those on the home front.

Doing our bit on the home front

Lydia Roberts

Armistice centenary marked at Avenue || Gallery

Winner of ther 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy with trainer Charlie Appleby.

How the Melbourne Cup panned out: on the track

Megan Gale

25 faces you might know at the Melbourne Cup

Scenes from Flemington.

How Melbourne Cup 2018 panned out: off the track

British billionaire and owner of Magic Circle, Marwan Koukash, puts on a g-string during the Melbourne Cup parade press conference. Photo: AAP Image, Julian Smith

The billionaire, the Melbourne Cup and that g-string

Picture: Chelsea Sutton

All the action from the 2018 Deni Ute Muster

Annie Lewis

AFL grand final parade 2018: The photos

Jarrod Lyle remembered

NEEDED: Petrus invites us to imagine life without "the art and poetry of everything".

The Artist’s View

Petrus Spronk
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Justin Langer: Linguist and Australian men's cricket coach. Photo: AAP

Eh? Honestly, you really have to be kidding

Janine Graham
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DEFINITION: Father Brendan Lee says that a true friend will always have your back when things go pear-shaped.

How you can tell who’s really on your side

Father Brendan Lee

SORE SUBJECT FOR SENIORS: From November 1 anyone aged 50 or over will have to visit a specialist to be referred for an MRI scan on a sore or injured knee.

Over 50s denied GP-referred knee MRI scans

Eileen Wood

BEST SHOT: Wilma Perkins competes in shot put - one of seven events in the heptathlon - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. Photo: World Masters Athletics

Golden girls reign in Spain

Geraldine Cardozo

Win a NZ Holiday

Cheaper loans plan for small business

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Animal outrage on suburban Sydney bridge

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Scott Morrison will meet in Darwin on Friday.

Aust, Japan PMs meeting to focus on trade

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POWERFUL SYMBOL: Dolly's Akubra took Albury's Mark Lloyd Riddell about 80 hours to create. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Unique Akubra supports Dolly’s Dream

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Etched in Stone co-producer Beatrice Bijon (L) spoke to Jacob Nayinggul's family about the film.

Film documents return of stolen NT bones

Greg Roberts

A report says koalas in NSW are at risk from deforestation that has decimated their habitat.

Koalas hurt by major deforestation: report

Shadow Health spokeswoman Catherine King wants the opt-out period for My Health Record extended.

Labor in bid to extend My Health opt-out

Crews will widen a search to find missing Hobart father Elson Kiddle, missing since Friday.

Search expands for missing Hobart man

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

The Sebel Melbourne Malvern … 17 floors with 86 apartments.

Six highlights in your travel week | 12 Nov

John Rozentals

Queenstown … kissed by snow-capped mountains.

A delightful twist and turn through Queenstown

John Rozentals

A 2013 comprehensive review of the literature on the effect of bariatric surgery on cancer outcomes suggested that the surgery did reduce cancer risk, particularly for breast and endometrial cancer in individuals who had been obese prior.

Does bariatric surgery reduce cancer risk?

Healthshare

DIY: Take on smaller jobs.

Finish your reno before Christmas

Proud Sofala locals (from left) Wayne Crow, Jodi Campbell, Sasha Wafer, front David Taylor. Photo: Sasha Cody

Tiny country cafe the Painted Horse strikes Good Food Guide gold

Gemima Cody