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LOOKING FOR POINTS: Harold Patullo follows through on a play in a recent game: Picture: LUKA KAUZLARIC

Clunes crowns new club champions after showdowns | Bowls

John Dellavedova

IN PLAY: Craig McKee focuses on a play in a recent competition. Picture: KATE HEALY

Turkeys are gobbled up by fours in Smeaton competiton | Bowls

Garry Fitzsimons

EFFORTS RECOGNISED: Michaela Shirley accepted the Junior Club Person award for the year. Picture: SUPPLIED

All eyes on the targets at Clunes competition | Shooting

LOOKING FOR POINTS: Harold Patullo follows through on a play in a recent game: Picture: LUKA KAUZLARIC

Clunes crowns new club champions after showdowns | Bowls

EYES ON THE BALL: Daylesford doubles players in action. Picture: SUPPLIED

Getting into swing of festive games at Daylesford | Tennis

Hot shots on the greens deliver strong performances | Bowls

Hot shots on the greens deliver strong performances | Bowls

Find zen on your next cruise. Picture: Shutterstock

Carnival cracks down on 'offensive' clothing

PRIZE: You could win a cruise from London to Bergen, via Nordkapp and the Norwegian fjords, in Explore. Entries open on Saturday.

Win a cruise to Norway - and other great travel ideas

Even in areas untouched by the fires, beds are empty and jobs are on the line. Picture: Shutterstock

You can help save thousands of jobs with just one holiday

Peter Lynch

OLD-TIMEY: Singer-songwriter Greg Steps will perform at the Palais-Hepburn on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONLive acts deserve support

Darren Lowe

LIVE: Lucie Thorne (who has released one of the albums of the year in Kitty and Frank) will perform at Newstead.

Lot to like in Newstead

Darren Lowe

Daylesford Community Diary, December 11

Daylesford Community Diary, December 11

OLD-TIMEY: Singer-songwriter Greg Steps will perform at the Palais-Hepburn on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONLive acts deserve support

Get your jingle bells on and head out for festive fun | Gig Guide

WHAT'S ONGet your jingle bells on and head out for festive fun | Gig Guide

Darren Lowe

It's time for a very burlesque Christmas | Daylesford gig guide

WHAT'S ONIt's time for a very burlesque Christmas | Daylesford gig guide

Darren Lowe

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Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

Emma Brown

Cave Hill Creek

Ten things to do in Ballarat this summer

Linley Wilkie

OLD-TIMEY: Singer-songwriter Greg Steps will perform at the Palais-Hepburn on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONLive acts deserve support

Darren Lowe

HAPPY TIMES: Cobweb in his prime. He loved his garden ... it was his kingdom.

Love and loss ... the price we are willing to pay for our pets

Lyndell Whyte

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

RSPCA

OLD-TIMEY: Singer-songwriter Greg Steps will perform at the Palais-Hepburn on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

WHAT'S ONLive acts deserve support

The Advocate Community notices | January 15 to 22

The Advocate Community notices | January 15 to 22

LIVE: Lucie Thorne (who has released one of the albums of the year in Kitty and Frank) will perform at Newstead.

Lot to like in Newstead

Darren Lowe

Walking shark Hemiscyllium halmahera. Photo:Mark Erdmann

Fish called wander: New walking sharks discovered off Australia's coast

The Brown family on Corrigans Beach, Batehaven, New Year's Eve.

Heroes of the home front: your messages of thanks

NEAR MISS: Police have released dash cam footage of a Ford wagon narrowly avoiding a head-on crash with a highway patrol car at Naringal. Picture: Supplied.

99km/h, a wet deck, a police car and a head-on waiting to happen

Think you might have "survivor guilt"? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAThink the Summer of the Not-So-Random Apocalypse didn't impact you? Think again

HAY NOW: Cowell farmer Brenton Smith welcomes the donation as feed dries up in the district.

Hay arrives in Cowell following benefit concert

Rachel McDonald

Sheila Bower looks over the remains of what was her car port, including a speaker which flew more than 30 feet. Picture: Kate Healy

Burrumbeet unofficially records more than 200mm of rain in a few hours

Greg Gliddon and Pat Nolan

A personalised plea from one man to the PM asks him to join the dots "if only for God's sake". Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAPlease Mr Morrison, if only for God's sake, join the dots

ON PATROL: Fire and Rescue NSW country region senior instructor Scott Habgood and Dubbo Station Officer Simon Bracht with the Black Panther. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

Black Panther sighting west of the Blue Mountains

Nadine Morton

WORK IN PROGRESS: Our first responsibility as Australians is one of service, not flag waving and patriotism.

OPINIONAustralians all, but experiences are not the same

Zoë Wundenberg

South Arm hall: The nexus of a fire-ravaged community right now.

REAL AUSTRALIAMedical monoliths unnecessary, help would be good though

Janine Graham

Coming up short: For thousands of young people the dismal reality is that they lack the essential knowledge and skills that enable individuals to thrive.

OPINIONHuman cost of failing the education test

Fiona Mueller

MULTI-LEVEL: The Smart Road vertical village will comprise 77 independent living apartments and community amenities, including a Montessori Early Learning Centre.

Vertical living: A smart idea for generations

Geraldine Cardozo

REUNITED: Valda Dawson (left) with cousin, and neighbour, Dorothy Wallis.

Cousins reunited after six decades

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST LOVING IT: See Aussie singing legend John Paul Young. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

JPY shares the love

Cheryl Field

ACTION REQUIRED: Sea Shepherd Australia's Jeff Hansen, the Wilderness Society's Peter Owen, Holdfast Bay mayor Amanda Wilson, and Mirning elder Bunna Lawrie at the launch of the legal action. Photo: Bill Doyle.

Wilderness Society SA launches Bight oil legal challenge

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Queensland says tests on four people suspected of carrying coronavirus have come back negative.

Four tests for coronavirus in Qld negative

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Authorities are warning of the possibility of more cases of the Chinese coronavirus in Australia.

Fears of more coronavirus in Australia

Melbourne trams will stop running for four hours on Tuesday due to strike action.

Melbourne tram strike to hit Aus Open

The National Party president is confident Bridget McKenzie will survive the grants controversy.

National Party confident McKenzie stays

Three more SA schools will welcome Year 7s in 2020, ahead of a statewide switch in 2022.

More SA schools to welcome Year 7s in 2020

NSW student enrolments are the highest ever, state education minister Sarah Mitchell (centre) says.

Largest ever cohort heads to NSW schools

Dominica Sanda

The highest-ever enrolment count of students are about to start the school year in Queensland.

'Highest-ever' enrolment for Qld schools

Cheryl Goodenough

HAY: The delivery of hay to fire affected areas had now switched from immediate delivery to a 'drip feed' supply over the next couple of months.

Hay delivery switches to staggering loads

Alastair Dowie

US beef position strengthens as China trade deal is unpacked

US beef position strengthens as China trade deal is unpacked

Shan Goodwin

NEW STARTERS: SW Dairy marketing manager Adam Jenkins with founding directors Duncan Morris, Brad Couch and John Hinkley.

Fair, profitable milk price for smaller, seasonal dairy farms

Marian Macdonald

How to clean the barbecue

How to clean the barbecue

Owl Woods a new nest for tree-changers

Owl Woods a new nest for tree-changers

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin