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Davis Park Grandstand.

The challenges of attracting funding to Wimmera sports clubs

Alexander Darling

CHANGES COMING: Northern Grampians Shire Mayor Murray Emerson at the roundabout on Friday. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Council opts for greenery over artwork with Wimmera Street roundabout

Alexander Darling

Picture: FILE

UPDATEDSmoke advice for Rocky Point, Brewster and surrounding towns

Eliza Berlage

REMAINS: Rebecca and Rod McErvale show Ballarat MP Catherine King around their scorched property almost a month after the blaze. Picture: Adam Trafford.

Bushfires: Support needed in Lexton too

Greg Gliddon

'I have waited a long time for this': Beaufort man says before pub punch

'I have waited a long time for this': Beaufort man says before pub punch

Rochelle Kirkham

CLASSIC CAR: Geoff Rudolph flexes out the front of the Great Western Hotel in his restored 1956 Zephyr Ford ute. Picture: ELIZA BERLAGE

WHAT'S ONLinfox trucks to lead Great Western Show and Shine street party

Eliza Berlage

HELP AVAILABLE: Second Bite volunteers Leone Hauser, Dale Pattison, Murray Hauser and Neighbourhood House manager Lou Makin.

Rising theft sparks police advice

JessieAnne Gartlan

Davis Park Grandstand.

The challenges of attracting funding to Wimmera sports clubs

Alexander Darling

CHANGES COMING: Northern Grampians Shire Mayor Murray Emerson at the roundabout on Friday. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Council opts for greenery over artwork with Wimmera Street roundabout

Alexander Darling

CHANGES COMING: Northern Grampians Shire Mayor Murray Emerson at the roundabout on Friday. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Council opts for greenery over artwork with Wimmera Street roundabout

TOP JOB: Fred Mellington hopes his experience would prove helpful as chairman of the Horsham District Football Netball League in 2020.

Mellington takes on chairman's role with HDFNL

Richard Crabtree

FINALS CHANCES: Ararat Redbacks' Will Lawrie looks to find a teammate against the Horsham Hornets in December. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY.

Redbacks finals chances all hang in the balance

JessieAnne Gartlan

Davis Park Grandstand.

The challenges of attracting funding to Wimmera sports clubs

Alexander Darling

TOP JOB: Fred Mellington hopes his experience would prove helpful as chairman of the Horsham District Football Netball League in 2020.

Mellington takes on chairman's role with HDFNL

BLOCK: Max McMahon blocks the ball during under-16 country week held in early January.

Players return to pitch after break | Grampians Cricket Association

David Turner

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Want to share sport results, draws or teams?

Tourism Australia is attempting to attract visitors to parts of the country that have not been impacted by bushfires. Pictures: Shutterstock

Help tourism rise from the ashes

Michael Turtle

The Barossa Valley - one of my favourite places.

The lovely and perplexing Barossa

John Rozentals

One of the stop-offs on the Great Vic Bike Ride 2019. Picture: Karleen Minney.

An exhilarating ocean-side ride

Karleen Minney

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Grampian Model Railroaders open Goods Shed to public

Grampian Model Railroaders open Goods Shed to public

Cassandra Langley

LOVE AND HEALING: Inspired by three's Melanie and Lydia are eager to showcase their services to the Stawell community at the Mystic Fair on Sunday. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

WHAT'S ONHealing, spirituality comes to region

Cassandra Langley

LOVE AND HEALING: Inspired by three's Melanie and Lydia are eager to showcase their services to the Stawell community at the Mystic Fair on Sunday. Picture: CASSANDRA LANGLEY

Mystic Fair open to the public in Stawell

Cassandra Langley

Grampian Model Railroaders open Goods Shed to public

Grampian Model Railroaders open Goods Shed to public

WORKING HARD: Stawell Agricultural Society's George Holden is putting the last touches on the venue before the Saturday's Stawell Show. Pictures: PETER PICKERING

It's showtime! Organisers are ready to delight

Cassandra Langley

Stawell gardens on view for the first time to public

Stawell gardens on view for the first time to public

Cassandra Langley

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Keeping covered this summer

How do you find a great driving instructor?

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Could this be the perfect Christmas present?

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Emma Brown

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

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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'Tis the way to stay in touch this Christmas

Tap into the potential of this rare large, central Ararat property

Tap into the potential of this rare large, central Ararat property

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The perfect base on which to build a rewarding renovation project

The perfect base on which to build a rewarding renovation project

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Step back to the future and enjoy the best of heritage living, today

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Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

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

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

RSPCA

BLITZ: Mayor Jo Armstrong says Ararat Rural City Council has started the new year off with a roadworks blitz worth more than $5 million.

Council starts off year with a roadwork blitz | Local Leader

Mayor Jo Armstrong

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

Do you want to feature in Our Babies of 2019 magazine?

Supporting communities impacted by suicide

Supporting communities impacted by suicide

Wimmera Primary Care Partnership

WINNER: Dental coordinator Kaylene Jackson with Lauren Milloy, receiving her award for Champion of Oral Public Health. Picture: CONTRIBUTED.

Ararat dentist wins award for children's education program

JessieAnne Gartlan

CHANGES COMING: Northern Grampians Shire Mayor Murray Emerson at the roundabout on Friday. Picture: ALEXANDER DARLING

Council opts for greenery over artwork with Wimmera Street roundabout

Wimmera has third highest level of mortgage stress in regional Australia

Wimmera has third highest level of mortgage stress in regional Australia

Wimmera has third highest level of mortgage stress in regional Australia

Wimmera has third highest level of mortgage stress in regional Australia

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

Dave mangenner Gough

New Oz Day TV advert 'not reality'

Libby Bingham

Horsham at 8am on Tuesday.

UPDATEDFires: Wimmera smoke haze to continue, Wednesday air quality warning

Jade Bate
Alexander Darling

DRIED UP: Claudia Haenel says the declining number of wildlife and disappearance of koalas at St Helens Plains is due to increasingly scarce water in creeks, rivers and billabongs. Picture: ELIZA BERLAGE

Conservationists say climate change is drying up the Wimmera

Eliza Berlage

The faces and the scenes of Australia's fire crisis. Photos: ACM staff, supplied.

REAL AUSTRALIAFrom ashen grief towards recovery, somehow

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

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

Storms are expected to develop in Victoria on Sunday afternoon as a trough moves across from NSW.

Storms en route as Victorian fires burn on

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Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in southeast Queensland and more showers are forecast.

Qld braces for more rain after deluge

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Smoke is expected to return to central Melbourne on Saturday as easterly winds cross firegrounds.

Fire burning on Victorian coastal island

Travis Boak and Robbie Gray were part of a free football clinic in fire-ravaged East Gippsland .

AFL stars lend skills in fire-hit east Vic

Police are searching for a one-year-old boy dragged from his mother's arms west of Brisbane.

Missing Qld boy pulled from mother's arms

Robyn Wuth

Parts of drought-ravaged NSW have copped a soaking on Saturday.

Rain batters drought-affected NSW

Steve Zemek

NSW Labor's Jodi McKay wants the Berejiklian government's sports grants investigated by state ICAC.

NSW Labor targets govt over sports grants

Steve Zemek

Tony Abbott(C) flew across the world to attend with Anthony Pratt's farewell party for Joe Hockey(R)

Abbott flies across for Hockey farewell

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer

HAPPY: Brian Smith, Yambuk, had the pen of 16 Angus steers weighing 410kg that sold for 324c/kg or $1328.

Warrnambool quality shines as steer weaners sell to 334c/kg

Alastair Dowie

STEER SELLER: Catherine Spanjer (middle) came along to Yea to see how her brother's Khan Yunis steers sold. She was with with Isabella and Eliza Clarke.

Tough going at Yea female sale

Andrew Miller

Daily forecasts, like the one on the right, are often misinterpreted.

Why you're reading forecasts wrong

LOOK, BUT DON'T TOUCH: Position cameras up high inside and outside, so they're visible but out of arm's reach to avoid accidentally getting knocked over by large pets.

Keeping a watch on Fido

HUMBLE: The A-HA! Studio house, at a modest 64.5m2, feels bigger inside because of of the clean, unfussy design, say owner-builders Jesse Zilm and Isabella James.

A-HA! What a great idea for a house

KITCHEN NIRVANA: Research shows that mental clarity, productivity and endorphins increase when you're living and working in an organised space.

Time to sort out your stuff